¹⁴ He carried all Jerusalem into exile:^(A) all the officers and fighting men,^(B) and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest^(C) people of the land were left.

¹⁵ Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin^(D) captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,^(E) his wives, his officials and the prominent people^(F) of the land. ¹⁶ The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.^(G)

²² and many others fell slain, because the battle^(A) was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.^(B)

¹⁷ until I come and take you to a land like your own^(A)—a land of grain and new wine,^(B) a land of bread and vineyards.