The Gentiles shall seek and find Christ, 2. Whom the Jews will persecute, and shall be rejected, only a few relics reserved. 13. So the Church shall multiply, and abound in graces.The gentiles shal seeke and finde Christ, 2. Whom the Iewes wil persecute, and shal be reiected, only a few reliques reserued. 13. So the Church shal multiplie, and abound in graces.✦
They have sought me that before asked not, they have found that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a gentem: heathendom, the heathen nation that did not invocabat: call upon my name.THEY haue sought me that before asked not, they haue found that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a Gentilitie that did not inuocate my name.✦Quæsierunt me qui ante non interrogabant ; invenerunt qui non quæsierunt me. Dixi : Ecce ego, ecce ego, ad gentem quæ non invocabat nomen meum.
2I have spread forth mine hands all the day to an incredulum: unbelieving people, which goeth in a way not good after their own cogitationes: thoughts.I haue spred forth mine handes al the day to an incredulous people, which goeth in a way not good after their owne cogitations.✦Expandi manus meas tota die ad populum incredulum, qui graditur in via non bona post cogitationes suas.
3A people that provoke me to anger before my face always: that immolant: sacrifice in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.A people that prouoke me to anger before my face alwayes: that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice vpon brickes.✦Populus qui ad iracundiam provocat me ante faciem meam semper ; qui immolant in hortis, et sacrificant super lateres ;
4That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in temples of idols: that eat swines flesh, and profane jus: broth in their vessels.That dwel in sepulchers, and sleepe in temples of idols: that eate swines flesh, and profane potage in their vessels.✦qui habitant in sepulchris, et in delubris idolorum dormiunt ; qui comedunt carnem suillam, et jus profanum in vasis eorum ;
5That say: Depart from me, approach not to me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my fury, a fire burning all the day.That say: Depart from me, approch not to me, because thou art vncleane: these shal be smoke in my furie, a fyre burning al the day.✦qui dicunt : Recede a me, non appropinques mihi, quia immundus es. Isti fumus erunt in furore meo, ignis ardens tota die.
6Behold it is written before me: I will not hold my peace, but I will render and repay into their bosomBehold it is written before me: I wil not hold my peace, but I wil render and repay into their bosome✦Ecce scriptum est coram me : Non tacebo, sed reddam, et retribuam in sinum eorum.
7your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith our Lord, that have sacrificed upon the mountains, and upon the little hills have reproached me, and I will remeasure their first work in their bosom.your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, sayth our Lord, that haue sacrificed vpon the mountaines, and vpon the litle hilles haue reproched me, & I wil remeasure their first worke in their bosome.✦Iniquitates vestras, et iniquitates patrum vestrorum simul, dicit Dominus ; qui sacrificaverunt super montes, et super colles exprobraverunt mihi ; et remetiar opus eorum primum in sinu eorum.
8Thus saith our Lord: As if a berry be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for my servants sake, that I destroy not the whole.Thus saith our Lord: As if a berrie be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so wil I doe for my seruants sake, that I destroy not the whole.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Quomodo si inveniatur granum in botro, et dicatur : Ne dissipes illud, quoniam benedictio est : sic faciam propter servos meos, ut non disperdam totum.
9And I will bring forth seed out of Jacob, and out of Juda a possessor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall inhabit there.And I wil bring forth seede out of Iacob, & out of Iuda a possessour of my mountaines: and mine elect shal inherite it, and my seruants shal inhabite there.✦Et educam de Jacob semen, et de Juda possidentem montes meos ; et hæreditabunt eam electi mei, et servi mei habitabunt ibi.
10And the campestria: open level country countries shall be into folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor for the couch of herds, unto my people that have sought after me.And the champaine countries shal be into foldes of flockes, and the valley of Achor for the couche of heardes, vnto my people that haue sought after me.✦Et erunt campestria in caulas gregum, et vallis Achor in cubile armentorum, populo meo qui requisierunt me.
11And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table to Fortune, and offer libatis: drink offerings upon it.And you, that haue forsaken the Lord, that haue forgotten my holie mount, that sette a table to Fortune, and offer libaments vpon it.✦Et vos qui dereliquistis Dominum, qui obliti estis montem sanctum meum, qui ponitis fortunæ mensam, et libatis super eam :
12I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called, and you have not answered: I spake, and you have not heard, and you did evil in mine eyes: and you have chosen the things, that I would not.I wil number you in the sword, and you shal al fal by slaughter: because I called, and you haue not answered: I spake, and you haue not heard, and you did euil in mine eies: and you haue chosen the thinges, that I would not.✦numerabo vos in gladio, et omnes in cæde corruetis : pro eo quod vocavi, et non respondistis ; locutus sum, et non audistis ; et faciebatis malum in oculis meis, et quæ nolui elegistis.
13For this cause thus saith our Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty.For this cause thus sayth our Lord God: Behold my seruants shal eate, and you shal be hungrie: behold, my seruants shal drinke, and you shal be thirstie.✦Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce servi mei comedent, et vos esurietis ; ecce servi mei bibent, et vos sitietis ;
14Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confundemini: put to shame: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart: and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and for contrition of spirit you shall howl.Behold my seruants shal reioyce, and you shal be confounded: behold my seruants shal prayse for ioyfulnes of hart: and you shal crie for sorow of hart, and for contrition of spirit you shal howle.ecce servi mei lætabuntur, et vos confundemini ; ecce servi mei laudabunt præ exsultatione cordis, et vos clamabitis præ dolore cordis, et præ contritione spiritus ululabitis,
15And you shall leave your name for an oath to mine elect: and the Lord God shall kill thee, and will call his servants by another name.And you shal leaue your name for an * othe to mine elect: and the Lord God shal kil thee, and wil cal his seruants by an other name.✦et dimittetis nomen vestrum in juramentum electis meis ; et interficiet te Dominus Deus, et servos suos vocabit nomine alio :
16In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.In which he that is blessed vpon the earth, shal be blessed in God amen: & he that sweareth in the earth, shal sweare by God amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from myne eyes.✦in quo qui benedictus est super terram benedicetur in Deo, amen, et qui jurat in terra jurabit in Deo, amen : quia oblivioni traditæ sunt angustiæ priores, et quia absconditæ sunt ab oculis meis.
17For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in memory, and they shall not ascend upon the heart.For behold I create new heauens, and a new earth: and the former thinges shal not be in memorie, and they shal not ascend vpon the hart.✦Ecce enim ego creo cælos novos, et terram novam ; et non erunt in memoria priora, et non ascendent super cor.
18But you shall be glad and rejoice for ever in these things, which I create: because lo I create Jerusalem exultation, and the people thereof joy.But you shal be glad and reioyce for euer in these thinges, which I create: because loe I create Ierusalem exultation, and the people therof ioy.✦Sed gaudebitis et exsultabitis usque in sempiternum in his quæ ego creo : quia ecce ego creo Jerusalem exsultationem, et populum ejus gaudium.
19And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people, and there shall no more be heard in it the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying.And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem, and be glad in my people, and there shal no more be heard in it the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying.Et exsultabo in Jerusalem, et gaudebo in populo meo, et non audietur in eo ultra vox fletus et vox clamoris.
20There shall no more be a child of days, and an old man that shall not fill up his days, because the child of an hundred years shall die, and the sinner of an hundred years shall be accursed.There shal no more be a childe of daies, and an old man that shal not fil vp his dayes, because the childe of an hundred yeares shal die, and the sinner of an hundred yeares shal be accurst.✦Non erit ibi amplius infans dierum, et senex qui non impleat dies suos, quoniam puer centum annorum morietur, et peccator centum annorum maledictus erit.
21And they shall build cities, and inhabit: and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.And they shal build cities, and inhabite: and they shal plant vineyardes, and eate the fruites therof.✦Et ædificabunt domos, et habitabunt ; et plantabunt vineas, et comedent fructus earum.
22They shall not build, and another shall dwell: they shall not plant, and another shall eat: for according to the days of the tree, shall be the days of my people, and they shall make old the works of their hands.They shal not build, and an other shal dwel: they shal not plant, and an other shal eate: for according to the daies of the tree, shal be the dayes of my people, and they shal make old the workes of their handes.✦Non ædificabunt, et alius habitabit ; non plantabunt, et alius comedet : secundum enim dies ligni erunt dies populi mei, et opera manuum eorum inveterabunt.
23Mine elect shall not labour in vain nor engender in conturbatione: trouble: because it is the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.Myne elect shal not labour in vayne nor ingender in conturbation: because it is the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their posteritie with them.✦Electi mei non laborabunt frustra, neque generabunt in conturbatione, quia semen benedictorum Domini est, et nepotes eorum cum eis.
24And it shall be, before they call, I will hear: as they are yet speaking, I will hear.And it shal be, before they cal, I wil heare: as they are yet speaking, I wil heare.✦Eritque antequam clament, ego exaudiam ; adhuc illis loquentibus, ego audiam.
25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion and the ox shall eat straw: and to the serpent dust shall be his bread: they shall not hurt, nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith our Lord.The wulfe and the lambe shal feede together, the lion and the oxe shal eate straw: & to the serpent dust shal be his bread: they shal not hurt, nor kil in al my holie mountaine, sayth our Lord.✦Lupus et agnus pascentur simul, leo et bos comedent paleas, et serpenti pulvis panis ejus. Non nocebunt, neque occident in omni monte sancto meo, dicit Dominus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.