UGedaliya wafunga kubo nakubantu babo , wathi kubo: Ningesabi izinceku zamaKaledi; hlalani ezweni , niyikhonze inkosi yaseBabele , kuyakuba kuhle kini.

Ngakhuluma kuSedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda njengawo onke lawa mazwi , ngathi: Bekani izintamo zenu phansi kwejoka lenkosi yaseBabele, niyikhonze, yona nabantu bayo, niphile.

UGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu kaShafani wafunga kubo nakubantu babo , wathi: Ningesabi ukukhonza amaKaledi : hlalani ezweni , niyikhonze inkosi yaseBabele, kuyakuba kuhle kini.