Yirmeyahu 51:59-64 ירמיהו נ״א:נ״ט-ס״ד

The word which Yirmeyahu the prophet commanded Seraya the son of Neriyya, son of Maĥseya, when he went with Żidqiyyahu, the king of Yehuda into Bavel in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraya was marshal of the camp.

So Yirmeyahu wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Bavel, namely all these words that are written against Bavel.

And Yirmeyahu said to Seraya, When thou comest to Bavel, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

then shalt thou say, O Lord, Thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.

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 Perat:

and thou shalt say, Thus shall Bavel sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Yirmeyahu.