Though Moyses and Samuel should pray for this people, yet God hath determined to punish them with plague, war, famine, and captivity, 6. for their impenitency. 10. The prophet lamenteth that for his preaching the people is become worse, 15. and persecuteth him. 19. but God promiseth to deliver and to reward him.Though Moyses and Samuel should pray for this people, yet God hath determined to punish them with plague, warre, famine, and captiuitie, 6. for their impenitencie. 10. The prophet lamenteth that for his preaching the people is become worse, 15. and persecuteth him. 19. but God promiseth to deliuer and to reward him.✦
And our Lord said to me: If Moyses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not toward this people: cast them out from my face, and let them go forth.AND our Lord said to me: If Moyses and Samuel shal stand before me, my soule is not toward this people: cast them out from my face, and let them goe forth.¶✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Si steterit Moyses et Samuel coram me, non est anima mea ad populum istum : ejice illos a facie mea, et egrediantur.
2And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: They that to death, to death, and they that to sword, to sword: and they that to famine, to famine: and they that to captivity, to captivity.And if they shal say vnto thee: Whither shal we goe forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: They that to death, to death, and they that to sword, to sword: and they that to famine, to famine: and they that to captiuitie, to captiuitie.✦Quod si dixerint ad te : Quo egrediemur ? dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus : Qui ad mortem, ad mortem, et qui ad gladium, ad gladium, et qui ad famem, ad famem, et qui ad captivitatem, ad captivitatem.
3And I will visit upon them four kinds, saith our Lord: The sword to kill, and dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.And I wil visite vpon them foure kindes, saith our Lord: The sword to kil, and dogges to teare, & the foules of the ayre, and beasts of the earth to deuoure and to destroy.✦Et visitabo super eos quatuor species, dicit Dominus : gladium ad occisionem, et canes ad lacerandum, et volatilia cæli et bestias terræ ad devorandum et dissipandum.
4And I will give them into rage to all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all things that he did in Jerusalem.And I wil geue them into rage to al the kingdomes of the earth: because of Manasses the sonne of Ezechias the king of Iuda, for al thinges that he did in Ierusalem.✦Et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terræ, propter Manassen filium Ezechiæ regis Juda, super omnibus quæ fecit in Jerusalem.
5For who shall have pity on thee Jerusalem? or who shall be sorry for thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?For who shal haue pitie on thee Ierusalem? or who shal be sorie for thee? or who shal goe to pray for thy peace?✦Quis enim miserebitur tui, Jerusalem, aut quis contristabitur pro te ? aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua ?
6Thou hast forsaken me, saith our Lord, thou hast gone backward: and I will stretch forth my hand upon thee, and will kill thee: I am weary in praying thee.Thou hast forsaken me, saith our Lord, thou hast gone backward: and I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee, and wil kil thee: I am wearie in praying thee.✦Tu reliquisti me, dicit Dominus ; retrorsum abiisti : et extendam manum meam super te, et interficiam te : laboravi rogans.
7And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have slain and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned from their ways.And I wil scatter them with a fanne in the gates of the land: I haue slayne and destroyed my people, & yet they are not returned from their waies.✦Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terræ : interfeci et disperdidi populum meum, et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi.
8Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought into them upon the mother of the young man a vastatorem: a squanderer; a destroyer, ravager at noon day: I have cast terror suddenly upon the cities.Their widowes are multiplied vnto me aboue the sand of the sea: I haue brought into them vpon the mother of the youngman a waster at noone day: I haue cast terrour sudenly vpon the cities.✦Multiplicatæ sunt mihi viduæ ejus super arenam maris : induxi eis super matrem adolescentis vastatorem meridie : misi super civitates repente terrorem.
9She is weakened that bare seven, her soul hath fainted: the sun went down to her, when it was yet day: she is confusa: bewildered; put to shame, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give unto the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith our Lord.She is weakned that bare seuen, her soule hath fainted: the sunne went downe to her, when it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I wil geue vnto the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith our Lord.✦Infirmata est quæ peperit septem ; defecit anima ejus : occidit ei sol cum adhuc esset dies : confusa est, et erubuit : et residuos ejus in gladium dabo in conspectu inimicorum eorum, ait Dominus.
10Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of brawling, a man of discord in all the earth? I have not lent to fœneravi: lending at interest, neither hath any man lent unto me to usury: all curse me.Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of brawling, a man of discord in al the earth? I haue not lent to vsurie, neither hath anie man lent vnto me to vsurie: al curse me.✦Væ mihi, mater mea ! quare genuisti me, virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra ? Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam : omnes maledicunt mihi.
11Our Lord saith: If thy remnant shall not be to good, if I have not occurri: helped thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.Our Lord saith: If thy remnant shal not be to good, if I haue not holpen thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemie.✦Dicit Dominus : Si non reliquiæ tuæ in bonum, si non occurri tibi in tempore afflictionis, et in tempore tribulationis adversus inimicum.
12Why, shall iron be fœderabitur: allied, leagued together with the iron from the North, and also brass?Why, shal yron be confederate with the yron from the North, and also brasse?✦Numquid fœderabitur ferrum ferro ab aquilone, et æs ?
13Thy riches and thy treasures I will give into spoil for naught for all thy sins, and in all thy borders.Thy riches and thy treasures I wil geue into spoile for naught for al thy sinnes, and in al thy borders.✦Divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis, in omnibus peccatis tuis, et in omnibus terminis tuis.
14And I will bring thine enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: because a fire is kindled in my fury, it shall burn upon you.And I wil bring thine enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: because a fire is kindled in my furie, it shal burne vpon you.✦Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra quam nescis, quia ignis succensus est in furore meo : super vos ardebit.
15Thou knowest O Lord, be mindful of me, and visit me, and defend me from them, that persecute me: do not receive me in thy patience, know that I have sustained reproach for thee.Thou knowest ô Lord, be mindful of me, and visite me, and defend me from them, that persecute me: doe not receiue me in thy patience, know that I haue sustayned reproch for thee.✦Tu scis, Domine : recordare mei, et visita me, et tuere me ab his qui persequuntur me. Noli in patientia tua suscipere me : scito quoniam sustinui propter te opprobrium.
16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was made to me a joy and gladness of my heart: because thy name is invocatum: called upon, invoked upon me O Lord God of hosts.Thy wordes were found, and I did eate them, and thy word was made to me a ioy & gladnes of my hart: because thy name is inuocated vpon me ô Lord God of hostes.✦Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos : et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in lætitiam cordis mei, quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me, Domine Deus exercituum.
17I sat not in the council of ludentium: merrymakers, scoffers, and I have gloried at the face of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threatening.I sate not in the councel of iesters, and I haue gloried at the face of thy hand: I sate alone, because thou hast filled me with threaning.✦Non sedi in concilio ludentium, et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuæ : solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me.
18Why is my sorrow made perpetual, and my desperate plague refuseth to be cured? it is become unto me as a lie of infidelium: disloyal; deceptive, failing waters.Why is my sorow made perpetual, and my desperate plague refuseth to be cured? it is become vnto me as a lie of vnfaythful waters.✦Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari ? facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.
19For this cause thus saith our Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt separate the precious thing from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.For this cause thus saith our Lord: If thou wilt be conuerted, I wil conuert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt seperate the pretious thing from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shal be turned to thee, & thou shalt not be turned to them.✦Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus : Si converteris, convertam te, et ante faciem meam stabis : et si separaveris pretiosum a vili, quasi os meum eris : convertentur ipsi ad te, et tu non converteris ad eos.
20And I will give thee unto this people as a æreum: bold, shameless; of brass wall, strong: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: because I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith our Lord.And I wil geue thee vnto this people as a brasen wal, strong: and they shal fight against thee, and shal not preuaile: because I am with thee to saue thee, and to deliuer thee, saith our Lord.Et dabo te populo huic in murum æreum fortem : et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt, quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te, et eruam te, dicit Dominus :
21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the most wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of strong.And I wil deliuer thee out of the hand of the most wicked, and I wil redeeme thee out of the hand of strong.et liberabo te de manu pessimorum, et redimam te de manu fortium.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
1If Moyses and Samuel shall stand before me. As before God revealed to this prophet Jeremias, that the people should assuredly be punished, and therefore prohibited him (ch. 7. v. 16. ch. 11. v. 14. & ch. 14. v. 11.) that he should not pray for them: so here he confirmeth the same determinate sentence of their punishment, saying: If Moyses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people. That is, though not only Jeremias (a zealous holy prophet now living) but also Moyses and Samuel (departed from this world long before) shall pray for this people, yet they shall not escape the designed punishment, for their great sins. By necessary consequence of which confirmation, is also proved, that Moyses and Samuel, after their death, both could and did sometimes pray for the same people. For otherwise the particular mention of these prophets, were not to the purpose, if they never did, nor could pray for them. And whereas the English gloss (in the Geneva Bible) supposeth God's meaning to be, that if there were any man living moved with so great zeal towards the people, as were these two, yet he would not grant this request, forasmuch as he had determined the contrary, it is evident that Jeremias, Ezechiel, Daniel, and some other prophets then living, had also great zeal, very like to the others, and therefore this text speaketh not of others like unto them; but as S. Jerome (in his commentaries, upon this place) S. Chrysostom (ho. 1. in 1. Thess. 1.) and S. Gregory (li. 9. Moral. c. 12.) understand it, of Moyses and Samuel themselves, being in assured happy state, where their former great zeal and charity were now greater, and more perfect than in this life.If Moyses and Samuel shall stand before me. As before God revealed to this prophet Jeremias, that the people should assuredly be punished, and therefore prohibited him (ch. 7. v. 16. ch. 11. v. 14. & ch. 14. v. 11.) that he should not pray for them: so here he confirmeth the same determinate sentence of their punishment, saying: If Moyses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people. That is, though not only Jeremias (a zealous holy prophet now living) but also Moyses and Samuel (departed from this world long before) shall pray for this people, yet they shall not escape the designed punishment, for their great sins. By necessary consequence of which confirmation, is also proved, that Moyses and Samuel, after their death, both could and did sometimes pray for the same people. For otherwise the particular mention of these prophets, were not to the purpose, if they never did, nor could pray for them. And whereas the English gloss (in the Geneva Bible) supposeth God's meaning to be, that if there were any man living moved with so great zeal towards the people, as were these two, yet he would not grant this request, forasmuch as he had determined the contrary, it is evident that Jeremias, Ezechiel, Daniel, and some other prophets then living, had also great zeal, very like to the others, and therefore this text speaketh not of others like unto them; but as S. Jerome (in his commentaries, upon this place) S. Chrysostom (ho. 1. in 1. Thess. 1.) and S. Gregory (li. 9. Moral. c. 12.) understand it, of Moyses and Samuel themselves, being in assured happy state, where their former great zeal and charity were now greater, and more perfect than in this life.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.