Jeremiah 39:7 “Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to ta…”

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

World English Bible

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

American Standard Version

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him in chaines, to cary him to Babel.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.

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Cross references

“he put”

Ezekiel 12:13 Jeremiah 52:11 2 Kings 25:7 Jeremiah 32:4 Jeremiah 32:5

Ezekiel 12:13 · BSB

But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

Jeremiah 52:11 · BSB

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

2 Kings 25:7 · BSB

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 32:4 · BSB

Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

Jeremiah 32:5 · BSB

He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”

“chains”

Judges 16:21 Psalm 119:8 Psalm 107:10 Psalm 107:11

Judges 16:21 · BSB

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Psalm 119:8 · BSB

I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

Psalm 107:10 · BSB

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Psalm 107:11 · BSB

because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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