But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

But Nebuzar-adan ... left ... the poor ... which had nothing. The poor have least to lose; one of the providential compensations of their lot. They who before had been stripped of their possessions by the wealthier Jews, obtain, not only their own, but those of others.

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