Jeremiah 39:7

Jeremiah 39:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.

Context of Jeremiah 39:7

5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. 6Then the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in shackles of bronze to bring him to Babylon. 8The Chaldeans also burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem. 9And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard took them into exile in Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:7 word by word

וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֥י צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִוֵּ֑ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם לָבִ֥יא אֹת֖וֹ בָּבֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• blindedעָוַר‛âvar · to blindH5786
• Zedekiah’sצִדְקִיָּ֫הוּtsidqîyâh tsidqîyâhû · ZedekiahH6667
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• shacklesנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• to bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894

Cross-references for Jeremiah 39:7

• Jeremiah 32:4and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
• Jeremiah 52:11Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze shackles and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
• 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My net. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
• Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and restrained him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.
• Psalms 107:10There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
• Psalms 119:8I will keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Bounds him with chains - Margin: "Two brazen chains;" one for his hands, and the other for his feet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7After Nebuchadnezzar gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes, Zedekiah walked 400 miles to Babylon, blind, in great pain, and with his arms in bronze chains.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-18This chapter consists of two parts: the first describes the capture of Jerusalem, the removal of the people to Babylon, and the fate of Zedekiah, and that of Jeremiah. The second tells of the assurance of safety to Ebed-melech. 1. ninth year ... tenth month--and on the tenth day of it (Jr 52:4; 2Ki 25:1-4). From Jr 39:2, "eleventh year ... fourth month ... ninth day," we know the siege lasted one and a half years, excepting the suspension of it caused by…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 39:7

• Captive
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Blind
• Chain
• Jerusalem
• Kings, The Books of
• Zedekiah
• Eye
• Feasts and Fasts
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• 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