By a girdle first used and after left off, 8. is prefigured the rejection of the Jews: 12. till God's mercy recalleth them. 17. The Prophet lamenting their obstinacy, 22. sheweth that their sin is the cause of their misery.By a girdle first vsed and after leaft of, 8. is prefigured the reiection of the Iewes: 12. til Gods mercie recalleth them. 17. The Prophet lamenting their obstinacie, 22. sheweth that their sinne is the cause of their miserie.✦
The second part. The people's ingratitude sinning against God, and persecuting the Prophet.
Thus saith our Lord to me: Go, and get thee a lumbare: a belt worn about the waist of linen, and thou shalt put it about thy loins, & shalt not put it into water.THvs saith our Lord to me: Goe, and get thee a girdle of linnen, and thou shalt put it about thy loynes, & shalt not put it into water.✦Hæc dicit Dominus ad me : Vade, et posside tibi lumbare lineum, et pones illud super lumbos tuos, et in aquam non inferes illud.
2And I got a girdle according to the word of our Lord, and put it about my loins.And I got a girdle according to the word of our Lord, and put it about my loynes.Et possedi lumbare juxta verbum Domini, et posui circa lumbos meos.
3And the word of our Lord was made to me the second time, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me the second time, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me secundo, dicens :
4Take the girdle, which thou hast gotten, which is about thy loins, and rising go to Euphrates, and hide it there in an hole of the rock.Take the girdle, which thou hast gotten, which is about thy loynes, and rising goe to Euphrates, and hide it there in an hole of the rocke.Tolle lumbare quod possedisti, quod est circa lumbos tuos : et surgens vade ad Euphraten, et absconde ibi illud in foramine petræ.
5And I went, and hid it in Euphrates, as our Lord had commanded me.And I went, and hidde it in Euphrates, as our Lord had commanded me.Et abii, et abscondi illud in Euphrate, sicut præceperat mihi Dominus.
6And it came to pass after many days, our Lord said to me: Arise, go to Euphrates: and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee that thou shouldst hide it there.And it came to passe after manie daies, our Lord said to me: Arise, goe to Euphrates: and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee that thou shouldst hide it there.Et factum est post dies plurimos, dixit Dominus ad me : Surge, vade ad Euphraten, et tolle inde lumbare quod præcepi tibi ut absconderes illud ibi.
7And I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place, where I had hid it: and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.And I went to Euphrates, and digged, and tooke the girdle out of the place, where I had hid it: and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fitte for noe vse.Et abii ad Euphraten, et fodi, et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud : et ecce computruerat lumbare, ita ut nulli usui aptum esset.
8And 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 :
9Thus saith our Lord: so will I make the pride of Juda, & the great pride of Jerusalem.Thus saith our Lord: so wil I make the pride of Iuda, & the great pride of Ierusalem.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Sic putrescere faciam superbiam Juda, et superbiam Jerusalem multam :
10This most wicked people, which will not hear my words, and walk in the perversity of their heart: and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: & they shall be as this girdle, which is fit for no use.This most wicked people, which wil not heare my wordes, and walke in the peruersitie of their hart: and haue gone after strange goddes to serue them, and to adore them: & they shal be as this girdle, which is fitte for no vse.populum istum pessimum qui nolunt audire verba mea, et ambulant in pravitate cordis sui, abieruntque post deos alienos ut servirent eis et adorarent eos : et erunt sicut lumbare istud, quod nulli usui aptum est.
11For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I fast joined to me all the house of Israel, and all the house of Juda, saith our Lord: that they might be my people, and name, and praise, and glory: and they heard not.For as the girdle cleaueth to the loynes of a man, so haue I fast ioyned to me al the house of Israel, and al the house of Iuda, saith our Lord: that they might be my people, and name, and prayse, and glorie: and they heard not.✦Sicut enim adhæret lumbare ad lumbos viri, sic agglutinavi mihi omnem domum Israël, et omnem domum Juda, dicit Dominus, ut essent mihi in populum, et in nomen, et in laudem, et in gloriam : et non audierunt.
12Thou shalt say therefore unto them this word: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: Every laguncula: an earthen jar or flask shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to thee: Why, are we ignorant that every bottle shall be filled with wine?Thou shalt say therefore vnto them this word: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: Euerie bottle shal be filled with wine. And they shal say to thee: Why, are we ignorant that euerie bottle shal be filled with wine?✦Dices ergo ad eos sermonem istum : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël : Omnis laguncula implebitur vino. Et dicent ad te : Numquid ignoramus quia omnis laguncula implebitur vino ?
13And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: Behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, & the kings that of the stock of David sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: Behold I wil fil al the inhabitants of this land, & the kinges that of the stocke of Dauid sitte vpon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and al the inhabitants of Ierusalem, with drunkennes.✦Et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego implebo omnes habitatores terræ hujus, et reges qui sedent de stirpe David super thronum ejus, et sacerdotes, et prophetas, et omnes habitatores Jerusalem, ebrietate.
14And I will disperse them every man from his brother, and the fathers and sons together, saith our Lord: I will not spare, and I will not yield: neither will I have mercy not to destroy them.And I wil disperse them euerie man from his brother, and the fathers and sonnes together, saith our Lord: I wil not spare, and I wil not yelde: neither wil I haue mercie not to destroy them.✦Et dispergam eos virum a fratre suo, et patres et filios pariter, ait Dominus. Non parcam, et non concedam : neque miserebor, ut non disperdam eos.
15Hear ye, and give ear. Be not elevari: lifted up in pride, because our Lord hath spoken.Heare ye, and geue eare. Be not eleuated, because our Lord hath spoken.✦Audite, et auribus percipite : nolite elevari, quia Dominus locutus est.
16Give ye glory to our Lord your God, before it wax dark, and before your feet stumble at the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.Geue ye glorie to our Lord your God, before it waxe darke, and before your feete stumble at the darke mountaines: you shal looke for light, and he wil turne it into the shadow of death, and into darkenes.✦Date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat, et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caliginosos : exspectabitis lucem, et ponet eam in umbram mortis, et in caliginem.
17But if you will not hear this, in secret my soul shall weep because of the pride: weeping it shall weep, and mine eye shall drop tears, because the flock of our Lord is taken.But if you wil not heare this, in secret my soule shal weepe because of the pride: weeping it shal weepe, and mine eie shal droppe teares, because the flocke of our Lord is taken.✦Quod si hoc non audieritis, in abscondito plorabit anima mea a facie superbiæ : plorans plorabit, et deducet oculus meus lacrimam, quia captus est grex Domini.
18Say to the king, and to her that ruleth: Be humbled, sit down: because the crown of your glory is come down from your head.Say to the king, and to her that ruleth: Be humbled, sitte downe: because the crowne of your glorie is come downe from your head.✦Dic regi et dominatrici : Humiliamini, sedete, quoniam descendit de capite vestro corona gloriæ vestræ.
19The cities of the South are shut, and there is none that may open them: all Juda is transported with a perfect transmigratione: a carrying away into exile.The cities of the South are shut, and there is none that may open them: al Iuda is transported with a perfect transmigration.✦Civitates austri clausæ sunt, et non est qui aperiat : translata est omnis Juda transmigratione perfecta.
20Lift up your eyes, and see you, that come from the North: where is the flock that is given thee, thy noble pecus: livestock, the flock?Lift vp your eies, and see you, that come from the North: where is the flocke that is geuen thee, thy noble cattel?✦Levate oculos vestros et videte, qui venitis ab aquilone : ubi est grex qui datus est tibi, pecus inclytum tuum ?
21What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? for thou hast taught them against thee, and instructed them against thine own head: shall not sorrows apprehend thee, as a woman in parturientem: the labour of childbirth?What wilt thou say when he shal visite thee? for thou hast taught them against thee, and instructed them against thyne owne head: shal not sorowes apprehend thee, as a woman in trauel?✦Quid dices cum visitaverit te ? tu enim docuisti eos adversum te, et erudisti in caput tuum. Numquid non dolores apprehendent te, quasi mulierem parturientem ?
22And if thou shalt say in thy heart: Why are these things come unto me? For the multitude of thine iniquity, thy more verecundiora: shameful, private parts are discovered, the soles of thy feet are polluted.And if thou shalt say in thy hart: Why are these thinges come vnto me? For the multitude of thine iniquitie, thy more shamelie partes are discouered, the soles of thy feete are polluted.✦Quod si dixeris in corde tuo : Quare venerunt mihi hæc ? propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ revelata sunt verecundiora tua, pollutæ sunt plantæ tuæ.
23If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also can do well, when you have learned evil.If the Æthiopian can change his skinne, or the leopard his spottes: you also can doe wel, when you haue learned euil.✦Si mutare potest Æthiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas, et vos poteritis benefacere, cum didiceritis malum.
24And I will scatter them as stubble, which is violently taken with the wind in the desert.And I wil scatter them as stubble, which is violently taken with the winde in the desert.✦Et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quæ vento raptatur in deserto.
25This is thy lot, and portion of thy measure from me, saith our Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in lying.This is thy lot, and portion of thy measure from me, saith our Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in lying.✦Hæc sors tua, parsque mensuræ tuæ a me, dicit Dominus, quia oblita es mei, et confisa es in mendacio.
26Wherefore I have also made bare thy thighs against thy face, and thine ignominy hath appeared,Wherefore I haue also made bare thy thighes against thy face, and thine ignominie hath appeared,✦Unde et ego nudavi femora tua contra faciem tuam, et apparuit ignominia tua :
27thine adulteries, and thy neighing the wickedness of thy fornication: upon the little hills in the field I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee Jerusalem, thou wilt not be made clean after me: how long yet?thine adulteries, and thy neying the wickednesse of thy fornication: vpon the litle hilles in the field I haue seene thine abominations. Woe to thee Ierusalem, thou wilt not be made cleane after me: how long yet?✦adulteria tua, et hinnitus tuus, scelus fornicationis tuæ : super colles in agro vidi abominationes tuas. Væ tibi, Jerusalem ! non mundaberis post me : usquequo adhuc ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.