24 Ngemihla yakhe kwenyuka uNebhukadenetsare+ ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, yaye uYehoyakim waba ngumkhonzi wakhe+ iminyaka emithathu. Noko ke, wajika waza wamvukela.

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.+

6 Kungenxa yoko le nto ingonyama yasehlathini ibabulele, nengcuka yasethafeni eliyinkqantosi iyabaphanga,+ nehlosi libalalela ezixekweni zabo.+ Wonk’ ubani ophuma kubo uyaqwengwa. Kuba kube kuninzi ukunxaxha kwabo; izenzo zabo zokungathembeki zininzi.+

17 “USirayeli unjengezimvu ezichithachithekileyo.+ Iingonyama zimenze wasasazeka.+ Ekuqaleni waqwengwa ngukumkani waseAsiriya,+ aza kamva amathambo akhe akrekrethwa nguNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni.+