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Jeremiah 52:11
11Then 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then he gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze chains, and the king of Babylon led him away to Babylon. Zedekiah remained there in prison until the day of his death.
Context of Jeremiah 52:11
9and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. 10There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. 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. 12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
Read all of Jeremiah 52Jeremiah 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 escape from his grasp but will surely be captured and given into his hands. You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes, and he will speak with you face to face. And you will go to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 12:13I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
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
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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
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