KJV ¹ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

VULC ¹ Verba Jeremiæ filii Helciæ, de sacerdotibus qui fuerunt in Anathoth, in terra Benjamin.

KJV ² To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

VULC ² Quod factum est verbum Domini ad eum in diebus Josiæ filii Amon, regis Juda, in tertiodecimo anno regni ejus.

KJV ³ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

VULC ³ Et factum est in diebus Joakim filii Josiæ, regis Juda, usque ad consummationem undecimi anni Sedeciæ, filii Josiæ, regis Juda, usque ad transmigrationem Jerusalem, in mense quinto.

KJV ⁴ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

VULC ⁴ Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :

KJV ⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

VULC ⁵ [Priusquam te formarem in utero, novi te,
et antequam exires de vulva, sanctificavi te,
et prophetam in gentibus dedi te.]

KJV ⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

VULC ⁶ Et dixi : [A, a, a, Domine Deus, ecce nescio loqui,
quia puer ego sum.]

KJV ⁷ But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

VULC ⁷ Et dixit Dominus ad me : [Noli dicere : Puer sum :
quoniam ad omnia quæ mittam te ibis,
et universa quæcumque mandavero tibi loqueris.

KJV ⁸ Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

VULC ⁸ Ne timeas a facie eorum,
quia tecum ego sum ut eruam te,
dicit Dominus.]

KJV ⁹ Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

VULC ⁹ Et misit Dominus manum suam, et tetigit os meum, et dixit Dominus ad me : [Ecce dedi verba mea in ore tuo :

KJV ¹⁰ See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

VULC ¹⁰ ecce constitui te hodie
super gentes et super regna,
ut evellas, et destruas,
et disperdas, et dissipes,
et ædifices, et plantes.]

KJV ¹¹ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

VULC ¹¹ Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : [Quid tu vides, Jeremia ?] Et dixi : [Virgam vigilantem ego video.]

KJV ¹² Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

VULC ¹² Et dixit Dominus ad me : [Bene vidisti :
quia vigilabo ego super verbo meo,
ut faciam illud.]

KJV ¹³ And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

VULC ¹³ Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad me, dicens : [Quid tu vides ?] Et dixi : [Ollam succensam ego video,
et faciem ejus a facie aquilonis.]

KJV ¹⁴ Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

VULC ¹⁴ Et dixit Dominus ad me : [Ab aquilone pandetur malum
super omnes habitatores terræ :

KJV ¹⁵ For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

VULC ¹⁵ quia ecce ego convocabo omnes cognationes regnorum aquilonis,
ait Dominus :
et venient, et ponent unusquisque solium suum
in introitu portarum Jerusalem,
et super omnes muros ejus in circuitu,
et super universas urbes Juda :

KJV ¹⁶ And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

VULC ¹⁶ et loquar judicia mea cum eis
super omnem malitiam eorum qui dereliquerunt me,
et libaverunt diis alienis,
et adoraverunt opus manuum suarum.

KJV ¹⁷ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

VULC ¹⁷ Tu ergo, accinge lumbos tuos,
et surge, et loquere ad eos
omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi.
Ne formides a facie eorum,
nec enim timere te faciam vultum eorum.

KJV ¹⁸ For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

VULC ¹⁸ Ego quippe dedi te hodie in civitatem munitam,
et in columnam ferream,
et in murum æreum,
super omnem terram,
regibus Juda, principibus ejus,
et sacerdotibus, et populo terræ.

KJV ¹⁹ And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

VULC ¹⁹ Et bellabunt adversum te,
et non prævalebunt,
quia ego tecum sum, ait Dominus, ut liberem te.]

KJV ¹ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

VULC ¹ Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :

KJV ² Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

VULC ² [Vade, et clama in auribus Jerusalem, dicens :
Hæc dicit Dominus :
Recordatus sum tui, miserans adolescentiam tuam,
et caritatem desponsationis tuæ,
quando secuta es me in deserto,
in terra quæ non seminatur.

KJV ³ Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

VULC ³ Sanctus Israël Domino,
primitiæ frugum ejus :
omnes qui devorant eum delinquunt :
mala venient super eos,
dicit Dominus.

KJV ⁴ Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

VULC ⁴ Audite verbum Domini, domus Jacob,
et omnes cognationes domus Israël.

KJV ⁵ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

VULC ⁵ Hæc dicit Dominus :
Quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis,
quia elongaverunt a me,
et ambulaverunt post vanitatem,
et vani facti sunt ?

KJV ⁶ Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

VULC ⁶ Et non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominus
qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Ægypti ;
qui traduxit nos per desertum,
per terram inhabitabilem et inviam,
per terram sitis, et imaginem mortis,
per terram in qua non ambulavit vir,
neque habitavit homo ?

KJV ⁷ And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

VULC ⁷ Et induxi vos in terram Carmeli,
ut comederetis fructum ejus et optima illius :
et ingressi contaminastis terram meam,
et hæreditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.

KJV ⁸ The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

VULC ⁸ Sacerdotes non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominus ?
et tenentes legem nescierunt me,
et pastores prævaricati sunt in me,
et prophetæ prophetaverunt in Baal,
et idola secuti sunt.

KJV ⁹ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

VULC ⁹ Propterea adhuc judicio contendam vobiscum, ait Dominus,
et cum filiis vestris disceptabo.

KJV ¹⁰ For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

VULC ¹⁰ Transite ad insulas Cethim, et videte :
et in Cedar mittite, et considerate vehementer :
et videte si factum est hujuscemodi :

KJV ¹¹ Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

VULC ¹¹ si mutavit gens deos suos,
et certe ipsi non sunt dii :
populus vero meus mutavit gloriam suam in idolum.

KJV ¹² Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹² Obstupescite, cæli, super hoc,
et portæ ejus, desolamini vehementer, dicit Dominus.

KJV ¹³ For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

VULC ¹³ Duo enim mala fecit populus meus :
me dereliquerunt fontem aquæ vivæ,
et foderunt sibi cisternas, cisternas dissipatas,
quæ continere non valent aquas.

KJV ¹⁴ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

VULC ¹⁴ Numquid servus est Israël, aut vernaculus ?
quare ergo factus est in prædam ?

KJV ¹⁵ The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

VULC ¹⁵ Super eum rugierunt leones,
et dederunt vocem suam :
posuerunt terram ejus in solitudinem.
Civitates ejus exustæ sunt,
et non est qui habitet in eis.

KJV ¹⁶ Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

VULC ¹⁶ Filii quoque Mempheos et Taphnes
constupraverunt te usque ad verticem.

KJV ¹⁷ Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

VULC ¹⁷ Numquid non istud factum est tibi,
quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum
eo tempore quo ducebat te per viam ?

KJV ¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

VULC ¹⁸ Et nunc quid tibi vis in via Ægypti,
ut bibas aquam turbidam ?
et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum,
ut bibas aquam fluminis ?

KJV ¹⁹ Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

VULC ¹⁹ Arguet te malitia tua,
et aversio tua increpabit te.
Scito et vide quia malum et amarum est
reliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum,
et non esse timorem mei apud te,
dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.

KJV ²⁰ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

VULC ²⁰ A sæculo confregisti jugum meum :
rupisti vincula mea,
et dixisti : Non serviam.
In omni enim colle sublimi,
et sub omni ligno frondoso,
tu prosternebaris meretrix.

KJV ²¹ Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

VULC ²¹ Ego autem plantavi te vineam electam,
omne semen verum :
quomodo ergo conversa es mihi in pravum,
vinea aliena ?

KJV ²² For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

VULC ²² Si laveris te nitro,
et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith,
maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me,
dicit Dominus Deus.

KJV ²³ How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

VULC ²³ Quomodo dicis : Non sum polluta ;
post Baalim non ambulavi ?
Vide vias tuas in convalle ;
scito quid feceris :
cursor levis explicans vias suas.

KJV ²⁴ A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

VULC ²⁴ Onager assuetus in solitudine,
in desiderio animæ suæ attraxit ventum amoris sui :
nullus avertet eam :
omnes qui quærunt eam non deficient :
in menstruis ejus invenient eam.

KJV ²⁵ Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

VULC ²⁵ Prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate,
et guttur tuum a siti.
Et dixisti : Desperavi : nequaquam faciam :
adamavi quippe alienos,
et post eos ambulabo.]

KJV ²⁶ As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.

VULC ²⁶ [Quomodo confunditur fur quando deprehenditur,
sic confusi sunt domus Israël,
ipsi et reges eorum,
principes, et sacerdotes, et prophetæ eorum,

KJV ²⁷ Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

VULC ²⁷ dicentes ligno : Pater meus es tu :
et lapidi : Tu me genuisti.
Verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem,
et in tempore afflictionis suæ dicent :
Surge, et libera nos.

KJV ²⁸ But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

VULC ²⁸ Ubi sunt dii tui quos fecisti tibi ?
surgant, et liberent te in tempore afflictionis tuæ :
secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum erant dii tui, Juda.

KJV ²⁹ Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

VULC ²⁹ Quid vultis mecum judicio contendere ?
omnes dereliquistis me, dicit Dominus.

KJV ³⁰ In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

VULC ³⁰ Frustra percussi filios vestros :
disciplinam non receperunt.
Devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros :
quasi leo vastator

KJV ³¹ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

VULC ³¹ generatio vestra.
Videte verbum Domini :
numquid solitudo factus sum Israëli,
aut terra serotina ?
quare ergo dixit populus meus : Recessimus ;
non veniemus ultra ad te ?

KJV ³² Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

VULC ³² Numquid obliviscetur virgo ornamenti sui,
aut sponsa fasciæ pectoralis suæ ?
populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris.

KJV ³³ Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

VULC ³³ Quid niteris bonam ostendere viam tuam
ad quærendam dilectionem,
quæ insuper et malitias tuas docuisti vias tuas,

KJV ³⁴ Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

VULC ³⁴ et in alis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum et innocentum ?
non in fossis inveni eos,
sed in omnibus quæ supra memoravi.

KJV ³⁵ Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

VULC ³⁵ Et dixisti : Absque peccato et innocens ego sum,
et propterea avertatur furor tuus a me.
Ecce ego judicio contendam tecum,
eo quod dixeris : Non peccavi.

KJV ³⁶ Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

VULC ³⁶ Quam vilis facta es nimis, iterans vias tuas !
et ab Ægypto confunderis,
sicut confusa es ab Assur.

KJV ³⁷ Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

VULC ³⁷ Nam et ab ista egredieris,
et manus tuæ erunt super caput tuum :
quoniam obtrivit Dominus confidentiam tuam,
et nihil habebis prosperum in ea.]

KJV ¹ They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹ [Vulgo dicitur : Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam,
et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum,
numquid revertetur ad eam ultra ?
numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa ?
Tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis :
tamen revertere ad me, dicit Dominus,
et ego suscipiam te.

KJV ² Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

VULC ² Leva oculos tuos in directum,
et vide ubi non prostrata sis.
In viis sedebas,
exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine :
et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis, et in malitiis tuis.

KJV ³ Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

VULC ³ Quam ob rem prohibitæ sunt stillæ pluviarum,
et serotinus imber non fuit.
Frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi ;
noluisti erubescere.

KJV ⁴ Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

VULC ⁴ Ergo saltem amodo voca me :
Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es :

KJV ⁵ Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

VULC ⁵ numquid irasceris in perpetuum,
aut perseverabis in finem ?
ecce locuta es, et fecisti mala, et potuisti.]

KJV ⁶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

VULC ⁶ Et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Josiæ regis : [Numquid vidisti quæ fecerit aversatrix Israël ?
Abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum,
et sub omni ligno frondoso,
et fornicata est ibi.

KJV ⁷ And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

VULC ⁷ Et dixi, cum fecisset hæc omnia :
Ad me revertere :
et non est reversa.
Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda

KJV ⁸ And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

VULC ⁸ quia pro eo quod mœchata esset aversatrix Israël,
dimisissem eam,
et dedissem ei libellum repudii :
et non timuit prævaricatrix Juda soror ejus,
sed abiit, et fornicata est etiam ipsa :

KJV ⁹ And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

VULC ⁹ et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram,
et mœchata est cum lapide et ligno :

KJV ¹⁰ And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹⁰ et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me
prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda
in toto corde suo,
sed in mendacio, ait Dominus.]

KJV ¹¹ And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

VULC ¹¹ Et dixit Dominus ad me : Justificavit animam suam aversatrix Israël, comparatione prævaricatricis Judæ.

KJV ¹² Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

VULC ¹² Vade, et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem, et dices : [Revertere, aversatrix Israël, ait Dominus,
et non avertam faciem meam a vobis,
quia sanctus ego sum, dicit Dominus,
et non irascar in perpetuum.

KJV ¹³ Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹³ Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam,
quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es,
et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso,
et vocem meam non audisti, ait Dominus.

KJV ¹⁴ Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

VULC ¹⁴ Convertimini, filii revertentes, dicit Dominus,
quia ego vir vester :
et assumam vos unum de civitate,
et duos de cognatione,
et introducam vos in Sion.

KJV ¹⁵ And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

VULC ¹⁵ Et dabo vobis pastores juxta cor meum,
et pascent vos scientia et doctrina.

KJV ¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

VULC ¹⁶ Cumque multiplicati fueritis,
et creveritis in terra in diebus illis, ait Dominus,
non dicent ultra :
Arca testamenti Domini :
neque ascendet super cor, neque recordabuntur illius,
nec visitabitur, nec fiet ultra.

KJV ¹⁷ At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

VULC ¹⁷ In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini :
et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes
in nomine Domini in Jerusalem,
et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.

KJV ¹⁸ In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

VULC ¹⁸ In diebus illis ibit domus Juda ad domum Israël,
et venient simul de terra aquilonis
ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris.

KJV ¹⁹ But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

VULC ¹⁹ Ego autem dixi :
Quomodo ponam te in filios,
et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem,
hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium ?
Et dixi : Patrem vocabis me,
et post me ingredi non cessabis.

KJV ²⁰ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

VULC ²⁰ Sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum,
sic contempsit me domus Israël,
dicit Dominus.

KJV ²¹ A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

VULC ²¹ Vox in viis audita est,
ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israël :
quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam ;
obliti sunt Domini Dei sui.

KJV ²² Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

VULC ²² Convertimini, filii revertentes,
et sanabo aversiones vestras.
Ecce nos venimus ad te :
tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.

KJV ²³ Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

VULC ²³ Vere mendaces erant colles,
et multitudo montium :
vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israël.

KJV ²⁴ For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

VULC ²⁴ Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra :
greges eorum, et armenta eorum,
filios eorum, et filias eorum.

KJV ²⁵ We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

VULC ²⁵ Dormiemus in confusione nostra,
et operiet nos ignominia nostra :
quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos, et patres nostri,
ab adolescentia nostra usque ad diem hanc :
et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri.]

KJV ¹ If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

VULC ¹ [Si reverteris, Israël, ait Dominus,
ad me convertere :
si abstuleris offendicula tua a facie mea,
non commoveberis.

KJV ² And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

VULC ² Et jurabis : Vivit Dominus in veritate, et in judicio, et in justitia :
et benedicent eum gentes,
ipsumque laudabunt.

KJV ³ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

VULC ³ Hæc enim dicit Dominus viro Juda et Jerusalem :
Novate vobis novale,
et nolite serere super spinas.

KJV ⁴ Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

VULC ⁴ Circumcidimini Domino,
et auferte præputia cordium vestrorum,
viri Juda, et habitatores Jerusalem :
ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea,
et succendatur, et non sit qui extinguat,
propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum.]

KJV ⁵ Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

VULC ⁵ [Annuntiate in Juda, et in Jerusalem auditum facite :
loquimini, et canite tuba in terra,
clamate fortiter, et dicite :
Congregamini, et ingrediamur civitates munitas.

KJV ⁶ Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

VULC ⁶ Levate signum in Sion ;
confortamini, nolite stare :
quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone,
et contritionem magnam.

KJV ⁷ The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

VULC ⁷ Ascendit leo de cubili suo,
et prædo gentium se levavit :
egressus est de loco suo ut ponat terram tuam in solitudinem :
civitates tuæ vastabuntur,
remanentes absque habitatore.

KJV ⁸ For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

VULC ⁸ Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis ;
plangite, et ululate :
quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.

KJV ⁹ And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

VULC ⁹ Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus :
peribit cor regis, et cor principum,
et obstupescent sacerdotes,
et prophetæ consternabuntur.]

KJV ¹⁰ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

VULC ¹⁰ Et dixi : [Heu ! heu ! heu ! Domine Deus,
ergone decepisti populum istum et Jerusalem,
dicens : Pax erit vobis :
et ecce pervenit gladius usque ad animam ?]

KJV ¹¹ At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

VULC ¹¹ [In tempore illo dicetur populo huic et Jerusalem :
Ventus urens in viis quæ sunt in deserto viæ filiæ populi mei,
non ad ventilandum et ad purgandum.

KJV ¹² Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

VULC ¹² Spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi,
et nunc ego loquar judicia mea cum eis.

KJV ¹³ Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

VULC ¹³ Ecce quasi nubes ascendet,
et quasi tempestas currus ejus :
velociores aquilis equi illius.
Væ nobis, quoniam vastati sumus.

KJV ¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

VULC ¹⁴ Lava a malitia cor tuum, Jerusalem, ut salva fias :
usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiæ ?

KJV ¹⁵ For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

VULC ¹⁵ Vox enim annuntiantis a Dan,
et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim.

KJV ¹⁶ Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

VULC ¹⁶ Dicite gentibus : Ecce auditum est in Jerusalem
custodes venire de terra longinqua,
et dare super civitates Juda vocem suam :

KJV ¹⁷ As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹⁷ quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro,
quia me ad iracundiam provocavit, dicit Dominus.

KJV ¹⁸ Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

VULC ¹⁸ Viæ tuæ et cogitationes tuæ fecerunt hæc tibi :
ista malitia tua, quia amara,
quia tetigit cor tuum.

KJV ¹⁹ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

VULC ¹⁹ Ventrem meum, ventrem meum doleo ;
sensus cordis mei turbati sunt in me.
Non tacebo, quoniam vocem buccinæ audivit anima mea,
clamorem prælii.

KJV ²⁰ Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

VULC ²⁰ Contritio super contritionem vocata est,
et vastata est omnis terra :
repente vastata sunt tabernacula mea ;
subito pelles meæ.

KJV ²¹ How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

VULC ²¹ Usquequo videbo fugientem ;
audiam vocem buccinæ ?

KJV ²² For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

VULC ²² Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit :
filii insipientes sunt et vecordes :
sapientes sunt ut faciant mala,
bene autem facere nescierunt.

KJV ²³ I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

VULC ²³ Aspexi terram, et ecce vacua erat et nihili ;
et cælos, et non erat lux in eis.

KJV ²⁴ I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

VULC ²⁴ Vidi montes, et ecce movebantur :
et omnes colles conturbati sunt.

KJV ²⁵ I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

VULC ²⁵ Intuitus sum, et non erat homo :
et omne volatile cæli recessit.

KJV ²⁶ I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

VULC ²⁶ Aspexi, et ecce Carmelus desertus,
et omnes urbes ejus destructæ sunt a facie Domini,
et a facie iræ furoris ejus.

KJV ²⁷ For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

VULC ²⁷ Hæc enim dicit Dominus :
Deserta erit omnis terra,
sed tamen consummationem non faciam.

KJV ²⁸ For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

VULC ²⁸ Lugebit terra, et mœrebunt cæli desuper,
eo quod locutus sum.
Cogitavi, et non pœnituit me,
nec aversus sum ab eo.

KJV ²⁹ The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

VULC ²⁹ A voce equitis et mittentis sagittam fugit omnis civitas :
ingressi sunt ardua, et ascenderunt rupes :
universæ urbes derelictæ sunt,
et non habitat in eis homo.

KJV ³⁰ And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

VULC ³⁰ Tu autem vastata, quid facies ?
cum vestieris te coccino,
cum ornata fueris monili aureo,
et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos,
frustra componeris :
contempserunt te amatores tui ;
animam tuam quærent.

KJV ³¹ For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

VULC ³¹ Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi,
angustias ut puerperæ :
vox filiæ Sion intermorientis,
expandentisque manus suas :
Væ mihi, quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos !]

KJV ¹ Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

VULC ¹ [Circuite vias Jerusalem,
et aspicite, et considerate,
et quærite in plateis ejus,
an inveniatis virum facientem judicium,
et quærentem fidem :
et propitius ero ei.

KJV ² And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

VULC ² Quod si etiam : Vivit Dominus, dixerint,
et hoc falso jurabunt.

KJV ³ O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

VULC ³ Domine, oculi tui respiciunt fidem :
percussisti eos, et non doluerunt ;
attrivisti eos, et renuerunt accipere disciplinam :
induraverunt facies suas supra petram,
et noluerunt reverti.

KJV ⁴ Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

VULC ⁴ Ego autem dixi : Forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti,
ignorantes viam Domini,
judicium Dei sui.

KJV ⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

VULC ⁵ Ibo igitur ad optimates, et loquar eis :
ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini,
judicium Dei sui :
et ecce magis hi simul confregerunt jugum ;
ruperunt vincula.

KJV ⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

VULC ⁶ Idcirco percussit eos leo de silva ;
lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos :
pardus vigilans super civitates eorum :
omnis qui egressus fuerit ex eis capietur :
quia multiplicatæ sunt prævaricationes eorum ;
confortatæ sunt aversiones eorum.

KJV ⁷ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

VULC ⁷ Super quo propitius tibi esse potero ?
filii tui dereliquerunt me,
et jurant in his qui non sunt dii.
Saturavi eos, et mœchati sunt,
et in domo meretricis luxuriabantur.

KJV ⁸ They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

VULC ⁸ Equi amatores et emissarii facti sunt :
unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat.

KJV ⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

VULC ⁹ Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus,
et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea ?

KJV ¹⁰ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.

VULC ¹⁰ Ascendite muros ejus, et dissipate :
consummationem autem nolite facere :
auferte propagines ejus,
quia non sunt Domini.

KJV ¹¹ For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹¹ Prævaricatione enim prævaricata est in me
domus Israël, et domus Juda, ait Dominus.

KJV ¹² They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

VULC ¹² Negaverunt Dominum, et dixerunt :
Non est ipse : neque veniet super nos malum :
gladium et famem non videbimus.

KJV ¹³ And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

VULC ¹³ Prophetæ fuerunt in ventum locuti,
et responsum non fuit in eis :
hæc ergo evenient illis.

KJV ¹⁴ Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

VULC ¹⁴ Hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum :
Quia locuti estis verbum istud,
ecce ego do verba mea in ore tuo in ignem,
et populum istum in ligna,
et vorabit eos.

KJV ¹⁵ Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

VULC ¹⁵ Ecce ego adducam super vos gentem de longinquo,
domus Israël, ait Dominus :
gentem robustam,
gentem antiquam,
gentem cujus ignorabis linguam,
nec intelliges quid loquatur.

KJV ¹⁶ Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

VULC ¹⁶ Pharetra ejus quasi sepulchrum patens ;
universi fortes.

KJV ¹⁷ And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

VULC ¹⁷ Et comedet segetes tuas et panem tuum ;
devorabit filios tuos et filias tuas ;
comedet gregem tuum et armenta tua ;
comedet vineam tuam et ficum tuam :
et conteret urbes munitas tuas,
in quibus tu habes fiduciam, gladio.

KJV ¹⁸ Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

VULC ¹⁸ Verumtamen in diebus illis, ait Dominus,
non faciam vos in consummationem.

KJV ¹⁹ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.

VULC ¹⁹ Quod si dixeritis :
Quare fecit nobis Dominus Deus noster hæc omnia ?
dices ad eos :
Sicut dereliquistis me,
et servistis deo alieno in terra vestra,
sic servietis alienis in terra non vestra.

KJV ²⁰ Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

VULC ²⁰ Annuntiate hoc domui Jacob,
et auditum facite in Juda, dicentes :

KJV ²¹ Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

VULC ²¹ Audi, popule stulte, qui non habes cor :
qui habentes oculos, non videtis ;
et aures, et non auditis.

KJV ²² Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

VULC ²² Me ergo non timebitis, ait Dominus,
et a facie mea non dolebitis ?
qui posui arenam terminum mari,
præceptum sempiternum quod non præteribit :
et commovebuntur, et non poterunt ;
et intumescent fluctus ejus, et non transibunt illud.

KJV ²³ But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

VULC ²³ Populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans :
recesserunt, et abierunt.

KJV ²⁴ Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

VULC ²⁴ Et non dixerunt in corde suo :
Metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum,
qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo,
plenitudinem annuæ messis custodientem nobis.

KJV ²⁵ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

VULC ²⁵ Iniquitates vestræ declinaverunt hæc,
et peccata vestra prohibuerunt bonum a vobis :

KJV ²⁶ For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

VULC ²⁶ quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes,
laqueos ponentes et pedicas ad capiendos viros.

KJV ²⁷ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

VULC ²⁷ Sicut decipula plena avibus,
sic domus eorum plenæ dolo :
ideo magnificati sunt et ditati.

KJV ²⁸ They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

VULC ²⁸ Incrassati sunt et impinguati,
et præterierunt sermones meos pessime.
Causam viduæ non judicaverunt,
causam pupilli non direxerunt,
et judicium pauperum non judicaverunt.

KJV ²⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

VULC ²⁹ Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus,
aut super gentem hujuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea ?

KJV ³⁰ A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

VULC ³⁰ Stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra :

KJV ³¹ The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

VULC ³¹ prophetæ prophetabant mendacium,
et sacerdotes applaudebant manibus suis,
et populus meus dilexit talia.
Quid igitur fiet in novissimo ejus ?]