“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Ngiyakulephula lijoko lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona.
wakhuluma embikwabo bonkhe bantfu watsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: ‘Ngiyakulephula kanjalo-ke lijoko laNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, ngilisuse etintsanyeni tetive tonkhe temhlaba ingakapheli iminyaka lemibili.’ ” Emvakwaloko-ke umphrofethi Jeremiya wachubeka wahamba indlela yakhe.
Mine nginguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wenu, lowanikhipha eGibhithe, kuze ningabe nisaba tigcili temaGibhithe. Ngephula tikeyi telijoko lenu, nganenta nahambela etulu nikhululekile.’ ”
Babusi balamadolobha bawabusa ngekudizelwa, kanjalo nebaphristi bayatsengwa kuze bachaze bahumushe nemtsetfo, nebaphrofethi imibono netembulo tabo batichaza ngekudizelwa; noko basajinge bachoshe ngekutsi Simakadze unabo, batsi: “Kute lokutasehlela, ngobe Simakadze unatsi.”