New Living Translation
Jeremiah 52:11
11Then 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.
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
9They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah. 10The king of Babylon made Zedekiah watch as he slaughtered his sons. He also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 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. 12On August 17 of that year, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem. 13He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.
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 his grasp but will be captured and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. Then you will be exiled to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 12:13Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, though he will never see it, and 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
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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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