Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The tenth chapter.

[ A] WO be vnto you y^t make vnrightuous lawes,* 1.1 and devyse thinges, which be to harde for to kepe: wherthorow the po∣ore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the in∣nocētes of my people are there with rob∣bed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fa¦therlesse. What will ye do in tyme of the visitacion and destruction, that shal come from farre? To whom will ye renne for hel∣pe? or to whom will ye geue youre honoure, that he maye kepe it? that ye come not a∣monge the presoners, or lye amonge the deed?* 1.2 After all this shal not the wrath of the LORDE ceasse, but yet shal his honde be stretched out still.

* 1.3Wo be also vnto Assur, which is a staff of my wrath, in whose honde is the rod of my punyshment. For I shal sende him a∣monge those ypocritish poeple, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauou¦re shal I send him: that he maye utterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe like the myre in the strete. Howbeit his meanynge is not so, nether thinketh his harte of this fashion. But he ymagi¦neth [ B] only, how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people, for he saieth: are not my princes all kynges?* 1.4 Is not Calno as ea∣sie to wynne, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad? Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus thē Sa¦maria? As who say: I were able to wynne the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes, but not Ierusalem and Samaria. Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages, as I dyd vnto Samaria and the¦ir ymages?

Wherfore the LORDE saieth: As soone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem: thē will I also vyset the noble and stoute kyn∣ge of Assiria, with his wysdome and pry∣de. For he stondeth thus in his owne cōcea¦te: This do I,* 1.5 thorow the power of myne owne honde, and thorow my wisdome: For I am wyse, I am he that remoue the lon∣des of the people, I robbe their prynces: and (like one of the worthies) I dryue them from their hie seates. My honde hath foun¦de [ C] out the hoostes of the people, as it we∣re a nest. And like as egges, that were lay∣de here and there, are gathered together: So do I gather all countrees. And there is no man, y^t darre be so bolde, as to touch a fether, that▪ darre open his mouth, or on∣ce whisper.

But doth the axe boost itself,* 1.6 agaynst him y^t heweth therwith, or doth the sawe make eny krakinge, agaynst him that ru∣leth it? That were euen like, as yf the rod dyd exalte it self agaynst him, that beareth it: or as though y^e staff shulde magnifie it self, as who saye: it were no wodd.* 1.7 Therfo∣re shal the LORDE of hoostes sende him po∣uerte in his riches, and burne vp his power, as it were with a fyre.* 1.8 But the light of Is∣rael shalbe y^t fyre, and his Sanctuary shal∣be the flame, and it shal kyndle, and burne vp his thornes and breyers in one daye, yee all the glory of his woddes and feldes shal∣be consumed with body and soule. As for himself, he shalbe as one chased awaye. The trees also of his felde shalbe of soch a nom∣bre, that a childe maye tell them.

After y^t daye shal the remnaunt of Isra∣el, [ D] and soch as are escaped out of the house of Iacob, seke no more cōforte at him that smote them, but shal conforte themselues with faithfulnesse and treuth in the LOR∣DE,

the holy,* 1.9 one of Israel. The remnaunt, yee and the Posteryte of Iacob, shal cōuer∣te vnto God the mighty one. For though thy people (o Israel) be as the sonde of the see, yet shal but the remnaunt of them only conuerte vnto him. Perfecte is the iudgmēt of him that floweth in rightuousnesse: and therfore y^e LORDE of hoostes shal perfectly fulfil the thinge, that he hath determyned in the myddest of the whole worlde. Ther∣fore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes: Thou my people, that dwellest in Sion, be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians: He shal wagg his staff at the, yee and bea∣te the with the rodd, as the Egiptiās dyd sometyme: But soone after, shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies.

[ E] Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal pre¦pare a scourge for him,* 1.10 like as was the pu¦nyshmēt of Madiā vpō y^e mount of Oreb. And he shal lift vp his rod ouer the see,* 1.11 as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egiptians. Their shal his burthen be taken from thy shul∣ders, and his yock from thy neck, yee the sa∣me yock shal corrupte for very fatnesse. He shal come to Aiath, and go thorow toward Migron. But at Machmas shal he muster his hooste, and go ouer y^e foorde. Gaba shal be their restinge place, Rhama shalbe afra¦yde, Gabea Saul shal fle awaye. The voy¦ce of y^e noyse of thy horses (o doughter Gal¦lim) shalbe herde vnto lais and to Ana∣thoth, which also shalbe in trouble. Mad∣mena shal tremble for feare, but the citesyns of Gahim are māly, yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye. After that, shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion, and a∣gaynst the hill of Ierusalem. But se, the LOR¦de God of hoostes shal take awaye the prou¦de from thence, w^t feare. He shal hew dow∣ne the proude, and fel the hie mynded. The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out w^t yron, and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal.

Notes

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  〈◊〉〈◊〉 26. a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 25. b 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••1. b
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  4. Reg. 18.
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  Deut. 8. d Esa. 47. b Eze. 29. b
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  Esa. 45. b Rom. 9. c
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  Esa. 37. f
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  Mat. 13. a
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  ••. Re. 19. c Ro. 9. c Esa. 28. f and 11. e
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  Esa. 37. f Iudic▪ 7. g
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  Exo. 14. c