22 Kukwanjalo ke nangokubhekiselele kwizinto ezenziwe nguThixo. Kaloku wayefuna ukubonakalisa ingqumbo yakhe nokwazisa ubungangamsha bakhe. Ngoko ke wabanyamezela ngomonde abo wayebaqumbele, ababemelwe kukutshatyalaliswa.
23 Wayefuna nokubonakalisa ubuhle besihomo nesithozela sakhe kwabo abenzela inceba, abo abenza bafanele ukuthiwa jize ngewonga.
24 Síthí ke abo uThixo wababizayo, singemaJuda kuphela, sikwakunye nabezinye iintlanga ngokunjalo.
25 Uthetha kwaloo nto kwiNcwadi kaHosiya, xa athi:“Abangengobantu bam ndiya kuthi bangabantu bam;nohlanga ebendingaluthandi ndiya kuthi luyintanda kum.
26 Ewe, nakuloo ndawo kanye kwakusithiwa kubo:‘Aningobantu bam nina;’khona apho kanye kuya kuthiwa kubo:‘Ningoonyana bakaThixo ophilayo.’”
27 Ke noIsaya udanduluka athi malunga namaSirayeli: “Nangona inani loonyana bakaSirayeli lingangentlabathi yaselwandle, bambalwa kodwa kubo abaya kusindiswa,
28 kuba iNkosi iya kusiwisa kamsinya isigwebo sayo ehlabathini.”