^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.

²⁸ This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: ^(A)in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans;

¹² But the captain of the guard left ^(A)some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

¹⁴ that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand.

Ezekiel in Babylon

1 ^(A)In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by ^(B)the Chebar canal, ^(C)the heavens were opened, and I saw ^(D)visions of God.^{[a] 2} On the fifth day of the month (it was ^(E)the fifth year of ^(F)the exile of King Jehoiachin),

¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

^7 (A)When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that ^(B)the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of ^(C)the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

¹⁶ And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, ^(A)7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

¹⁰ Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, ^(A)left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

² This was after ^(A)King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem.