“The king of Babylon
Slaughtered
The sons of King Zedekiah
At Riblah
Before his eyes.
Also the king of Babylon
Slaughtered
All the nobles of Judah.
He put out
The eyes of Zedekiah.
He bound him
In fetters.
He took him to Babylon.”
Once again, this is very similar to 2 Kings, chapter 25. King Nebuchadnezzar ordered that the sons of King Zedekiah be killed right in front of him. The king of Babylon then killed all the nobles or officials of Judah. Finally he blinded King Zedekiah, bound him up in chains, and took him to Babylon. He now lived as the captured blind ex-king in Babylon.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 