KJV ORIGINAL
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
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.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When everything falls apart, everyone gets swept up in the aftermath.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Book of Jeremiah, including this chapter, was compiled by scribes associated with the prophet Jeremiah for the exiled Judean community during or shortly after the Babylonian
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