23. “Bonke abafazi bakho nabantwana bakho baya kusiwa kumaKaledi. Wena akuyi kuphuncula esandleni sawo: uya kubanjwa ngukumkani waseBhabheli, nesi sixeko sitshatyalaliswe ngomlilo.”
24. Emva koko uthe ukumkani uZedekiya kuJeremiya: “Uze ungayithethi mntwini le ncoko yethu, ukuba akufuni kufa.
25. Kodwa ke xa zithe iziphathamandla zeva ukuba bekhe sadibana, zize ke zithi kuwe: ‘Sixelele, ubusithini kukumkani, waza yena wathini kuwe? Ukuba uthethe konke, asiyi kukubulala,’
26. uze uthi: ‘Bendiye kucenga ukumkani ukuba angandibuyiseli kulaa ndlu kaJonatan, kuba ndoyika ukufela khona.’ ”
27. Zaya kuJeremiya zonke iziphathamandla, zafika zambuza ngencoko yakhe nokumkani. Wazixelela konke athe ukumkani aze azixelele kona. Azibanga nakumphikisa kuba yayingavelwanga bani incoko yakhe nokumkani.