Influence of stars, nor imagined power of idols, is not to be feared: but God only. 6. whose Majesty is infinite, and idols have no power at all. 19. Jerusalem lamenteth, 24. and prayeth God to pardon and protect his own people.Influence of starres, nor imagined powre of idols, is not to be feared: but God only. 6. whose Maiestie is infinite, and idols haue no powre at al. 19. Ierusalem lamenteth, 24. and prayeth God to pardon and protect his owne people.✦
Hear ye the word, which our Lord hath spoken concerning you O house of Israel.HEARE ye the word, which our Lord hath spoken concerning you ô house of Israel.Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos, domus Israël.
2Thus saith our Lord: According to the ways of the Gentiles learn not: and of the signs of heaven, which the heathen fear, be not afraid:Thus saith our Lord: According to the waies of the Gentils learne not: and of the signes of heauen, which the heathen feare, be not afraid:✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Juxta vias gentium nolite discere, et a signis cæli nolite metuere, quæ timent gentes,
3Because the laws of the people are vain: because the work of the hand of the artificer hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.Because the lawes of the people are vaine: because the worke of the hand of the artificer hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.✦quia leges populorum vanæ sunt. Quia lignum de saltu præcidit opus manus artificis in ascia :
4with silver and gold he hath decked it: with nails and hammers he hath compegit: fastened and framed firmly together it, that it fall not asunder.with siluer and gold he hath decked it: with nailes and hammers he hath compacted it, that it fal not asunder.argento et auro decoravit illud : clavis et malleis compegit, ut non dissolvatur :
5They are framed after the similitude of a palm tree, and shall not speak: being carried they shall be removed, because they are not able to go. Therefore fear them not, because they can neither do ill nor well.They are framed after the similitude of a palme tree, and shal not speake: being caried they shal be remoued, because they are not able to go. Therefore feare them not, because they can neither doe il nor wel.✦in similitudinem palmæ fabricata sunt, et non loquentur : portata tollentur, quia incedere non valent. Nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere, nec bene.
6There is not the like unto thee O Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in strength.There is not the like vnto thee ô Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in strength.✦Non est similis tui, Domine : magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine.
7Who shall not fear thee O king of Nations? For thine is the glory: among all the wise of the Gentiles, & in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.Who shal not feare thee ô king of Nations? For thine is the glorie: among al the wise of the Gentiles, & in al their kingdoms there is none like vnto thee.✦Quis non timebit te, o Rex gentium ? tuum est enim decus : inter cunctos sapientes gentium, et in universis regnis eorum, nullus est similis tui.
8They shall be proved altogether unwise and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.They shal be proued altogether vnwise and foolish: the doctrine of their vanitie is wood.✦Pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur : doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est.
9Silver wrapped up is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and the hands of the coppersmith: hyacinth and purple are their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.Siluer wrapped vp is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the worke of the artificer, and the handes of the coppersmith: hyacinth and purple are their clothing: al these thinges are the worke of artificers.✦Argentum involutum de Tharsis affertur, et aurum de Ophaz : opus artificis et manus ærarii. Hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum : opus artificum universa hæc.
10But our Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the King everlasting: at his indignation the earth shall be moved: & the Gentiles shall not sustain his threatening.But our Lord is the true God: he is the liuing God, and the King euerlasting: at his indignation the earth shal be moued: & the Gentils shal not sustaine his threatning.✦Dominus autem Deus verus est, ipse Deus vivens, et rex sempiternus. Ab indignatione ejus commovebitur terra, et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem ejus.
11Thus then you shall say to them: The gods that made not heaven and earth, let them perish from of the earth, and from these places, that are under heaven.Thus then you shal say to them: The goddes that made not heauen and earth, let them perish from of the earth, and from these places, that are vnder heauen.✦Sic ergo dicetis eis : Dii qui cælos et terram non fecerunt, pereant de terra et de his quæ sub cælo sunt !
12He that maketh the earth in his strength, prepareth the world in his wisdom, and with his prudence stretcheth out the heavens.He that maketh the earth in his strength, prepareth the world in his wisedom, and with his prudence stretcheth out the heauens.✦Qui facit terram in fortitudine sua, præparat orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit cælos :
13At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, & lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings into rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.At his voice he geueth a multitude of waters in the heauen, & lifteth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth: he maketh lightninges into rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.✦ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in cælo, et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terræ : fulgura in pluviam facit, et educit ventum de thesauris suis.
14Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every craftsman is confounded in the sculptili: a graven idol, a carved figure: because it is false that he hath melted, and there is no spirit in them.Euerie man is become a foole for knowlege, euery craftes man is confounded in the sculptil: because it is false that he hath melted, and there is no spirite in them.✦Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia : confusus est artifex omnis in sculptili, quoniam falsum est quod conflavit, et non est spiritus in eis.
15They are vain things, and a work worthy to be laughed at: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.They are vaine thinges, and a worke worthie to be laughed at: in the time of their visitation they shal perish.✦Vana sunt, et opus risu dignum : in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt.
16The portion of Jacob is not like to these: for it is he that formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.The portion of Iacob is not like to these: for it is he that formed al thinges: and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.✦Non est his similis pars Jacob : qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est, et Israël virga hæreditatis ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen illi.
17Gather thy confusionem: shame, disgrace, ignominy, not disorder or bewilderment out of the land, thou that dwellest in obsidione: a state of siege, a blockade.Gather thy confusion out of the land, thou that dwellest in beseige.✦Congrega de terra confusionem tuam, quæ habitas in obsidione :
18Because thus saith our Lord: Behold I will cast forth far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: & I will afflict them, so that they may not be found,Because thus saith our Lord: Behold I wil cast forth farre of the inhabitans of the land at this time: & I wil afflict them, so that they may not be found,✦quia hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego longe projiciam habitatores terræ in hac vice, et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur.
19Woe is me for my destruction, my plague is very sore. But I said: Truly this is mine infirmity, and I will bear it.Woe is me for my destruction, my plague is very sore. But I said: Truly this is myne infirmitie, and I wil beare it.✦Væ mihi super contritione mea : pessima plaga mea. Ego autem dixi : Plane hæc infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam.
20My tabernacle is wasted, all my cords are broken in sunder: my children are gone out from me, and are not: there is none to stretch out my tent any more, & to set up my curtains.My tabernacle is wasted, al my cordes are broken in sunder: my children are gone out from me, and are not: there is none to stretch out my tent anie more, & to set vp my courtaines.✦Tabernaculum meum vastatum est ; omnes funiculi mei dirupti sunt : filii mei exierunt a me, et non subsistunt. Non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum, et erigat pelles meas.
21Because the pastores: shepherds, not Christian ministers have done foolishly, and have not sought our Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is dispersed.Because the pastours haue done foolishly, and haue not sought our Lord: therefore haue they not vnderstood, and al their flocke is dispersed.✦Quia stulte egerunt pastores, et Dominum non quæsierunt : propterea non intellexerunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est.
22Lo the voice of a auditionis: a rumour, report, noised tidings, not a brute cometh, a great commotion from the land of the North: to make the cities of Juda a desert, & an habitation of draconum: monsters, serpents of the wilderness.Loe the voice of a bruit cometh, a great commotion from the land of the North: to make the cities of Iuda a desert, & an habitation of dragons.Vox auditionis ecce venit, et commotio magna de terra aquilonis : ut ponat civitates Juda solitudinem, et habitaculum draconum.
23I know Lord, that man's way is not his own: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.I know Lord, that mans way is not his owne: neither is it in a man to walke, and to direct his steppes.✦Scio, Domine, quia non est hominis via ejus, nec viri est ut ambulet, et dirigat gressus suos.
24Correct me O Lord, but yet in judgement: and not in thy fury, lest perhaps thou bring me to nothing.Correct me ô Lord, but yet in iudgement: and not in thy furie, lest perhappes thou bring me to nothing.✦Corripe me, Domine, verumtamen in judicio, et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me.
25Pour out thine indignation upon the Gentiles, that have not known thee, and upon the provinces, that have not invocated thy name: because they have eaten Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have dissipated his glory.Power out thine indignation vpon the Gentiles, that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the prouinces, that haue not inuocated thy name: because they haue eaten Iacob, and deuoured him, and consumed him, and haue dissipated his glorie.✦Effunde indignationem tuam super gentes quæ non cognoverunt te, et super provincias quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt : quia comederunt Jacob, et devoraverunt eum, et consumpserunt illum, et decus ejus dissipaverunt.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.