Jeremiah 52:9

9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

Jeremiah 52:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:9

Then they took the king
King Zedekiah, being left alone, excepting some few with him: and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath;
which is supposed to be Antioch in Syria: where he gave judgment upon him;
or "spake with him judgments" ^F18: chided and reproached him for his perfidy and ingratitude; expostulated and reasoned with him upon this subject, exposing his iniquity; and then passed sentence upon him, which was after executed; (See Gill on Jeremiah 39:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myjpvm wta rbdyw) "qui cum eo locutus est judicia", Schmidt. So Cocceius.

Jeremiah 52:9 In-Context

7 Then the city was broken up , and all the men of war fled , and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

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.