12 UJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda waphuma waya enkosini yaseBhabhiloni, + yena nonina, izinceku zakhe, izikhulu zakhe nezikhulu zakhe zegceke; + inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yamthumba ngonyaka ka-8 wokubusa kwayo. +

14 Yaliyisa ekudingisweni lonke iJerusalema, zonke izikhulu, + wonke amadoda angamaqhawe nazo zonke izingcweti nabasebenza ngensimbi *+—yathatha abangu-10 000 yabayisa ekudingisweni. Akushiywanga muntu ngaphandle kwabantu bezwe abampofu kakhulu. +

7 ‘Abanye enzalweni yakho, bayothathwa babe yizikhulu zegceke esigodlweni senkosi yaseBhabhiloni.’ ” +

24 “ ‘Ngiyafunga,’ kusho uJehova, ‘ngisho noma uKhoniya *+ indodana kaJehoyakimi, + inkosi yakwaJuda, ubeyindandatho yophawu esandleni sami sokudla, bengiyomhluthula ngimsuse lapho! 25 Ngiyokunikela kulabo abafuna ukukubulala, kulabo obesabayo, kuNebukhadinezari* inkosi yaseBhabhiloni nakumaKhaledi. +

31 Ngonyaka ka-37 wokudingiswa kukaJehoyakini + inkosi yakwaJuda, ngenyanga ka-12, ngosuku luka-25 lwenyanga, u-Evili-merodaki inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, ngonyaka aba ngawo yinkosi, wakhipha* uJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda ejele. + 32 Wamphatha kahle, wamphakamisa kunamanye amakhosi ayekanye naye eBhabhiloni.