¹¹ Say, ^(A)‘I am a sign for you: ^(B)as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’

¹⁵ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and ^(A)the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.

² And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

²⁸ This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: ^(A)in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans; ^29 (B)in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons; ³⁰ in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.

⁶ In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you ^(A)a sign for the house of Israel.”