²⁷ The Lord will scatter^(A) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive^(B) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you.

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.

The List of the Exiles Who Returned^(A)

⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it,^(B) and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

² Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray^(A) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.^(B) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few^(C) are left.