Jeremiah 52:16
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But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.

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Jeremiah 39:9,10 And Nabuzardan the general of the army carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to him, and the rest of the people that remained. . . .

Jeremiah 40:5-7 And come not with me: but dwell with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Juda: dwell therefore with him in the midst of the people: or whithersoever it shall please thee to go, go. And the general of the army gave him victuals and presents, and let him go. . . .

2 Kings 25:12 But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.

Context
The Temple Destroyed
15But Nabuzardan the general carried away captives some of the poor people, and of the rest of the common sort who remained in the city, and of the fugitives that were fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.17The Chaldeans also broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord: and they carried all the brass of them to Babylon.…
Cross References
2 Kings 25:8
In the fifth month, the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan, commander of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:12
But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

Jeremiah 39:10
But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.

Jeremiah 40:2
And the general of the army taking Jeremiah, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place,

Jeremiah 40:7
And when all the captains of the army that were scattered through the countries, they and their companions, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Godolias the son of Ahicam governor of the country, and that he had committed unto him men and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon:

Lexicon
But Nebuzaradan
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן (nə·ḇū·zar·’ă·ḏān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5018: Nebuzaradan -- 'Nebo has given seed', a Babylonian general

the captain
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

of the guard
טַבָּחִ֑ים (ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

left behind
הִשְׁאִ֕יר (hiš·’îr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

[the rest of] the poor
וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת (ū·mid·dal·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1803: Something dangling, a loose thread, hair, indigent

of the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

to be vinedressers
לְכֹרְמִ֖ים (lə·ḵō·rə·mîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3755: To tend vineyards, dress vines

and farmers.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ (ū·lə·yō·ḡə·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3009: To till, be a husbandman


Additional Translations
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left behind the rest of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
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