## Riblah ##

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## they passed sentence on him ##

AT: "pronounced his judgment." or "pronounced his sentence."

## they slaughtered them before his eyes ##

AT: "they killed them before him." or "they killed them while king Zedekiah was forced to watch." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## they made him blind ##

The word "he" refers to king Nebuchadnezzar, but he probably did not do it himself. AT: "Then the Babylonian soldiers cut out Zedekiah's eyes." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])