Bachitha imizi , naseziqeshini zonke ezinhle zomhlaba baphonsa , kwaba yilowo nalowo itshe lakhe, bazigcwalisa; bavimba yonke imithombo yamanzi, bawisa yonke imithi emihle , kwaze kwasala amatshe aseKhiri Haresheti kuphela; kepha abezindwayimana bazungeza, balishaya.

Kwabuthana abantu abaningi , bavimba yonke imithombo , nomfudlana owawugobhoza phakathi nezwe , bathi: Kungangani ukuba kufike amakhosi ase-Asiriya, afumane amanzi amaningi, na?

AbakwaGileyadi bavimba amazibuko aseJordani phambi kwabakwa - Efrayimi; kwathi lapho ababalekileyo ba kwa-Efrayimi bethi : Mangiwele, abantu bakwaGileyadi bathi kuye: Ungowakwa-Efrayimi na? Uma ethi: Cha,

Wathi kubo : Ngilandeleni, ngokuba uJehova u nikele izitha zenu abakwaMowabi esandleni senu ! Behla emva kwakhe , bavimba amazibuko aseJordani ababewela ngawo abakwaMowabi , abavumanga ukuba kuwele muntu.

abathi ngokukholwa banqoba imibuso , basebenza ukulunga , bazuza izithembiso, bavimba imilomo yezingonyama,