1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,2 Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:5 These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?7 And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.9 For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.10 For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.14 Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.17 Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?18 And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.20 For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;24 An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.25 Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;27 Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.28 But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.30 I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.34 And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.37 Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : 2 [Vade, et clama in auribus Jerusalem, dicens :Hc dicit Dominus :Recordatus sum tui, miserans adolescentiam tuam,et caritatem desponsationis tu,quando secuta es me in deserto,in terra qu non seminatur.3 Sanctus Isral Domino,primiti frugum ejus :omnes qui devorant eum delinquunt :mala venient super eos,dicit Dominus.4 Audite verbum Domini, domus Jacob,et omnes cognationes domus Isral.5 Hc dicit Dominus :Quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis,quia elongaverunt a me,et ambulaverunt post vanitatem,et vani facti sunt ?6 Et non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominusqui ascendere nos fecit de terra gypti ;qui traduxit nos per desertum,per terram inhabitabilem et inviam,per terram sitis, et imaginem mortis,per terram in qua non ambulavit vir,neque habitavit homo ?7 Et induxi vos in terram Carmeli,ut comederetis fructum ejus et optima illius :et ingressi contaminastis terram meam,et hreditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.8 Sacerdotes non dixerunt : Ubi est Dominus ?et tenentes legem nescierunt me,et pastores prvaricati sunt in me,et prophet prophetaverunt in Baal,et idola secuti sunt.9 Propterea adhuc judicio contendam vobiscum, ait Dominus,et cum filiis vestris disceptabo.10 Transite ad insulas Cethim, et videte :et in Cedar mittite, et considerate vehementer :et videte si factum est hujuscemodi :11 si mutavit gens deos suos,et certe ipsi non sunt dii :populus vero meus mutavit gloriam suam in idolum.12 Obstupescite, cli, super hoc,et port ejus, desolamini vehementer, dicit Dominus.13 Duo enim mala fecit populus meus :me dereliquerunt fontem aqu viv,et foderunt sibi cisternas, cisternas dissipatas,quia continere non valent aquas.14 Numquid servus est Isral, aut vernaculus ?quare ergo factus est in prdam ?15 Super eum rugierunt leones,et dederunt vocem suam :posuerunt terram ejus in solitudinem.Civitates ejus exust sunt,et non est qui habitet in eis.16 Filii quoque Mempheos et Taphnesconstupraverunt te usque ad verticem.17 Numquid non istud factum est tibi,quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuumeo tempore quo ducebat te per viam ?18 Et nunc quid tibi vis in via gypti,ut bibas aquam turbidam ?et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum,ut bibas aquam fluminis ?19 Arguet te malitia tua,et aversio tua increpabit te.Scito et vide quia malum et amarum estreliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum,et non esse timorem mei apud te,dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.20 A sculo confregisti jugum meum :rupisti vincula mea,et dixisti : Non serviam.In omni enim colle sublimi,et sub omni ligno frondoso,tu prosternebaris meretrix.21 Ego autem plantavi te vineam electam,omne semen verum :quomodo ergo conversa es mihi in pravum,vinea aliena ?22 Si laveris te nitro,et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith,maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me,dicit Dominus Deus.23 Quomodo dicis : Non sum polluta ;post Baalim non ambulavi ?Vide vias tuas in convalle ;scito quid feceris :cursor levis explicans vias suas.24 Onager assuetus in solitudine,in desiderio anim su attraxit ventum amoris sui :nullus avertet eam :omnes qui qurunt eam non deficient :in menstruis ejus invenient eam.25 Prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate,et guttur tuum a siti.Et dixisti : Desperavi : nequaquam faciam :adamavi quippe alienos,et post eos ambulabo.]26 [Quomodo confunditur fur quando deprehenditur,sic confusi sunt domus Isral,ipsi et reges eorum,principes, et sacerdotes, et prophet eorum,27 dicentes ligno : Pater meus es tu :et lapidi : Tu me genuisti.Verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem,et in tempore afflictionis su dicent :Surge, et libera nos.28 Ubi sunt dii tui quos fecisti tibi ?surgant, et liberent te in tempore afflictionis tu :secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum erant dii tui, Juda.29 Quid vultis mecum judicio contendere ?omnes dereliquistis me, dicit Dominus.30 Frustra percussi filios vestros :disciplinam non receperunt.Devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros :quasi leo vastator 31 generatio vestra.Videte verbum Domini :numquid solitudo factus sum Israli,aut terra serotina ?quare ergo dixit populus meus : Recessimus ;non veniemus ultra ad te ?32 Numquid obliviscetur virgo ornamenti sui,aut sponsa fasci pectoralis su ?populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris.33 Quid niteris bonam ostendere viam tuamad qurendam dilectionem,qu insuper et malitias tuas docuisti vias tuas,34 et in alis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum et innocentum ?non in fossis inveni eos,sed in omnibus qu supra memoravi.35 Et dixisti : Absque peccato et innocens ego sum,et propterea avertatur furor tuus a me.Ecce ego judicio contendam tecum,eo quod dixeris : Non peccavi.36 Quam vilis facta es nimis, iterans vias tuas !et ab gypto confunderis,sicut confusa es ab Assur.37 Nam et ab ista egredieris,et manus tu erunt super caput tuum :quoniam obtrivit Dominus confidentiam tuam,et nihil habebis prosperum in ea.]