24 Ezinsukwini zakhe uNebukhadinezari+ inkosi yaseBhabhiloni wakhuphuka, ngakho uJehoyakimi waba inceku yakhe+ iminyaka emithathu. Nokho, waphenduka wadlubulunda kuye.

8 “‘“‘Kuyothi isizwe nombuso okungeke kumkhonze, yebo uNebukhadinezari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni; naleso esingeke sibeke intamo yaso ngaphansi kwejoka lenkosi yaseBhabhiloni, ngisinake leso sizwe ngenkemba,+ nangendlala+ nangesifo esiwumshayabhuqe,’+ kusho uJehova, ‘kuze kube yilapho sengisiqedé nya ngesandla sakhe.’+

28 Ngakho-ke yilokhu uJehova akushilo, ‘Bheka nginikela lo muzi esandleni samaKhaledi nasesandleni sikaNebukhadirezari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, futhi kumelwe awuthumbe.+

10 Kumelwe uthi kuwo, ‘Yilokhu uJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, akushilo: “Bhekani ngiyathuma futhi ngiyothatha uNebukhadirezari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni,+ inceku yami,+ futhi ngiyobeka isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi khona kanye phezu kwala matshe engiwafihlile, futhi ngokuqinisekile uyokwelulela itende lakhe elihle kakhulu phezu kwawo.

7 “Ngoba yilokhu iNkosi EnguMbusi uJehova ekushilo, ‘Bheka ngiletha eThire uNebukhadirezari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni evela enyakatho,+ inkosi yamakhosi,+ enamahhashi+ nezinqola zempi+ nabamabutho amahhashi nebandla,+ yebo uquqaba lwesizwe.

4 “UNebukhadinezari inkosi, kuzo zonke izizwe, amaqembu ezizwe nezilimi ezihlala emhlabeni wonke:+ Kwangathi ukuthula kwenu kungakhula kube kukhulu.+