'People of the Land' in the Bible

The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf

He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the Lord that He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

“As for the incense you burned in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the Lord not remember them? He brought this to mind.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.

From the city he took a court official who had been appointed over the warriors; seven trusted royal aides found in the city; the secretary of the commander of the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military duty; and 60 men from the common people who were found within the city.