Vulgata
Jerome's Latin
Translation of the Bible
Liber Isaiae
Chapter 13
Douay-Rheims
Translation of
the Latin Vulgate

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13:1 onus Babylonis quod vidit Isaias filius Amos 13:1. The burden of Babylon which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
13:2 super montem caligosum levate signum exaltate vocem levate manum et ingrediantur portas duces 13:2. Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
13:3 ego mandavi sanctificatis meis et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea exultantes in gloria mea 13:3. I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
13:4 vox multitudinis in montibus quasi populorum frequentium vox sonitus regum gentium congregatarum Dominus exercituum praecepit militiae belli 13:4. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
13:5 venientibus de terra procul a summitate caeli Dominus et vasa furoris eius ut disperdat omnem terram 13:5. To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
13:6 ululate quia prope est dies Domini quasi vastitas a Domino veniet 13:6. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
13:7 propter hoc omnes manus dissolventur et omne cor hominis tabescet 13:7. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
13:8 et conteretur tortiones et dolores tenebunt quasi parturiens dolebunt unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit facies conbustae vultus eorum 13:8. And shall be broken. Gripings and pains, shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
13:9 ecce dies Domini venit crudelis et indignationis plenus et irae furorisque ad ponendam terram in solitudine et peccatores eius conterendos de ea 13:9. Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
13:10 quoniam stellae caeli et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo et luna non splendebit in lumine suo 13:10. For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
13:11 et visitabo super orbis mala et contra impios iniquitatem eorum et quiescere faciam superbiam infidelium et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo 13:11. And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
13:12 pretiosior erit vir auro et homo mundo obrizo 13:12. A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
13:13 super hoc caelum turbabo et movebitur terra de loco suo propter indignationem Domini exercituum et propter diem irae furoris eius 13:13. For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his fierce wrath.
13:14 et erit quasi dammula fugiens et quasi ovis et non erit qui congreget unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur et singuli ad terram suam fugient 13:14. And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
13:15 omnis qui inventus fuerit occidetur et omnis qui supervenerit cadet in gladio 13:15. Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
13:16 infantes eorum adlident in oculis eorum diripientur domus eorum et uxores eorum violabuntur 13:16. Their inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
13:17 ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos qui argentum non quaerant nec aurum velint 13:17. Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
13:18 sed sagittis parvulos interficiant et lactantibus uteri non misereantur et super filios non parcat oculus eorum 13:18. But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
13:19 et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis inclita in superbia Chaldeorum sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorram 13:19. And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
13:20 non habitabitur usque in finem et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs nec pastores requiescent ibi 13:20. It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
13:21 sed requiescent ibi bestiae et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus et habitabunt ibi strutiones et pilosi saltabunt ibi 13:21. But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
13:22 et respondebunt ibi ululae in aedibus eius et sirenae in delubris voluptatis 13:22. And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.

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