Isaiæ 17

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Onus Damasci. Ecce Damascus desinet esse civitas, et erit sicut acervus lapidum in ruina.	1 Proclamation about Damascus: Damascus wil soon cease to be a city, it wil become a heap of ruins.
2 Derelictæ civitates Aroër gregibus erunt, et requiescent ibi, et non erit qui exterreat.	2 Its towns, abandoned for ever, wil be pastures for flocks; there they wil rest with no one to disturbthem.
3 Et cessabit adjutorium ab Ephraim, et regnum a Damasco ; et reliquiæ Syriæ sicut gloria filiorum Israël erunt, dicit Dominus exercituum.	3 Ephraim wil be stripped of its defences and Damascus of its sovereignty; and the remnant of Aram wilbe treated like the glory of the Israelites -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
4 Et erit in die illa : attenuabitur gloria Jacob, et pinguedo carnis ejus marcescet.	4 When that day comes, Jacob's glory wil diminish, from being fat he wil grow lean;
5 Et erit sicut congregans in messe quod restiterit, et brachium ejus spicas leget ; et erit sicut quærens spicas in valle Raphaim.	5 as when a reaper gathers in the standing corn, harvesting the ears of corn with his arm, or when theyglean the ears in the Val ey of Rephaim,
6 Et relinquetur in eo sicut racemus et sicut excussio oleæ duarum vel trium olivarum in summitate rami, sive quatuor aut quinque in cacuminibus ejus fructus ejus, dicit Dominus Deus Israël.	6 nothing wil remain but pickings, as when an olive tree is beaten; two or three berries left on thetopmost bough, four or five berries on the branches of the tree -- declares Yahweh, God of Israel.
7 In die illa inclinabitur homo ad factorem suum, et oculi ejus ad Sanctum Israël respicient ;	7 That day, a man wil look to his Creator and his eyes wil turn to the Holy One of Israel.
8 et non inclinabitur ad altaria quæ fecerunt manus ejus ; et quæ operati sunt digiti ejus non respiciet lucos et delubra.	8 He will no longer look to altars, his own handiwork, or to what his own fingers have made: the sacredpoles and incense-altars.
9 In die illa erunt civitates fortitudinis ejus derelictæ sicut aratra, et segetes quæ derelictæ sunt a facie filiorum Israël ; et eris deserta.	9 That day, its cities of refuge wil be abandoned as were the woods and heaths at the Israelites'advance: there wil be desolation.
10 Quia oblitus es Dei salvatoris tui, et fortis adjutoris tui non es recordata : propterea plantabis plantationem fidelem, et germen alienum seminabis ;	10 Since you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and failed to keep the Rock, your refuge, in mind,you plant pleasure-gardens, you sow exotic seeds;
11 in die plantationis tuæ labrusca, et mane semen tuum florebit ; ablata est messis in die hæreditatis, et dolebit graviter.	11 the day you plant them, you get them to sprout, and, next morning, your seedlings are in flower; butthe harvest wil vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
12 Væ multitudini populorum multorum, ut multitudo maris sonantis ; et tumultus turbarum, sicut sonitus aquarum multarum.	12 Disaster! The thunder of vast hordes, a thunder like the thunder of the seas, the roar of nationsroaring like the roar of mighty floods,
13 Sonabunt populi sicut sonitus aquarum inundantium, et increpabit eum, et fugiet procul ; et rapietur sicut pulvis montium a facie venti, et sicut turbo coram tempestate.	13 of nations roaring like the roar of ocean! He rebukes them and far away they flee, driven like chaff onthe mountains before the wind, like an eddy of dust before the storm.
14 In tempore vespere, et ecce turbatio ; in matutino, et non subsistet. Hæc est pars eorum qui vastaverunt nos, et sors diripientium nos.	14 At evening al is terror, by morning al have disappeared. Such wil be the lot of those who plunder us,such, the fate of our despoilers.