⁶³And then^r when you finish reading aloud this scroll, you must tie a stone on it, and you must throw it into the middle of the Euphrates. ⁶⁴And you must say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, and she will not rise, because of^s the face of the disasters^t that I am bringing on her, and they will grow weary.’ ”

Thus far^u the words of Jeremiah.

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rLiterally “And it will happen”
sLiterally “from”
tHebrew “disaster”
uLiterally “Up to here”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates, and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.’ ”

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates. Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’ ”

The words of Jeremiah end here.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am bringing on her. They will grow weary.’ ”

The words of Jeremiah end here.

NLTNew Living Translation

When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River. Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.’ ”

This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

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