Hosea, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The prophecy of Osee (Hosea), first of the twelve lesser prophets. This is Hosea as it stands in the second tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book and every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE TWELVE LESSE PROPHECLES.

VVHY Iſai, Ieremie, Ezechiel, and Daniel are called the [Margin: S. Iero. Prologo. li. Reg. S. Aug. li. c. 18. c. 29. ciuit. Theod Iſidorus.] [Margin: Foure are called the greater prophetes, and twelue the leſſe.] foure greater Prophetes, and theſe twelue the leſſe: there ſemeth no other certaine and proper reaſon, but becauſe they writte more largely, and theſe more brifely. For otherwiſe without eſſential difference, al the ſixtene, as alſo Baruch (whoſe booke is inſerted with Ieremies) and Moyſes, Samuel, the Royal Pſalmiſt Dauid, Nathan, Elias, Elizeus, Eſdras, Nehemias, [Margin: Al theſe and manie others vvere as properly prophetes as the chiefeſt.] and manie others, ſome writing bookes, ſome not, were abſolutly true Prophetes of God, indued with the holie ſpirite of prophecie; had the like reuelations, with the ſame aſſurance of truth, in great part of the ſame Myſteries, as wel perteyning to the old Teſtament, as to the New. And ſo [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulm.] theſe twelue, contracted into the ſtraitnes of one volume (ſayth S. Ierom) multò aliud, quam ſonant in litera, praefigurant. Prefigurate a farre other thing, then they ſound in the letter. Sygnifying, as he elſwhere [Margin: Of theſe 12. ſix prophecied before the captiuitie of the 10. tribes] explicateth, that they do foreshew manie important thinges, not only perteyning [Margin: In Oſee. 1.] no the Iewes, and ſome other peoples of thoſe former times, but alſo of al nations to be conuerted to Chriſt. They were not al at one time: but O ſee, Ioel, Amos, Abdias, Ionas, and Micheas, prophecied before the captiuitie [Margin: Other three alſo before the captiuitie of the two tribes & three after the relaxation.] of the tenne Tribes. Nahum, Habacuc, and Sophonias, after that captiuitie, and before the captiuitie of the two Tribes. And the other three Aggaeus, Zacharias, and Malachie, after the relaxation from captiuitie. Neither did they al prophecie in the ſame places: nor concerning the ſame people; and ſo haue their particular arguments, as we shal briefly note of euerie one, as they folow in order.

Here vve may note for inſtruction of the vulgar reader, that the Prophetes commonly vſe one of theſe names, when they direct their ſpeach of the

kingdom of two Tribes.

• Iuda,
• Beniamin, [Margin: Special names ſignifying the kingdom of tvvo tribes.]
• Ieruſalem, or
• The houſe of Dauid.

Becauſe Iuda vvas the chiefe, and moſt vvorthie tribe. Beniamin the other only tribe (beſides Leui) that ioyned vvith Iuda. Ieruſalem the Metropolitan and Royal citie, vvhere both the Temple, and Kinges palace vvere ſituated The Houſe of Dauid is the familie, vvherof ſucceded al the kinges of that kingdom, ſo long as it ſtood; and of vvhich ſome remayned in more eſtimation then anie other euen to Chriſt.

Likevviſe they vſe ſome of theſe other names, vvhen they ſpeake of the

kingdom of tenne Tribes.

• Ephraim,
• Ioſeph,
• Samaria, [Margin: Others ſignifying the tenne tribes.]
• Iezrahel,
• Bethel, or
• Bethauen.

For that their firſt king Ieroboam vvas of the tribe of Ephraim, and ſo deſcended from Ioſeph; Samaria, and Iezrahel vvere the chifeſt cities of that kingdom; Bethel vvas one of the places (Dan the other) vvhere Ieroboam ſet vp the tvvo calues. VVhich place vvas othervviſe, & more truly called Bethauen, the houſe of the idol, or of vanitie, or iniquitie. The names alſo of Iſrael and Iacob, were [Margin: Iſrael and Iacob ambiguously ſignifie both kingdomes.] more commonly vſed for the tenne tribes; who being more in number vſurped, and appropriated to themſelues the names of their general Progenitor, and Patriarch. Yet ſometimes theſe names importe al the tvvelue tribes, including alſo Leui. And ſometimes, eſpecially after the captiuitie of the tenne tribes, theſe names ſignifie the tvvo tribes only: vvhich more imitated Iacobs ſteppes and vertues, then the tenne.

THE PROPHECIE OF OSEE.

OSEE borne in Belomoth (as writeth S. Epiphanius) of the tribe [Margin: Oſee of the tribe of Iſſachar prophecieth the captiuitie of both kingdoms.] [Margin: de vit⟨illegible⟩ & inter⟨illegible⟩tu prophetar. 4 Reg. 17. S. Iero. Ep. ad Paul⟨illegible⟩.] of Iſſachar, prophecied in the reigne of Ozias (otherwiſe called Azarias) Ioathan, Achaz, Ezechias, kinges of Iuda, and of Ieroboam the ſonne of Ioas king of Iſrael; and of the reſidue of the kinges of Iſrael, euen to their captiuitie, which happened in the ſixth yeare of Ezechias king of Iuda. This Prophet taking by Gods commandment a fornicatrixe to wife, and hauing children that became alſo fornicators by theſe figures, and by a widow long expecting an other husband, and the like parables, and other preaching, admonisheth both the kingdomes of Iſrael and Iuda, that for their obſtinacie in ſinnes, they shal fal, firſt the one and [Margin: Their relaxation. And coming of Chriſt.] afterwardes the other, into miſerable captiuitie. Exhorteth them to repentance; foresheweth their releaſe; & the coming of Chriſt our Redemer, with abundance of grace, and benefites to al nations.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. In ſignification of the peoples idolatrie, the prophet marieth a fornicatrix: 4. by his childrens names foresheweth their great, and long captiuitie: 11. And afterwards their redemption together with al nations.

1 THE word of our Lord, that was made to Oſee the ſonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozias, Ioathan; Achaz, Ezechias kinges of Iuda, and in the dayes [a] of Ieroboam the ſonne of Ioas king of Iſrael.

2 The beginning to our Lord of ſpeaking in Oſee: and our Lord ſayd to Oſee: Goe, take thee a wife [b] of fornications, and [*] make children [c] of fornications: becauſe the land fornicating shal fornicate from the Lord.

3 And he went, and tooke Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceiued, and bare him a ſonne.

4 And our Lord ſayd to him: Cal his name Iezrahel: becauſe yet a litle while, & I wil viſite the bloud [d] of Iezrahel vpon the houſe of I⟨illegible⟩hu, and I wil make the kingdom of the houſe of Iſrael to ceaſe.

5 And in that day I wil breake the bow of Iſrael in the valley of Iezrahel.

6 And she conceiued yet agayne, and bare a daughter, & he ſayd to him: Cal her name, Without mercie: becauſe I wil adde no more to haue mercie on the houſe of Iſrael, but with obliuion I wil forget them.

7 And I wil haue mercie on the houſe of Iuda, and wil ſaue them in the Lord their God: & I wil not ſaue them in bow and ſword, and in battel, and in horſes, & in horſemen.

8 And she weyned her that was, Without mercie. And she conceiued, and bare a ſonne.

9 And he ſayd: Cal his name, Not my people: becauſe you not my people, and I wil not be yours.

10 And the number of the children of Iſrael shal be as the ſand of the ſea, that is without meaſure, and shal not be numbered. And it shal be in place where it shal be ſayd to them: Not my people you: it shal be ſayd to them: [e] Children of the liuing God.

11 And the children of Iuda, and the children of Iſrael shal be gathered together: and they shal ſet to themſelues, [f] one head, and shal aſcend out of the earth: becauſe great is the day of Iezrahel.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 [a] This Ieroboam king of Iſrael died 26, yeares before Ozias: wberby appeareth that Oſee prophecied before Iſaie: vvho begane nerer the end of Ozias reigne. Iſa. 6.
• 2 [b] Take a vvoman that hath bene a fornicatrixe:
• 2 [*] begette.
• 2 [c] and begette children, vvhich vvil alſo be fornicators.
• 4 [d] The iſſue of Iehu now reigning, ſolicited the to tribes called Iezrahel to idolatrie, vvhich God here ſayth he vvil reuenge.
• 7 4. Reg. 19.
• 10 [e] Amongſt manie ſinners, ſome are the elected children of God, vvhom he vvil cal to grace & repentance.
• 11 [f] Al the faithful haue one head our Sauiour Chriſt.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. He admonisheth the two tribes of their ſinnes, threatning their captiuitie in Babylon. 1. Sheweth the abundance of grace in the Church of Chriſt, and multitude of nations to be conuerted.

1 SAY [a] ye to your bretheren: My people: & to your ſiſter, She that hath obteyned mercie.

2 Iudge your mother, iudge ye: becauſe she not my wife, and I not her husband. Let her take away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from the middes of her breſts.

3 Leſt perhaps I ſtrippe her naked, and ſet her according to the day of her natiuitie: and I wil lay her as a wildernes, and wil ſet her as a land vnpaſſible, and wil kil her with drought.

4 And [b] I wil not haue mercie on her children: becauſe they are the children of fornications.

5 becauſe their mother hath fornicated, she is confounded that conceiued them: becauſe she ſayd: I wil goe after my louers, that geue me my breads, and my waters, my wool, & my flaxe, mine oile, and my drinke.

6 For this behold I wil hedge thy way with thornes, and I wil hedge it with a wal, and she shal not finde her pathes.

7 And she shal folow her louers, & shal not ouertake them: and she shal ſeeke them, and shal not find, and she shal ſay: I wil goe, and wil returne to my former huſband: becauſe it was wel with me then, more then now.

8 And she did not know that I gaue her corne, and wine, and oile, and multiplied ſiluer vnto her, & gold, which they haue made to Baal.

9 Therfore wil I returne, and wil take my corne in his time, and my wine in his time, and I wil deliuer my wool, and my flaxe, which couered her ignominie.

10 And now I wil reuele her follie in the eyes of her louers: and there shal not a man deliuer her out of my hand:

11 and I wil make al her ioy to ceaſe, her ſolemnitie, her newmoone, her ſabbath, & al her feſtiual times.

12 And I wil deſtroy her vine, & her figtree: of which she ſaid: Theſe are my rewardes, which my louers haue geuen me: and I wil lay her as a forreſt, & the beaſt of the filde shal eate her.

13 And I wil viſite vpon her the dayes of Baalim, to whom she burnt incenſe, & was adorned with her earler, and with her tablet, and went after her louers, & forgot me, ſayth our Lord.

14 [c] For this, loe I wil allure her, & wil leade her into the wildernes: & I wil ſpeake to her hart.

15 And I wil geue her dreſſers of vines out of the ſame place, and the vale of Achor to open hope: and she shal ſing there according to the dayes of her youth, and according to the dayes of her aſcending out of the Land of Aegypt.

16 And it shal be in that day, ſaith our Lord: She shal cal me: My husband, and she shal cal me no more, Baalim.

17 And I wil take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and ſhe shal no more remember their name.

18 And I wil make with them a league in that day, with the beaſt of the filde, and with the foule of the heauen, and with that, which creepeth on the earth: and bow, and ſword, and battel I wil deſtroy out of the earth: and I wil make them ſleepe confidently.

19 And I wil deſpouſe thee to me for euer: and I wil deſpouſe thee to me in iuſtice, and iudgement, and in mercie, and in commiſerations.

20 And I wil deſpouſe thee to me in faith: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

21 And it shal be in that day: I wil heare, ſayth our Lord, I wil heare the heauens, and they shal heare the earth.

22 And the earth shal heare wheate, and wine, and oile: and theſe shal heare Iezrahel.

23 And I wil ſow her vnto me into the earth, and [d] I wil haue mercie on her, that was Without mercie.

24 And I wil ſay to Not my people: My people art thou: and it shal ſay: Thou art my God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [a] Ye people of Iudad Id⟨illegible⟩ine not to cal the tenne tribes & the Gentiles your brethren and ſiſters. For God wil make them alſo his people as appeareth in the Goſpel, more of the tenne tribes then of the other king dom beleued in Chriſt: and aftervvards more of the Gentiles then of the Iewes.
• 4 [b] God vvil not vvithdraw his puniſhments til the ſinners be penitent.
• 14 [c] Gods mercie preuenteth by his grace offered to ſinners that they may ⟨illegible⟩ōue⟨illegible⟩t to him if they vvil.
• 23 [d] The Apoſtles S. Paul. Rom. ⟨illegible⟩. v. 25. and 5. Peter ep. 1. c. 2. v. 10 expound this place of the conuerſion of Gentiles to Chriſt.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. The prophet is commanded againe to loue an aduoutreſſe: 3. whom he maketh long to expect her husband: to ſignifie Gods loue to the Synag gue: 4. and the Iewes ſtate in the new teſtament. 5. who at last shal be conuerted to Chriſt.

1 AND our Lord ſayd to me: Yet againe goe, loue a woman beloued of her frend, and an aduoutreſſe; [a] as our Lord loueth the children of Iſrael, and they haue reſpect to ſtrange goddes, and loue the kernels of grapes.

2 And I [*] digged her vnto me for [b] fiftene peeces of ſiluer, and for a core of barley, and for halfe a core of barley.

3 And I ſayd to her: Thou shalt expect me manie dayes: thou shalt not fornicate, & thou shalt be no mans: but I alſo wil expect thee.

4 Becauſe manie dayes shal the children of Iſrael ſit without king, & without prince, and without ſacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without [c] theraphim.

5 And after this the children of Iſrael shal returne, & shal ſeeke the Lord their God, and Dauid their king: and they shal dread at the Lord, and at his goodnes in the laſt dayes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 1 [a] Notwithſtanding ſinners forſake God, yet he offereth them nevv grace, neuer hating the perſons but their ſinnes.
• 2 [*] ⟨illegible⟩g⟨illegible⟩t.
• 2 [b] The Iewes not beleeuing in Chriſt, but expecting his coming, and in the meane time abſtayning from ſeruice of idols, receiue of God temporal poore meanes to liue, not 30. peeces of ſiluer, & three cores of vvheat, that is, beleeuing in the B. Trinitie, & keeping the tenne commandments, they might poſſeſſe life euerlaſting, but halfe ſo much, neither wheate but barley, til nere the end of the world: vvhen they ſhal be conuerted to Chriſt.
• 4 [c] Theraphim ſignifying images good or bad, being here ioyned with king, prince, ſacrifice, altar, & ephod, muſt nedes ſignifie law ful images, ſuch as were religiously vſed in the temple of God. 3. Reg. 7. v. 36.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Diùers great ſinnes of both kingdomes, 3. are the cauſe of great punishments threatned, 15. yet the ſinnes of Iuda are leſſe excuſable, becauſe they haue more meanes to ſerue God.

1 HEARE the word of our Lord ye [a] children of Iſrael, becauſe there is iudgement to our Lord with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercie, and there is [b] no knowlege of God in the land.

2 Curſing, and lying, and manſlaughter, and theft, and aduoutrie haue ouerflowed, and bloud hath touched bloud.

3 For this shal the land moorne, and euerie one shal be weakened that dwelleth in it, in the beaſt of the filde, and in the foule of the heauen: yea and the fishes of the ſea shal be gathered together.

4 But yet let not euerie man iudge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as thoſe, that gayneſay the prieſt.

5 And thou shalt fal to day, and the prophete alſo shal fal with thee: in the night I made thy mother hold her peace.

6 My people haue held their peace, becauſe they had not knowlege: becauſe thou haſt repelled knowlege, I wil repel thee, [c] that thou doe not the function of prieſthood vnto me: and thou haſt forgotten the law of thy God, I alſo wil forget thy children.

7 According to the multitude of them ſo haue they ſinned to me: their glorie I wil change into ignominie.

8 They shal eate [d] the ſinnes of my people, and at their iniquitie shal lift vp their ſoules.

9 And as the people, ſo shal the prieſt be: & I wil viſite their wayes vpon them, and their cogitations I wil render to them.

10 And they shal eate and shal not be filled: they haue fornicated, and haue not ceaſed: becauſe they haue forſaken our Lord in not obſeruing.

11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenes take away the hart.

12 My people hath asked in their wood, and their ſtaffe hath declared vnto them: for [e] the ſpirit of fornications hath deceiued them, and they haue fornicated from their God.

13 Vpon the heads of mountaines they did ſacrifice, and vpon litle hilles they burnt incenſe: vnder the oke, and the poplartree, and the terebinth, becauſe the shadow therof was good: therfore shal your daughters fornicate, and your ſpouſes shal be aduoutreſſes.

14 I wil not viſite vpon your daughters when they shal fornicate, and vpon your ſpouſes when they shal commit aduoutrie: becauſe they themſelues conuerſt with harlots, and with the effeminate they did ſacrifice, and the people not vnderſtanding shal be beaten.

15 If thou fornicate [f] ô Iſrael, at the leaſt let not Iuda offend: and enter ye not into Galgal, and goe not vp into Bethauen, neither ſweare ye: Our Lord liueth.

16 Becauſe Iſrael hath declined as a wanton cow: now wil our Lord feede them, as a lambe in latitude.

17 Ephraim is partaker of idols, let him alone.

18 Their banket is ſeparated, with fornication they haue fornicated: the protectours therof loued to bring ignominie.

19 The ſpirit hath bound him in his winges, and they shal be confounded at their ſacrifices.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 1 [a] Children of Iſrael importe the vvhole people of the tenne, & tvvo tribes, ſo he ſpeaketh to al til. v. 15.
• 1 [b] Knovvlege of God includeth the keping of his cōmandments For he that ſaith; he knovveth God, and kepeth not his commandments, is a lyer. 1. Ioan. 2. v. 4.
• 6 [c] Function of prieſts vvhich is properly ſacrifice, being taken away, al ſpiritual offices decay thervvith.
• 8 [d] The hoſtes offered for ſinnes.
• 12 [e] Certaine ſinnes more then others do obſcure mans vnderſtanding, but ſpiritual fornication blindeth the hart aboue al other vices.
• 15 [f] It was a greater ſinne in the kingdom of Iuda to commit idolatrie, vvhere they had the publique true ſeruice of God in the temple, then in Iſrael vvhere Ieroboam had ſet vp calues, and forbid the people from going to Ieruſalem.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. The prophet reprehendeth the prieſtes, and princes of both kingdomes, for drawing the people to idolatrie. 8. denouncing captiuitie for the ſame.

1 HEARE ye this [::] ô prieſtes, and attend ye houſe of Iſrael, and you the kinges houſe harken: becauſe there is iudgement for you, becauſe you are become a ſnare to ſpeculation, and a nette ſpred vpon Thabor.

2 And victims you haue declined into the depth: and I the teacher of them al.

3 I know Ephraim, and Iſrael is not hid from me: becauſe now hath Ephraim fornicated, Iſrael is contaminated.

4 They wil not geue their cogitations to⟨illegible⟩ returne to their God: becauſe the ſpirit of fornications is in the middes of them, and they haue not knowen the Lord.

5 And the arrogancie of Iſrael shal anſwere in his face: and Iſrael, and Ephraim shal fal in their iniquitie, Iudas alſo shal fal with them.

6 In their flockes, and in their heardes they shal goe to ſeeke the Lord, and shal not finde: he is taken away from them.

7 They haue preuaricated againſt the Lord, becauſe they haue begotten ſtrange children: now shal a moneth deuoure them with their partes.

8 [::] Sound with the trumpet in Gabaa, and with the shaulme in Rama: howle ye in Bethauen, behind thy backe ô Beniamin

9 Ephraim shal be in deſolation in the day of correction: in the tribes of Iſrael I haue shewed faith.

10 The princes of Iuda are become as they that take the bound: I wil power out my wrath as water vpon them.

11 Ephraim is ſuffering calumnie, broken in iudgement: becauſe he began to goe after filthines.

12 And I as it were a mothe to Ephraim: and as the rotte to the houſe of Iuda.

13 And Ephraim ſaw his ſicknes, and Iuda his band: and Ephraim went to Aſſur, and ſent to the king reuenger: and he shal not be able to heale you, neither shal he be able to looſe the band from you.

14 Becauſe I as it were a lioneſſe to Ephraim, and as a lions whelpe to the houſe of Iuda: I, I wil take, and goe: I wil take away, and there is none that can deliuer.

15 Going I wil returne to my place: vntil you fayle and ſeeke my face.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 [::] There were no true prieſts in the tenne tribes (3. Reg. 12) but he calleth them by the title which they vſurped falsly pretending to do the offices of right Prieſtes.
• 8 [::] The captiuitie is here deſcribed not only in bare vvordes but as in fact it ſhal happen vvith tumultes of vvare ſounding of trumpets, crying, hovvling &c.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. By afflictions the people wil returne to God, and hope in Chriſt to come. 4. both the kingdomes ſinning (6. and thincking to be ſpared for their ſacrifices, neglecting workes of mercie) 7. shal be punished. 11. but at laſt deliuered from captiuitie.

1 IN their tribulation early they wil riſe vp to me: Come, and let vs returne to our Lord.

2 Becauſe he [a] hath wounded, and wil heale ys: he wil ſtrike, and wil cure vs.

3 He wil reuiue vs after two dayes: in [b] the third day he wil raiſe vs vp, and we shal liue in his ſight. We shal know, and we shal folow, that we may know our Lord. As the morning light, is his coming forth prepared, and he wil come to vs as a shower timely, and late to the earth.

4 What shal I do to thee Ephraim? what shal I doe to thee Iuda? your mercie as a morning clowd, and as the dew paſſing away in the morning.

5 For this haue I hewed in prophets, I haue killed them in the wordes of my mouth: and thy iudgements shal come forth as the light.

6 Becauſe I would mercie, & not ſacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then holocauſts.

7 But they as Adam haue trangteſſed the couenant, there haue they preuaricated againſt me.

8 Galaad a citie of them that worke idol, ſupplanted with bloud.

9 And as it were the iawes of men that are robbers, partaker with the prieſts, of them that in the way kil thoſe that paſſe out of Sichem: becauſe they haue wrought wickednes.

10 In the houſe of Iſrael I ſaw an horrible thing: there the fornications of Ephraim: Iſrael is contaminated.

11 Yea and thou Iuda put thee an hatueſt, when I shal conuert the captiuitie of my people.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 2 [a] God vvho puniſheth, is alvvayes readie to heale finners, if they vvil repent.
• 3 [b] S Paul (1. Cot. 15. v. 4) not only teaching Chriſts Reſur. rection, but alſo expresly ſaying the third day, according to the Scriptures ſemeth to vnderſtand this place, vvhere & in no other place; the day is ſo de⟨illegible⟩ly expreſſed.
• 6 ⟨illegible⟩. 9. v 13.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Since Ieroboam made ſchiſme in religion that kindom hath fallen into manie diſtreſſes: 10. and not repenting shal indure more.

1 VVHEN [a] I would heale Iſrael, the iniquitie of Ephraim was reueled, and the malice of Samaria, becauſe they haue wrought lying, and the theefe hath entered in ſpoyling, the robber without.

2 And leſt perhaps they may ſay in their hattes, that I haue remembred al their malice: now haue their owne inuentions compaſſed them, they haue bene done before me.

3 In their malice they haue reioyced the king: and in their lies the princes.

4 Al they committing aduoutrie, as it were an ouen heated of the baker: the citie was quiet a litle from the comiſtion of leauen, til the whole was leuened.

5 The day of our king, [b] the princes begane to rage by reaſon of wine: he ſtreched out his hand with the ſcorners.

6 Becauſe they haue applied their hart as an ouen, when he lay in wayte for them: he ſlept al the night baking them, in the morning himſelf heated as a fire of flame.

7 Al were heated as an ouen, and haue deuoured their iudges: al their kinges are fallen: there is none amongſt them that crieth vnto me.

8 Ephraim him ſelf was [c] mingled in the peoples: Ephraim is become as harth-baken-bread, [d] that is not turned.

9 Strangers haue eaten his ſtrength, and he knew not: yea hore heares alſo were powred out on him, and he was ignorant.

10 And the pride of Iſrael [e] shal be humbled in his face: neither did they returne to the Lord their God, & they haue not ſought him in al theſe.

11 And Ephraim is become as a doue ſeduced, not hauing an hart: they inuocated Aegypt, they went to the Aſſyrians.

12 And when they shal goe forth, I wil ſpred my nette vpon them: as a foule of the heauen wil I plucke them downe, I wil beate them according to the hearing of their aſſemblie.

13 Wo to them, becauſe they haue reuolted from me: they shal be waſted becauſe they haue preuaricated againſt me: & I redemed them and they haue ſpoken lies againſt me.

14 And they ſhaue not cried to me in their hart, but they howled in their chambers: vpon wheate and wine they chewed the cudde, they are reuolted from me.

15 And I haue taught them, and ſtrengthened their armes: and againſt me they haue thought malice.

16 They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became as a deceitful bow: their princes shal fal by the ſword, for the furie of their tongue. This is their ſcorning in the Land of Aegypt.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 1 [a] God puniſhing al the Ievves by diuiding their kingdom into two (3 Reg. 12.) would haue cured them: but Ieroboam king of the tenne tribes drevv al his people into groſſer ſinnes then before: by making a ſchiſme & ſetting vp idols to be adored for God.
• 5 [b] Al the chief men of the tenne tribes conſented to the ſchiſme & idolatrie of their nevy king Ieroboam.
• 8 [c] Became like to pagane idolaters:
• 8 [d] and impenitent.
• 10 [e] For al theſe ſinnes they ſhal be ſeuerely puniſhed.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. The Chaldees shal deſtroy the temple. 3. But the tenne tribes shal first be caried into captiuitie, 6. for worshiping the image of a calf.

1 IN thy throte let there be a trumpet as an eagle vpon [::] the houſe of the Lord: for that they haue tranſgreſſed my couenant, and haue preuaricated my law.

2 Me they shal inuocate: My God, we [::] Iſrael haue knowen thee.

3 Iſrael hath caſt away the good thing, the enemie shal perſecute him.

4 They haue reigned, and not of me: they hauebene princes, and I knew not: their ſiluer, and their gold they made idols to themſelues, that they might perish.

5 Thy calfe is caſt of ô Samaria, my furie is wrath againſt them. How long can they not be clenſed?

6 Becauſe it ſelf alſo is of Iſrael: the workman made it, and it is not God: becauſe the calfe of Samaria shal be as ſpiders webbes.

7 Becauſe they shal ſow winde, and reape a whirle wind: there is no ſtanding ſtalke in it, the bud shal not yeld meale: and if it doe yeld, ſtrangers shal eate it.

8 Iſrael is deuoured: Now is he become in nations as an vncleane veſſel.

9 Becauſe they went vp to Aſſur, a wilde aſſe ſolitarie to himſelf: Ephraim haue geuen gifts to louers.

10 Yea and when they shal hyre the nations with reward, now wil I gather them together: and they shal reſt a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.

11 Becauſe Ephraim hath multiplied altars to ſinne: altars are made to him vnto ſinne.

12 I wil write to him my manifold lawes, which haue bene accounted as ſtrange.

13 They shal offer hoſtes, they shal immolate flesh, and shal eate, and the Lord wil not receiue them: now wil he remember their iniquitie, and wil viſite their ſinnes: they shal returne into Aegypt.

14 And Iſrael hath forgotten his maker, and hath built temples: and [::] Iudas hath multiplied fenſed cities: and I wil caſt fire on his cities, and it shal deuoure the houſes therof.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 1 [::] The temple alſo in Ieruſalem (though not ſo ſowne) ſhal be deſtroyed.
• 2 [::] But firſt the tenne tribes of Iſrael for their general idolatrie ſhal be caried into captiuitie by the Aſſyrians v. 9. & 4. Reg. 17.
• 14 [::] The two tribes ſeing the miſeries of the other tenne, vvil not preuent the like by penance, but thinke to eſcape by fortifying their cities.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. The tenne tribes shal ſuffer famine: 12. be depriued of their children: and made captiue.

1 BE not glad Iſrael, reioyce not as the peoples: becauſe thon haſt fornicated from thy God, thou haſt loued reward aboue al the flores of wheate.

2 The flore and the winepreſſe shal not feede them, and the wine shal lie to them.

3 They shal not dwel in the land of our Lord: [::] Ephraim is returned into Aegypt, and among the Aſſyrians he hath eaten the thing polluted.

4 They shal not offer wine to our Lord, and they shal not pleaſe him: their ſacrfices as the bread of mourners: al that shal eate it, shal be contaminated: becauſe their bread for their ſoule, shal not enter into the houſe of our Lord.

5 what wil you doe in the ſolemne day, in the day of the feſtiuitie of our Lord?

6 For behold they are gone forth from deſtruction: Aegypt shal gather them together, Memphis shal burie them: their ſiluer to be deſyred the nettle shal inherite, the burre in their tabernacles.

7 The dayes of viſitation are come, the dayes are come of retributions: know [::] ô Iſrael the foolish prophete, [::] the mad ſpiritual man, for the multitude of thine iniquitie, the multitude alſo madnes.

8 The watchman of Ephraim with my God: the prophete is made a ſnare of ruine vpon al his wayes, madnes in the houſe of his God.

9 They haue ſinned deeply, as in the dayes of Gabaa: he wil remember their iniquitie, and wil viſite their ſinne.

10 As grapes in the deſert I found Iſrael: as the firſt fruites of the figtree in the toppe therof I ſaw their fathers: but they haue entered into Beelphegor, and are alienated into confuſion, and are become abominable, as thoſe thinges, which they loued.

11 Ephraim as a bird hath flowen away, their glorie from birth, and from the wombe, and from conception.

12 But if they shal nourish vp their children, I wil make them without children among men: yea & wo to them, when I shal depart from them.

13 Ephraim, as I ſaw, [::] was Tyre founded in beautie: and Ephraim shal lead out his children to the murderer.

14 Geue them ô Lord, what wilt thou geue to them? Geue them a wombe without children, and dire breſts.

15 Al their wicked in Galgal, becauſe there I hated them: for the malice of their inentions I wil caſt forth out of my houſe: I wil not adde to loue them, al their princes reuolters.

16 Ephraim is ſtrooken, their roote is dried vp, they shal yeld no fruite. But and if they shal haue iſſue, I wil kil the beſt beloued things of their wombe.

17 My God wil caſt them away, becauſe they heare him not: and they shal be vagabunds in the nations.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 3 [::] Manie of the kingdom of Iſrael by reaſon of famine and other diſtreſſes, vvil flee into Aegypt, as both this place, and the ſame wordes. ch. 8. v. 13. do foreſhevv. 8 Ierom. & Theodoret. v. 6.
• 7 [::] Iſrael did fooliſhly prophecie al proſperity to them ſelues,
• 7 [::] not inſpired by God, but repleniſhed vvith furie of madnes.
• 9 Iudic. 19. 1. Reg. 8. 4. Reg. 9.
• 13 [::] The kingdom of Iſrael vvas as proud and inſolent as Tyre. Iſai. 23. Ezech. 26. 27. & 28.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. After manie benefites, and aduancement, much affliction shal fal vpon the tenne tribes, for their ingratitude towards God.

1 ISRAEL a vine a thicke of branches, the fruite is made equal [::] to it: according to the multitude of his fruite he hath multiplied altars, according to the plentie of his land he hath abunded in idols.

2 Their hart is diuided, now they shal perish: he shal breake their idols, he shal deſtroy their altars.

3 Becauſe they wil now ſay: We haue no king: for we feare not our Lord: and what shal a king do to vs?

4 You ſpeake wordes of vnprofitable viſion, and you shal make a couenant: & iudgement shal ſpring as bitternes vpon the furrowes of the filde.

5 The kine of [::] Bethauen haue the inhabitans of Samaria worshipped: Becauſe his people mourned vpon him, & his temple wardens reioyced vpon him in his glorie, becauſe it departed from him.

6 For he alſo was caried vnto Aſſur, a gift to the king Reuenger: confuſion shal take Ephraim, & Iſrael shal be confunded in his owne wil.

7 Samaria hath made her king to paſſe as froth vpon the face of water.

8 And the excelſes of the idol the ſinne of Iſrael shal be deſtroyed: the burre and the thiſtle shal grow vp ouer their altars: and they shal ſay to the mountaines: Couer vs; and to the litle hilles: Fal vpon vs.

9 From the Dayes [::] of Gabaa, Iſrael hath ſinned, there they ſtood: the battel in Gabaa vpon the children of iniquitie shal not apprehend them.

10 According to my deſire I wil chaſtiſe them: and the peoples shal be gathered together vpon them, when they shal be chaſtiſed for their two inquities.

11 Ephraim an heifer taught to loue threshing, and I haue paſſed ouer the beautie of her necke: I wil aſcend vpon Ephraim, Iudas shal plough, Iacob shal breake the furrowes to himſelf.

12 Sow to your ſelues in iuſtice, and reape in the mouth of mercie, fallow ground: but the time to ſeeke our Lord, when he shal come that shal teach you iuſtice.

13 you haue ploughed impietie, you haue reaped iniquitie, you haue eaten the fruite of lying: becauſe thou haſt truſted in thy wayes, in the multitude of thy ſtrong ones.

14 A tumult shal ariſe in thy people: & al thy munitions shal be deſtroyed as Salmana was deſtroyed by his houſe that tooke vengeance on Baal in the day of battel, the mother being dashed in peeces vpon the children.

15 So hath Bethel done to you, becauſe of the malice of your iniquities.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 1 [::] By hovv much more & greater benefites Iſrael receiued of God: ſo much vvere they more vngratful.
• 5 [::] The houſe of one of their calues which Ieroboam ſet vp for their God, othervviſe called. Bethel.
• 8 Iſa. 2. Apoc. 6.
• 9 [::] From the time that the tribe of Dan, adored an idol vvhich they tooke from Micheas (lud. 18. v. 14. which the other Iſra▪ clites reuenged not) they haue very often either committed or ſuffered idolatrie, vvhich they ought to haue hindered and therfore ſhal at laſt be puniſhed.
• 12 Iere. 4.
• 14 Iudic. 2.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. The kingdom of Iſrael is further admonished, and threatned, 10. of which tribes manie shal beleue in Chriſt.

1 AS the morning paſſed, hath the king of Iſrael paſſed away. Becauſe Iſrael was a child, and I loued him: and [a] out of Aegypt I called my ſonne.

2 They called them, ſo they departed from their face: they immolated to Baalim, & ſacrificed to idols.

3 And I as it were the nurſe of Ephraim, caried them in myne armes: and they knew not that I cured them.

4 In the cordes b of Adam I wil draw them, in the bands of charitie: and I wil be to them as lifting vp the yoke vpon their cheekes: and I declined to him that he might⟨illegible⟩ate.

5 He shal not returne into the Land of Aegypt, and Aſſur he his king: becauſe they would not conuert.

6 The ſword hath begune in his cities, and it shal conſume his elect, and shal eate their heades.

7 And my people shal hang vpon my returne: but a yoke shal be put vpon them together, which shal not be taken away.

8 how shal I geue thee Ephraim, protect thee Iſrael? how shal I geue thee as Adama, lay thee as Seboim? My hart is turned within, my repentance is diſturbed together.

9 I wil not doe the furie of my wrath: I wil not returne to deſtroy Ephraim: becauſe I am [c] God, and not [d] man: in the middes of thee the Holie one, and I wil not enter into the citie.

10 They shal walke after our Lord, as a lion wil he roare: becauſe he wil roare, and the children of the ſea shal feare.

11 And they shal flie away as a bird out of Aegypt, and as a doue out of the Land of the Aſſyrians: and I wil place them in their houſes, ſaith our Lord.

12 Ephraim hath compaſſed me in denying, and the houſe of Iſrael in deceite: but Iudas a witneſſe is deſcended with God, and with the ſainctes, faithful.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 [a] Literally this is ſpoken of the people of Iſrael called Gods ſonne (Exo. 4 v. 23.) vvhom he deliuered out of Aegypt but myſtically is verified of Chriſt called out of Aegypt. Mat▪ 2▪ and is no leſſe certaine the true myſtical ſenſe, the Euangeliſt indued vvith the Holie Ghoſt, ſo interpreting then is the literal ſenſe of this or anie other place.
• 2 Mat. 2.
• 8 Gen. 19.
• 9 [c] Gods propertie is to haue mercie and to pardon.
• 9 [d] Man is prone to reuenge and puniſh.
• 11 b God draweth men by ſweete inuitations by great & manie benefites a. greable to mans nature and freevvil by his loue and charitie: not as beaſtes are dravven by feare & force.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. The people by their ſinnes procure their owne miſeries, 3. not regarding Iacobs vertues.

1 EPHRAIM [::] feedeth the winde, and foloweth the heate: al the day he multiplieth lying and waſte: and he hath made a league with the Aſſyrians, and he caried oyle into Aegypt.

2 The iudgement therfore of our Lord with Iuda, and viſitation vpon Iacob: according to his wayes, and according to his inuentions he wil render to him.

3 In the wombe he ſupplanted his brother: and in his ſtrength he was directed with the Angel.

4 And he preuailed againſt the Angel, and was ſtrengthened: and he wept, and beſought him: in Bethel he found him, an there he ſpake with vs.

5 And our Lord the God of hoſtes, the Lord is his memorial.

6 And thou shalt conuert to thy God: keepe mercie and iudgement, and hope in thy God alwayes.

7 Chanaan in his hand a deceitful balance, he hath loued calumnie.

8 And Ephraim ſayd: But yet I am made rich, I haue found an idol to my ſelf: al my labours shal not finde me the iniquitie, which I haue ſinned.

9 And I the Lord thy God out of the Land of Aegypt, I wil yet make thee ſitte in tabernacles, as in the dayes of feſtiuitie.

10 And I haue ſpoken vpon the prophets, and I haue multiplied viſion, and in the hand of the prophets I haue bene reſembled.

11 If an idol in Galaad, then in vaine were they in Galgal immolating with oxen: for their altars alſo as heapes vpon the furrowes of the filde.

12 [::] Iacob fled into the countrie of Syria, and Iſrael ſerued for a wife, and for a wife he kept her.

13 But by a prophete our Lord brought Iſrael out of Aegypt: and by a prophete he was preſerued.

14 Ephraim hath prouoked me to wrath in his bitternes, and his bloud shal come vpon him, and his reproch his Lord wil reſtore to him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 1 [::] To make ſhevv of turning to God; and to truſt more in men is as vayne as to thinke to fede or to gouerne the vvinde.
• 3 Gen. 25. & 32.
• 12 [::] The hiſtorie of Iacob and his children written in Geneſis and Exodus vvhich the prophet here toucheth, ſheweth the ſingular benefites of God tovvards this people.
• 12 Gen. 28. Exo. 14.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. For their obſtinacie in idolatrie, 7. greateſt plagues are threatned: 10. from which none shal be able to deliuer them. 14. But at laſt Chriſt coming wil redeme al by his death.

1 EPHRAIM [a] ſpeaking, horrour inuaded Iſrael: and he ſinned [b] in Baal, and died.

2 And now they haue added to ſinne: and they haue made to themſelues [c] a molten of their ſiluer as it were the ſimilitude of idols, the whole is the worke of crafteſmen: the theſe they ſay: Immolate men adoring calues.

3 Therfore they shal be as a morning cloude, and as a morning dew paſſing away, as duſt caught with a whirlewind out of the floore, and as ſmoke out of the chimnie.

4 But I the Lord thy God out of the Land of Aegypt: and God beſide me thou shalt not know, and there is no Sauiour beſide me.

5 I knew thee in the deſert, in the land of wildernes.

6 According to their puſtures they were filled, and were made ful: they haue lifted vp their harr, and haue forgotten me.

7 And I wil be vnto them as a lioneſſe, as a leopard in the way of the Aſſyrians.

8 I wil meete them as a beare her yong being violently taken away, and I wil breake in ſunder the inner partes of their liuer: and wil conſume them there as a lion, the beaſt of the filde shal teare them.

9 [d] Perdition is thine ô Iſrael: [e] onlie in me thy helpe.

10 Where is thy king? Now eſpecially let him ſaue thee in al thy cities: & thy iudges, of whom thou ſaydſt: Geue me kinges, and princes.

11 I wil geue thee a king in my furie, and wil take him away in mine indignation.

12 The iniquitie of Ephraim is bound together, his ſinne is hidden.

13 The ſorowes of a woman in trauel shal come to him, he a ſonne not wiſe: for now he shal not ſtand the confraction of the children.

14 [f] Out of the hand of death I wil deliuer them, from death I wil redeme them: I wil be thy death ô death, thy bitte wil I be ô hel, conſolation is hidden from mine eyes.

15 Becauſe he shal diuide betwen bretheren: our Lord wil bring a burning winde riſing from the deſert: and it shal drie vp his vaines, and shal make his fountaine deſolate, and he shal ſpoyle the treaſure of euerie veſſel that is to be deſired.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 1 [a] VVhen Iero boam firſt ſet vp the calues to be adored the people had horrour therof yet conſented therto.
• 1 [b] and ſhortly after ſome added the idol of Baal. 3 Reg. 16.
• 2 [c] and of other idols: as this place teſtifieth
• 4 Iſa. 43.
• 9 [d] Euils that happen are al of mans owne procurement by his ſinnes: vvherof God is no vvay the auctor or cauſe:
• 9 [e] vvho of his part doth al for the helpe of man: for vvhether he puniſh or pardon, al is to ſaue men: ſo God is onlie cauſe of helpe and of al good but not of euil as it is euel he is in dede the cauſe of puniſhment, vvhich is called malum paenae, the euil of paine. Amos. 3. v. 6. but this for amendment during this life, and of iuſtice after death.
• 11 1. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 14 [f] This can not be vnderſtood of temporal death, from vvhich God vvil no⟨illegible⟩ deliuermen, nor of violent death, from vvhich he vvould not deliuer thoſe that vvere slaine by the Aſſyrians, but neceſſarily of eternal death, from vvhich the iuſt ſhal be deliuered.
• 14 1. Cor. 15.
• 15 Heb. 2. Ezec. 19.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. The prophet forewarning the people of their future afflictions, 2. exhorteth them to repentance, and confeſſion of their ſinnes: 5. foreshewing that God wil geue much grace to the penitent. 10. Al which myſteries only the godlie wiſe shal vnderſtand.

1 LET Samaria [a] perish, becauſe she hath ſtirred vp her God to bitternes: let them perish by the ſword, let their litle ones be dashed, and let the wemen with child be cut in ſunder.

2 Conuert ô Iſrael to our Lord thy God: becauſe thou art fallen in thine iniquitie.

3 Take wordes with you, and conuert to our Lord, and ſay to him: Take away al iniquitie, and receiue good: and we wil render the calues of our lippes.

4 Aſſur shal not ſaue vs, we wil not mount vpon horſe: neither wil we ſay any more: Our goddes the worke of our handes: becauſe thou wilt haue mercie on that pupil, which is in thee.

5 I [b] wil heale their confractions, I wil loue them voluntarily: becauſe my furie is auerted from them.

6 I wil be as dew, Iſrael ſhal ſpring as the lillie, and his roote shal breake forth as that of Libanus.

7 His boughes shal goe, and his glorie shal be as the oliuetree: and his ſmel as of Libanus.

8 They shal be conuerted that ſitte vnder his shadow: they shal liue with wheate, and they shal ſpring as a vine: his memorial as the wine of Libanus.

9 Ephraim what haue I to doe any more with idols? I wil heare, and I wil direct him as a verdant firretree: out of me thy fruit is found.

10 [c] Who is wiſe, and shal vnderſtand theſe thinges? of vnderſtanding, and shal know theſe thinges? becauſe the wayes of our Lord be right, and the iuſt shal walke in them: but preuaricatours shal fal in them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 1 [a] Such imprecations in holie ſcriptures are ſometimes only predictions. as Pſal. 68. v. 23. & ſo here is prophecied what ſhal happen to the Iſraelites in Aſſyria. S. Ierom. ſometimes are the zelous deſires of Sainctes conformable to Gods iuſtice. as Pſal. 149. v. 6. 7. 8. 9.
• 2 I⟨illegible⟩el. 2. Zach. 1.
• 5 [b] VVhen the Iſraelites ſhal conuert to God, as ſome did vvhen Chriſt came, and manie wil nere the end of the vvorld, then Chriſt wil heale thē.
• 10 [c] No humane vvitte is able to vnderſtand this (and other prophetes) yet the iuſt ſhal know ſo much as is neceſſarie. S. Ierom. in prooem▪ S. Aug. li. 18. c. 28. ciuit.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The second tome (Psalms to 2 Machabees, with the Prayer of Manasses and the third and fourth books of Esdras), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (17 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

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