Yēlìmǐshū 39:6

6 Bābǐlún wáng zaì lì Bǐlā , Xīdǐjiā yǎnqián shā le tāde zhòng zǐ , yòu shā le Yóudà de yīqiè guìzhòu ,

Yēlìmǐshū 39:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:6

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah
before his eyes
Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at this time was but thirty two years of age. This must be a dreadful spectacle for him to behold; and the consideration must be cutting, that it was owing to his own obstinacy in not taking the advice of the Prophet Jeremiah to surrender to the Chaldeans, whereby he and his family would have been saved, ( Jeremiah 38:17 ) ; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah;
who did not come over to the Chaldean army and surrender themselves; such who advised the king to stand out to the last, and who fled, and were taken with him; as many of them as fell into the hands of the king of Babylon. Jarchi says those were the sanhedrim, who loosed Zedekiah from his oath to Nebuchadnezzar.

Yēlìmǐshū 39:6 In-Context

4 Yóudà wáng Xīdǐjiā hé yīqiè bīng dīng kànjian tāmen , jiù zaì yè jiān cóng kàojìn wáng yuán liǎng chéng zhōngjiān de mén chū chéng taópǎo , wǎng Yàlá bā taó qù .

5 Jiālèdǐ de jūnduì zhuīgǎn tāmen , zaì Yēlìgē de píngyuán zhuī shang Xīdǐjiā , jiāng tā ná zhù , daì dào Hāmǎ dì de lì Bǐlā , Bābǐlún wáng Níbùjiǎnísǎ nàli . Níbùjiǎnísǎ jiù shĕnpàn tā .

6 Bābǐlún wáng zaì lì Bǐlā , Xīdǐjiā yǎnqián shā le tāde zhòng zǐ , yòu shā le Yóudà de yīqiè guìzhòu ,

7 Bìngqiĕ wān Xīdǐjiā de yǎnjing , yòng tóng liàn suǒ zhe tā , yào daì dào Bābǐlún qù .

8 Jiālèdǐ rén yòng huǒ fùnshāo wánggōng hé bǎixìng de fángwū , yòu chāihuǐ Yēlùsǎlĕng de chéngqiáng .