KJV ¹ Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

VULC ¹ [Audite verbum istud,
quod ego levo super vos planctum :
domus Israël cecidit,
et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

KJV ² The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

VULC ² Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam,
non est qui suscitet eam.

KJV ³ For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

VULC ³ Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus :
Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille,
relinquentur in ea centum ;
et de qua egrediebantur centum,
relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.

KJV ⁴ For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

VULC ⁴ Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël :
Quærite me, et vivetis.

KJV ⁵ But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

VULC ⁵ Et nolite quærere Bethel,
et in Galgalam nolite intrare,
et in Bersabee non transibitis,
quia Galgala captiva ducetur,
et Bethel erit inutilis.

KJV ⁶ Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

VULC ⁶ Quærite Dominum, et vivite
(ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit,
et non erit qui extinguat Bethel :

KJV ⁷ Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

VULC ⁷ qui convertitis in absinthium judicium,
et justitiam in terra relinquitis) :

KJV ⁸ Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

VULC ⁸ facientem Arcturum et Orionem,
et convertentem in mane tenebras,
et diem in noctem mutantem ;
qui vocat aquas maris,
et effundit eas super faciem terræ ;
Dominus nomen est ejus :

KJV ⁹ That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

VULC ⁹ qui subridet vastitatem super robustum,
et depopulationem super potentem affert.

KJV ¹⁰ They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

VULC ¹⁰ Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta,
et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.

KJV ¹¹ Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

VULC ¹¹ Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem,
et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo,
domos quadro lapide ædificabitis,
et non habitabitis in eis ;
vineas plantabis amantissimas,
et non bibetis vinum earum.

KJV ¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

VULC ¹² Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra,
et fortia peccata vestra :
hostes justi, accipientes munus,
et pauperes deprimentes in porta.

KJV ¹³ Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

VULC ¹³ Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit,
quia tempus malum est.

KJV ¹⁴ Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

VULC ¹⁴ Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis ;
et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.

KJV ¹⁵ Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

VULC ¹⁵ Odite malum et diligite bonum,
et constituite in porta judicium :
si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Joseph.

KJV ¹⁶ Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

VULC ¹⁶ Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator :
In omnibus plateis planctus ;
et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur : Væ, væ !
et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum,
et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.

KJV ¹⁷ And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

VULC ¹⁷ Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus,
quia pertransibo in medio tui,
dicit Dominus.]

KJV ¹⁸ Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

VULC ¹⁸ [Væ desiderantibus diem Domini !
ad quid eam vobis ?
Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.

KJV ¹⁹ As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

VULC ¹⁹ Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis,
et occurrat ei ursus ;
et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem,
et mordeat eum coluber.

KJV ²⁰ Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

VULC ²⁰ Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux ;
et caligo, et non splendor in ea ?

KJV ²¹ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

VULC ²¹ Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras,
et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.

KJV ²² Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

VULC ²² Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra,
non suscipiam ;
et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.

KJV ²³ Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

VULC ²³ Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum ;
et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.

KJV ²⁴ But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

VULC ²⁴ Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium,
et justitia quasi torrens fortis.

KJV ²⁵ Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

VULC ²⁵ Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi
in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël ?

KJV ²⁶ But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

VULC ²⁶ et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro,
et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri,
quæ fecistis vobis.

KJV ²⁷ Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

VULC ²⁷ Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus :
Deus exercituum nomen ejus.]