God will reduce Israel from captivity, 4. and give them abundance of all things: 9. after their tribulation. 15. Rachel (The afflicted Church) shall cease from mourning: 18. confessing that she is justly chastised. 20. Christ a perfect man shall be contained in his mother's womb, 26. He rising from sleep (death) will build his Church. 31. with a new covenant: 36. that it shall be large, and perpetual.God wil reduce Israel from captiuitie, 4. and geue them abundance of al thinges: 9. after their tribulation. 15. Rachel (The afflicted Church) shal cease from mourning: 18. confessing that she is iustly chastised. 20. Christ a perfect man shal be conteyned in his mothers wombe, 26. He rising from slepe (death) wil build his Church. 31. with a new couenant: 36. that it shal be large, and perpetual.✦
At THAT time, saith our Lord: I will be the God of all the kindreds of Israel, and they shall be my people.AT THAT time, saith our Lord: I wil be the God of al the kindredes of Israel, and they shal be my people.✦In tempore illo, dicit Dominus, ero Deus universis cognationibus Israël, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum.
2Thus saith our Lord: The people that remained from the sword, found grace in the desert: Israel shall go to his rest.Thus saith our Lord: The people that remayned from the sword, found grace in the desert: Israel shal goe to his rest.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Invenit gratiam in deserto populus qui remanserat a gladio : vadet ad requiem suam Israël.
3Our Lord hath appeared to me of long time. And in everlasting charity have I loved thee, therefore have I drawn thee, taking compassion.Our Lord hath appeared to me of long time. And in euerlasting charitie haue I loued thee, therefore haue I drawen thee, taking compassion.✦Longe Dominus apparuit mihi. Et in caritate perpetua dilexi te : ideo attraxi te, miserans.
4And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be builded O virgin Israel: thou shalt yet be adorned with thy timbrels, & shalt go forth in the choir of them that play.And I wil build thee againe, and thou shalt be builded ô virgin Israel: thou shalt yet be adorned with thy timbrels, & shal goe forth in the quyre of them that play.✦Rursumque ædificabo te, et ædificaberis, virgo Israël : adhuc ornaberis tympanis tuis, et egredieris in choro ludentium.
5Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and till the time come, they shall not make vintage:Thou shalt yet plant vinyards in the mountaines of Samaria: the planters shal plant, and til the time come, they shal not make vintage:✦Adhuc plantabis vineas in montibus Samariæ : plantabunt plantantes, et donec tempus veniat, non vindemiabunt.
6because there shall be a day, wherein the watchmen on mount Ephraim shall cry: Arise, and let us go up unto Sion to the Lord our God.because there shal be a day, wherein the watchmen on mount Ephraim shal crie: Arise, and let vs goe vp vnto Sion to the Lord our God.✦Quia erit dies in qua clamabunt custodes in monte Ephraim : Surgite, et ascendamus in Sion ad Dominum Deum nostrum.
7Because thus saith our Lord: Rejoice in gladness O Jacob, and neigh against the head of the Gentiles: sound ye, and sing, and say: Save O Lord thy people the remnant of Israel.Because thus saith our Lord: Reioyce in gladnes ô Iacob, and neye against the head of the Gentiles: sound ye, and sing, and say: Saue ô Lord thy people the remnant of Israel.Quia hæc dicit Dominus : Exsultate in lætitia, Jacob, et hinnite contra caput gentium : personate, et canite, et dicite : Salva, Domine, populum tuum, reliquias Israël.
8Behold I will bring them out of the land of the North, and will gather them from the ends of the earth: among whom shall be the blind and the lame, the woman with child, and she that beareth child together, a great company of them that return hither.Behold I wil bring them out of the land of the North, and wil gather them from the endes of the earth: among whom shal be the blinde and the lame, the woman with childe, and she that beareth childe together, a great companie of them that returne hither.✦Ecce ego adducam eos de terra aquilonis, et congregabo eos ab extremis terræ : inter quos erunt cæcus et claudus, prægnans et pariens simul, cœtus magnus revertentium huc.
9They shall come in weeping: and in mercy I will reducam: bring back, lead home, not diminish them: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: because I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstbegotten.They shal come in weeping: and in mercie I wil reduce them: and I wil bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shal not stumble in it: because I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstbegotten.✦In fletu venient, et in misericordia reducam eos : et adducam eos per torrentes aquarum in via recta, et non impingent in ea, quia factus sum Israëli pater, et Ephraim primogenitus meus est.
10Hear the word of our Lord ye Nations, & show forth in the islands, that are far off, and say: He that dispersed Israel, will gather him: and he will keep him as the pastor his flock.Heare the word of our Lord ye Nations, & shew forth in the ilands, that are farre of, and say: He that dispersed Israel, wil gather him: and he wil keepe him as the pastour his flocke.Audite verbum Domini, gentes, et annuntiate in insulis quæ procul sunt, et dicite : Qui dispersit Israël congregabit eum, et custodiet eum sicut pastor gregem suum.
11For our Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and he will deliver him out of the hand of the mightier.For our Lord hath redeemed Iacob, and he wil deliuer him out of the hand of the mightier.✦Redemit enim Dominus Jacob, et liberavit eum de manu potentioris.
12And they shall come, and shall praise in mount Sion: and they shall run together to the good things of our Lord for the corn, and wine, and oil, and the increase of cattle and herds, and their soul shall be as a watered garden, & they shall be hungry no more.And they shal come, and shal praise in mount Sion: and they shal runne together to the good thinges of our Lord for the corne, and wine, and oile, and the increase of cattel and heardes, and their soule shal be as a watered garden, & they shal be hungrie no more.✦Et venient, et laudabunt in monte Sion : et confluent ad bona Domini, super frumento, et vino, et oleo, et fœtu pecorum et armentorum : eritque anima eorum quasi hortus irriguus, et ultra non esurient.
13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the choir, the young men and old men together: and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful from their sorrow.Then shal the virgin reioyce in the quyre, the youngmen and old men together: and I wil turne their mourning into ioy, and wil comfort them, and make them ioyful from their sorow.✦Tunc lætabitur virgo in choro, juvenes et senes simul : et convertam luctum eorum in gaudium, et consolabor eos, et lætificabo a dolore suo.
14And I will replenish the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall be filled with my good things, saith our Lord.And I wil replenish the soule of the priestes with farnes: and my people shal be filled with my good thinges, saith our Lord.✦Et inebriabo animam sacerdotum pinguedine, et populus meus bonis meis adimplebitur, ait Dominus.
15Thus saith our Lord: A voice of lamentation is heard on high of the mourning, and weeping of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.Thus saith our Lord: A voice of lamentation is heard on high of the mourning, and weeping of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Vox in excelso audita est lamentationis : luctus, et fletus Rachel plorantis filios suos, et nolentis consolari super eis, quia non sunt.
16Thus saith our Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: because there is a reward for thy work, saith our Lord: and they shall return out of the land of the enemy.Thus saith our Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thine eies from teares: because there is a reward for thy worke, saith our Lord: and they shal returne out of the land of the enemie.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Quiescat vox tua a ploratu, et oculi tui a lacrimis, quia est merces operi tuo, ait Dominus, et revertentur de terra inimici :
17And there is hope to thy last ends, saith our Lord: and the children shall return to their borders.And there is hope to thy last endes, saith our Lord: and the children shal returne to their borders.et est spes novissimis tuis, ait Dominus, et revertentur filii ad terminos suos.
18Hearing I heard Ephraim going into transmigrantem: deportation, the carrying into exile: Thou hast chastised me, and I am taught, as a young bullock not tamed. converte: turn me back me, and I shall be converted: because thou art the Lord my God.Hearing I heard Ephraim going into trâsmigration: Thou hast chastised me, and I am taught, as a young bullocke not tamed. Conuert me, and I shal be conuerted: because thou art the Lord my God.✦Audiens audivi Ephraim transmigrantem : Castigasti me, et eruditus sum, quasi juvenculus indomitus : converte me, et convertar, quia tu Dominus Deus meus.
19For after thou didst convert me I did penance: and after thou didst show unto me, I stroke my thigh: I am confounded, and ashamed, because I have sustained the reproach of my youth.For after thou didst conuert me I did penance: and after thou didst shew vnto me, I stroke my thigh: I am confounded, and ashamed, because I haue sustayned the reproch of my youth.Postquam enim convertisti me, egi pœnitentiam : et postquam ostendisti mihi, percussi femur meum. Confusus sum, et erubui, quoniam sustinui opprobrium adolescentiæ meæ.
20si: certainly, assuredly Ephraim is an honourable son to me, certes a delicate child: because since I spake of him, as yet will I remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled upon him: pitying I will pity him, saith our Lord.Certes Ephraim is an honorable sonne to me, certes a delicate childe: because since I spake of him, as yet wil I remember him. Therefore are my bowels trubled vpon him: pitying I wil pitie him, saith our Lord.✦Si filius honorabilis mihi Ephraim, si puer delicatus ! quia ex quo locutus sum de eo, adhuc recordabor ejus. Idcirco conturbata sunt viscera mea super eum : miserans miserebor ejus, ait Dominus.
21Set thee a watch tower, make unto thee bitterness: direct thy heart into the right way, wherein thou hast walked: return O virgin Israel, return to these thy cities.Sette thee a watch tower, make vnto thee bitternes: direct thy hart into the right way, wherein thou hast walked: returne ô virgin Israel, returne to these thy cities.✦Statue tibi speculam ; pone tibi amaritudines ; dirige cor tuum in viam rectam in qua ambulasti : revertere, virgo Israël, revertere ad civitates tuas istas.
22How long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciis: luxury, wanton self-indulgence, not pleasant taste O wandering daughter? because our Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth: A WOMAN SHALL circumdabit: encompass, surround, enclose, not a navigational instrument A MAN.How long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousnes ô wandring daughter? because our Lord hath created a new thing vpon the earth: A WOMAN SHAL COMPASSE A MAN.✦Usquequo deliciis dissolveris, filia vaga ? quia creavit Dominus novum super terram : femina circumdabit virum.
23Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: As yet shall they say this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall convert their captivity: Our Lord bless thee the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel: As yet shal they say this word in the land of Iuda, and in the cities thereof, when I shal conuert their captiuitie: Our Lord blesse thee the beauty of iustice, the holie mountaine.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Adhuc dicent verbum istud in terra Juda et in urbibus ejus, cum convertero captivitatem eorum : Benedicat tibi Dominus, pulchritudo justitiæ, mons sanctus :
24and Judas and all his cities shall dwell in it together: the husbandmen and they that drive the flocks.and Iudas and al his cities shal dwel in it together: the husbandmen and they that driue the flockes.✦et habitabunt in eo Judas et omnes civitates ejus simul, agricolæ et minantes greges.
25Because I have inebriavi: filled to the full, saturated, not made drunk the weary soul: and every hungry soul I have filled.Because I haue inebriated the wearie soule: and euerie hungrie soule I haue filled.✦Quia inebriavi animam lassam, et omnem animam esurientem saturavi.
26Therefore I was raised up as out of a sleep, and I saw, and my sleep was sweet to me.Therefore I was raised vp as out of a sleepe, and I saw, and my sleepe was sweete to me.Ideo quasi de somno suscitatus sum : et vidi, et somnus meus dulcis mihi.
27Behold the days come, saith our Lord: and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of beasts.Behold the daies come, saith our Lord: and I wil sow the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with the seede of men, and with the seede of beastes.✦Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et seminabo domum Israël et domum Juda semine hominum et semine jumentorum.
28And as I have watched upon them, to pluck up, and deface, and dissipate, & destroy, and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant them, saith our Lord.And as I haue watched vpon them, to plucke vp, and deface, and dissipate, & destroy, and afflict: so wil I watch ouer them, to build, and to plant them, saith our Lord.Et sicut vigilavi super eos ut evellerem, et demolirer, et dissiparem, et disperderem, et affligerem, sic vigilabo super eos ut ædificem et plantem, ait Dominus.
29In those days they shall say no more: The fathers did eat the bitter grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.In those daies they shal say no more: The fathers did eate the bitter grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.✦In diebus illis non dicent ultra : Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupuerunt.
30But every one shall die in his own iniquity: every man that shall eat the sour grape, his teeth shall be on edge.But euerie one shal dye in his owne iniquitie: euerie man that shal eate the sowre grape, his teeth shal be on edge.Sed unusquisque in iniquitate sua morietur : omnis homo qui comederit uvam acerbam, obstupescent dentes ejus.
31Behold the days shall come, saith our Lord: and I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Juda:Behold the daies shal come, saith our Lord: and I wil make a new couenant with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda:✦Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus, et feriam domui Israël et domui Juda fœdus novum,
32not according to the covenant, which I made with their fathers in the day that I took their hand, to bring them out of the Land of Egypt: the covenant which they made void, and I had the dominion of them, saith our Lord.not according to the couenant, which I made with their fathers in the day that I tooke their hand, to bring them out of the Land of Ægypt: the couenât which they made voide, and I had the dominion of them, saith our Lord.✦non secundum pactum quod pepigi cum patribus eorum in die qua apprehendi manum eorum ut educerem eos de terra Ægypti, pactum quod irritum fecerunt : et ego dominatus sum eorum, dicit Dominus.
33But this shall be the covenant, that I will make with the house of Israel: after those days saith our Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and in their heart I will write it: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.But this shal be the couenant, that I wil make with the house of Israel: after those daies saith our Lord: I wil geue my law in their bowels, and in their hart I wil write it: and I wil be their God, and they shal be my people.Sed hoc erit pactum quod feriam cum domo Israël post dies illos, dicit Dominus : dabo legem meam in visceribus eorum, et in corde eorum scribam eam, et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum :
34And a man shall no more teach his neighbour, and a man his brother, saying: Know our Lord: for all shall know me from the least of them even to the greatest, saith our Lord: because I will be propitious to their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.And a man shal no more teach his neighbour, and a man his brother, saying: Know our Lord: for al shal know me from the least of them euen to the greatest, saith our Lord: because I wil be propicious to their iniquitie, and their sinne I wil remember no more.✦et non docebit ultra vir proximum suum et vir fratrem suum, dicens : Cognosce Dominum : omnes enim cognoscent me, a minimo eorum usque ad maximum, ait Dominus : quia propitiabor iniquitati eorum, et peccati eorum non memorabor amplius.
35Thus saith our Lord, that giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: that troubleth the sea, and the waves thereof do sound, the Lord of hosts is his name.Thus saith our Lord, that geueth the sunne for the light of the day, the order of the moone and of the starres, for the light of the night: that trubleth the sea, and the waues thereof doe sound, the Lord of hostes is his name.✦Hæc dicit Dominus qui dat solem in lumine diei, ordinem lunæ et stellarum in lumine noctis : qui turbat mare, et sonant fluctus ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen illi :
36If these laws shall fail before me, saith our Lord: thee also the seed of Israel shall fail, that it be not a nation before me for ever.If these lawes shal faile before me, saith our Lord: thee also the seede of Israel shal faile, that it be not a nation before me for euer.✦Si defecerint leges istæ coram me, dicit Dominus, tunc et semen Israël deficiet, ut non sit gens coram me cunctis diebus.
37Thus saith our Lord: If the heavens above shall be able to be measured, and the foundations of the earth beneath to be searched out: I also will cast away all the seed of Israel, for all things, that they have done, saith our Lord.Thus saith our Lord: If the heauens aboue shal be able to be measured, and the foundations of the earth beneth to be searched out: I also wil cast away al the seede of Israel, for al thinges, that they haue done, saith our Lord.Hæc dicit Dominus : Si mensurari potuerint cæli sursum, et investigari fundamenta terræ deorsum, et ego abjiciam universum semen Israël, propter omnia quæ fecerunt, dicit Dominus.
38Behold the days come, saith our Lord: and the city shall be built to our Lord from the tower of Hananeel even to the gate of the corner.Behold the daies come, saith our Lord: and the citie shal be built to our Lord from the tower of Hananeel euen to the gate of the corner.Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et ædificabitur civitas Domino, a turre Hananeel usque ad portam anguli.
39And the rule of the measure shall go out farther in his sight upon the little hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,And the rule of the measure shal goe out farder in his sight vpon the litle hil Gareb: and it shal compasse Goatha,Et exibit ultra norma mensuræ in conspectu ejus super collem Gareb, et circuibit Goatha,
40and all the valley of carcasses, and of ashes, and all the country of death, even to the torrent of Cedron, and to the corner of the East gate of horses, the Holy of our Lord: shall not be plucked up, and it shall no more be destroyed for ever.and al the valley of carcasses, and of ashes, and al the countrie of death, euen to the torrent of Cedron, and to the corner of the East gate of horses, the Holie of our Lord: shal not be plucked vp, and it shal no more be destroyed for euer.et omnem vallem cadaverum, et cineris, et universam regionem mortis usque ad torrentem Cedron, et usque ad angulum portæ equorum orientalis, Sanctum Domini : non evelletur, et non destruetur ultra in perpetuum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.