Liber Ieremiae

Ieremiae, chapter 14, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 14 Vulgate

   1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam de sic citate.
   2 Luget Iuda, et portae eius languescunt et contristatae iacent in terra, et clamor Ierusalem ascendit.
   3 Maiores eorum miserunt minores suos ad aquam: venerunt ad cisternas, non invenerunt aquam; reportaverunt vasa sua vacua, confusi sunt et afflicti et operuerunt capita sua.
   4 Propter terrae vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolae, operuerunt capita sua.
   5 Nam et cerva in agro peperit et reliquit, quia non erat herba.
   6 Et onagri steterunt in collibus, traxerunt aerem quasi thoes; defecerunt oculi eorum, quia non erat herba.
   7 "Si iniquitates nostrae testificantur adversus nos, Domine, fac propter nomen tuum, quoniam multae sunt aversiones nostrae, tibi peccavimus.
   8 Exspectatio Israel, salvator eius in tempore tribulationis, quare quasi peregrinus es in terra et quasi viator declinans ad pernoctandum?
   9 Quare es velut vir attonitus, ut fortis, qui non potest salvare? Tu autem in medio nostri es, Domine, et nomen tuum invocatum est super nos; ne derelinquas nos".
   10 Haec dicit Dominus populo huic: "Ita diligunt vagari, pedes suos non prohibent et Domino non placent". Nunc recordatus est iniquitatum eorum et visitat peccata eorum.
   11 Et dixit Dominus ad me: "Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.
   12 Cum ieiunaverint, non exaudiam preces eorum; et, si obtulerint holocautomata et oblationes, non suscipiam ea; quoniam gladio et fame et peste consumam eos".
   13 Et dixi: "Heu, Domine Deus! Ecce prophetae dicunt eis: "Non videbitis gladium, et fames non erit in vobis, sed pacem veram dabit vobis in loco isto" ".
   14 Et dixit Dominus ad me: "Falso prophetae vaticinantur in nomine meo: non misi eos et non praecepi eis neque locutus sum ad eos; visionem mendacem et divinationem et fraudulentiam et seductionem cordis sui prophetant vobis.
   15 Idcirco haec dicit Dominus contra prophetas, qui prophetant in nomine meo, quos ego non misi, dicentes: "Gladius et fames non erit in terra hac": In gladio et fame consumentur prophetae illi;
   16 et homines, quibus prophetant, erunt proiecti in viis Ierusalem prae fame et gladio, et non erit qui sepeliat eos: ipsi et uxores eorum, filii et filiae eorum, et effundam super eos malum suum.
   17 Et dices ad eos verbum istud: Deducant oculi mei lacrimam per noctem et diem, et non taceant, quoniam contritione magna contrita est virgo filia populi mei, plaga pessima vehementer.
   18 Si egressus fuero ad agros, ecce occisi gladio; et, si introiero in civitatem, ecce attenuati fame; propheta quoque et sacerdos abierunt per terram nescientes".
   19 Numquid proiciens abiecisti Iudam, aut Sion abominata est anima tua? Quare ergo percussisti nos, ita ut nulla sit sanitas? Exspectavimus pacem, et non est bonum, et tempus curationis, et ecce turbatio.
   20 Cognovimus, Domine, impietates nostras, iniquitates patrum nostrorum, quia peccavimus tibi.
   21 Ne des nos in opprobrium propter nomen tuum, ne facias contumeliam solio gloriae tuae; recordare, ne irritum facias foedus tuum nobiscum.
   22 Numquid sunt in sculptilibus gentium, qui pluant, aut caeli possunt dare imbres? Nonne tu es Dominus Deus noster, quem exspectamus? Tu enim fecisti omnia haec.

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 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
   2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
   3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
   4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
   5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
   6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
   7 ¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
   8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
   9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
   10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
   11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
   12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
   13 ¶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
   14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
   15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
   16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
   17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
   18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
   19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
   20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
   21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
   22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.