Miseries shall be so great, 8. and shall come so presently, 16. that few shall escape, and these also shall be in great terror, and affliction.Miseries shal be so great, 8. and shal come so presently, 16. that few shal escape, and these also shal be in great terrour, and affliction.✦
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 :
2And thou son of man, thus saith our Lord God to the land of Israel: The end is come, come is the end upon the four quarters of the land.And thou sonne of man, thus saith our Lord God to the land of Israel: The end is come, come is the end vpon the foure quarters of the land.Et tu, fili hominis, hæc dicit Dominus Deus terræ Israël : [Finis venit : venit finis super quatuor plagas terræ.
3Now an end upon thee, and I will send my fury upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways: and I will lay against thee all thine abominations.Now an end vpon thee, and I wil send my furie vpon thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes: and I wil lay against thee al thine abominations.✦Nunc finis super te, et immittam furorem meum in te : et judicabo te juxta vias tuas, et ponam contra te omnes abominationes tuas.
4And upon thee mine eye shall not spare, and I will not have mercy: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord.And vpon thee mine eye shal not spare, and I wil not haue mercie: but I wil lay thy waies vpon thee, and thyne abominations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord.Et non parcet oculus meus super te, et non miserebor : sed vias tuas ponam super te, et abominationes tuæ in medio tui erunt, et scietis quia ego Dominus.
5Thus saith our Lord God: One affliction, lo affliction cometh.Thus saith our Lord God: One affliction, loe affliction cometh.✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Afflictio una, afflictio ecce venit.
6An end cometh, there cometh an end, it hath awaked against thee: behold it cometh.An end cometh, there cometh an end, it hath awaked against thee: behold it commeth.✦Finis venit, venit finis : evigilavit adversum te, ecce venit.
7Destruction cometh upon thee, which dwellest in the land: the time cometh, the day of slaughter is near, and not of the glory of mountains.Destruction commeth vpon thee, which dwellest in the land: the time commeth, the day of slaughter is nere, and not of the glorie of mountaines.✦Venit contritio super te, qui habitas in terra : venit tempus, prope est dies occisionis, et non gloriæ montium.
8Now straightway I pour out my wrath upon thee, and I will accomplish my fury in thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and I will lay upon thee all thy wicked deeds.Now streightway I powre out my wrath vpon thee, and I wil accomplish my furie in thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes, and I wil lay vpon thee al thy wicked deedes.Nunc de propinquo effundam iram meam super te, et complebo furorem meum in te : et judicabo te juxta vias tuas, et imponam tibi omnia scelera tua,
9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have mercy: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike.And mine eye shal not spare, neither wil I haue mercie: but I wil lay thy wayes vpon thee, and thine abominations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord that strike.et non parcet oculus meus, nec miserebor : sed vias tuas imponam tibi, et abominationes tuæ in medio tui erunt, et scietis quia ego sum Dominus percutiens.
10Behold the day, behold it cometh: destruction is gone forth, the rod hath flourished, pride hath budded.Behold the day, behold it commeth: destruction is gone forth, the rod hath floorished, pride hath budded.✦Ecce dies, ecce venit : egressa est contritio, floruit virga, germinavit superbia,
11Iniquity is risen in the rod of impiety: not of them, and not of the people, nor of the sound of them: and there shall be no rest in them.Iniquitie is risen in the rodde of impietie: not of them, and not of the people, nor of the sound of them: and there shal be no rest in them.✦iniquitas surrexit in virga impietatis : non ex eis, et non ex populo, neque ex sonitu eorum : et non erit requies in eis.
12The time cometh, the day is at hand: he that buyeth let him not rejoice: and he that selleth, let him not mourn: because wrath upon all the people thereof.The time commeth, the day is at hand: he that bieth let him not reioyce: and he that selleth, let him not mourne: because wrath vpon al the people therof.✦Venit tempus, appropinquavit dies : qui emit, non lætetur, et qui vendit, non lugeat : quia ira super omnem populum ejus.
13Because he that selleth, shall not return to that, which he hath sold, and as yet in the living the life of them. For the vision shall not go back to all the multitude thereof: and man in the iniquity of his life shall not be strengthened.Because he that selleth, shal not returne to that, which he hath sold, and as yet in the liuing the life of them. For the vision shal not goe backe to al the multitude therof: and man in the iniquitie of his life shal not be strengthened.Quia qui vendit, ad id quod vendidit non revertetur : et adhuc in viventibus vita eorum : visio enim ad omnem multitudinem ejus non regredietur, et vir in iniquitate vitæ suæ non confortabitur.]
14Sound you with the trumpet, let all be prepared, and there is none to go to the battle: for my wrath shall be upon all the people thereof.Sound you with the trumpet, let al be prepared, and there is none to go to the battel: for my wrath shal be vpon al the people therof.✦[Canite tuba, præparentur omnes : et non est qui vadat ad prælium : ira enim mea super universum populum ejus.
15The sword without: and the pestilence, and famine within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword: and they that are in the city, shall be devoured with the pestilence, and famine.The sword without: and the pestilence, and famine within: he that is in the filde shal dye by the sword: and they that are in the citie, shal be deuoured with the pestilence, and famine.Gladius foris, et pestis et fames intrinsecus : qui in agro est, gladio morietur, et qui in civitate, pestilentia et fame devorabuntur.
16And those of them that flee shall be saved: and they shall be in the mountains as doves of the valleys all trembling, every one in his iniquity.And those of them that flee shal be saued: and they shal be in the mountaines as doues of the valleis al trembling, euerie one in his iniquitie.Et salvabuntur qui fugerint ex eis : et erunt in montibus quasi columbæ convallium omnes trepidi, unusquisque in iniquitate sua.
17All hands shall be dissolved, and all knees shall run with waters.Al handes shal be dissolued, and al knees shal runne with waters.✦Omnes manus dissolventur, et omnia genua fluent aquis.
18And they shall gird themselves with ciliciis: sackcloth of coarse hair, worn in mourning and penance, and fear shall cover them: and in every face confusion, and upon all their heads baldness.And they shal gird themselues with hearecloathes, and feare shal couer them: and in euerie face confusion, and vpon al their heades baldnes.✦Et accingent se ciliciis, et operiet eos formido : et in omni facie confusio, et in universis capitibus eorum calvitium.
19Their silver shall be thrown forth, and their gold shall be into a dunghill. Their silver, and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the fury of our Lord. Their soul they shall not satisfy, and their bellies shall not be filled: because it is made a scandalum: a disgraceful event; a stumbling-block, an occasion of sin of their iniquity.Their siluer shal be throwne forth, and their gold shal be into a dunghil. Their siluer, and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the furie of our Lord. Their soule they shal not satisfie, and their bellies shal not be filled: because it is made a scandal of their iniquitie.✦Argentum eorum foras projicietur, et aurum eorum in sterquilinium erit : argentum eorum et aurum eorum non valebit liberare eos in die furoris Domini : animam suam non saturabunt, et ventres eorum non implebuntur, quia scandalum iniquitatis eorum factum est.
20And the ornament of their jewels they have turned into pride, and the images of their abominations, and idols they have made of it: for this cause have I given it them into uncleanness:And the ornament of their Iewels they haue turned into pride, and the images of their abominations, and idols they haue made of it: for this cause haue I geuen it them into vncleanes:✦Et ornamentum monilium suorum in superbiam posuerunt, et imagines abominationum suarum et simulacrorum fecerunt ex eo : propter hoc dedi eis illud in immunditiam.
21and I will give it into the hands of aliens to spoil, and to the impious of the earth for a prey, and they shall contaminate it.and I wil geue it into the handes of aliens to spoyle, and to the impious of the earth for a praye, and they shal contaminate it.✦Et dabo illud in manus alienorum ad diripiendum, et impiis terræ in prædam, et contaminabunt illud.
22And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall violate my arcanum: the hidden, secret place: God's sanctuary: and spoilers shall enter into it, and shall contaminate it.And I wil turne away my face from them, & they shal violate my * secrete: and spoylers shal enter into it, and shal contaminate it.✦Et avertam faciem meam ab eis, et violabunt arcanum meum : et introibunt in illud emissarii, et contaminabunt illud.
23Make a conclusionem: a shutting up, an enclosing: because the land is full of the judgement of blood, and the city full of iniquity.Make a conclusion: because the land is ful of the iudgement of bloud, and the citie ful of iniquitie.✦Fac conclusionem, quoniam terra plena est judicio sanguinum, et civitas plena iniquitate.
24And I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: and I will make the pride of the mighty to cease, and they shall possess their sanctuary.And I wil bring the worst of the nations, and they shal possesse their houses: and I wil make the pride of the mightie to cease, and they shal possesse their sanctuarie.✦Et adducam pessimos de gentibus, et possidebunt domos eorum : et quiescere faciam superbiam potentium, et possidebunt sanctuaria eorum.
25Distress coming upon them, they will seek peace, and there shall be none.Distresse comming vpon them, they wil seeke peace, and there shal be none.Angustia superveniente, requirent pacem, et non erit.
26Trouble shall come upon trouble, and report upon report, and they shall seek vision of the prophet, and the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.Truble shal come vpon truble, and report vpon report, and they shal seeke vision of the prophete, and the law shal perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancientes.✦Conturbatio super conturbationem veniet, et auditus super auditum : et quærent visionem de propheta, et lex peribit a sacerdote, et consilium a senioribus.
27The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with sorrowfulness, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled. According to their way will I do to them, and according to their judgements I will judge them: and they shall know that I am the Lord.The king shal mourne, and the prince shal be clothed with sorowfulnes, and the handes of the people of the land shal be trubled. According to their way wil I doe to them, and according to their iudgements I wil iudge them: and they shal know that I am the Lord.✦Rex lugebit, et princeps induetur mœrore, et manus populi terræ conturbabuntur : secundum viam eorum faciam eis, et secundum judicia eorum judicabo eos, et scient quia ego Dominus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.