Jeremiah 52:16 Midrash

וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

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

Read midrashic interpretation of Jeremiah 52:16: and classical rabbinic exegesis.