The Jews shall be reduced from captivity, 13. their manners amended. 16. which are enormous, 22. by special grace of God, for the glory of his name: 25. fulfilled by Christ's baptism.The Iewes shal be reduced from captiuitie, 13. their maners amended. 16. which are enormious, 22. by special grace of God, for the glorie of his name: 25. fulfilled by Christs baptisme.✦
And thou son of man, prophesy concerning the mountains of Israel, and thou shalt say: Mountains of Israel hear ye the word of our Lord:AND thou sonne of man, prophecie concerning the mountainnes of Israel, and thou shalt say: Mountainnes of Israel heare ye the word of our Lord:✦Tu autem, fili hominis, propheta super montes Israël, et dices : [Montes Israël, audite verbum Domini.
2Thus saith our Lord God: For that the enemy hath said of you: Aha, the everlasting heights are given to us for an inheritance:Thus saith our Lord God: For that the enemie hath sayd of you: Aha, the euerlasting heightes are geuen to vs for an inheritance:✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Eo quod dixerit inimicus de vobis : Euge, altitudines sempiternæ in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis :
3therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith our Lord God: For that you have been desolate, and trodden down round about, and made an inheritance to the rest of the Gentiles, and have ascended upon the lip of the tongue, and the reproach of the people:therfore prophecie, & say: Thus saith our Lord God: For that you haue bene desolate, and troden downe round about, and made an inheritance to the rest of the Gentils, and haue ascended vpon the lippe of the tongue, & the reproche of the people:✦propterea vaticinare, et dic : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Pro eo quod desolati estis, et conculcati per circuitum, et facti in hæreditatem reliquis gentibus, et ascendistis super labium linguæ et opprobrium populi,
4therefore ye mountains of Israel hear the word of our Lord God: Thus saith our Lord God to the mountains, and hills, to the torrents, and valleys, and the deserts, and broken walls, and to the cities forsaken which are spoiled, and scorned of the rest of the Nations round about.therfore ye mountaines of Israel heare the word of our Lord God: Thus sayth our Lord God to the mountaines, and hilles, to the torrents, and valleis, & the deserts, and broken walleis, & to the cities forsaken which are spoiled, & scorned of the rest of the Nations round about.✦propterea, montes Israël, audite verbum Domini Dei. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus montibus et collibus, torrentibus, vallibusque et desertis, parietinis et urbibus derelictis, quæ depopulatæ sunt et subsannatæ a reliquis gentibus per circuitum.
5Therefore thus saith our Lord God: Because in fire of my zeal I have spoken of the rest of the nations, and of all Iduma, which have given my land to themselves for an inheritance with joy, and with all their heart, and with the mind: and have cast it forth to waste it:Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Because in fyre of my zele I haue spoken of the rest of the nations, and of al Iduma, which haue geuen my land to themselues for an inheritance with ioy, and with al their hart, and with the minde: and haue cast it forth to waste it:✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Quoniam in igne zeli mei locutus sum de reliquis gentibus, et de Idumæa universa, quæ dederunt terram meam sibi in hæreditatem cum gaudio, et toto corde et ex animo, et ejecerunt eam ut vastarent :
6therefore prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, and thou shalt say to the mountains, and hills, to the hilltops, and valleys: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I have spoken in my zeal, and in my fury because you have sustained the confusio: bewilderment or disorder; shame, disgrace, reproach of the Gentiles.therfore prophecie concerning the ground of Israel, and thou shalt say to the montaines, & hilles, to the hiltoppes, and valleis: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I haue spoken in my zele, & in my furie because you haue susteyned the confusion of the Gentiles.✦idcirco vaticinare super humum Israël, et dices montibus et collibus, jugis et vallibus : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego in zelo meo et in furore meo locutus sum, eo quod confusionem gentium sustinueritis.
7Therefore thus saith our Lord God: I have lifted my hand, that the Gentiles which are round about you, they may bear their confusion.Therfore thus sayth our Lord God: I haue lifted my hand, that the Gentiles which are round about you, they may beare their confusion.✦Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ego levavi manum meam, ut gentes quæ in circuitu vestro sunt, ipsæ confusionem suam portent.
8But you O mountains of Israel may shoot forth your boughs, and bring forth your fruit to my people of Israel: for he is at hand to come.But you ô mountaines of Israel may shoote forth your boughes, and bring forth your fruite to my people of Israel: for he is at hand to come.✦Vos autem, montes Israël, ramos vestros germinetis, et fructum vestrum afferatis populo meo Israël : prope enim est ut veniat.
9Because lo I to you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be ploughed, and shall take seed.Because loe I to you, and I wil turne to you, and you shal be ploughed, and shal take seede.✦Quia ecce ego ad vos, et convertar ad vos : et arabimini, et accipietis sementem.
10And I will multiply in you men, and all the house of Israel: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired.And I wil multiplie in you men, & al the house of Israel: and the cities shal be inhabited, and the ruinous places shal be repayred.Et multiplicabo in vobis homines, omnemque domum Israël : et habitabuntur civitates, et ruinosa instaurabuntur.
11And I will replenish you with men, and with beasts: and they shall be multiplied, and increase: and I will make you dwell as from the beginning, and will donabo: endow or furnish with you with greater gifts, than you have had from the beginning: and you shall know that I am the Lord.And I wil replenish you with men, and with beasts: and they shal be multiplied, and increase: and I wil make you dwel as from the beginning, and wil endewe you with greater giftes, then you haue had from the beginning: and you shal know that I am the Lord.✦Et replebo vos hominibus et jumentis, et multiplicabuntur, et crescent : et habitare vos faciam sicut a principio, bonisque donabo majoribus quam habuistis ab initio : et scietis quia ego Dominus.
12And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee by inheritance: and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them, and thou shalt add no more to be without them.And I wil bring men vpon you, my people Israel, and they shal possesse thee by inheritance: and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them, and thou shalt adde no more to be without them.✦Et adducam super vos homines, populum meum Israël, et hæreditate possidebunt te : et eris eis in hæreditatem, et non addes ultra ut absque eis sis.
13Thus saith our Lord God: For that they say of you: A devourer of men thou art, and one that doest suffocate thy nation.Thus saith our Lord God: For that they say of you: A deuourer of men thou art, and one that doest suffocate thy nation.✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Pro eo quod dicunt de vobis : Devoratrix hominum es, et suffocans gentem tuam :
14Therefore thou shalt eat men no more, and thy nation thou shalt kill no more, saith our Lord God:Therfore thou shalt eate men no more, and thy nation thou shalt kil no more, saith our Lord God:propterea homines non comedes amplius, et gentem tuam non necabis ultra, ait Dominus Deus.
15neither will I make the confusion of the Gentiles, to be heard in thee any more, and the reproach of the people thou shalt not bear, and thy nation thou shalt lose no more, saith our Lord God.neither wil I make the confusion of the Gentils, to be heard in thee anie more, and the reproch of the people thou shalt not beare, and thy nation thou shalt lose no more, saith our Lord God.Nec auditam faciam in te amplius confusionem gentium, et opprobrium populorum nequaquam portabis : et gentem tuam non amittes amplius, ait Dominus Deus.]
16And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
17Son of man, the house of Israel dwelt in their ground, and polluere: contaminated (in the environmental sense); profaned or defiled what is holy it in their ways, and in their studies according to the uncleanness of a menstruous woman was their way made before me.Sonne of man, the house of Israel dwelt in their ground, and polluted it in their wayes, and in their studies according to the vncleanes of a menstruous woman was their way made before me.✦[Fili hominis, domus Israël habitaverunt in humo sua, et polluerunt eam in viis suis et in studiis suis : juxta immunditiam menstruatæ facta est via eorum coram me.
18And I have poured out mine indignation upon them for the blood, which they have shed upon the land, and in their idols have polluted it.And I haue powred out mine indignation vpon them for the bloud, which they haue shed vpon the land, and in their idols haue polluted it.Et effudi indignationem meam super eos pro sanguine quem fuderunt super terram, et in idolis suis polluerunt eam.
19And I have dispersed them into the Gentiles, and they are scattered into the lands: according to their ways, and their inventions have I judged them.And I haue dispersed them into the Gentils, and they are scattered into the landes: according to their wayes, and their inuentions haue I iudged them.Et dispersi eos in gentes, et ventilati sunt in terras : juxta vias eorum et adinventiones eorum judicavi eos.
20And they went in to the Nations, unto which they entered, and have polluted my holy name, when it was said of them: This is the people of the Lord, and out of his land they are come forth.And they went in to the Nations, vnto which they entered, and haue polluted my holie name, when it was said of them: This is the people of the Lord, and out of his land they are come forth.✦Et ingressi sunt ad gentes ad quas introierunt : et polluerunt nomen sanctum meum, cum diceretur de eis : Populus Domini iste est, et de terra ejus egressi sunt.
21And I have spared my holy name, which the house of Israel polluted among the Gentiles, to which they entered in.And I haue spared my holie name, which the house of Israel polluted among the Gentiles, to which they entered in.✦Et peperci nomini sancto meo, quod polluerat domus Israël in gentibus ad quas ingressi sunt.
22Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God, not for your sake will I do it, O house of Israel, but for my holy name which you have polluted in the Nations to which you entered.Therfore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God, not for your sake wil I doe it, ô house of israel, but for my holie name which you haue polluted in the Nations to which you entered.Idcirco dices domui Israël : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Non propter vos ego faciam, domus Israël, sed propter nomen sanctum meum, quod polluistis in gentibus ad quas intrastis.
23And I will sanctify my great name, that is polluted among the Gentiles, which you have polluted in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith our Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before them.And I wil sanctifie my great name, that is polluted among the Gentiles, which you haue polluted in the middes of them: that the Gentils may know that I am the Lord, saith our Lord of hostes, when I shal be sanctified in you before them.✦Et sanctificabo nomen meum magnum quod pollutum est inter gentes, quod polluistis in medio earum : ut sciant gentes quia ego Dominus, ait Dominus exercituum, cum sanctificatus fuero in vobis coram eis.
24For I will take you out of the Gentiles, and will gather you together out of all the lands, and will bring you into your land.For I wil take you out of the Gentils, and wil gather you together out of al the landes, and wil bring you into your land.Tollam quippe vos de gentibus, et congregabo vos de universis terris, et adducam vos in terram vestram.
25And I will pour out upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your contaminations, and from all your idols will I cleanse you.And I wil powre out vpon you cleane water, and you shal be clensed from al your contaminations, & from al your idols wil I clense you.✦Et effundam super vos aquam mundam, et mundabimini ab omnibus inquinamentis vestris, et ab universis idolis vestris mundabo vos.
26And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in the midst of you: and will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a fleshy heart.And I wil geue you a new hart, and wil put a new spirit in the middes of you: and wil take away the stonie hart out of your flesh, and wil geue you a fleshie hart.✦Et dabo vobis cor novum, et spiritum novum ponam in medio vestri : et auferam cor lapideum de carne vestra, et dabo vobis cor carneum.
27And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will make that you walk in my precepts, and keep my judgements, and do them.And I wil put my spirite in the middes of you: and I wil make that you walke in my precepts, & keepe my iudgements, and doe them.Et spiritum meum ponam in medio vestri : et faciam ut in præceptis meis ambuletis, et judicia mea custodiatis et operemini.
28And you shall dwell in the land, which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.And you shal dwel in the land, which I gaue to your fathers, and you shal be my people, and I wil be your God.✦Et habitabitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris : et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum.
29And I will save you from all your contaminations: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will not put famine upon you.And I wil saue you from al your contaminations: and I wil cal for corne, and wil multiplie it, and wil not put famine vpon you.✦Et salvabo vos ex universis inquinamentis vestris : et vocabo frumentum et multiplicabo illud, et non imponam vobis famem.
30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the offsprings of the field, that you bear no more the reproach of famine among the Gentiles.And I wil multiplie the fruite of the tree, and the ofsprings of the filde, that you beare no more the reproch of famine among the Gentils.✦Et multiplicabo fructum ligni, et genimina agri, ut non portetis ultra opprobrium famis in gentibus.
31And you shall remember your most wicked ways, and your studies not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deeds shall displease you.And you shal remember your most wicked wayes, and your studies not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deedes shal displease you.✦Et recordabimini viarum vestrarum pessimarum, studiorumque non bonorum : et displicebunt vobis iniquitates vestræ et scelera vestra.
32Not for you will I do it, saith our Lord God, be it known to you: be ye confounded, and ashamed upon your ways, O house of Israel.Not for you wil I doe it, saith our Lord God, be it knowne to you: be ye confounded, and ashamed vpon your wayes, ô house of Israel.✦Non propter vos ego faciam, ait Dominus Deus, notum sit vobis : confundimini, et erubescite super viis vestris, domus Israël.]
33Thus saith our Lord God: In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, and shall make the cities to be inhabited, and shall repair the ruinous places,Thus saith our Lord God: In the day that I shal clense you from al your iniquities, and shal make the cities to be inhabited, and shal repayre the ruinous places,✦[Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : In die qua mundavero vos ex omnibus iniquitatibus vestris, et inhabitari fecero urbes, et instauravero ruinosa,
34and the desert land shall be tilled, which once was desolate in the eyes of every wayfaring man,and the desert land shal be tilled, which once was desolate in the eyes of euerie wayfaringman,et terra deserta fuerit exculta, quæ quondam erat desolata in oculis omnis viatoris,
35they shall say: This land untilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the desert cities, and destitutæ: poor or penniless; forsaken, abandoned, deserted and suffossæ: dug under or excavated beneath, have sitten munitæ: enclosed with a fence; fortified, walled about.they shal say: This land vntilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the desert cities, and destitute and vndermined, haue sitten fenced.✦dicent : Terra illa inculta facta est ut hortus voluptatis : et civitates desertæ, et destitutæ atque suffossæ, munitæ sederunt.
36And the Nations whatsoever shall be left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have builded the destroyed things, and planted the untilled places, that I the Lord have spoken, and done it.And the Nations whatsoeuer shal be left round about you, shal know that I the Lord haue builded the destroyed thinges, and planted the vntilled places, that I the Lord haue spoken, and done it.✦Et scient gentes quæcumque derelictæ fuerint in circuitu vestro, quia ego Dominus ædificavi dissipata, plantavique inculta : ego Dominus locutus sim, et fecerim.
37Thus saith our Lord God: As yet in this shall the house of Israel find me, that I will do for them: I will multiply them as a flock of men,Thus saith our Lord God: As yet in this shal the house of Israel finde me, that I wil doe for them: I wil multiplie them as a flocke of men,✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Adhuc in hoc invenient me domus Israël, ut faciam eis : multiplicabo eos sicut gregem hominum,
38as a holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in the solemnities thereof: So shall the desert cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.as a holie flocke, as the flocke of Ierusalem in the solemnities therof: So shal the desert cities be ful of flockes of men: and they shal know that I am the Lord.✦ut gregem sanctum, ut gregem Jerusalem in solemnitatibus ejus : sic erunt civitates desertæ, plenæ gregibus hominum : et scient quia ego Dominus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.