1. Lavakala ilizwi kuJeremiya, libhekiswa kuwo amaJuda akwelaseJiputa emi kwimimandla yaseMigidoli, eTapanesi, eNofu, nasezweni lasePatrosi, lisithi:
2. “Utsho *uNdikhoyo, uThixo onamandla onke kaSirayeli, ukuthi: ‘Niyibonile intlekele endayihlisela iJerusalem kunye needolophu zakwaJuda ziphela. Kunamhlanje-nje zingamabhodlo angahlalwa bani.
3. Yonke loo nto yehla ngenxa yenkohlakalo abayenzileyo. Bandixhokonxa ndade ndanomsindo ngokunqula thixo bambi abangabaziyo, bebenzela iziqhumiso. Nini ke kunye nooyihlo abo benjenjalo.