Jeremiah 52:11

Jeremiah 52:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

Context of Jeremiah 52:11

9Babylon's soldiers took hold of Zedekiah. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, in Hamath region. Nebuchadnezzar decided how to punish Zedekiah. 10He told his soldiers to kill all Zedekiah's sons, while Zedekiah watched. He also punished all the officers of Judah with death there at Riblah. Then they cut out Zedekiah's eyes to make him blind. They tied him with chains and they took him to Babylon as their prisoner. They kept him in prison until the day that he died. 12King Nebuchadnezzar had an officer whose name was Nebuzaradan. He was the captain of the king's royal guards. Nebuzaradan came to Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar had ruled Babylon for 19 years. It was on the tenth day of the fifth month. 13Nebuzaradan destroyed the Lord's temple, the king's palace and all the other houses in Jerusalem. He burned them all with fire, so that he destroyed every important building in the city.

Jeremiah 52:11 word by word

וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֥י צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִוֵּ֑ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִם וַיְבִאֵ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ בָּבֶ֔לָה וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּ בֵֽית הַפְּקֻדֹּ֖ת עַד־י֥וֹם מוֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then he put outעָוַר‛âvar · to blindH5786
• the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• of Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֫הוּtsidqîyâh tsidqîyâhû · ZedekiahH6667
• and the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• him in chainsנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• and carriedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• and putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• him in prisonפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• him in prisonבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• till the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of his deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:11

• Jeremiah 34:3You will not be able to escape. Babylon's soldiers will certainly take hold of you. They will take you to the king of Babylon. You will have to stand in front of the king of Babylon and answer his questions. Then you will go to Babylon as his prisoner.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will throw my net over him and I will catch him in my trap. I will take him to Babylon city, in the land of the Chaldeans. But he will not see that land. He will die there.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He put out the eyes of Zedekiah - See on Jeremiah 39:7; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Put him in prison … - Not found in 2Kings, for in the contemporaneous history what befell Zedekiah at Riblah would alone be known. It was no doubt added by the same hand which inserted the account of the deportations to Babylon.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The last sentence of the verse is an addition to the text of 2 Kings 25.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Eze 12:13: "I will bring him to Babylon ... yet shall he not see it." prison--literally, "the house of visitations," or "punishments," that is, where there was penal work enforced on the prisoners, such as grinding. Hence the Septuagint renders it "the house of the mill." So Samson, after his eyes were put out, "ground" in the Philistine prison-house (Jud 16:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 52:11

• Malice
• Prison
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Zedekiah
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Diet
• Kings, The Books of
• Feasts and Fasts
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Prison; Prisoner
• Riblah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings