When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read... — The meaning of the Hebrew would be better expressed by, thou shalt see to it and read, or see to it and read. The English version, as it is, leaves it doubtful who or what is to be seen. The verb for “read” implies reading aloud. Saraiah was to read the prophecy to those whom it concerned, probably to a chosen few among his own countrymen. The idea that it was to be read to the Babylonians is in the highest degree improbable.
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Jeremiah 51:61
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;