The Jews shall be deprived of wise men, 4. and be subject to childish, and effeminate governors, 8. for their grievous sins. 16. The proud, curious, and lascivious attire of their women, 24. shall be turned into ignominy, and sorrow.The Iewes shal be depriued of wise men, 4. and be subiect to childish, and effeminate gouerners, 8. for their greuous sinnes. 16. The proud, curious, and lasciuious attyre of their wemen, 24. shal be turned into ignominie, and sorow.✦
For behold the dominator the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, all strength of bread, and all strength of water.FOr behold the dominatour the Lord of hostes shal take away from Ierusalem, and from Iuda the valiant and the strong, al strength of bread, and al strength of water.✦Ecce enim Dominator, Dominus exercituum, auferet a Jerusalem et a Juda validum et fortem, omne robur panis, et omne robur aquæ ;
2The strong, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and soothsayer, and the ancient.The strong, and the man of warre, the iudge, and the prophete, and southsayer, and the ancient.✦fortem, et virum bellatorem, judicem, et prophetam, et ariolum, et senem ;
3The prince over fifty, and the honourable of countenance, and the counsellor, and the wise of architectis: master-craftsmen, and the skilful of mystical speech.The prince ouer fiftie, and the honorable of countenance, and the counseler, and the wise of workemasters, and the skilful of mystical speach.✦principem super quinquaginta, et honorabilem vultu et consiliarium, et sapientem de architectis, et prudentem eloquii mystici.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.And I wil geue children to be their princes, and the effeminate shal rule ouer them.✦Et dabo pueros principes eorum, et effeminati dominabuntur eis ;
5And the people shall rush violently, man against man, and every one against his neighbour: the child shall make tumult against the ancient, and the base against the noble.And the people shal rush violently, man against man, and euerie one against his neighbour: the childe shal make tumult against the ancient, and the base against the noble.✦et irruet populus, vir ad virum, et unusquisque ad proximum suum ; tumultuabitur puer contra senem, et ignobilis contra nobilem.
6For a man shall take hold of his brother, one of the house of his father: Thou hast a garment, be thou our prince, and let this ruin be under thy hand.For a man shal take hold of his brother, one of the house of his father: Thou hast a garment, be thou our prince, and let this ruine be vnder thy hand.Apprehendet enim vir fratrem suum, domesticum patris sui : Vestimentum tibi est, princeps esto noster, ruina autem hæc sub manu tua.
7He shall answer in that day, saying: I am no physician; and in my house there is no bread, nor garment: do not appoint me prince of the people.He shal answer in that day, saying: I am no physicion; & in my house there is no bread, nor garment: do not appoint me prince of the people.Respondebit in die illa, dicens : Non sum medicus, et in domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum : nolite constituere me principem populi.
8For Jerusalem is gone to ruin, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their inventions were against our Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.For Ierusalem is gone to ruine, and Iuda is fallen: because their tongue, & their inuentions were against our Lord, to prouoke the eyes of his maiestie.✦Ruit enim Jerusalem, et Judas concidit, quia lingua eorum et adinventiones eorum contra Dominum, ut provocarent oculos majestatis ejus.
9The knowledge of their face hath answered them: and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, neither have they hid it: woe to their soul, because evils are rendered to them.The knowlege of their face hath answered them: and they haue proclaimed their sinne as Sodom, neither haue they hid it: woe to their soule, because euils are rendered to them.✦Agnitio vultus eorum respondit eis ; et peccatum suum quasi Sodoma prædicaverunt, nec absconderunt. Væ animæ eorum, quoniam reddita sunt eis mala !
10Say to the just that it is well, because he shall eat the fruit of his inventions.Say to the iust that it is wel, because he shal eate the fruite of his inuentions.✦Dicite justo quoniam bene, quoniam fructum adinventionum suarum comedet.
11Woe to the impious unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be made to him.Woe to the impious vnto euil: for the reward of his handes shal be made to him.Væ impio in malum ! retributio enim manuum ejus fiet ei.
12My people their exactors have spoiled, and women have ruled over them. My people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and dissipate the way of thy steps.My people their exactours haue spoyled, & wemen haue ruled ouer them. My people, they that cal thee blessed, the same deceiue thee, and dissipate the way of thy steppes.✦Populum meum exactores sui spoliaverunt, et mulieres dominatæ sunt eis. Popule meus, qui te beatum dicunt, ipsi te decipiunt, et viam gressuum tuorum dissipant.
13Our Lord standeth to judge, and he standeth to judge peoples.Our Lord standeth to iudge, and he standeth to iudge peoples.Stat ad judicandum Dominus, et stat ad judicandos populos.
14Our Lord shall come to judgement with the ancients of his people, and his princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.Our Lord shal come to iudgement with the ancients of his people, and his princes: for you haue deuoured the vineyard, and the spoile of the poore is in your house.Dominus ad judicium veniet cum senibus populi sui, et principibus ejus ; vos enim depasti estis vineam, et rapina pauperis in domo vestra.
15Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor, saith our Lord the God of hosts?Why do you consume my people, and grinde the faces of the poore, sayth our Lord the God of hostes?✦Quare atteritis populum meum, et facies pauperum commolitis ? dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
16And our Lord said: for that the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out neck, and went with twinklings of eyes, and clapped their hands, walked on their feet, and composito gradu incedebant: strutted, walked with an ostentatious gait in a set pace.And our Lord sayd: for that the daughters of Sion are haughtie, and haue walked with stretched out necke, and went with twinglings of eies, and clapped their handes, walked on their feete, and ietted in a set pace.✦Et dixit Dominus : Pro eo quod elevatæ sunt filiæ Sion, et ambulaverunt extento collo, et nutibus oculorum ibant, et plaudebant, ambulabant pedibus suis, et composito gradu incedebant ;
17Our Lord shall make bald the crown of the daughters of Sion, and our Lord shall discover their hair.Our Lord shal make balde the crowne of the daughters of Sion, and our Lord shal discouer their haire.✦decalvabit Dominus verticem filiarum Sion, et Dominus crinem earum nudabit.
18In that day shall our Lord take away the ornament of shoes, and little lunulas: crescent-shaped ornaments, not the celestial moon.In that day shal our Lord take away the ornament of shoes, and litle moones.✦In die illa auferet Dominus ornamentum calceamentum,
19And chains, and monilia: jewelled collars or brooch-settings, and bracelets, and bonnets.And cheynes, and ouches, and bracelettes, and bonnettes.✦et lunulas, et torques, et monilia, et armillas, et mitras,
20And the sheading discriminalia: bodkins for parting the hair, and periscelidas: garters, leg-bands, and murenulas: little neck-chains, and sweet olfactoriola: perfume-boxes, pomanders, and inaures: earrings.And the sheading combes, and sloppes, and tablettes, and sweete balles, and earlets.✦et discriminalia, et periscelidas, et murenulas, et olfactoriola, et inaures,
21And rings, and pearls hanging on the forehead.And ringes, and pearles hanging on the forehead.✦et annulos, et gemmas in fronte pendentes,
22And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and the fine linen, and needles,And changes of apparel, and shorte clokes, and the fine linen, and nedles,✦et mutatoria, et palliola, et linteamina, et acus,
23and looking glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and theristra: veils, sunshade coverings for the head.and loking glasses, and launes, and headbands, and bonegraces.✦et specula, et sindones, et vittas, et theristra.
24And for sweet savour there shall be stink, and for a girdle a cord, and for frizzled hair baldness, and for fascia pectorali: an ornamental breast-band haircloth.And for swete sauour there shal be stinke, and for a girdle a corde, and for frisled haire baldnes, and for stomacher haircloth.✦Et erit pro suavi odore fœtor, et pro zona funiculus, et pro crispanti crine calvitium, et pro fascia pectorali cilicium.
25Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy strong ones in battle.Thy fayrest men also shal fal by the sworde, and thy strong ones in battle.Pulcherrimi quoque viri tui gladio cadent, et fortes tui in prælio.
26And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.And her gates shal lament and moorne, and she shal sit desolate on the ground.✦Et mœrebunt atque lugebunt portæ ejus, et desolata in terra sedebit.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.