2 Kings 24:14 Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

Isaiah 9:14 So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.

Isaiah 9:15 The head is the elder and honorable man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

Ezekiel 17:12 "Say now to the rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:13 'He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, (NASB ©1995)