UJeremiya 16:10-18

“Kuyakuthi lapho ubatshela laba bantu onke lawa mazwi, basho kuwe ukuthi: ‘UJehova ukhulumeleni phezu kwethu konke lokhu okubi na? Ububi bethu buyini? Yisiphi isono esone ngaso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu na?’ Usuyakusho kubo ukuthi: ‘Ngenxa yokuba oyihlo bangishiyile,’ usho uJehova, ‘balandela abanye onkulunkulu, babakhonza, bakhuleka kubo, bangishiya, abagcinanga umthetho wami, nani nenza okubi kunawoyihlo, ngokuba bhekani, niyalandela, kube yilowo nalowo inkani yenhliziyo yakhe embi, ningangilaleli, ngalokho ngiyakunizwiba nisuke kuleli zwe, niye ezweni eningalaziyo, nina nawoyihlo; niyakukhonza khona abanye onkulunkulu imini nobusuku, ngokuba angiyikuniphatha ngesihe.’ “Ngalokho bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho kungasayikuthiwa: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova owabakhuphula abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni laseGibithe,’ kepha: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova owabakhuphula abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni lasenyakatho nasemazweni onke lapho ebebaxoshele khona;’ kepha ngiyakubabuyisela ezweni lakubo engalinika oyise. “Bheka, ngiyakuthumela kubadobi abaningi,” usho uJehova, “babadobe; besengithumela kubazingeli abaningi, babazingele kuzo zonke izintaba, nakuwo onke amagquma, nakuyo imifantu yeziwa. Ngokuba amehlo ami akuzo zonke izindlela zabo; abasithele ebusweni bami, nobubi babo abufihlekile emehlweni ami. Kuqala ngiyakuphindisela ngokuphindiweyo ububi babo nezono zabo, ngokuba balingcolisile izwe lami ngezidumbu zezinto zabo ezizondekayo, baligcwalisa ifa lami ngezinengiso zabo.”