1 propter quod statuit Dominus Deus noster verbum suum
quod locutus est ad nos
et ad iudices nostros qui iudicaverunt in Israhel
et ad reges nostros et ad principes nostros
et ad omnem Israhel et Iuda
2 ut adduceret Dominus super nos mala magna
quae non sunt facta sub caelo
quemadmodum facta sunt Hierusalem
secundum quae scripta sunt in lege Moysi
3 ut manducaret homo carnes filii sui et carnes filiae suae
4 et dedit illos sub manus regum omnium
qui sunt in circuitu nostro
in inproperium et in desolationem
et in omnibus populis quo nos dispersit Dominus
5 et facti sumus subtus et non supra
quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro
non obaudiendo vocem ipsius
6 Domino Deo nostro iustitia
nobis autem et patribus nostris confusio faciei
sicut dies haec
7 quae locutus est Dominus super nos
omnia mala haec quae evenerunt super nos
8 et non sumus deprecati faciem Domini Dei nostri
ut reverteremur unusquisque nostrum a viis nostris pessimis
9 et vigilavit Dominus in malis et adduxit ea super nos
quia iustus est Dominus in omnibus operibus suis
quae mandavit nobis
10 et non audivimus vocem ipsius
ut iremus in praeceptis Domini quae dedit ante faciem nostram
11 et nunc Domine Deus Israhel
qui eduxisti plebem tuam de terra Aegypti
in manu valida et in signis et in prodigiis
et in virtute tua magna et in brachio excelso
et fecisti tibi nomen sicut dies iste
12 peccavimus impie egimus inique gessimus Domine Deus noster
in omnibus iustitiis tuis
13 avertatur ira tua a nobis
quia derelicti sumus pauci inter gentes ubi dispersisti nos
14 exaudi Domine preces nostras et orationes nostras
et educ nos propter te
et da nobis invenire gratiam ante faciem eorum qui nos abduxerunt
15 ut sciat omnis terra quia tu es Dominus Deus noster
et quia nomen tuum invocatum est super Israhel et super genus ipsius
16 respice Domine de domo sancta tua in nos
et inclina aurem tuam et audi
17 aperi oculos tuos et vide quia non mortui qui sunt in inferno
quorum spiritum acceptum est a visceribus suis
dabunt honorem et iustificationem Domino
18 sed anima quae tristis est super magnitudine
et incedit curva et infirmis
et oculi deficientes et anima esuriens
dat tibi gloriam et iustitiam Domino
19 quia non secundum iustitias patrum nostrorum nos fundimus misericordiam
ante conspectum tuum Domine Deus noster
20 sed quia misisti iram tuam et furorem tuum super nos
sicut locutus es in manus puerorum tuorum prophetarum dicens
21 sic dicit Dominus
inclinate umerum vestrum et cervicem vestram
et operam facite regi Babylonis
et sedebitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris
22 quod si autem non audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri
operari regi Babyloniae
defectionem faciam de civitatibus Iuda et a foris
Hierusalem
23 et auferam a vobis vocem iucunditatis et vocem gaudimonii
et vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae
et erit omnis terra sine vestigio ab inhabitantibus eam
24 et non audierunt vocem tuam
ut operarentur regi Babyloniae
et statuisti verba tua
quae locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorum prophetarum
ut proferrentur ossa regum nostrorum
et ossa patrum nostrorum de loco suo
25 et ecce sunt proiecta in calore solis et in gelu noctis
et mortui sunt in doloribus pessimis
in fame et in gladio et in emissione
26 et posuisti templum in quo invocatum est nomen tuum in ipso
sicut haec dies
propter iniquitatem domus Israhel et domus Iuda
27 et fecisti in nobis Domine Deus noster
secundum omnem benignitatem tuam
et secundum omnem miserationem tuam illam magnam
28 sicut locutus es in manu pueri tui Moysi
in die qua praecepisti ei
scribere legem tuam coram filiis Israhel
29 dicens si non obaudieritis vocem meam
ambitio haec magna et multa convertetur in
minimo
inter gentes quo ego dispergam illos
30 quia scio quod me non audiet populus
populus est enim dura cervice
et convertetur ad cor suum in terra captivitatis suae
31 et scient quoniam ego sum Dominus Deus eorum
et dabo eis cor et audient aures
32 et laudabunt me in terra captivitatis suae
et memores erunt nominis mei
33 et avertent se a dorso suo duro et a malignitatibus suis
quia reminiscentur viam patrum suorum qui peccaverunt in me
34 et revocabo illos in terram
quam iuravi patribus illorum Abraham et Isaac et Iacob
et dominabuntur eius
et multiplicabo eos et non minorabuntur
35 et statuam illis testamentum alterum sempiternum
ut sim illis in Deum
et ipsi erunt mihi in populum
et non movebo amplius populum meum filios Israhel a terra quam dedi illis
1 Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,
2 To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;
3 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
5 Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
6 To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
7 For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
10 Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
11 And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
13 Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
14 Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
15 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
16 O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
17 Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
18 But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
19 Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
20 For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,
21 Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
22 But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
23 I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.
24 But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.
25 And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.
26 And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.
27 O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
28 As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of Israel, saying,
29 If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
30 For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
31 And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
33 And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.