Jeremiah 39 · Verse 7

Jeremiah 39:7

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 39:7 in other translations

BSBThen he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
WEBMoreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
ASVMoreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
YLTAnd the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.
DARBYand he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.
BBEAnd more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.
WebsterMoreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

What does Jeremiah 39:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Bounds him with chains - Margin: "Two brazen chains;" one for his hands, and the other for his feet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 39:1-10

The taking of Jerusalem. (Jr 39:1-10) Jeremiah used well. (Jr 39:11-14) Promises of safety to Ebed-melech. (Jr 39:15-18) Verses 1-10 Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his eyes put out; so he was condemned to darkness who had shut his eyes against the clear light…

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Jeremiah 39:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֵינֵ֥י'ei.Nei[the] eyes ofH5869
צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667
עִוֵּ֑ר'i.Verhe made blindH5786
וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'as.Re.huand he bound himH631
בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםban.chush.Ta.yimwith <the> bronze fettersH5178
לָבִ֥יאla.Vi'to takeH935
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
בָּבֶֽלָה\׃ba.Ve.lahBabylon towardsH894

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 39:7

  • 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.

  • 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; And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 107:10-11

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

  • Psalms 119:8

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he put.
32:4,5; 52:11; 2Ki 25:7; Eze 12:13
chains. Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters.
Jud 16:21; Ps 107:10,11; 119:8

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Context

  • Jeremiah 39:6

    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.

  • Jeremiah 39:7

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

  • Jeremiah 39:8

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

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Jeremiah 39:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sacó los ojos al rey Sedechîas, y aprisionóle con grillos para llevarle á Babilonia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il creva les yeux à Sédécias, et le lia avec des chaînes d’airain, pour le mener à Babylone.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er blendete die Augen Zedekias, und er band ihn mit ehernen Fesseln, um ihn nach Babel zu bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Oculos quoque Sedeciæ eruit, et vinxit eum compedibus ut duceretur in Babylonem.