Destruction of Jerusalem by sword is further described: 10. with translation of the kingdom. 28. The ruin also of the Ammonites is foreshewed. 30. And finally Babylon, the destroyer of others, shall be destroyed.Destruction of Ierusalem by sword is further described: 10. with translation of the kingdom. 28. The ruine also of the Ammonites is foreshewed. 30. And finally Babylon, the destroyer of others, shal be destroyed.✦
And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
2Son of man set thy face to Jerusalem, and drop to the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the ground of Israel:Sonne of man set thy face to Ierusalem, and droppe to the sanctuaries, and prophecie against the ground of Israel:✦[Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam ad Jerusalem, et stilla ad sanctuaria, et propheta contra humum Israël.
3And thou shalt say to the land of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of his scabbard, and will kill in thee the just, and the impious.And thou shalt say to the land of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to thee, and I wil draw forth my sword out of his scabbard, and wil kil in thee the iust, and the impious.✦Et dices terræ Israël : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego ad te, et ejiciam gladium meum de vagina sua, et occidam in te justum et impium.
4And for that I have killed in thee the just, and the impious, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his scabbard to all flesh, from the South even to the North.And for that I haue killed in thee the iust, and the impious, therfore shal my sword goe forth out of his scabbard to al flesh, from the South euen to the North.✦Pro eo autem quod occidi in te justum et impium, idcirco egredietur gladius meus de vagina sua ad omnem carnem, ab austro usque ad aquilonem :
5That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of his scabbard not to be revoked.That al flesh may know that I the Lord haue drawen my sword out of his scabbard not to be reuoked.✦ut sciat omnis caro quia ego Dominus, eduxi gladium meum de vagina sua irrevocabilem.
6And thou son of man, mourn in contritione: sorrow for sin; a breaking / crushing of the loins, and in bitterness mourn before them.And thou sonne of man, mourne in contrition of the loynes, and in bitternes mourne before them.✦Et tu, fili hominis, ingemisce in contritione lumborum, et in amaritudinibus ingemisce coram eis.
7And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For the auditu: a brute beast; rumour / report / tidings: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, & all hands shall be dissolved, and every spirit shall be weakened, and waters shall run by all knees: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith our Lord God.And when they shal say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For the bruite: because it cometh, and euerie hart shal melt, & al handes shal be dissolued, and euerie spirit shal be weakened, and waters shal runne by al knees: behold it commeth, and it shal be done, saith our Lord God.✦Cumque dixerint ad te : Quare tu gemis ? dices : Pro auditu : quia venit, et tabescet omne cor, et dissolventur universæ manus, et infirmabitur omnis spiritus, et per cuncta genua fluent aquæ : ecce venit, et fiet, ait Dominus Deus.]
8And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
9Son of man prophesy, and thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord God: Speak: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and limatus: polished / burnished bright.Sonne of man prophecie, and thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord God: Speake: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and fourbished.✦Fili hominis, propheta, et dices : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : loquere : [Gladius, gladius exacutus est, et limatus :
10To kill victimas: those harmed by another; sacrificial beasts slain in offering, it is sharpened; to glitter, it is furbished: thou that movest the sceptre of my son, hast cut down every tree.To kil victims, it is sharpened; to glitter, it is fourbished: thou that mouest the scepter of my sonne, hast cut downe euerie tree.✦ut cædat victimas, exacutus est : ut splendeat, limatus est : qui moves sceptrum filii mei, succidisti omne lignum.
11And I gave it to be made smooth, that it may be held with the hand: this is a sharpened sword, and this is furbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer.And I gaue it to be made smooth, that it may be held with the hand: this is a sharpened sword, and this is forbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer.✦Et dedi eum ad levigandum, ut teneatur manu : iste exacutus est gladius, et iste limatus est, ut sit in manu interficientis.
12Cry, and howl O son of man, because this same is made in my people, in all the captains of Israel, that fled: they are delivered to the sword with my people, therefore strike upon the thigh,Crie, and howle ô sonne of man, because this same is made in my people, in al the captaines of Israel, that fled: they are deliuered to the sword with my people, therfore strike vpon the thigh,✦Clama et ulula, fili hominis, quia hic factus est in populo meo, hic in cunctis ducibus Israël qui fugerant : gladio traditi sunt cum populo meo : idcirco plaude super femur,
13because it is proved: and that, when it shall overthrow the sceptre, it shall not be, saith our Lord God.because it is proued: and that, when it shal ouerthrow the scepter, it shal not be, saith our Lord God.✦quia probatus est : et hoc, cum sceptrum subverterit, et non erit, dicit Dominus Deus.
14Thou therefore O son of man prophesy, & strike hand against hand, and let the sword be doubled, & let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of great slaughter, that maketh them to be obstupescere: stunned / struck senseless,Thou therfore ô sonne of man prophecie, & strike hand against hand, and let the sword be dubled, & let the sword of the slaine be tripled: this is the sword of great slaughter, that maketh them to be astonied,✦Tu ergo, fili hominis, propheta, et percute manu ad manum : et duplicetur gladius, ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum : hic est gladius occisionis magnæ, qui obstupescere eos facit
15and to pine in heart, & multiplieth ruins. In all their gates have I given the trouble of the sword sharp and furbished to glitter, addressed to slaughter.and to pine in hart, & multiplieth ruines. In al their gates haue I geuen the truble of the sword sharpe and furbished to glitter, addressed to slaughter.✦et corde tabescere, et multiplicat ruinas. In omnibus portis eorum dedi conturbationem gladii acuti, et limati ad fulgendum, amicti ad cædem.
16Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, whithersoever the appetite of thy face is.Be thou sharpened, goe to the right hand, or to the left, whithersoeuer the appetite of thy face is.✦Exacuere, vade ad dexteram sive ad sinistram, quocumque faciei tuæ est appetitus.
17Yea and I will clap hand to hand, and will fill mine indignation: I the Lord have spoken.Yea and I wil clappe hand to hand, and wil fil mine indignation: I the Lord haue spoken.Quin et ego plaudam manu ad manum, et implebo indignationem meam : ego Dominus locutus sum.]
18And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
19And thou son of man, put thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both shall come forth out of one land: and he shall take conjecture with the hand, in the head of the way of the city shall he choose it.And thou sonne of man, put thee two wayes, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both shal come forth out of one land: and he shal take coniecture with the hand, in the head of the way of the citie shal he choose it.✦Et tu, fili hominis, pone tibi duas vias, ut veniat gladius regis Babylonis : de terra una egredientur ambæ : et manu capiet conjecturam ; in capite viæ civitatis conjiciet.
20Thou shalt make way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda into Jerusalem most fenced.Thou shalt make way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Iuda into Ierusalem most fenced.✦Viam pones ut veniat gladius ad Rabbath filiorum Ammon, et ad Judam in Jerusalem munitissimam.
21For the king of Babylon stood in the high way, in the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he asked the idols, & took counsel of entrails.For the king of Babylon stood in the high way, in the head of two wayes, seeking diuination, shuffling arrowes: he asked the idols, & tooke counsel of intralles.✦Stetit enim rex Babylonis in bivio, in capite duarum viarum, divinationem quærens, commiscens sagittas : interrogavit idola, exta consuluit.
22On his right hand was made divination upon Jerusalem, to set engines, to open the mouth in slaughter, to elevate the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a aggerem: a siege-mound raised against a wall, to build munitions.On his right hand was made diuination vpon Ierusalem, to sette engins, to open the mouth in slaughter, to eleuate the voice in howling, to set engins against the gates, to cast vp a rampier, to build munitions.✦Ad dexteram ejus facta est divinatio super Jerusalem, ut ponat arietes, ut aperiat os in cæde, ut elevet vocem in ululatu, ut ponat arietes contra portas, ut comportet aggerem, ut ædificet munitiones.
23And he shall be as it were consulting the oracle in vain in their eyes, & imitating the rest of sabbaths: but he shall remember the iniquity to take it.And he shal be as it were consulting the oracle in vaine in their eies, & imitating the rest of sabbathes: but he shal remember the iniquitie to take it.✦Eritque quasi consulens frustra oraculum in oculis eorum, et sabbatorum otium imitans : ipse autem recordabitur iniquitatis ad capiendum.
24Therefore thus saith our Lord God: For that you have remembered your iniquity, and have revealed your prævaricationes: evasive lying; transgressions / breaches of covenant, and your sins have appeared in all your cogitationibus: thoughts / imaginings of the mind: for that, I say, that you remembered, you shall be taken by hand.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: For that you haue remembred your iniquitie, and haue reueled your preuarications, and your sinnes haue appeared in al your cogitations: for that, I say, that you remembred, you shal be taken by hand.✦Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Pro eo quod recordati estis iniquitatis vestræ, et revelastis prævaricationes vestras, et apparuerunt peccata vestra in omnibus cogitationibus vestris, pro eo, inquam, quod recordati estis, manu capiemini.
25But thou profane, impious prince of Israel, whose day præfinita: appointed / fixed beforehand cometh in the time of iniquity:But thou prophane, impious prince of Israel, whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie:✦Tu autem, profane, impie dux Israël, cujus venit dies in tempore iniquitatis præfinita :
26Thus saith our Lord God: Take away the mitre, take off the crown: is not this it, that extolled the humble, and humbled the high?Thus saith our Lord God: Take away the myter, take of the crowne: is not this it, that extolled the humble, and humbled the high?✦hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Aufer cidarim, tolle coronam : nonne hæc est quæ humilem sublevavit, et sublimem humiliavit ?
27Iniquity, iniquity, iniquity will I put it, and this was not done, till he came to whom judgement belongeth, and I will deliver it to him.Iniquitie, iniquitie, iniquitie wil I put it, and this was not done, til he came to whom iudgement belongeth, and I wil deliuer it to him.✦Iniquitatem, iniquitatem, iniquitatem ponam eam : et hoc non factum est, donec veniret cujus est judicium, et tradam ei.
28And thou son of man prophesy, and say: Thus saith our Lord God to the children of Ammon, and to their reproach, and thou shalt say: Sword, sword draw out thyself to kill, furbish thyself to slay, and to glitter.And thou sonne of man prophecie, and say: Thus saith our Lord God to the children of Ammon, and to their reproch, and thou shalt say: Sword, sword draw out thy selfe to kil, fourbish thy selfe to slaye, and to glitter.✦Et tu, fili hominis, propheta, et dic : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus ad filios Ammon, et ad opprobrium eorum : et dices : [Mucro, mucro, evaginate ad occidendum : limate ut interficias et fulgeas :
29When vain things were seen for thee, and lies were divined: that thou mightest be given upon the necks of the wounded impious, whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquity.When vaine thinges were sene for thee, and lies were diuined: that thou mightest be geuen vpon the neckes of the wounded impious, whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie.✦cum tibi viderentur vana, et divinarentur mendacia, ut dareris super colla vulneratorum impiorum, quorum venit dies in tempore iniquitatis præfinita.
30Return to thy scabbard in the place, wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity I will judge thee,Returne to thy scabbard in the place, wherin thou wast created, in the land of thy natiuitie I wil iudge thee,✦Revertere ad vaginam tuam, in loco in quo creatus es : in terra nativitatis tuæ judicabo te.
31and will pour out upon thee mine indignation: in the fire of my fury will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men unwise, & framing destruction.and wil powre out vpon thee mine indignation: in the fire of my furie wil I blow vpon thee, and wil geue thee into the handes of men vnwise, & framing destruction.✦Et effundam super te indignationem meam ; in igne furoris mei sufflabo in te : daboque te in manus hominum insipientium, et fabricantium interitum.
32Thou shalt be food for the fire, thy blood shall be in the midst of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: because I the Lord have spoken.Thou shalt be foode for the fire, thy bloud shal be in the middes of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: because I the Lord haue spoken.✦Igni eris cibus ; sanguis tuus erit in medio terræ ; oblivioni traderis : quia ego Dominus locutus sum.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.