God expostulateth with the Jews, 6. that they regard not his great benefits: 8. Some priests, and ( pretended ) prophets serving false gods, 23. and denying their fault, 25. are obstinate in idolatry: 36. for which they shall be confounded.God expostulateth with the Iewes, 6. that they regard not his great benefites: 8. Some priestes, and ( pretended ) prophetes seruing false goddes, 23. and denying their fault, 25. are obstinate in idolatrie: 36. for which they shal be confounded.✦
And 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 :
2Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith our Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth, and the charity of thy desponsationis: betrothal, espousal, when thou didst follow me in the desert, in a land that is not sown.Goe, and crie in the eares of Ierusalem, saying: Thus saith our Lord: I haue remembred thee, pitying thy youth, and the charitie of thy despousing, when thou didest folow me in the desert, in a land that is not sowen.Vade, et clama in auribus Jerusalem, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus : Recordatus sum tui, miserans adolescentiam tuam, et caritatem desponsationis tuæ, quando secuta es me in deserto, in terra quæ non seminatur.
3Israel is holy to our Lord, the first fruits of his fruits: all they that do devour it do sin: evil shall come upon them, saith our Lord.Israel is holie to our Lord, the first fruites of his fruites: al they that doe deuoure it doe sinne: euil shal come vpon them, saith our Lord.✦Sanctus Israël Domino, primitiæ frugum ejus : omnes qui devorant eum delinquunt : mala venient super eos, dicit Dominus.
4Hear ye the word of our Lord O house of Jacob, and all ye kindreds of the house of Israel:Heare ye the word of our Lord ô house of Iacob, and al ye kinredes of the house of Israel:✦Audite verbum Domini, domus Jacob, et omnes cognationes domus Israël.
5thus saith our Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have made themselves far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?thus saith our Lord: What iniquitie haue your fathers found in me, that they haue made themselues far from me, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis, quia elongaverunt a me, et ambulaverunt post vanitatem, et vani facti sunt ?
6And they have not said: Where is our Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt: that led us through the desert, through a land inhabitabilem: fit to be lived in; uninhabitable and without way, through a land of thirst, & the image of death, through a land, wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt?And they haue not said: Where is our Lord, that made vs come vp out of the land of Ægypt: that led vs through the desert, through a land inhabitable and without way, through a land of thirst, & the image of death, through a land, wherein no man walked, nor anie man dwelt?✦Et non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Ægypti ; qui traduxit nos per desertum, per terram inhabitabilem et inviam, per terram sitis, et imaginem mortis, per terram in qua non ambulavit vir, neque habitavit homo ?
7And I brought you into the land of Carmel, that you might eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: and being entered in, you have contaminated my land, and made mine inheritance an abomination.And I brought you into the land of Carmel, that you might eate the fruite thereof, and the best thinges therof: and being entered in, you haue contaminated my land, and made mine inheritance an abomination.Et induxi vos in terram Carmeli, ut comederetis fructum ejus et optima illius : et ingressi contaminastis terram meam, et hæreditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.
8The priests have not said: Where is our Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastors have transgressed against me, and the prophets have prophesied in Baal, and have followed idols.The priestes haue not said: Where is our Lord? and they that held the law knew me not, and the pastours haue transgressed against me, and the prophets haue prophecied in Baal, and haue folowed idoles.✦Sacerdotes non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominus ? et tenentes legem nescierunt me, et pastores prævaricati sunt in me, et prophetæ prophetaverunt in Baal, et idola secuti sunt.
9Therefore will I yet contend in judgement with you, saith our Lord, and I will plead with your children.Therefore wil I yet contend in iudgement with you, saith our Lord, and I wil plead with your children.Propterea adhuc judicio contendam vobiscum, ait Dominus, et cum filiis vestris disceptabo.
10Pass ye to the isles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider earnestly: and see if there hath the like thing been done.Passe ye to the iles of Cethim, and see: and send into Cedar, and consider earnestly: and see if there hath the like thing bene done.✦Transite ad insulas Cethim, et videte : et in Cedar mittite, et considerate vehementer : et videte si factum est hujuscemodi :
11If a nation hath changed their gods, and surely they are not gods: but my people hath changed their glory into an idol.If a nation hath changed their goddes, and surely they are not goddes: but my people hath changed their glorie into an idol.✦si mutavit gens deos suos, et certe ipsi non sunt dii : populus vero meus mutavit gloriam suam in idolum.
12Be obstupescite: stunned, struck senseless O heavens upon this, and O gates thereof be ye desolate exceedingly, saith our Lord.Be astoined ô heauens vpon this, and ô gates thereof be ye desolate exceedingly, saith our Lord.✦Obstupescite, cæli, super hoc, et portæ ejus, desolamini vehementer, dicit Dominus.
13For two evils hath my people done, Me they have forsaken the fountain of living water, & have digged to themselves cisterns: broken cisterns, that are not able to hold waters.For two euils hath my people done, Me they haue forsaken the fountaine of liuing water, & haue digged to them selues cesternes: broken cesternes, that are not able to holde waters.✦Duo enim mala fecit populus meus : me dereliquerunt fontem aquæ vivæ, et foderunt sibi cisternas, cisternas dissipatas, quæ continere non valent aquas.
14Why, is Israel a bondman, or a servant born in the house? why then is he become a prædam: plunder, spoil taken?Why, is Israel a bondman, or a seruant borne in the house? why then is he become a praye?✦Numquid servus est Israël, aut vernaculus ? quare ergo factus est in prædam ?
15The lions have roared upon him, and have given their voice, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt up, & there is none to dwell in them.The lions haue roared vpon him, and haue geuen their voice, they haue made his land a wildernes: his cities are burnt vp, & there is none to dwel in them.✦Super eum rugierunt leones, et dederunt vocem suam : posuerunt terram ejus in solitudinem. Civitates ejus exustæ sunt, et non est qui habitet in eis.
16The children also of Memphis, and Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.The children also of Memphis, and Taphnes haue defloured thee, euen to the crowne of the head.✦Filii quoque Mempheos et Taphnes constupraverunt te usque ad verticem.
17Is not this done to thee, because thou didst forsake the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?Is not this done to thee, because thou didest forsake the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?✦Numquid non istud factum est tibi, quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum eo tempore quo ducebat te per viam ?
18And now what wilt thou in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the waters of the river?And now what wilt thou in the way of Ægypt, to drinke the trubled water? And what hast thou to doe with the way of the Assyrians, to drinke the waters of the riuer?✦Et nunc quid tibi vis in via Ægypti, ut bibas aquam turbidam ? et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum, ut bibas aquam fluminis ?
19Thy malice shall reprove thee, and thine apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, & see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith our Lord the God of hosts.Thy malice shal reproue thee, and thine apostacie shal rebuke thee. Know thou, & see that it is an euil and a bitter thing for thee, to haue left the Lord thy God, and that my feare is not with thee, saith our Lord the God of hostes.✦Arguet te malitia tua, et aversio tua increpabit te. Scito et vide quia malum et amarum est reliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum, et non esse timorem mei apud te, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
20From the beginning thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bonds, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every little high hill, and under every green thick tree thou wast laid down as an harlot.From the beginning thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bonds, and thou saidst: I wil not serue. For on euerie litle high hil, and vnder euerie greene thicke tree thou wast laied downe as an harlot.✦A sæculo confregisti jugum meum : rupisti vincula mea, et dixisti : Non serviam. In omni enim colle sublimi, et sub omni ligno frondoso, tu prosternebaris meretrix.
21But I planted thee an elect vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is depraved, O strange vineyard?But I planted thee an elect vineyard, al true seede: how then art thou turned vnto me into that which is depraued, ô strange vineyard?Ego autem plantavi te vineam electam, omne semen verum : quomodo ergo conversa es mihi in pravum, vinea aliena ?
22If thou shalt wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art spotted in thine iniquity before me, saith our Lord God.If thou shalt wash thyself with nitre, and multiplie to thyself the herbe borith, thou art spotted in thine iniquitie before me, saith our Lord God.✦Si laveris te nitro, et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith, maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me, dicit Dominus Deus.
23How sayst thou: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: a swift cursor: a swift-running horse that rideth his ways.How sayst thou: I am not polluted, I haue not walked after Baalim? see thy wayes in the valley, know what thou hast done: a swift courser that rideth his wayes.✦Quomodo dicis : Non sum polluta ; post Baalim non ambulavi ? Vide vias tuas in convalle ; scito quid feceris : cursor levis explicans vias suas.
24The wild Ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his soul, hath drawn the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly menstruis: the menstrual flow they shall find her.The wild Asse accustomed to the wildernes in the desire of his soule, hath drawen the winde of his loue: none shal turne her away: al that seeke her shal not faile: in her monethlie flowres they shal finde her.Onager assuetus in solitudine, in desiderio animæ suæ attraxit ventum amoris sui : nullus avertet eam : omnes qui quærunt eam non deficient : in menstruis ejus invenient eam.
25Stay thy foot from nakedness, and thy throat from thirst. And thou saidst: I have despaired, no, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.Stay thy foote from nakednes, and thy throate from thirst. And thou saidest: I haue despayred, no, I wil not doe it: for I haue loued strangers, and I wil walke after them.✦Prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate, et guttur tuum a siti. Et dixisti : Desperavi : nequaquam faciam : adamavi quippe alienos, et post eos ambulabo.
26As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, the princes and priests, and their prophets,As the theefe is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kinges, the princes and priestes, and their prophetes,✦Quomodo confunditur fur quando deprehenditur, sic confusi sunt domus Israël, ipsi et reges eorum, principes, et sacerdotes, et prophetæ eorum,
27saying to wood: Thou art my father: and to stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned the back to me, & not the face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us.saying to wood: Thou art my father: and to stone: Thou hast begotten me: they haue turned the backe to me, & not the face: and in the time of their affliction they wil say: Arise, and deliuer vs.dicentes ligno : Pater meus es tu : et lapidi : Tu me genuisti. Verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem, et in tempore afflictionis suæ dicent : Surge, et libera nos.
28Where are the gods, whom thou hast made to thee? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thine affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods O Juda.Where are the goddes, whom thou hast made to thee? let them arise and deliuer thee in the time of thine affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda.Ubi sunt dii tui quos fecisti tibi ? surgant, et liberent te in tempore afflictionis tuæ : secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum erant dii tui, Juda.
29What will you contend with me in judgement? you have all forsaken me, saith our Lord.What wil you contend with me in iudgement? you haue al forsaken me, saith our Lord.Quid vultis mecum judicio contendere ? omnes dereliquistis me, dicit Dominus.
30In vain have I stricken your children, they have not received discipline: your sword hath devoured your prophets, as a wasting lion is your generation.In vaine haue I striken your children, they haue not receiued discipline: your sworde hath deuoured your prophetes, as a wasting lion is your generation.✦Frustra percussi filios vestros : disciplinam non receperunt. Devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros : quasi leo vastator
31See ye the word of our Lord: why, am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a serotina: late, of the later season springing land? why then hath my people said: We have revolted, we will no more come to thee?See yee the word of our Lord: why, am I become a wildernes to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then hath my people said: We haue reuolted, we wil no more come to thee?generatio vestra. Videte verbum Domini : numquid solitudo factus sum Israëli, aut terra serotina ? quare ergo dixit populus meus : Recessimus ; non veniemus ultra ad te ?
32Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride the fasciæ pectoralis: a breast-band, bridal bodice-ornament of her breast? but my people hath forgotten me innumerable days.Wil a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride the stomacher of her brest? but my people hath forgotten me innumerable daies.✦Numquid obliviscetur virgo ornamenti sui, aut sponsa fasciæ pectoralis suæ ? populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris.
33Why dost thou endeavour to show thy way good to seek love, which moreover also hast taught thy malices to be thy ways.Why dost thou endeuour to shew thy way good to seeke loue, which moreouer also hast taught thy malices to be thy wayes.✦Quid niteris bonam ostendere viam tuam ad quærendam dilectionem, quæ insuper et malitias tuas docuisti vias tuas,
34And in thy wings is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocents? Not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which before I have mentioned.And in thy winges is found the bloud of the soules of the poore and innocentes? Not in diches haue I found them, but in al places, which before I haue mentioned.✦et in alis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum et innocentum ? non in fossis inveni eos, sed in omnibus quæ supra memoravi.
35And thou hast said: I am without sin and innocent: and therefore let thy fury be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.And thou hast said: I am without sinne and innocent: and therfore let thy furie be turned away from me. Beholde, I wil contend with thee in iudgement, because thou hast said: I haue not sinned.✦Et dixisti : Absque peccato et innocens ego sum, et propterea avertatur furor tuus a me. Ecce ego judicio contendam tecum, eo quod dixeris : Non peccavi.
36How vile art thou become exceedingly, iterans: repeating over again thy ways! and thou shalt be confounded of Egypt, as thou art confounded of Assur.How vile art thou become exceedingly, iterating thy wayes! and thou shalt be confounded of Ægypt, as thou art confounded of Assur.✦Quam vilis facta es nimis, iterans vias tuas ! et ab Ægypto confunderis, sicut confusa es ab Assur.
37For from hence also thou shalt go, and thy hands shall be upon thy head: because the Lord hath destroyed thy confidence, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.For from hence also thou shalt goe, and thy handes shal be vpon thy head: because the Lord hath destroyed thy confidence, and thou shalt haue nothing prosperous therein.Nam et ab ista egredieris, et manus tuæ erunt super caput tuum : quoniam obtrivit Dominus confidentiam tuam, et nihil habebis prosperum in ea.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.