The Chaldees shall destroy the temple. 3. But the ten tribes shall first be carried into captivity, 6. for worshipping the image of a calf.The Chaldees shal destroy the temple. 3. But the tenne tribes shal first be caried into captiuitie, 6. for worshiping the image of a calf.✦
In thy throat let there be a trumpet as an eagle upon the house of the Lord: for that they have transgressed my covenant, and have praevaricati: transgressed: dealt falsely my law.IN thy throte let there be a trumpet as an eagle vpon the house of the Lord: for that they haue transgressed my couenant, and haue preuaricated my law.✦In gutture tuo sit tuba quasi aquila super domum Domini, pro eo quod transgressi sunt fœdus meum, et legem meam prævaricati sunt.
2Me they shall invocate: My God, we Israel have known thee.Me they shal inuocate: My God, we Israel haue knowen thee.✦Me invocabunt : Deus meus, cognovimus te Israël.
3Israel hath cast away the good thing, the enemy shall persecute him.Israel hath cast away the good thing, the enemie shal persecute him.✦Projecit Israël bonum : inimicus persequetur eum.
4They have reigned, and not of me: they have been princes, and I knew not: their silver, and their gold they made idols to themselves, that they might perish.They haue reigned, and not of me: they haue bene princes, and I knew not: their siluer, and their gold they made idols to themselues, that they might perish.✦Ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me ; principes exstiterunt, et non cognovi : argentum suum et aurum suum fecerunt sibi idola, ut interirent.
5Thy calf is cast off O Samaria, my fury is wrath against them. How long can they not be cleansed?Thy calfe is cast of ô Samaria, my furie is wrath against them. How long can they not be clensed?✦Projectus est vitulus tuus, Samaria ; iratus est furor meus in eos. Usquequo non poterunt emundari ?
6Because itself also is of Israel: the workman made it, and it is not God: because the calf of Samaria shall be as spiders' webs.Because it self also is of Israel: the workman made it, and it is not God: because the calfe of Samaria shal be as spiders webbes.✦Quia ex Israël et ipse est : artifex fecit illum, et non est deus ; quoniam in aranearum telas erit vitulus Samariæ.
7Because they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind: there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall not yield meal: and if it do yield, strangers shall eat it.Because they shal sow winde, and reape a whirlewind: there is no standing stalke in it, the bud shal not yeld meale: and if it doe yeld, strangers shal eate it.✦Quia ventum seminabunt, et turbinem metent : culmus stans non est in eo ; germen non faciet farinam : quod etsi fecerit, alieni comedent eam.
8Israel is devoured: Now is he become in nations as an unclean vessel.Israel is deuoured: Now is he become in nations as an vncleane vessel.✦Devoratus est Israël ; nunc factus est in nationibus quasi vas immundum.
9Because they went up to Assur, a wild ass solitary to himself: Ephraim have given gifts to lovers.Because they went vp to Assur, a wilde asse solitarie to himself: Ephraim haue geuen gifts to louers.✦Quia ipsi ascenderunt ad Assur, onager solitarius sibi ; Ephraim munera dederunt amatoribus.
10Yea and when they shall hire the nations with reward, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.Yea and when they shal hyre the nations with reward, now wil I gather them together: and they shal rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.✦Sed et cum mercede conduxerint nationes, nunc congregabo eos, et quiescent paulisper ab onere regis et principum.
11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin: altars are made to him unto sin.Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sinne: altars are made to him vnto sinne.✦Quia multiplicavit Ephraim altaria ad peccandum ; factæ sunt ei aræ in delictum.
12I will write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as strange.I wil write to him my manifold lawes, which haue bene accounted as strange.✦Scribam ei multiplices leges meas, quæ velut alienæ computatæ sunt.
13They shall offer hostias: sacrificial victims, they shall immolabunt: sacrifice, slay in sacrifice flesh, and shall eat, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visitabit: punish, avenge their sins: they shall return into Egypt.They shal offer hostes, they shal immolate flesh, and shal eate, and the Lord wil not receiue them: now wil he remember their iniquitie, and wil visite their sinnes: they shal returne into Ægypt.✦Hostias offerent, immolabunt carnes et comedent, et Dominus non suscipiet eas : nunc recordabitur iniquitatis eorum, et visitabit peccata eorum : ipsi in Ægyptum convertentur.
14And Israel hath forgotten his maker, and hath built temples: and Judas hath multiplied munitas: fortified, walled cities: and I will cast fire on his cities, and it shall devour the houses thereof.And Israel hath forgotten his maker, and hath built temples: and Iudas hath multiplied fensed cities: and I wil cast fire on his cities, and it shal deuoure the houses therof.✦Et oblitus est Israël factoris sui, et ædificavit delubra ; et Judas multiplicavit urbes munitas ; et mittam ignem in civitates ejus, et devorabit ædes illius.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.