8 Simakadze wakhuluma kuJeremiya, watsi: “Tjela sive, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: Buka la, ngibeka embikwakho indlela yekuphila neyekufa.
Kutiphatsa kahle kwalolungile kuyindlela leya ekuphileni; kodvwa kutiphatsa kabi kuyindlela leya ekufeni.
Ngako Jeremiya wakhuluma kuSedekiya, watsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Nawuphakamisa tandla kuto tiphatsimandla tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona, utitfobe, imphilo yakho iyawuphepha, nalelidolobha lingeke lishiswe; wena nemndeni wakho niyawuphila.
“Bukani la, ngibeka embikwenu sibusiso nesicalekiso.
“Bukani: Lamuhla ngibeka embikwenu kuphila nentfutfuko, kufa nekubhubha.
“Lamuhla ngibita lizulu nemhlaba kutsi kube ngufakazi kini kutsi ngibeke embikwenu kufa nekuphila, tibusiso neticalekiso. Ngako khetsani kuphila, kuze niphile nine kanye nebantfwabenu,