וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃
Ngunit nag-iwan ang pinuno ng mga bantay ng ilan sa mga pinakadukha sa lupain upang maging mga tagapag-alaga ng ubasan at mga magsasaka.
Rashi
And farmers. Diggers of the earth, an expression of wine vats [=יקבים]7The ‘ג’ of ‘יגבים’ and the ‘ק’ of ‘יקבים’ are interchangeable. which are diggings in the ground.8Alternatively, יקבים are wine pressers.—Metzudas Tzion Or יקבים refer to fishermen who catch the חלזון which was pressed to extract its blood from which the blue dye [for תכלת] is obtained. Nevuchadnetzar used the dye for his robes and therefore allowed these people to remain.