1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
13 ¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18 ¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
1 in tempore illo ait Dominus
eicient ossa regis Iuda et ossa principum eius
et ossa sacerdotum et ossa prophetarum
et ossa eorum qui habitaverunt Hierusalem de sepulchris suis
2 et pandent ea ad solem et lunam et omnem militiam caeli
quae dilexerunt et quibus servierunt
et post quae ambulaverunt et quae quaesierunt et adoraverunt
non colligentur et non sepelientur
in sterquilinium super faciem terrae erunt
3 et eligent magis mortem quam vitam
omnes qui residui fuerint de cognatione hac pessima
in universis locis quae derelicta sunt
ad quae eieci eos dicit Dominus exercituum
4 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus
numquid qui cadet non resurget
et qui aversus est non revertetur
5 quare ergo aversus est populus iste in Hierusalem aversione contentiosa
adprehenderunt mendacium et noluerunt reverti
6 adtendi et auscultavi nemo quod bonum est loquitur
nullus est qui agat paenitentiam super peccato suo dicens quid feci
omnes conversi sunt ad cursum suum
quasi equus impetu vadens in proelio
7 milvus in caelo cognovit tempus suum
turtur et hirundo et ciconia custodierunt tempus adventus sui
populus autem meus non cognovit iudicium Domini
8 quomodo dicitis sapientes nos sumus et lex Domini nobiscum est
vere mendacium operatus est stilus mendax scribarum
9 confusi sunt sapientes perterriti et capti sunt
verbum enim Domini proiecerunt et sapientia nulla est in eis
10 propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris agros eorum heredibus
quia a minimo usque ad maximum omnes avaritiam sequuntur
a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt mendacium
11 et sanabant contritionem filiae populi mei ad ignominiam
dicentes pax pax cum non esset pax
12 confusi sunt quia abominationem fecerunt
quinimmo confusione non sunt confusi et erubescere nescierunt
idcirco cadent inter corruentes
in tempore visitationis suae corruent dicit Dominus
13 congregans congregabo eos ait Dominus
non est uva in vitibus et non sunt ficus in ficulnea
folium defluxit et dedi eis quae praetergressa sunt
14 quare sedemus convenite et ingrediamur civitatem munitam
et sileamus ibi quia Dominus noster silere nos fecit
et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis peccavimus enim Domino
15 expectavimus pacem et non erat bonum
tempus medellae et ecce formido
16 a Dan auditus est fremitus equorum eius
a voce hinnituum pugnatorum eius commota est omnis terra
et venerunt et devoraverunt terram et plenitudinem eius
urbem et habitatores eius
17 quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos
quibus non est incantatio
et mordebunt vos ait Dominus
18 dolor meus super dolorem in me cor meum maerens
19 ecce vox clamoris filiae populi mei de terra longinqua
numquid Dominus non est in Sion aut rex eius non est in ea
quare ergo me ad iracundiam concitaverunt
in sculptilibus suis et in vanitatibus alienis
20 transiit messis finita est aestas et nos salvati non sumus
21 super contritionem filiae populi mei contritus sum et
contristatus
stupor obtinuit me
22 numquid resina non est in Galaad aut medicus non est ibi
quare igitur non est obducta cicatrix filiae populi mei