Ujeremiya

⁸Lase lifika izwi likaJehova kuJeremiya eThahipanesi, lithi: ⁹“Thatha ngesandla sakho amatshe amakhulu, uwashiqele odakeni kuhonela ongasemnyango wendlu kaFaro eThahipanesi emehlweni abantu bakwaJuda, ¹⁰uthi kubo: ‘Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Bheka, ngiyakuthumela ukuba ngimbambe uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, inceku yami, ngibeke isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi phezu kwalawa matshe engiwashiqeleyo, uyakweneka isivikelo sakhe phezu kwawo. ¹¹Uyakufika, ashaye izwe laseGibithe, abokufa babe ngabokufa, abokuthunjwa babe ngabokuthunjwa, abenkemba babe ngabenkemba. ¹²Ngiyakuphemba umlilo uyakuzishisa, athumbe onkulunkulu, embathe izwe laseGibithe njengomalusi embatha ingubo yakhe, aphume eGibithe ngokuthula. ¹³Uyakwaphula izinsika zaseBeti Shemeshi elisezweni laseGibithe; izindlu zawonkulunkulu baseGibithe uyakuzishisa ngomlilo.’ ”