The Latin Vulgate VUL
New Century Version NCV
1 vae coronae superbiae ebriis Ephraim et flori decidenti gloriae exultationis eius qui erant in vertice vallis pinguissimae errantes a vino
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How terrible it will be for Samaria, the pride of Israel's drunken people! That beautiful crown of flowers is just a dying plant set on a hill above a rich valley where drunkards live.
2 ecce validus et fortis Domini sicut impetus grandinis turbo confringens sicut impetus aquarum multarum inundantium et emissarum super terram spatiosam
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Look, the Lord has someone who is strong and powerful. Like a storm of hail and strong wind, like a sudden flood of water pouring over the country, he will throw Samaria down to the ground.
3 pedibus conculcabitur corona superbiae ebriorum Ephraim
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That city, the pride of Israel's drunken people, will be trampled underfoot.
4 et erit flos decidens gloriae exultationis eius qui est super verticem vallis pinguium quasi temporaneum ante maturitatem autumni quod cum aspexerit videns statim ut manu tenuerit devorabit illud
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That beautiful crown of flowers is just a dying plant set on a hill above a rich valley. That city will be like the first fig of summer. Anyone who sees it quickly picks it and eats it.
5 in die illa erit Dominus exercituum corona gloriae et sertum exultationis residuo populi sui
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At that time the Lord All-Powerful will be like a beautiful crown, like a wonderful crown of flowers for his people who are left alive.
6 et spiritus iudicii sedenti super iudicium et fortitudo revertentibus de bello ad portam
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Then he will give wisdom to the judges who must decide cases and strength to those who battle at the city gate.
7 verum hii quoque prae vino nescierunt et prae ebrietate erraverunt sacerdos et propheta nescierunt prae ebrietate absorti sunt a vino erraverunt in ebrietate nescierunt videntem ignoraverunt iudicium
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But now those leaders are drunk with wine; they stumble from drinking too much beer. The priests and prophets are drunk with beer and are filled with wine. They stumble from too much beer. The prophets are drunk when they see their visions; the judges stumble when they make their decisions.
8 omnes enim mensae repletae sunt vomitu sordiumque ita ut non esset ultra locus
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Every table is covered with vomit, so there is not a clean place anywhere.
9 quem docebit scientiam et quem intellegere faciet auditum ablactatos a lacte apulsos ab uberibus
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The Lord is trying to teach the people a lesson; he is trying to make them understand his teachings. But the people are like babies too old for breast milk, like those who no longer nurse at their mother's breast.
10 quia manda remanda manda remanda expecta reexpecta expecta reexpecta modicum ibi modicum ibi
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So they make fun of the Lord's prophet and say: "A command here, a command there. A rule here, a rule there. A little lesson here, a little lesson there."
11 in loquella enim labii et lingua altera loquetur ad populum istum
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So the Lord will use strange words and foreign languages to speak to these people.
12 cui dixit haec requies reficite lassum et hoc est meum refrigerium et noluerunt audire
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God said to them, "Here is a place of rest; let the tired people come and rest. This is the place of peace." But the people would not listen.
13 et erit eis verbum Domini manda remanda manda remanda expecta reexpecta expecta reexpecta modicum ibi modicum ibi ut vadant et cadant retrorsum et conterantur et inlaqueentur et capiantur
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So the words of the Lord will be, "A command here, a command there. A rule here, a rule there. A little lesson here, a little lesson there." They will fall back and be defeated; they will be trapped and captured.
14 propter hoc audite verbum Domini viri inlusores qui dominamini super populum meum qui est in Hierusalem
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So listen to the Lord's message, you who brag, you leaders in Jerusalem.
15 dixistis enim percussimus foedus cum morte et cum inferno fecimus pactum flagellum inundans cum transierit non veniet super nos quia posuimus mendacium spem nostram et mendacio protecti sumus
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You say, "We have made an agreement with death; we have a contract with death. When terrible punishment passes by, it won't hurt us. Our lies will keep us safe, and our tricks will hide us."
16 idcirco haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce ego mittam in fundamentis Sion lapidem lapidem probatum angularem pretiosum in fundamento fundatum qui crediderit non festinet
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Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says: "I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem, a tested stone. Everything will be built on this important and precious rock. Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.
17 et ponam iudicium in pondere et iustitiam in mensura et subvertet grando spem mendacii et protectionem aquae inundabunt
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I will use justice as a measuring line and goodness as the standard. The lies you hide behind will be destroyed as if by hail. They will be washed away as if in a flood.
18 et delebitur foedus vestrum cum morte et pactum vestrum cum inferno non stabit flagellum inundans cum transierit eritis ei in conculcationem
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Your agreement with death will be erased; your contract with death will not help you. When terrible punishment comes, you will be crushed by it.
19 quandocumque pertransierit tollet vos quoniam mane diluculo pertransibit in die et in nocte et tantummodo sola vexatio intellectum dabit auditui
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Whenever punishment comes, it will take you away. It will come morning after morning; it will defeat you by day and by night. Those who understand this punishment will be terrified."
20 coangustatum est enim stratum ita ut alter decidat et pallium breve utrumque operire non potest
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You will be like the person who tried to sleep on a bed that was too short and with a blanket that was too narrow to wrap around himself.
21 sicut enim in monte Divisionum stabit Dominus sicut in valle quae est in Gabao irascetur ut faciat opus suum alienum opus eius ut operetur opus suum peregrinum est opus ab eo
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The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim. He will be angry as he was in the Valley of Gibeon. He will do his work, his strange work. He will finish his job, his strange job.
22 et nunc nolite inludere ne forte constringantur vincula vestra consummationem enim et adbreviationem audivi a Domino Deo exercituum super universam terram
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Now, you must not make fun of these things, or the ropes around you will become tighter. how the whole earth will be destroyed.
23 auribus percipite et audite vocem meam adtendite et audite eloquium meum
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Listen closely to what I tell you; listen carefully to what I say.
24 numquid tota die arabit arans ut serat proscindet et sariet humum suam
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A farmer does not plow his field all the time; he does not go on working the soil.
25 nonne cum adaequaverit faciem eius seret gith et cyminum sparget et ponet triticum per ordinem et hordeum et milium et viciam in finibus suis
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He makes the ground flat and smooth. Then he plants the dill and scatters the cumin. He plants the wheat in rows, the barley in its special place, and other wheat as a border around the field.
26 et erudiet eum illud in iudicio Deus suus docebit eum illud
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His God teaches him and shows him the right way.
27 non enim in serris triturabitur gith nec rota plaustri super cyminum circumiet sed in virga excutietur gith et cyminum in baculo
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A farmer doesn't use heavy boards to crush dill; he doesn't use a wagon wheel to crush cumin. He uses a small stick to break open the dill, and with a stick he opens the cumin.
28 panis autem comminuetur verum non in perpetuum triturans triturabit illum neque vexabit eum rota plaustri nec in ungulis suis comminuet eum
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The grain is ground to make bread. People do not ruin it by crushing it forever. The farmer separates the wheat from the chaff with his cart, but he does not let his horses grind it.
29 et hoc a Domino Deo exercituum exivit ut mirabile faceret consilium et magnificaret iustitiam
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This lesson also comes from the Lord All-Powerful, who gives wonderful advice, who is very wise.
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