21 ukuzalisekisa ilizwi likaYehova ngomlomo kaYeremiya,+ de ilizwe lahlawula iisabatha zalo.+ Yonke imihla yokuphanza kwalo lagcina isabatha, ukuzalisekisa iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.+

1 Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi+ ukumkani wasePersi, ukuze ilizwi likaYehova ngomlomo kaYeremiya+ liphunyezwe, uYehova wavusa+ umoya kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi kangangokuba wabangela ukuba kudluliswe isimemezo+ kuwo wonke ummandla wakhe,+ wasibhala, esithi:

7 Kwaye zonke iintlanga zimele zikhonze yena+ kanye nonyana wakhe nomzukulwana wakhe kude kufike ixesha lelizwe lakhe,+ yaye iintlanga ezininzi nookumkani abakhulu bamele bamxhaphaze njengesicaka.’+

12 Ngoko yaphendula ingelosi kaYehova yaza yathi: “Owu Yehova wemikhosi, kuya kude kube nini na ungayenzeli nceba iYerusalem nezixeko zakwaYuda,+ ezo uziqalekisileyo le minyaka imashumi asixhenxe?”+