1 Isiphorofido. Ilizwi lakaSomnini ku-Israyeli ngoMalaki.
Isimemezelo sakaZimu ngeBhabheli esambulelwa u-Isaya umsa ka-Amotsi:
“Lokha abantwaba, abaphorofidi namkha abaphristi nabakubuza bathi, ‘Uthini umlayezo kaSomnini na?’ Uzakuphendula uthi, ‘USomnini uthi: Nibuzelani umlayezo khisibe nginilahlile na?’
Isimemezelo sakaZimu ngeNiniva. Incwadi yesambulo sakaNarhume umElkhotjhi.
Isimemezelo sakaZimu esambulelwa uRhabakhukhu umphorofidi.
Ngomnyaka wesibili wekosi uDariyasi, elangeni lokuthoma lenyanga yesithandathu, ilizwi lakaSomnini lafika kuZerubhabheli umsa kaTjheyaltiyeli, umbusi wakwaJuda, nakuJotjhuwa umsa kaJehozadaki, umphristi omkhulu, ngomphorofidi uHagayi lathi:
elangeni lamatjhumi amabili nanye, ngenyanga yekhomba, ilizwi lakaSomnini lafika ngomphorofidi uHagayi lathi:
Isiphorofido. Ilizwi lakaSomnini lijamelene no-Israyeli. USomnini oqhisa amazulu, akhe iinsekelo zephasi, udale ummoya womuntu ngaphakathi kwakhe uthi:
Isiphorofido. Ilizwi lakaSomnini lijamelene nenarha yeHadraki nedorobho leDamaseku. Idorobho eliligugweli neenkoro zoke zakwa-Israyeli ngezakaSomnini.
UJuda akhange athembeke. Kwenziwe ameswe kwa-Israyeli neJerusalema: UJuda usilaphaze okucwengileko nokuthandwa nguSomnini ngokuthatha umlobokazi olotjha abosingazimu.