1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

1 Væ qui opulenti estis in Sion,
et confiditis in monte Samariæ:
optimates capita populorum,
ingredientes pompatice domum Israël!

2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

2 Transite in Chalane, et videte,
et ite inde in Emath magnam,
et descendite in Geth Palæstinorum,
et ad optima quæque regna horum:
si latior terminus eorum termino vestro est.

3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

3 Qui separati estis in diem malum,
et appropinquatis solio iniquitatis;

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

4 qui dormitis in lectis eburneis,
et lascivitis in stratis vestris;
qui comeditis agnum de grege,
et vitulos de medio armenti;

5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

5 qui canitis ad vocem psalterii,
sicut David putaverunt se habere vasa cantici,

6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

6 bibentes vinum in phialis,
et optimo unguento delibuti,
et nihil patiebantur super contritione Joseph.

7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

7 Quapropter nunc migrabunt in capite transmigrantium,
et auferetur factio lascivientium.

8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

8 Juravit Dominus Deus in anima sua,
dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
Detestor ego superbiam Jacob,
et domos ejus odi,
et tradam civitatem cum habitatoribus suis.

9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

9 Quod si reliqui fuerint decem viri in domo una,
et ipsi morientur.

10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

10 Et tollet eum propinquus suus, et comburet eum,
ut efferat ossa de domo;
et dicet ei, qui in penetralibus domus est:
Numquid adhuc est penes te?

11 Et respondebit: Finis est.
Et dicet ei: Tace,
et non recorderis nominis Domini.

11 For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

12 Quia ecce Dominus mandabit,
et percutiet domum majorem ruinis,
et domum minorem scissionibus.

12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

13 Numquid currere queunt in petris equi,
aut arari potest in bubalis?
quoniam convertistis in amaritudinem judicium,
et fructum justitiæ in absinthium.

13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

14 Qui lætamini in nihilo; qui dicitis:
Numquid non in fortitudine nostra assumpsimus nobis cornua?

14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

15 Ecce enim suscitabo super vos, domus Israël,
dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, gentem,
et conteret vos ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem deserti.