en_tn_condensed/jer/52/09.md

# at Riblah in the land of Hamath

Riblah was a town in the territory of Hamath. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# passed sentence on him

"decided how to punish him"

# slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his own eyes

The eyes are a synecdoche for the whole person. The reader should also understand that others probably helped the king of Babylon kill Zedekiah's sons. AT: "forced Zedekiah to watch as the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# he put out Zedekiah's eyes

"the king's men made Zedekiah blind." Use the common words for making a person blind. It is not clear that the king of Babylon took Zedekiah's eyes out of his head. The reader should also understand that others probably helped the king of Babylon make Zedekiah blind.

# the day of his death

the day of Zedekiah's death

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hamath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/slaughter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bronze]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# at Riblah in the land of Hamath`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Riblah was a town in the territory of Hamath. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# passed sentence on him`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"decided how to punish him"`

			`# slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his own eyes`

			`The eyes are a synecdoche for the whole person. The reader should also understand that others probably helped the king of Babylon kill Zedekiah's sons. AT: "forced Zedekiah to watch as the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`

			`# he put out Zedekiah's eyes`

			`"the king's men made Zedekiah blind." Use the common words for making a person blind. It is not clear that the king of Babylon took Zedekiah's eyes out of his head. The reader should also understand that others probably helped the king of Babylon make Zedekiah blind.`

			`# the day of his death`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`the day of Zedekiah's death`

			`# translationWords`

Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hamath]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/slaughter]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bronze]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]`