For the sins especially of chief officers, Sion and the temple shall be destroyed. 15. Sobna a wicked ruler shall be removed, 20. and Eliacim put in his place.For the sinnes especially of chiefe officers, Sion and the temple shal be destroyed. 15. Sobna a wicked ruler shal be remoued, 20. and Eliacim put in his place.✦
The burden of the vale of vision. What aileth thee, that thou art also wholly gone up into the house tops?THE burden of the vale of vision. What aileth thee, that thou art also wholly gone vp into the house toppes?✦Onus vallis Visionis. Quidnam quoque tibi est, quia ascendisti et tu omnis in tecta ?
2full of clamour, a populous city, rejoicing: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.ful of clamour, a populous citie, reioycing: thy slaine are not slaine by the sword, nor dead in battel.Clamoris plena, urbs frequens, civitas exsultans ; interfecti tui, non interfecti gladio, nec mortui in bello.
3All thy princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.Al thy princes are fled together, and are bound hard: al that were found, are bound together, they are fled far of.Cuncti principes tui fugerunt simul dureque ligati sunt ; omnes qui inventi sunt vincti sunt pariter ; procul fugerunt.
4Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.Therfore haue I sayd: Depart from me, I wil weepe bitterly: labour not to comforte me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.Propterea dixi : Recedite a me : amare flebo ; nolite incumbere ut consolemini me super vastitate filiæ populi mei ;
5For it is a day of slaughter, and conculcationis: a treading down, a trampling, and weepings to our Lord the God of hosts in the vale of visitation, searching the wall, and magnificus: magnificent, glorious upon the mountain.For it is a day of slaughter, and conculcation, and weepings to our Lord the God of hostes in the vale of visitation, searching the wal, and magnifical vpon the mountaine.✦dies enim interfectionis, et conculcationis, et fletuum, Domino Deo exercituum, in valle Visionis, scrutans murum, et magnificus super montem.
6And Aelam took quiver, chariot of the horseman, and the shield hath made the wall naked.And Aelam tooke quiuer, chariote of the horsman, and the shilde hath made the wal naked.✦Et Ælam sumpsit pharetram, currum hominis equitis, et parietem nudavit clypeus.
7And thy principal valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.And thy principal valleis shal be ful of chariots, and the horsmen shal place them selues in the gate.Et erunt electæ valles tuæ plenæ quadrigarum, et equites ponent sedes suas in porta.
8And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.And the couering of Iuda shal be discouered, and thou shalt see in that day the armourie of the house of the forest.✦Et revelabitur operimentum Judæ, et videbis in die illa armamentarium domus saltus.
9And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, because they are multiplied: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,And you shal see the breaches of the citie of Dauid, because they are multiplied: and you haue gathered together the waters of the lower poole,✦Et scissuras civitatis David videbitis, quia multiplicatæ sunt ; et congregastis aquas piscinæ inferioris,
10and have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and destroyed houses to fortify the wall.and haue numbred the houses of Ierusalem, and destroyed houses to fortifie the wal.✦et domos Jerusalem numerastis, et destruxistis domos ad muniendum murum.
11And you have made a lake between the two walls to the water of old pool: and you looked not up to him, that made it, and the worker thereof long before you saw not.And you haue made a lake betwen the two walles to the water of old poole: and you looked not vp to him, that made it, and the worker therof long before you saw not.✦Et lacum fecistis inter duos muros ad aquam piscinæ veteris ; et non suspexistis ad eum qui fecerat eam, et operatorem ejus de longe non vidistis.
12And our Lord the God of hosts shall call in that day to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girdle of sackcloth:And our Lord the God of hostes shal cal in that day to weeping, and to moorning, to baldnes, and to girdle of sackcloth:✦Et vocabit Dominus Deus exercituum in die illa ad fletum, et ad planctum, ad calvitium, et ad cingulum sacci ;
13and behold joy and gladness, to kill calves, and to slay rams, to eat flesh, and to drink wine: Let us eat, and drink: for tomorrow we shall die.and behold ioy and gladnes, to kil calues, and to slea rammes, to eate flesh, and to drinke wine: Let vs eate, and drinke: for to morow we shal die.et ecce gaudium et lætitia, occidere vitulos et jugulare arietes, comedere carnes, et bibere vinum : comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur.
14And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in mine ears: If this iniquity shall be forgiven you until you die, saith our Lord the God of hosts.And the voice of the Lord of hostes was reuealed in mine eares: If this iniquitie shal be forgeuen you vntil you die, sayth our Lord the God of hostes.✦Et revelata est in auribus meis vox Domini exercituum : Si dimittetur iniquitas hæc vobis donec moriamini, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
15Thus saith our Lord the God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him, that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna the præpositum: a university or military provost; the overseer set in charge over a thing of the temple, and thou shalt say to him:Thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes: Goe, get thee in to him, that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna the prouost of the temple, and thou shalt say to him:✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum : Vade, ingredere ad eum qui habitat in tabernaculo, ad Sobnam, præpositum templi, et dices ad eum :
16What doest thou here, or as if thou were some body here? because thou hast cut thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast cut out a memorial diligently in an high place, a tabernacle for thee in a rock.What doest thou here, or as if thou were some bodie here? because thou hast cut thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast cut out a memorial diligently in an high place, a tabernacle for thee in a rocke.✦Quid tu hic, aut quasi quis hic ? quia excidisti tibi hic sepulchrum, excidisti in excelso memoriale diligenter, in petra tabernaculum tibi.
17Behold our Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried, and he will lift thee up as a garment.Behold our Lord wil cause thee to be caried away, as a cocke is caried, and he wil lift thee vp as a garment.✦Ecce Dominus asportari te faciet, sicut asportatur gallus gallinaceus ; et quasi amictum, sic sublevabit te.
18Crowning he will crown thee with tribulation, he will cast thee as a ball into a broad and large country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the ignominy of the house of thy Lord.Crowning he wil crowne thee with tribulation, he wil cast thee as a bal into a brode and large countrie: there shalt thou die, and there shal the chariot of thy glorie be, the ignominie of the house of thy Lord.✦Coronans coronabit te tribulatione ; quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam ; ibi morieris, et ibi erit currus gloriæ tuæ, ignominia domus domini tui.
19And I will expel thee from thy standing, and depose thee from thy ministry.And I wil expel thee from thy standing, and depose thee from thy ministerie.Et expellam te de statione tua, et de ministerio tuo deponam te.
20And it shall be in that day: I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,And it shal be in that day: I wil cal my seruant Eliacim the sonne of Helcias,✦Et erit in die illa : vocabo servum meum Eliacim, filium Helciæ,
21and will clothe him with thy coat, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.and wil cloth him with thy coate, and wil strengthen him with thy girdle, and wil geue thy powre into his hand: and he shal be as a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and to the house of Iuda.et induam illum tunica tua, et cingulo tuo confortabo eum, et potestatem tuam dabo in manu ejus ; et erit quasi pater habitantibus Jerusalem et domui Juda.
22And I will give the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open; and there shall be none to shut: and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.And I wil geue the key of the house of Dauid vpon his shoulder: & he shal open; and there shal be none to shut: and he shal shut, and there shal be none to open.✦Et dabo clavem domus David super humerum ejus ; et aperiet, et non erit qui claudat ; et claudet, et non erit qui aperiat.
23And I will fasten him as a paxillum: a small fastening pin; a peg, a stake driven in in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.And I wil fasten him as a pinne in a sure place, & he shal be for a throne of glorie to the house of his father.✦Et figam illum paxillum in loco fideli, et erit in solium gloriæ domui patris ejus.
24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, diverse kinds of vessels, every little vessel from vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.And they shal hang vpon him al the glorie of his fathers house, diuerse kindes of vessels, euerie litle vessel from vessels of cuppes euen to euerie instrument of musike.✦Et suspendent super eum omnem gloriam domus patris ejus ; vasorum diversa genera, omne vas parvulum, a vasis craterarum usque ad omne vas musicorum.
25In that day saith the Lord of hosts, shall the pin be taken away, that was fastened in the sure place: and that which hung thereon, shall be broken, and fall, and perish, because our Lord hath spoken.In that day sayth the Lord of hostes, shal the pinne be taken away, that was fastened in the sure place: and that which hong theron, shalbe broken, and fal, and perish, because our Lord hath spoken.✦In die illa, dicit Dominus exercituum, auferetur paxillus qui fixus fuerat in loco fideli, et frangetur, et cadet, et peribit quod pependerat in eo, quia Dominus locutus est.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.