put out Zedekiah's eyes. So that Ezekiel was quite correct when he said that Zedekiah should be taken to Babylon, though he should not see it (Eze_12:13).
with chains = with two fetters.
to carry him. Ch. Jer_52:11, and 2Ki_25:7, show that this purpose was executed. It was not so with Jehoiakim (2Ch_36:6).