Jeremiah 39:7

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem: Jeremiah Spared. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; cf. 2 Kings 25:1-12 (also reproduced in Jer...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ( Eze...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here was an accumulation of misery: the king had his eyes pulled out, (117) after having been a spectator of the slaughter of his own sons! He...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Bounds him with chains - Margin: "Two brazen chains;" one fo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He put out Zedekiah's eyes— See chap. Jeremiah 52:11 where it is added, that he put him in prison till the day of his death. Thus two prophesies...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Capture of Jerusalem (11th year of Zedekiah) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See on Jeremiah 34:3 . Putting out the eyes was a common punishment in the East. 8-10. Fate of the city. If we had only this narrative we should...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes. — The special form of punishment is noticeable as fulfilling the two prophecies — (1) that Zedekiah should see...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 40:1-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth mo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a sad business Zedekiah had made of it; and what a grievous calamity followed! Zedekiah was but in the prime of life when these things took plac...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

NON-ACCEPTANCE OF CHASTISEMENT ‘Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes.’ Jeremiah 39:7 What are the speakings of this ‘Moreover’ to us? It says...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes ,.... By what means is not certain; however, hereby the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that his eyes should...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Ver. 7. See on 2 Kings 25:7 .
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They fled by the gate betwixt the two walls Betwixt the wall and the outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which Hezekiah b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem Taken. B. C. 588. 1 In the n...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus the two prophecies were fulfilled; that of this prophet, Jeremiah 34:4 , that Zedekiah should not die by the sword ; and that of Ezekiel, th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. — Cf . notes in loc . chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not rec...
Scofield Reference Notes

Babylon Here began the "times of the Gentiles," the mark of which is that Jerusalem is "trodden down of the Gentiles," that is, Under Gentile...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 39:1 . In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem. On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the c...
The Biblical Illustrator

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. The downfall of Judah The siege and sacki...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem Taken
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moreover, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, commanding that he be blinded, probably by passing a heated metal rod before his open eyes, and bound him with...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:7 ; Ezekiel 12:13 ; Jeremiah 32:4 ; Jeremiah 32:5 ; Jeremiah 52:11 ; Judges 16:21 ; Psalms 107:10 ; Psalms 107:11 ; Psalms 119:8...

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

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 39:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 39:7