Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, be sure to read this message so all the people can hear you.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll all the terrible things that would happen to Babylon, all these words about Babylon.
Then say, ‘Lord, you have said that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals will live in it. It will be an empty ruin forever.’
As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his followers came up to show him the Temple’s buildings.
As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his followers said to him, “Look, Teacher! How beautiful the buildings are! How big the stones are!”
After this letter is read to you, be sure it is also read to the church in Laodicea. And you read the letter that I wrote to Laodicea.
So encourage each other with these words.
I tell you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers.
Blessed is the one who reads the words of God’s message, and blessed are the people who hear this message and do what is written in it. The time is near when all of this will happen.