As clay in the hand of a potter, so is Israel in God's hand. 8. He pardoneth penitents, 10. and punisheth the obstinate. 18. They conspire against Jeremie, for which he denounceth miseries hanging over them.As clay in the hand of a potter, so is Israel in Gods hand. 8. He pardoneth penitents, 10. and punisheth the obstinate. 18. They conspire against Ieremie, for which he denounceth miseries hanging ouer them.✦
The word that was made to Jeremie from our Lord, saying:THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord, saying:Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens :
2Arise and go down into the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.Arise and goe downe into the potters house, and there thou shalt heare my wordes.✦Surge, et descende in domum figuli, et ibi audies verba mea.
3And I went down into the potter's house, and behold he made a work upon the wheel.And I went downe into the potters house, and behold he made a worke vpon the wheele.Et descendi in domum figuli, et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam.
4And the vessel was broken which he made of clay with his hands: and turning he made it another vessel, as it pleased in his eyes to make it.And the vessel was broken which he made of clay with his handes: and turning he made it an other vessel, as it pleased in his eies to make it.✦Et dissipatum est vas quod ipse faciebat e luto manibus suis : conversusque fecit illud vas alterum, sicut placuerat in oculis ejus ut faceret.
5And 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 :
6Why, shall I not be able to do unto you, as this potter, O house of Israel? Behold, saith our Lord, as clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.Why, shal I not be able to doe vnto you, as this potter, ô house of Israel? Behold, saith our Lord, as clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, ô house of Israel.✦Numquid sicut figulus iste, non potero vobis facere, domus Israël ? ait Dominus : ecce sicut lutum in manu figuli, sic vos in manu mea, domus Israël.
7I will suddenly speak against nation, and against kingdom, to root out, and destroy, and waste it.I wil sodenly speake against nation, and against kingdom, to roote out, and destroy, and wast it.Repente loquar adversum gentem et adversus regnum, ut eradicem, et destruam, et disperdam illud :
8If that nation shall repent them of their evil, against whom I have spoken: I also will repent me of the evil, that I have thought to do to it.If that nation shal repent them of their euil, against whom I haue spoken: I also wil repent me of the euil, that I haue thought to doe to it.✦si pœnitentiam egerit gens illa a malo suo quod locutus sum adversus eam, agam et ego pœnitentiam super malo quod cogitavi ut facerem ei.
9And I will suddenly speak of nation and of kingdom, to build and plant it.And I wil sodenly speake of nation and of kingdom, to build and plant it.Et subito loquar de gente et de regno, ut ædificem et plantem illud.
10If it shall do evil in mine eyes, that it hear not my voice: I will repent me of the good that I have spoken to do unto it.If it shal do euil in mine eies, that it heare not my voice: I wil repent me of the good that I haue spoken to do vnto it.Si fecerit malum in oculis meis, ut non audiat vocem meam, pœnitentiam agam super bono quod locutus sum ut facerem ei.
11Now therefore tell the man of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith our Lord: Behold I fingo: frame, fashion, contrive, devise (not to work metal) evil against you, and devise a device against you: let every man return from his evil way, and direct ye your ways and your studies.Now therefore tel the man of Iuda, and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem, saying: Thus saith our Lord: Behold I forge euil against you, and deuise a deuice against you: let euerie man returne from his euil way, and direct ye your waies and your studies.✦Nunc ergo dic viro Juda, et habitatoribus Jerusalem, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego fingo contra vos malum, et cogito contra vos cogitationem : revertatur unusquisque a via sua mala, et dirigite vias vestras et studia vestra.
12Who said: We are desperate: for we will go after our cogitationes: thoughts, imaginings, the workings of the mind, and we will do every one the perversity of his evil heart.Who said: We are desperate: for we wil goe after our cogitations, and we wil do euerie one the peruersitie of his euil hart.✦Qui dixerunt : Desperavimus : post cogitationes enim nostras ibimus, et unusquisque pravitatem cordis sui mali faciemus.
13Therefore thus saith our Lord: Ask the Nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done exceedingly?Therefore thus saith our Lord: Aske the Nations: Who hath heard such horrible thinges, as the virgine of Israel hath done exceedingly?✦Ideo hæc dicit Dominus : Interrogate gentes : Quis audivit talia horribilia, quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël ?
14Why shall the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters gushing forth and running down, be drawn out?Why shal the snow of Libanus faile from the rocke of the field? or can the cold waters gushing forth and runing downe, be drawen out?✦Numquid deficiet de petra agri nix Libani ? aut evelli possunt aquæ erumpentes frigidæ, et defluentes ?
15Because my people hath forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in the paths of the world, that they might walk by them in a way not trodden:Because my people hath forgotten me, sacrificing in vaine, and stumbling in their waies, in the pathes of the world, that they might walke by them in a way not trodden:✦Quia oblitus est mei populus meus, frustra libantes, et impingentes in viis suis, in semitis sæculi, ut ambularent per eas in itinere non trito,
16that their land might be made into desolation, and into an everlasting sibilum: a hissing, an object of scorn and derision: every one that shall pass by it, shall be obstupescet: stunned, aghast, struck senseless, and wag his head.that their land might be made into desolation, and into an euerlasting hisse: euerie one that shal passe by it, shal be astonied, and wagge his head.✦ut fieret terra eorum in desolationem, et in sibilum sempiternum : omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet, et movebit caput suum.
17As the burning wind will I disperse them before the enemy: the back, and not the face will I show them in the day of their perdition.As the burning winde wil I disperse them before the enemie: the backe, and not the face wil I shew them in the day of their perdition.✦Sicut ventus urens dispergam eos coram inimico : dorsum, et non faciem, ostendam eis in die perditionis eorum.
18And they said: Come, and let us find devices against Jeremie: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not attend to all his words.And they said: Come, and let vs finde deuises against Ieremie: for the law shal not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let vs strike him with the tongue, and let vs not attend to al his wordes.✦Et dixerunt : Venite, et cogitemus contra Jeremiam cogitationes : non enim peribit lex a sacerdote, neque consilium a sapiente, nec sermo a propheta : venite, et percutiamus eum lingua, et non attendamus ad universos sermones ejus.
19Attend O Lord unto me, and hear the voice of mine adversaries.Attend ô Lord vnto me, and heare the voice of mine aduersaries.Attende, Domine, ad me, et audi vocem adversariorum meorum.
20Why, is evil rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in the sight, to speak good for them, and to return away their indignation from them.Why, is euil rendred for good, because they haue digged a pitte for my soule? Remember that I haue stood in the sight, to speake good for them, and to returne away their indignation from them.✦Numquid redditur pro bono malum, quia foderunt foveam animæ meæ ? Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo ut loquerer pro eis bonum, et averterem indignationem tuam ab eis.
21Therefore give their children into famine, and lead them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be made without children, & widows: and let the husbands be killed by death: let their young men be pierced through with the sword in battle.Therefore geue their children into famine, and lead them into the handes of the sword: let their wiues be made without children, & widowes: and let the husbands be killed by death: let their youngmen be pearced through with the sword in battel.Propterea da filios eorum in famem, et deduc eos in manus gladii : fiant uxores eorum absque liberis, et viduæ : et viri earum interficiantur morte : juvenes eorum confodiantur gladio in prælio :
22Let a cry be heard out of their houses, for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet.Let a crie be heard out of their houses, for thou shalt bring the robber vpon them sodenly: because they haue digged a pitte to take me, and haue hid snares for my feete.✦audiatur clamor de domibus eorum : adduces enim super eos latronem repente, quia foderunt foveam ut caperent me, et laqueos absconderunt pedibus meis.
23But thou O Lord knowest all their counsel against me unto death: be not propitieris: favourably disposed to pardon, merciful (not the weather or timing sense of favourable) to their iniquity, & let not their sin be clean put out from thy face: let them be made falling in thy sight, in the time of thy fury deal with them.But thou ô Lord knowest al their counsel against me vnto death: be not propicious to their iniquitie, & let not their sinne be cleane put out from thy face: let them be made falling in thy sight, in the time of thy furie deale with them.✦Tu autem, Domine, scis omne consilium eorum adversum me in mortem : ne propitieris iniquitati eorum, et peccatum eorum a facie tua non deleatur : fiant corruentes in conspectu tuo ; in tempore furoris tui abutere eis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.