1 Iri ndiro shoko raJehovha rakauya kuna Jeremia muprofita pamusoro pendudzi:
2 Pamusoro peIjipiti: Iri ndiro shoko pamusoro pehondo yaFaro Neko mambo weIjipiti, yakakundwa paKarikemishi, paRwizi Yufuratesi naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi mugore rechina raJehoyakimi mwanakomana waJosia mambo weJudha:
3 “Gadzirai nhoo dzenyu, dzose huru neduku, mubude kundorwa!
4 Sungai mabhiza, sungirirai zvigaro! Mirai panzvimbo yenyu makapfeka ngowani! Rodzai mapfumo enyu, Pfekai nguo dzenyu dzokurwa!
5 Ndinooneiko? Vavhunduswa, vari kudzokera shure, mhare dzavo dzakundwa. Vatiza nokukurumidza vasingacheuki, uye pano kutya kumativi ose,” ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.
6 Vanogona kumhanya havangatizi, uye vakasimba havangapunyuki. Nechokumusoro paRwizi Yufuratesi vanogumburwa vagowa.