Jeremiah 52:11
in Jeremiah 52Then 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThen he put out the eyes of Zedekiah,.... After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; See Gill on Jer 39:7; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon; in Jer 39:7; it is said, he bound him, "to carry him" there; here it is affirmed he did carry him thither: and it is added, and put him in prison till the day of his death; from this place only we learn that King Zedekiah was put into a prison, and died a prisoner.
This site's exposition
the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king
on Jeremiah 52:8-11
Zedekiah is overtaken and judged at Riblah, where his sons are killed “before his eyes.” Then his eyes are put out, after the word of 34:3 that he would see the king of Babylon eye to eye. He is kept in custody in Babylon “until his dying day.”
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Put him in prison ... - Not found in 2 Kings, 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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).
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah - See on Jer 39:7 (note).
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵינֵ֥י | ʾeinei | [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ | tzidkiyahu | Zedekiah | H6667 → | 63 times |
| עִוֵּ֑ר | ʾiver | he made blind | H5786 → | |
| וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ | vaiyaasrehu | and he bound him | H631 → | 72 times |
| בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִם | vanchushtayim | with <the> bronze fetters | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וַיְבִאֵ֤הוּ | vayviehu | and he brought him | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶל֙ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| בָּבֶ֔לָה | bavelah | Babylon towards | H894 → | 262 times |
| וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּ | vaiyitenehu | and he put him | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בֵֽית | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַפְּקֻדֹּ֖ת | hapekudot | <the> punishment<s> | H6486 → | 32 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מוֹתֽוֹ׃ | moto | death his | H4194 → | 156 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֵינֵ֥י[the] eyes of
ʾeineiH5869 →887 times
צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּZedekiah
tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times
עִוֵּ֑רhe made blind
ʾiverH5786 →
וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּand he bound him
vaiyaasrehuH631 →72 times
בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִםwith <the> bronze fetters
vanchushtayimH5178 →140 times
וַיְבִאֵ֤הוּand he brought him
vayviehuH935 →2568 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶל֙Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
בָּבֶ֔לָהBabylon towards
bavelahH894 →262 times
וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּand he put him
vaiyitenehuH5414 →2011 times
בֵֽית[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
הַפְּקֻדֹּ֖ת<the> punishment<s>
hapekudotH6486 →32 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
י֥וֹם[the] day of
yomH3117 →2304 times
מוֹתֽוֹ׃death his
motoH4194 →156 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
- Hosea 7:12
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- 2 Kings 25:5–7
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
- Jeremiah 39:7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.