7 “‘Jehova utsi: “Ngemuva kwaloko ngitawutsatsa iNkhosi Sedekiya yakaJuda, netinceku tayo, kanye nebantfu labahlala kulelidolobha, lokungulabo labangakabulawa ngulesifo lesibulalako, labangakabulawa yinkemba kanye nendlala, ngibanikele kuNebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona.+ Ngitabanikela nasetitseni tabo nakulabo labafuna kubabulala. Yena utababulala ngenkemba, futsi angeke abavele buhlungu, abahawukele nobe abentele umusa.”’+

18 ‘Naku lokutakwenteka kubantfu labephule sivumelwane sami, labangakasigcini lesivumelwane labasenta embikwami ngesikhatsi bahlahlela litfole ekhatsi futsi bendlula emkhatsini waletincenye talo letimbili,+ 19 labantfu bafaka ekhatsi tindvuna takaJuda, tindvuna taseJerusalema, tiphatsimandla, baphristi kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu bakulelive labendlule emkhatsini waletincenye letimbili talelitfole: 20 Ngitabanikela etitseni tabo nakulabo labafuna kubabulala, futsi tidvumbu tabo titawuba kudla kwetinyoni telizulu nekwetilwane tesiganga.+