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2 Kings 25:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

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The king will mourn; the prince will be clothed in grief; and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their own conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the  Lord.


As for you, you will not escape  from him but are certain to be captured and handed over to him. You will meet the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak face to face;  , you will go to Babylon.


This is what the Lord says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not be successful in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.


Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him  and bound him in bronze  shackles to take him to Babylon.


So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.


The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.


You will be driven mad by what you see.


For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.’


and went and sat at a distance, about a bow shot away, for she said, ‘I can’t bear to watch the boy die! ’ While she sat at a distance, she  wept loudly.


‘The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.


All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans.  You yourself will not escape from them, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon and this city will burn.” ’


All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away.


Afterwards #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people #– #those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine #– #I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,  to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.”


King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, ‘Is there a word from the Lord? ’ ‘There is,’ Jeremiah responded. He continued, ‘You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.’


Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground; he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live among the nations, instruction  is no more, and even her prophets receive no vision from the  Lord.


You are to say, “I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile,  into captivity.”





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