Idolaters ( and other sinners ) are invited to repent, with promise of remission: 6. but neither the kingdom of Israel, nor Juda will return. 14. God still calling, some Jews, and many Gentiles come to Christ.Idolaters ( and other sinners ) are inuited to repent, with promise of remission: 6. but neither the kingdome of Israel, nor Iuda wil returne. 14. God stil calling, some Iewes, and manie Gentiles come to Christ.✦
It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she departing from him, marry another man will he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and contaminated? but thou hast committed fornication with many lovers: nevertheless return unto me, saith our Lord, and I will receive thee.IT is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she departing from him, marie an other man wil he returne to her anie more? shal not that woman be polluted, and contaminated?✦Vulgo dicitur : Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam, et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum, numquid revertetur ad eam ultra ? numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa ? Tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis : tamen revertere ad me, dicit Dominus, et ego suscipiam te.
2Lift up thine eyes direct: and see where thou hast not been polluted: thou didst sit in the ways, expecting them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land in thy fornications, and in thy malices.Lift vp thine eies direct: and see where thou hast not bene polluted: thou didest sitte in the waies, expecting them as a robber in the wildernes: and thou hast polluted the land in thy fornications, and in thy malices.✦Leva oculos tuos in directum, et vide ubi non prostrata sis. In viis sedebas, exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine : et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis, et in malitiis tuis.
3For which thing the drops of rain were kept back, and there was no serotinus: late, of the latter season shower: thou haddest an harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.For which thing the droppes of rayne were kept back, and there was no lateward shower: thou haddest an harlots forehead, thou wouldest not blush.✦Quam ob rem prohibitæ sunt stillæ pluviarum, et serotinus imber non fuit. Frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi ; noluisti erubescere.
4Therefore at the least from henceforth call me: thou art my father, the guide of my virginity.Therefore at the least from henceforth cal me: thou art my father, the guide of my virginitie.✦Ergo saltem amodo voca me : Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es :
5Why, wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou persevere unto the end? Lo, thou hast spoken, and hast done evils, and hast prevailed.Why, wilt thou be angrie for euer, or wilt thou perseuere vnto the end? Loe, thou hast spoken, and hast done euils, and hast preuailed.✦numquid irasceris in perpetuum, aut perseverabis in finem ? ecce locuta es, et fecisti mala, et potuisti.
6And our Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king: Hast thou seen what things the revolter Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every thick green tree, and hath fornicated there.And our Lord said to me in the daies of Iosias the king: Hast thou seene what thinges the reuolter Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself vpon euerie high mountaine, and vnder euerie thicke greene tree, and hath fornicated there.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Josiæ regis : Numquid vidisti quæ fecerit aversatrix Israël ? Abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum, et sub omni ligno frondoso, et fornicata est ibi.
7And I said, when she had done all these things: Return to me, and she returned not. And Juda her transgressing sister saw,And I said, when she had done al these thinges: Returne to me, and she returned not. And Iuda her transgressing sister saw,✦Et dixi, cum fecisset hæc omnia : Ad me revertere : et non est reversa. Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda
8because the rebel Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: and Juda her transgressing sister was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.because the rebel Israel had plaied the harlot, I had put her away, and geuen her a bil of diuorce: and Iuda her transgressing sister was not afrayd, but went and plaid the harlot also herself.quia pro eo quod mœchata esset aversatrix Israël, dimisissem eam, et dedissem ei libellum repudii : et non timuit prævaricatrix Juda soror ejus, sed abiit, et fornicata est etiam ipsa :
9And with the facilitate: an amenity or aptitude; readiness, wanton easiness of her fornication she contaminated the land, and played the harlot with stone and wood.And with the facilitie of her fornication she contaminated the land, and plaid the harlot with stone and wood.✦et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram, et mœchata est cum lapide et ligno :
10And in all these things Juda her transgressing sister hath not returned to me in her whole heart, but in falsehood, saith our Lord.And in al these thinges Iuda her transgressing sister hath not returned to me in her whole hart, but in falsehood, saith our Lord.✦et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda in toto corde suo, sed in mendacio, ait Dominus.
11And our Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the transgressor Juda.And our Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath iustified her soule, in comparison of the transgressour Iuda.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Justificavit animam suam aversatrix Israël, comparatione prævaricatricis Judæ.
12Go, and cry these words against the North, and thou shalt say: Return O rebellious Israel, saith our Lord, and I will not return away my face from you: because I am holy, saith our Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.Goe, and crie these wordes against the North, and thou shalt say: Returne ô rebellious Israel, saith our Lord, and I wil not returne away my face from you: because I am holie, saith our Lord, and I wil not be angrie for euer.✦Vade, et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem, et dices : Revertere, aversatrix Israël, ait Dominus, et non avertam faciem meam a vobis, quia sanctus ego sum, dicit Dominus, et non irascar in perpetuum.
13But yet know thou thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast dispersed thy ways to strangers under every thick green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith our Lord.But yet know thou thine iniquitie, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast dispersed thy waies to strangers vnder euerie thicke greene tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith our Lord.✦Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam, quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es, et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso, et vocem meam non audisti, ait Dominus.
14Return O ye revolting children, saith our Lord: because I am your husband: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.Returne ô ye reuolting children, saith our Lord: because I am your husband: and I wil take you one of a citie, and two of a kinred, and wil bring you into Sion.✦Convertimini, filii revertentes, dicit Dominus, quia ego vir vester : et assumam vos unum de civitate, et duos de cognatione, et introducam vos in Sion.
15And I will give you pastors according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.And I wil geue you pastours according to my hart, and they shal feede you with knowlege and doctrine.Et dabo vobis pastores juxta cor meum, et pascent vos scientia et doctrina.
16And when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith our Lord, they shall say no more: The Ark of the testament of our Lord: neither shall it ascend upon their heart, neither shall they be mindful thereof, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more.And when you shal be multiplied, and increase in the land in those daies, saith our Lord, they shal say no more: The Arke of the testament of our Lord: neither shal it ascend vpon their hart, neither shal they be mindeful thereof, neither shal it be visited, neither shal that be done anie more.✦Cumque multiplicati fueritis, et creveritis in terra in diebus illis, ait Dominus, non dicent ultra : Arca testamenti Domini : neque ascendet super cor, neque recordabuntur illius, nec visitabitur, nec fiet ultra.
17In that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of our Lord: and all Gentiles shall be gathered together to it, in the name of our Lord into Jerusalem, & they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.In that time Ierusalem shal be called the throne of our Lord: and al Gentiles shal be gathered together to it, in the name of our Lord into Ierusalem, & they shal not walke after the peruersitie of their most wicked hart.✦In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini : et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Jerusalem, et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.
18In those days the house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together from the land of the North to the land, which I gave to your fathers.In those daies the house of Iuda shal goe to the house of Israel, and they shal come together from the land of the North to the land, which I gaue to your fathers.✦In diebus illis ibit domus Juda ad domum Israël, et venient simul de terra aquilonis ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris.
19But I said: How shall I make thee as children, and give thee a land worthy to be desired, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father, & shalt not cease to walk after me.But I said: How shal I make thee as children, and geue thee a land worthie to be desired, the goodlie inheritance of the hostes of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt cal me father, & shalt not cease to walke after me.✦Ego autem dixi : Quomodo ponam te in filios, et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem, hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium ? Et dixi : Patrem vocabis me, et post me ingredi non cessabis.
20But as if a woman should contemnat: despise, disdain her lover, so hath the house of Israel contemned me, saith our Lord.But as if a woman should contemne her louer, so hath the house of Israel contemned me, saith our Lord.Sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum, sic contempsit me domus Israël, dicit Dominus.
21A voice was heard in the ways, weeping & howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way unjust, they have forgotten our Lord their God.A voice was heard in the waies, weeping & howling of the children of Israel: because they haue made their way vniust, they haue forgotten our Lord their God.✦Vox in viis audita est, ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israël : quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam ; obliti sunt Domini Dei sui.
22Return ye revolting children, and I will heal your revoltings. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.Returne ye reuolting children, and I wil heale your reuoltinges. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.✦Convertimini, filii revertentes, et sanabo aversiones vestras. Ecce nos venimus ad te : tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.
23In very deed the little hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: verily in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.In verie deede the litle hilles were lyars, and the multitude of the mountaines: verily in the Lord our God is the saluation of Israel.✦Vere mendaces erant colles, et multitudo montium : vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israël.
24Confusion hath eaten the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks, and their herds, their sons, and their daughters.Confusion hath eaten the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flockes, and their heards, their sonnes, and their daughters.✦Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra : greges eorum, et armenta eorum, filios eorum, et filias eorum.
25We shall sleep in our confusion, and our ignominy shall cover us, because we have sinned to the Lord our God, we, and our fathers from our youth even to this day: and we have not heard the voice of the Lord our God.We shal sleepe in our confusion, and our ignominie shal couer vs, because we haue sinned to the Lord our God, we, and our fathers from our youth euen to this day: and we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God.Dormiemus in confusione nostra, et operiet nos ignominia nostra : quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos, et patres nostri, ab adolescentia nostra usque ad diem hanc : et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.