But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Jeremiah 52:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But Nevuzar'adan 1 the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil. American Standard Version (1901) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Common English Bible But Nebuzaradan commander of the guard left some of the poor to tend the vineyards and till the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, some of the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, left behind as vinedressers and farmers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers and for husbandmen. |
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nevukhadnetzar 1, king of Bavel, came Nevuzar'adan 1 the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Bavel, to Yerushalayim.
The captain of the guard took Yirmeyahu, and said to him, the LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in Eretz-Yisra'el speak, saying, Avraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.