1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

1 Væ coronæ superbiæ, ebriis Ephraim,
et flori decidenti, gloriæ exsultationis ejus,
qui erant in vertice vallis pinguissimæ,
errantes a vino.

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

2 Ecce validus et fortis Dominus
sicut impetus grandinis; turbo confringens,
sicut impetus aquarum multarum inundantium
et emissarum super terram spatiosam.

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

3 Pedibus conculcabitur
corona superbiæ ebriorum Ephraim.

4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

4 Et erit flos decidens gloriæ exsultationis ejus,
qui est super verticem vallis pinguium,
quasi temporaneum ante maturitatem autumni,
quod, cum aspexerit videns,
statim ut manu tenuerit, devorabit illud.

5 ¶ In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

5 In die illa erit Dominus exercituum corona gloriæ,
et sertum exsultationis residuo populi sui;

6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

6 et spiritus judicii sedenti super judicium,
et fortitudo revertentibus de bello ad portam.

7 ¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

7 ¶ Verum hi quoque præ vino nescierunt, et præ ebrietate erraverunt;
sacerdos et propheta nescierunt præ ebrietate;
absorpti sunt a vino, erraverunt in ebrietate,
nescierunt videntem, ignoraverunt judicium.

8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

8 Omnes enim mensæ repletæ sunt vomitu sordiumque,
ita ut non esset ultra locus.

9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

9 Quem docebit scientiam?
et quem intelligere faciet auditum?
Ablactatos a lacte,
avulsos ab uberibus.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

10 Quia manda, remanda; manda, remanda;
exspecta, reexspecta; exspecta, reexspecta;
modicum ibi, modicum ibi.

11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

11 In loquela enim labii,
et lingua altera
loquetur ad populum istum.

12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

12 Cui dixit: Hæc est requies mea,
reficite lassum;
et hoc est meum refrigerium:
et noluerunt audire.

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

13 Et erit eis verbum Domini:
Manda, remanda; manda, remanda;
exspecta, reexspecta; exspecta, reexspecta;
modicum ibi, modicum ibi;
ut vadant, et cadant retrorsum,
et conterantur, et illaqueentur, et capiantur.

14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

14 Propter hoc audite verbum Domini, viri illusores,
qui dominamini super populum meum, qui est in Jerusalem.

15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

15 Dixistis enim: Percussimus fœdus cum morte,
et cum inferno fecimus pactum:
flagellum inundans cum transierit, non veniet super nos
quia posuimus mendacium spem nostram,
et mendacio protecti sumus.

16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

16 Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Ecce ego mittam in fundamentis Sion lapidem,
lapidem probatum,
angularem, pretiosum, in fundamento fundatum;
qui crediderit, non festinet.

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

17 Et ponam in pondere judicium,
et justitiam in mensura;
et subvertet grando spem mendacii,
et protectionem aquæ inundabunt.

18 ¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

18 Et delebitur fœdus vestrum cum morte,
et pactum vestrum cum inferno non stabit:
flagellum inundans cum transierit, eritis ei in conculcationem.

19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

19 Quandocumque pertransierit, tollet vos,
quoniam in mane diluculo pertransibit in die et in nocte;
et tantummodo sola vexatio intellectum dabit auditui.

20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

20 Coangustatum est enim stratum, ita ut alter decidat;
et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest.

21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

21 Sicut enim in monte divisionum stabit Dominus;
sicut in valle quæ est in Gabaon irascetur,
ut faciat opus suum, alienum opus ejus:
ut operetur opus suum, peregrinum est opus ejus ab eo.

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

22 Et nunc nolite illudere,
ne forte constringantur vincula vestra;
consummationem enim et abbreviationem audivi
a Domino Deo exercituum, super universam terram.

23 ¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

23 ¶ Auribus percipite, et audite vocem meam:
attendite, et audite eloquium meum.

24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

24 Numquid tota die arabit arans ut serat?
proscindet et sarriet humum suam?

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

25 Nonne cum adæquaverit faciem ejus,
seret gith et cyminum sparget?
et ponet triticum per ordinem, et hordeum,
et milium, et viciam in finibus suis?

26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

26 Et erudiet illum in judicio;
Deus suus docebit illum.

27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

27 Non enim in serris triturabitur gith,
nec rota plaustri super cyminum circuibit;
sed in virga excutietur gith,
et cyminum in baculo.

28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

28 Panis autem comminuetur;
verum non in perpetuum triturans triturabit illum,
neque vexabit eum rota plaustri,
neque ungulis suis comminuet eum.

29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

29 Et hoc a Domino Deo exercituum exivit,
ut mirabile faceret consilium, et magnificaret justitiam.