Liber Isaiae

Isaiae, chapter 47, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 47 Vulgate

   1 Descende, sede in pulvere, virgo filia Babylon; sede in terra sine solio, filia Chaldaeorum, quia ultra non vocaberis mollis et tenera.
   2 Tolle molam et mole farinam; depone velum tuum, subleva stolam, revela crura, transi flumina.
   3 Revelabitur ignominia tua, et videbitur opprobrium tuum." Ultionem capiam, nemini parcam",
   4 dicit Redemptor noster, Dominus exercituum nomen illius, Sanctus Israel.
   5 Sede tacens et intra in tenebras, filia Chaldaeorum, quia non vocaberis ultra Domina regnorum.
   6 Iratus sum super populum meum, contaminavi hereditatem meam et dedi eos in manu tua; non posuisti eis misericordias, super senem aggravasti iugum tuum valde
   7 et dixisti: "In sempiternum ero domina". Non posuisti haec super cor tuum neque recordata es novissimi tui.
   8 Et nunc audi haec, delicata, quae habitas confidenter et dicis in corde tuo: "Ego, et praeter me non est altera, non sedebo vidua et orbitatem ignorabo".
   9 Venient tibi duo haec subito in die una, orbitas et viduitas; repente venerunt super te propter multitudinem maleficiorum tuorum, propter abundantiam incantationum tuarum.
   10 Et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua et dixisti: "Non est qui videat me". Sapientia tua et scientia tua, haec decepit te. Et dixisti in corde tuo: "Ego, et praeter me non est altera".
   11 Veniet super te malum, et nescies avertere; et irruet super te calamitas, quam non poteris expiare; veniet super te repente miseria, quam nescies.
   12 Sta cum incantationibus tuis et cum multitudine maleficiorum tuorum, in quibus laborasti ab adulescentia tua: forte poteris iuvari, forte terrebis.
   13 Defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum; stent et salvent te, qui metiuntur caelum, qui contemplantur sidera et annuntiant singulis noviluniis ventura tibi.
   14 Ecce facti sunt quasi stipula, ignis combussit eos. Non liberabunt seipsos de manu flammae; non sunt prunae, quibus calefiant, nec focus, ut sedeant ad eum.
   15 Sic fiunt tibi incantatores tui, in quibuscumque laborasti ab adulescentia tua; unusquisque in via sua errat, non est qui salvet te.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
   2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
   3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
   4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
   5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
   6 ¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
   7 ¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
   8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
   9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
   10 ¶ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
   11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
   12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
   13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
   14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
   15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.