Jeremiya 9:1 Sengathi ikhanda lami libe ngamanzi, namehlo ami abe ngumthombo wezinyembezi, ukuba ngibe bangakhalela ababuleweyo bendodakazi yabantu bami imini nobusuku! 9:2 Sengathi nginendawo yokulala izihambi ehlane; Zengi angase ashiye abantu bami, asuke kubo! ngoba bonke bayiziphingi, an umhlangano wamadoda akhohlisayo. 9:3 Futhi bagoba ulimi lwabo like umnsalo amanga, kodwa abekho amaqhawe eqiniso emhlabeni; ngoba basuka kokubi baye okubi, futhi abangazi, usho uJehova. 9:4 Qaphelani, kube yilowo nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe, ningethembi kunoma yimuphi umfowabo: ngokuba wonke umzalwane uyakuqila, nabo bonke umakhelwane uzohamba nabahlebi. 9:5 Futhi bayokhohlisa, kube yilowo nalowo umakhelwane wakhe, futhi ngeke akhulume iqiniso: bafundise ulimi lwabo ukukhuluma amanga, bazidinise ukwenza okubi. 9:6 Indawo yakho yokuhlala iphakathi kwenkohliso; ngenkohliso bayala ukungazi mina,” usho uJehova. 9:7 Ngakho-ke, usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti: Bheka, Ngizobancibilikisa, futhi zizame; ngoba ngingenzani ngendodakazi yabantu bami? 9:8 Ulimi lwabo lunjengomcibisholo wokudubula; likhuluma inkohliso: omunye uyakhuluma ngokuthula kumakhelwane wakhe ngomlomo wakhe, kepha ubeka okwakhe enhliziyweni linda. 9:9 Angiyikubahambela ngenxa yalezi zinto? usho uJehova; umphefumulo uphindiselwe esizweni esinjengalesi? 9:10 Ngoba izintaba ngiyothatha ukukhala nokulila, futhi ngenxa izindawo zokuhlala zasehlane isililo, ngokuba zishisiwe; ukuze kungabikho ongadlula kuzo; futhi abantu abanakuzwa izwi lika izinkomo; izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zibalekile; bona abasekho. 9:11 Futhi ngiyokwenza iJerusalema inqwaba, futhi umhume amadragoni; futhi ngizokwenza imizi yakwaJuda iyincithakalo, ingenamuntu. 9:12 Ngubani indoda ehlakaniphile, ukuze baqonde lokhu? futhi ubani lowo kuye umlomo kaJehova ukhulumile, ukuze akumemezele, ukuthi izwe liyini liyabhubha, lishiswe njengehlane, kungadabula muntu kulo, na? 9:13 Futhi uJehova wathi: "Ngenxa yokuthi bawushiyile umthetho wami engiwubeka phambi kwabo labo, kabalilalelanga ilizwi lami, kabahambanga ngalo; 9:14 Kodwa baye bahamba ngokuzindla kwenhliziyo yabo, futhi ngemva kwalokho oBali, ababafundisa wona oyise; 9:15 Ngakho, usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Bhekani, mina uyobondla, yebo lababantu, umhlonyane, futhi ubanike amanzi inyongo ukuphuza. 9:16 Ngiyobahlakazela phakathi kwabezizwe, labo noma labo obaba bazi; ngiyakuthuma inkemba emva kwabo, ngize ngiyiqede waziqeda. 9:17 Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: 'Bhekani, nibize ukulila abesifazane, ukuze beze; nithumele kubizwe abesifazana abahlakaniphileyo, ukuze bazuze woza: 9:18 Futhi mabaphuthume, futhi bathathe isililo ngathi, ukuze amehlo ethu angase zehla izinyembezi, nezinkophe zethu ziphuma amanzi. 9:19 Ngoba izwi lokulila lizwakele livela eZiyoni: "Yeka ukuphangwa kwethu! singa sijabhile kakhulu, ngokuba silishiyile izwe ngenxa yethu izindawo zokuhlala zisixoshile. 9:20 Nokho, zwanini izwi likaJehova nina besifazane, futhi ake izindlebe zenu zamukele izwi izwi lomlomo wakhe, nifundise amadodakazi enu ukulila, kube yilowo nalowo isililo sikamakhelwane. 9:21 Ngokuba ukufa kwenyukele emafasiteleni ethu, kungene ezindlini zethu zobukhosi. ukunquma abantwana ngaphandle, nezinsizwa ngaphandle imigwaqo. 9:22 Khuluma, Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ngisho nezidumbu zabantu ziyowa njengomquba phezu kwensimu, nanjengesandla ngemva komvuni, kungekho noyedwa lizawabutha. 9:23 Usho kanje uJehova: "Ohlakaniphileyo makangazigabisi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, noma iqhawe lingazibongi ngamandla alo, nocebileyo makangazigabisi ngawakhe ingcebo: 9:24 Kodwa lowo oziqhayisayo makazibonge ngalokhu, ukuthi uyakuqonda futhi liyangazi ukuthi nginguJehova owenza umusa nokwahlulela; nokulunga emhlabeni, ngokuba ngiyathokoza ngalokho,” usho kanje iNkosi. 9:25 Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uJehova, lapho ngiyojezisa bonke labo asokwa nabangasokile; 9:26 IGibithe, noJuda, no-Edomi, nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, noMowabi, kanye nabo bonke. abasemajukujukwini, abahlala ehlane kubo bonke lezi zizwe azisokile, nayo yonke indlu ka-Israyeli ayisokile ongasokile enhliziyweni.