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.+

17 Ngoko wanyusa nxamnye nabo ukumkani wamaKhaledi,+ owabulala abafana babo ngekrele+ endlwini yabo engcwele,+ akabanga namfesane ngamfana nangantombi inyulu, omdala okanye owalupheleyo.+ Yonk’ into wayinikela esandleni sakhe.

10 “‘“Kuba ubuso bam ndibubhekise kwesi sixeko ukuze kube yintlekele kungekhona okulungileyo,”+ utsho uYehova. “Siya kunikelwa esandleni sokumkani waseBhabhiloni,+ yaye ngokuqinisekileyo uya kusitshisa ngomlilo.”+

3 ngenxa yokuba uZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda wayemvalele,+ esithi:

“Kutheni na uprofeta,+ usithi, ‘Utsho uYehova ukuthi: “Yabona, esi sixeko ndisinikela esandleni sokumkani waseBhabhiloni, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uya kusithimba;+

4 Ekugqibeleni kwathi ngonyaka wesithoba wokuba ngukumkani kwakhe,+ ngenyanga yeshumi, ngomhla weshumi enyangeni leyo, kwafika uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, yena nawo wonke umkhosi wakhe wamajoni, nxamnye neYerusalem,+ bamisa inkampu ngakuyo, bakha nodonga lokungqinga macala onke.+