At that time the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Isaiah 39:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Some of your own sons who are born to you shall be taken away; they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And some of your own sons who are born to you shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. American Standard Version (1901) And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Common English Bible Some of your sons, your own descendants whom you fathered, will be taken to become eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.” Catholic Public Domain Version And your children, who will issue from you, whom you will produce, they will be taken away. And they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And of thy children, that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away: and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. |
At that time the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
King Jehoiachin of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon: himself, his mother, his servants, his officers, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the elite of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Therefore the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh captive in manacles, bound him with fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, along with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.