9 UJehoyakhini+ wayeleminyaka engu-18 ngesikhathi esiba yinkosi, futhi wabusa eJerusalema okwenyanga ezintathu lamalanga alitshumi. Waqhubeka esenza okubi phambi kukaJehova.+ 10 Ekuqaliseni komnyaka,* iNkosi uNebhukhadinezari yathi uJehoyakhini ayethathwa alethwe eBhabhiloni,+ kulethwe lezitsha eziligugu zendlu kaJehova.+ Yabeka uZedekhiya umfowabo kayise kaJehoyakhini ukuthi abe yinkosi yakoJuda leJerusalema.+

30 Ngakho nanku okutshiwo nguJehova ngoJehoyakhimu inkosi yakoJuda, ‘Kakho owosendo lwakhe ozahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavida+ njalo isidumbu sakhe asisoze singcwatshwe. Sizatshiswa lilanga emini sitshazwe ngumqando ebusuku.+