Prophetenbüsten Inschriften
The Inscriptions on the Prophet Busts
The inscriptions on the scrolls:
Jacob: (Non) auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femore (eius)
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet (Genesis 49)
Isaiah: Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son (Isaiah 7:14)
Zechariah: (Et) appenderunt mercedem meam triginta argenteos
So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12)
Joel: Ecce ego suscitabo eos
Behold, I will rouse them up… (Joel 4:7)
Jeremiah I & II: Attendite et videte si est dolor (sicut dolor meus)
Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow (Lamentations 1:12)
Philo I & II: Morte turpissima condemnemus (eum)
Let us condemn him to a shameful death (Wisdom 2:20)
Nahum: Vincula tua disrumpam
I will break your bonds (Nahum 1:13)
David: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam
Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne (Psalm 132:11)
Daniel: (Videbas ita, donec) abscissus est lapis de monte sine manibus
You saw how a stone was cut from a mountain without human hands (Daniel 2:34)
Amos: (Pro eo quod) vendiderit pro argento iustum
Because they sell the righteous for silver (Amos 2:6)
Hosea: Morsus tuus ero, inferne
I shall be your destruction, O Death (Hosea 13:14)
Zephaniah: Exspecta me, (dicit Dominus), in die resurrectionis meae
Wait for me, (says the Lord), on the day of my resurrection (in futuram)
Therefore, just wait—oracle of the LORD— / for the day when I shall rise up as accuser. (Zeph 3:8)