Jeremiah 51:63
Good News Translation
Seraiah, when you finish reading this book to the people, then tie it to a rock and throw it into the Euphrates River

New Revised Standard Version
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it, and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,

Contemporary English Version
When you finish praying, tie the scroll to a rock and throw it in the Euphrates River. Then say,

New American Bible
When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:

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And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:

Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.

to denote the utter ruin of mystical Babylon

Jeremiah 19:10,11 And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee. . . .

Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.

Context
Jeremiah's Prophecy to Seraiah
62Thou shalt say: O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it: so that there should be neither man nor beast to dwell therein, and that it should be desolate for ever. 63And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:64And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.…
Cross References
Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.

Jeremiah 13:4
Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

Jeremiah 19:10
And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee.

Jeremiah 19:11
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Even so will I break this people, and this city, as the potter's vessel is broken, which cannot be made whole again: and they shall be buried in Topheth, because there is no other place to bury in.

Jeremiah 43:1
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words:

Jeremiah 51:62
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