Teks -- Jeremiah 39:7 (NET)

39:7 Then he had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.

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Clarke: Jer 39:7 - Bounds him with chains

Bounds him with chains - Margin: "Two brazen chains;"one for his hands, and the other for his feet.

Calvin: Jer 39:7 - NO PHRASE

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 then saw heaped together the dead bodies of his own offspring and of all his nobles. After that slaughter he was made blind. His life was, no doubt, prolonged to him, that he might die, as it were, by little and little, according to what a notorious tyrant has said. And thus Nebuchadnezzar intended to kill him a hundred and a thousand times, and not at once to put him to death, for death removes man from all the miseries of the present life. That Zedekiah remained alive, was then a much harder condition.

And this has been recorded that we may know, that as he had been so long obstinate against God, the punishment inflicted on him was long protracted; for he had not sinned through levity or want of thought, or some hidden impulse, but hardened himself against every truth and all counsels. It was therefore just that he should die by little and little, and not be killed at once. This was the reason why the king of Babylon pulled out his eyes.

The Prophet says in the last place, that he was bound with chains, and that he was in this miserable condition led into Babylon This reproach was an addition to his blindness: he was bound with chains as a criminal. It would have been better for him to have been taken immediately to the gallows, or to have been put to death in any way; but it was the design of Nebuchadnezzar, that he should lead a miserable life in this degraded state, and be a public example of what perfidy deserved. It follows, —

Defender: Jer 39:7 - Zedekiah's eyes

Because Zedekiah rejected God's word through Jeremiah, his sons and all his nobles were slain before his eyes (Jer 39:6) and his city was burned (Jer 39:8). Jeremiah, however, was allowed to stay with the "poor of the people" in the land (Jer 39:10).

Defender: Jer 39:7 - carry him to Babylon

The final remnant of Jewish reign over the promised land ended with Zedekiah's deportation. This event, therefore, apparently marks the beginning of the "times of the Gentiles" (Luk 21:24), which have persisted until the present."

TSK: Jer 39:7 - he put // chains

he put : Jer 32:4, Jer 32:5, Jer 52:11; 2Ki 25:7; Eze 12:13

chains : Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters, Jdg 16:21; Psa 107:10,Psa 107:11, Psa 119:8

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Poole: Jer 39:7

Thus the two prophecies were fulfilled; that of this prophet, Jer 34:4 , that Zedekiah should not die by the sword ; and that of Ezekiel, that he should not see Babylon , though he should die there, Eze 12:13 . Riblah was at a great distance from Babylon, where the king was at this time, probably to be nearer his army while the siege lasted at Jerusalem, and to give orders about it, and to divert himself, the place being a pleasant place, and the king not willing to trouble himself about the siege to go thither in person; but the siege being over, he now removeth to Babylon, and carrieth Zedekiah and the rest of the prisoners along with him.

Gill: Jer 39:7 - Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes // and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon

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 see the king of Babylon, as they did, before they were put out, and that he should not die by the sword, Jer 34:3; and also the prophecy of Ezekiel, Eze 12:13; that he should be brought to Babylon, and yet should not see it; for his eyes were put out before he was carried there: a full proof this of the prescience of God; of his foreknowledge of future and contingent events; of the truth and certainty of prophecy, and of the authority of divine revelation:

and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon; with two brass or iron chains, or fetters, for both his legs; and thus bound he was carried to Babylon, where he remained to the day of his death.