2Ki 25:5 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. The army of the Chaldeans pursued ] Zedekiah was taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, and then put out his eyes; and having loaded him with chains, sent him to Babylon, (see ,) thus fulfilling the prophetic declarations, that his eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon , ; but Babylon he should not see , though he was to die there; .

‏ 2 Kings 25:5

Verse 5. The army of the Chaldeans pursued] Zedekiah was taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, and then put out his eyes; and having loaded him with chains, sent him to Babylon, (see Jer 39:4, 7; 52:7, 11,) thus fulfilling the prophetic declarations, that his eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon, Jer 32:4; 34:3; but Babylon he should not see, though he was to die there; Eze 12:13.