1. Lavakala ilizwi kuJeremiya, libhekiswa kuwo amaJuda akwelaseJiputa emi kwimimandla yaseMigidoli, eTapanesi, eNofu, nasezweni lasePatrosi, lisithi:
2. “Utsho *uNdikhoyo, uThixo onamandla onke kaSirayeli, ukuthi: ‘Niyibonile intlekele endayihlisela iJerusalem kunye needolophu zakwaJuda ziphela. Kunamhlanje-nje zingamabhodlo angahlalwa bani.
3. Yonke loo nto yehla ngenxa yenkohlakalo abayenzileyo. Bandixhokonxa ndade ndanomsindo ngokunqula thixo bambi abangabaziyo, bebenzela iziqhumiso. Nini ke kunye nooyihlo abo benjenjalo.
4. Ndaphindelela ukunithumela bonke abakhonzi bam abashumayeli, ukuze banibongoze bathi: “Musani ukulenza isikizi endilicekisa kakhulu!”