1 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

1 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Si steterit Moyses et Samuel coram me,
non est anima mea ad populum istum:
ejice illos a facie mea, et egrediantur.

2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

2 Quod si dixerint ad te: Quo egrediemur?
dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus:
Qui ad mortem, ad mortem,
et qui ad gladium, ad gladium,
et qui ad famem, ad famem,
et qui ad captivitatem, ad captivitatem.

3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

3 Et visitabo super eos quatuor species, dicit Dominus:
gladium ad occisionem,
et canes ad lacerandum,
et volatilia cæli et bestias terræ
ad devorandum et dissipandum.

4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

4 Et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terræ,
propter Manassen filium Ezechiæ regis Juda,
super omnibus quæ fecit in Jerusalem.

5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

5 Quis enim miserebitur tui, Jerusalem,
aut quis contristabitur pro te?
aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua?

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

6 Tu reliquisti me, dicit Dominus;
retrorsum abiisti:
et extendam manum meam super te, et interficiam te:
laboravi rogans.

7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

7 Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terræ:
interfeci et disperdidi populum meum,
et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi.

8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

8 Multiplicatæ sunt mihi viduæ ejus super arenam maris:
induxi eis super matrem adolescentis vastatorem meridie:
misi super civitates repente terrorem.

9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

9 Infirmata est quæ peperit septem;
defecit anima ejus:
occidit ei sol cum adhuc esset dies:
confusa est, et erubuit:
et residuos ejus in gladium dabo
in conspectu inimicorum eorum, ait Dominus.

10 ¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

10 ¶ Væ mihi, mater mea! quare genuisti me,
virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra?
Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam:
omnes maledicunt mihi.

11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

11 Dicit Dominus: Si non reliquiæ tuæ in bonum,
si non occurri tibi in tempore afflictionis,
et in tempore tribulationis adversus inimicum.

12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

12 Numquid fœderabitur ferrum ferro ab aquilone, et æs?

13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

13 Divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis,
in omnibus peccatis tuis, et in omnibus terminis tuis.

14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

14 Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra quam nescis,
quia ignis succensus est in furore meo:
super vos ardebit.

15 ¶ O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

15 Tu scis, Domine: recordare mei, et visita me,
et tuere me ab his qui persequuntur me.
Noli in patientia tua suscipere me:
scito quoniam sustinui propter te opprobrium.

16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

16 Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos:
et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium
et in lætitiam cordis mei,
quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me,
Domine Deus exercituum.

17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

17 Non sedi in concilio ludentium,
et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuæ:
solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me.

18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

18 Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus,
et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari?
facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.

19 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

19 Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus:
Si converteris, convertam te,
et ante faciem meam stabis:
et si separaveris pretiosum a vili,
quasi os meum eris:
convertentur ipsi ad te,
et tu non converteris ad eos.

20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

20 Et dabo te populo huic in murum æreum fortem:
et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt,
quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te, et eruam te, dicit Dominus:

21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

21 et liberabo te de manu pessimorum,
et redimam te de manu fortium.