Jeremiah 52:16
New International Version
But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

New Living Translation
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.

English Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Berean Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

King James Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

New King James Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

New American Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

NASB 1995
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

NASB 1977
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had some of the poorest of the land remain to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Amplified Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Christian Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.

American Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And some poor ones of the people of the land, Nebuzaradan the High Guard left for the vineyards and for cultivation

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Contemporary English Version
Only the very poorest were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.

English Revised Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.

Good News Translation
But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he put them to work in the vineyards and fields.

International Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Literal Standard Version
and of the poor of the land, Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has left for vinedressers and for farmers.

Majority Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

New American Bible
But Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, left behind some of the country’s poor as vinedressers and farmers.

NET Bible
But he left behind some of the poor and gave them fields and vineyards.

New Revised Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.

New Heart English Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

World English Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

Young's Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

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Context
The Temple Destroyed
15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen. 16But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. 17Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.…

Cross References
2 Kings 25:8
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 40:2
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

Jeremiah 40:7
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,


Treasury of Scripture

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.

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Jeremiah 39:9,10
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained…

Jeremiah 40:5-7
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go…

2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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Jeremiah 52
1. Zedekiah rebels
4. Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8. Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12. Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24. He carries away the captives
28. The number of Jews carried captive
31. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But Nebuzaradan
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן (nə·ḇū·zar·’ă·ḏān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5018: Nebuzaradan -- 'Nebo has given seed', a Babylonian general

the captain
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

of the guard
טַבָּחִ֑ים (ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

left behind
הִשְׁאִ֕יר (hiš·’îr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

[the rest of] the poor
וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת (ū·mid·dal·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1803: Something dangling, a loose thread, hair, indigent

of the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

to be vinedressers
לְכֹרְמִ֖ים (lə·ḵō·rə·mîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3755: To tend vineyards, dress vines

and farmers.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ (ū·lə·yō·ḡə·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3009: To till, be a husbandman


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