1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

1 Væ qui condunt leges iniquas,
et scribentes injustitiam scripserunt,

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

2 ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes,
et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei;
ut essent viduæ præda eorum,
et pupillos diriperent.

3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

3 Quid facietis in die visitationis,
et calamitatis de longe venientis?
ad cujus confugietis auxilium?
et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo,
et cum interfectis cadatis?
Super omnibus his non est aversus furor ejus,
sed adhuc manus ejus extenta.

5 ¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

5 ¶ Væ Assur! virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est;
in manu eorum indignatio mea.

6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

6 Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum,
et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi,
ut auferat spolia, et diripiat prædam,
et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

7 Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur,
et cor ejus non ita existimabit;
sed ad conterendum erit cor ejus,
et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.

8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

8 Dicet enim:

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

9 Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt?
numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano?
et ut Arphad, sic Emath?
numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria?

10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

10 Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli,
sic et simulacra eorum de Jerusalem et de Samaria.

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

11 Numquid non sicut feci Samariæ et idolis ejus,
sic faciam Jerusalem et simulacris ejus?

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

12 Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus
cuncta opera sua
in monte Sion et in Jerusalem,
visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur,
et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.

13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

13 Dixit enim: In fortitudine manus meæ feci,
et in sapientia mea intellexi;
et abstuli terminos populorum,
et principes eorum deprædatus sum,
et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

14 Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea
fortitudinem populorum;
et sicut colliguntur ova quæ derelicta sunt,
sic universam terram ego congregavi;
et non fuit qui moveret pennam,
et aperiret os, et ganniret.

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

15 Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea?
aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur?
Quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se,
et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est.

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

16 Propter hoc mittet Dominator, Dominus exercituum,
in pinguibus ejus tenuitatem;
et subtus gloriam ejus succensa ardebit
quasi combustio ignis.

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

17 Et erit lumen Israël in igne,
et Sanctus ejus in flamma;
et succendetur, et devorabitur
spina ejus et vepres in die una.

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

18 Et gloria saltus ejus, et carmeli ejus,
ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur;
et erit terrore profugus.

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

19 Et reliquiæ ligni saltus ejus præ paucitate numerabuntur,
et puer scribet eos.

20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

20 ¶ Et erit in die illa:
non adjiciet residuum Israël,
et hi qui fugerint de domo Jacob,
inniti super eo qui percutit eos;
sed innitetur super Dominum,
Sanctum Israël, in veritate.

21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

21 Reliquiæ convertentur; reliquiæ, inquam, Jacob
ad Deum fortem.

22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

22 Si enim fuerit populus tuus, Israël, quasi arena maris,
reliquiæ convertentur ex eo;
consummatio abbreviata
inundabit justitiam.

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

23 Consummationem enim et abbreviationem
Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ.

24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

24 Propter hoc, hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum:
Noli timere, populus meus,
habitator Sion, ab Assur:
in virga percutiet te,
et baculum suum levabit super te,
in via Ægypti.

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

25 Adhuc enim paululum modicumque,
et consummabitur indignatio
et furor meus super scelus eorum.

26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

26 Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum,
juxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb:
et virgam suam super mare,
et levabit eam in via Ægypti.

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

27 Et erit in die illa:
auferetur onus ejus de humero tuo
et jugum ejus de collo tuo,
et computrescet jugum a facie olei.

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

28 ¶ Veniet in Ajath, transibit in Magron,
apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.

29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

29 Transierunt cursim,
Gaba sedes nostra;
obstupuit Rama,
Gabaath Saulis fugit.

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

30 Hinni voce tua, filia Gallim,
attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

31 Migravit Medemena;
habitatores Gabim, confortamini.

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

32 Adhuc dies est ut in Nobe stetur;
agitabit manum suam super montem filiæ Sion,
collem Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

33 Ecce Dominator, Dominus exercituum,
confringet lagunculam in terrore;
et excelsi statura succidentur,
et sublimes humiliabuntur.

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

34 Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro;
et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.