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2Ki 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they slew		Gen 21:16; Gen 44:34; Deu 28:34; Jer 22:30; Jer 39:6,7; Jer 52:10,11
and put out		Heb. and made blind. Thus were fulfilled the apparently contradictory prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel--that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, but Babylon he should not see, though he should die there. Jer 32:4,5; Jer 34:3; Eze 12:13-16
bound him		Jdg 16:21; 2Ch 33:11; 2Ch 36:6; Psa 107:10,11; Psa 149:8; Eze 7:27; Eze 17:16-20

Correlating Passages

they slew

	Gen 21:16	And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.
	Gen 44:34	For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
	Deu 28:34	So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
	Jer 22:30	Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
	Jer 39:6	Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
	Jer 39:7	Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
	Jer 52:10	And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
	Jer 52:11	Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

and put out

	Jer 32:4	And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
	Jer 32:5	And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
	Jer 34:3	And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
	Eze 12:13	My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
	Eze 12:14	And I will scatter toward every wind all that [are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
	Eze 12:15	And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
	Eze 12:16	But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

bound him

	Jdg 16:21	But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
	2Ch 33:11	Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
	2Ch 36:6	Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
	Psa 107:10	Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
	Psa 107:11	Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
	Psa 149:8	To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
	Eze 7:27	The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
	Eze 17:16	[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
	Eze 17:17	Neither shall Pharaoh with [his] mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
	Eze 17:18	Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape.
	Eze 17:19	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
	Eze 17:20	And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

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