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The Fall of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 39:7

In 10 translations

BSB
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
KJV
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.with…: Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters
WEB
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
ASV
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
LSV
And he has blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and he binds him with bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.
YLT
And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.
DBY
and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.
DRC
He also put out the eyes of Sedecias: and bound him with fetters, to be carried to Babylon.
GNV
Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him in chaines, to cary him to Babel.
JPS
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֥י צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִוֵּ֑ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֨הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם לָבִ֥יא אֹת֖וֹ בָּבֶֽלָה׃

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👤 Zedekiah📍 Babylon◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 12:13But 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.
  • 2 Kings 25:7And 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 32:4–5Zedekiah 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. He will take…
  • Judges 16:21Then 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.
  • Jeremiah 52:11Then 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.
  • Psalms 119:8I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
  • Psalms 107:10–11Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

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