Jeremiah 52:11

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.

Jeremiah 52:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:11

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah
After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; (See Gill on Jeremiah 39:7); and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to
Babylon;
in ( Jeremiah 39:7 ) ; it is said, he bound him, "to carry him" there; here it is affirmed he did carry him thither: and it is added, and put him in prison till the day of his death;
from this place only we learn that King Zedekiah was put into a prison, and died a prisoner.

Jeremiah 52:11 In-Context

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.

12 In the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on the seventh day of the fifth month, Nebuzaradan, the king of Babylon's chief deputy, arrived in Jerusalem.

13 He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down.