²⁷ And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among the peoples, ^(B)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

^14 (A)He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ^(B)10,000 captives, ^(C)and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^(D)except the poorest people of the land.

⁴ The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

² and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let ^(A)our plea for mercy come before you, and ^(B)pray to the Lord your God for us, for all ^(C)this remnant—^(D)because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us—