¹Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino,Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time,et Dominus faciet nives:and the Lord will produce snowset pluviam imbris dabit eis,and will give showers of rain to them,singulis herbam in agro.to each blade in the field.

¹Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino,Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time,et Dominus faciet nives:and the Lord will produce snowset pluviam imbris dabit eis,and will give showers of rain to them,singulis herbam in agro.to each blade in the field.

²Quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile,For the images have been speaking what is useless,et divini viderunt mendacium:and the diviners have seen a lie,et somniatores locuti sunt frustra,and the dreamers have been speaking false hope:vane consolabantur:they have comforted in vain.idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex:For this reason, they have been led away like a flock;affligentur, quia non est eis pastor.they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

²Quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile,For the images have been speaking what is useless,et divini viderunt mendacium:and the diviners have seen a lie,et somniatores locuti sunt frustra,and the dreamers have been speaking false hope:vane consolabantur:they have comforted in vain.idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex:For this reason, they have been led away like a flock;affligentur, quia non est eis pastor.they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

³Super pastores iratus est furor meus,My fury has been kindled over the shepherds,et super hircos visitabo:and I will visit upon the he-goats.quia visitavit Dominus exercituum gregem suum,For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock,domum Juda,the house of Judah,et posuit eos quasi equum gloriæ suæ in bello.and he has set them like the horse of his glory in the war.

³Super pastores iratus est furor meus,My fury has been kindled over the shepherds,et super hircos visitabo:and I will visit upon the he-goats.quia visitavit Dominus exercituum gregem suum,For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock,domum Juda,the house of Judah,et posuit eos quasi equum gloriæ suæ in bello.and he has set them like the horse of his glory in the war.

⁴Ex ipso angulus,From him will go forth the angle,ex ipso paxillus,from him the wooden peg,ex ipso arcus prælii,from him the bow of battle,ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul.from him every exactor at the same time.

⁴Ex ipso angulus,From him will go forth the angle,ex ipso paxillus,from him the wooden peg,ex ipso arcus prælii,from him the bow of battle,ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul.from him every exactor at the same time.

⁵Et erunt quasi fortes conculcantes lutum viarum in prælio,And they will be like the strong, trampling the mud of the ways in battle.et bellabunt,And they will fight,quia Dominus cum eis:for the Lord is with them.et confundentur ascensores equorum.And the riders of the horses will be confounded.

⁵Et erunt quasi fortes conculcantes lutum viarum in prælio,And they will be like the strong, trampling the mud of the ways in battle.et bellabunt,And they will fight,quia Dominus cum eis:for the Lord is with them.et confundentur ascensores equorum.And the riders of the horses will be confounded.

⁶Et confortabo domum Juda,And I will strengthen the house of Judah,et domum Joseph salvabo:and I will save the house of Joseph,et convertam eos,and I will convert them,quia miserebor eorum:because I will have mercy on them.et erunt sicut fuerunt quando non projeceram eos:And they will be as they were when I had not cast them away.ego enim Dominus Deus eorum,For I am the Lord their God,et exaudiam eos.and I will hear them.

⁶Et confortabo domum Juda,And I will strengthen the house of Judah,et domum Joseph salvabo:and I will save the house of Joseph,et convertam eos,and I will convert them,quia miserebor eorum:because I will have mercy on them.et erunt sicut fuerunt quando non projeceram eos:And they will be as they were when I had not cast them away.ego enim Dominus Deus eorum,For I am the Lord their God,et exaudiam eos.and I will hear them.

⁷Et erunt quasi fortes Ephraim,And they will be like the strong of Ephraim,et lætabitur cor eorum quasi a vino:and their heart will rejoice as if by wine,et filii eorum videbunt,and their sons will seeet lætabuntur,and will rejoice,et exsultabit cor eorum in Domino.and their heart will exult in the Lord.

⁷Et erunt quasi fortes Ephraim,And they will be like the strong of Ephraim,et lætabitur cor eorum quasi a vino:and their heart will rejoice as if by wine,et filii eorum videbunt,and their sons will seeet lætabuntur,and will rejoice,et exsultabit cor eorum in Domino.and their heart will exult in the Lord.

⁸Sibilabo eis,I will whistle for them,et congregabo illos,and I will gather them together,quia redemi eos:because I have redeemed them.et multiplicabo eos sicut ante fuerant multiplicati.And I will multiply them, as they had been multiplied before.

⁸Sibilabo eis,I will whistle for them,et congregabo illos,and I will gather them together,quia redemi eos:because I have redeemed them.et multiplicabo eos sicut ante fuerant multiplicati.And I will multiply them, as they had been multiplied before.

⁹Et seminabo eos in populis,And I will sow them among the peoples,et de longe recordabuntur mei:and from far away they will remember me.et vivent cum filiis suis,And they will live with their sons,et revertentur.and they will return.

⁹Et seminabo eos in populis,And I will sow them among the peoples,et de longe recordabuntur mei:and from far away they will remember me.et vivent cum filiis suis,And they will live with their sons,et revertentur.and they will return.

¹⁰Et reducam eos de terra Ægypti,And I will lead them back from the land of Egypt,et de Assyriis congregabo eos,and I will gather them from among the Assyrians,et ad terram Galaad et Libani adducam eos,and I will lead them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon,et non invenietur eis locus:and no place will be left that has not been found by them.

¹⁰Et reducam eos de terra Ægypti,And I will lead them back from the land of Egypt,et de Assyriis congregabo eos,and I will gather them from among the Assyrians,et ad terram Galaad et Libani adducam eos,and I will lead them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon,et non invenietur eis locus:and no place will be left that has not been found by them.

¹¹et transibit in maris freto,And he will pass over the narrow passage of the sea,et percutiet in mari fluctus,and he will strike the waves of the sea,et confundentur omnia profunda fluminis:and all the depths of the river will be confounded,et humiliabitur superbia Assur,and the arrogance of Assyria will be brought low,et sceptrum Ægypti recedet.and the scepter of Egypt will withdraw.

¹¹et transibit in maris freto,And he will pass over the narrow passage of the sea,et percutiet in mari fluctus,and he will strike the waves of the sea,et confundentur omnia profunda fluminis:and all the depths of the river will be confounded,et humiliabitur superbia Assur,and the arrogance of Assyria will be brought low,et sceptrum Ægypti recedet.and the scepter of Egypt will withdraw.

¹²Confortabo eos in Domino,I will strengthen them in the Lord,et in nomine ejus ambulabunt,and they will walk in his name,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹²Confortabo eos in Domino,I will strengthen them in the Lord,et in nomine ejus ambulabunt,and they will walk in his name,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.