7 penipo wumba wa ŵankhondo ŵa karonga wa Babiloni ŵarwananga ndi Yerusalemu ndi misumba yose yaku Yuda yeniyo yingujako, Lakisi ndi Azeka, pakuti yeniyi pe ndiyo misumba ya malinga yo yingujako.
Kambani mwaku Yuda ndipo memezani mu Yerusalemu, ndi muti, “Mbani mbata kuporota mu charu; kamburani, munene kuti, ‘Wunganani, ndipo tiyeni tirute ku mizi ya malinga!’
Mazu ghanguza kwaku Yeremiya kutuwa ku Ambuya, penipo Nebukadanezara, karonga wa Babiloni ndi ŵankhondo ŵake wose, ndi maufumu ghose ghenigho wanguusa ndi ŵanthu wose ŵarwananga ndi Yerusalemu ndi misumba yake yose:
Sono mizi yaku Yuda ndi ŵakuja mu Yerusalemu ŵakarutanga kwachiliriya ŵachiuta kwaku wo ŵangoche sembe kweni kuti ŵaziŵa kuŵataska cha mu nyengo ya suzgu yawo.
Ndipo karonga wa Asiriya wangutuma mathenga kutuliya kwaku Lakishi ku karonga Hezekiya pa Yerusalemu, pamoza ndi liŵanja la nkhondo. Ndipo wanguma pafupi ndi ngalande ya thaŵali la panena pa nthowa yakuya ku munda wa wakuchapa.