¹Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos,Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you,filii Israël,sons of Israel,super omnem cognationem quam eduxi de terra Ægypti,concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt,dicens:saying:

¹Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos,Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you,filii Israël,sons of Israel,super omnem cognationem quam eduxi de terra Ægypti,concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt,dicens:saying:

²Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terræ;I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth.idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

²Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terræ;I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth.idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

³Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter,Will two walk together,nisi convenerit eis?unless they have agreed to do so?

³Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter,Will two walk together,nisi convenerit eis?unless they have agreed to do so?

⁴numquid rugiet leo in saltu,Will a lion roar in the forest,nisi habuerit prædam?unless he has prey?numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo,Will the lion’s young cry out from his den,nisi aliquid apprehenderit?unless he has taken something?

⁴numquid rugiet leo in saltu,Will a lion roar in the forest,nisi habuerit prædam?unless he has prey?numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo,Will the lion’s young cry out from his den,nisi aliquid apprehenderit?unless he has taken something?

⁵numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe?Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher?numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?

⁵numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe?Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher?numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit?Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?

⁶si clanget tuba in civitate,Will the trumpet sound in a city,et populus non expavescet?and the people not become frightened?si erit malum in civitate,Will there be disaster in a city,quod Dominus non fecerit?which the Lord has not done?

⁶si clanget tuba in civitate,Will the trumpet sound in a city,et populus non expavescet?and the people not become frightened?si erit malum in civitate,Will there be disaster in a city,quod Dominus non fecerit?which the Lord has not done?

⁷Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum,For the Lord God does not fulfill his word,nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

⁷Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum,For the Lord God does not fulfill his word,nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

⁸Leo rugiet,The lion will roar,quis non timebit?who will not fear?Dominus Deus locutus est,The Lord God has spoken,quis non prophetabit?who will not prophesy?

⁸Leo rugiet,The lion will roar,quis non timebit?who will not fear?Dominus Deus locutus est,The Lord God has spoken,quis non prophetabit?who will not prophesy?

⁹Auditum facite in ædibus Azoti,Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdodet in ædibus terræ Ægypti,and in the buildings of the land of Egypt,et dicite:and say:Congregamini super montes Samariæ,Gather together across the mountains of Samaria,et videte insanias multas in medio ejus,and see the many absurdities in its midst,et calumniam patientes in penetralibus ejus.and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.

⁹Auditum facite in ædibus Azoti,Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdodet in ædibus terræ Ægypti,and in the buildings of the land of Egypt,et dicite:and say:Congregamini super montes Samariæ,Gather together across the mountains of Samaria,et videte insanias multas in medio ejus,and see the many absurdities in its midst,et calumniam patientes in penetralibus ejus.and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.

¹⁰Et nescierunt facere rectum,And they do not know how to make it right,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,thesaurizantes iniquitatem et rapinas in ædibus suis.storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.

¹⁰Et nescierunt facere rectum,And they do not know how to make it right,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,thesaurizantes iniquitatem et rapinas in ædibus suis.storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.

¹¹Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of these things,Tribulabiturthus says the Lord God:et circuietur terra:The land will be encircled and squeezed together.et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua,And your strength will be drawn away from you,et diripientur ædes tuæ.and your buildings will be torn apart.

¹¹Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of these things,Tribulabiturthus says the Lord God:et circuietur terra:The land will be encircled and squeezed together.et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua,And your strength will be drawn away from you,et diripientur ædes tuæ.and your buildings will be torn apart.

¹²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura,Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion,aut extremum auriculæ,or the tip of an ear,sic eruentur filii Israël,so also will the sons of Israel be rescued,qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli,who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria,et in Damasci grabato.and in the cot of Damascus.

¹²Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonis duo crura,Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion,aut extremum auriculæ,or the tip of an ear,sic eruentur filii Israël,so also will the sons of Israel be rescued,qui habitant in Samaria in plaga lectuli,who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria,et in Damasci grabato.and in the cot of Damascus.

¹³Audite,Listenet contestamini in domo Jacob,and give testimony in the house of Jacob,dicit Dominus Deus exercituum;says the Lord God of hosts:

¹³Audite,Listenet contestamini in domo Jacob,and give testimony in the house of Jacob,dicit Dominus Deus exercituum;says the Lord God of hosts:

¹⁴quia in die cum visitare cœpero prævaricationes Israël,that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel,super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel;I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel.et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

¹⁴quia in die cum visitare cœpero prævaricationes Israël,that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel,super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel;I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel.et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

¹⁵Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo æstiva,And I will strike the winter house with the summer house;et peribunt domus eburneæ,and the houses of ivory will perish,et dissipabuntur ædes multæ,and many buildings will be torn apart,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹⁵Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo æstiva,And I will strike the winter house with the summer house;et peribunt domus eburneæ,and the houses of ivory will perish,et dissipabuntur ædes multæ,and many buildings will be torn apart,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.