13 Inkosi yangcolisa izindawo eziphakemeyo ezaziphambi kweJerusalema eningizimu kwentaba yokudiliza* ukuze kungaqhubeki kukhonzelwa kuzo. Izindawo lezo eziphakemeyo zazakhiwe nguSolomoni inkosi yako-Israyeli esakhela u-Ashithorethi unkulunkulukazi weSidoni owenyanyekayo, loKhemoshi unkulunkulu wamaMowabi owenyanyekayo, loMilikhomu+ unkulunkulu wama-Amoni owenyanyekayo.+

17 Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, uyakubona yini lokhu? Kambe yinto encane yini le eyenziwa ngabantu bakoJuda? Phela benza izinto ezenyanyekayo futhi bagcwalise lonke ilizwe ngodlakela+ njalo baqhubeka bengithukuthelisa. Baphakamisela ugatsha* emakhaleni ami.