9. Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.
10. But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.
11. Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard,
12. “Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you.”
13. So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, Nebushazban, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon
14. sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him. But Jeremiah stayed among the people.
15. Now the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,