¹Confractus est Bel,Bel has been broken.contritus est Nabo;Nebo has been crushed.facta sunt simulacra eorum bestiisTheir idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle,et jumentis,your grievous heavy burdens,onera vestra gravi pondere usque ad lassitudinem.even unto exhaustion.

¹Confractus est Bel,Bel has been broken.contritus est Nabo;Nebo has been crushed.facta sunt simulacra eorum bestiisTheir idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle,et jumentis,your grievous heavy burdens,onera vestra gravi pondere usque ad lassitudinem.even unto exhaustion.

²Contabuerunt,They have been melted down,et contrita sunt simul;or have been smashed together.non potuerunt salvare portantem,They were not able to save the one who carried them,et anima eorum in captivitatem ibit.and their life will go into captivity.

²Contabuerunt,They have been melted down,et contrita sunt simul;or have been smashed together.non potuerunt salvare portantem,They were not able to save the one who carried them,et anima eorum in captivitatem ibit.and their life will go into captivity.

³Audite me,Listen to me,domus Jacob,house of Jacob,et omne residuum domus Israël;all the remnant of the house of Israel,qui portamini a meo utero,who are carried in my bosom,qui gestamini a mea vulva.who were born from my womb.

³Audite me,Listen to me,domus Jacob,house of Jacob,et omne residuum domus Israël;all the remnant of the house of Israel,qui portamini a meo utero,who are carried in my bosom,qui gestamini a mea vulva.who were born from my womb.

⁴Usque ad senectam ego ipse,Even to your old age, I am the same.et usque ad canos ego portabo;And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you.ego feci,I have made you,et ego feram;and I will sustain you.ego portabo,I will carry you,et salvabo.and I will save you.

⁴Usque ad senectam ego ipse,Even to your old age, I am the same.et usque ad canos ego portabo;And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you.ego feci,I have made you,et ego feram;and I will sustain you.ego portabo,I will carry you,et salvabo.and I will save you.

⁵Cui assimilastis me,To whom would you liken me,et adæquastis,or equate me,et comparastis me,or compare me,et fecistis similem?or consider me to be similar?

⁵Cui assimilastis me,To whom would you liken me,et adæquastis,or equate me,et comparastis me,or compare me,et fecistis similem?or consider me to be similar?

⁶Qui confertis aurum de sacculo,You take gold from a bag,et argentum statera ponderatis,and you weigh silver on a scale,conducentes aurificem ut faciat deum,so as to hire a goldsmith to make a god.et procidunt,And they fall prostrateet adorant.and adore.

⁶Qui confertis aurum de sacculo,You take gold from a bag,et argentum statera ponderatis,and you weigh silver on a scale,conducentes aurificem ut faciat deum,so as to hire a goldsmith to make a god.et procidunt,And they fall prostrateet adorant.and adore.

⁷Portant illum in humeris gestantes,They carry him on their shoulders,et ponentes in loco suo,supporting him,et stabit,and they set him in his place.ac de loco suo non movebitur:And he will stand still and will not move from his place.sed et cum clamaverint ad eum,But even when they will cry out to him,non audiet;he will not hear.de tribulatione non salvabit eos.He will not save them from tribulation.

⁷Portant illum in humeris gestantes,They carry him on their shoulders,et ponentes in loco suo,supporting him,et stabit,and they set him in his place.ac de loco suo non movebitur:And he will stand still and will not move from his place.sed et cum clamaverint ad eum,But even when they will cry out to him,non audiet;he will not hear.de tribulatione non salvabit eos.He will not save them from tribulation.

⁸Mementote istud,Remember this,et confundamini;and be confounded.redite,Return,prævaricatores,you transgressors,ad cor.to the heart.

⁸Mementote istud,Remember this,et confundamini;and be confounded.redite,Return,prævaricatores,you transgressors,ad cor.to the heart.

⁹Recordamini prioris sæculi,Remember the past ages.quoniam ego sum Deus,For I am God,et non est ultra deus,and there is no other god.nec est similis mei.There is no one like me.

⁹Recordamini prioris sæculi,Remember the past ages.quoniam ego sum Deus,For I am God,et non est ultra deus,and there is no other god.nec est similis mei.There is no one like me.

¹⁰Annuntians ab exordio novissimum,From the beginning, I announce the last things,et ab initio quæ necdum facta sunt, dicens:and from the start, the things that have not yet been done,Consilium meum stabit,saying: My plan will stand firm,et omnis voluntas mea fiet.and my entire will shall be done.

¹⁰Annuntians ab exordio novissimum,From the beginning, I announce the last things,et ab initio quæ necdum facta sunt, dicens:and from the start, the things that have not yet been done,Consilium meum stabit,saying: My plan will stand firm,et omnis voluntas mea fiet.and my entire will shall be done.

¹¹Vocans ab oriente avem,I call a bird from the east,et de terra longinqua virum voluntatis meæ:and from a far away land, the man of my will.et locutus sum,And I have spoken it,et adducam illud;and I will carry it out.creavi et faciam illud.I have created, and I will act.

¹¹Vocans ab oriente avem,I call a bird from the east,et de terra longinqua virum voluntatis meæ:and from a far away land, the man of my will.et locutus sum,And I have spoken it,et adducam illud;and I will carry it out.creavi et faciam illud.I have created, and I will act.

¹²Audite me,Hear me,duro corde,you who are hard of heart,qui longe estis a justitia.who are far from justice!

¹²Audite me,Hear me,duro corde,you who are hard of heart,qui longe estis a justitia.who are far from justice!

¹³Prope feci justitiam meam,I have brought my justice near.non elongabitur,It will not be far away,et salus mea non morabitur.and my salvation will not be delayed.Dabo in Sion salutem,I will grant salvation in Zion,et in Israël gloriam meam.and my glory in Israel.

¹³Prope feci justitiam meam,I have brought my justice near.non elongabitur,It will not be far away,et salus mea non morabitur.and my salvation will not be delayed.Dabo in Sion salutem,I will grant salvation in Zion,et in Israël gloriam meam.and my glory in Israel.