KJV ¹ How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

VULC ¹ [Quomodo obscuratum est aurum,
mutatus est color optimus !
dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii
in capite omnium platearum !

KJV ² The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

VULC ² Filii Sion inclyti,
et amicti auro primo :
quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea,
opus manuum figuli !

KJV ³ Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

VULC ³ Sed et lamiæ nudaverunt mammam,
lactaverunt catulos suos :
filia populi mei crudelis
quasi struthio in deserto.

KJV ⁴ The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

VULC ⁴ Adhæsit lingua lactentis
ad palatum ejus in siti ;
parvuli petierunt panem,
et non erat qui frangeret eis.

KJV ⁵ They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

VULC ⁵ Qui vescebantur voluptuose,
interierunt in viis ;
qui nutriebantur in croceis,
amplexati sunt stercora.

KJV ⁶ For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

VULC ⁶ Et major effecta est iniquitas filiæ populi mei
peccato Sodomorum,
quæ subversa est in momento,
et non ceperunt in ea manus.

KJV ⁷ Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

VULC ⁷ Candidiores Nazaræi ejus nive,
nitidiores lacte,
rubicundiores ebore antiquo,
sapphiro pulchriores.

KJV ⁸ Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

VULC ⁸ Denigrata est super carbones facies eorum
et non sunt cogniti in plateis ;
adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus :
aruit, et facta est quasi lignum.

KJV ⁹ They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

VULC ⁹ Melius fuit occisis gladio
quam interfectis fame,
quoniam isti extabuerunt consumpti
a sterilitate terræ.

KJV ¹⁰ The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

VULC ¹⁰ Manus mulierum misericordium
coxerunt filios suos ;
facti sunt cibus earum
in contritione filiæ populi mei.

KJV ¹¹ The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

VULC ¹¹ Complevit Dominus furorem suum,
effudit iram indignationis suæ :
et succendit ignem in Sion,
et devoravit fundamenta ejus.

KJV ¹² The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

VULC ¹² Non crediderunt reges terræ,
et universi habitatores orbis,
quoniam ingrederetur hostis et inimicus
per portas Jerusalem.

KJV ¹³ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

VULC ¹³ Propter peccata prophetarum ejus,
et iniquitates sacerdotum ejus,
qui effuderunt in medio ejus
sanguinem justorum.

KJV ¹⁴ They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

VULC ¹⁴ Erraverunt cæci in plateis,
polluti sunt in sanguine ;
cumque non possent,
tenuerunt lacinias suas.

KJV ¹⁵ They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

VULC ¹⁵ Recedite polluti, clamaverunt eis ;
recedite, abite, nolite tangere :
jurgati quippe sunt, et commoti dixerunt inter gentes :
Non addet ultra ut habitet in eis.

KJV ¹⁶ The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

VULC ¹⁶ Facies Domini divisit eos,
non addet ut respiciat eos ;
facies sacerdotum non erubuerunt,
neque senum miserti sunt.

KJV ¹⁷ As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

VULC ¹⁷ Cum adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi nostri
ad auxilium nostrum vanum ;
cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem
quæ salvare non poterat.

KJV ¹⁸ They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

VULC ¹⁸ Lubricaverunt vestigia nostra
in itinere platearum nostrarum ;
appropinquavit finis noster, completi sunt dies nostri,
quia venit finis noster.

KJV ¹⁹ Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

VULC ¹⁹ Velociores fuerunt persecutores nostri
aquilis cæli ;
super montes persecuti sunt nos,
in deserto insidiati sunt nobis.

KJV ²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

VULC ²⁰ Spiritus oris nostri, christus Dominus,
captus est in peccatis nostris,
cui diximus : In umbra tua
vivemus in gentibus.

KJV ²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

VULC ²¹ Gaude et lætare, filia Edom,
quæ habitas in terra Hus !
ad te quoque perveniet calix : inebriaberis,
atque nudaberis.

KJV ²² The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

VULC ²² Completa est iniquitas tua, filia Sion :
non addet ultra ut transmigret te.
Visitavit iniquitatem tuam, filia Edom ;
discooperuit peccata tua.]