For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, 5. of false prophets flattering for lucre, 9. and of judges perverting justice, 12. Jerusalem, and the temple shall be destroyed.For the sinnes of the rich opressing the poore, 5. of false prophets flatering for lucre, 9. and of Iudges peruerting iustice, 12. Ierusalem, and the temple shal be destroyed.✦
And I said: Hear ye princes of Jacob, and ye dukes of the house of Israel: Why, is it not your part to know judgement,AND I sayd: Heare ye princes a of Iacob, & ye dukes of the house of Israel: Why, is it not your part to know iudgement,✦Et dixi : Audite, principes Jacob, et duces domus Israël : numquid non vestrum est scire judicium,
2which hate good, and love evil: which violently take away their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?which hate good, and loue euil: which violently take away their skinnes from them, and their flesh from their bones?✦qui odio habetis bonum, et diligitis malum ; qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis, et carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum ;
3Which have eaten the flesh of my people, and have excoriaverunt: flayed, stripped off the skin their skin from them: and have broken, and cut their bones as in a kettle and as it were flesh in the midst of a pot.Which haue eaten the flesh of my people, and haue flead their skinne from them: and haue broken, and cut their bones as in a kettle & as it were flesh in the middes of a potte.qui comederunt carnem populi mei, et pellem eorum desuper excoriaverunt, et ossa eorum confregerunt, et conciderunt sicut in lebete, et quasi carnem in medio ollæ ?
4shall they cry to our Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have done wickedly in their adinventionibus: creative discoveries; devices, the deeds men contrive.shal they crie to our Lord, and he wil not heare them: and he wil hide his face from them at that time, as they haue done wickedly in their inuentions.✦Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum, et non exaudiet eos, et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo, sicut nequiter egerunt in adinventionibus suis.
5Thus saith our Lord upon the prophets, that seducunt: allure to lust; lead astray, mislead from the truth my people: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something in their mouth, they sanctificant: proclaim as holy, consecrate (a war) battle upon him.Thus sayth our Lord vpon b the prophets, that seduce my people: that bite with their teeth, nnd preach peace: and if a man geue not something in their mouth, they sanctifie battel vpon him.✦Hæc dicit Dominus super prophetas, qui seducunt populum meum : qui mordent dentibus suis, et prædicant pacem ; et si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam, sanctificant super eum prælium.
6Therefore there shall be night to you for vision, and darkness to you for divination: and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them.Therfore there shal be nigt to you for vision, and darkenes to you for diuination: and the sunne shal goe downe vpon the prophets, & the day shal be darkened ouer them.✦Propterea nox vobis pro visione erit, et tenebræ vobis pro divinatione ; et occumbet sol super prophetas, et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.
7And they shall be confundentur: bewildered, confused; put to shame, disgraced that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and all shall cover their faces, because there is no answer of God.And they shal be confounded that see visions, and the diuiners shal be confounded: and al shal couer their faces, becanse there is no answer of God.✦Et confundentur qui vident visiones, et confundentur divini ; et operient omnes vultos suos, quia non est responsum Dei.
8But yet I am replenished with the strength of the spirit of our Lord, with judgement, and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness, and to Israel his sin.But yet I am replenished with the strenght of the spirit of our Lord, with iudgement, and power: to declare vnto Iacob his wickednes, and to Israel his sinne.✦Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini, judicio, et virtute, ut annuntiem Jacob scelus suum, et Israël peccatum suum.
9Hear this ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: which abhor judgement, and pervert all right things,Heare this ye princes of the house of Iacob, and ye c iudges of the house of Israel: which abhorre iudgement, & peruert al right thinges,Audite hoc, principes domus Jacob, et judices domus Israël, qui abominamini judicium, et omnia recta pervertitis :
10Which build Sion in blood, and Jerusalem in iniquity.Which build Sion in bloud, and Ierusalem in iniquitie.✦qui ædificatis Sion in sanguinibus, et Jerusalem in iniquitate.
11Her princes judged for gifts, and her priests taught for wages, and her prophets divined for money: and they rested upon our Lord, saying: Why, is not our Lord in the midst of us? evils shall not come upon us.Her princes iudged for gifts, and her priests taught for wages, and her prophets diuined for money: & they rested vpon our Lord, saying: Why, is not our Lord in the middes of vs? euils shal not come vpon vs.✦Principes ejus in muneribus judicabant, et sacerdotes ejus in mercede docebant, et prophetæ ejus in pecunia divinabant : et super Dominum requiescebant, dicentes : Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum ? non venient super nos mala.
12For this, because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as an heap of stones, and the mount of the temple as the high places of forests,d For this, because of you, Sion shal be ploughed as a filde, and Ierusalem shal be as an heape of stones, and the mount of the temple as the high places of forests,✦Propter hoc, causa vestri, Sion quasi ager arabitur, et Jerusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit, et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.