KJV ¹ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

VULC ¹ [Audite verbum Domini, filii Israël,
quia judicium Domino cum habitatoribus terræ :
non est enim veritas, et non est misericordia,
et non est scientia Dei in terra.

KJV ² By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

VULC ² Maledictum, et mendacium,
et homicidium, et furtum, et adulterium inundaverunt,
et sanguis sanguinem tetigit.

KJV ³ Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

VULC ³ Propter hoc lugebit terra,
et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea,
in bestia agri, et in volucre cæli ;
sed et pisces maris congregabuntur.

KJV ⁴ Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

VULC ⁴ Verumtamen unusquisque non judicet,
et non arguatur vir :
populus enim tuus sicut hi qui contradicunt sacerdoti.

KJV ⁵ Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

VULC ⁵ Et corrues hodie,
et corruet etiam propheta tecum.
Nocte tacere feci matrem tuam.

KJV ⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

VULC ⁶ Conticuit populus meus,
eo quod non habuerit scientiam :
quia tu scientiam repulisti,
repellam te, ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi ;
et oblita es legis Dei tui,
obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego.

KJV ⁷ As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

VULC ⁷ Secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi :
gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo.

KJV ⁸ They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

VULC ⁸ Peccata populi mei comedent,
et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum.

KJV ⁹ And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

VULC ⁹ Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos ;
et visitabo super eum vias ejus,
et cogitationes ejus reddam ei.

KJV ¹⁰ For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

VULC ¹⁰ Et comedent, et non saturabuntur ;
fornicati sunt, et non cessaverunt :
quoniam Dominum dereliquerunt in non custodiendo.

KJV ¹¹ Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

VULC ¹¹ Fornicatio, et vinum, et ebrietas auferunt cor.

KJV ¹² My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

VULC ¹² Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit,
et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei ;
spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos,
et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.

KJV ¹³ They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

VULC ¹³ Super capita montium sacrificabant,
et super colles accendebant thymiama ;
subtus quercum, et populum, et terebinthum,
quia bona erat umbra ejus ;
ideo fornicabuntur filiæ vestræ,
et sponsæ vestræ adulteræ erunt.

KJV ¹⁴ I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

VULC ¹⁴ Non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatæ,
et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint,
quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus conversabantur,
et cum effeminatis sacrificabant ;
et populus non intelligens vapulabit.

KJV ¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

VULC ¹⁵ Si fornicaris tu, Israël,
non delinquat saltem Juda ;
et nolite ingredi in Galgala,
et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven,
neque juraveritis : Vivit Dominus !

KJV ¹⁶ For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

VULC ¹⁶ Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël ;
nunc pascet eos Dominus, quasi agnum in latitudine.

KJV ¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

VULC ¹⁷ Particeps idolorum Ephraim : dimitte eum.

KJV ¹⁸ Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

VULC ¹⁸ Separatum est convivium eorum ;
fornicatione fornicati sunt :
dilexerunt afferre ignominiam protectores ejus.

KJV ¹⁹ The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

VULC ¹⁹ Ligavit eum spiritus in alis suis,
et confundentur a sacrificiis suis.]