17 Morena Tsedekia a romeletsa ’me a mo tlisa, eaba morena o qala ho mo botsa lipotso ka tlung ea hae sebakeng seo ho ipatoang ho sona.+ A tsoela pele ho re: “Na ho na le lentsoe le tsoang ho Jehova?” Eaba Jeremia o re: “Le teng!” A boela a re: “Ho tla nehelanoa ka uena letsohong la morena oa Babylona!”+

5 Lebotho la sesole la Bakalde la qala ho ba lelekisa,+ ’me ba fihlela Tsedekia lithoteng tsa lehoatata tsa Jeriko.+ Joale ba mo nka ’me ba mo tlisa ho Nebukadrezare morena oa Babylona Ribla+ naheng ea Hamathe+ e le hore a phatlalatse liqeto tsa boahloli ho eena.+

8 Lebotho la sesole la Bakalde la qala ho lelekisa morena,+ eaba le fihlela Tsedekia+ lithoteng tsa lehoatata tsa Jeriko; ’me lebotho lohle la hae la sesole le ne le hasane ho tloha lehlakoreng la hae.