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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
out	עִוֵּ֑ר 'i.Ver	H5786	to blind · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eyes	עֵינֵ֥י 'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶל֙ ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
bound	וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ vai.ya.'as.Re.hu	H631	to yoke or hitch · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
chains	בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִם van.chush.Ta.yim	H5178	copper · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine dual absolute
carried	וַיְבִאֵ֤הוּ vay.vi.'E.hu	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Babylon	בָּבֶ֔לָה ba.Ve.lah	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
put	וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּ vai.yi.te.Ne.hu	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
prison	בֵֽית veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
day	י֥וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular construct
death	מוֹתֽוֹ mo.To	H4194	death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

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 sha…
Jeremiah 34:3-5 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but probably it was drawn up by some of those that were carried away with Zedekiah, as a reproach to themselves for imagining that they should not go into captivity after their brethren, with which hopes they had long flattered themselves. We have here, 1. God's just displeasure against Judah and Jerusalem for their sin, Jer 52:3. His anger was against them to such a degree that he determined to cast them out from his presence, his favourable gracious presence, as a father, when he is extremely angry wi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:11

jer 52:11Eze 12:13 : "I will bring him to Babylon . . . yet shall he not see it." prison--literally, "the house of visitations," or "punishments," that is, where there was penal work enforced on the prisoners, such as grinding. Hence the Septuagint renders it "the house of the mill." So Samson, after his eyes were put out, "ground" in the Philistine prison-house (Jdg 16:21).

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:11

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah,.... After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; See Gill on Jeremiah 39:7; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon; in Jeremiah 39:7; it is said, he bound him, "to carry him" there; here it is affirmed he did carry him thither: and it is added, and put him in prison till the day of his death; from this place only we learn that King Zedekiah was put into a prison, and died a prisoner.

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Fate of King Zedekiah at the taking of Jerusalem; cf. Kg2 24:18; Kg2 25:7, and Jer 39:1-7. The statements regarding Zedekiah's ascension and his government, Jer 52:1-3, agree word for word with Kg2 24:18-20, even to the variation השׁליכו, Jer 52:3, for השׁליכו (Kings). The length of the siege of Jerusalem, Jer 52:4-7, and the flight, capture, and condemnation of King Zedekiah and the princes of Judah, Jer 52:7-11, not only agrees with Kg2 25:1-7, but also with Jer 39:1-7, where it is merely the forcible entrance into the city by the Chaldeans that receives special detail; see on Jer 39:3. The variation ויּחנוּ, Jer 52:4, instead of ויּחן (Kg2 25:1), does not affect the sense. As to the accou…

Dictionary and topics

Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Prison · 24:12; — 24:12;
Prisons · Used for confining: Enemies taken captive — Used for confining: Enemies taken captive
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:11

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:11

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 52:11