Jeremiah 51:59-64

Now Jeremiah had written all these prophecies of Babylon’s doom on a scroll. In the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, the king traveled to Babylonia, accompanied by his personal attendant, Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. Jeremiah gave Seraiah the scroll together with this command: “When you arrive in Babylon, be sure to read all the prophecies written on this scroll to all the people. Afterward, pray this prayer: ‘O  YAHWEH, you have promised to destroy this place so that no one will live here ever again, neither human nor animal. You said it will be desolate forever.’ “Then, Seraiah, when you finish reading this book to the people, tie a heavy stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River with these words: ‘Just as this scroll will sink, so Babylon will sink to the depths, never to rise again from the disaster I am going to bring on her.’ ” This ends Jeremiah’s writings.