8
In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month--which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnez'zar, king of Babylon--Nebu'zarad'an, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9
And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
10
And all the army of the Chalde'ans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11
And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebu'zarad'an the captain of the guard carried into exile.
12
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.