18 Induna yabalindi yathatha loSeraya+ umphristi okhokhelayo lomsekeli wakhe uZefaniya+ kanye labalindi beminyango abathathu.+

21 Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yababulala eRibhila elizweni leHamathi.+ Le yiyo indlela abantu bakoJuda abathunjwa ngayo basuswa elizweni labo.+

21 Ilizwi likaJehova lafika kuJeremiya ngesikhathi iNkosi uZedekhiya+ ithume uPhashuri+ indodana kaMalikhija, loZefaniya+ indodana kaMahaseya umphristi, ukuthi baye kuye bafike bathi: 2 “Sicela usibuzele kuJehova ngoba uNebhukhadinezari* inkosi yeBhabhiloni uyasihlasela.+ Mhlawumbe uJehova angasenzela esinye sezimanga azenza kudala ukuze uNebhukhadinezari asuke kithi angasihlaseli.”+

3 INkosi uZedekhiya yathuma uJehukhali+ indodana kaShelemiya, loZefaniya+ indodana kaMahaseya umphristi ukuthi baye kuJeremiya umphrofethi bafike bathi kuye: “Sicela usithandazele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.”

24 Induna yabalindi yathatha loSeraya+ umphristi okhokhelayo lomsekeli wakhe uZefaniya+ kanye labalindi beminyango abathathu.+

27 Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yababulala eRibhila+ elizweni leHamathi. Le yiyo indlela abantu bakoJuda abathunjwa ngayo basuswa elizweni labo.+