The Jews shall be released from the captivity of Babylon. 12. Nabuchodonosor most proud and mighty, shall be thrown into extreme misery. 24. In the mean time the Assyrians besieging Jerusalem shall be defeated. 28. Neither shall the Philistines prevail against the Jews, as they presume.The Iewes shal be released from the captiuitie of Babylon. 12. Nabuchodonosor most proud and mightie, shal be throwne into extreme miserie. 24. In the meane time the Assirians beseging Ierusalem shal be defeated. 28. Neither shal the Philistims preuaile against the Iewes, as they presume.✦
It is near that the time thereof shall come, and the days thereof shall not be prolonged. For our Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: the stranger shall be joined to them, and shall stick to the house of Jacob.IT is neere that the time therof shal come, and the daies therof shal not be prolonged. For our Lord wil haue mercie on Iacob, and wil yet choose out of Israel, and wil make them rest vpon their owne ground: the stranger shal be ioyned to them, & shal sticke to the house of Iacob.✦Prope est ut veniat tempus ejus, et dies ejus non elongabuntur. Miserebitur enim Dominus Jacob, et eliget adhuc de Israël, et requiescere eos faciet super humum suam ; adjungetur advena ad eos, et adhærebit domui Jacob.
2And peoples shall hold them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them upon the land of our Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall lead captive those that had taken them, and shall subdue their exactores: taskmasters, oppressors — not those who require exactness.And peoples shal hold them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shal possesse them vpon the land of our Lord for seruants and handmaides: and they shal lead captiue those that had taken them, & shal subdewe their exactours.✦Et tenebunt eos populi, et adducent eos in locum suum ; et possidebit eos domus Israël super terram Domini in servos et ancillas : et erunt capientes eos qui se ceperant, et subjicient exactores suos.
3And it shall be in that day, when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the dura: grievous, harsh — not painful/aching servitude, which thou didst serve before.And it shal be in that day, when God shal geue thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the sore seruitude, which thou didst serue before.Et erit in die illa : cum requiem dederit tibi Deus a labore tuo, et a concussione tua, et a servitute dura qua ante servisti,
4Thou shalt take this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How hath the exactor ceased, the tribute rested:Thou shalt take this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How hath the exactour ceased, the tribute rested:✦sumes parabolam istam contra regem Babylonis, et dices : Quomodo cessavit exactor ; quievit tributum ?
5Our Lord hath broken the staff of the impious, the rod of the rulers,Our Lord hath broken the staffe of the impious, the rodde of the rulers,Contrivit Dominus baculum impiorum, virgam dominantium,
6that did beat peoples in indignation with incurable wound, subduing nations in fury, persecuting cruelly.that did beate peoples in indignation with vncurable wound, subdewing nations in furie, persecuting cruelly.cædentem populos in indignatione plaga insanabili, subjicientem in furore gentes, persequentem crudeliter.
7All earth is quiet and still, is glad and hath rejoiced.Al earth is quiet and stil, is glad & hath reioyced.Conquievit et siluit omnis terra, gavisa est et exsultavit ;
8The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus: since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to hew us.The firre trees also haue reioyced ouer thee, and the cedars of Libanus: since thou hast slept, there hath none come vp to hewe vs.✦abietes quoque lætatæ sunt super te, et cedri Libani : ex quo dormisti, non ascendet qui succidat nos.
9Hell beneath is troubled to meet thy coming, it hath raised up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations.Hel beneath is trubled to meete thy coming, it hath raysed vp the giants for thee. Al the princes of the earth are risen vp from their thrones, al the princes of nations.✦Infernus subter conturbatus est in occursum adventus tui ; suscitavit tibi gigantes. Omnes principes terræ surrexerunt de soliis suis, omnes principes nationum.
10All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded even as we, made like unto us.Al shal answere, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded euen as we, made like vnto vs.Universi respondebunt, et dicent tibi : Et tu vulneratus es sicut et nos ; nostri similis effectus es.
11Thy pride is drawn down to hell, thy carcass is fallen: under thee shall the moth be strewn, and worms shall be thy covering.Thy pride is drawen downe to hel, thy carcasse is fallen: vnder thee shal the mothe be strawed, and wormes shal be thy couering.✦Detracta est ad inferos superbia tua, concidit cadaver tuum ; subter te sternetur tinea, et operimentum tuum erunt vermes.
12How art thou fallen from heaven Lucifer, which didst rise in the morning? art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound nations?How art thou fallen from heauen Lucifer, which didst rise in the morning? art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound nations?✦Quomodo cecidisti de cælo, Lucifer, qui mane oriebaris ? corruisti in terram, qui vulnerabas gentes ?
13Which didst say in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, above the stars of God will I exalt my throne, I will sit in the mount of the testamenti: the covenant, the appointed assembly, in the sides of the North.Which didst say in thy hart: I wil ascend into heauen, aboue the starres of God wil I exalt my throne, I wil sitte in the mount of the testament, in the sides of the North.✦Qui dicebas in corde tuo : In cælum conscendam, super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum ; sedebo in monte testamenti, in lateribus aquilonis ;
14I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like to the Highest.I wil ascend aboue the height of the cloudes, I wil be like to the Highest.✦ascendam super altitudinem nubium, similis ero Altissimo ?
15But yet thou shalt be drawn down to hell, into the depth of the laci: the pit, the abyss of the dead.But yet thou shalt be drawen downe to hel, into the depth of the lake.✦Verumtamen ad infernum detraheris, in profundum laci.
16They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee: Is this the man, that troubled the earth, that shaked kingdoms,They that shal see thee, shal turne toward thee, & behold thee: Is this the man, that trubled the earth, that shaked kingdomes,Qui te viderint, ad te inclinabuntur, teque prospicient : Numquid iste est vir qui conturbavit terram, qui concussit regna,
17that made the world a desert, and destroyed the cities thereof, opened not the prison to his prisoners?that made the world a desert, & destroyed the cities therof, opened not the prison to his prisoners?qui posuit orbem desertum, et urbes ejus destruxit, vinctis ejus non aperuit carcerem ?
18All the kings of the nations every one have slept in glory, each man in his own house.Al the kinges of the nations euerie one haue slept in glorie, eche man in his owne house.✦Omnes reges gentium universi dormierunt in gloria, vir in domo sua ;
19But thou art cast forth out of thy sepulchre, as an unprofitable branch polluted, and wrapped up with them that were slain by the sword, and are gone down to the foundations of the lake, as a rotten carcass.But thou art cast forth out of thy sepulchre, as an vnprofitable branche polluted, and wrapped vp with them that were slaine by the sword, and are gone downe to the fundations of the lake, as a rotten carcasse.✦tu autem projectus es de sepulchro tuo, quasi stirps inutilis pollutus, et obvolutus cum his qui interfecti sunt gladio, et descenderunt ad fundamenta laci, quasi cadaver putridum.
20Thou shalt not keep company with them, neither in burial, for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.Thou shalt not keepe companie with them, neither in burial, for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slaine thy people: the seede of the wicked shal not be named for euer.✦Non habebis consortium, neque cum eis in sepultura ; tu enim terram tuam disperdidisti, tu populum tuum occidisti : non vocabitur in æternum semen pessimorum.
21Prepare his children to slaughter in the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the world with cities.Prepare his children to slaughter in the iniquitie of their fathers: they shal not rise vp, nor inherite the land, nor fil the world with cities.✦Præparate filios ejus occisioni, in iniquitate patrum suorum : non consurgent, nec hæreditabunt terram, neque implebunt faciem orbis civitatum.
22And I will rise over them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and bud, and progeny: saith our Lord.And I wil rise ouer them, sayth the Lord of hostes: & I wil destroy the name of Babylon, and the remaynes, and bud, and progenie: sayth our Lord.Et consurgam super eos, dicit Dominus exercituum ; et perdam Babylonis nomen, et reliquias, et germen, et progeniem, dicit Dominus ;
23And I will make it the possession of the hedgehog, and paludes: pools, standing marsh-waters of waters, and I will sweep it with scopa: a sweeping-broom wearing it, saith the Lord of hosts.And I wil make it the possession of the hedgehog, & matrices of waters, & I wil sweepe it with besome wearing it, sayth the Lord of hostes.✦et ponam eam in possessionem ericii, et in paludes aquarum, et scopabo eam in scopa terens, dicit Dominus exercituum.
24The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: If it shall not be, as I have thought: and so fall out, as I have in mind consulted:The Lord of hostes hath sworne, saying: If it shal not be, as I haue thought: and so fal out, as I haue in mind consulted:✦Juravit Dominus exercituum, dicens : Si non, ut putavi, ita erit ; et quomodo mente tractavi,
25That I destroy the Assyrian in my land, and in my mountains tread upon him: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden taken off from their shoulder.That I destroy the Assirian in my land, and in my mountaines tread vpon him: and his yoke shal be taken away from them, and his burden taken of from their shoulder.✦sic eveniet : ut conteram Assyrium in terra mea, et in montibus meis conculcem eum ; et auferetur ab eis jugum ejus, et onus illius ab humero eorum tolletur.
26This is the counsel, that I have devised upon all the earth, and this is the hand stretched forth upon all nations.This is the counsel, that I haue deuised vpon al the earth, and this is the hand stretched forth vpon al nations.✦Hoc consilium quod cogitavi super omnem terram ; et hæc est manus extenta super universas gentes.
27For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can weaken it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?For the Lord of hostes hath decreed, and who can weaken it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shal turne it away?Dominus enim exercituum decrevit ; et quis poterit infirmare ? et manus ejus extenta ; et quis avertet eam ?
28In the year, that king Achaz died, was this burden made.In the yeare, that king Achaz died, was this burden made.✦In anno quo mortuus est rex Achaz, factum est onus istud :
29Rejoice not thou whole Philistia, that the rod of thy striker is broken in pieces: for from the root of the serpent shall issue forth a regulus: a basilisk, a venomous serpent hatched from a serpent's egg, and his seed swallowing the bird.Reioyce not thou whole Philistæa, that the rod of thy striker is broken in peeces: for from the roote of the serpent shal issue forth a cockatrice, and his seede swalowing the bird.✦Ne læteris, Philisthæa omnis tu, quoniam comminuta est virga percussoris tui ; de radice enim colubri egredietur regulus, et semen ejus absorbens volucrem.
30And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest confidently: and I will make thy root to perish in famine, and will kill thy remnant.And the first borne of the poore shal be fed, & the poore shal rest confidently: and I wil make thy roote to perish in famine, and wil kil thy remnant.Et pascentur primogeniti pauperum, et pauperes fiducialiter requiescent ; et interire faciam in fame radicem tuam, et reliquias tuas interficiam.
31Howl thou gate, cry out O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the North, and there is none that shall escape his troop.Howle thou gate, crie out ô citie: al Philisthæa is throwen downe: for a smoke shal come from the North, and there is none that shal escape his troupe.✦Ulula, porta ; clama civitas ; prostrata est Philisthæa omnis ; ab aquilone enim fumus veniet, et non est qui effugiet agmen ejus.
32And what shall be answered to the messengers of nations? That our Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.And what shal be answered to the messengers of nations? That our Lord hath founded Sion, and the poore of his people shal hope in him.✦Et quid respondebitur nuntiis gentis ? Quia Dominus fundavit Sion, et in ipso sperabunt pauperes populi ejus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.