² And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

¹⁵ Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard ^(A)took into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the ^(B)deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

²⁸ These are the people whom ^(A)Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the ^[a]seventh year 3,023 Jews; ²⁹ in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 persons from Jerusalem; ³⁰ in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, ^(B)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 people in all.

³ So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. ^(A)Perhaps they will ^[a]understand, though they are a rebellious house.