11 “‘“‘Kodwa abantu besizwe esizavuma ukuba ngaphansi kwejogwe lenkosi yeBhabhiloni futhi siyisebenzele, ngizabavumela ukuthi baqhubeke* beselizweni labo, balime njalo bahlale kulo,’ kutsho uJehova.”’”

17 UJeremiya wasesithi kuZedekhiya: “Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova uNkulunkulu wamabutho, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi, ‘Nxa ungazinikela* ezikhulwini zenkosi yeBhabhiloni awusoze ubulawe, ledolobho leli alisoze litshiswe ngomlilo. Wena labemuli yakho lizaqhubeka liphila.+