7 Kwathi ngemva kwensuku ezilitshumi, ilizwi leNkosi lafika kuJeremiya.
7 Emva kwensuku ezilitshumi ilizwi likaThixo lafika kuJeremiya.
Themba iNkosi, uqine, inhliziyo yakho ime isibindi, yebo, themba iNkosi.
Ngakhoke iNkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Khangelani, ngiyamisa eZiyone ilitshe lesisekelo, ilitshe elihloliweyo, ilitshe lengonsi eliligugu, lelesisekelo esiqotho. Lowo okholwayo kayikukhubeka.
Kodwa iNkosi ilindele ukuba ibe lomusa kini, iyathanda ukuba ibe lesihawu kini; ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu wokulunga, babusisiwe bonke abathemba kuyo.
Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kuJeremiya, uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi esemkhulule eRama; uJeremiya wayesiwe lapho ebotshiwe ngamaketane kanye labo bonke ababethunjwe eJerusalema lakoJuda, ababesiwa eBabiloni.
Wasebiza uJohanani indodana kaKareya, lazo zonke induna zempi ezazilaye, labantu bonke abancinyane labakhulu;
Ekucineni kwensuku eziyisikhombisa ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi,
Ngoba umbono ungowesikhathi sawo; uyaphangisa ukuya ekupheleni, kawuyikukhohlisa. Uba uphuza, uwulindele; ngoba uzakufika impela, kawuyikuphuza.