Liber Ieremiae

Ieremiae, chapter 2, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 2 Vulgate

   1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens:
   2 "Vade et clama in auribus Ierusalem dicens: Haec dicit Dominus: Recordatus sum tui, caritatis adulescentiae tuae et amoris desponsationis tuae, quando secuta es me in deserto, in terra, quae non seminatur.
   3 Sanctus Domino Israel, primitiae frugum eius; omnes, qui devorabant eum, delinquebant; mala veniebant super eos, dicit Dominus.
   4 Audite verbum Domini, domus Iacob et omnes cognationes domus Israel.
   5 Haec dicit Dominus: Quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis, quia elongaverunt a me et ambulaverunt post vanitatem et vani facti sunt?
   6 Et non dixerunt: "Ubi est Dominus, qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Aegypti, qui traduxit nos per desertum, per terram inhabitabilem et inviam, per terram sitis et caliginis, per terram, in qua non ambulavit vir, neque habitavit homo?".
   7 Et induxi vos in terram hortorum, ut comederetis fructum eius et optima illius; et ingressi contaminastis terram meam et hereditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.
   8 Sacerdotes non dixerunt: "Ubi est Dominus?". Et tractantes legem nescierunt me, et pastores praevaricati sunt in me, et prophetae prophetaverunt in Baal et, quae nihil prosunt, secuti sunt.
   9 Propterea adhuc iudicio contendam vobiscum, ait Dominus, et cum filiis filiorum vestrorum disceptabo.
   10 En transite ad insulas Cetthim et videte et in Cedar mittite et considerate vehementer et videte, si factum est huiuscemodi:
   11 si mutavit gens deos, et certe ipsi non sunt dii; populus vero meus mutavit gloriam suam in id, quod nihil prodest.
   12 Obstupescite, caeli, super hoc et inhorrescite supra modum, dicit Dominus.
   13 Duo enim mala fecit populus meus: me dereliquerunt fontem aquae vivae, ut foderent sibi cisternas, cisternas dissipatas, quae continere non valent aquas.
   14 Numquid servus est Israel aut vernaculus? Quare ergo factus est in praedam? Super eum rugierunt leones
   15 et dederunt vocem suam; posuerunt terram eius in solitudinem: civitates eius exustae sunt, et non est qui habitet in eis.
   16 Filii quoque Mempheos et Taphnes decalvabunt tibi verticem.
   17 Numquid non istud factum est tibi, quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum eo tempore, quo ducebat te per viam?
   18 Et nunc quid tibi vis in via Aegypti, ut bibas aquam Nili? Et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum, ut bibas aquam Fluminis?
   19 Arguet te malitia tua, et aversio tua increpabit te; scito et vide quia malum et amarum est reliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum et non esse timorem mei apud te, dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum.
   20 A saeculo confregisti iugum tuum, rupisti vincula tua et dixisti: "Non serviam". In omni enim colle sublimi et sub omni ligno frondoso tu prosternebaris meretrix.
   21 Ego autem plantavi te vineam electam, omne semen verum; quomodo ergo conversa es in palmites vineae alienae?
   22 Si laveris te nitro et multiplicaveris tibi herbam fullonum, maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me, dicit Dominus Deus.
   23 Quomodo dicis: "Non sum polluta, post Baalim non ambulavi"? Vide viam tuam in convalle, scito quid feceris: camelus levis contorquens vias suas.
   24 Onager assuetus in solitudine in desiderio animae suae attrahit aerem; libidinem eius quis avertet? Omnes, qui quaerunt eam, non deficient, in menstruis eius invenient eam.
   25 Prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate et guttur tuum a siti. Et dixisti: "Vanum est, nequaquam; adamavi quippe alienos et post eos ambulabo".
   26 Quomodo confunditur fur, quando deprehenditur, sic confusi sunt domus Israel, ipsi et reges eorum, principes et sacerdotes et prophetae eorum
   27 dicentes ligno: "Pater meus es tu"et lapidi: "Tu me genuisti". Verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem, sed in tempore afflictionis suae dicent: "Surge et libera nos!".
   28 Ubi sunt dii tui, quos fecisti tibi? Surgant et liberent te in tempore afflictionis tuae; secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum facti sunt dii tui, Iuda.
   29 Quid vultis mecum iudicio contendere? Omnes praevaricati estis in me, dicit Dominus.
   30 Frustra percussi filios vestros: disciplinam non receperunt. Devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros: quasi leo vastator.
   31 O generatio, vos videte verbum Domini: numquid solitudo factus sum Israeli aut terra tenebrarum? Quare ergo dixit populus meus: "Recessimus, non veniemus ultra ad te"?
   32 Numquid obliviscitur virgo ornamenti sui, sponsa fasciae pectoralis suae? Populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris.
   33 Quam bene paras viam tuam ad quaerendum amorem! Et insuper in malum docuisti vias tuas,
   34 et in fimbriis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum innocentium: non effringentes invenisti eos; sed in omnibus his
   35 dixisti: "Innocens ego sum, propterea aversus est furor eius a me". Ecce ego iudicio contendam tecum, eo quod dixeris: "Non peccavi".
   36 Quam leviter mutas vias tuas! Et ab Aegypto confunderis, sicut confusa es ab Assyria.
   37 Nam et ab ista egredieris, et manus tuae erunt super caput tuum, quoniam obtrivit Dominus illos, quibus confisus es, et nihil habebis prosperum in eis.

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 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
   2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
   3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
   4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
   5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
   6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
   7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
   8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
   9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
   10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
   11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
   12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
   13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
   14 ¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
   15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
   16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
   17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
   18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
   19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
   20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
   21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
   22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
   23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
   24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
   25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
   26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
   27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
   28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
   29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
   30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
   31 ¶ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
   32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
   33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
   34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
   35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
   36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
   37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.