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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 39:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 39:7 |
King James |
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Babylon
Here began the "times of the Gentiles," the mark of which is that Jerusalem is "trodden down of the Gentiles," that is, Under Gentile overlordship. This has been true from the time of Nebuchadnezzar to this day.
See "Times of the Gentiles"
(See Scofield) - (Luk 21:24).
(See Scofield) - (Rev 16:19). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Bounds him with chains - Margin: "Two brazen chains;" one for his hands, and the other for his feet. |
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.