17 Kuyakuba njalo bonke abantu ababhekisa ubuso babo ukuya eGibithe ukuba bagogobale khona; bayakufa ngenkemba, nangendlala, nangesifo, kungabikho kubo oyakusala, aphunyuke ebubini engiyakubehlisela phezu kwabo.’
18 Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Njengalokhu intukuthelo yami nokufutheka kwami kuthululelwe phezu kwabakhileyo eJerusalema, kanjalo ukufutheka kwami kuyakuthululelwa phezu kwenu, nxa ningena eGibithe, nibe yisithuko, nesimangaliso nesiqalekiso, nehlazo, ningabe nisayibona le ndawo.’
19 “UJehova ukhulumile ngani ukuthi: ‘Wena nsali yakwaJuda, ungayi eGibithe;’ yazi nokwazi ukuthi ngifakazile kini namuhla.
20 Ngokuba nazidukisa, lapho nangithuma kuJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ukuthi: ‘Sinxusele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, usitshele konke ayakukusho uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, siyakukwenza.’
21 Namuhla senginitshelile, kepha anililalelanga izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wenu nakokukodwa angithume ngakho kini.
22 Ngalokho yazini nokwazi ukuthi niyakufa ngenkemba, nangendlala, nangesifo endaweni enifisa ukuya kuyo ukuba nigogobale khona.”