Ujeremiya

¹⁰ “Kuyakuthi lapho ubatshela laba bantu onke lawa mazwi, basho kuwe ukuthi: ‘UJehova ukhulumeleni phezu kwethu konke lokhu okubi na? Ububi bethu buyini? Yisiphi isono esone ngaso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu na?’ ¹¹Usuyakusho kubo ukuthi: ‘Ngenxa yokuba oyihlo bangishiyile,’ usho uJehova, ‘balandela abanye onkulunkulu, babakhonza, bakhuleka kubo, bangishiya, abagcinanga umthetho wami, ¹²nani nenza okubi kunawoyihlo, ngokuba bhekani, niyalandela, kube yilowo nalowo inkani yenhliziyo yakhe embi, ningangilaleli, ¹³ngalokho ngiyakunizwiba nisuke kuleli zwe, niye ezweni eningalaziyo, nina nawoyihlo; niyakukhonza khona abanye onkulunkulu imini nobusuku, ngokuba angiyikuniphatha ngesihe.’ ¹⁴ “Ngalokho bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho kungasayikuthiwa: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova owabakhuphula abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni laseGibithe,’ ¹⁵kepha: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova owabakhuphula abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni lasenyakatho nasemazweni onke lapho ebebaxoshele khona;’ kepha ngiyakubabuyisela ezweni lakubo engalinika oyise. ¹⁶ “Bheka, ngiyakuthumela kubadobi abaningi,” usho uJehova, “babadobe; besengithumela kubazingeli abaningi, babazingele kuzo zonke izintaba, nakuwo onke amagquma, nakuyo imifantu yeziwa.