14 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (A)broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard (B)carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the [a](C)deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans. 16 But (D)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and [b]plowmen.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:15 Lit fallers who had fallen
  2. Jeremiah 52:16 Or unpaid laborers