1 UJeremiya esavalelwe eyadini yabalindi labuya lavakala okwesibini kuye ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo, lisithi:
2 “UNdikhoyo owenza ihlabathi walibumba walizinzisa, ogama linguNdikhoyo, utsho ukuthi:
3 ‘Khala kum, ndikuphendule, ndikwazise izinto ezinkulu ezingenakugocagocwa, obukade ungaziqondi,
4-5 nditsho izinto ezimalunga nezindlu zesi sixeko nebhotwe lookumkani bakwaJuda ezadilizwayo, nezimalunga neengqumba zokulwa, namakrele amaKaledi anihlasele ngawo, aza azalisa ezi zindlu ngezidumbu zabantu endandizimisele ukubatshabalalisa ngenxa yomsindo wam ovuthayo xa ndandisifulathele esi sixeko ngenxa yobugwenxa baso obungaka. Ngokubhekiselele kwezi zinto utsho uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli ukuthi: