1. Kwathi ngomnyaka wesine kaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, leli zwi lafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova, lathi:
2. “Zithathele umqulu wencwadi, ulobe kuwo onke amazwi engiwakhulume kuwe ngo-Israyeli nangoJuda, nangazo zonke izizwe, kusukela osukwini engakhuluma ngalo kuwe, kusukela ezinsukwini zikaJosiya kuze kube namuhla.
3. Mhlawumbe indlu yakwaJuda iyakuzwa konke okubi engicabanga ukukwenza kuyo ukuba ibuye, kube yilowo nalowo endleleni yakhe embi, ngiyithethelele amacala ayo nezono zayo.”
4. UJeremiya wayesebiza uBaruki indodana kaNeriya; uBaruki waloba emqulwini wencwadi onke amazwi kaJehova ayewakhulume kuye, ewathatha emlonyeni kaJeremiya.
5. UJeremiya wamyala uBaruki ngokuthi: “Ngivalelwe, anginakungena endlini kaJehova.