The Jews are blamed for seeking counsel, and help of the Egyptians. 18. but if they repent, they shall find relief, and spiritual riches of the soul. 27. God's judgement will be strict: 33. and hell is most horrible.The Ieues are blamed for seeking counsel, and helpe of the Ægyptians. 18. but if they repent, they shal find releefe, and spiritual riches of the soule. 27. Gods iudgement wil be strict: 33. and hel is most horrible.✦
Woe unto desertores: renegade; apostate, rebellious children, saith our Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:VVOe vnto *renegate children, sayth our Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: & would beginne a webbe, and not by my spirite, that you might adde sinne vpon sinne:✦Væ filii desertores, dicit Dominus, ut faceretis consilium, et non ex me, et ordiremini telam, et non per spiritum meum, ut adderetis peccatum super peccatum ;
2which walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and having confidence in the shadow of Egypt.which walke to goe downe into Ægypt, & haue not asked my mouth, hoping for helpe in the strength of Pharao, and hauing confidence in the shadow of Ægypt.✦qui ambulatis ut descendatis in Ægyptum, et os meum non interrogastis, sperantes auxilium in fortitudine Pharaonis, et habentes fiduciam in umbra Ægypti !
3And the strength of Pharao shall be a confusion to you, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt an ignominy.And the strength of Pharao shal be a confusion to you, and the confidence of the shadow of Ægypt an ignominie.✦Et erit vobis fortitudo Pharaonis in confusionem, et fiducia umbræ Ægypti in ignominiam.
4For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came euen to Hanes.✦Erant enim in Tani principes tui, et nuntii tui usque ad Hanes pervenerunt.
5All were confounded upon the people, that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.Al were confounded vpon the people, that could not profite them: they were no helpe, nor to any profite, but to confusion and to reproch.✦Omnes confusi sunt super populo qui eis prodesse non potuit : non fuerunt in auxilium et in aliquam utilitatem, sed in confusionem et in opprobrium.
6The burden of the beasts of the South. In a land of tribulation and distress, the lioness, and the lion of them, the viper and the flying basilisk carrying their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunch of camels to a people, that cannot be able to profit them.The burden of the beastes of the South. In a land of tribulation and distresse, the lionesse, and the lion of them, the viper & the flying basiliscus carying their riches vpon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures vpon the bunch of camels to a people, that can not be able to profite them.✦Onus jumentorum austri. In terra tribulationis et angustiæ leæna, et leo ex eis, vipera et regulus volans ; portantes super humeros jumentorum divitias suas, et super gibbum camelorum thesauros suos, ad populum qui eis prodesse non poterit.
7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried upon this: It is pride only, cease.For Ægypt shal helpe in vaine, and to no purpose: therfore haue I cried vpon this: It is pride onlie, cease.✦Ægyptus enim frustra et vane auxiliabitur. Ideo clamavi super hoc : Superbia tantum est, quiesce.
8Now therefore going in write to her upon box, and draw it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter day for a testimony for ever.Now therfore going in write to her vpon boxe, and drawe it diligently in a booke, and it shal be in the latter day for a testimonie for euer.✦Nunc ergo ingressus, scribe ei super buxum, et in libro diligenter exara illud, et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque in æternum.
9For it is a people provoking to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.For it is a people prouoking to wrath, and lying children, children that wil not heare the law of God.✦Populus enim ad iracundiam provocans est : et filii mendaces, filii nolentes audire legem Dei ;
10Which say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold us not those things that are right: Speak unto us pleasant things, see errors unto us.Which say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold vs not those thinges that are right: Speake vnto vs pleasant thinges, see errours vnto vs.✦qui dicunt videntibus : Nolite videre, et aspicientibus : Nolite aspicere nobis ea quæ recta sunt ; loquimini nobis placentia : videte nobis errores.
11Take from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the holy one of Israel cease from our face.Take from me the way, turne away the path from me, let the holie one of Israel cease from our face.✦Auferte a me viam ; declinate a me semitam ; cesset a facie nostra Sanctus Israël.
12Therefore thus saith the holy one of Israel: For that you have rejected this word, and have hoped in calumny and tumult, and have leaned thereupon:Therfore thus sayth the holie one of Israel: For that you haue reiected this word, & haue hoped in calumnie and tumult, and haue leaned thereupon:✦Propterea hæc dicit Sanctus Israël : Pro eo quod reprobastis verbum hoc, et sperastis in calumnia et in tumultu, et innixi estis super eo ;
13therefore shall this iniquity be unto you as a breach that falleth, and is found lacking in an high wall, because suddenly, whiles it is not hoped, shall come the destruction thereof.therfore shal this iniquitie be vnto you as a breach that falleth, and is found lacking in an high wal, because sodenly, whiles it is not hoped, shal come the destruction therof.✦propterea erit vobis iniquitas hæc sicut interruptio cadens, et requisita in muro excelso, quoniam subito, dum non speratur, veniet contritio ejus.
14And it shall be broken small, as the potter's vessel is broken with mighty breaking: and there shall not a shred be found of the fragments thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the burning, or a little water be drawn out of the pit.And it shal be broken smal, as the potters vessel is broken with mightie breaking: & there shal not a shread be found of the fragments therof, wherein a litle fyre may be caried from the burning, or a litle water be drawen out of the pitte.Et comminuetur sicut conteritur lagena figuli contritione pervalida, et non invenietur de fragmentis ejus testa in qua portetur igniculus de incendio, aut hauriatur parum aquæ de fovea.
15Because thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:Because thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel: If you returne and be quiet, you shal be saued: in silence and in hope shal your strength be. And you would not:✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus, Sanctus Israël : Si revertamini et quiescatis, salvi eritis ; in silentio et in spe erit fortitudo vestra. Et noluistis,
16and you have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter, that shall persecute you.and you haue sayd: No, but we wil flee to horses: therfore shal you flee. And we wil mount vpon swift ones: therfore shal they be swifter, that shal persecute you.✦et dixistis : Nequaquam, sed ad equos fugiemus : ideo fugietis ; et : Super veloces ascendemus : ideo velociores erunt qui persequentur vos.
17A thousand men at the face of the terror of one: and at the face of the terror of five shall you flee, till you be left as the mast of a ship in the top of a mountain, and as a sign upon a little hill.A thousand men at the face of the terrour of one: and at the face of the terrour of fiue shal you flee, til you be left as the mast of a shippe in the toppe of a mountaine, and as a signe vpon a litle hil.✦Mille homines a facie terroris unius ; et a facie terroris quinque fugietis, donec relinquamini quasi malus navis in vertice montis, et quasi signum super collem.
18Therefore our Lord expecteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because our Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that expect him.Therfore our Lord expecteth that he may haue mercie on you: and therfore shal he be exalted sparing you: because our Lord is the God of iudgment: blessed are al they that expect him.✦Propterea exspectat Dominus ut misereatur vestri ; et ideo exaltabitur parcens vobis, quia Deus judicii Dominus : beati omnes qui exspectant eum !
19For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, pitying he will pity thee: at the voice of thy cry as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.For the people of Sion shal dwel in Ierusalem: weeping thou shalt not weepe, pitying he wil pitie thee: at the voice of thy crie as soone as he shal heare, he wil answer thee.✦Populus enim Sion habitabit in Jerusalem : plorans nequaquam plorabis : miserans miserebitur tui, ad vocem clamoris tui : statim ut audierit, respondebit tibi.
20And our Lord will give you arctum: straight; scanty, of hardship bread, and short water: and will not make thy doctor to flee away from thee any more: and thine eyes shall see thy master.And our Lord wil geue you straite bread, and short water: and wil not make thy doctor to flee away from thee any more: and thine eies shal see thy master.✦Et dabit vobis Dominus panem arctum, et aquam brevem ; et non faciet avolare a te ultra doctorem tuum ; et erunt oculi tui videntes præceptorem tuum.
21And thine ears shall hear the word of him, that behind thy back admonisheth thee: This is the way, walk in it: and decline ye not neither to the right hand, nor to the left.And thine eares shal heare the word of him, that behinde thy backe admonisheth thee: This is the way, walke in it: and decline ye not neither to the right hand, nor to the left.✦Et aures tuæ audient verbum post tergum monentis : Hæc est via ; ambulate in ea, et non declinetis neque ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram.
22And thou shalt contaminate the plates of the sculptilium: graven idols of thy silver, and the garment of the molten of thy gold, and shalt scatter them as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.And thou shalt contaminate the plates of the sculptils of thy siluer, and the garment of the molten of thy gold, and shalt scatter them as the vncleannes of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.✦Et contaminabis laminas sculptilium argenti tui, et vestimentum conflatilis auri tui, et disperges ea sicut immunditiam menstruatæ. Egredere, dices ei.
23And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:And rayne shal be geuen to thy seede, wheresoeuer thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corne of the land shal be most plentiful, and fatte. The lambe in that day shal feede at large in thy possession:✦Et dabitur pluvia semini tuo, ubicumque seminaveris in terra, et panis frugum terræ erit uberrimus et pinguis ; pascetur in possessione tua in die illo agnus spatiose,
24and thine oxen, as the ass colts, that till the ground, shall eat mingled migma: fodder, mixed feed as it was fanned in the floor.and thyne oxen, as the asse coltes, that til the ground, shal eate mingled prouender as it was fanned in the floore.✦et tauri tui, et pulli asinorum, qui operantur terram, commistum migma comedent sicut in area ventilatum est.
25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every little hill elevated, rivers of running waters in the day of the killing of many when the towers shall fall.And there shal be vpon euerie high mountayne, and vpon euerie litle hil eleuated, riuers of running waters in the day of the killing of manie when the towres shal fal.✦Et erunt super omnem montem excelsum, et super omnem collem elevatum, rivi currentium aquarum, in die interfectionis multorum, cum ceciderint turres :
26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days in the day, when our Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.And the light of the moone shal be as the light of the sunne, and the light of the sunne shal be seuenfold, as the light of seuen daies in the day, when our Lord shal bind vp the wound of his people, & shal heale the stroke of their wound.✦et erit lux lunæ sicut lux solis, et lux solis erit septempliciter sicut lux septem dierum, in die qua alligaverit Dominus vulnus populi sui, et percussuram plagæ ejus sanaverit.
27Behold the name of our Lord cometh from far, his burning fury, and heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.Behold the name of our Lord commeth from farre, his burning furie, and heauie to beare: his lippes are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a deuouring fire.✦Ecce nomen Domini venit de longinquo, ardens furor ejus, et gravis ad portandum ; labia ejus repleta sunt indignatione, et lingua ejus quasi ignis devorans.
28His spirit as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations to nothing, and the bridle of error, that was in the jaws of peoples.His spirite as a torrent ouerflowing euen to the middes of the necke, to destroy the nations to nothing, and the bridle of errour, that was in the iawes of peoples.✦Spiritus ejus velut torrens inundans usque ad medium colli, ad perdendas gentes in nihilum, et frenum erroris quod erat in maxillis populorum.
29There shall be a song unto you as the night of a sanctified solemnity, and joy of heart as he that goeth with a tibia: a reed pipe, to enter into the mount of our Lord to the strong one of Israel.There shal be a song vnto you as the night of a sanctified solemnitie, and ioy of hart as he that goeth with a shaulme, to enter into the mount of our Lord to the strong one of Israel.✦Canticum erit vobis sicut nox sanctificatæ solemnitatis, et lætitia cordis sicut qui pergit cum tibia, ut intret in montem Domini ad Fortem Israël.
30And our Lord shall make the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall show the terror of his arm, in threatening of fury, and flame of devouring fire: he shall dash to pieces in whirlwind, and in hail stone.And our Lord shal make the glorie of his voice to be heard, and shal shew the terrour of his arme, in threatening of furie, and flame of deuouring fyre: he shal dashe to peeces in whirlwinde, and in haile stone.✦Et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suæ, et terrorem brachii sui ostendet in comminatione furoris, et flamma ignis devorantis : allidet in turbine, et in lapide grandinis.
31For at the voice of our Lord shall Assur fear being stricken with the rod.For at the voice of our Lord shal Assur feare being stroken with the rod.✦A voce enim Domini pavebit Assur virga percussus.
32And the passage of the rod shall never cease, which our Lord shall make to rest upon him in timbrels and harps: and in principal battles he shall overthrow them.And the passage of the rod shal neuer cease, which our Lord shal make to rest vpon him in tymbrels and harpes: and in principal battels he shal ouerthrow them.✦Et erit transitus virgæ fundatus, quam requiescere faciet Dominus super eum in tympanis et citharis ; et in bellis præcipuis expugnabit eos.
33For Topheth is prepared since yesterday, prepared of the king, deep, and wide. The nourishments thereof, fire and much wood: the breath of our Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.For *Topheth is prepared since yesterday, prepared of the king, deepe, and wide. The nourishments therof, fyre & much wood: the breath of our Lord as a torrent of brinstone kindling it.✦Præparata est enim ab heri Topheth, a rege præparata, profunda, et dilatata. Nutrimenta ejus, ignis et ligna multa ; flatus Domini sicut torrens sulphuris succendens eam.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.