Jeremie prophesied in the times of Josias, Joakim, and Sedecias Kings of Juda: 5. being sanctified in his mother's womb, is sent in his tender age to prophesy, 11. the destruction of Jerusalem. 17. God giving him courage against his persecutors.Ieremie prophecied in the times of Iosias, Ioakim, and Sedecias Kinges of Iuda: 5. being sanctified in his mothers wombe, is sent in his tender age to prophecie, 11. the destruction of Ierusalem. 17. God geuing him corage against his persecutors.✦
The first part. God's clemency inviteth to repentance, and his justice punisheth obstinate sinners.The first part. Gods clemencie inuiteth to repentance, & his iustice punisheth obstinate sinners.
The words of Jeremie the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.THE wordes of Ieremie the sonne of * Helcias, of the priestes that were in Anathoth, in the land of Beniamin.✦Verba Jeremiæ filii Helciæ, de sacerdotibus qui fuerunt in Anathoth, in terra Benjamin.
2The word of our Lord which was made to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his kingdom.The word of our Lord which was made to him in the daies of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda, in the thirteenth yeare of his kingdome.✦Quod factum est verbum Domini ad eum in diebus Josiæ filii Amon, regis Juda, in tertiodecimo anno regni ejus.
3And the word was made in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the transmigratio: the deportation into exile, the Babylonian captivity of Jerusalem, in the fifth month.And the word was made in the daies of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda, vnto the end of the eleuenth yeare of Sedecias the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda, euen vnto the transmigration of Ierusalem, in the fifth moneth.✦Et factum est in diebus Joakim filii Josiæ, regis Juda, usque ad consummationem undecimi anni Sedeciæ, filii Josiæ, regis Juda, usque ad transmigrationem Jerusalem, in mense quinto.
4And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
5Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth of the vulva: the womb, the matrix, I sanctified thee, and a prophet in the Gentiles I gave thee.Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee: and before thou camest forth of the matrice, I sanctified thee, and a prophete in the Gentiles I gaue thee.✦Priusquam te formarem in utero, novi te, et antequam exires de vulva, sanctificavi te, et prophetam in gentibus dedi te.
6And I said; A a a, O Lord God: Behold, I cannot speak, because I am a child.And I sayd; A a a, ô Lord God: Behold, I can not speake, because I am a childe.✦Et dixi : A, a, a, Domine Deus, ecce nescio loqui, quia puer ego sum.
7And our Lord said unto me: Say not: I am a child: for to all things, to which I shall send thee, thou shalt go: and all things whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.And our Lord said vnto me: Say not: I am a childe: for to al thinges, to which I shal send thee, thou shalt goe: and al thinges whatsoeuer I shal command thee, thou shalt speake.Et dixit Dominus ad me : Noli dicere : Puer sum : quoniam ad omnia quæ mittam te ibis, et universa quæcumque mandavero tibi loqueris.
8Be not afraid of their face: because I am with thee to deliver thee, saith our Lord.Be not afraide of their face: because I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith our Lord.✦Ne timeas a facie eorum, quia tecum ego sum ut eruam te, dicit Dominus.
9And our Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and our Lord said to me: Behold I have given my words in thy mouth:And our Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and our Lord saied to me: Beholde I haue geuen my wordes in thy mouth:✦Et misit Dominus manum suam, et tetigit os meum, et dixit Dominus ad me : Ecce dedi verba mea in ore tuo :
10Behold I have appointed thee this day over the Gentiles, and over kingdoms, that thou mayest pluck up, and destroy, and waste, and dissipate, and build, and plant.Behold I haue appointed thee this day ouer the Gentiles, and ouer kingdomes, that thou maist pluck vp, and destroy, and waste, and dissipate, and build, and plant.ecce constitui te hodie super gentes et super regna, ut evellas, et destruas, et disperdas, et dissipes, et ædifices, et plantes.
11And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying: What seest thou Jeremie? And I said: I see a rod watching.And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying: What seest thou Ieremie? And I said: I see a rodde * watching.✦Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : Quid tu vides, Jeremia ? Et dixi : Virgam vigilantem ego video.
12And our Lord said to me: well hast thou seen; because I will watch upon my word to do it.And our Lord sayed to me: wel hast thou seene; because I wil watch vpon my word to doe it.Et dixit Dominus ad me : Bene vidisti : quia vigilabo ego super verbo meo, ut faciam illud.
13And the word of our Lord was made to me the second time, saying: What seest thou? And I said: I see a pot boiling hot, and the face thereof from the face of the North.And the word of our Lord was made to me the second time, saying: What seest thou? And I said: I see a pot boyling hote, and the face thereof from the face of the North.✦Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad me, dicens : Quid tu vides ? Et dixi : Ollam succensam ego video, et faciem ejus a facie aquilonis.
14And our Lord said unto me: From the North shall evil be opened upon all the inhabitants of the land.And our Lord saied vnto me: From the North shal euil be opened vpon al the inhabitantes of the land.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes habitatores terræ :
15Because lo I will call together all the kindreds of the kingdoms of the North, saith our Lord: and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne in the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all the walls thereof round about, and upon all the cities of Juda.Because loe I wil cal together al the kinredes of the kingdomes of the North, saith our Lord: and they shal come, and shal sette euerie one his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and vpon al the walles therof round about, and vpon al the cities of Iuda.✦quia ecce ego convocabo omnes cognationes regnorum aquilonis, ait Dominus : et venient, et ponent unusquisque solium suum in introitu portarum Jerusalem, et super omnes muros ejus in circuitu, et super universas urbes Juda :
16And I will speak my judgements with them, touching all the wickedness of them, that have forsaken me, and have offered to strange gods, and have adored the work of their own hands.And I wil speake my iudgements with them, touching al the wickednes of them, that haue forsaken me, and haue offered to strange goddes, and haue adored the worke of their owne handes.✦et loquar judicia mea cum eis super omnem malitiam eorum qui dereliquerunt me, et libaverunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt opus manuum suarum.
17Thou therefore gird thy loins, and rise, and speak to them all things that I command thee. Be not afraid of their face: for I will make thee not to fear their countenance.Thou therefore girde thy loynes, and rise, and speake to them al thinges that I command thee. Be not afraied of their face: for I wil make thee not to feare their countenance.✦Tu ergo, accinge lumbos tuos, et surge, et loquere ad eos omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi. Ne formides a facie eorum, nec enim timere te faciam vultum eorum.
18For I have given thee this day to be as a munitam: fortified, walled city, and as an iron pillar, and as a brazen wall over all the land of the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.For I haue geuen thee this day to be as a fenced citie, and as an yron pillar, and as a brasen walle ouer al the land of the kinges of Iuda, to the princes thereof, & to the priestes, and to the people of the land.Ego quippe dedi te hodie in civitatem munitam, et in columnam ferream, et in murum æreum, super omnem terram, regibus Juda, principibus ejus, et sacerdotibus, et populo terræ.
19And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: because I am with thee, saith our Lord, to deliver thee.And they shal fight against thee, and shal not preuaile: because I am with thee, saith our Lord, to deliuer thee.Et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt, quia ego tecum sum, ait Dominus, ut liberem te.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.