Zedekiah Taken to Babylon without Seeing It
Ezekiel says the prince of Jerusalem will be captured and brought to Babylon, yet will not see that land.
Ezekiel 12:10–13
10Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden [concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that [are] among them.
11Say, I [am] your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove [and] go into captivity.
12And the prince that [is] among them shall bear upon [his] shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with [his] eyes.
13My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
The prophetic word and its fulfillment
Sources & further reading
Historical facts and interpretive background are kept as structured citations so links can be checked and maintained over time.
4Q Ezekiel
Israel Antiquities AuthorityInstitutional manuscript resource supporting the ancient transmission context of the biblical book; it does not by itself prove the proposed fulfillment.
Babylonian Chronicle for 605–594 BC
British MuseumThis cuneiform chronicle records Nebuchadnezzar’s 597 BC campaign against Jerusalem.
The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.