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Jeremiah 39:7

ZedekiahBabylon
Suffering

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

8 The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

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BSB
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
KJV
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
WEB
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
ASV
Moreover he put out Zedekiah`s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
DARBY
and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.
BLB
And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.
ÅB
Og Sedekias lot han blinde, og han lot ham binde med to kobberlenker for å føre ham til Babel.
OTB
Deretter blindet han Sidkia og bandt ham med bronse lenker for å føre ham til Babylon.
B1930
Og Sedekias lot han blinde, og han lot ham binde med to kobberlenker for å føre ham til Babel.

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  • Ezekiel 12:13

    But 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 there he will die.

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  • Jeremiah 32:4–5

    Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

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  • Judges 16:21

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

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  • 2 Kings 25:7

    And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

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  • Jeremiah 52:11

    Then 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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  • Psalms 107:10–11

    Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

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  • Psalms 119:8

    I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

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