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Seraiah (son of Neriah)

스라야 (네리야의 아들)

Named at Jeremiah 51:59: “The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.” At 51:61–64 Jeremiah says to him, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,” and tells him, when he has finished reading the book, to bind a stone to it, cast it into the middle of the Euphrates, and say, “Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.” The text does not say that Seraiah did so. The Korean Revised Version reads 마세야의 손자 네리야의 아들 스라야 (Seraiah the son of Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah) and 시종장 (chief of the attendants).

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JER 51:59–64, engwebp
⁵⁹The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.
⁶⁰Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
⁶¹Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
⁶²and say, ‘LORD, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’
⁶³It will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.
⁶⁴Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Neriah — Father of — Seraiah (son of Neriah)

Evidence: Jeremiah 51:59–64
Took part in (1) — Jeremiah the prophet writes in a book the evil that should come on Babylon, and commands Seraiah to read it and cast it into the Euphrates

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Jeremiah 51:59 Open that verse

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.

Jeremiah 51:61 Open that verse

Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

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Entry: Seraiah (son of Neriah) (person-seraiah-neriah)
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Current wording: Named at Jeremiah 51:59: “The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.” At 51:61–64 Jeremiah says to him, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,” and tells him, when he has finished reading the book, to bind a stone to it, cast it into the middle of the Euphrates, and say, “Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.” The text does not say that Seraiah did so. The Korean Revised Version reads 마세야의 손자 네리야의 아들 스라야 (Seraiah the son of Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah) and 시종장 (chief of the attendants).
Cited evidence: JER 51:59–64, engwebp
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