¹Si reverteris,“O Israel,Israël,if you would return,ait Dominus,says the Lord,ad me convertere:then be converted to me.si abstuleris offendicula tua a facie mea,If you remove your offense from before my face,non commoveberis.then you will not be shaken.

¹Si reverteris,“O Israel,Israël,if you would return,ait Dominus,says the Lord,ad me convertere:then be converted to me.si abstuleris offendicula tua a facie mea,If you remove your offense from before my face,non commoveberis.then you will not be shaken.

²Et jurabis: Vivit Dominus in veritate,And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’et in judicio, et in justitia:in truth and in judgment and in justice.”et benedicent eum gentes,And the Gentiles will bless him,ipsumque laudabunt.and they will praise him.

²Et jurabis: Vivit Dominus in veritate,And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’et in judicio, et in justitia:in truth and in judgment and in justice.”et benedicent eum gentes,And the Gentiles will bless him,ipsumque laudabunt.and they will praise him.

³Hæc enim dicit Dominus viro Juda et Jerusalem:For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem:Novate vobis novale,“Break new ground,et nolite serere super spinas.and do not choose to sow upon thorns.

³Hæc enim dicit Dominus viro Juda et Jerusalem:For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem:Novate vobis novale,“Break new ground,et nolite serere super spinas.and do not choose to sow upon thorns.

⁴Circumcidimini Domino,Be circumcised to the Lord,et auferte præputia cordium vestrorum,and take away the foreskins from your hearts,viri Juda,O men of Judah,et habitatores Jerusalem:O inhabitants of Jerusalem.ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea,Otherwise my indignation may burst forthet succendatur,and flare up like a fire.et non sit qui extinguat,And then there will be no one who can extinguish it,propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum.because of the wickedness of your thoughts.

⁴Circumcidimini Domino,Be circumcised to the Lord,et auferte præputia cordium vestrorum,and take away the foreskins from your hearts,viri Juda,O men of Judah,et habitatores Jerusalem:O inhabitants of Jerusalem.ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea,Otherwise my indignation may burst forthet succendatur,and flare up like a fire.et non sit qui extinguat,And then there will be no one who can extinguish it,propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum.because of the wickedness of your thoughts.

⁵Annuntiate in Juda,Declare it in Judah,et in Jerusalem auditum facite:and make it known in Jerusalem!loquimini,Speak outet canite tuba in terra,and sound the trumpet in the land!clamate fortiter,Cry out stronglyet dicite:and say:Congregamini,‘Gather yourselves!et ingrediamur civitates munitas.And let us go forth to fortified cities!’

⁵Annuntiate in Juda,Declare it in Judah,et in Jerusalem auditum facite:and make it known in Jerusalem!loquimini,Speak outet canite tuba in terra,and sound the trumpet in the land!clamate fortiter,Cry out stronglyet dicite:and say:Congregamini,‘Gather yourselves!et ingrediamur civitates munitas.And let us go forth to fortified cities!’

⁶Levate signum in Sion;Lift up a standard in Zion.confortamini,Be strengthened!nolite stare:Do not choose to stand still.quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone,For I am bringing an evil from the north,et contritionem magnam.with great destruction.

⁶Levate signum in Sion;Lift up a standard in Zion.confortamini,Be strengthened!nolite stare:Do not choose to stand still.quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone,For I am bringing an evil from the north,et contritionem magnam.with great destruction.

⁷Ascendit leo de cubili suo,The lion has ascended from his den,et prædo gentium se levavit:and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up.egressus est de loco suo ut ponat terram tuam in solitudinem:He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation.civitates tuæ vastabuntur,Your cities will be laid waste,remanentes absque habitatore.remaining without an inhabitant.

⁷Ascendit leo de cubili suo,The lion has ascended from his den,et prædo gentium se levavit:and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up.egressus est de loco suo ut ponat terram tuam in solitudinem:He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation.civitates tuæ vastabuntur,Your cities will be laid waste,remanentes absque habitatore.remaining without an inhabitant.

⁸Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis;Concerning this,plangite,wrap yourselves in haircloth,et ululate:mourn and wail:quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’

⁸Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis;Concerning this,plangite,wrap yourselves in haircloth,et ululate:mourn and wail:quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’

⁹Et erit in die illa,And this shall be in that day,dicit Dominus:says the Lord:peribit cor regis,The heart of the king will perish,et cor principum,with the heart of the princes.et obstupescent sacerdotes,And the priests will be stupefied,et prophetæ consternabuntur.and the prophets will be in consternation.”

⁹Et erit in die illa,And this shall be in that day,dicit Dominus:says the Lord:peribit cor regis,The heart of the king will perish,et cor principum,with the heart of the princes.et obstupescent sacerdotes,And the priests will be stupefied,et prophetæ consternabuntur.and the prophets will be in consternation.”

¹⁰Et dixi:And I said:Heu!“Alas,heu!alas,heu!alas,Domine Deus, ergone decepisti populum istum et Jerusalem,O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem,dicens: Pax erit vobis:saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’et ecce pervenit gladius usque ad animam?while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”

¹⁰Et dixi:And I said:Heu!“Alas,heu!alas,heu!alas,Domine Deus, ergone decepisti populum istum et Jerusalem,O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem,dicens: Pax erit vobis:saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’et ecce pervenit gladius usque ad animam?while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”

¹¹In tempore illo dicetur populo huic“In that time,et Jerusalem:it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem:Ventus urens in viis quæ sunt in deserto viæ filiæ populi mei,‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert,non ad ventilandumalong the way of the daughter of my people,et ad purgandum.but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’

¹¹In tempore illo dicetur populo huic“In that time,et Jerusalem:it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem:Ventus urens in viis quæ sunt in deserto viæ filiæ populi mei,‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert,non ad ventilandumalong the way of the daughter of my people,et ad purgandum.but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’

¹²Spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi,A full spirit from these places will come to me.et nunc ego loquar judicia mea cum eis.And now I will speak my judgments over them.

¹²Spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi,A full spirit from these places will come to me.et nunc ego loquar judicia mea cum eis.And now I will speak my judgments over them.

¹³Ecce quasi nubes ascendet,Behold, he will ascend like a cloud,et quasi tempestas currus ejus:and his chariot will ascend like a tempest.velociores aquilis equi illius.His horses are swifter than eagles.Væ nobis,‘Woe to us!quoniam vastati sumus.For we are being devastated!’

¹³Ecce quasi nubes ascendet,Behold, he will ascend like a cloud,et quasi tempestas currus ejus:and his chariot will ascend like a tempest.velociores aquilis equi illius.His horses are swifter than eagles.Væ nobis,‘Woe to us!quoniam vastati sumus.For we are being devastated!’

¹⁴Lava a malitia cor tuum,Wash your heart from malice,Jerusalem,O Jerusalem,ut salva fias:so that you may be saved.usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiæ?How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?

¹⁴Lava a malitia cor tuum,Wash your heart from malice,Jerusalem,O Jerusalem,ut salva fias:so that you may be saved.usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiæ?How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?

¹⁵Vox enim annuntiantis a Dan,For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan,et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim.and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.

¹⁵Vox enim annuntiantis a Dan,For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan,et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim.and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.

¹⁶Dicite gentibus:Say to the nations:Ecce auditum est in Jerusalem custodes venire de terra longinqua,‘Behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem! Guardians are coming from a far away land,et dare super civitates Juda vocem suam:to utter their voice against the cities of Judah.’

¹⁶Dicite gentibus:Say to the nations:Ecce auditum est in Jerusalem custodes venire de terra longinqua,‘Behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem! Guardians are coming from a far away land,et dare super civitates Juda vocem suam:to utter their voice against the cities of Judah.’

¹⁷quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro,They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields,quia me ad iracundiam provocavit,all around. For she has provoked me to wrath,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹⁷quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro,They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields,quia me ad iracundiam provocavit,all around. For she has provoked me to wrath,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹⁸Viæ tuæ et cogitationes tuæ fecerunt hæc tibi:Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you.ista malitia tua,This is your own wickedness.quia amara,And it is bitter,quia tetigit cor tuum.because it has touched your heart.

¹⁸Viæ tuæ et cogitationes tuæ fecerunt hæc tibi:Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you.ista malitia tua,This is your own wickedness.quia amara,And it is bitter,quia tetigit cor tuum.because it has touched your heart.

¹⁹Ventrem meum,I am afflicted in my heart,ventrem meum doleo;in my heart.sensus cordis mei turbati sunt in me.The senses of my heart have been stirred up within me.Non tacebo,I will not remain silent.quoniam vocem buccinæ audivit anima mea,For my soul has heard the voice of the trumpet,clamorem prælii.the clamor of the battle.

¹⁹Ventrem meum,I am afflicted in my heart,ventrem meum doleo;in my heart.sensus cordis mei turbati sunt in me.The senses of my heart have been stirred up within me.Non tacebo,I will not remain silent.quoniam vocem buccinæ audivit anima mea,For my soul has heard the voice of the trumpet,clamorem prælii.the clamor of the battle.

²⁰Contritio super contritionem vocata est,Destruction upon destruction has been called forth.et vastata est omnis terra:And the entire earth has been devastated.repente vastata sunt tabernacula mea;My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly,subito pelles meæ.and my tents in an instant.

²⁰Contritio super contritionem vocata est,Destruction upon destruction has been called forth.et vastata est omnis terra:And the entire earth has been devastated.repente vastata sunt tabernacula mea;My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly,subito pelles meæ.and my tents in an instant.

²¹Usquequo videbo fugientem;How long shall I watch those who are fleeing,audiam vocem buccinæ?and listen to the voice of the trumpet?

²¹Usquequo videbo fugientem;How long shall I watch those who are fleeing,audiam vocem buccinæ?and listen to the voice of the trumpet?

²²Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit:For my foolish people have not known me.filii insipientes sunt et vecordes:They are foolish and mad sons.sapientes sunt ut faciant mala,They are clever in doing evil,bene autem facere nescierunt.but they do not know how to do good.

²²Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit:For my foolish people have not known me.filii insipientes sunt et vecordes:They are foolish and mad sons.sapientes sunt ut faciant mala,They are clever in doing evil,bene autem facere nescierunt.but they do not know how to do good.

²³Aspexi terram,I gazed upon the earth,et ecce vacua eratand behold,et nihili;it was empty and brought to nothing.et cælos,And I gazed upon the heavens,et non erat lux in eis.but there was no light in them.

²³Aspexi terram,I gazed upon the earth,et ecce vacua eratand behold,et nihili;it was empty and brought to nothing.et cælos,And I gazed upon the heavens,et non erat lux in eis.but there was no light in them.

²⁴Vidi montes, et ecce movebantur:I watched the mountains, and behold,et omnes colles conturbati sunt.they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.

²⁴Vidi montes, et ecce movebantur:I watched the mountains, and behold,et omnes colles conturbati sunt.they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.

²⁵Intuitus sum,I looked,et non erat homo:and there was no man.et omne volatile cæli recessit.And all the flying things of the air had gone away.

²⁵Intuitus sum,I looked,et non erat homo:and there was no man.et omne volatile cæli recessit.And all the flying things of the air had gone away.

²⁶Aspexi,I gazed,et ecce Carmelus desertus,and behold, Carmel was a desert,et omnes urbes ejus destructæ sunt a facie Domini,and all its cities were destroyed before the face of the Lord,et a facie iræ furoris ejus.and before the face of the wrath of his fury.”

²⁶Aspexi,I gazed,et ecce Carmelus desertus,and behold, Carmel was a desert,et omnes urbes ejus destructæ sunt a facie Domini,and all its cities were destroyed before the face of the Lord,et a facie iræ furoris ejus.and before the face of the wrath of his fury.”

²⁷Hæc enim dicit Dominus:For thus says the Lord:Deserta erit omnis terra,“All the earth will be desolate,sed tamen consummationem non faciam.but I will not yet bring about its consummation.

²⁷Hæc enim dicit Dominus:For thus says the Lord:Deserta erit omnis terra,“All the earth will be desolate,sed tamen consummationem non faciam.but I will not yet bring about its consummation.

²⁸Lugebit terra,The earth will mourn,et mœrebunt cæli desuper,and the heavens will lament from above.eo quod locutus sum.For I have spoken,Cogitavi,I have decided,et non pœnituit me,and I have not regretted.nec aversus sum ab eo.Neither will I be turned away from it.

²⁸Lugebit terra,The earth will mourn,et mœrebunt cæli desuper,and the heavens will lament from above.eo quod locutus sum.For I have spoken,Cogitavi,I have decided,et non pœnituit me,and I have not regretted.nec aversus sum ab eo.Neither will I be turned away from it.

²⁹A voce equitisBefore the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows,et mittentis sagittam fugit omnis civitas:the entire city has fled.ingressi sunt ardua,They have entered steep places,et ascenderunt rupes:and they have ascended the cliffs.universæ urbes derelictæ sunt,All of the cities have been abandoned,et non habitat in eis homo.and no man lives within them.

²⁹A voce equitisBefore the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows,et mittentis sagittam fugit omnis civitas:the entire city has fled.ingressi sunt ardua,They have entered steep places,et ascenderunt rupes:and they have ascended the cliffs.universæ urbes derelictæ sunt,All of the cities have been abandoned,et non habitat in eis homo.and no man lives within them.

³⁰Tu autem vastata,So then,quid facies?when you have been devastated,cum vestieris te coccino,what will you do?cum ornata fueris monili aureo,Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet,et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos,though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics,frustra componeris:you will be dressing yourself up in vain.contempserunt te amatores tui;Your lovers have spurned you;animam tuam quærent.they will be seeking your life.

³⁰Tu autem vastata,So then,quid facies?when you have been devastated,cum vestieris te coccino,what will you do?cum ornata fueris monili aureo,Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet,et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos,though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics,frustra componeris:you will be dressing yourself up in vain.contempserunt te amatores tui;Your lovers have spurned you;animam tuam quærent.they will be seeking your life.

³¹Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi,For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth,angustias ut puerperæ:during the difficulties of labor.vox filiæ Sion intermorientis,It is the voice of the daughter of Zion,expandentisque manus suas:dying, extending her hands:Væ mihi,‘Woe to me!quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos!For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’”

³¹Vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi,For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth,angustias ut puerperæ:during the difficulties of labor.vox filiæ Sion intermorientis,It is the voice of the daughter of Zion,expandentisque manus suas:dying, extending her hands:Væ mihi,‘Woe to me!quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos!For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’”