Jeremías 39:5

5 Pero el ejército de los caldeos los persiguió, y alcanzaron a Sedequías en los llanos de Jericó; lo apresaron y lo llevaron a Ribla en la tierra de Hamat, donde Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, dictó sentencia contra él.

Jeremías 39:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:5

But the Chaldean army pursued after them
Being informed of the flight of them, by those who surrendered to them, as Josephus says; or not finding the king, his family, nobles, and guards, at the palace, where they expected them; and, knowing which way they must take, pursued after them; not the whole army, only a part of it; for some must remain at Jerusalem to demolish the city, and take the spoil of it: and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho;
not far from it, as Josephus says; and who also observes, that when his friends and generals saw the enemy near, they left him, and shifted for themselves, and only a few were with him when overtook: and when they had taken him they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath:
which is generally thought to be Antioch in Syria; whither he had retired from the siege of Jerusalem, having left it to his generals to refresh himself in this pleasant place, as it seems it was; or that he might be nearer his own kingdom, if any troubles should arise in it during his absence; however, here he was, and here the army brought Zedekiah to him, and those they took with him; which must be very agreeable to the king of Babylon to have this perfidious and ungrateful prince in his power: where he gave judgment upon him:
or passed sentence on him, which was to have his eyes put out: or, "spake judgments with him" ^F9; he severely chide him, and upbraided him for the injury he had done him; the perfidy he had been guilty of in breaking his oath and covenant. So Josephus says,

``after he came to him, Nebuchadnezzar began to call him a wicked man and a covenant breaker, unmindful of promises he had made to preserve the country for him; he reproached him with ingratitude, in receiving the kingdom from him he had taken from Jehoiakim, and given to him, who had used his power against the giver; but, says he, the great God that hates thy manners has put thee into our hands.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Myjpvm wta rbdyw) "et locutus est cum eo, [vel] ipso judicia", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Jeremías 39:5 In-Context

3 Y entraron todos los oficiales del rey de Babilonia y se sentaron en la puerta Central: Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarse-quim el Rabsaris, Nergal-sarezer el Rabmag y todos los demás oficiales del rey de Babilonia.

4 Y sucedió que cuando los vieron Sedequías, rey de Judá, y todos los hombres de guerra, huyeron y salieron de la ciudad de noche por el camino del jardín del rey, por la puerta entre los dos muros; y se fueron por el camino del Arabá .

5 Pero el ejército de los caldeos los persiguió, y alcanzaron a Sedequías en los llanos de Jericó; lo apresaron y lo llevaron a Ribla en la tierra de Hamat, donde Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, dictó sentencia contra él.

6 Entonces el rey de Babilonia degolló a los hijos de Sedequías ante sus ojos en Ribla; también el rey de Babilonia degolló a todos los nobles de Judá.

7 Después sacó los ojos a Sedequías y lo ató con grillos de bronce para llevarlo a Babilonia.