¹Væ coronæ superbiæ,Woe to the crown of arrogance,ebriis Ephraim,to the inebriated of Ephraim,et flori decidenti,and to the falling flower,gloriæ exsultationis ejus,the glory of his exultation,qui erant in vertice vallis pinguissimæ,to those who were at the top of the very fat valley,errantes a vino.staggering from wine.

¹Væ coronæ superbiæ,Woe to the crown of arrogance,ebriis Ephraim,to the inebriated of Ephraim,et flori decidenti,and to the falling flower,gloriæ exsultationis ejus,the glory of his exultation,qui erant in vertice vallis pinguissimæ,to those who were at the top of the very fat valley,errantes a vino.staggering from wine.

²Ecce validus et fortis Dominus sicut impetus grandinis;Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail,turbo confringens,like a crushing whirlwind,sicut impetus aquarum multarum inundantium et emissarum super terram spatiosam.like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.

²Ecce validus et fortis Dominus sicut impetus grandinis;Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail,turbo confringens,like a crushing whirlwind,sicut impetus aquarum multarum inundantium et emissarum super terram spatiosam.like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.

³Pedibus conculcabitur corona superbiæ ebriorum Ephraim.The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot.

³Pedibus conculcabitur corona superbiæ ebriorum Ephraim.The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot.

⁴Et erit flos decidens gloriæ exsultationis ejus,And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation,qui est super verticem vallis pinguium,who is at the summit of the fat valley,quasi temporaneum ante maturitatem autumni,will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn,quod,which,cum aspexerit videns,when the onlooker beholds it,statim ut manu tenuerit,as soon he takes it in his hand,devorabit illud.he will devour it.

⁴Et erit flos decidens gloriæ exsultationis ejus,And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation,qui est super verticem vallis pinguium,who is at the summit of the fat valley,quasi temporaneum ante maturitatem autumni,will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn,quod,which,cum aspexerit videns,when the onlooker beholds it,statim ut manu tenuerit,as soon he takes it in his hand,devorabit illud.he will devour it.

⁵In die illa erit Dominus exercituum corona gloriæ,In that day,et sertum exsultationis residuo populi sui;the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.

⁵In die illa erit Dominus exercituum corona gloriæ,In that day,et sertum exsultationis residuo populi sui;the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.

⁶et spiritus judicii sedenti super judicium,And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment,et fortitudo revertentibus de bello ad portam.and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.

⁶et spiritus judicii sedenti super judicium,And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment,et fortitudo revertentibus de bello ad portam.and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.

⁷Verum hi quoque præ vino nescierunt,Yet truly,et præ ebrietate erraverunt;these also have been ignorant due to wine,sacerdosand they have gone astray due to inebriation.et propheta nescierunt præ ebrietate;The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation.absorpti sunt a vino,They have been absorbed by wine.erraverunt in ebrietate,They have staggered in drunkenness.nescierunt videntem,They have not known the One who sees.ignoraverunt judicium.They have been ignorant of judgment.

⁷Verum hi quoque præ vino nescierunt,Yet truly,et præ ebrietate erraverunt;these also have been ignorant due to wine,sacerdosand they have gone astray due to inebriation.et propheta nescierunt præ ebrietate;The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation.absorpti sunt a vino,They have been absorbed by wine.erraverunt in ebrietate,They have staggered in drunkenness.nescierunt videntem,They have not known the One who sees.ignoraverunt judicium.They have been ignorant of judgment.

⁸Omnes enim mensæ repletæ sunt vomitu sordiumque,For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth,ita ut non esset ultra locus.so much so that there was no place left.

⁸Omnes enim mensæ repletæ sunt vomitu sordiumque,For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth,ita ut non esset ultra locus.so much so that there was no place left.

⁹Quem docebit scientiam?To whom will he teach knowledge?et quem intelligere faciet auditum?And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard?Ablactatos a lacte,To those who have been weaned from the milk,avulsos ab uberibus.who have been pulled away from the breasts.

⁹Quem docebit scientiam?To whom will he teach knowledge?et quem intelligere faciet auditum?And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard?Ablactatos a lacte,To those who have been weaned from the milk,avulsos ab uberibus.who have been pulled away from the breasts.

¹⁰Quia manda,So then: command,remanda; manda,and command again;remanda;command,exspecta, reexspecta;and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;expect, and expect again;modicum ibi,a little here,modicum ibi.and a little there.

¹⁰Quia manda,So then: command,remanda; manda,and command again;remanda;command,exspecta, reexspecta;and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;expect, and expect again;modicum ibi,a little here,modicum ibi.and a little there.

¹¹In loquela enim labii,For with the speech of lips and with a different language,et lingua altera loquetur ad populum istum.he will speak to this people.

¹¹In loquela enim labii,For with the speech of lips and with a different language,et lingua altera loquetur ad populum istum.he will speak to this people.

¹²Cui dixit: Hæc est requies mea,He said to them: “This is my rest.reficite lassum;Refresh the weary,” and,et hoc est meum refrigerium: et noluerunt audire.“This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.

¹²Cui dixit: Hæc est requies mea,He said to them: “This is my rest.reficite lassum;Refresh the weary,” and,et hoc est meum refrigerium: et noluerunt audire.“This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.

¹³Et erit eis verbum Domini: Manda,And so, the word of the Lord to them will be:remanda;“Command,manda, remanda;and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;command, and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;expect, and expect again;modicum ibi,a little here,modicum ibi;and a little there,”ut vadant, et cadant retrorsum,so that they may go forward and fall backward,et conterantur, et illaqueentur, et capiantur.and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.

¹³Et erit eis verbum Domini: Manda,And so, the word of the Lord to them will be:remanda;“Command,manda, remanda;and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;command, and command again;exspecta, reexspecta;expect, and expect again;modicum ibi,a little here,modicum ibi;and a little there,”ut vadant, et cadant retrorsum,so that they may go forward and fall backward,et conterantur, et illaqueentur, et capiantur.and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.

¹⁴Propter hoc audite verbum Domini,Because of this,viri illusores,listen to the word of the Lord,qui dominamini super populum meum,you mocking men,qui est in Jerusalem.who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.

¹⁴Propter hoc audite verbum Domini,Because of this,viri illusores,listen to the word of the Lord,qui dominamini super populum meum,you mocking men,qui est in Jerusalem.who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.

¹⁵Dixistis enim:For you have said:Percussimus fœdus cum morte,“We struck a deal with death,et cum inferno fecimus pactum:and we formed a pact with Hell.flagellum inundans cum transierit,When the inundating scourge passes through,non veniet super nos quia posuimus mendacium spem nostram,it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies,et mendacio protecti sumus.and we are protected by what is false.”

¹⁵Dixistis enim:For you have said:Percussimus fœdus cum morte,“We struck a deal with death,et cum inferno fecimus pactum:and we formed a pact with Hell.flagellum inundans cum transierit,When the inundating scourge passes through,non veniet super nos quia posuimus mendacium spem nostram,it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies,et mendacio protecti sumus.and we are protected by what is false.”

¹⁶Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus:For this reason, thus says the Lord God:Ecce ego mittam in fundamentis Sion lapidem,Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion,lapidem probatum,a tested stone, a cornerstone,angularem,a precious stone,pretiosum, in fundamento fundatum;which has been established in the foundation:qui crediderit, non festinet.whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

¹⁶Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus:For this reason, thus says the Lord God:Ecce ego mittam in fundamentis Sion lapidem,Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion,lapidem probatum,a tested stone, a cornerstone,angularem,a precious stone,pretiosum, in fundamento fundatum;which has been established in the foundation:qui crediderit, non festinet.whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

¹⁷Et ponam in pondere judicium,And I will establish judgment in weights,et justitiam in mensura;and justice in measures.et subvertet grando spem mendacii,And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false;et protectionem aquæ inundabunt.and waters will inundate its protection.

¹⁷Et ponam in pondere judicium,And I will establish judgment in weights,et justitiam in mensura;and justice in measures.et subvertet grando spem mendacii,And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false;et protectionem aquæ inundabunt.and waters will inundate its protection.

¹⁸Et delebitur fœdus vestrum cum morte,And your deal with death will be abolished,et pactum vestrum cum inferno non stabit:and your pact with Hell will not stand.flagellum inundans cum transierit,When the inundating scourge passes through,eritis ei in conculcationem.you will be trampled down by it.

¹⁸Et delebitur fœdus vestrum cum morte,And your deal with death will be abolished,et pactum vestrum cum inferno non stabit:and your pact with Hell will not stand.flagellum inundans cum transierit,When the inundating scourge passes through,eritis ei in conculcationem.you will be trampled down by it.

¹⁹Quandocumque pertransierit, tollet vos,Whenever it passes through, it will take you away.quoniam in mane diluculo pertransibit in die et in nocte;For, at first light of morning, it will pass through,et tantummodo sola vexatio intellectum dabit auditui.in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.

¹⁹Quandocumque pertransierit, tollet vos,Whenever it passes through, it will take you away.quoniam in mane diluculo pertransibit in die et in nocte;For, at first light of morning, it will pass through,et tantummodo sola vexatio intellectum dabit auditui.in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.

²⁰Coangustatum est enim stratum,For the bed has been narrowed,ita ut alter decidat;so much so that one alone would fall out,et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest.and the short blanket is not able to cover two.

²⁰Coangustatum est enim stratum,For the bed has been narrowed,ita ut alter decidat;so much so that one alone would fall out,et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest.and the short blanket is not able to cover two.

²¹Sicut enim in monte divisionum stabit Dominus;For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions.sicut in valle quæ est in Gabaon irascetur,He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon,ut faciat opus suum, alienum opus ejus:so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work,ut operetur opus suum,so that he may complete his work,peregrinum est opus ejus ab eo.his work which is foreign even to him.

²¹Sicut enim in monte divisionum stabit Dominus;For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions.sicut in valle quæ est in Gabaon irascetur,He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon,ut faciat opus suum, alienum opus ejus:so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work,ut operetur opus suum,so that he may complete his work,peregrinum est opus ejus ab eo.his work which is foreign even to him.

²²Et nunc nolite illudere,And now, do not be willing to mock,ne forte constringantur vincula vestra;lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord,consummationem enim et abbreviationem audivi a Domino Deo exercituum, super universam terram.the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.

²²Et nunc nolite illudere,And now, do not be willing to mock,ne forte constringantur vincula vestra;lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord,consummationem enim et abbreviationem audivi a Domino Deo exercituum, super universam terram.the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.

²³Auribus percipite,Pay close attention,et audite vocem meam:and listen to my voice!attendite,Attendet audite eloquium meum.and hear my eloquence!

²³Auribus percipite,Pay close attention,et audite vocem meam:and listen to my voice!attendite,Attendet audite eloquium meum.and hear my eloquence!

²⁴Numquid tota die arabit arans ut serat?Would the plowman,proscindetafter plowing all day so that he may sow,et sarriet humum suam?instead cut open and hoe his soil?

²⁴Numquid tota die arabit arans ut serat?Would the plowman,proscindetafter plowing all day so that he may sow,et sarriet humum suam?instead cut open and hoe his soil?

²⁵Nonne cum adæquaverit faciem ejus,Will he not, when he has made the surface level,seret gith et cyminum sparget?sow coriander, and scatter cumin,et ponet triticum per ordinem,and plant wheat in rows,et hordeum,and barley,et milium,and millet,et viciam in finibus suis?and vetch in their places?

²⁵Nonne cum adæquaverit faciem ejus,Will he not, when he has made the surface level,seret gith et cyminum sparget?sow coriander, and scatter cumin,et ponet triticum per ordinem,and plant wheat in rows,et hordeum,and barley,et milium,and millet,et viciam in finibus suis?and vetch in their places?

²⁶Et erudiet illum in judicio;For he will be instructed in judgment;Deus suus docebit illum.his God will teach him.

²⁶Et erudiet illum in judicio;For he will be instructed in judgment;Deus suus docebit illum.his God will teach him.

²⁷Non enim in serris triturabitur gith,For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw,nec rota plaustri super cyminum circuibit;and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead,sed in virga excutietur gith,coriander is shaken out with a stick,et cyminum in baculo.and cumin with a staff.

²⁷Non enim in serris triturabitur gith,For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw,nec rota plaustri super cyminum circuibit;and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead,sed in virga excutietur gith,coriander is shaken out with a stick,et cyminum in baculo.and cumin with a staff.

²⁸Panis autem comminuetur;But grain for bread must be crushed.verum non in perpetuum triturans triturabit illum,Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly,neque vexabit eum rota plaustri,and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it,neque ungulis suis comminuet eum.nor break it with its surface.

²⁸Panis autem comminuetur;But grain for bread must be crushed.verum non in perpetuum triturans triturabit illum,Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly,neque vexabit eum rota plaustri,and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it,neque ungulis suis comminuet eum.nor break it with its surface.

²⁹Et hoc a Domino Deo exercituum exivit,And this has gone forth from the Lord,ut mirabile faceret consilium,the God of hosts,et magnificaret justitiam.so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.

²⁹Et hoc a Domino Deo exercituum exivit,And this has gone forth from the Lord,ut mirabile faceret consilium,the God of hosts,et magnificaret justitiam.so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.