Verse 9
Then they took the king ,.... King Zedekiah, being left alone, excepting some few with him:
and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath ; which is supposed to be Antioch in Syria:
where he gave judgment upon him ; or "spake with him judgments" F18 וידבר אתו משפטים "qui cum eo locutus est judicia", Schmidt. So Cocceius. : chided and reproached him for his perfidy and ingratitude; expostulated and reasoned with him upon this subject, exposing his iniquity; and then passed sentence upon him, which was after executed; See Gill on Jeremiah 39:5 .
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