20 “Sengikwenze waba ngumduli wekhopha ebantwini laba.+

2 Ngalesosikhathi amabutho enkosi yeBhabhiloni ayevimbezele iJerusalema futhi umphrofethi uJeremiya wayevalelwe egumeni labalindi+ esigodlweni senkosi* yakoJuda.

33 Ilizwi likaJehova lafika kuJeremiya okwesibili ngesikhathi elokhu evalelwe egumeni labalindi,+ lathi:

21 Ngakho iNkosi uZedekhiya yathi uJeremiya avalelwe egumeni labalindi.+ Nsuku zonke wayephiwa isinkwa esasivela emgwaqweni wabapheki bezinkwa.+ UJeremiya waphiwa isinkwa leso kwaze kwaba yilapho isinkwa siphela edolobheni+ njalo waqhubeka ehlala egumeni labalindi.

13 Ngakho uNebhuzaradani induna yabalindi, loNebhushazibhani uRabhisarisi,* loNerigali-sharezeri uRabhimagi* lazo zonke izikhulu zenkosi yeBhabhiloni bathuma amadoda 14 ayathatha uJeremiya egumeni labalindi,+ asemhambisa kuGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani+ ukuze aye laye endlini yakhe. Ngakho uJeremiya wayesehlala labantu.