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Ilizwi le Nkosi yamabandla lafika kimi lisithi:

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngilobukhwele ngeZiyoni, ubukhwele obuvuthayo kakhulu.

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I Nkosi ithi: Ngizabuyela eZiyoni, ngihlale phakathi kweJerusalema, leJerusalema izakuthiwa ngumuzi othembekileyo, lentaba ye Nkosi yamabandla izakuthiwa yintaba engcwele.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Amaxhegu lezalukazi bazahlala futhi endleleni zeJerusalema, ngulowo lalowo ephethe udondolo ngenxa yokuluphala.

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Lezindlela zomuzi zizagcwala abafana lamankazana bedlala kizo.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Uba kumangalisa emehlweni alabo abaseleyo balababantu kulezinsuku, kuzamangalisa yini lemehlweni ami yini?

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Khangela, ngizakhulula abantu bami elizweni lapho eliphuma khona lalapho elitshona khona ilanga,

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ngibalethe ukuze bahlale phakathi kweJerusalema, babe ngabantu bami, lami ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo ngeqiniso langokulunga.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Qungani isibindi, lina elizwa kulezinsuku amazwi avela kubaprofethi, ababekhona kusukela esikhathini sokubekwa kwesisekelo sethempeli lami, ukuze lakhiwe.

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Ngoba ngaphambi kwalezonsuku kwakungelakuqatshwa umuntu lokwenyamazana, kungekho lokuvikelwa ezitheni kwabasebenzayo. Ngoba wonke umuntu ngamxega lomfowabo.

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Kodwa khathesi kangisayikubaphatha abaseleyo balababantu njengensukwini zakuqala, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla.

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Ngoba kuzahlanyelwa ngokuthula, ivini lizathela izithelo zalo lomhlabathi wandise inala yawo, lamazulu ehlise amazolo awo; ngizabanika abaseleyo balababantu zonke lezizinto.

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Njengoba beliyisiqathekiso phakathi kwezizwe, wena Juda lawe Israyeli, ngakho ngizalikhulula libe yisibusiso. Lingesabi, kodwa manini isibindi.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Njengoba ngazimisela ukwenza okubi kini ekungithukutheliseni kwaboyihlo, ngingaliyekelanga, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla,

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ngakho-ke ngizimisele kulezinsuku ukwenza okulungileyo eJerusalema lakoJuda; lingesabi.

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Nanzi izinto elizazenza. Khulumani iqiniso omunye komunye; lahlulele ngokuqotho langokuqonda enkundleni;

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lingenzelani amacebo amabi enhliziyweni zenu; lingathandi izifungo zamanga; ngoba ngiyazizonda zonke lezizinto, kutsho i Nkosi.

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Ilizwi le Nkosi yamabandla lafika kimi lisithi:

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ukuzila ukudla kwenyanga yesine, lenyanga yesihlanu, lenyanga yesikhombisa, lenyanga yetshumi, kuzakuba yizikhathi zentokozo lezokuthaba lezikhathi ezimisiweyo zenjabulo koJuda. Ngakho-ke thandani iqiniso lokuthula.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Izizwe labantu abakhe imizi emikhulu bazafika,

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kuthi abakhileyo komunye umuzi baye kwabakhe komunye, bathi: Asihle sihambeni, siyedinga i Nkosi yamabandla, sicele umusa wayo; siyahamba khathesi.

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Abantu abanengi lezizwe ezilamandla zizakuza ukuyidinga i Nkosi yamabandla eJerusalema lokucela umusa wayo.

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I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngalezonsuku abantu abalitshumi abavela ezizweni zezindimi zonke bazabamba umJuda ngesembatho sakhe, bathi kuye: Sizahamba lawe ngoba sesizwile ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukini.

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