The account of Nebuchadnezzar's carrying off all the articles of God's house - both great and small - and the treasures of the Lord's house and the king's treasures indicates the complete spoliation of Jerusalem and the stripping of its wealth. The enumeration of different categories of articles and treasures emphasizes the thoroughness of the conquest and the reduction of the great capital to a plundered shell. The removal of temple articles specifically parallels Jehoiakim's earlier deportation of some vessels and represents the final desecration and emptying of the sanctuary. This verse portrays total economic and cultural loss accompanying the military defeat.

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