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Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

…to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

…to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

…to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.