1. Esaqala ukulawula uZedekiya, unyana kaJosiya ukumkani wakwaJuda, lavakala ilizwi kuJeremiya, livela *kuNdikhoyo, lisithi:
2. “Utshilo uNdikhoyo kum ukuthi: Zenzele iidyokhwe ezinezitrophu, enye uyithwale entanyeni,
3. ezinye uzithumele kookumkani base-Edom, eMowabhi, eAmon, eTire, naseSidon, uzithumela ngezi zigidimi zize apha eJerusalem kuZedekiya ukumkani wakwaJuda.
4. Ziyalele ukuba zixelele iinkosi zazo zithi: Utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi:
5. ‘Lenziwe ndim ngamandla am amakhulu nengalo yam eyomeleleyo ihlabathi, nabantu abakulo, nezilwanyana ezikulo; ndaye ndilinika nabani na endifuna ukumnika lona.
6. Ke ngoko onke amazwe enikuwo ndiza kuwanikezela esandleni sikaNebhukadenezare, isicaka sam, ongukumkani waseBhabheli. Nditsho nezilwanyana ezi zasendle ziza kuba zezakhe.
19-20. Xa ukumkani uNebhukadenezare wayebamba ukumkani wakwaJuda uJekoniya, unyana kaJoyakim, kunye neziphathamandla zakwaJuda naseJerusalem, ebasa eBhabheli, wazishiya iintsika kunye netanki yobhedu, neenqwelwana, kunye nezinye izinto ezashiywayo endlwini kaThixo.)