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Jeremiah 39:7

ZedekiahBabylon
Suffering

5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

8 And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

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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

    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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  • Jeremiah 32:4–5

    And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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  • Judges 16:21

    But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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  • 2 Kings 25:7

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 52:11

    Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

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  • Psalms 107:10–11

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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  • Psalms 119:8

    I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

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