2 Ngaleso sikhatsi emabutfo enkhosi yaseBhabhulona abevimbetele iJerusalema, futsi umphrofethi Jeremiya bekavalelwe eBaleni Labogadzi+ lebelisesigodlweni* senkhosi yakaJuda.

28 Ngako naku lokushiwo nguJehova: ‘Lelidolobha ngilinikela kumaKhaledi nasesandleni saNebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona futsi utalincoba.+

39 Nebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona kanye nalo lonkhe libutfo lakhe befika eJerusalema futsi bayivimbetela ngenyanga yesi-10, emnyakeni wesi-9 wekubusa kweNkhosi Sedekiya yakaJuda.+

4 Ngemnyaka wesi-9 wekubusa kwaSedekiya, ngelilanga lesi-10 enyangeni yesi-10, iNkhosi Nebukhadnezari* yaseBhabhulona yeta nalo lonkhe libutfo layo yatohlasela iJerusalema. Bemisa khona emathende futsi bakha lubondza lwekuyivimbetela lolwayitungeleta.+ 5 Lelidolobha lavinjetelwa kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka wesi-11 wekubusa kweNkhosi Sedekiya.

4 “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, tsatsa sitini usibeke embikwakho. Dvweba kuso lidolobha iJerusalema. 2 Yenta shengatsi wakha tintfo tekulivimbetela,+ wakhe lubondza lwekulivimbetela,+ wente indvundvuma yekulivimbetela,+ umise emathende eceleni kwalo futsi ulitungelete ngetingodvo letinkhulu tekubhidlita lubondza lwalo.+

21 Ngobe inkhosi yaseBhabhulona itawufike ime lakuhlukana khona lomgwaco bese iyaphengula, lapho khona lemigwaco lemibili ihlukana khona. Itawunyakatisa imicibisholo yayo. Ibuta etithicweni tayo;* ihlolisise kulesibindzi.* 22 Loku kwekuphengula lokusesandleni sayo sangesekudla kukhombe eJerusalema, kuze imise imigcala yekubhidlita, ikhiphe livi lekutsi kubulawe bantfu, ishaye inhlabamkhosi yemphi, imise imigcala lemikhulu yekubhidlita emagedeni, ibeke indvundvuma yekuvimbetela kanye nelubondza lwekuvimbetela.+