Ngalokho abapristi bakaDagoni nabo bonke abangena endlini kaDagoni abanyatheli embundwini kaDagoni e-Ashidodi kuze kube namuhla. AmaFilisti ayahlushwa yisandla sikaJehova

Susa kimi ukushaya kwakho, ngokuba ngiyaqedwa ngukushaywa yisandla sakho.

Ngokuba abalidlanga izwe ngenkemba yabo, nengalo yabo ayibasindisanga; kepha kwaba yisandla sakho sokunene , nengalo yakho, nokukhanya kobuso bakho, ngokuba wawubathanda.

Nguye okwenzele i nkatho; yisandla sakhe esikwabele ngentambo ; kuyakudla ifa lalo kuze kube phakade , izizukulwane n gezizukulwane kuyakuhlala kulo.

Zonke lezi zinto zenziwe yisandla sami , kwavela kanjalo konke lokhu, usho uJehova. Kepha yilowo engiyakub heka kuye : ohluphekayo nonomoya ochobozekileyo, othuthumela ngezwi lami.

Izwi elafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova , lapho uNebukadinesari , inkosi yaseBabele, nayo yonke impi yakhe , nayo yonke imibuso yomhlaba ebuswa yisandla sakhe, nabantu bonke belwa neJerusalema nayo yonke imizi yalo , lathi:

ukuzakukwenza lokho okumiswe ngaphambili yisandla necebo lakho ukuba kwenzeke.