23 Kwathi sekudlule isikhathi eside,* inkosi yaseGibhithe yafa,+ kodwa abako-Israyeli baqhubeka bebubula ngenxa yokuba yizigqili njalo babekhala kabuhlungu. Ukukhala kwabo becela usizo ngenxa yobugqili ababephakathi kwabo kwakulokhu kusenyuka kusiya kuNkulunkulu+ weqiniso. 24 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula+ kwabo, wasekhumbula isivumelwano sakhe asenza lo-Abrahama lo-Isaka kanye loJakhobe.+ 25 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabakhangela abako-Israyeli wabona ukuhlupheka kwabo.

7 UJehova waphinda wathi: “Sengikubonile sibili ukuhlupheka kwabantu bami eGibhithe njalo sengikuzwile ukukhala kwabo ngenxa yalabo ababasebenzisa ngenkani. Ngibazi mhlophe ubuhlungu ababuzwayo.+