1. Ngexesha ukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli wayehlasela iJerusalem kunye needolophu eziyingqongileyo ngomkhosi wakhe wonke, encediswa zizikumkani zonke ezazingaphantsi kwakhe zezizwe ngezizwe awayezilawula, wafikelwa ludaba luvela *kuNdikhoyo uJeremiya. Lwafika lusithi:
2. “Utsho uNdikhoyo onguThixo kaSirayeli ukuthi: Yiya kuZedekiya ukumkani wakwaJuda, uthi kuye: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Esi sixeko ndiza kusinikela esandleni sokumkani waseBhabheli, yaye uza kusitshisa sibe luthuthu.
3. Nawe akuyi kuphuncula: uza kubanjwa unikezelwe kuye. Uza kumbona ngamehlo ukumkani waseBhabheli, nithethe ubuso ngobuso, uhambe uye eBhabheli.’
4. “Kambe ke, mhlekazi Zedekiya, kumkani wakwaJuda, live neli lizwi likaNdikhoyo. Utsho kuwe uNdikhoyo ukuthi: ‘Wena Zedekiya akuyi kufa ngekrele;
5. uza kufa ngoxolo. Nanjengoko abantu babesenza isiqhumiso xa babengcwaba ooyihlo, nditsho ookumkani bamandulo, ngokunjalo naxa bangcwaba wena baza kwenza isiqhumiso. Nawe baza kukuzilela, bathi: “Mawoo, nkosi!” Uthethile uNdikhoyo. Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.’ ”
6. Umshumayeli uJeremiya wawathetha ke onke la mazwi kukumkani uZedekiya wakwaJuda eJerusalem,
7. xa kanye umkhosi wokumkani waseBhabheli wawuhlasela eso sixeko kunye nezinye iidolophu ezazisaxhathisile, iLakishe neAzeka, kuphela kwezixeko zakwaJuda ezazinqatyisiwe ezasalayo.
8. Lavakala kuJeremiya ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo emva kokuba ukumkani uZedekiya wayenze umnqophiso nabantu baseJerusalem wokuba baza kwenza isibhengezo sokuwakhulula
9. amakhoboka angamaHebhere angamadoda nabafazi, khon' ukuze kungabikho mntu ungumJuda unekhoboka lomJuda.