The bordering enemies of the Jews shall believe in Christ. 9. who will first come to the Jews in meekness, yet in solemnity riding on an ass: 11. deliver the godly from the lake, 12. give great things to the faithful, 17. and one most excellent thing above the rest.The bordering enimies of the Iewes shal beleue in Christ. 9. who wil first come to the Iewes in mekenes, yet in solemnitie riding on an asse: 11. deliuer the godlie from the lake, 12. geue great thinges to the faithful, 17. and one most excellent thing aboue the rest.✦
The onus: a heavy load; a prophetic oracle, a weighty utterance laid upon the prophet of the word of our Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus his rest: because our Lord is the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel.THE a burden of the word of our Lord in the land of * Hadrach, & Damascus his rest: because our Lord is the eye of man, and of al the tribes of Israel.✦Onus verbi Domini in terra Hadrach et Damasci requiei ejus, quia Domini est oculus hominis et omnium tribuum Israël.
2Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves wisdom exceedingly.Emath also in the borders therof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they haue taken to themselues wisedom excedingly.✦Emath quoque in terminis ejus, et Tyrus, et Sidon : assumpserunt quippe sibi sapientiam valde.
3And Tyre hath built her munitionem: military ammunition; a stronghold, rampart, fortification, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.And Tyre hath built her munition, and heaped together siluer as earth, and gold as the myre of the streets.✦Et ædificavit Tyrus munitionem suam, et coacervavit argentum quasi humum, et aurum ut lutum platearum.
4Behold our Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.Behold our Lord shal possesse her, and shal strike her strength in the sea, and she shal be deuoured with fyre.✦Ecce Dominus possidebit eam : et percutiet in mari fortitudinem ejus, et hæc igni devorabitur.
5Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be dolebit: regretful, apologetic; grieved, pained exceedingly: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish out of Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.Ascalon shal see, and shal feare, and Gaza, and shal be sorie excedingly: & Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shal perish out of Gaza, & Ascalon shal not be inhabited.✦Videbit Ascalon, et timebit, et Gaza, et dolebit nimis, et Accaron, quoniam confusa est spes ejus : et peribit rex de Gaza, et Ascalon non habitabitur.
6And the separator: one who divides or parts asunder, a divider shall sit in Azotus, and I will destroy the pride of the Philisthims.And the seperatour shal sit in Azotus, and I wil destroy the pride of the Philisthims.✦Et sedebit separator in Azoto, et disperdam superbiam Philisthinorum.
7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations out of the midst of his teeth: and he also shall be left to our God, and he shall be as a dux: a hereditary noble rank; a military leader, captain, chieftain in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.And I wil take away his bloud out of his mouth, and his abominations out of the middes of his teeth: and he also shal be left to our God, and he shal be as a duke in Iuda, and Accaron as a Iebuseite.✦Et auferam sanguinem ejus de ore ejus, et abominationes ejus de medio dentium ejus : et relinquetur etiam ipse Deo nostro, et erit quasi dux in Juda, et Accaron quasi Jebusæus.
8And I will circumdabo: to surround, encompass about my house of them, that serve me in warfare going and returning, and the exactor: a demanding person; an officer who exacts tribute, an oppressor shall no more pass over them: because now I have seen with mine eyes.And I wil enuiron my house of them, that serue me in warfayre going and returning, and the exactour shal no more passe ouer them: because now I haue sene with myne eyes.✦Et circumdabo domum meam ex his qui militant mihi euntes et revertentes : et non transibit super eos ultra exactor, quia nunc vidi in oculis meis.
9Rejoice greatly O daughter of Sion, make jubilation O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: himself poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Reioyce greatly ô daughter of Sion, make iubilation ô daughter of Ierusalem: BEHOLD THY KING b wil come to thee, the iust and sauiour: himself poore, and ryding vpon an asse, and vpon a colt the fole of an asse.✦Exsulta satis, filia Sion ; jubila, filia Jerusalem : ecce rex tuus veniet tibi justus, et salvator : ipse pauper, et ascendens super asinam et super pullum filium asinæ.
10And I will destroy chariot out of Ephraim, and horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be dissipabitur: squandered, dissolute; scattered, broken in pieces: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power from sea even to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.And I wil destroy chariot out of Ephraim, and horse out of Ierusalem, and the bow of warre shal be dissipated: and he shal speake peace to the Gentils, and his power from sea euen to sea, and from the riuers euen to the end of the earth.✦Et disperdam quadrigam ex Ephraim, et equum de Jerusalem, et dissipabitur arcus belli : et loquetur pacem gentibus, et potestas ejus a mari usque ad mare, et a fluminibus usque ad fines terræ.
11Thou also in the blood of thy testamenti: a covenant, a solemn compact hast let forth thy prisoners out of the lacu: a pit, a deep waterless hollow (here Limbus patrum, whence Christ freed the just of the old law), wherein is no water.Thou also in the bloud of thy testament hast let forth thy prisoners out of c the lake, wherin is no water.✦Tu quoque in sanguine testamenti tui emisisti vinctos tuos de lacu in quo non est aqua.
12Convert to the munition ye prisoners of hope, to day also declaring I will render thee double.Conuert to the munition ye prisoners of hope, to day also declaring I wil render thee duble.✦Convertimini ad munitionem, vincti spei : hodie quoque annuntians duplicia reddam tibi.
13Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons O Sion upon thy sons O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the strong.Because I haue bent Iuda for me as a bow, I haue filled Ephraim: and I wil rayse vp thy sonnes ô Sion vpon thy sonnes ô Greece, & I wil make thee as the sword of the strong.Quoniam extendi mihi Judam quasi arcum : implevi Ephraim : et suscitabo filios tuos, Sion, super filios tuos, Græcia : et ponam te quasi gladium fortium.
14And our Lord God shall be seen over them, and his jaculum: a light throwing missile; a javelin, a hurled spear shall go forth as lightning: and our Lord God will sound with trumpet, and will go in the whirlwind of the South.And our Lord God shal be seene ouer them, and his dart shal goe forth as lightning: & our Lord God wil sound with trumpet, and wil goe in the whirlewind of the South.✦Et Dominus Deus super eos videbitur, et exibit ut fulgur jaculum ejus : et Dominus Deus in tuba canet, et vadet in turbine austri.
15The Lord of exercituum: armies: the heavenly armies, not guests will protect them: and they shall devour, and subdue with the stones of the sling: and drinking they shall be drunk as it were of wine, and they shall be filled as phialæ: small glass vials; shallow bowls, saucer-cups, and as the horns of the altar.The Lord of hosts wil protect them: and they shal deuoure, and subdew with the stones of the sling: and drinking they shal be drunke as it were of wine, & they shal be filled as phials, and as the hornes of the altar.✦Dominus exercituum proteget eos : et devorabunt, et subjicient lapidibus fundæ : et bibentes inebriabuntur quasi a vino, et replebuntur ut phialæ, et quasi cornua altaris.
16And our Lord their God will save them in that day, as the flock of his people: because holy stones shall be elevated over his land.And our Lord their God wil saue them in that day, as the flocke of his people: because holie stones shal be eleuated ouer his land.✦Et salvabit eos Dominus Deus eorum in die illa, ut gregem populi sui, quia lapides sancti elevabuntur super terram ejus.
17For what is his good thing, and what is his beautiful thing, but the frumentum: grain, wheat (not maize) of the elect, and wine germinans: making to sprout or bud forth, causing to grow virgins?For what is his good thing, and what is his beautiful thing, but d the corne of the elect, and wine springing virgins?✦Quid enim bonum ejus est, et quid pulchrum ejus, nisi frumentum electorum, et vinum germinans virgines ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.