Chapter 11

The leaders of the returned nation live in Jerusalem.  The rest of the returned cast lots and one of every ten moves into the city.  Apparently they needed more people in order to defend the city, the walls, the temple.  They blessed those who willingly lived in the city - in harms way I suppose.

Those who live in Jerusalem are listed, along with their responsibilities to the city.  There is a head count.  The city was woefully under-populated.  There is also a list of the other towns and cities where returning exiles settled.  They are back, but they are certainly no longer like the sand of the seashore.  As a people, this chapter shows the devastation done to them by Babylon, as it executed God's punishment on them  They are a shadow of what they once were.