But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Turn pale, ye husbandmen, howl, ye vinedressers, over the wheat, and over the barley, - for perished is the harvest of the field.