Jeremiah 39:7 Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

English Standard Version
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon.

King James Bible
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

International Standard Version
Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze fetters to take him to Babylon.

American Standard Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He also put out the eyes of Sedecias: and bound him with fetters, to be carried to Babylon.

Darby Bible Translation
and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation
And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.

Cross References

Judges 16:21
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

2 Kings 25:7
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 20:4
For thus said the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Jeremiah 32:5
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, said the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.

Jeremiah 34:3
And you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:11
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Ezekiel 12:13
My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

39:1-10 Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his eyes put out; so he was condemned to darkness who had shut his eyes against the clear light of God's word. Those who will not believe God's words, will be convinced by the event. Observe the wonderful changes of Providence, how uncertain are earthly possessions; and see the just dealings of Providence: but whether the Lord makes men poor or rich, nothing will profit them while they cleave to their sins.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. slew … sons … before his eyes—previous to his eyes being "put out" (Jer 39:7); literally, "dug out." The Assyrian sculptures depict the delight with which the kings struck out, often with their own hands, the eyes of captive princes. This passage reconciles Jer 32:4, "his eyes shall behold his eyes"; with Eze 12:13, "he shall not see Babylon, though he shall die there."

slew all … nobles—(Jer 27:20).