shal cleepe dom to fijr, and it shal de|uoure myche depnesse, and shal eet to gydre a part. [verse 5] And Y saide, Lord God, reste thou, Y byseche; who shal reise Jacob, for he is lytil? [verse 6] The Lord hadde mercy on this thing; Bot and this thing shal not be, saide the Lord God. [verse 7] The Lord God shewide to me these thingus; and loo! the Lord stondynge on a wall teerid, or morterd, and in the hond of hym a truel of masoun. [verse 8] And the Lord saide to me, What seest thou, Amos? And Y saide, A truel of masoun. And the Lord saide, Loo! Y shal putte a truel in mydil of my people Yrael; Y shal no more putte to, for to ouer leede hym; [verse 9] and the heeȝ thingus of the ydol shuln be distruyed, and the halewyngis [halewis A.] of Yrael shuln be desolat; and Y shal ryse on the hous of Jeroboam in swerde. [verse 10] And Amasie, prest of Bethel, sente to Jero|boam, kyng of Yrael, sayinge, Amos re|bellide aȝeinus thee, in the mydil of the hous of Yrael; the lond may not susteyne alle his wordis. [verse 11] Forsothe Amos saith these thingus, Jeroboam shal dye in swerd, and Yrael caitif shal passe of his lond. [verse 12] And Amasie saide to Amos, Thou that seest, go; flee thou in to the lond of Juda, and eete thou there thi breede; and there thou shalt prophecie. [verse 13] And in Bethel thou shalt no more putte to, that thou prophecie, for it is the halewyng of the kyng, and is hous of the rewme. [verse 14] And Amos answerde, and saide to Amasye, Y am not a prophete, Y am not the sone of a prophete; but a neet heerde Y am, drawinge [dwellynge A.] vp sycomoris. [verse 15] And the Lord toke me, whanne Y suede the floc; and the Lord saide to me, Go, and prophecie thou to my peple Yrael. [verse 16] And now heere thou the word of the Lord. Thou saist, Thou shalt not prophecie on Yrael, and thou shalt not droppe on the [Om. AGK pr. m.] hous of ydol. [verse 17] For this thing the Lord saith
