13
He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
14
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
15
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.
16
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 Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
