The prophet inveigheth against the Jews' vain boasting of the name of Israel, not having true virtues. 3. Only God, not idols, foreshoweth things to come: 9. for his own name's sake, conserveth his people, 16. Inviteth them to repent, and to be grateful for his benefits.The prophet inueigheth against the Iewes vaine boasting of the name of Israel, not hauing true vertues. 3. Onlie God, not idoles, foresheweth thinges to come: 9. for his owne names sake, conserueth his people, 16. Inuiteth them to repent, and to be gratful for his benefites.✦
Hear ye these things O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Juda, which swear in the name of our Lord, and are mindful of the God of Israel not in truth, nor in justice.HEARE ye these thinges ô house of Iacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iuda, which sweare in the name of our Lord, & are mindful of the God of Israel not in truth, nor in iustice.✦Audite hæc, domus Jacob, qui vocamini nomine Israël, et de aquis Juda existis ; qui juratis in nomine Domini, et Dei Israël recordamini non in veritate neque in justitia.
2For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.For they are called of the holie citie, and are established vpon the God of Israel: the Lord of hostes is his name.✦De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, et super Deum Israël constabiliti sunt : Dominus exercituum nomen ejus.
3The former things of old I have declared, and they proceeded out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: suddenly I have wrought, and they came.The former thinges of old I haue declared, and they proceded out of my mouth, and I haue made them to be heard: sodenly I haue wrought, and they came.✦Priora ex tunc annuntiavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea : repente operatus sum, et venerunt.
4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass.For I knew that thou art stubburne, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy forehead of brasse.✦Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua ærea.
5I foretold thee of old: before they came I told thee, lest perhaps thou shouldest say: My idols have done these things, and my sculptilia: graven idols, carved figures, and conflatilia: molten idols, cast figures have commanded these things.I foretold thee of old: before they came I told thee, lest perhaps thou shouldest say: My idols haue done these thinges, and my sculptils, and moltens haue commanded these thinges.Prædixi tibi ex tunc ; antequam venirent, indicavi tibi, ne forte diceres : Idola mea fecerunt hæc, et sculptilia mea et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.
6See all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have made thee know new things of old, and the things are kept which thou knowest not:See al the thinges which thou hast heard: but haue you declared them? I haue made thee know new thinges of old, and the thinges are kept which thou knowest not:✦Quæ audisti, vide omnia ; vos autem, num annuntiastis ? Audita feci tibi nova ex tunc, et conservata sunt quæ nescis.
7now they are created, and not of old: and before the day, and thou heardest them not, lest perhaps thou mightest say: Behold I knew them.now they are created, and not of old: and before the day, and thou heardest them not, lest perhaps thou mightest say: Behold I knewe them.✦Nunc creata sunt et non ex tunc ; et ante diem, et non audisti ea, ne forte dicas : Ecce ego cognovi ea.
8Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thine ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.Thou hast neither heard, nor knowen, neither was thyne eare opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgresse, and I haue called thee a transgressour from the wombe.Neque audisti, neque cognovisti, neque ex tunc aperta est auris tua : scio enim quia prævaricans prævaricaberis, et transgressorem ex utero vocavi te.
9For my name's sake I will make my fury far off: and for my praise I will infrenabo: restrain, hold back thee, that thou perish not.For my names sake I wil make my furie far of: and for my prayse I wil bridle thee, that thou perish nor.✦Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum, et laude mea infrenabo te, ne intereas.
10Behold I have excoxi: penalized with a monetary fine; refined, purified by fire thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.Behold I haue fined thee, but not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fornace of pouertie.✦Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum ; elegi te in camino paupertatis.
11For myself, for my self will I do it, that I be not blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.For myself, for my self wil I do it, that I be not blasphemed: and I wil not geue my glorie to an other.✦Propter me, propter me faciam, ut non blasphemer ; et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.
12Hear me O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I the same, I the first, and I the last.Heare me ô Iacob, and thou Israel whom I cal: I the same, I the first, & I the last.Audi me, Jacob, et Israël, quem ego voco : ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.
13My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heauens: I shal cal them, and they shal stand together.✦Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, et dextera mea mensa est cælos ; ego vocabo eos, et stabunt simul.
14Assemble ye together all you, and hear: which of them hath shewed these things? The Lord hath loved him, he will do his will in Babylon, and his arm in the Chaldees.Assemble ye together al you, and heare: which of them hath shewed these thinges? The Lord hath loued him, he wil do his wil in Babylon, and his arme in the Chaldees.✦Congregamini, omnes vos, et audite : quis de eis annuntiavit hæc ? Dominus dilexit eum, faciet voluntatem suam in Babylone, et brachium suum in Chaldæis.
15I, even I have spoken, and called him: I have brought him, and his way is directed.I, euen I haue spoken, and called him: I haue brought him, and his way is directed.Ego, ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum ; adduxi eum, et directa est via ejus.
16Come ye to me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning, from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.Come ye to me, and heare this: I haue not spoken in secrete from the begynning, from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirite.✦Accedite ad me et audite hoc : non a principio in abscondito locutus sum : ex tempore antequam fieret, ibi eram : et nunc Dominus Deus misit me, et spiritus ejus.
17Thus saith our Lord thy redeemer the holy one of Israel: I the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.Thus sayth our Lord thy redemer the holie one of Israel: I the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable thinges, that gouerne thee in the way that thou walkest.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israël : Ego Dominus Deus tuus, docens te utilia, gubernans te in via qua ambulas.
18I would thou hadst attended to my commandments: thy peace had been as a flood, and thy justice as the waves of the sea.I would thou hadst attended to my commandments: thy peace had bene as a floud, and thy iustice as the waues of the sea.✦Utinam attendisses mandata mea : facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et justitia tua sicut gurgites maris :
19And thy seed had been as the sand, and the stock of thy womb as the gravel stones thereof: his name had not perished, neither had it been destroyed from before my face.And thy seede had bene as the sand, and the stocke of thy wombe as the grauel stones therof: his name had not perished, neither had it bene destroyed from before my face.✦et fuisset quasi arena semen tuum, et stirps uteri tui ut lapilli ejus ; non interisset et non fuisset attritum nomen ejus a facie mea.
20Come forth out of Babylon, flee from the Chaldees, shew it forth in the voice of exultation: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: Our Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.Come forth out of Babylon, flee from the Chaldees, shew it forth in the voice of exultation: make this to be heard, and speake it out euen to the endes of the earth. Say: Our Lord hath redemed his seruant Iacob.✦Egredimini de Babylone, fugite a Chaldæis, in voce exsultationis annuntiate : auditum facite hoc, et efferte illud usque ad extrema terræ. Dicite : Redemit Dominus servum suum Jacob.
21They thirsted not in the desert, when he brought them forth: water out of the rock he brought forth to them, and he scidit: split, cleaved the rock, and there flowed waters.They thirsted not in the desert, when he brought them forth: water out of the rocke he brought forth to them, and he cloue the rocke, and there flowed waters.✦Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos : aquam de petra produxit eis, et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ.
22There is no peace to the impious, saith our Lord.There is no peace to the impious, sayth our Lord.✦Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.