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

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

^24 (A)“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ^(B)waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ^(C)‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but ^(D)we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’

⁵ If you remain,^[a] then return to ^(A)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, ^(B)whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go. ⁶ Then Jeremiah went to ^(C)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at ^(D)Mizpah, and lived with him ^(E)among the people ^(F)who were left in the land.

^7 (G)When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that ^(H)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 ^(I)the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

⁹ Then ^(A)Nebuzaradan, the ^(B)captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, ^(C)those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained. ¹⁰ Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, ^(D)left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.