Then the restof the peoplewho were leftin the cityand the deserterswhohad desertedto the kingof Babylonand the restof the people,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedawayinto exile.
Thosewho had escapedfrom the swordhe carriedawayto Babylon;and they were servantsto him and to his sonsuntilthe ruleof the kingdomof Persia,
Now theseare the peopleof the provincewho cameup out of the captivityof the exileswhomNebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylonhad carriedawayto Babylon,and returnedto Jerusalemand Judah,eachto his city.
Let our cattlebearWithoutmishapand withoutloss,[Let there be] nooutcryin our streets!
Thereforethussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am about to givethiscityinto the handof the Chaldeansand into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,and he will takeit.
As for the restof the peoplewho were leftin the city,the deserterswhohad goneoverto him and the restof the peoplewho remained,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguardcarried[them] into exilein Babylon.
Now on the tenth[day] of the fifthmonth,whichwas the nineteenthyearof KingNebuchadnezzar,kingof Babylon,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguard,who was in the serviceof the kingof Babylon,cameto Jerusalem.
Then Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedawayinto exilesomeof the poorestof the people,the restof the peoplewho were leftin the city,the deserterswhohad desertedto the kingof Babylonand the restof the artisans.
in the twenty-thirdyearof Nebuchadnezzar,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedinto exile745Jewishpeople;there were 4,600personsin all.
"Say,I am a signto you. As I have done,soit will be doneto them; they will gointo exile,into captivity.'
"Allthe choicemenin allhis troopswill fallby the sword,and the survivorswill be scatteredto everywind;and you will knowthat I, the LORD,have spoken."
"Onethirdyou shall burnin the fireat the centerof the city,when the daysof the siegeare completed.Then you shall takeonethirdand strike[it] with the swordallaroundthe city, and onethirdyou shall scatterto the wind;and I will unsheathea swordbehindthem.
"The LORDwill bringyou and your king,whomyou setoveryou, to a nationwhichneitheryou noryour fathershave known,and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone.
