diff --git a/host/chez/emit.janet b/host/chez/emit.janet
index 26ec649..28cc70f 100644
--- a/host/chez/emit.janet
+++ b/host/chez/emit.janet
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
    "range" "jolt-range" "take" "jolt-take" "drop" "jolt-drop"
    "keys" "jolt-keys" "vals" "jolt-vals"
    "even?" "jolt-even?" "odd?" "jolt-odd?" "pos?" "jolt-pos?" "neg?" "jolt-neg?"
-   "zero?" "jolt-zero?" "identity" "jolt-identity"})
+   "zero?" "jolt-zero?" "identity" "jolt-identity"
+   # exceptions (jolt-vcsl): ex-info builds the tagged map; ex-data/ex-message/
+   # ex-cause are pure-over-get Clojure tier fns (no native-op needed).
+   "ex-info" "jolt-ex-info"})
 
 # Value-position resolution for a clojure.core ref passed AS A VALUE (to map /
 # filter / reduce / apply). Each native-op already names a usable Scheme
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@
    "zero?" |(= $ 1) "identity" |(= $ 1)
    "cons" |(= $ 2) "filter" |(= $ 2) "remove" |(= $ 2) "into" |(= $ 2)
    "take" |(= $ 2) "drop" |(= $ 2) "map" |(>= $ 2) "apply" |(>= $ 2)
-   "reduce" |(or (= $ 2) (= $ 3)) "range" |(and (>= $ 0) (<= $ 3))})
+   "reduce" |(or (= $ 2) (= $ 3)) "range" |(and (>= $ 0) (<= $ 3))
+   "ex-info" |(or (= $ 2) (= $ 3))})
 
 # If fnode is a clojure.core (or host) ref to a native-op primitive, return the
 # Scheme op string — only at an arity where the Scheme op and the jolt fn agree.
@@ -168,6 +172,22 @@
 # (nil when empty — Clojure's rest semantics; list->cseq already does this); recur
 # carries the rest seq directly, and the named let's init only runs on first
 # entry, so the coercion isn't re-applied on a recur.
+# try/catch/finally (jolt-vcsl). throw raises the jolt value RAW (jolt-throw =
+# Scheme `raise`), mirroring the Janet COMPILED backend (which does `(error v)`,
+# no :jolt/exception envelope) — so catch binds the value directly, no unwrap.
+# catch lowers to `guard` with an `else` clause (catch-all: the IR drops the
+# class), finally to `dynamic-wind`'s after-thunk (runs on success, catch, and
+# escape — Clojure finally semantics). Both keys are optional on the node.
+(defn- emit-try [node]
+  (def core
+    (if-let [cs (get node :catch-sym)]
+      (string "(guard (" (munge cs) " (else " (emit (get node :catch-body)) ")) "
+              (emit (get node :body)) ")")
+      (emit (get node :body))))
+  (if-let [fin (get node :finally)]
+    (string "(dynamic-wind (lambda () #f) (lambda () " core ") (lambda () " (emit fin) "))")
+    core))
+
 (defn- emit-arity-clause [a]
   (def params (map munge (vv (get a :params))))
   (def restp (when-let [r (get a :rest)] (munge r)))
@@ -309,6 +329,8 @@
     :let   (emit-let node)
     :loop  (emit-loop node)
     :recur (emit-recur node)
+    :throw (string "(jolt-throw " (emit (get node :expr)) ")")
+    :try   (emit-try node)
     :fn    (emit-fn node)
     :def   (string "(def-var! " (string/format "%j" (get node :ns)) " "
                    (string/format "%j" (get node :name)) " " (emit (get node :init)) ")")
diff --git a/host/chez/rt.ss b/host/chez/rt.ss
index 190e9b0..086a53e 100644
--- a/host/chez/rt.ss
+++ b/host/chez/rt.ss
@@ -20,6 +20,25 @@
 ;; jolt `not`: only nil and false are falsey.
 (define (jolt-not x) (if (jolt-truthy? x) #f #t))
 
+;; --- exceptions (jolt-vcsl) --------------------------------------------------
+;; throw raises the jolt value RAW (no envelope), like the Janet compiled back
+;; end; catch (emitted as `guard`) binds it directly. Chez `raise` accepts any
+;; object, so a thrown number/map/ex-info all work; uncaught -> non-zero exit.
+(define (jolt-throw v) (raise v))
+;; ex-info builds the tagged map {:jolt/type :jolt/ex-info :message :data :cause}
+;; — a real jolt-hash-map, so the ex-data/ex-message/ex-cause tier fns read it
+;; via jolt-get for free. Arity 2 (msg data) or 3 (msg data cause).
+(define jolt-kw-ex-type (keyword "jolt" "type"))
+(define jolt-kw-ex-info (keyword "jolt" "ex-info"))
+(define jolt-kw-message (keyword #f "message"))
+(define jolt-kw-data (keyword #f "data"))
+(define jolt-kw-cause (keyword #f "cause"))
+(define (jolt-ex-info msg data . more)
+  (jolt-hash-map jolt-kw-ex-type jolt-kw-ex-info
+                 jolt-kw-message msg
+                 jolt-kw-data data
+                 jolt-kw-cause (if (null? more) jolt-nil (car more))))
+
 ;; --- var cells: late-bound global roots (Clojure vars) -----------------------
 ;; A var is a mutable cell keyed by "ns/name". A `:def` sets the root; a `:var`
 ;; reference reads it at use time (late binding), so a forward/mutually-recursive
diff --git a/test/chez/README.md b/test/chez/README.md
index 24c4774..90535c9 100644
--- a/test/chez/README.md
+++ b/test/chez/README.md
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ compile-time signal) and are counted "out of subset", not as divergences.
 
     JOLT_CHEZ_CORPUS=1 janet test/chez/run-corpus-chez.janet
 
-Baseline after inc 3c (multi-arity + variadic fns, jolt-gret): **619/619 compiled
-cases pass**, 0 divergences; 2036/2655 out of subset (await clojure.core on Chez).
-`emit-fn` now lowers multi-arity fns to a Scheme `case-lambda` and variadic fns to
-a rest-arg lambda (the Scheme rest list is coerced to a jolt seq, nil when empty),
-which is the gating lift for emitting the clojure.core tiers as a prelude.
+Baseline after inc 3e (throw/try + ex-info): **632/632 compiled cases pass**, 0
+divergences; 2023/2655 out of subset (await clojure.core on Chez). Inc 3c
+(multi-arity + variadic fns) brought this to 619/619 — `emit-fn` lowers
+multi-arity fns to a Scheme `case-lambda` and variadic fns to a rest-arg lambda
+(the Scheme rest list is coerced to a jolt seq, nil when empty); inc 3e's
+throw/try/ex-info support pulled 13 more corpus cases into the subset.
 
 ## Phase 1 — clojure.core prelude emission (inc 3d, jolt-ocvi)
 The `-e`-capable jolt-chez path: emit the clojure.core tiers
@@ -69,10 +70,14 @@ catalogs the gaps; macros are skipped (analyze-time only, not a runtime value):
 
     JOLT_CHEZ_PRELUDE=1 janet test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
 
-Baseline: **303/355 non-macro core forms emit** to Scheme. Remaining 52 gaps:
-`:throw` (29, the big one — needs an exception model), `:quote` (8, needs RT
-symbols/lists), `:try` (2), Java host interop `.write`/`.isDirectory` (6, io tier),
-`letfn` (4), `declare`/def-no-init (2), one edge (`parse-uuid`). Each is a clean
+Baseline after inc 3e (throw/try + ex-info): **334/355 non-macro core forms emit**
+to Scheme (was 303 at inc 3d). `:throw` lowers to `jolt-throw` (Scheme `raise` of
+the raw jolt value, like the Janet compiled back end); `:try` lowers to `guard`
+(catch, class dropped → catch-all) + `dynamic-wind` (finally); `ex-info` is a
+native-op building the tagged jolt map, so the ex-data/ex-message/ex-cause tier
+fns read it over `get` for free. Remaining 21 gaps: `:quote` (8, needs RT
+symbols/lists), Java host interop `.write`/`.isDirectory` (6, io tier), `letfn`
+(4), `declare`/def-no-init (2), one edge (`parse-uuid`). Each is a clean
 next-increment target. The probe has a regression floor (raise it as gaps close).
 
 Prior, inc 3b (seq tier + dynamic IFn, jolt-5pso): 595/595 compiled, 0 divergences,
diff --git a/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet b/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
index f330416..d9e2376 100644
--- a/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
+++ b/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 # Regression floor (raise it as new IR ops / RT shims land, like the suite
 # baseline). Fails if prelude emit reach drops below the recorded baseline.
-(def reach-floor 303)
+(def reach-floor 334)
 (when (< compiled reach-floor)
   (printf "REGRESSION: prelude emit reach %d < floor %d" compiled reach-floor)
   (os/exit 1))
diff --git a/test/chez/emit-test.janet b/test/chez/emit-test.janet
index 0bd302f..565f2d5 100644
--- a/test/chez/emit-test.janet
+++ b/test/chez/emit-test.janet
@@ -207,6 +207,35 @@
     (ok (string "arity: " src) (and (= code 0) (= out want))
         (string "chez=" out " janet=" want " | " err))))
 
+# 3i) throw / try / catch / finally + ex-info (inc 3e). Value parity vs the CLI
+#   oracle for caught throws; an uncaught throw must exit non-zero.
+(each src [# jolt catch syntax is (catch Class binding body); the class is dropped
+           # in the IR (catch-all). catch binds the thrown value raw.
+           "(try (throw 42) (catch Exception e e))"
+           "(try (+ 1 (throw 7)) (catch Exception e (* e 10)))"
+           # finally runs and its value is discarded (try returns the body value)
+           "(try 5 (finally 99))"
+           "(try (throw 3) (catch Exception e (+ e 1)) (finally 99))"
+           # body value passes through when nothing throws
+           "(try (+ 2 3) (catch Exception e :nope))"
+           # ex-info builds a real jolt map: read message/data via get (native-op)
+           "(get (ex-info \"boom\" {:a 1}) :message)"
+           "(get (ex-info \"boom\" {:a 1}) :data)"
+           "(try (throw (ex-info \"boom\" {:a 1})) (catch Exception e (get e :message)))"
+           "(try (throw (ex-info \"boom\" {:a 7})) (catch Exception e (get (get e :data) :a)))"
+           # nested try: inner rethrows, outer catches
+           "(try (try (throw 1) (catch Exception e (throw (+ e 1)))) (catch Exception e (* e 100)))"]
+  (let [[code out err] (d/run-on-chez ctx src)
+        want (cli-oracle src)]
+    (ok (string "throw/try: " src) (and (= code 0) (= out want))
+        (string "chez=" out " janet=" want " | " err))))
+
+# an uncaught throw aborts the program (non-zero exit) — matches the corpus
+# `:throws` semantics (interpret/compile both bail).
+(let [[code out err] (d/run-on-chez ctx "(throw (ex-info \"unhandled\" {}))")]
+  (ok "throw: uncaught exits non-zero" (not= code 0)
+      (string "code=" code " out=" out)))
+
 # 3h) prelude mode (inc 3d): emitting clojure.core ITSELF, a core->core ref must
 #   lower to a runtime var-deref instead of being rejected as "out of subset".
 #   `frequencies` is a core fn but not a native-op, so it exercises the switch.