Jeremiah 39:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

put out Zedekiah's eyes. So that Ezekiel was quite correct when he said that Zedekiah should be taken to Babylon, though he should not see it (Ezekiel 12:13).

with chains. with two fetters.

to carry him. Ch. Jeremiah 52:11, and 2 Kings 25:7, show that this purpose was executed. It was not so with Jehoiakim (2 Chronicles 36:6).

Jeremiah 39:7

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