Jerusalem shall be destroyed for transgressing God's law: 8. and contemning admonitions. 16. Yet God admonisheth again the Jews, and they contemning, 18. he calleth the Gentiles, and rejecteth the Jews.Ierusalem shal be destroyed for trangressing Gods law: 8. and contemning admonitions. 16. Yet God admonisheth againe the Iewes, and they contemning, 18. he calleth the Gentiles, and reiecteth the Iewes.✦
Take courage ye children of Benjamin in the midst of Jerusalem, and in Thecua sound with the trumpet, and over Bethacarem lift up the standard: because there is evil seen from the North, and great destruction.TAKE courege ye children of Beniamin in the middes of Ierusalem, and in Thecua sound with the trumpet, & ouer Bethacarem lift vp the standart : because there is euil seene from the North, and great destruction.✦Confortamini, filii Benjamin, in medio Jerusalem : et in Thecua clangite buccina, et super Bethacarem levate vexillum, quia malum visum est ab aquilone, et contritio magna.
2I have resembled the daughter of Sion to a beautiful and delicate woman.I haue resembled the daughter of Sion to a beautiful & delicate woman.✦Speciosæ et delicatæ assimilavi filiam Sion.
3To her shall pastors come, and their flocks: they have pitched tents in her round about: every one shall feed them that are under his hand.To her shal pastours come, and their flockes: they haue pitcht tents in her round about : euerie one shal feede them that are vnder his hand.✦Ad eam venient pastores et greges eorum ; fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu : pascet unusquisque eos qui sub manu sua sunt.
4Sanctify ye battle upon her: arise, and let us go up in the midday: woe unto us, because the day is declined, because the shadows of the evening are waxen longer.Sanctifie ye battel vpon her : arise, and let vs go vp in the midday: wo vnto vs, because the day is declined, because the shaddowes of the euening are waxen longer.✦Sanctificate super eam bellum : consurgite, et ascendamus in meridie : væ nobis, quia declinavit dies ; quia longiores factæ sunt umbræ vesperi !
5Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses.Arise, and let vs goe vp in the night, and destroy her houses.Surgite, et ascendamus in nocte, et dissipemus domus ejus.
6Because thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her wood, cast a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city of visitation, all oppression is in the midst thereof.Because thus saith the Lord of bostes : Hew downe her wood, cast a trench about Ierusalem : this is the citie of visitation, al oppression is in the middes thereof.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Cædite lignum ejus, et fundite circa Jerusalem aggerem. Hæc est civitas visitationis : omnis calumnia in medio ejus.
7As a cistern maketh cold the water thereof, so hath she made cold her malice: iniquity and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and plague always before me.As a cesterne maketh colde the water therof, so hath she made colde her malice : iniquitie and spoile shal be heard in her, infirmitie and plague alwaies before me.✦Sicut frigidam fecit cisterna aquam suam, sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam. Iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea, coram me semper infirmitas et plaga.
8Be thou taught Jerusalem, lest perhaps my soul depart from thee, lest perhaps I make thee a desert land not habitable.Be thou taught Ierusalem, lest perhaps my soule depart from thee, lest perhaps I make thee a desert land not habitable.✦Erudire, Jerusalem, ne forte recedat anima mea a te ; ne forte ponam te desertam, terram inhabitabilem.
9Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Even to one cluster shall they gather as in a vineyard the remains of Israel, turn back thy hand, as the grapegatherer to the basket.Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Euen to one cluster shal they gather as in a vineyard the remaines of Israel, turne back thy hand, as the grapegatherer to the basket.✦Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Usque ad racemum colligent quasi in vinea reliquias Israël. Converte manum tuam quasi vindemiator ad cartallum.
10To whom shall I speak? and whom shall I contestabor: to call to witness, to charge solemnly, that he may hear? behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they can not hear: behold the word of our Lord is become unto them as a reproach: and they will not receive it.To whom shal I speake? and whom shal I contest, that he may heare? behold, their eares are vncircumcised, and they can not heare : behold the word of our Lord is become vnto them as a reproche : and they wil not receiue it.✦Cui loquar, et quem contestabor ut audiat ? ecce incircumcisæ aures eorum, et audire non possunt : ecce verbum Domini factum est eis in opprobrium, et non suscipient illud.
11Therefore am I full of the fury of our Lord, I have laboured sustaining: pour out upon the little one without, and upon the counsel of the young men together: for man with woman shall be taken, the ancient with him that is full of days.Therefore am I ful of the furie of our Lord, I haue laboured sustayning : power out vpon the litle one without, and vpon the counsel of the yong men together : for man with woman shal be taken, the ancient with him that is ful of daies.✦Idcirco furore Domini plenus sum ; laboravi sustinens. Effunde super parvulum foris, et super consilium juvenum simul : vir enim cum muliere capietur ; senex cum pleno dierum.
12And their houses shall pass to others, their lands and wives together: because I will extend my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith our Lord.And their houses shal passe to others, their landes and wiues together : because I wil extend my hand vpon the inhabitants of the land, saith our Lord.✦Et transibunt domus eorum ad alteros, agri et uxores pariter, quia extendam manum meam super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus :
13For from the lesser even to the greater, all student: eager pursuit, zeal, earnest devotion to a thing avarice: and from the prophets even to the priest, all commit guile.For from the lesser euen to the greater, al studie auarice : and from the prophets euen to the priest, al commit guile.✦a minore quippe usque ad majorem omnes avaritiæ student, et a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt dolum.
14And they cured the destruction of the daughter of my people with ignominy, saying: Peace, peace: and there was not peace.And they cured the destruction of the daughter of my people with ignominie, saying : Peace, peace : & there was not peace.✦Et curabant contritionem filiæ populi mei cum ignominia, dicentes : Pax, pax ! et non erat pax.
15They were confounded, because they did abomination: yea rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush, for the which thing, they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation, they shall fall down, saith our Lord.They were confounded, because they did abomination : yea rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush, for the which thing, they shal fal among them that fal : in the time of their visitation, they shal fal downe, saith our Lord.✦Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt : quin potius confusione non sunt confusi, et erubescere nescierunt. Quam ob rem cadent inter ruentes : in tempore visitationis suæ corruent, dicit Dominus.
16Thus saith our Lord: Stand ye upon the ways, and see, and ask of the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshing for your souls. And they said: We will not walk.Thus saith our Lord : Stand ye vpon the waies, and see, and aske of the old pathes, which is the good way, and walke ye in it : and you shal find refreshing for your soules. And they said : We wil not walke.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis quæ sit via bona, et ambulate in ea : et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt : Non ambulabimus.
17And I appointed watchmen over you. Hear ye the voice of the trumpet. And they said: We will not hear.And I appointed watchmen ouer you. Heare yee the voice of the trumpet. And they said : We wil not heare.✦Et constitui super vos speculatores : Audite vocem tubæ. Et dixerunt : Non audiemus.
18Therefore hear ye, O Gentiles, and thou congregation know, what great things I will do to them.Therefore heare ye, ô Gentiles, and thou congregation know, what great thinges I wil doe to them.✦Ideo audite, gentes, et cognosce, congregatio, quanta ego faciam eis.
19Hear O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their cogitations: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast off my law.Heare ô earth : Behold I wil bring euils vpon this people, the fruites of their cogitations : because they haue not heard my wordes, and they haue cast of my law.✦Audi, terra : ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum, fructum cogitationum ejus : quia verba mea non audierunt, et legem meam projecerunt.
20To what purpose bring you me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country? your holocausts are not acceptable, and your victims have not pleased me.To what purpose bring you me frankencense from Saba, and the sweete smelling cane from a farre countrie? your holocaustes are not acceptable, and your victimes haue not pleased me.✦Ut quid mihi thus de Saba affertis, et calamum suave olentem de terra longinqua ? Holocautomata vestra non sunt accepta, et victimæ vestræ non placuerunt mihi.
21Therefore thus saith our Lord: Behold I will bring ruin upon this people, and the fathers with the children shall fall in them together, neighbour and neighbour, and they shall perish.Therefore thus saith our Lord : Behold I wil bring ruine vpon this people, & the fathers with the children shal fal in them together, neighbour and neighbour, and they shal perish.✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas : et ruent in eis patres et filii simul ; vicinus et proximus peribunt.
22Thus saith our Lord: Behold there cometh a people from the land of the North, and a great nation shall arise up from the ends of the earth.Thus saith our Lord : Behold there cometh a people from the land of the North, & a great nation shal arise vp from the endes of the earth.Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce populus venit de terra aquilonis, et gens magna consurget a finibus terræ.
23It shall take arrow and shield: it is cruel, and will have no mercy. The voice thereof shall sound as the sea: and they shall mount upon horses, prepared as a man to battle, against thee O daughter of Sion.It shal take arrow and shild : it is cruel, and wil haue no mercie. The voice thereof shal sound as the sea : & they shal mount vpon horses, prepared as a man to battel, against thee ô daughter of Sion.✦Sagittam et scutum arripiet : crudelis est et non miserebitur. Vox ejus quasi mare sonabit : et super equos ascendent, præparati quasi vir ad prælium adversum te, filia Sion.
24We have heard the fame thereof, our hands are dissolved: tribulation hath caught us, sorrows as a woman in parturientem: the labour of childbirth.We haue heard the fame thereof, our handes are dissolued : tribulation hath caught vs, sorowes as a woman in trauel.✦Audivimus famam ejus ; dissolutæ sunt manus nostræ : tribulatio apprehendit nos, dolores ut parturientem.
25Go not out to the fields and walk not in the way: because the sword of the enemy is fear round about.Goe not out to the fieldes and walke not in the way : because the sword of the enemie is feare round about.✦Nolite exire ad agros, et in via ne ambuletis, quoniam gladius inimici, pavor in circuitu.
26Be girded with sackcloth O daughter of my people, and be sprinkled with ashes: make thee a bitter lamentation as the mourning of the only begotten, because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.Be girded with sackcloth ô daughter of my people, & be sprinkled with ashes : make thee a bitter lamentation as the mourning of the only begotten, because the destroyer shal sodenly come vpon vs.✦Filia populi mei, accingere cilicio, et conspergere cinere : luctum unigeniti fac tibi, planctum amarum, quia repente veniet vastator super nos.
27I have set thee a strong probatorem: a tester, an assayer, one set to try and examine in my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.I haue sette thee a strong prouer in my people : and thou shalt know, and proue their way.✦Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum : et scies, et probabis viam eorum.
28All these princes are declining, walking deceitfully, brass and iron: they are all corrupted.Al these princes are declyning, walking deceitfully, brasse and yron : they are al corrupted.✦Omnes isti principes declinantes, ambulantes fraudulenter, æs et ferrum : universi corrupti sunt.
29The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the conflator: a smelter, one who casts and refines metal hath melted in vain: for their malices are not consumed.The bellowes haue failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vaine : for their malices are not consumed.✦Defecit sufflatorium ; in igne consumptum est plumbum : frustra conflavit conflator, malitiæ enim eorum non sunt consumptæ.
30Call ye them reprobate silver, because our Lord hath rejected them.Cal ye them reprobate siluer, because our Lord hath reiected them.Argentum reprobum vocate eos, quia Dominus projecit illos.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.