22 Njengokuba zingenakubalwa iinkwenkwezi esibhakabhakeni, ingenakulinganiswa nentlabathi elunxwemeni lolwandle, ndiya kwenjenjalo ukusandisa isizukulwana sesicaka sam uDavide nesabaLevi abandikhonzayo.’ ”
23 Lavakala kuJeremiya ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi:
24 “Ukuvile na okuthethwa ngaba bantu besithi: ‘Izizwe ezibini awazinyulayo uNdikhoyo uzibukule’? Ngokwenjenjalo banyelisa abantu bam ngokungathi abaselulo uhlanga emehlweni am.
25 Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: ‘Xa ungatshitshayo umnqophiso wam wemini nobusuku, khon' ukuze kuphele nemimiselo yam yolungelelwano esibhakabhakeni nasehlabathini,
26 xa kunjalo ndingasibukula isizukulwana sikaYakobi nesikaDavide, isicaka sam, kungabi sanyulwa mlawuli koonyana bakhe alawule inzala ka-Abraham noIsake noYakobi. Unakanye! Ndiza kubakhulula ekuthinjweni, ndibabuyisele kundalashe, ndibathi jize ngemfesane.’ ”