1. Kwafika ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuJeremiya lisithi:
2. “Yiya emasangweni endlu kaNdikhoyo, ufike udanduluke uthi: Nali ilizwi likaNdikhoyo; liveni nina bantu bakwaJuda abangena ngala masango ukuza kunqula uNdikhoyo.
3. Utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke, onguThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: ‘Yilungiseni ihambo yenu, ngokunjalo nezenzo zenu, khon' ukuze ndinizinzise nime kule ndawo.
4. Musani ukulahlekiswa ngamazwi obuxoki athi: “Yindlu kaNdikhoyo le; yindlu kaNdikhoyo le; ewe, yindlu kaNdikhoyo le, soze kwenzeke nto kuyo!” ’
5. “Kodwa ukuba niyayilungisa ngenene ihambo yenu, ngokunjalo nezenzo zenu, naza nenza ubulungisa omnye komnye,
6. ningabacinezeli abangeneleli, okanye iinkedama nabahlolokazi, ningaphalazi igazi elimsulwa apha, ningazenzakalisi ngokunqula izithixo,