Jeremiah 39:7
And the eyes of Zedekiah did he blind; and he bound him with brazen fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Psalms 119:8Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly.
Jeremiah 44:30Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh-chophra' the king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah the king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, his enemy, and who had sought his life.
Ezekiel 12:13And I will spread out my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon into the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, and there shall he die.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:2-11
Jerusalem Taken. ( b. c. 588.) 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king… Read the whole commentary →