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Jeremiah 39:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
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Role in This Section
The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that…” at Jeremiah 39:9 as part of “The City Burns and Populations Are Sorted.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 39:8–10
Read Jeremiah 39:9 with 39:8–10. By itself, “Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Royal and ordinary houses and walls are destroyed, many people are deported, and poor landless people receive vineyards and fields.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Jeremiah 39:8–10: The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that…” at Jeremiah 39:9 as part of “The City Burns and Populations Are Sorted.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Jeremiah 39:8–10 — The City Burns and Populations Are SortedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 39:8–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 39:8–10
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