2. UJeremiya wathetha nabantu bakwaJuda nabemi baseJerusalem xa bebonke, wenjenje:
3. “Kwiminyaka engamashumi mabini anantathu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kususela kunyaka weshumi linantathu elawula ukumkani uJosiya unyana ka-Amon, ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lalisoloko lifika kum, ndibe nam ndiphindelela ukubhekisa kuni. Koko nina nisuke anahoya nto kwaphela.
4. Naxa ephindelela uNdikhoyo ukunithumela zonke izicaka zakhe ezingabashumayeli, nisuke nina aneva, analibekela indlebe ilizwi lakhe.
5. Abo bashumayeli babesithi: ‘Guqukani elowo kwimikhwa yakhe emibi, nakwizenzo zakhe ezimdaka, khon' ukuze niwuhlale ngonaphakade kanaphakade lo mhlaba wanikwa nina nooyihlo-mkhulu nguNdikhoyo.’