• “Ningabeki Ithemba Lenu Ezicukuthwaneni”
    Isiprofetho Sika-Isaya—Ukukhanya Kuso Sonke Isintu II

    • 2 UJuda akumelwe asole muntu, kumelwe azisole yena. Ngeke neze kufaneleke ukuba athi ubhujiswe ngenxa yokuthi uJehova umkhohlisile noma akasasinakile isivumelwano sakhe asenza nalesi sizwe. UMdali akazephuli izivumelwano. (Jeremiya 31:32; Daniyeli 9:27; IsAmbulo 15:4) Egcizelela leli phuzu, uJehova ubuza amaJuda: “Pho-ke, iphi incwadi kanyoko yokuhlukanisa, engimmukisile?” (Isaya 50:1a) EMthethweni KaMose, indoda ehlukanisa nomkayo kumelwe imnike incwadi yesahlukaniso. Ngemva kwalokho usengaba owenye indoda. (Duteronomi 24:1, 2) Ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, uJehova ukhiphe leyo ncwadi wayinika u-Israyeli, umbuso ozalana noJuda, akayinikezanga uJuda.a ‘Usengumnikazi wakhe angumyeni wakhe.’ (Jeremiya 3:8, 14) UJuda akakhululekile nakancane ukuba abe owezizwe ezingamaqaba. Ubuhlobo bakhe noJehova buyoqhubeka “kuze kufike uShilo [uMesiya].”—Genesise 49:10.

       3. Kungasiphi isizathu uJehova ‘ethengisa’ abantu bakhe?

      3 UJehova ubuye abuze uJuda: “Yimuphi kwengibakweletayo enginithengise kuye?” (Isaya 50:1b) AmaJuda ngeke athunjelwe eBabiloni ukuba ayokhokha isikweletu esithile okungathiwa uJehova usenzile. UJehova akafani nomIsrayeli ompofu okumelwe athengise ngezingane zakhe kulowo amkweletayo ukuze akhokhe izikweletu. (Eksodusi 21:7) Kunalokho, uJehova usho okuyisona sizathu esiyokwenza abantu bakhe bagqilazwe: “Bhekani! Nithengiswe ngenxa yeziphambeko zenu nonyoko umukiswe ngenxa yezeqo zenu.” (Isaya 50:1c) AmaJuda yiwona amshiyile uJehova; akuyena owashiyile.