For obstinacy in sin the Jews shall be led captive. 5. He is cursed that trusteth in flesh: 7. and blessed that trusteth in God. 9. Only God searcheth the heart, giving to every one as they deserve. 11. The prophet prayeth to be delivered from his enemies: 19. preacheth observation of the Law: 24. so they shall prosper, otherwise perish.For obstinacie in sinne the Iewes shal be ledde captiue. 5. He is cursed that trusteth in flesh: 7. and blessed that trusteth in God. 9. Only God searcheth the hart, geuing to euerie one as they deserue. 11. The prophet prayeth to be deliuered from his enemies: 19. preacheth obseruation of the Law: 24. so they shal prosper, otherwise perish.✦
The sin of Juda is written with an iron pen in a nail of adamantino: the hardest stone, diamond, graven upon the breadth of their heart, and in the horns of their altars.THE sinne of Iuda is written with yron penne in naile of Adamant, grauen vpon the bredth of their hart, and in the hornes of their altars.✦Peccatum Juda scriptum est stylo ferreo in ungue adamantino, exaratum super latitudinem cordis eorum, et in cornibus ararum eorum.
2When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their trees with green leaves in the high mountains,When their children shal remember their altars, and their groues, and their trees with greene leaues in the high mountaines,✦Cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum, et lucorum suorum, lignorumque frondentium, in montibus excelsis,
3sacrificing in the field: I will give thy strength, and all thy treasures into spoil, thine excelsa: high places, idolatrous hill-shrines for sin in all thy finibus: bounds, borders, territory.sacrificing in the field: I wil geue thy strength, and al thy treasures into spoile, thine excelses for sinne in al thy costes.✦sacrificantes in agro : fortitudinem tuam, et omnes thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo ; excelsa tua propter peccata in universis finibus tuis.
4And thou shalt be left alone of thine inheritance, which I gave thee: and I will make thee serve thine enemies in a land, which thou knowest not: because thou hast kindled a fire in my fury, it shall burn for ever.And thou shalt be left alone of thine inheritance, which I gaue thee: and I wil make thee serue thine enemies in a land, which thou knowest not: because thou hast kindled a fire in my furie, it shal burne for euer.✦Et relinqueris sola ab hæreditate tua, quam dedi tibi, et servire te faciam inimicis tuis in terra quam ignoras : quoniam ignem succendisti in furore meo : usque in æternum ardebit.
5Thus saith our Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and his heart departeth from our Lord.Thus saith our Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, & maketh flesh his arme, and his hart departeth from our Lord.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Maledictus homo qui confidit in homine, et ponit carnem brachium suum, et a Domino recedit cor ejus.
6For he shall be as little bushes in the desert, and shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert, in a land of saltness, and not habitable.For he shal be as litle bushes in the desert, and shal not see when good shal come: but he shal dwel in drynes in the desert, in a land of saltnes, and not habitable.✦Erit enim quasi myricæ in deserto, et non videbit cum venerit bonum : sed habitabit in siccitate in deserto, in terra salsuginis et inhabitabili.
7Blessed be the man, that trusteth in our Lord, and our Lord shall be his confidence.Blessed be the man, that trusteth in our Lord, and our Lord shal be his confidence.✦Benedictus vir qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia ejus.
8And he shall be as a tree that is planted upon the waters, that spreadeth his roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be sollicitum: anxious, over-solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.And he shal be as a tree that is planted vpon the waters, that spreddeth his rootes towards moysture: and it shal not feare when the heate cometh. And the leafe thereof shal be greene, and in the time of drought it shal not be careful, neither shal it cease at anie time to bring forth fruite.✦Et erit quasi lignum quod transplantatur super aquas, quod ad humorem mittit radices suas, et non timebit cum venerit æstus : et erit folium ejus viride, et in tempore siccitatis non erit sollicitum, nec aliquando desinet facere fructum.
9The heart of man is pravum: turned aside, crooked, wrong-directed, and unsearchable, who shall know it?The hart of man is peruerse, and vnsearcheable, who shal know it?✦Pravum est cor omnium, et inscrutabile : quis cognoscet illud ?
10I the Lord that search the heart, and prove the renes: the kidneys, the seat of the inmost affections: which give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his adinventionum: devices, schemes, contrivances.I the Lord that searche the hart, and proue the reynes: which geue to euerie one according to his way, and according to the fruite of his inuentions.Ego Dominus scrutans cor, et probans renes : qui do unicuique juxta viam suam, et juxta fructum adinventionum suarum.
11The partridge hath nourished that which she brought not forth: he hath gathered riches, and not in judgement: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.The partrich hath nourished that which she brought not forth: he hath gathered riches, and not in iudgement: in the middes of his dayes he shal leaue them, and in his latter end he shal be a foole.✦Perdix fovit quæ non peperit : fecit divitias, et non in judicio : in dimidio dierum suorum derelinquet eas, et in novissimo suo erit insipiens.
12A throne of glory of height from the beginning, the place of our sanctification:A throne of glorie of height from the beginning, the place of our sanctification:Solium gloriæ altitudinis a principio, locus sanctificationis nostræ.
13O Lord the expectation of Israel: all that forsake thee, shall be confundentur: put to shame, disappointed of their hope: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the vein of living waters our Lord.O Lord the expectation of Israel: al that forsake thee, shal be confounded: they that depart from thee, shal be written in the earth: because they haue forsaken the vaine of liuing waters our Lord.✦Exspectatio Israël, Domine, omnes qui te derelinquunt confundentur : recedentes a te, in terra scribentur, quoniam dereliquerunt venam aquarum viventium Dominum.
14Heal me O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved: because thou art my praise.Heale me ô Lord, and I shal be healed: saue me, and I shal be saued: because thou art my praise.✦Sana me, Domine, et sanabor : salvum me fac, et salvus ero : quoniam laus mea tu es.
15Behold they say to me: Where is the word of our Lord? let it come.Behold they say to me: Where is the word of our Lord? let it come.✦Ecce ipsi dicunt ad me : Ubi est verbum Domini ? veniat :
16And I am not troubled, following thee the pastorem: shepherd, and the day of man I have not desired, thou knowest. That which hath proceeded out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.And I am not trubled, folowing thee the pastour, and the day of man I haue not desired, thou knowest. That which hath proceeded out of my lippes, hath bene right in thy sight.✦et ego non sum turbatus, te pastorem sequens : et diem hominis non desideravi, tu scis : quod egressum est de labiis meis, rectum in conspectu tuo fuit.
17Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art mine hope in the day of affliction.Be not thou a terrour vnto me, thou art mine hope in the day of affliction.✦Non sis tu mihi formidini : spes mea tu in die afflictionis.
18Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with double destruction, destroy them.Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afrayd, and let not me be afrayd: bring vpon them the day of affliction, and with duble destruction, destroy them.✦Confundantur qui me persequuntur, et non confundar ego : paveant illi, et non paveam ego : induc super eos diem afflictionis, et duplici contritione contere eos.
19Thus saith our Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem:Thus saith our Lord to me: Goe, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kinges of Iuda come in, and goe out, and in al the gates of Ierusalem:✦Hæc dicit Dominus ad me : Vade, et sta in porta filiorum populi, per quam ingrediuntur reges Juda, et egrediuntur, et in cunctis portis Jerusalem :
20and thou shalt say to them: Hear the word of our Lord ye kings of Juda, and all Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates.and thou shalt say to them: Heare the word of our Lord ye kinges of Iuda, and al Iuda, and al the inhabitants of Ierusalem, that enter in by these gates.et dices ad eos : Audite verbum Domini, reges Juda, et omnis Juda, cunctique habitatores Jerusalem, qui ingredimini per portas istas.
21Thus saith our Lord: Take heed to your souls, and carry not burdens on the Sabbath day: neither bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem.Thus saith our Lord: Take heede to your soules, and carie not burdens on the Sabbath day: neither bring them in by the gates of Ierusalem.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Custodite animas vestras, et nolite portare pondera in die sabbati, nec inferatis per portas Jerusalem :
22And cast not forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, and all work you shall not do: sanctify the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.And cast not forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, and al worke you shal not doe: sanctifie the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.✦et nolite ejicere onera de domibus vestris in die sabbati, et omne opus non facietis : sanctificate diem sabbati, sicut præcepi patribus vestris.
23And they heard not, nor inclined their ear: but hardened their neck, that they would not hear me, and that they would not take discipline.And they heard not, nor inclined their eare: but hardned their necke, that they would not heare me, and that they would not take discipline.Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam : sed induraverunt cervicem suam, ne audirent me, et ne acciperent disciplinam.
24And it shall be: if you will hear me, saith our Lord, that you bring not burdens in by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day: and if you will sanctify the Sabbath day, that you do not all works therein:And it shal be: if you wil heare me, saith our Lord, that you bring not burdens in by the gates of this citie on the Sabbath day: and if you wil sanctifie the Sabbath day, that you doe not al workes therein:Et erit : si audieritis me, dicit Dominus, ut non inferatis onera per portas civitatis hujus in die sabbati : et si sanctificaveritis diem sabbati, ne faciatis in eo omne opus :
25there shall enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, and mounting on chariots and horses, they and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabiters of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.there shal enter in by the gates of this citie kinges and princes, sitting vpon the throne of Dauid, and mounting on chariotes and horses, they and their princes, the men of Iuda, and the inhabiters of Ierusalem: and this citie shal be inhabited for euer.✦ingredientur per portas civitatis hujus reges et principes, sedentes super solium David, et ascendentes in curribus et equis, ipsi et principes eorum, viri Juda, et habitatores Jerusalem : et habitabitur civitas hæc in sempiternum.
26And they shall come from the cities of Juda, and from round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the campestribus: open, level country countries, and from the mountains, and from the South, carrying holocaust, and victim, and sacrifice, and frankincense, and they shall bring in oblation into the house of our Lord.And they shal come from the cities of Iuda, and from round about Ierusalem, and from the land of Beniamin, and from the champaine countries, & from the mountaines, and from the South, carying holocaust, and victime, and sacrifice, and frankincense, and they shal bring in oblation into the house of our Lord.✦Et venient de civitatibus Juda, et de circuitu Jerusalem, et de terra Benjamin, et de campestribus, et de montuosis, et ab austro, portantes holocaustum, et victimam, et sacrificium, et thus, et inferent oblationem in domum Domini.
27But if you will not hear me, to sanctify the Sabbath day, and not to carry burden, and not to bring in by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.But if you wil not heare me, to sanctifie the Sabbath day, & not to carie burden, and not to bring in by the gates of Ierusalem on the Sabbath day: I wil kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shal deuoure the houses of Ierusalem, and it shal not be quenched.✦Si autem non audieritis me ut sanctificetis diem sabbati, et ne portetis onus, et ne inferatis per portas Jerusalem in die sabbati, succendam ignem in portis ejus, et devorabit domos Jerusalem, et non extinguetur.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.