Damascus with other Syrians shall be afflicted, 4. likewise the ten tribes of Israel. 7. Of which some few persons will return to God. 12. And finally their enemies the Assyrians shall be overthrown.Damascus with other Syrians shal be afflicted, 4. likewise the tenne tribes of Israel. 7. Of which some few persons wil returne to God. 12. And finally their enimies the Assirians shal be ouerthrowne.✦
The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as an heap of stones in ruin.THE burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shal cease to be a citie, and shal be as an heape of stones in ruine.✦Onus Damasci. Ecce Damascus desinet esse civitas, et erit sicut acervus lapidum in ruina.
2The forsaken cities of Aroer shall be for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to terrify them.The forsaken cities of Aroer shal be for flockes, and they shal rest there, and there shal be none to terrifie them.✦Derelictæ civitates Aroër gregibus erunt, et requiescent ibi, et non erit qui exterreat.
3And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.And ayde shal cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shal be as the glorie of the children of Israel: sayth the Lord of hostes.Et cessabit adjutorium ab Ephraim, et regnum a Damasco ; et reliquiæ Syriæ sicut gloria filiorum Israël erunt, dicit Dominus exercituum.
4And it shall be in that day: the glory of Jacob shall be diminished, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.And it shal be in that day: the glorie of Iacob shal be diminished, and the fatnes of his flesh shal become leane.Et erit in die illa : attenuabitur gloria Jacob, et pinguedo carnis ejus marcescet.
5And it shall be as one gathering in harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.And it shal be as one gathering in haruest that which remayneth, and his arme shal gather the eares of corne: and it shal be as he that seketh eares in the vale of Raphaim.✦Et erit sicut congregans in messe quod restiterit, et brachium ejus spicas leget ; et erit sicut quærens spicas in valle Raphaim.
6And the fruit thereof shall be left, as it were a cluster of grapes in it, and as the shaking of the olive tree, of two or three olives in the top of a bough, or four or five in the tops thereof, saith our Lord the God of Israel.And the fruite therof shal be leaft, as it were a cluster of grapes in it, and as the shaking of the oliue tree, of two or three oliues in the toppe of a bough, or foure or fiue in the toppes therof, sayth our Lord the God of Israel.✦Et relinquetur in eo sicut racemus et sicut excussio oleæ duarum vel trium olivarum in summitate rami, sive quatuor aut quinque in cacuminibus ejus fructus ejus, dicit Dominus Deus Israël.
7In that day man shall incline himself to his maker, and his eyes shall look to the holy one of Israel.In that day man shal incline himselfe to his maker, and his eies shal looke to the holie one of Israel.✦In die illa inclinabitur homo ad factorem suum, et oculi ejus ad Sanctum Israël respicient ;
8And he shall not incline to the altars, which his hands made: and the things that his fingers wrought he shall not regard, as groves and temples.And he shal not incline to the altars, which his handes made: and the things that his fingers wrought he shal not regard, as groues and temples.et non inclinabitur ad altaria quæ fecerunt manus ejus ; et quæ operati sunt digiti ejus non respiciet lucos et delubra.
9In that day the cities of his strength shall be left, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.In that day the cities of his strength shal be leaft, as the ploughes, and the corne that were leaft before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.In die illa erunt civitates fortitudinis ejus derelictæ sicut aratra, et segetes quæ derelictæ sunt a facie filiorum Israël ; et eris deserta.
10Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant a faithful plant, and shalt sow a strange seed.Because thou hast forgotten God thy sauiour, and hast not remembred thy strong helper: therfore shalt thou plant a faythful plant, & shalt sow a strange seede.Quia oblita es Dei salvatoris tui, et fortis adjutoris tui non es recordata : propterea plantabis plantationem fidelem, et germen alienum seminabis ;
11In the day of thy planting shall be the wild grape, and in the morning thy seed shall flourish: the harvest is taken away in the day of inheritance, and he shall be vehemently dolebit: regretful, apologetic; grieved, pained in spirit.In the day of thy planting shal be the wilde grape, & in the morning thy seede shal florish: the haruest is taken away in the day of inheritance, and he shal be vehemently sorie.✦in die plantationis tuæ labrusca, et mane semen tuum florebit ; ablata est messis in die hæreditatis, et dolebit graviter.
12Woe to the multitude of many peoples, being as the multitude of the sounding sea: and the tumult of multitudes, as the sound of many waters.Woe to the multitude of manie peoples, being as the multitude of the sounding sea: & the tumult of multitudes, as the sound of manie waters.✦Væ multitudini populorum multorum, ut multitudo maris sonantis ; et tumultus turbarum, sicut sonitus aquarum multarum.
13Peoples shall sound as the sound of waters overflowing, and he shall rebuke him, and shall flee far off: and he shall be violently taken away as the dust of the mountains at the face of the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.Peoples shal sound as the sound of waters ouerflowing, and he shal rebuke him, and shal flee far of: and he shal be violently taken away as the dust of the mountaines at the face of the wind, and as a whirlewind before a tempest.Sonabunt populi sicut sonitus aquarum inundantium, et increpabit eum, et fugiet procul ; et rapietur sicut pulvis montium a facie venti, et sicut turbo coram tempestate.
14In the eventide, and behold trouble: in the morning, and he shall not be. this is the portion of them, that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.In the euentide, and behold truble: in the morning, and he shal not be. this is the portion of them, that haue wasted vs, & the lot of them that spoiled vs.In tempore vespere, et ecce turbatio ; in matutino, et non subsistet. Hæc est pars eorum qui vastaverunt nos, et sors diripientium nos.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.