1. Nantsi incwadi eyabhalwa ngumshumayeli uJeremiya eseJerusalem, ebhalela amasalela amadoda amakhulu afudusiweyo, nababingeleli, nabashumayeli, kunye nabantu bonke abathathwa ngukumkani uNebhukadenezare eJerusalem, baya kuba ngabathinjwa eBhabheli.
2. Wayibhala emva kokuba ukumkani uJekoniya nonina, namaphakathi, kunye neziphathamandla zakwaJuda naseJerusalem, namagcisa nabasebenzi bentsimbi bakhona, basiwa ekuthinjweni.
3. Wayinikela uElasa unyana kaShafan loo ncwadi, ekunye noGemariya unyana kaHilekiya, ababezizigidimi zikakumkani uZedekiya wakwaJuda awazithumayo eBhabheli kukumkani uNebhukadenezare. Wabhala wenjenje: