They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with shackles to take him to Babylon. [Ezek. 12:13.] American Standard Version (1901) Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. Common English Bible Then he gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in chains, and dragged him off to Babylon. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he plucked out the eyes of Zedekiah. And he bound him with fetters, to be led away to Babylon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He also put out the eyes of Sedecias: and bound him with fetters, to be carried to Babylon. |
They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
For thus says the Lord: I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he shall carry them captive to Babylon and shall kill them with the sword.
And you yourself shall not escape from his hand but shall surely be captured and handed over to him; you shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.
Thus says the Lord, I am going to give Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies, those who seek his life, just as I gave King Zedekiah of Judah into the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.”
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in fetters, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.
So the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.