1 Leli yilizwi likaThixo elafika kuJeremiya umphrofethi mayelana lamaFilistiya ngesikhathi uFaro engakahlaseli iGaza:
2 UThixo uthi:
3 ekuzweni umsindo wamasondo amabhiza agijimayo,
4 Ngoba usuku selufikile
5 IGaza izaphuca ikhanda layo ilila;
6 Likhala lisithi, ‘Maye, nkemba kaThixo,
7 Kodwa ingaphumula njani