5 Yaye ukumkani waseAsiriya weza nxamnye nalo lonke ilizwe, wafika eSamariya wayingqinga+ iminyaka emithathu.

25 Kwathi ngonyaka wesithoba+ wokuba ngukumkani kwakhe, ngenyanga yeshumi, ngomhla weshumi+ wenyanga leyo, weza uNebhukadenetsare+ ukumkani waseBhabhiloni,+ ewe, yena nawo wonke umkhosi wakhe wamajoni, nxamnye neYerusalem baza bamisa iinkampu ecaleni kwayo bakha nodonga lokungqinga ecaleni kwayo macala onke.+

39 Ngonyaka wesithoba kaZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngenyanga yeshumi,+ uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni nawo wonke umkhosi wakhe wamajoni beza eYerusalem baza bayingqinga.+

43 Ngenxa yokuba kuya kuza phezu kwakho imihla yaxa iintshaba zakho ziya kwakha inqaba+ zikujikeleze ngezibonda ezibaziweyo+ yaye ziya kukurhawula+ zize zikubandezele+ macala onke,