Jeremiah 52:12-16 ▼

12 On the tenth day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of the king of Babylon.

13 He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

14 The whole Chaldean army with the captain of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

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