24 Ngemihla yakhe kwenyuka uNebhukadenetsare+ ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, yaye uYehoyakim waba ngumkhonzi wakhe+ iminyaka emithathu. Noko ke, wajika waza wamvukela.

8 “‘“‘Luya kuthi ke uhlanga nobukumkani obungayi kumkhonza, uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni; nolo lungayi kubeka intamo yalo phantsi kwedyokhwe kakumkani waseBhabhiloni, ndinikele ingqalelo yam kolo hlanga ngekrele+ nangendlala+ nangendyikitya yokufa,’+ utsho uYehova, ‘de ndizigqibe ngesandla sakhe.’+

28 Ngoko ke utsho uYehova ukuthi, ‘Yabona, esi sixeko ndisinikela esandleni samaKhaledi nasesandleni sikaNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, yaye umele asithimbe.+

10 Kwaye umele uthi kuwo, ‘Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uTHIXO kaSirayeli, ukuthi: “Yabonani, ndiya kuthumela uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni,+ umkhonzi wam,+ ndiyibeke itrone yakhe kanye phezu kwala matye ndiwafihlileyo, yaye ngokuqinisekileyo intente yakhe entle uya kuyolulela phezu kwawo.

7 “‘Kuba itsho iNkosi enguMongami uYehova ukuthi, ‘Yabona, iTire ndiyizisela uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni evela ngasemntla,+ ukumkani wookumkani,+ enamahashe+ neenqwelo zokulwa+ namajoni akhwele emahasheni nebandla,+ yona kanye inkitha yesizwana.

4 “UNebhukadenetsare ukumkani, kuzo zonke izizwana, namaqela eentlanga, neelwimi ezihlala kuwo wonke umhlaba:+ Ngamana uxolo lwenu lungakhula.+