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11 and Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the army remaining in the city, and those who had deserted[a] to the king of Babylon, and the last of the commoners. 12 But some of the country’s poor the captain of the guard left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

13 The bronze columns that belonged to the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke into pieces; they carried away the bronze to Babylon.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:11 Those who had deserted: perhaps on the advice of Jeremiah; cf. Jer 38:2–3.

11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(A) the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.(B) 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people(C) of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

13 The Babylonians broke(D) up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

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