21 ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi likaJehova ngomlomo kaJeremiya,+ kuze kube yilapho izwe selikhokhe amasabatha alo.+ Zonke izinsuku lihleli liyincithakalo laligcina isabatha, ukuze kuphelele iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa.+

2 ngonyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, mina Daniyeli, ngaqonda ngezincwadi isibalo seminyaka izwi likaJehova elalifike kuJeremiya umprofethi+ ngokuphathelene naso, sokugcwalisekiswa kokubhuqwa kweJerusalema,+ okungukuthi, iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa.+

12 Ngakho ingelosi kaJehova yaphendula yathi: “O Jehova wamabutho, kuyoze kube nini ungasibonisi isihe eJerusalema nasemizini yakwaJuda,+ oyilahlile le minyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa?”+

5 “Yisho kubo bonke abantu bezwe nakubapristi, uthi, ‘Lapho nanizila ukudla+ futhi kukhona ukubangalasa ngenyanga yesihlanu nangenyanga yesikhombisa,+ lokhu nikwenza iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa,+ ingabe ngempela nanizilela mina ukudla, yebo mina?+