2 Kings 25:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And they slaughtered the sons of Tsiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in double fetters [hands and feet] and carried him to Babylon. [Foretold in Jer. 34:3; Ezek. 12:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Common English Bible

⁷ Zedekiah’s sons were slaughtered right before his eyes. Then he was blinded, put in bronze chains, and taken off to Babylon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7 Cross References

Genesis 21:16

And she went and sat down about a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

Genesis 44:34

“For how do I go up to my father if the boy is not with me, lest I see the evil that would come upon my father?”

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore יהוה  brought upon them the commanders of the army of the sovereign of Ashshur, who captured Menashsheh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and made him go to Baḇ

2 Chronicles 36:6

Neḇ

Psalm 149:8

To bind their sovereigns with chains, And their nobles with iron bands;

Isaiah 22:3

All your rulers have fled together; without a bow they were taken captive. All who are found in you are bound together, who have fled from afar.

Jeremiah 21:7

“And afterward,” declares יהוה, “I give Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 22:30

“Thus said יהוה, ‘Write this man down as childless, a strong man who is not to prosper in his days, for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting on the throne of Dawiḏ

Jeremiah 34:3

and you shall not escape out of his hand, but certainly be taken and given into his hand. And your eyes shall see the eyes of the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 37:17

And Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 38:23

‘And they are going to surrender all your wives and children to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but be taken by the hand of the sovereign of Baḇ

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her sovereign and her rulers are among the gentiles. The Torah is no more, And her prophets have found no vision from יהוה.

Ezekiel 12:11

“Say, ‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it is done to them – they are to go into exile, into captivity.’

Ezekiel 7:27

‘Let the sovereign mourn, and let the prince put on despair, and let the hands of the common people tremble. And I shall deal with them according to their way, and judge them with their own right-rulings. And they shall know that I am יהוה!’ ”

Deuteronomy 28:34

“And you shall be maddened because of the sight which your eyes see.

Deuteronomy 28:36

“יהוה  brings you and the sovereign whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other mighty ones, wood and stone.

Judges 16:21

So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Azzah, and bound him with bronze shackles. And he became a grinder in the prison.