Jeremiah 52:9

9 So the Babylonians captured Zedekiah and took him to the king of Babylon at the town of Riblah in the land of Hamath. There he passed sentence on Zedekiah.

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 wall was broken through, and the whole army of Judah ran away at night. They left the city through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden. Even though the Babylonians were surrounding the city, Zedekiah and his men headed toward the Jordan Valley.

8 But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught him in the plains of Jericho. All of his army was scattered from him.

9 So the Babylonians captured Zedekiah and took him to the king of Babylon at the town of Riblah in the land of Hamath. There he passed sentence on Zedekiah.

10 At Riblah the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah's sons as he watched. The king also killed all the officers of Judah.

11 Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and put bronze chains on him, and took him to Babylon. And the king kept Zedekiah in prison there until the day he died.