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Jeremiah 39:10

Nebuzar-adan
Poverty and the vulnerable

8 The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

12 “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”

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BSB
But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
KJV
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
WEB
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
ASV
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
DARBY
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left [certain] of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
BLB
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guards left some of the poor of the people, who not a thing [was] unto them in the land of Judah, and he gave to them vineyards and fields at that time.
ÅB
Bare noen av almuen, som ikke eide noe, lot Nebusaradan, høvdingen over livvakten, bli tilbake i Juda land, og på samme tid gav han dem vingårder og akrer.
OTB
Nebusaradan, sjefen for livvakten, lot noen av de fattigste menneskene bli igjen i landet Juda, de som ikke eide noe, og på den tiden ga han dem vingårder og marker.
B1930
Bare nogen av almuen, som ikke eide noget, lot Nebusaradan, høvdingen over livvakten, bli tilbake i Juda land, og på samme tid gav han dem vingårder og akrer.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 25:12

    But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

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  • Jeremiah 40:7

    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,

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  • Jeremiah 52:16

    But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

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  • Ezekiel 33:24

    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

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