An exhortation to repent: 4. with prophecy of the destruction of the Philistims; 8. Moabites and Ammonites; 12. Ethiopians: 13. Assyrians: 15. with their chief city Ninive.An exhortation to repent: 4. with prophecie of the destruction of the Philistims; 8. Moabites and Ammonites; 12. Æthiopians: 13. Assirians: 15. with their chief citie Niniue.✦
Come together, be ye gathered together O nation not to be beloved:COME together, be a ye gathered together ô nation not to be beloued:✦Convenite, congregamini, gens non amabilis,
2before that the commandment bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the wrath of the fury of our Lord come upon you, before the day of the indignation of our Lord come upon you.before that the commandment bring forth the day as dust passing away, before the wrath of the furie of our Lord come vpon you, before the day of the indignation of our Lord come vpon you.✦priusquam pariat jussio quasi pulverem transeuntem diem, antequam veniat super vos ira furoris Domini, antequam veniat super vos dies indignationis Domini.
3Seek our Lord all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgement: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the fury of our Lord.Seeke our Lord al ye meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke the iust, seeke the meeke: if by any meanes you may be hid in the day of the furie of our Lord.✦Quærite Dominum, omnes mansueti terræ, qui judicium ejus estis operati ; quærite justum, quærite mansuetum, si quomodo abscondamini in die furoris Domini.
4Because Gaza is destroyed, and Ascalon as a desert, Azotus at noon they shall cast out, and Accaron shall be rooted out.Because Gaza b is destroyed, and Ascalon as a desert, Azotus at noone they shal cast out, and Accaron shal be rooted out.Quia Gaza destructa erit, et Ascalon in desertum : Azotum in meridie ejicient, et Accaron eradicabitur.
5Woe to you that inhabit the funiculum: the sea-coast / measured region, not a rope of the sea, O nation of perditorum: the doomed / lost ones (reprobates): the word of our Lord upon you O Chanaan land of the Philisthims, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabiter.Wo to you that inhabite the cord of the sea, ô nation of castawayes: the word of our Lord vpon you ô Chanaan land of the Philisthims, and I wil destroy thee, so that there shal not be an inhabiter.✦Væ qui habitatis funiculum maris, gens perditorum ! verbum Domini super vos, Chanaan, terra Philisthinorum ; et disperdam te, ita ut non sit inhabitator.
6And the cord of the sea shall be the rest of pastors, and folds of cattle.And the cord of the sea shal be the rest of pastours, and foldes of cattel.✦Et erit funiculus maris requies pastorum, et caulæ pecorum ;
7and it shall be the cord of him, that shall remain of the house of Juda, there they shall feed: in the houses of Ascalon at even they shall rest: because our Lord their God will visit them, and turn away their captivity.and it shal be the cord of him, that shal remayne of the house of Iuda, there they shal feede: in the houses of Ascalon at euen they shal rest: because our Lord their God wil visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.✦et erit funiculus ejus qui remanserit de domo Juda : ibi pascentur, in domibus Ascalonis ad vesperam requiescent, quia visitabit eos Dominus Deus eorum, et avertet captivitatem eorum.
8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they have exprobraverunt: reproached / reviled my people, and were magnified upon their borders.I haue heard the reproch of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon, with which they haue vpbrayded my people, and were magnified vpon their borders.✦Audivi opprobrium Moab, et blasphemias filiorum Ammon, quæ exprobraverunt populo meo, et magnificati sunt super terminos eorum.
9Therefore live I, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, that Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.Therfore liue I, sayth the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, that Moab shal be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, drynes of thornes, and heapes of salt, and a desert euen for euer: the remnant of my people shal spoile them, and the residue of my nation shal possesse them.✦Propterea vivo ego, dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël, quia Moab ut Sodoma erit, et filii Ammon quasi Gomorrha : siccitas spinarum, et acervi salis, et desertum usque in æternum : reliquiæ populi mei diripient eos, et residui gentis meæ possidebunt illos.
10This shall befall them for their pride: because they have blasphemed, and have been magnified upon the people of the Lord of hosts.This shal befal them for their pride: because they haue blasphemed, and haue beene magnified vpon the people of the Lord of hosts.✦Hoc eis eveniet pro superbia sua, quia blasphemaverunt et magnificati sunt super populum Domini exercituum.
11Our Lord shall be dreadful upon them, and shall attenuabit: bring to nothing / make weak, not merely thin out all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man out of his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.Our Lord shal be dreadful vpon them, and shal attenuate al the goddes of the earth: and they shal adore him euerie man out of his owne place, al the ilands of the Gentils.✦Horribilis Dominus super eos, et attenuabit omnes deos terræ : et adorabunt eum viri de loco suo, omnes insulæ gentium.
12Yea and you Ethiopians shall be slain with my sword.Yea and you Æthiopians shal be slaine with my sword.✦Sed et vos, Æthiopes, interfecti gladio meo eritis.
13And he will stretch forth his hand upon the North, and will destroy Assur: and he will lay the Beautiful as a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.And he wil stretch forth his hand vpon the North, and wil destroy Assur: and he wil lay the Beautiful as a wildernes, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.✦Et extendet manum suam super aquilonem, et perdet Assur, et ponet speciosam in solitudinem, et in invium, et quasi desertum.
14And flocks shall lie in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the Gentiles: and onocrotalus: the pelican (or bittern), and the ericius: the hedgehog / urchin shall abide in the thresholds thereof: the voice of one singing in the window, the raven on the upper post, because I will attenuate her strength.And flockes shal lie in the middes therof, al the beastes of the Gentils: and onocratulus, and the Itchin shal abide in the thresholdes therof: the voice of one singing in the window, the rauen on the vpper post, because I wil attenuate her strength.✦Et accubabunt in medio ejus greges, omnes bestiæ gentium ; et onocrotalus et ericius in liminibus ejus morabuntur : vox cantantis in fenestra, corvus in superliminari, quoniam attenuabo robur ejus.
15This is the glorious city dwelling in confidentia: security / self-assurance, not a secret trust: that said in her heart: I am, and beside me there is none other else: how is she become as a desert the couch for beasts? every one that passeth by her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.This is c the glorious citie dwelling in confidence: that sayd in her hart: I am, and beside me there is none other els: how is she become as a desert the couche for beastes? euerie one that passeth by her, shal hisse, and wag his hand.✦Hæc est civitas gloriosa habitans in confidentia, quæ dicebat in corde suo : Ego sum, et extra me non est alia amplius : quomodo facta est in desertum cubile bestiæ ? omnis qui transit per eam sibilabit, et movebit manum suam.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.