1. Lavakala kuJeremiya ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo malunga nembalela, lisithi:
2. “Libalele kwaJuda;kunyembelekile kwizixeko zakhe.Abemi bathe fohlololo emhlabeni, bambethe ezokuzila.Kuvakala isikhalo eJerusalem.
3. Iindwalutho zithuma iindwayi amanzi,zona zifike amaqula ome qoko.Zibuya zidanile, zityhafile, zithokombise intloko,zingaphethe nto ngezo ngqayi zazo.
4. Sele waba ngumqwebedu umhlaba;kaloku imvula ayisani.Bafane bee makatha abalimi;bayanyoshoza ziintloni, bethokombise iintloko.
5. Phaya endle nemazi yexhama izala ithole,ibuye ilibukule,kuba akukho luhlaza lukhoyo.
6. Amaqwarha ema eluqayini,asezele umoya, axel' udyakalashe.Sele amehlo elusizi,kub' uhlaz' alubonwa.”