KJV ¹ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

VULC ¹ [Audite verbum Domini, filii Israël,
quia judicium Domino cum habitatoribus terræ :
non est enim veritas, et non est misericordia,
et non est scientia Dei in terra.

KJV ² By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

VULC ² Maledictum, et mendacium,
et homicidium, et furtum, et adulterium inundaverunt,
et sanguis sanguinem tetigit.

KJV ³ Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

VULC ³ Propter hoc lugebit terra,
et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea,
in bestia agri, et in volucre cæli ;
sed et pisces maris congregabuntur.

KJV ⁴ Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

VULC ⁴ Verumtamen unusquisque non judicet,
et non arguatur vir :
populus enim tuus sicut hi qui contradicunt sacerdoti.

KJV ⁵ Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

VULC ⁵ Et corrues hodie,
et corruet etiam propheta tecum.
Nocte tacere feci matrem tuam.

KJV ⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

VULC ⁶ Conticuit populus meus,
eo quod non habuerit scientiam :
quia tu scientiam repulisti,
repellam te, ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi ;
et oblita es legis Dei tui,
obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego.

KJV ⁷ As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

VULC ⁷ Secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi :
gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo.

KJV ⁸ They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

VULC ⁸ Peccata populi mei comedent,
et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum.

KJV ⁹ And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

VULC ⁹ Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos ;
et visitabo super eum vias ejus,
et cogitationes ejus reddam ei.

KJV ¹⁰ For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

VULC ¹⁰ Et comedent, et non saturabuntur ;
fornicati sunt, et non cessaverunt :
quoniam Dominum dereliquerunt in non custodiendo.

KJV ¹¹ Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

VULC ¹¹ Fornicatio, et vinum, et ebrietas auferunt cor.

KJV ¹² My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

VULC ¹² Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit,
et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei ;
spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos,
et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.

KJV ¹³ They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

VULC ¹³ Super capita montium sacrificabant,
et super colles accendebant thymiama ;
subtus quercum, et populum, et terebinthum,
quia bona erat umbra ejus ;
ideo fornicabuntur filiæ vestræ,
et sponsæ vestræ adulteræ erunt.

KJV ¹⁴ I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

VULC ¹⁴ Non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatæ,
et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint,
quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus conversabantur,
et cum effeminatis sacrificabant ;
et populus non intelligens vapulabit.

KJV ¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

VULC ¹⁵ Si fornicaris tu, Israël,
non delinquat saltem Juda ;
et nolite ingredi in Galgala,
et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven,
neque juraveritis : Vivit Dominus !

KJV ¹⁶ For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

VULC ¹⁶ Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël ;
nunc pascet eos Dominus, quasi agnum in latitudine.

KJV ¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

VULC ¹⁷ Particeps idolorum Ephraim : dimitte eum.

KJV ¹⁸ Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

VULC ¹⁸ Separatum est convivium eorum ;
fornicatione fornicati sunt :
dilexerunt afferre ignominiam protectores ejus.

KJV ¹⁹ The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

VULC ¹⁹ Ligavit eum spiritus in alis suis,
et confundentur a sacrificiis suis.]

KJV ¹ Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

VULC ¹ [Audite hoc, sacerdotes,
et attendite, domus Israël,
et domus regis, auscultate :
quia vobis judicium est,
quoniam laqueus facti estis speculationi,
et rete expansum super Thabor.

KJV ² And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

VULC ² Et victimas declinastis in profundum ;
et ego eruditor omnium eorum.

KJV ³ I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

VULC ³ Ego scio Ephraim,
et Israël non est absconditus a me :
quia nunc fornicatus est Ephraim ;
contaminatus est Israël.

KJV ⁴ They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

VULC ⁴ Non dabunt cogitationes suas ut revertantur ad Deum suum,
quia spiritus fornicationum in medio eorum,
et Dominum non cognoverunt.

KJV ⁵ And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.

VULC ⁵ Et respondebit arrogantia Israël in facie ejus,
et Israël et Ephraim ruent in iniquitate sua :
ruet etiam Judas cum eis.

KJV ⁶ They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

VULC ⁶ In gregibus suis et in armentis suis vadent ad quærendum Dominum,
et non invenient :
ablatus est ab eis.

KJV ⁷ They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

VULC ⁷ In Dominum prævaricati sunt,
quia filios alienos genuerunt :
nunc devorabit eos mensis, cum partibus suis.

KJV ⁸ Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

VULC ⁸ Clangite buccina in Gabaa,
tuba in Rama ;
ululate in Bethaven,
post tergum tuum, Benjamin.

KJV ⁹ Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

VULC ⁹ Ephraim in desolatione erit in die correptionis ;
in tribubus Israël ostendi fidem.

KJV ¹⁰ The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

VULC ¹⁰ Facti sunt principes Juda quasi assumentes terminum ;
super eos effundam quasi aquam iram meam.

KJV ¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

VULC ¹¹ Calumniam patiens est Ephraim, fractus judicio,
quoniam cœpit abire post sordes.

KJV ¹² Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

VULC ¹² Et ego quasi tinea Ephraim,
et quasi putredo domui Juda.

KJV ¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

VULC ¹³ Et vidit Ephraim languorem suum,
et Juda vinculum suum ;
et abiit Ephraim ad Assur,
et misit ad regem ultorem :
et ipse non poterit sanare vos,
nec solvere poterit a vobis vinculum.

KJV ¹⁴ For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

VULC ¹⁴ Quoniam ego quasi leæna Ephraim,
et quasi catulus leonis domui Juda.
Ego, ego capiam, et vadam ;
tollam, et non est qui eruat.

KJV ¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

VULC ¹⁵ Vadens revertar ad locum meum,
donec deficiatis, et quæratis faciem meam.]

KJV ¹ Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

VULC ¹ [In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me :
Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum,

KJV ² After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

VULC ² quia ipse cepit, et sanabit nos ;
percutiet, et curabit nos.

KJV ³ Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

VULC ³ Vivificabit nos post duos dies ;
in die tertia suscitabit nos,
et vivemus in conspectu ejus.
Sciemus, sequemurque ut cognoscamus Dominum :
quasi diluculum præparatus est egressus ejus,
et veniet quasi imber nobis temporaneus et serotinus terræ.

KJV ⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

VULC ⁴ Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim ?
quid faciam tibi, Juda ?
misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina,
et quasi ros mane pertransiens.

KJV ⁵ Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

VULC ⁵ Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis ;
occidi eos in verbis oris mei :
et judicia tua quasi lux egredientur.

KJV ⁶ For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

VULC ⁶ Quia misericordiam volui, et non sacrificium ;
et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.

KJV ⁷ But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

VULC ⁷ Ipsi autem sicut Adam transgressi sunt pactum :
ibi prævaricati sunt in me.

KJV ⁸ Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

VULC ⁸ Galaad civitas operantium idolum,
supplantata sanguine.

KJV ⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

VULC ⁹ Et quasi fauces virorum latronum,
particeps sacerdotum, in via interficientium pergentes de Sichem :
quia scelus operati sunt.

KJV ¹⁰ I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

VULC ¹⁰ In domo Israël vidi horrendum :
ibi fornicationes Ephraim,
contaminatus est Israël.

KJV ¹¹ Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

VULC ¹¹ Sed et Juda, pone messem tibi,
cum convertero captivitatem populi mei.]

KJV ¹ When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

VULC ¹ [Cum sanare vellem Israël,
revelata est iniquitas Ephraim,
et malitia Samariæ,
quia operati sunt mendacium ;
et fur ingressus est spolians,
latrunculus foris.

KJV ² And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

VULC ² Et ne forte dicant in cordibus suis,
omnem malitiam eorum me recordatum,
nunc circumdederunt eos adinventiones suæ :
coram facie mea factæ sunt.

KJV ³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

VULC ³ In malitia sua lætificaverunt regem,
et in mendaciis suis principes.

KJV ⁴ They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

VULC ⁴ Omnes adulterantes,
quasi clibanus succensus a coquente ;
quievit paululum civitas a commistione fermenti,
donec fermentaretur totum.

KJV ⁵ In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

VULC ⁵ Dies regis nostri : cœperunt principes furere a vino ;
extendit manum suam cum illusoribus.

KJV ⁶ For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

VULC ⁶ Quia applicuerunt quasi clibanum cor suum,
cum insidiaretur eis ;
tota nocte dormivit coquens eos :
mane ipse succensus quasi ignis flammæ.

KJV ⁷ They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

VULC ⁷ Omnes calefacti sunt quasi clibanus,
et devoraverunt judices suos :
omnes reges eorum ceciderunt ;
non est qui clamet in eis ad me.

KJV ⁸ Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

VULC ⁸ Ephraim in populis ipse commiscebatur ;
Ephraim factus est subcinericius panis, qui non reversatur.

KJV ⁹ Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

VULC ⁹ Comederunt alieni robur ejus, et ipse nescivit ;
sed et cani effusi sunt in eo, et ipse ignoravit.

KJV ¹⁰ And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

VULC ¹⁰ Et humiliabitur superbia Israël in facie ejus ;
nec reversi sunt ad Dominum Deum suum,
et non quæsierunt eum in omnibus his.

KJV ¹¹ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

VULC ¹¹ Et factus est Ephraim quasi columba seducta non habens cor.
Ægyptum invocabant ; ad Assyrios abierunt.

KJV ¹² When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

VULC ¹² Et cum profecti fuerint,
expandam super eos rete meum :
quasi volucrem cæli detraham eos ;
cædam eos secundum auditionem cœtus eorum.

KJV ¹³ Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

VULC ¹³ Væ eis, quoniam recesserunt a me !
vastabuntur, quia prævaricati sunt in me,
et ego redemi eos,
et ipsi locuti sunt contra me mendacia.

KJV ¹⁴ And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

VULC ¹⁴ Et non clamaverunt ad me in corde suo,
sed ululabant in cubilibus suis :
super triticum et vinum ruminabant ;
recesserunt a me.

KJV ¹⁵ Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

VULC ¹⁵ Et ego erudivi eos, et confortavi brachia eorum,
et in me cogitaverunt malitiam.

KJV ¹⁶ They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

VULC ¹⁶ Reversi sunt ut essent absque jugo ;
facti sunt quasi arcus dolosus :
cadent in gladio principes eorum, a furore linguæ suæ.
Ista subsannatio eorum in terra Ægypti.]

KJV ¹ Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

VULC ¹ [In gutture tuo sit tuba
quasi aquila super domum Domini,
pro eo quod transgressi sunt fœdus meum,
et legem meam prævaricati sunt.

KJV ² Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

VULC ² Me invocabunt : Deus meus,
cognovimus te Israël.

KJV ³ Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

VULC ³ Projecit Israël bonum :
inimicus persequetur eum.

KJV ⁴ They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

VULC ⁴ Ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me ;
principes exstiterunt, et non cognovi :
argentum suum et aurum suum fecerunt sibi idola,
ut interirent.

KJV ⁵ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

VULC ⁵ Projectus est vitulus tuus, Samaria ;
iratus est furor meus in eos.
Usquequo non poterunt emundari ?

KJV ⁶ For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

VULC ⁶ Quia ex Israël et ipse est :
artifex fecit illum, et non est deus ;
quoniam in aranearum telas erit vitulus Samariæ.

KJV ⁷ For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

VULC ⁷ Quia ventum seminabunt,
et turbinem metent :
culmus stans non est in eo ;
germen non faciet farinam :
quod etsi fecerit, alieni comedent eam.

KJV ⁸ Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

VULC ⁸ Devoratus est Israël ;
nunc factus est in nationibus quasi vas immundum.

KJV ⁹ For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

VULC ⁹ Quia ipsi ascenderunt ad Assur,
onager solitarius sibi ;
Ephraim munera dederunt amatoribus.

KJV ¹⁰ Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

VULC ¹⁰ Sed et cum mercede conduxerint nationes,
nunc congregabo eos,
et quiescent paulisper ab onere regis et principum.

KJV ¹¹ Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

VULC ¹¹ Quia multiplicavit Ephraim altaria ad peccandum ;
factæ sunt ei aræ in delictum.

KJV ¹² I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

VULC ¹² Scribam ei multiplices leges meas,
quæ velut alienæ computatæ sunt.

KJV ¹³ They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

VULC ¹³ Hostias offerent,
immolabunt carnes et comedent,
et Dominus non suscipiet eas :
nunc recordabitur iniquitatis eorum,
et visitabit peccata eorum :
ipsi in Ægyptum convertentur.

KJV ¹⁴ For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

VULC ¹⁴ Et oblitus est Israël factoris sui,
et ædificavit delubra ;
et Judas multiplicavit urbes munitas ;
et mittam ignem in civitates ejus,
et devorabit ædes illius.]

KJV ¹ Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

VULC ¹ [Noli lætari, Israël ;
noli exsultare sicut populi :
quia fornicatus es a Deo tuo ;
dilexisti mercedem super omnes areas tritici.

KJV ² The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

VULC ² Area et torcular non pascet eos,
et vinum mentietur eis :

KJV ³ They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

VULC ³ non habitabunt in terra Domini.
Reversus est Ephraim in Ægyptum,
et in Assyriis pollutum comedit.

KJV ⁴ They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

VULC ⁴ Non libabunt Domino vinum,
et non placebunt ei.
Sacrificia eorum quasi panis lugentium ;
omnes qui comedent eum, contaminabuntur :
quia panis eorum animæ ipsorum :
non intrabit in domum Domini.

KJV ⁵ What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

VULC ⁵ Quid facietis in die solemni,
in die festivitatis Domini ?

KJV ⁶ For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

VULC ⁶ Ecce enim profecti sunt a vastitate :
Ægyptus congregabit eos ;
Memphis sepeliet eos :
desiderabile argentum eorum urtica hæreditabit,
lappa in tabernaculis eorum.

KJV ⁷ The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

VULC ⁷ Venerunt dies visitationis,
venerunt dies retributionis.
Scitote, Israël,
stultum prophetam,
insanum virum spiritualem,
propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ,
et multitudinem amentiæ.

KJV ⁸ The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

VULC ⁸ Speculator Ephraim cum Deo meo,
propheta laqueus ruinæ factus est super omnes vias ejus ;
insania in domo Dei ejus.

KJV ⁹ They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

VULC ⁹ Profunde peccaverunt, sicut in diebus Gabaa.
Recordabitur iniquitatis eorum,
et visitabit peccata eorum.

KJV ¹⁰ I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

VULC ¹⁰ Quasi uvas in deserto inveni Israël,
quasi prima poma ficulneæ in cacumine ejus vidi patres eorum :
ipsi autem intraverunt ad Beelphegor,
et abalienati sunt in confusionem,
et facti sunt abominabiles sicut ea quæ dilexerunt.

KJV ¹¹ As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

VULC ¹¹ Ephraim quasi avis avolavit ;
gloria eorum a partu, et ab utero, et a conceptu.

KJV ¹² Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

VULC ¹² Quod etsi enutrierint filios suos,
absque liberis eos faciam in hominibus ;
sed et væ eis cum recessero ab eis !

KJV ¹³ Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

VULC ¹³ Ephraim, ut vidi, Tyrus erat fundata in pulchritudine ;
et Ephraim educet ad interfectorem filios suos.

KJV ¹⁴ Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

VULC ¹⁴ Da eis, Domine. Quid dabis eis ?
da eis vulvam sine liberis, et ubera arentia.

KJV ¹⁵ All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

VULC ¹⁵ Omnes nequitiæ eorum in Galgal,
quia ibi exosos habui eos.
Propter malitiam adinventionum eorum,
de domo mea ejiciam eos ;
non addam ut diligam eos :
omnes principes eorum recedentes.

KJV ¹⁶ Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

VULC ¹⁶ Percussus est Ephraim ;
radix eorum exsiccata est :
fructum nequaquam facient,
quod etsi genuerint,
interficiam amantissima uteri eorum.

KJV ¹⁷ My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

VULC ¹⁷ Abjiciet eos Deus meus, quia non audierunt eum,
et erunt vagi in nationibus.]

KJV ¹ Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

VULC ¹ [Vitis frondosa Israël,
fructus adæquatus est ei :
secundum multitudinem fructus sui multiplicavit altaria,
juxta ubertatem terræ suæ exuberavit simulacris.

KJV ² Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

VULC ² Divisum est cor eorum, nunc interibunt ;
ipse confringet simulacra eorum,
depopulabitur aras eorum.

KJV ³ For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

VULC ³ Quia nunc dicent : Non est rex nobis,
non enim timemus Dominum ;
et rex quid faciet nobis ?

KJV ⁴ They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

VULC ⁴ Loquimini verba visionis inutilis, et ferietis fœdus ;
et germinabit quasi amaritudo judicium super sulcos agri.

KJV ⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

VULC ⁵ Vaccas Bethaven coluerunt habitatores Samariæ ;
quia luxit super eum populus ejus,
et æditui ejus super eum exsultaverunt
in gloria ejus, quia migravit ab eo.

KJV ⁶ It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

VULC ⁶ Siquidem et ipse in Assur delatus est,
munus regi ultori.
Confusio Ephraim capiet,
et confundetur Israël in voluntate sua.

KJV ⁷ As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

VULC ⁷ Transire fecit Samaria regem suum
quasi spumam super faciem aquæ.

KJV ⁸ The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

VULC ⁸ Et disperdentur excelsa idoli, peccatum Israël ;
lappa et tribulus ascendet super aras eorum :
et dicent montibus : Operite nos,
et collibus : Cadite super nos.

KJV ⁹ O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

VULC ⁹ Ex diebus Gabaa peccavit Israël ;
ibi steterunt.
Non comprehendet eos in Gabaa
prælium super filios iniquitatis.

KJV ¹⁰ It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

VULC ¹⁰ Juxta desiderium meum corripiam eos :
congregabuntur super eos populi,
cum corripientur propter duas iniquitates suas.

KJV ¹¹ And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

VULC ¹¹ Ephraim vitula docta diligere trituram,
et ego transivi super pulchritudinem colli ejus :
ascendam super Ephraim,
arabit Judas ;
confringet sibi sulcos Jacob.

KJV ¹² Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

VULC ¹² Seminate vobis in justitia,
et metite in ore misericordiæ.
Innovate vobis novale ;
tempus autem requirendi Dominum,
cum venerit qui docebit vos justitiam.

KJV ¹³ Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

VULC ¹³ Arastis impietatem,
iniquitatem messuistis :
comedistis frugem mendacii,
quia confisus es in viis tuis,
in multitudine fortium tuorum.

KJV ¹⁴ Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

VULC ¹⁴ Consurget tumultus in populo tuo ;
et omnes munitiones tuæ vastabuntur,
sicut vastatus est Salmana a domo ejus qui judicavit Baal
in die prælii, matre super filios allisa.

KJV ¹⁵ So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

VULC ¹⁵ Sic fecit vobis Bethel,
a facie malitiæ nequitiarum vestrarum.]

KJV ¹ When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

VULC ¹ [Sicut mane transiit, pertransiit rex Israël.
Quia puer Israël, et dilexi eum ;
et ex Ægypto vocavi filium meum.

KJV ² As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

VULC ² Vocaverunt eos, sic abierunt a facie eorum ;
Baalim immolabant, et simulacris sacrificabant.

KJV ³ I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

VULC ³ Et ego quasi nutritius Ephraim :
portabam eos in brachiis meis,
et nescierunt quod curarem eos.

KJV ⁴ I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

VULC ⁴ In funiculis Adam traham eos,
in vinculis caritatis ;
et ero eis quasi exaltans jugum super maxillas eorum,
et declinavi ad eum ut vesceretur.

KJV ⁵ He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

VULC ⁵ Non revertetur in terram Ægypti, et Assur ipse rex ejus,
quoniam noluerunt converti.

KJV ⁶ And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

VULC ⁶ Cœpit gladius in civitatibus ejus,
et consumet electos ejus,
et comedet capita eorum.

KJV ⁷ And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

VULC ⁷ Et populus meus pendebit ad reditum meum ;
jugum autem imponetur eis simul, quod non auferetur.

KJV ⁸ How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

VULC ⁸ Quomodo dabo te, Ephraim ?
protegam te, Israël ?
Quomodo dabo te sicut Adama,
ponam te ut Seboim ?
Conversum est in me cor meum,
pariter conturbata est pœnitudo mea.

KJV ⁹ I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

VULC ⁹ Non faciam furorem iræ meæ ;
non convertar ut disperdam Ephraim,
quoniam Deus ego, et non homo ;
in medio tui sanctus,
et non ingrediar civitatem.

KJV ¹⁰ They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

VULC ¹⁰ Post Dominum ambulabunt ;
quasi leo rugiet,
quia ipse rugiet,
et formidabunt filii maris.

KJV ¹¹ They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹¹ Et avolabunt quasi avis ex Ægypto,
et quasi columba de terra Assyriorum :
et collocabo eos in domibus suis, dicit Dominus.]

KJV ¹² Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

VULC ¹² [Circumdedit me in negatione Ephraim,
et in dolo domus Israël ;
Judas autem testis descendit cum Deo,
et cum sanctis fidelis.]

KJV ¹ Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

VULC ¹ [Ephraim pascit ventum,
et sequitur æstum ;
tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat :
et fœdus cum Assyriis iniit,
et oleum in Ægyptum ferebat.

KJV ² The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

VULC ² Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda,
et visitatio super Jacob :
juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.

KJV ³ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

VULC ³ In utero supplantavit fratrem suum,
et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo.

KJV ⁴ Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

VULC ⁴ Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est ;
flevit, et rogavit eum.
In Bethel invenit eum,
et ibi locutus est nobiscum.

KJV ⁵ Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

VULC ⁵ Et Dominus Deus exercituum,
Dominus memoriale ejus.

KJV ⁶ Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.

VULC ⁶ Et tu ad Deum tuum converteris ;
misericordiam et judicium custodi,
et spera in Deo tuo semper.

KJV ⁷ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

VULC ⁷ Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa,
calumniam dilexit.

KJV ⁸ And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

VULC ⁸ Et dixit Ephraim : Verumtamen dives effectus sum ;
inveni idolum mihi :
omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.

KJV ⁹ And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

VULC ⁹ Et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Ægypti :
adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis, sicut in diebus festivitatis.

KJV ¹⁰ I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

VULC ¹⁰ Et locutus sum super prophetas,
et ego visionem multiplicavi,
et in manu prophetarum assimilatus sum.

KJV ¹¹ Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

VULC ¹¹ Si Galaad idolum, ergo frustra erant in Galgal bobus immolantes ;
nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri.

KJV ¹² And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

VULC ¹² Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ,
et servivit Israël in uxorem,
et in uxorem servavit.

KJV ¹³ And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

VULC ¹³ In propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israël de Ægypto,
et in propheta servatus est.

KJV ¹⁴ Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.

VULC ¹⁴ Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis :
et sanguis ejus super eum veniet,
et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.]

KJV ¹ When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

VULC ¹ [Loquente Ephraim, horror invasit Israël ;
et deliquit in Baal, et mortuus est.

KJV ² And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

VULC ² Et nunc addiderunt ad peccandum ;
feceruntque sibi conflatile de argento suo
quasi similitudinem idolorum :
factura artificum totum est :
his ipsi dicunt : Immolate homines, vitulos adorantes.

KJV ³ Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

VULC ³ Idcirco erunt quasi nubes matutina,
et sicut ros matutinus præteriens ;
sicut pulvis turbine raptus ex area,
et sicut fumus de fumario.

KJV ⁴ Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

VULC ⁴ Ego autem Dominus Deus tuus, ex terra Ægypti ;
et Deum absque me nescies,
et salvator non est præter me.

KJV ⁵ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

VULC ⁵ Ego cognovi te in deserto,
in terra solitudinis.

KJV ⁶ According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

VULC ⁶ Juxta pascua sua adimpleti sunt et saturati sunt ;
et levaverunt cor suum, et obliti sunt mei.

KJV ⁷ Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

VULC ⁷ Et ego ero eis quasi leæna,
sicut pardus in via Assyriorum.

KJV ⁸ I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

VULC ⁸ Occurram eis quasi ursa raptis catulis,
et dirumpam interiora jecoris eorum,
et consumam eos ibi quasi leo :
bestia agri scindet eos.

KJV ⁹ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

VULC ⁹ Perditio tua, Israël : tantummodo in me auxilium tuum.

KJV ¹⁰ I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

VULC ¹⁰ Ubi est rex tuus ?
maxime nunc salvet te in omnibus urbibus tuis ;
et judices tui, de quibus dixisti :
Da mihi regem et principes.

KJV ¹¹ I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

VULC ¹¹ Dabo tibi regem in furore meo,
et auferam in indignatione mea.

KJV ¹² The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

VULC ¹² Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim ;
absconditum peccatum ejus.

KJV ¹³ The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

VULC ¹³ Dolores parturientis venient ei :
ipse filius non sapiens :
nunc enim non stabit in contritione filiorum.

KJV ¹⁴ I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

VULC ¹⁴ De manu mortis liberabo eos ;
de morte redimam eos.
Ero mors tua, o mors !
morsus tuus ero, inferne !
consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis.

KJV ¹⁵ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

VULC ¹⁵ Quia ipse inter fratres dividet :
adducet urentem ventum Dominus de deserto ascendentem,
et siccabit venas ejus,
et desolabit fontem ejus :
et ipse diripiet thesaurum omnis vasis desiderabilis.]

KJV ¹⁶ Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

KJV ¹ O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

VULC ¹ [Pereat Samaria, quoniam ad amaritudinem concitavit Deum suum !
in gladio pereant,
parvuli eorum elidantur,
et fœtæ ejus discindantur !]

KJV ² Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

VULC ² [Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum tuum,
quoniam corruisti in iniquitate tua.

KJV ³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

VULC ³ Tollite vobiscum verba,
et convertimini ad Dominum ; et dicite ei :
Omnem aufer iniquitatem, accipe bonum,
et reddemus vitulos labiorum nostrorum.

KJV ⁴ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

VULC ⁴ Assur non salvabit nos :
super equum non ascendemus,
nec dicemus ultra, Dii nostri opera manuum nostrarum :
quia ejus, qui in te est, misereberis pupilli.

KJV ⁵ I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

VULC ⁵ Sanabo contritiones eorum ;
diligam eos spontanee :
quia aversus est furor meus ab eis.

KJV ⁶ His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

VULC ⁶ Ero quasi ros ;
Israël germinabit sicut lilium,
et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani.

KJV ⁷ They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

VULC ⁷ Ibunt rami ejus,
et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus,
et odor ejus ut Libani.

KJV ⁸ Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

VULC ⁸ Convertentur sedentes in umbra ejus ;
vivent tritico, et germinabunt quasi vinea ;
memoriale ejus sicut vinum Libani.

KJV ⁹ Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

VULC ⁹ Ephraim, quid mihi ultra idola ?
Ego exaudiam, et dirigam eum ego ut abietem virentem ;
ex me fructus tuus inventus est.

VULC ¹⁰ Quis sapiens, et intelliget ista ? intelligens, et sciet hæc ?
quia rectæ viæ Domini,
et justi ambulabunt in eis ;
prævaricatores vero corruent in eis.]