An admonition to sincere repentance, and circumcision of the heart: 5. with threats of grievous punishment to those, that persist in sin. 19. Which the Prophet foreseeing lamenteth the vastation of the land. 27. yet mixed with consolation, that it shall not be utterly ruined.An admonition to sincere repentance, and circumcision of the hart: 5. with threates of grieuous punishment to those, that persist in sinne. 19. Which the Prophet foreseing lamenteth the vastation of the land. 27. yet mixt with consolation, that it shal not be vtterly ruined.✦
If thou wilt return O Israel, saith our Lord, return to me: if thou wilt take away thy stumbling blocks from my face, thou shalt not be moved.IF thou wilt returne ô Israel, saith our Lord, returne to me: if thou wilt take away thy stumbling blockes from my face, thou shalt not be moued.✦Si reverteris, Israël, ait Dominus, ad me convertere : si abstuleris offendicula tua a facie mea, non commoveberis.
2And thou shalt swear: Our Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgement, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him.And thou shalt sweare: Our Lord liueth, in truth, & in iudgement, and in iustice: and the Gentiles shal blesse him, & shal praise him.✦Et jurabis : Vivit Dominus in veritate, et in judicio, et in justitia : et benedicent eum gentes, ipsumque laudabunt.
3For thus saith our Lord to the man of Juda, and to Jerusalem: Make unto you new fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:For thus saith our Lord to the man of Iuda, and to Ierusalem: Make vnto you new fallow ground, & sow not vpon thornes:✦Hæc enim dicit Dominus viro Juda et Jerusalem : Novate vobis novale, et nolite serere super spinas.
4be circumcised to our Lord, and take away the prepuces of your hearts ye men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest perhaps mine indignation go forth as fire, and be kindled, and there be none that can quench it: because of the malice of your cogitations.be circumcised to our Lord, and take away the prepuces of your hartes ye men of Iuda, and inhabitants of Ierusalem: lest perhapes mine indignation goe forth as fire, and be kindled, and there be none that can quench it: because of the malice of your cogitations.✦Circumcidimini Domino, et auferte præputia cordium vestrorum, viri Juda, et habitatores Jerusalem : ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea, et succendatur, et non sit qui extinguat, propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum.
5Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: cry strongly, and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the munitas: fortified, walled cities,Declare ye in Iuda, and make it heard in Ierusalem: speake, and sound with the trumpet in the land: crie strongly, and say: Assemble yourselues, and let vs enter into the fenced cities,✦Annuntiate in Juda, et in Jerusalem auditum facite : loquimini, et canite tuba in terra, clamate fortiter, et dicite : Congregamini, et ingrediamur civitates munitas.
6lift up the sign in Sion. Take courage, stand not, because I do bring evil from the North, and great destruction.lift vp the signe in Sion. Take courege, stand not, because I do bring euil from the North, ad great destruction.✦Levate signum in Sion ; confortamini, nolite stare : quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone, et contritionem magnam.
7The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of the Gentiles hath lifted up himself: he is come forth out of his place, that he may make thy land as a wilderness: thy cities shall be wasted, remaining without an inhabiter.The lyon is come vp out of his denne, and the robber of the Gentiles hath lifted vp himselfe: he is come forth out of his place, that he may make thy land as a wildernes: thy cities shal be wasted, remayning without an inhabiter.✦Ascendit leo de cubili suo, et prædo gentium se levavit : egressus est de loco suo ut ponat terram tuam in solitudinem : civitates tuæ vastabuntur, remanentes absque habitatore.
8For this gird yourselves with clothes of hair, mourn and howl: because the wrath of the fury of our Lord is not turned away from us.For this gird yourselues with clothes of heare, mourne and howle: because the wrath of the furie of our Lord is not turned away from vs.Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis ; plangite, et ululate : quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.
9And it shall be in that day, saith our Lord: The heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be obstupescent: stunned, struck senseless, not "astonished" in the modern weak sense, and the prophets shall be amazed.And it shal be in that day, saith our Lord: The hart of the king shal perish, & the hart of the princes: and the priests shal be astonied, and the prophets shal be amased.✦Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus : peribit cor regis, et cor principum, et obstupescent sacerdotes, et prophetæ consternabuntur.
10And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword hath come even to the soul?And I said: Alas, alas, alas, ô Lord God, hast thou then deceiued this people and Ierusalem, saying: You shal haue peace: and behold the sword hath come euen to the soule?✦Et dixi : Heu ! heu ! heu ! Domine Deus, ergone decepisti populum istum et Jerusalem, dicens : Pax erit vobis : et ecce pervenit gladius usque ad animam ?
11At that time it shall be said to this people, and to Jerusalem: A burning wind in the ways, that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people, not to ventilare: winnow, and to purge.At that time it shal be said to this people, & to Ierusalem: A burning wind in the waies, that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people, not to fanne, and to purge.✦In tempore illo dicetur populo huic et Jerusalem : Ventus urens in viis quæ sunt in deserto viæ filiæ populi mei, non ad ventilandum et ad purgandum.
12A full spirit from these shall come to me: and now I will speak my judgement with them.A ful spirit from these shal come to me: and now I wil speake my iudgement with them.✦Spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi, et nunc ego loquar judicia mea cum eis.
13Behold he shall come in a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles: woe unto us, because we are destroyed.Behold he shal come in a cloude, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter then eagles: woe vnto vs, because we are destroyed.✦Ecce quasi nubes ascendet, et quasi tempestas currus ejus : velociores aquilis equi illius. Væ nobis, quoniam vastati sumus.
14Wash thy heart from malice O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful cogitations abide in thee?Wash thy hart from malice ô Ierusalem, that thou maist be saued: how long shal hurtful cogitations abide in thee?✦Lava a malitia cor tuum, Jerusalem, ut salva fias : usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiæ ?
15For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and notifying the idol from mount Ephraim.For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and notifying the idol from mount Ephraim.✦Vox enim annuntiantis a Dan, et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim.
16Say ye to the Gentiles: lo it is heard in Jerusalem, that there come keepers from a far country, and sound their voice upon the cities of Juda.Say ye to the Gentiles: loe it is heard in Ierusalem, that there come keepers from a farre countrie, & sound their voice vpon the cities of Iuda.✦Dicite gentibus : Ecce auditum est in Jerusalem custodes venire de terra longinqua, et dare super civitates Juda vocem suam :
17They are set upon her round about, as the keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith our Lord.They are set vpon her round about, as the keepers of fildes: because she hath prouoked me to wrath, saith our Lord.quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro, quia me ad iracundiam provocavit, dicit Dominus.
18Thy ways, and thy cogitations have done these things to thee: this thy malice, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.Thy waies, and thy cogitations haue done these thinges to thee: this thy malice, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy hart.✦Viæ tuæ et cogitationes tuæ fecerunt hæc tibi : ista malitia tua, quia amara, quia tetigit cor tuum.
19My belly, my belly acheth, the senses of my heart are troubled in me, I will not hold my peace, because my soul hath heard the voice of the trumpet, the cry of battle.My bellie, my belly aketh, the senses of my hart are trubled in me, I wil not hold my peace, because my soule hath heard the voice of the trumpet, the crie of battel.✦Ventrem meum, ventrem meum doleo ; sensus cordis mei turbati sunt in me. Non tacebo, quoniam vocem buccinæ audivit anima mea, clamorem prælii.
20Destruction is called upon destruction and all the earth is wasted: my tents are wasted quickly, suddenly my skins.Destruction is called vpon destruction and al the earth is wasted: my tentes are wasted quickly, sodenly my skinnes.✦Contritio super contritionem vocata est, et vastata est omnis terra : repente vastata sunt tabernacula mea ; subito pelles meæ.
21How long shall I see one that fleeth away, shall I hear the voice of the trumpet?How long shal I see one that fleeth away, shal I heare the voice of the trumpet?✦Usquequo videbo fugientem ; audiam vocem buccinæ ?
22Because my foolish people have not known me: they are unwise children, and without wit: they are wise to do evils, but to do well they have not known.Because my foolish people haue not knowen me: they are vnwise children, and without witte: they are wise to do euils, but to doe wel they haue not knowen.✦Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit : filii insipientes sunt et vecordes : sapientes sunt ut faciant mala, bene autem facere nescierunt.
23I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and a thing of nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.I beheld the earth, and loe it was voide, and a thing of nothing: and the heauens, & there was no light in them.✦Aspexi terram, et ecce vacua erat et nihili ; et cælos, et non erat lux in eis.
24I saw the mountains, and lo they were moved: and all the little hills were troubled.I saw the mountaines, & loe they were moued: & al the little hilles were trubled.Vidi montes, et ecce movebantur : et omnes colles conturbati sunt.
25I beheld, and there was not a man: and every soul of the air was departed.I beheld, and there was not a man: and euerie soule of the aire was departed.✦Intuitus sum, et non erat homo : et omne volatile cæli recessit.
26I looked, and behold Carmel made desert: and all the cities thereof were destroyed at the face of our Lord, and at the face of the wrath of his fury.I looked, and behold Carmel made desert: and al the cities therof were destroyed at the face of our Lord, and at the face of the wrath of his furie.✦Aspexi, et ecce Carmelus desertus, et omnes urbes ejus destructæ sunt a facie Domini, et a facie iræ furoris ejus.
27For thus saith our Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not make a consummation.For thus saith our Lord: Al the land shal be desolate, but yet I wil not make a consummation.✦Hæc enim dicit Dominus : Deserta erit omnis terra, sed tamen consummationem non faciam.
28The earth shall mourn, and the heavens shall lament from above: because I have spoken, I have purposed, and it hath not repented me, neither am I turned away from it.The earth shal mourne, and the heauens shal lament from aboue: because I haue spoken, I haue purposed, and it hath not repented me, neither am I turned away from it.✦Lugebit terra, et mœrebunt cæli desuper, eo quod locutus sum. Cogitavi, et non pœnituit me, nec aversus sum ab eo.
29At the voice of the horseman, and the archer, all the city is fled: they have entered into high places, and have climbed the rocks: all the cities are forsaken, and there dwelleth not a man in them.At the voice of the horseman, and the archer, al the citie is fled: they haue entred into high places, and haue climed the rocks: al the cities are forsaken, and there dwelleth not a man in them.✦A voce equitis et mittentis sagittam fugit omnis civitas : ingressi sunt ardua, et ascenderunt rupes : universæ urbes derelictæ sunt, et non habitat in eis homo.
30But thou being wasted, what wilt thou do? when thou shalt clothe thyself in scarlet, when thou shalt be adorned with golden jewels, and shalt paint thine eyes with stibium: antimony eye-paint (kohl), thou shalt be trimmed in vain: thy lovers have contempserunt: despised, scorned thee, they will seek thy life.But thou being wasted, what wilt thou doe? when thou shalt clothe thy selfe in scarlet, when thou shalt be adorned with golden iewels, & shalt paint thine eies with stibikestone, thou shalt be trimmed in vaine: thy louers haue contemned thee, they wil seeke thy life.✦Tu autem vastata, quid facies ? cum vestieris te coccino, cum ornata fueris monili aureo, et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos, frustra componeris : contempserunt te amatores tui ; animam tuam quærent.
31For I have heard the voice as of a travelling woman, anguishes as of a woman in labour of child. The voice of the daughter of Sion, amongst them that die, and stretch forth their hands: woe is me, because my soul hath fainted for them that are slain.For I haue heard the voice as of a traueling woman, anguishes as of a woman in labour of child. The voice of the daughter of Sion, amongst them that dye, and stretch forth their handes: woe is me, because my soule hath fainted for them that are slaine.✦Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi, angustias ut puerperæ : vox filiæ Sion intermorientis, expandentisque manus suas : Væ mihi, quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos !
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.