7 Wathi kuwo: “Ngcolisani indlu, nigcwalise amagceke ngababuleweyo. Phumani!” Aphuma, abulala emzini.
8 Kwathi esabulala, kwasala mina; ngawa ngobuso, ngakhala ngathi: “Maye, Nkosi Jehova! Uyakubulala yonke insali yakwa-Israyeli ekutheleni kwakho ukufutheka kwakho phezu kweJerusalema na?”
9 Wathi kimi: “Ububi bendlu yakwa-Israyeli neyakwaJuda bukhulu kakhulu impela, nezwe ligcwele igazi, nomuzi ugcwele ukuhlanekezela, ngokuba bathi: ‘UJehova ulishiyile izwe, uJehova akakuboni.’
10 Nami-ke, iso lami aliyikubahawukela, ngingabi nabubele, kepha ngiyakwehlisela indlela yabo phezu kwekhanda labo.”
11 Bheka, indoda eyembethe ilineni, inophondo lukayinki* ngasokhalweni lwayo, yabuyisa izwi, yathi: “Ngenzile njengokungiyala kwakho.”