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He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
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The Brutality of Judgment
Commentators explain that the brutal punishment Zedekiah received—blinding, imprisonment, and potential slave labor like Samson—was typical for conquered kings under Assyrian and Babylonian rule. This historical context underscores the profound humiliation and the severity of the judgment that fell upon the final king of Judah, serving as a stark physical manifestation of the consequences of rebellion against God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Put him in prison ... - Not found in 2 Kings, for in the contemporaneous history, only what befell Zedekiah at Riblah would be known. It was…
19th Century
Anglican
And put him in prison till the day of his death.—This also is an additional detail not mentioned in 2 Kings 25, and its a…
16th Century
Protestant
Laus Deo
Commentary on Lamentations
Calvin's Preface
LECTURES OF JOHN CALVIN
ON
THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terribl…
This fruit of sin we should pray against above anything; Cast me not away from thy presence (Psalms 51:11). None are cast out …
