Jeremie prophesieth that the king of Babylon shall invade Egypt, 13. and waste the cities and land: 25. which shall again be repaired. 27. And the reliques of the Jews shall be delivered from sundry places of captivity.Ieremie prophecieth that the king of Babylon shal inuade Ægypt, 13. and waste the cites and land: 25. which shal againe be repayred. 27. And the reliques of the Iewes shal be deliuered from sundrie places of captiuitie.✦
The word of our Lord that was made to Jeremie the prophet against the Gentiles,THE word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against the Gentiles,✦Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam contra gentes.
2to Egypt against the army of Pharao Nechao the king of Egypt, which was beside the river Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon stroke, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda.to Ægypt against the armie of Pharao Nechao the king of Ægypt, which was beside the riuer Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon stroke, in the fourth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda.✦Ad Ægyptum, adversum exercitum Pharaonis Nechao regis Ægypti, qui erat juxta fluvium Euphraten in Charcamis, quem percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, in quarto anno Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda.
3Prepare ye shield, and buckler, and go forth to battle.Prepare ye shild, and buckler, and goe forth to battel.✦Præparate scutum et clypeum, et procedite ad bellum.
4Yoke horses, and mount ye horsemen: stand in helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.Yoke horses, & mount ye horsemen: stand in helmets, furbish the speares, put on coates of maile.✦Jungite equos, et ascendite, equites : state in galeis, polite lanceas, induite vos loricis.
5What then? I saw them fearful, and turning their backs, their valiants slain: they fled in haste, neither looked they back: terror on every side, saith our Lord.What then? I saw them feareful, and turning their backes, their valiants slaine: they fled in hast, neither looked they backe: terrour on euerie side, saith our Lord.✦Quid igitur ? vidi ipsos pavidos, et terga vertentes, fortes eorum cæsos : fugerunt conciti, nec respexerunt : terror undique, ait Dominus.
6Let not the swift flee, nor the strong think that he is safe: Toward the North by the river Euphrates they were overcome, and fell down.Let not the swift flee, nor the strong thincke that he is safe: Toward the North by the riuer Euphrates they were ouercome, and fel downe.✦Non fugiat velox, nec salvari se putet fortis : ad aquilonem juxta flumen Euphraten victi sunt, et ruerunt.
7Who is this that riseth up as a flood: and as it were of rivers, so his streams do swell?Who is this that riseth vp as a floud: and as it were of riuers, so his streames doe swel?✦Quis est iste, qui quasi flumen ascendit, et veluti fluviorum intumescunt gurgites ejus ?
8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and shall say: Rising up I will cover the earth: I will destroy city, and the inhabitants thereof.Ægypt riseth vp like a floud, and the waues thereof shal be moued as riuers, and shal say: Rysing vp I wil couer the earth: I wil destroy citie, and the inhabitants thereof.Ægyptus fluminis instar ascendit, et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus ejus, et dicet : Ascendens operiam terram : perdam civitatem, et habitatores ejus.
9Get ye up on horses, and in chariots, and let the valiants come forth, Ethiopia, and the Libyans holding the shield, and the Lydians taking, and shooting arrows.Get ye vp on horses, & in chariots, and let the valiants come forth, Æthiopia, and the Lybians holding the shilde, and the Lydeans taking, and shooting arrowes.✦Ascendite equos, et exsultate in curribus, et procedant fortes, Æthiopia et Libyes tenentes scutum, et Lydii arripientes et jacientes sagittas.
10And that day of our Lord the God of hosts, is a day of revenge, that they may take vengeance of his enemies: the sword shall devour, and be filled, and shall be drunken with their blood: for the victim of our Lord the God of hosts is in the Land of the North by the river Euphrates.And that day of our Lord the God of hostes, is a day of reuenge, that they may take vengeance of his enemies: the sword shal deuoure, and be filled, & shal be drunken with their bloud: for the victime of our Lord the God of hostes is in the Land of the North by the riuer Euphrates.✦Dies autem ille Domini Dei exercituum dies ultionis, ut sumat vindictam de inimicis suis : devorabit gladius, et saturabitur, et inebriabitur sanguine eorum : victima enim Domini Dei exercituum in terra aquilonis juxta flumen Euphraten.
11Go up into Galaad, and take resin O virgin the daughter of Egypt: thou dost in vain multiply medicines, there shall not be health to thee.Goe vp into Galaad, and take resine ô virgin the daughter of Ægypt: thou doest in vaine multiplie medicines, there shal not be health to thee.✦Ascende in Galaad, et tolle resinam, virgo filia Ægypti : frustra multiplicas medicamina : sanitas non erit tibi.
12The Gentiles have heard thine ignominy, and thine howling hath filled the earth: because the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.The Gentiles haue heard thine ignominie, and thine howling hath filled the earth: because the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.✦Audierunt gentes ignominiam tuam, et ululatus tuus replevit terram : quia fortis impegit in fortem, et ambo pariter conciderunt.
13The word that our Lord spake to Jeremie the prophet, concerning this that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon should come and strike the Land of Egypt:The word that our Lord spake to Ieremie the prophet, concerning this that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon should come and strike the Land of Ægypt:✦Verbum quod locutus est Dominus ad Jeremiam prophetam, super eo quod venturus esset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et percussurus terram Ægypti :
14Tell Egypt, and make it heard in Magdal, and let it sound in Memphis, and in Taphnis: Say ye: Stand, and prepare thyself: because the sword shall devour those things, that be round about thee.Tel Ægypt, and make it heard in Magdal, and let it sound in Memphis, and in Taphnis: Say ye: Stand, and prepare thy self: because the sword shal deuoure those thinges, that be round about thee.✦Annuntiate Ægypto, et auditum facite in Magdalo, et resonet in Memphis, et in Taphnis : dicite : Sta, et præpara te, quia devorabit gladius ea quæ per circuitum tuum sunt.
15Why is thy valiant become rotten? he stood not: because our Lord hath overthrown him.Why is thy valiant become rotten? he stood not: because our Lord hath ouerthrowen him.✦Quare computruit fortis tuus ? non stetit, quoniam Dominus subvertit eum.
16He hath multiplied them that fall, and man hath fallen against his neighbour, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our people, and to the Land of our nativity, from the face of the sword of the dove.He hath multiplied them that fal, and man hath fallen against his neighbour, and they shal say: Arise, and let vs returne to our people, and to the Land of our natiuitie, from the face of the sword of * the doue.✦Multiplicavit ruentes, ceciditque vir ad proximum suum, et dicent : Surge, et revertamur ad populum nostrum, et ad terram nativitatis nostræ, a facie gladii columbæ.
17Call ye the name of Pharao the king of Egypt, Tumult, Time hath brought it.Cal ye the name of Pharao the king of Aegypt, Tumult, Time hath brought it.✦Vocate nomen Pharaonis regis Ægypti : tumultum adduxit tempus.
18I live (saith the king, the Lord of hosts is his name) that as Thabor in the mountains, and as Carmel in the sea, he shall come.I liue (saith the king, the Lord of hostes is his name) that as Thabor in the mountaines, and as Carmel in the sea, he shal come.✦Vivo ego, inquit Rex (Dominus exercituum nomen ejus), quoniam sicut Thabor in montibus, et sicut Carmelus in mari, veniet.
19Make ye vessels of transmigrationis: passage of souls, reincarnation; the carrying away into exile, deportation O daughter inhabitant of Egypt: because Memphis shall be in desolation, and shall be forsaken, and shall be inhabitable.Make ye vessels of transmigration ô daughter inhabitant of Aegypt: because Memphis shal be in desolation, and shal be forsaken, and shal be inhabitable.✦Vasa transmigrationis fac tibi, habitatrix filia Ægypti : quia Memphis in solitudinem erit, et deseretur, et inhabitabilis erit.
20Egypt a elegans: slim, neatly kept; elegant, comely, fine and beautiful heifer: a stimulator: a goad, a stinging gadfly that drives on from the North, shall come to her.Aegypt a trimme and beautiful heyfer: a pricker from the North, shal come to her.✦Vitula elegans atque formosa Ægyptus, stimulator ab aquilone veniet ei.
21Her hirelings also that versabantur: talked, held conversation; dwelt, kept company in the midst of her, as fatted calves are turned, and are fled together, neither could they stand: because the day of their slaughter came upon them, the time of their visitation.Her hyrelings also that conuersed in the middes of her, as fatted calues are turned, and are fled together, neither could they stand: because the day of their slaughter came vpon them, the time of their visitation.✦Mercenarii quoque ejus, qui versabantur in medio ejus quasi vituli saginati, versi sunt, et fugerunt simul, nec stare potuerunt : quia dies interfectionis eorum venit super eos, tempus visitationis eorum.
22Her voice shall sound as if it were of brass, because they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come to her, as it were cutting trees.Her voice shal sound as if it were of brasse, because they shal hasten with an armie, and with axes they shal come to her, as it were cutting trees.✦Vox ejus quasi æris sonabit : quoniam cum exercitu properabunt, et cum securibus venient ei quasi cædentes ligna.
23They have cut down her forest, saith our Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.They haue cut downe her forest, saith our Lord, which can not be counted: they are multiplied aboue locustes, and are without number.✦Succiderunt saltum ejus, ait Dominus, qui supputari non potest : multiplicati sunt super locustas, et non est eis numerus.
24The daughter of Egypt is confounded, and delivered into the hand of the people of the North.The daughter of Ægypt is confounded, & deliuered into the hand of the people of the North.Confusa est filia Ægypti, et tradita in manu populi aquilonis.
25The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visitabo: pay a friendly call; punish, call to account upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.The Lord of hostes the God of Israel hath said: Behold I wil visite vpon the tumult of Alexandria, and vpon Pharao, and vpon Ægypt, and vpon her goddes, and vpon her kinges, and vpon Pharao, and vpon them that trust in him.✦Dixit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Ecce ego visitabo super tumultum Alexandriæ, et super Pharaonem, et super Ægyptum, et super deos ejus, et super reges ejus, et super Pharaonem, et super eos qui confidunt in eo :
26And I will give them into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and after these things it shall be inhabited as in the days of old, saith our Lord.And I wil geue them into the hand of them that seeke their life, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of his seruants: and after these thinges it shal be inhabited as in the daies of old, saith our Lord.✦et dabo eos in manu quærentium animam eorum, et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et in manu servorum ejus : et post hæc habitabitur sicut diebus pristinis, ait Dominus.
27And thou my servant Jacob fear not, and be not thou afraid Israel: because lo I will save thee from afar, and thy seed out of the land of thy captivity: and Jacob shall return, and rest, and prosper: and there shall be none to terrify him.And thou my seruant Iacob feare not, and be not thou afraid Israel: because loe I wil saue thee from a farre, and thy seede out of the land of thy captiuitie: and Iacob shal returne, and rest, and prosper: and there shal be none to terrifie him.✦Et tu ne timeas, serve meus Jacob, et ne paveas, Israël : quia ecce ego salvum te faciam de longinquo, et semen tuum de terra captivitatis tuæ : et revertetur Jacob, et requiescet, et prosperabitur, et non erit qui exterreat eum.
28And thou my servant Jacob fear not, saith our Lord: because I am with thee, because I will consume all the nations, to the which I have cast thee out: but thee I will not consume, but I will chasten thee in judgment, neither will I spare thee as innocent.And thou my seruant Iacob feare not, saith our Lord: because I am with thee, because I wil consume al the nations, to the which I haue cast thee out: but thee I wil not consume, but I wil chasten thee in iudgement, neither wil I spare thee as innocent.Et tu noli timere, serve meus Jacob, ait Dominus, quia tecum ego sum : quia ego consumam cunctas gentes ad quas ejeci te, te vero non consumam : sed castigabo te in judicio, nec quasi innocenti parcam tibi.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.