Jeremiah 39:9 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Nebuzaradan, who was basically the head of security, took everyone who was left in the city as prisoners to Babylon — the people who had stayed, the ones who had surrendered to him, literally everyone who was still there.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When everything falls apart, sometimes you lose everything you thought you could hold onto.

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Then Nebuzaradan, who was basically the head of security, took away the remaining people as prisoners — the poor folks still in the city, anyone who had surrendered to the Babylonian king, and everyone else who was left.

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