The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 circuite vias Hierusalem et aspicite et considerate et quaerite in plateis eius an inveniatis virum facientem iudicium et quaerentem fidem et propitius ero eius
1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.
2 quod si etiam vivit Dominus dixerint et hoc falso iurabunt
2
Though they say, "As the LORD lives," yet they swear falsely.
3 Domine oculi tui respiciunt fidem percussisti eos et non doluerunt adtrivisti eos et rennuerunt accipere disciplinam induraverunt facies suas super petram noluerunt reverti
3
O LORD, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
4 ego autem dixi forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti ignorantes viam Domini iudicium Dei sui
4
Then I said, "These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the law of their God.
5 ibo igitur ad optimates et loquar eis ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini iudicium Dei sui et ecce magis hii simul confregerunt iugum ruperunt vincula
5
I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for they know the way of the LORD, the law of their God." But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds.
6 idcirco percussit eos leo de silva lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos pardus vigilans super civitates eorum omnis qui egressus fuerit ex eis capietur quia multiplicatae sunt praevaricationes eorum confortatae sunt aversiones eorum
6
Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities, every one who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
7 super quo propitius tibi esse potero filii tui dereliquerunt me et iurant in his qui non sunt dii saturavi eos et moechati sunt et in domo meretricis luxuriabantur
7
"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots.
8 equi amatores et admissarii facti sunt unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat
8
They were well-fed lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
9 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea
9
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the LORD; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
10 ascendite muros eius et dissipate consummationem autem nolite facere auferte propagines eius quia non sunt Domini
10
"Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD's.
11 praevaricatione enim praevaricata est in me domus Israhel et domus Iuda ait Dominus
11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly faithless to me, says the LORD.
12 negaverunt Dominum et dixerunt non est ipse neque veniet super nos malum gladium et famem non videbimus
12
They have spoken falsely of the LORD, and have said, 'He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 prophetae fuerunt in ventum et responsum non fuit in eis haec ergo evenient illis
13
The prophets will become wind; the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them!'"
14 haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum quia locuti estis verbum istud ecce ego do verba mea in ore tuo in ignem et populum istum ligna et vorabit eos
14
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Because they have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them.
15 ecce ego adducam super vos gentem de longinquo domus Israhel ait Dominus gentem robustam gentem antiquam gentem cuius ignorabis linguam nec intelleges quid loquatur
15
Behold, I am bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, says the LORD. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
16 faretra eius quasi sepulchrum patens universi fortes
16
Their quiver is like an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
17 et comedet segetes tuas et panem tuum devorabit filios tuos et filias tuas comedet gregem tuum et armenta tua comedet vineam tuam et ficum tuam et conteret urbes munitas tuas in quibus tu habes fiduciam gladio
17
They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall destroy with the sword."
18 verumtamen et diebus illis ait Dominus non faciam vos in consummationem
18
"But even in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.
19 quod si dixeritis quare fecit Dominus Deus noster nobis haec omnia dices ad eos sicut dereliquistis me et servistis deo alieno in terra vestra sic servietis alienis in terra non vestra
19
And when your people say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'"
20 adnuntiate hoc domui Iacob et auditum facite in Iuda dicentes
20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, proclaim it in Judah:
21 audi populus stulte qui non habes cor qui habentes oculos non videtis et aures et non auditis
21
"Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
22 me ergo non timebitis ait Dominus et a facie mea non dolebitis qui posui harenam terminum mari praeceptum sempiternum quod non praeteribit et commovebuntur et non poterunt et intumescent fluctus eius et non transibunt illud
22
Do you not fear me? says the LORD; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the bound for the sea, a perpetual barrier which it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail, though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
23 populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans recesserunt et abierunt
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But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
24 et non dixerunt in corde suo metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo plenitudinem annuae messis custodientem nobis
24
They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.'
25 iniquitates nostrae declinaverunt haec et peccata nostra prohibuerunt bonum a nobis
25
Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have kept good from you.
26 quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes laqueos ponentes et pedicas ad capiendos viros
26
For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
27 sicut decipula plena avibus sic domus eorum plenae dolo ideo magnificati sunt et ditati
27
Like a basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich,
28 incrassati sunt et inpinguati et praeterierunt sermones meos pessime causam non iudicaverunt causam pupilli non direxerunt et iudicium pauperum non iudicaverunt
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they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
29 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus aut super gentem huiuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea
29
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?"
30 stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra
30
An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:
31 prophetae prophetabant mendacium et sacerdotes adplaudebant manibus suis et populus meus dilexit talia quid igitur fiet in novissimo eius
31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
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