⁵⁹ This is the message Jeremiah the prophet gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah,^(A) the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah^(B) king of Judah in the fourth^(C) year of his reign. ⁶⁰ Jeremiah had written on a scroll^(D) about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon—all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. ⁶¹ He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.