Jeremiah 52:9

9 The Babylonians captured Zedekiah and marched him off to the king of Babylon at Riblah in Hamath, who tried and sentenced him on the spot.

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 Babylonians broke through the city walls. Under cover of the night darkness, the entire Judean army fled through an opening in the wall (it was the gate between the two walls above the King's Garden). They slipped through the lines of the Babylonians who surrounded the city and headed for the Jordan into the Arabah Valley,

8 but the Babylonians were in full pursuit. They caught up with them in the Plains of Jericho. But by then Zedekiah's army had deserted and was scattered.

9 The Babylonians captured Zedekiah and marched him off to the king of Babylon at Riblah in Hamath, who tried and sentenced him on the spot.

10 The king of Babylon then killed Zedekiah's sons right before his eyes. The summary murder of his sons was the last thing Zedekiah saw, for they then blinded him. The king of Babylon followed that up by killing all the officials of Judah.

11 Securely handcuffed, Zedekiah was hauled off to Babylon. The king of Babylon threw him in prison, where he stayed until the day he died.