24 Sedekiya wakhuluma kuJeremiya, watsi: “Ungatjeli muntfu ngalengcoco yetfu; ngaphandle kwaloko utakufa.
Inkhosi Sedekiya wase uyatfumela kutsi akalandvwe aletfwe kuye esigodlweni, lapho wafike wambuta ngasense, watsi: “Likhona yini livi lelivela kuSimakadze?” Jeremiya waphendvula watsi: “Yebo, likhona, litsi: Wena utawuniketelwa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona.”
“Onkhe emakhosikati akho nebantfwabakho bayawuyiswa kubaseBhabhulona, nawe cobo lwakho ngeke uphunyule etandleni tabo, kodvwa uyawubanjwa yinkhosi yaseBhabhulona, nalelidolobha liyawubhujiswa ngemlilo.”
Natingeva letiphatsimandla kutsi bengicoca nawe, tite kuwe tifike titsi: ‘Sitjele kutsi utsiteni enkhosini, nekutsi inkhosi itsiteni kuwe, ungasifihleli, ngaphandle kwaloko siyawukubulala,’