For the avarice, and luxury of both kingdoms, 7. they shall be carried into captivity.For the auarice, and luxurie of both kingdomes, 7. they shal be caried into captiuitie.✦
Woe to you that are rich in Sion, and have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the peoples, going stately into the house of Israel.WO to you that are rich in Sion, and haue confidence in the mountaine of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the peoples, going stately into the house of Israel.✦Væ qui opulenti estis in Sion, et confiditis in monte Samariæ : optimates capita populorum, ingredientes pompatice domum Israël !
2Pass ye into Chalane, and see, and go ye thence into Emath the great: and descend into Geth of the Palestines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger then your border.Passe ye into Chalane, and see, & goe ye thence into Emath the great : and descend into Geth of the Palestines, and to al the best kingdoms of these : if their border be larger then your border.✦Transite in Chalane, et videte, et ite inde in Emath magnam, et descendite in Geth Palæstinorum, et ad optima quæque regna horum : si latior terminus eorum termino vestro est.
3You that are separated unto the evil day: and approach to the throne of iniquity.You that are seperated vnto the euil day : and approch to the throne of iniquitie.✦Qui separati estis in diem malum, et appropinquatis solio iniquitatis ;
4You that sleep in beds of ivory, and play the wantons in your couches: that eat the lamb out of the flock, and calves out of the midst of the herd.You that sleepe in beds of iuorie, and play the wantons in your couches : that eate the lambe out of the flocke, and calues out of the middes of the heard.✦qui dormitis in lectis eburneis, et lascivitis in stratis vestris ; qui comeditis agnum de grege, et vitulos de medio armenti ;
5You that sing to the voice of the psalter: as David they have thought themselves to have the instruments of song.You that sing to the voice of the psalter : as Dauid they haue thought themselues to haue the instruments of song.✦qui canitis ad vocem psalterii, sicut David putaverunt se habere vasa cantici,
6That drink wine in phialis: shallow drinking bowls, not modern glass vials, and are anointed with the best ointment: and they suffered nothing upon the contritione: the affliction, the crushing, not penitent sorrow of Joseph.That drinke wine in phials, and are annoynted with the best oyntment : and they suffered nothing vpon the contrition of Ioseph.✦bibentes vinum in phialis, et optimo unguento delibuti, et nihil patiebantur super contritione Joseph.
7Wherefore now they shall go in the head of them, that go in transmigrantium: the deportation, the carrying into exile, and the factio: the revelling company, the crew, not a political party of the wantons shall be taken away.Wherfore now they shal goe in the head of them, that goe in transmigration : and the faction of the wantons shal be taken away.✦Quapropter nunc migrabunt in capite transmigrantium, et auferetur factio lascivientium.
8The Lord God hath sworn by his soul, saith our Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.The Lord God hath sworne by his soule, saith our Lord the God of hostes : I detest the pride of Iacob, and I hate his houses, and I wil deliuer vp the citie with the inhabitants therof.✦Juravit Dominus Deus in anima sua, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum : Detestor ego superbiam Jacob, et domos ejus odi, et tradam civitatem cum habitatoribus suis.
9And if there shall be left ten men in one house, they also shall die.And if there shal be left tenne men in one house, they also shal dye.✦Quod si reliqui fuerint decem viri in domo una, et ipsi morientur.
10And his kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house: and he shall say to him, that is in the inner parts of the house: Is there yet with thee?And his kinsman shal take him vp, and shal burne him, that he may carie the bones out of the house : and he shal say to him, that is in the inner parts of the house : Is there yet with thee ?✦Et tollet eum propinquus suus, et comburet eum, ut efferat ossa de domo ; et dicet ei, qui in penetralibus domus est : Numquid adhuc est penes te ?
11And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and remember not the name of our Lord.And he shal answer : There is an end. And he shal say to him : Hold thy peace, & remember not the name of our Lord.✦Et respondebit : Finis est. Et dicet ei : Tace, et non recorderis nominis Domini.
12Because lo our Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with ruins, and the lesser house with clefts.Because loe our Lord hath commanded, and he wil strike the greater house with ruins, and the lesser house with clefts.✦Quia ecce Dominus mandabit, et percutiet domum majorem ruinis, et domum minorem scissionibus.
13Why can horses run upon rocks, or can there be ploughing with bubalis: wild oxen, buffaloes? because you have turned judgement into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood?Why can horses runne vpon rockes, or can there be ploughing with buffles ? because you haue turned iudgement into bitternes, and the fruite of iustice into wormewood ?✦Numquid currere queunt in petris equi, aut arari potest in bubalis ? quoniam convertistis in amaritudinem judicium, et fructum justitiæ in absinthium.
14Which rejoice in things of nihilo: nothing, a worthless nothing: which say: Why have not we taken unto us horns in our own strength?Which reioyce in thinges of naught : which say : Why haue not we taken vnto vs hornes in our owne strength ?✦Qui lætamini in nihilo ; qui dicitis : Numquid non in fortitudine nostra assumpsimus nobis cornua ?
15For behold I will raise up from you O house of Israel, saith our Lord the God of hosts, a nation: and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.For behold I wil rayse vp from you ô house of Israel, saith our Lord the God of hostes, a nation : and they shal destroy you from the entrance of Emath, euen to the torrent of the desert.✦Ecce enim suscitabo super vos, domus Israël, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, gentem, et conteret vos ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem deserti.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.