The Prophet being commanded to preach the observation of God's covenant is not heard. 9. The people follow their fathers' example, adoring idols. 11. and shall therefore be severely punished, neither shall their idols, nor prayers of the just profit them. 15. their malice against Christ is described 20. and the revenge thereof.The Prophet being commanded to preach the obseruation of Gods couenant is not heard. 9. The people folovv their fathers example, adoring idols. 11. and shal therefore be seuerely punished, neither shal their idols, nor prayers of the iust profite them. 15. their malice against Christ is descri-bed 20. and the reuenge therof.✦
The word that was made from our Lord to Jeremias, saying:THE word that was made from our Lord to Ieremie, saying:Verbum quod factum est a Domino ad Jeremiam, dicens :
2Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and speake to the men of Iuda, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem,✦Audite verba pacti hujus, et loquimini ad viros Juda, et ad habitatores Jerusalem,
3and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: Cursed is the man that shall not hear the words of this covenant,and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: Cursed is the man that shal not heare the wordes of this couenant,et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël : Maledictus vir qui non audierit verba pacti hujus
4which I commanded your fathers in the day, that I brought them out of the Land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hear ye my voice, and do all things, that I command you: and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.which I commanded your fathers in the day, that I brought them out of the Land of Ægypt, out of the yron fornace, saying: Heare ye my voice, and doe al thinges, that I command you: and you shal be my people, and I wil be your God.✦quod præcepi patribus vestris, in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti, de fornace ferrea, dicens : Audite vocem meam, et facite omnia quæ præcipio vobis, et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum :
5That I may raise up the oath, which I sware to your fathers, that I would give them a land flowing with milk & honey, as is this day. And I answered, & said: Amen Lord.That I may raise vp the othe, which I sware to your fathers, that I would geue them a land flowing with milke & hunnie, as is this day. And I answered, & said: Amen Lord.✦ut suscitem juramentum quod juravi patribus vestris, daturum me eis terram fluentem lacte et melle, sicut est dies hæc. Et respondi, et dixi : Amen, Domine.
6And our Lord said to me: Cry aloud all these words in the cities of Juda, and without Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.And our Lord said to me: Crie aloude al these wordes in the cities of Iuda, and without Ierusalem, saying: Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and do them.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Vociferare omnia verba hæc in civitatibus Juda, et foris Jerusalem, dicens : Audite verba pacti hujus, et facite illa,
7because contestans: calling to witness, testifying solemnly, not disputing or competing I did contest your fathers in the day, that I brought them out of the Land of Egypt even to this day: arising early I contested, and said: Hear ye my voice:because contesting I did contest your fathers in the day, that I brought them out of the Land of Ægypt euen to this day: arising early I contested, and said: Heare ye my voice:✦quia contestans contestatus sum patres vestros, in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti, usque ad diem hanc : mane consurgens contestatus sum, et dixi : Audite vocem meam.
8and they heard not, nor inclined their ear: but went every one in the perversity of his own wicked heart: & I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they did not.and they heard not, nor inclined their eare: but went euerie one in the peruersitie of his owne wicked hart: & I brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenant, which I commanded them to doe, and they did not.✦Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, sed abierunt, unusquisque in pravitate cordis sui mali : et induxi super eos omnia verba pacti hujus quod præcepi ut facerent, et non fecerunt.
9And our Lord said to me: Conspiracy is found in the men of Juda, and in the inhabitants of the men of Jerusalem.And our Lord said to me: Conspiracie is found in the men of Iuda, and in the inhabitants of the men of Ierusalem.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Inventa est conjuratio in viris Juda et in habitatoribus Jerusalem.
10They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers, which would not hear my words: and these therefore have gone after strange gods, to serve them: the house of Israel, and the house of Juda hath made void my covenant, which I made with their fathers.They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers, which would not heare my wordes: and these therfore haue gone after strange goddes, to serue them: the house of Israel, and the house of Iuda hath made voide my couenant, which I made with their fathers.Reversi sunt ad iniquitates patrum suorum priores, qui noluerunt audire verba mea : et hi ergo abierunt post deos alienos, ut servirent eis : irritum fecerunt domus Israël et domus Juda pactum meum quod pepigi cum patribus eorum.
11For which thing thus saith our Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, out of which they shall not be able to go forth: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hear them.For which thing thus saith our Lord: Behold I wil bring in euils vpon them, out of which they shal not be able to goe forth: and they shal crie to me, and I wil not heare them.Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego inducam super eos mala de quibus exire non poterunt : et clamabunt ad me, et non exaudiam eos.
12And the cities of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go, and cry to gods, unto whom they sacrificed, and they shall not save them in the time of their affliction.And the cities of Iuda, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem shal goe, and crie to goddes, vnto whom they sacrificed, and they shal not saue them in the time of their affliction.Et ibunt civitates Juda et habitatores Jerusalem, et clamabunt ad deos quibus libant, et non salvabunt eos in tempore afflictionis eorum.
13For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods O Juda: and according to the number of the ways of Jerusalem thou didst set altars of confusionis: shame, disgrace, ignominy, not disorder or bewilderment, altars to sacrifice to Baalim.For according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda: and according to the number of the waies of Ierusalem thou didst set altars of confusion, altars to sacrifice to Baalim.✦Secundum numerum enim civitatum tuarum erant dii tui, Juda : et secundum numerum viarum Jerusalem, posuisti aras confusionis, aras ad libandum Baalim.
14Thou therefore pray not for this people, and take not to thee praise and prayer for them: because I will not hear in the time of their cry unto me, in the time of their affliction.Thou therefore pray not for this people, and take not to thee praise and prayer for them: because I wil not heare in the time of their crie vnto me, in the time of their affliction.✦Tu ergo noli orare pro populo hoc, et ne assumas pro eis laudem et orationem, quia non exaudiam in tempore clamoris eorum ad me, in tempore afflictionis eorum.
15What is it that my beloved hath in my house done much wickedness? shall the holy flesh take away from thee thy malices: in which thou hast boasted?What is it that my beloued hath in my house done much wickednes? shal the holie flesh take away from thee thy malices: in which thou hast bosted?✦Quid est, quod dilectus meus in domo mea fecit scelera multa ? numquid carnes sanctæ auferent a te malitias tuas, in quibus gloriata es ?
16The Lord hath called thy name, a plentiful olive tree, fair, fruitful, beautiful: at the voice of a word, a great fire flamed up in it, and the shrubs thereof are burnt.The Lord hath called thy name, a plentiful oliue tree, faire, fruiteful, beautiful: at the voice of a word, a great fire flamed vp in it, and the shrubbes thereof are burnt.✦Olivam uberem, pulchram, fructiferam, speciosam, vocavit Dominus nomen tuum : ad vocem loquelæ, grandis exarsit ignis in ea, et combusta sunt fruteta ejus.
17And the Lord of hosts that planted thee, hath spoken evil upon thee: for the evils of the house of Israel, and of the house of Juda, which they have done to themselves, to provoke me, in offering to Baalim.And the Lord of hostes that planted thee, hath spoken euil vpon thee: for the euils of the house of Israel, and of the house of Iuda, which they haue done to themselues, to prouoke me, in offering to Baalim.✦Et Dominus exercituum, qui plantavit te, locutus est super te malum, pro malis domus Israël, et domus Juda, quæ fecerunt sibi ad irritandum me, libantes Baalim.
18But thou Lord hast shewed me, and I have known: thou hast shewed me their studia: devices, zealous pursuits, designs, not book-learning.But thou Lord hast shewed me, and I haue knowen: thou hast shewed me their studies.✦Tu autem, Domine, demonstrasti mihi, et cognovi : tunc ostendisti mihi studia eorum.
19And I as a mild lamb, that is carried to a victimam: a sacrificial offering slain to God, not a person harmed: and I knew not that they devised counsels against me, saying: Let us cast wood on his bread, and raze him out of the land of the living, and let his name be mentioned no more.And I as a milde lambe, that is caried to a victim: and I knew not that they deuised counsels against me, saying: Let vs cast wood on his bread, and rase him out of the land of the liuing, and let his name be mentioned no more.✦Et ego quasi agnus mansuetus, qui portatur ad victimam : et non cognovi quia cogitaverunt super me consilia, dicentes : Mittamus lignum in panem ejus, et eradamus eum de terra viventium, et nomen ejus non memoretur amplius.
20But thou O Lord of Sabaoth, which judgest justly, and provest the renes: the kidneys, the seat of the inmost feelings, not a horse's reins and the hearts, let me see thy revenge of them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.But thou ô Lord of Sabaoth, which iudgest iustly, and prouest the reynes and the hartes, let me see thy reuenge of them: for to thee I haue reueled my cause.✦Tu autem, Domine Sabaoth, qui judicas juste, et probas renes et corda, videam ultionem tuam ex eis : tibi enim revelavi causam meam.
21Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, which seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of our Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, which seeke thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophecie in the name of our Lord, and thou shalt not die in our handes.✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus ad viros Anathoth, qui quærunt animam tuam, et dicunt : Non prophetabis in nomine Domini, et non morieris in manibus nostris :
22Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die in famine.Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes: Behold I wil visite vpon them: their yong men shal die by the sword, their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine.propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Ecce ego visitabo super eos : juvenes morientur in gladio ; filii eorum et filiæ eorum morientur in fame.
23And there shall be no reliquiae: a remnant, survivors of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.And there shal be no remaines of them: for I wil bring in euil vpon the men of Anathoth, the yeare of their visitation.✦Et reliquiæ non erunt ex eis : inducam enim malum super viros Anathoth, annum visitationis eorum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.