Bamemeza ngezwi elikhulu ngolimi lwabaJuda kubantu baseJerusalema ababe sogangeni ukuba babethuse, babesabise, ukuze bawuthathe umuzi.

Ngalokho yizwani izwi likaJehov a nina bantu abadelelayo , enibusa laba bantu baseJerusalema.

Nakubaprofethi baseJerusalema ngibonile okwesabekayo : bayaphinga, bahamba ngamanga , baqinisa izandla zababi , ukuze kungabuyi muntu ebubini bakhe ; bonke banjengeSodoma kimi , nabakhileyo kulo banjengeGomora.

Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti , uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, uthi: Ngenxa yokuba uthumile egameni lakho izincwadi kubo bonke abantu baseJerusalema, nakuZefaniya indodana kaMahaseya , umpristi, nakubo bonke abapristi, ngokuthi:

Izwi elafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova , lapho inkosi uSedekiya isenzile isivumelwano nabo bonke abantu baseJerusalema ukubamemezela ukukhululeka,

Kwathi ngomnyaka wesihlanu kaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya , inkosi yakwaJuda, ngenyanga yesishiyagalolunye bonke abantu baseJerusalema nabo bonke abantu ababevela emizini yakwaJuda beza eJerusalema , bamemezela ukuzila ukudla phambi kukaJehova.

Izwi elafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova , uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi esemvumele ukuba asuke eRama ngokumthatha eboshiwe ngamaketanga phakathi kwabo b onke abathunjwa baseJerusalema nakwaJuda ababeyakuthunjelwa eBabele.

nathengisa ngabantwana bakwaJuda nangabantwana baseJerusalema kumadodana aseJavani ukuba nibadedisele kude nemikhawulo yabo.

Abathunjwa bale mpi yabantwana bakwa -Israyeli abaphakathi kwamaKhanani kuze kube seSarefat i nabathunjwa baseJerusalema abaseSefaradi bayakudla ifa lemizi yaseningizimu.

Kwathi ukuba abaphostoli baseJerusalema bezwe ukuthi iSamariya lilamukele izwi likaNkulunkulu, bathumela kubo oPetru noJohane;

Ngokuba kwaba kuhle kwabaseMakedoniya nabase -Akhaya ukwenzela abampofu kwabangcwele baseJerusalema umnikelo othile.