God comforteth his Church, promising ever to protect the same: 11. blameth the Jews, expostulating their ingratitude.God comforteth his Church, promising euer to protect the same : 11. blameth the Iewes, expostulating their ingratitude.✦
And now thus saith our Lord that created thee O Jacob, and formed thee O Israel: Fear not, because I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.AND now thus sayth our Lord that created thee ô Iacob, & formed thee ô Israel: Feare not, because I haue redemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.✦Et nunc hæc dicit Dominus creans te, Jacob, et formans te, Israël : Noli timere, quia redemi te, et vocavi te nomine tuo : meus es tu.
2When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the floods shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not burn in thee:When thou shalt passe through the waters, I wil be with thee, and the floudes shal not couer thee: when thou shalt walke in fyre, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shal not burne in thee:✦Cum transieris per aquas, tecum ero, et flumina non operient te ; cum ambulaveris in igne, non combureris, et flamma non ardebit in te.
3Because I am the Lord thy God the holy one of Israel thy saviour, I have given Egypt thy propitiationem: a ransom given in thy stead, Ethiopia and Sale for thee.Because I am the Lord thy God the holie one of Israel thy sauiour, I haue geuen Aegypt thy propitiation, Æthiopia and Sale for thee.✦Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, Sanctus Israël, salvator tuus, dedi propitiationem tuam Ægyptum, Æthiopiam, et Saba, pro te.
4Since thou becamest honourable in mine eyes, and glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and peoples for thy soul.Since thou becamest honorable in mine eies, and glorious: I haue loued thee, & I wil geue men for thee, and peoples for thy soule.✦Ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis, et gloriosus, ego dilexi te, et dabo homines pro te, et populos pro anima tua.
5Fear not, because I am with thee: from the East will I bring thy seed, and from the West I will gather thee.Feare not, because I am with thee: from the East wil I bring thy seede, and from the West I wil gather thee.✦Noli timere, quia ego tecum sum ; ab oriente adducam semen tuum, et ab occidente congregabo te.
6I will say to the North: Give: and to the South, Hinder not: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.I wil say to the North: Geue: and to the South, Hinder not: bring my sonnes from a farre, and my daughters from the endes of the earth.Dicam aquiloni : Da ; et austro : Noli prohibere : affer filios meos de longinquo, et filias meas ab extremis terræ.
7And every one that invocateth my name, for my glory have I created him, formed him, and made him.And euerie one that inuocateth my name, for my glorie haue I created him, formed him, and made him.✦Et omnem qui invocat nomen meum, in gloriam meam creavi eum, formavi eum, et feci eum.
8Bring forth the blind people, and having eyes: the deaf, and he hath ears.Bring forth the blind people, and hauing eyes: the deafe, and he hath eares.✦Educ foras populum cæcum, et oculos habentem ; surdum, et aures ei sunt.
9All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: which of you can show this, and shall make us hear the former things? Let them give their witnesses, and be justified, and hear, and say: In very deed.Al the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: which of you can shew this, and shal make vs heare the former thinges? Let them geue their witnesses, and be iustified, and heare, and say: In verie deede.✦Omnes gentes congregatæ sunt simul, et collectæ sunt tribus. Quis in vobis annuntiet istud, et quæ prima sunt audire nos faciet ? Dent testes eorum, justificentur, et audiant, et dicant : Vere.
10You are my witnesses, saith our Lord, and my servants whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there hath no god been formed, and after me there shall not be.You are my witnesses, sayth our Lord, and my seruants whom I haue chosen: that you may know, and beleue me, and vnderstand that I myself am. Before me there hath no god bene formed, & after me there shal not be.✦Vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et servus meus quem elegi : ut sciatis, et credatis mihi, et intelligatis quia ego ipse sum ; ante me non est formatus Deus, et post me non erit.
11I am, I am the Lord, and there is no saviour beside me.I am, I am the Lord, and there is no sauiour beside me.Ego sum, ego sum Dominus, et non est absque me salvator.
12I have showed, and have saved: I have made it heard, and there hath been no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith our Lord, and I God.I haue shewed, and haue saued: I haue made it heard, and there hath bene no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, sayth our Lord, and I God.✦Ego annuntiavi, et salvavi ; auditum feci, et non fuit in vobis alienus : vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et ego Deus.
13And from the beginning I my self, and there is not that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?And from the beginning I my self, and there is not that can deliuer out of my hand: I wil worke, and who shal turne it away?✦Et ab initio ego ipse, et non est qui de manu mea eruat. Operabor, et quis avertet illud ?
14Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: For your sake have I sent forth into Babylon, and have plucked down all the bars, and Chaldees glorying in their ships.Thus sayth the Lord your redemer, the holie one of Israel: For your sake haue I sent forth into Babylon, and haue plucked downe al the barres, and Chaldees glorying in their shippes.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, redemptor vester, Sanctus Israël : Propter vos misi in Babylonem, et detraxi vectes universos, et Chaldæos in navibus suis gloriantes.
15I the Lord your holy one, that created Israel your king.I the Lord your holie one, that created Israel your king.Ego Dominus, Sanctus vester, creans Israël, rex vester.
16Thus saith our Lord, that gave a way in the sea, and a path in the vehement waters.Thus sayth our Lord, that gaue a way in the sea, and a path in the vehement waters.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, qui dedit in mari viam, et in aquis torrentibus semitam ;
17Which brought forth the chariot and the horse: the arm and the strong: they slept together, neither shall they rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extincti: died out as a species; quenched, put out,Which brought forth the chariote and the house: the arme and the strong: they slept together, neither shal they rise agayne: they are broken as flaxe, and are extinct,✦qui eduxit quadrigam et equum, agmen et robustum : simul obdormierunt, nec resurgent ; contriti sunt quasi linum, et extincti sunt.
18Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.Remember not former thinges, and looke not on thinges of old.✦Ne memineritis priorum, et antiqua ne intueamini.
19Behold I make new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in the place not invio: visited by ghosts; frequented, trodden by men.Behold I make new thinges, and now they shal spring forth, verely you shal know them: I wil make a way in the desert, and riuers in the place not haunted.✦Ecce ego facio nova, et nunc orientur, utique cognoscetis ea : ponam in deserto viam, et in invio flumina.
20The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the desert: rivers in the place not haunted, that I might give drink to my people, to mine elect.The beast of the fielde shal glorifie me, the dragons & the ostreches: because I haue geuen waters in the desert: riuers in the place not haunted, that I might geue drinke to my people, to mine elect.Glorificabit me bestia agri, dracones, et struthiones : quia dedi in deserto aquas, flumina in invio, ut darem potum populo meo, electo meo.
21This people have I formed for myself, they shall tell my praise.This people haue I formed for myself, they shal tel my prayse.✦Populum istum formavi mihi : laudem meam narrabit.
22Thou hast not invocated me O Jacob, neither hast thou labored in men O Israel.Thou hast not inuocated me ô Iacob, neither hast thou labored in men ô Israel.✦Non me invocasti, Jacob, nec laborasti in me, Israël.
23Thou hast not offered me the ram of thine holocaust, and with thy victims thou hast not glorified me: I have not made thee to serve in oblation, nor put thee to pain in frankincense.Thou hast not offered me the ramme of thyne holocaust, and with thy victimes thou hast not glorified me: I haue not made thee to serue in oblation, nor put thee to payne in frankincense.Non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui, et victimis tuis non glorificasti me ; non te servire feci in oblatione, nec laborem tibi præbui in thure.
24Thou hast not bought me sweet cane for silver, and with the fat of thy victims thou hast not inebriasti: saturated, drenched, made to drink deep me. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast put me to pain with thine iniquities.Thou hast not bought me sweete cane for siluer, and with the fatte of thy victimes thou hast not inebriated me. But thou hast made me to serue with thy sinnes, thou hast put me to payne with thine iniquities.✦Non emisti mihi argento calamum, et adipe victimarum tuarum non inebriasti me : verumtamen servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis ; præbuisti mihi laborem in iniquitatibus tuis.
25I am, I am he that take clean away thine iniquities for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.I am, I am he that take cleane away thine iniquities for mine owne sake, and I wil not remember thy sinnes.✦Ego sum, ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me, et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor.
26Bring me into remembrance, and let us be judged together: tell if thou have any thing that thou mayst be justified.Bring me into remembrance, and let vs be iudged together: tel if thou haue any thing that thou mayst be iustified.✦Reduc me in memoriam, et judicemur simul : narra si quid habes ut justificeris.
27Thy first father sinned, and thy interpreters have transgressed against me.Thy first father sinned, and thy interpreters haue transgressed against me.✦Pater tuus primus peccavit, et interpretes tui prævaricati sunt in me :
28And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reproach.And I haue profaned the holie princes, I haue geuen Iacob to destruction, & Israel to reproch.✦et contaminavi principes sanctos ; dedi ad internecionem Jacob, et Israël in blasphemiam.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.