11 ngichithe lemizi yelizwe lakini, ngidilizele phansi inqaba zakini.
11 Ngizachitha amadolobho elizwe lenu ngibhidlize lezinqaba zenu zonke.
Ilizwe lakini lichithekile, lemizi yenu itshiswe ngomlilo; umhlaba wenu udliwa ngabezizwe phambi kwenu, lichithekile, lichithwa ngabafo.
INkosi ibalahlile abantu bayo abendlu kaJakobe, ngoba ilizwe labo ligcwele abalumbi basempumalanga, lezanuse njengamaFilistiya, bahlangane labezizwe.
Ngalokhu uJakobe uzathethelelwa okubi kwakhe; lokhu kuzakuba yisibonakaliso sokususwa kwesono sakhe, lapho esenza ukuba wonke amatshe ealtare avuthuzeke njengekalaga, kungabe kusamiswa insika ezimiselwe unkulunkulukazi uAshera lama‐altare empepha.
Ngasengisithi: Kuze kube nini, Nkosi, na? Yona yathi: Kuze kuchitheke imizi, kusale kungaselamuntu kiyo, lezindlu zisale zingaselabantu, lelizwe lichitheke lithi nya,
INkosi ichithile yonke imizi kaJakobe ingayihawukeli. Ekuthukutheleni kwayo idilizile izinqaba zakoJuda. Yaphosela phansi yangcolisa umbuso lamakhosi awo.
uthi: Ngizahlasela ilizwe elilemizi engabiyelwanga, ngibulale abantu abahlala ngokuthula bengethuki lutho, bonke behlala emizini engelamiduli, lengelamasango lemigoqo,
ngalokho kuzakuba khona ukuxokozela kwempi phakathi kwabantu bakini, kudilizwe lenqaba zenu zonke, njengalokhu uShalimani wachitha iBeti‐Aribeli ngosuku lwempi, kwachotshozwa onina labantwana babo.
Yehlisela abalamandla ukuchitheka, lencithakalo phezu kwenqaba.
Sasesisithi kimi: Nanti ilizwi leNkosi kuZerubabeli lithi: Ukuphumelela kwakho kakusikho ngempi langamandla, kodwa ngomoya wami, kutsho iNkosi yamabandla.