1 Esaqala ukulawula uZedekiya, unyana kaJosiya ukumkani wakwaJuda, lavakala ilizwi kuJeremiya, livela *kuNdikhoyo, lisithi:
2 “Utshilo uNdikhoyo kum ukuthi: Zenzele iidyokhwe ezinezitrophu, enye uyithwale entanyeni,
3 ezinye uzithumele kookumkani base-Edom, eMowabhi, eAmon, eTire, naseSidon, uzithumela ngezi zigidimi zize apha eJerusalem kuZedekiya ukumkani wakwaJuda.
4 Ziyalele ukuba zixelele iinkosi zazo zithi: Utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: