20 Mu ntsiku zenezi, Ezekiya aphatwa na utenda mbasala pang’ono toera kufa.+ Mprofeta Izaiya mwana wa Amoji abwera kuna iye, mbampanga: “Yahova alonga tenepa: ‘Pereka pitsogolero kuna anthu a panyumba* pako, thangwi iwe unafa; nee unawanga.’”+ 2 Natenepa, iye azungunusa nkhope yace ku pfufu, mbatoma kucita phembero kuna Yahova: 3 “Ndisakudembeterani imwe Yahova, ndaphata miyendo, kumbukani kuti ine ndafamba mwakukhulupirika pamaso panu, pontho na ntima onsene. Ine ndacita pinthu pyadidi pamaso panu.”+ Buluka penepo, Ezekiya atoma kulira kakamwe.