1. Ngalokho ngithi: UNkulunkulu usilahlile isizwe sakhe na? Qha nakanye, ngokuba nami ngingumIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abrahama, wesizwe sakwaBenjamini.
2. UNkulunkulu akasilahlanga isizwe sakhe ayesazi ngaphambili. Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi umbhalo uthini ngo-Eliya ukuba umangalela u-Israyeli kuNkulunkulu ngokuthi:
3. “Nkosi, bababulele abaprofethi bakho, badilizile ama-altare akho, mina ngisele ngedwa, sebefuna ukungibulala nami,” na?
4. Kepha impendulo kaNkulunkulu ithini kuye na? Ithi: “Ngizishiyele amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa angaguqanga ngamadolo kuBali.”
5. Kanjalo kukhona nangalesi sikhathi samanje insali ngokokukhetha komusa;
6. kepha uma kuya ngomusa, akusayi ngemisebenzi; uma kungenjalo, umusa awuseyiwo umusa.
7. Kunjani, pho? Lokho u-Israyeli akufunayo akakufumananga, kepha abakhethiweyo bakufumana, abanye benziwa baba lukhuni,
8. njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi:“UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo,amehlo okungaboni,nezindlebe zokungezwa,kuze kube lusuku lwanamuhla.”
9. NoDavide uthi:“Itafula labo malibe yisihibe nogibe,nesikhubekiso nempindiselo kubo,
10. kufiphazwe amehlo abo ukuba angaboni,ugobe umhlane wabo njalo.”