11 “Ngiyakulenza iJerusalema libe yizinqwabanekhaya lamakhanka,ngenze imizi yakwaJuda incithakalo,lapho kungahlali muntu khona.”
12 Ngubani umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ongakuqonda lokhu, okhulumile kuye umlomo kaJehova, akumemezele, na? Izwe lichithelweni, lasha njengehlane, kungekho odabulayo, na?
13 UJehova wathi: “Ngokuba bewushiyile umthetho wami engawubeka phambi kwabo, bengalilalelanga izwi lami, bengahambanga ngalo,
14 kepha belandela inkani yezinhliziyo zabo nawoBali abakufundiswa ngoyise.”
15 Ngalokho usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: “Bheka, ngiyakubanika laba bantu ukuba badle umhlonyane, baphuze amanzi enyongo.
16 Ngiyakubahlakazela ezizweni abangazazanga bona nawoyise, ngithume emva kwabo inkemba, ngize ngibaqede.”
17 Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi:“Qaphelani, nibize abesifazane besililoukuba bafike,nithumele kwabesifazane abahlakaniphileyoukuba bafike,