Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:61-62
The prophet instructed Seraiah to read his prophecies about Babylon publicly, right there at "ground zero"-in Babylon. Some commentators assume that Seraiah was to read the scroll only to the Jewish exiles, but there does not seem to be warrant for this limitation in the text. He was to announce that Yahweh had promised to destroy Babylon completely and to make it desolate. Seraiah carried out a mission to Babylon, similar to Jonah’s mission to Nineveh. read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 51:59-64
16. Babylon’s fall dramatized 51:59-64This oracle closes with a symbolic action against Babylon. read more