Jeremiah 39:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.”
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“Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 39:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Psalms 119:8I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
- Jeremiah 32:4Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
- Jeremiah 44:30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
- Jeremiah 52:11Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
- Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
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