12 Mfumu Zedekiya+ ya ku Yuda ndinaiuzanso mawu amenewa kuti: “Ikani makosi anu mʼgoli la mfumu ya Babulo nʼkuitumikira. Mutumikire mfumuyo ndi anthu ake kuti mukhalebe ndi moyo.+

17 Ndiyeno Yeremiya anauza Zedekiya kuti: “Yehova, Mulungu wa magulu ankhondo akumwamba, Mulungu wa Isiraeli wanena kuti, ‘Mukadzipereka mʼmanja mwa akalonga* a mfumu ya Babulo, mudzakhalabe ndi moyo ndipo mzindawu sudzawotchedwa ndi moto komanso inuyo ndi banja lanu mudzakhalabe ndi moyo.+