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Translated from the Latin Vulgate
Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,and Other Editions in Divers Languages
THE OLD TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Douay
A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Rheims
A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared withthe Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard ChallonerA.D. 1749-1752
This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, the great prophet,(Ecclesiasticus:48.25,) from the greatness of his prophetic spirit, bywhich he hath foretold so long before, and in so clear a manner, thecoming of Christ, the mysteries of our redemption, the calling of theGentiles, and the glorious establishment, and perpetual flourishing ofthe church of Christ: insomuch that he may seem to have been rather anevangelist than a prophet. His very name is not without mystery; forIsaias in Hebrew signifies the salvation of the Lord, or Jesus is theLord. He was, according to the tradition of the Hebrews, of the bloodroyal of the kings of Juda: and after a most holy life, ended his daysby a glorious martyrdom; being sawed in two, at the command of hiswicked son in law, King Manasses, for reproving his evil ways.
Isaias Chapter 1
The prophet complains of the sins of Juda and Jerusalem, and exhortsthem to a sincere conversion.
1:1. The vision of Isaias the Son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judaand Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kingsof Juda.
1:2. Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hathspoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they havedespised me.
1:3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israelhath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
1:4. Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wickedseed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they haveblasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
1:5. For what shall I strike you any more, you that increasetransgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
1:6. From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is nosoundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are notbound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
1:7. Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: yourcountry strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate aswhen wasted by enemies.
1:8. And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard,and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laidwaste.
1:9. Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom,and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
1:10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the lawof our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
1:11. To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims,saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not