The like vastation of Ammon (6. who shall be again restored.) 7. destruction of Idumea: 27. of the Syrians, 28. Agarenes, 34. and Ælamites: 39. whose captivity shall at last be released.The like vastation of Ammon (6. who shal be againe restored.) 7. destruction of Idumea: 27. of the Syrians, 28. Agarenes, 34. and Ælamites: 39. whose captiuitie shal at last be released.✦
To THE children of Ammon. Thus saith our Lord: Why, hath Israel no children? or hath he not an heir? Why then hath Melchom by inheritance possessed Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities?TO THE children of Ammon. Thus saith our Lord: Why, hath Israel no children? or hath he not an heire? Why then hath Melchom by inheritance possessed Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities?✦Ad filios Ammon. Hæc dicit Dominus : Numquid non filii sunt Israël, aut hæres non est ei ? cur igitur hæreditate possedit Melchom Gad, et populus ejus in urbibus ejus habitavit ?
2Therefore behold the days come saith our Lord: and I will make the noise of battle to be heard upon Rabbath the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into an heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess his possessors, saith our Lord.Therefore behold the daies come saith our Lord: and I wil make the noise of battel to be heard vpon Rabbath the children of Ammon, and it shal be destroyed into an heape, and her daughters shal be burnt with fire, and Israel shal possesse his possessoures, saith our Lord.✦Ideo ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et auditum faciam super Rabbath filiorum Ammon fremitum prælii, et erit in tumultum dissipata, filiæque ejus igni succendentur, et possidebit Israël possessores suos, ait Dominus.
3Howl Hesebon, because Hai is wasted. Cry ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with clothes of hair: mourn and go about by the hedges: because Melchom shall be led into transmigrationem: the carrying away into exile, his priests, and his princes together.Howle Hesebon, because Hai is wasted. Crie ye daughters of Rabbath, gird your selues with clothes of heare: mourne and goe about by the hedges: because Melchom shal be led into transmigration, his priests, and his princes together.✦Ulula, Hesebon, quoniam vastata est Hai ; clamate, filiæ Rabbath : accingite vos ciliciis, plangite et circuite per sepes, quoniam Melchom in transmigrationem ducetur, sacerdotes ejus et principes ejus simul.
4What gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away O delicate daughter, which didst trust in thy treasures, and saidst: Who shall come to me?What gloriest thou in the valleis? thy valley hath flowed away ô delicate daughter, which didst trust in thy treasures, and saidst: Who shal come to me?✦Quid gloriaris in vallibus ? defluxit vallis tua, filia delicata, quæ confidebas in thesauris tuis, et dicebas : Quis veniet ad me ?
5Behold I will bring terror upon thee, saith our Lord the God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be dispersed every one from another's sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.Behold I wil bring terrour vpon thee, saith our Lord the God of hostes, from al that are round about thee: and you shal be dispersed euerie one from an others sight, neither shal there be anie to gather together them that flee.✦Ecce ego inducam super te terrorem, ait Dominus Deus exercituum, ab omnibus qui sunt in circuitu tuo : et dispergemini singuli a conspectu vestro, nec erit qui congreget fugientes.
6And after these things I will make the captives of the children of Ammon to return, saith our Lord.And after these thinges I wil make the captiues of the children of Ammon to returne, saith our Lord.✦Et post hæc reverti faciam captivos filiorum Ammon, ait Dominus.
7To Idumæa. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Why is wisdom no more in Theman? Counsel is perished from the children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.To Idumæa. Thus saith the Lord of hostes: Why is wisedom no more in Theman? Counsel is perished from the children: their wisedom is become vnprofitable.✦Ad Idumæam. Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Numquid non ultra est sapientia in Theman ? periit consilium a filiis ; inutilis facta est sapientia eorum.
8Flee and turn your backs, go down into the gulf ye inhabitants of Dedan: because I have brought the perdition of Esau upon him, the time of his visitationis: the time of his punishment.Flee and turne your backes, goe downe into the gulfe ye inhabitantes of Dedan: because I haue brought the perdition of Esau vpon him, the time of his visitation.✦Fugite, et terga vertite ; descendite in voraginem, habitatores Dedan : quoniam perditionem Esau adduxi super eum, tempus visitationis ejus.
9If the grape gatherers had come upon thee, they had not left a cluster: if thieves in the night, they had taken that should suffice them.If the grape gatherers had come vpon thee, they had not left a cluster: if theeues in the night, they had taken that should suffice them.✦Si vindemiatores venissent super te, non reliquissent racemum : si fures in nocte rapuissent quod sufficeret sibi.
10But I have discovered Esau, I have revealed his secrets, and he can not be concealed: his seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be.But I haue discouered Esau, I haue reuealed his secrets, and he can not be concealed: his seede is wasted, and his bretheren, and his neighbours, and he shal not be.✦Ego vero discooperui Esau : revelavi abscondita ejus, et celari non poterit : vastatum est semen ejus, et fratres ejus, et vicini ejus, et non erit.
11Leave thy pupillos: orphans, fatherless wards: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.Leaue thy pupilles: I wil make them liue: and thy widowes shal hope in me.Relinque pupillos tuos : ego faciam eos vivere : et viduæ tuæ in me sperabunt.
12For thus saith our Lord: Behold they whose judgement was not to drink the cup, drinking shall drink: and shalt thou be left as innocent? thou shalt not be innocent, but drinking thou shalt drink.For thus saith our Lord: Behold they whose iudgement was not to drinke the cuppe, drinking shal drinke: and shalt thou be left as innocent? thou shalt not be innocent, but drinking thou shalt drinke.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce quibus non erat judicium ut biberent calicem, bibentes bibent : et tu, quasi innocens relinqueris ? non eris innocens, sed bibens bibes.
13Because I have sworn by myself, saith our Lord, that Bosra shall be into desolation, and into reproach, and into a desert, and into malediction: and all her cities shall be into everlasting desolations.Because I haue sworne by my self, saith our Lord, that Bosra shal be into desolation, and into reproch, and into a desert, and into malediction: and al her cities shal be into euerlasting desolations.✦Quia per memetipsum juravi, dicit Dominus, quod in solitudinem, et in opprobrium, et in desertum, et in maledictionem erit Bosra, et omnes civitates ejus erunt in solitudines sempiternas.
14I have heard a auditum: a rumour, a report from our Lord, and a legate is sent to the Nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up into battle.I haue heard a bruite from our Lord, and a legate is sent to the Nations: Gather your selues together, and come against her, and let vs rise vp into battel.✦Auditum audivi a Domino, et legatus ad gentes missus est : Congregamini, et venite contra eam, et consurgamus in prælium.
15For behold I have made thee a little one in the Gentiles, contemptible among men.For behold I haue made thee a litle one in the Gentiles, contemptible among men.✦Ecce enim parvulum dedi te in gentibus, contemptibilem inter homines.
16Thine arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: which dwellest in the caves of the rock, and endeavourest to apprehend the height of the hill. when thou shalt exalt thy nest as an eagle, thence will I bring thee down, saith our Lord.Thine arrogancie hath deceiued thee, and the pride of thy hart: which dwellest in the caues of the rocke, and endeuourest to apprehend the height of the hil. when thou shalt exalt thy nest as an eagle, thence wil I bring thee downe, saith our Lord.✦Arrogantia tua decepit te, et superbia cordis tui, qui habitas in cavernis petræ, et apprehendere niteris altitudinem collis : cum exaltaveris quasi aquila nidum tuum, inde detraham te, dicit Dominus.
17And Idumea shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be stupebit: stunned, struck with amazement, and shall hiss upon all the plagues thereof.And Idumea shal be desolate: euerie one that shal passe by it, shal be astonied, and shal hisse vpon al the plagues thereof.✦Et erit Idumæa deserta : omnis qui transibit per eam stupebit, et sibilabit super omnes plagas ejus.
18As Sodom is overthrown and Gomorrha, and her neighbours saith our Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.As Sodome is ouerthrowen and Gomorrha, and her neighbours saith our Lord: there shal not a man dwel there, and there shal no sonne of man inhabite it.Sicut subversa est Sodoma et Gomorrha, et vicinæ ejus, ait Dominus : non habitabit ibi vir, et non incolet eam filius hominis.
19Behold as a lion he shall come up from the pride of Jordan, to the strong beautifulness: because I will make him run suddenly to her: and who shall be a chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is this pastor that can resist my countenance?Behold as a lion he shal come vp from the pride of Iordan, to the strong beautifulnes: because I wil make him runne sodenly to her: and who shal be a chosen one whom I may appoint ouer her? for who is like to me? and who shal abide me? and who is this pastour that can resist my countenance?✦Ecce quasi leo ascendet de superbia Jordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam, quia subito currere faciam eum ad illam. Et quis erit electus, quem præponam ei ? quis enim similis mei ? et quis sustinebit me ? et quis est iste pastor, qui resistat vultui meo ?
20Therefore hear ye the counsel of our Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his cogitations, which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: If the little ones of the flock shall not cast them down, if they shall not destroy their habitation with them.Therefore heare ye the counsel of our Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his cogitations, which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: If the litle ones of the flocke shal not cast them downe, if they shal not destroy their habitation with them.✦Propterea audite consilium Domini quod iniit de Edom, et cogitationes ejus quas cogitavit de habitatoribus Theman : si non dejecerint eos parvuli gregis, nisi dissipaverint cum eis habitaculum eorum.
21At the voice of their ruin the earth is moved: the cry of their voice is heard in the Red sea.At the voice of their ruine the earth is moued: the crie of their voice is heard in the Red sea.✦A voce ruinæ eorum commota est terra ; clamor in mari Rubro auditus est vocis ejus.
22Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly out: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and the heart of the strong of Idumea shall be in that day, as the heart of a woman in parturientis: the pangs of childbirth.Behold he shal come vp as an eagle, and flie out: and he shal spred his winges ouer Bosra: and the hart of the strong of Idumea shal be in that day, as the hart of a woman in trauel.✦Ecce quasi aquila ascendet, et avolabit, et expandet alas suas super Bosran : et erit cor fortium Idumææ in die illa quasi cor mulieris parturientis.
23To Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: because they have heard a very ill bruit, they are troubled in the sea: for sollicitudine: anxiety, anxious care it could not be quiet.To Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: because they haue heard a verie il bruite, they are trubled in the sea: for carefulnes it could not be quiet.✦Ad Damascum. Confusa est Emath et Arphad, quia auditum pessimum audierunt : turbati sunt in mari ; præ sollicitudine quiescere non potuit.
24Damascus is undone, she is turned into flight, trembling hath apprehended her: anguish and sorrows have held her as a woman in travail.Damascus is vndone, she is turned into flight, trembling hath apprehended her: anguish and sorowes haue held her as a woman in trauel.Dissoluta est Damascus, versa est in fugam : tremor apprehendit eam, angustia et dolores tenuerunt eam quasi parturientem.
25How have they forsaken the laudable city, the city of joy!How haue they forsaken the laudable citie, the citie of ioy!Quomodo dereliquerunt civitatem laudabilem, urbem lætitiæ ?
26Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.Therefore shal her yongmen fal in her streetes: and al the men of warre shal be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hostes.Ideo cadent juvenes ejus in plateis ejus, et omnes viri prælii conticescent in die illa, ait Dominus exercituum.
27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the walls of Benadad.And I wil kindle a fire in the wal of Damascus, and it shal deuour the walles of Benadad.✦Et succendam ignem in muro Damasci, et devorabit mœnia Benadad.
28To Cedar, and to the kingdoms of Asor, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath stricken. Thus saith our Lord: Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and waste the children of the East.To Cedar, and to the kingdoms of Asor, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath strooken. Thus saith our Lord: Arise, and goe ye vp to Cedar, and waste the children of the East.✦Ad Cedar, et ad regna Asor, quæ percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis. Hæc dicit Dominus : Surgite, et ascendite ad Cedar, et vastate filios orientis.
29They shall take their tabernacles, and their flocks: their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels they shall take to them: and they shall call upon them fear round about.They shal take their tabernacles, and their flockes: their cortines, and al their vessels, and their camels they shal take to them: and they shal cal vpon them feare round about.✦Tabernacula eorum, et greges eorum capient : pelles eorum, et omnia vasa eorum, et camelos eorum tollent sibi, et vocabunt super eos formidinem in circuitu.
30Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep pits you that inhabit Asor, saith our Lord: for Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, & hath devised devices against you.Flee yee, get away spedely, sit in deepe pitts you that inhabite Asor, saith our Lord: for Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, & hath deuised deuises against you.Fugite, abite vehementer, in voraginibus sedete, qui habitatis Asor, ait Dominus : iniit enim contra vos Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis consilium, et cogitavit adversum vos cogitationes.
31Arise, and go up to the nation that is quiet, and that dwelleth confidently, saith our Lord, they have neither doors, nor bars: they dwell alone.Arise, and goe vp to the nation that is quiet, and that dwelleth confidently, saith our Lord, they haue neither doores, nor barres: they dwel alone.✦Consurgite, et ascendite ad gentem quietam, et habitantem confidenter, ait Dominus : non ostia, nec vectes eis : soli habitant.
32And their camels shall be into spoil, and the multitude of beasts for a prey: and I will disperse them into every wind, which have their hair attonsi: shorn, clipped at the temples: and from every confine of theirs, I will bring destruction upon them, saith our Lord.And their camels shal be into spoile, and the multitude of beasts for a praye: and I wil disperse them into euerie winde, which haue their heare powled: and from euerie confine of theirs, I wil bring destruction vpon them, saith our Lord.✦Et erunt cameli eorum in direptionem, et multitudo jumentorum in prædam : et dispergam eos in omnem ventum, qui sunt attonsi in comam, et ex omni confinio eorum adducam interitum super eos, ait Dominus.
33And Asor shall be for an habitation of dragons, desolate for ever: there shall no man tarry there, nor son of man inhabit it.And Asor shal be for an habitation of dragons, desolate for euer: there shal no man tarie there, nor sonne of man inhabite it.Et erit Asor in habitaculum draconum, deserta usque in æternum : non manebit ibi vir, nec incolet eam filius hominis.
34The word of our Lord that was made to Jeremie the prophet against Ælam, in the beginning of the kingdom of Sedecias king of Juda, saying:The word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against Ælam, in he beginning of the kingdom of Sedecias king of Iuda, saying:✦Quod facum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam adversus Ælam, in principio regni Sedeciæ regis Juda, dicens :
35Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Ælam, & their chief strength.Thus saith the Lord of hostes: Behold I wil breake the bow of Ælam, & their chife strength.✦Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Ecce ego confringam arcum Ælam, et summam fortitudinem eorum :
36And I will bring upon Ælam the four winds from the four plagis: quarters, regions of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: & there shall not be a nation, to which the fugitives of Ælam shall not come.And I wil bring vpon Ælam the foure windes from the foure costes of heauen: and I wil scatter them into al these windes: & there shal not be a nation, to which the fugitiues of Aëlam shal not come.✦et inducam super Ælam quatuor ventos a quatuor plagis cæli, et ventilabo eos in omnes ventos istos, et non erit gens ad quam non perveniant profugi Ælam.
37And I will make Aelam to fear before his enemies, and in the sight of them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, the wrath of my fury, saith our Lord: and I will send the sword after them, till I consume them.And I wil make Aelam to feare before his enemies, and in the sight of them that seeke their life: and I wil bring euil vpon them, the wrath of my furie, saith our Lord: and I wil send the sword after them, til I consume them.Et pavere faciam Ælam coram inimicis suis, et in conspectu quærentium animam eorum : et adducam super eos malum, iram furoris mei, dicit Dominus, et mittam post eos gladium donec consumam eos.
38And I will set my throne in Aelam, and destroy kings and princes from thence, saith our Lord.And I wil set my throne in Aelam, and destroy kinges and princes from thence, saith our Lord.✦Et ponam solium meum in Ælam, et perdam inde reges et principes, ait Dominus.
39But in the last days I will cause the captives of Aelam to return, saith our Lord.But in the last daies I wil cause the captiues of Aelam to returne, saith our Lord.✦In novissimis autem diebus reverti faciam captivos Ælam, dicit Dominus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.