¹⁶ Da, sinovi Jonadava sina Rihavovog izvršuju zapovest oca svog što im je zapovedio, a taj narod ne sluša mene.

⁷ Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

⁸ To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.