For their manifold sins, all the twelve tribes shall be sore plagued. 11. and made captives.For their manifold sinnes, al the twelue tribes shal be sore plaged. 11. and made captiues.✦
Hear the word, that our Lord hath spoken upon you, ye children of Israel: upon all the kindred that I brought forth out of the Land of Egypt, saying:HEARE the word, that our Lord hath spoken vpon you, ye children of Israel : vpon al a the kindred that I brougt forth out of the Land of Ægypt, saying :✦Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Israël, super omnem cognationem quam eduxi de terra Ægypti, dicens :
2Only you have I known of all the kindreds of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.Onlie you haue I knowen of al the kindreds of the earth : therfore wil I visite vpon you al your iniquities.✦Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terræ ; idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.
3Why shall two walk together, unless they be agreed?b Why shal two walke together, vnles they be agreed ?✦Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter, nisi convenerit eis ?
4Will the lion roar in the forest, unless he have a prey? will the lion's whelp give voice out of his den, unless he hath caught aliquid: something?Wil the lion roare in the forrest, vnles he haue a praye ? wil the lions whelp geue voice out of his denne, vnles he hath caught somewhat ?✦numquid rugiet leo in saltu, nisi habuerit prædam ? numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo, nisi aliquid apprehenderit ?
5will the bird fall into the snare of the earth, without the fowler? Shall the snare be taken away from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?wil the bird fal into the snare of the earth, without the sowler ? Shal the snare be taken away from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat ?✦numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe ? numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit ?
6Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and will not the people be afraid? Shall there be evil in the city, which our Lord hath not done?Shal the trumpet sound in the citie, and wil not the people be afrayd ? Shal there be c euil in the citie, which our Lord hath not done ?✦si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet ? si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit ?
7Because our Lord God will not do a word, unless he have revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.Because our Lord God wil not doe a word, vnles he haue reueled his secret to his seruants the prophets.✦Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum, nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.
8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? Our Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?The lion shal roare, who wil not feare? Our Lord God hath spoken, who shal not prophecie ?✦Leo rugiet, quis non timebit ? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit ?
9Make it heard in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the Land of Egypt: and say: Gather ye together upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the many madnesses in the midst thereof, and them that suffer calumniam: wrongful oppression, extortionate injury: not only slander in the inner parts thereof.Make it heard in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the Land of Ægypt : and say : Gather ye together vpon the mountaines of Samaria, and see the manie madnesses in the midddes therof, and them that suffer calumnie in the inner parts therof .✦Auditum facite in ædibus Azoti, et in ædibus terræ Ægypti, et dicite : Congregamini super montes Samariæ, et videte insanias multas in medio ejus, et calumniam patientes in penetralibus ejus.
10And they have not known to do right, saith our Lord, treasuring up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.And they haue not knowne to doe right, sayth our Lord, treasuring vp iniquitie, and robberies in their houses.✦Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem et rapinas in ædibus suis.
11Therefore thus saith our Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and circuietur: surrounded, encompassed about about: and thy strength shall be plucked away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.Therfore thus sayth our Lord God : The land shal be in tribulation, & compassed about : and thy strength shal be plucked away from thee, and thy houses shal be spoyled.✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Tribulabitur et circuietur terra : et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua, et diripientur ædes tuæ.
12Thus saith our Lord: As if a pastor: a shepherd of a flock: not a Christian minister should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel, that dwell in Samaria, be delivered, in the plague of the bed, and in the couch of Damascus.Thus sayth our Lord : As if a pastour should get out of the lions mouth two legges, or the tippe of the eare : so shal the children of Israel, that dwel in Samaria, be deliuered, in the plague of the bed, and in the couche of Damascus.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura, aut extremum auriculæ, sic eruentur filii Israël, qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.
13Hear ye, and contestamini: call to witness, testify solemnly against in the house of Jacob, saith our Lord the God of hosts:Heare ye, and contest in the house of Iacob, sayth our Lord the God of hosts :✦Audite, et contestamini in domo Jacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum ;
14That in the day when I shall begin to visit the prævaricationes: transgressions, sins: not evasive speech of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.That in the day when I shal begin to visite the preuarications of Israel, I wil visite vpon him, and vpon the altars of Bethel : and d the hornes of the altar shal be cut of, and shal fal to the ground.quia in die cum visitare cœpero prævaricationes Israël, super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel ; et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.
15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be dissipabuntur: scattered, broken apart: not squandered, saith our Lord.And I wil strike the winter house with the summer house : and the houses of yuorie shal perish, and manie houses shal be dissipated, sayth our Lord.✦Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo æstiva, et peribunt domus eburneæ, et dissipabuntur ædes multæ, dicit Dominus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.