Then Nebuzaradan 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.
Nebuzaradan ... carried away captive ... the remnant - excepting the poorest (Jeremiah 39:10), who caused Nebuchadnezzar no apprehensions; including, doubtless, the bondmen whom their Jewish brethren had enslaved once and again in violation of God's command (Jeremiah 34:8-20).
And those ... that fell to him. The deserters were distrusted; or they may have been removed at their own request, lest the people should vent their rage on them as traitors after the departure of the Chaldeans. With the rest of the people that remained - distinct from the previous "remnant;" there, he means the remnant of those besieged in the city, whom Nebuchadnezzar spared; here, those scattered through various districts of the country, who had not been besieged (Calvin).