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

The xxvij. Chapter.

THen the LORDE with his heuye, great [ A] and lōge swearde shal vyset Leuiathā, that invincible serpēt: euē Leuiathā y^t croked serpent, and shal slaye the Wallfish in y^e see. At the same tyme shal mē synge of the vyny¦arde of Muscatel. I the LORDE kepe it, and water it in due season. I watch daye & night, that no man breake in to it. I beare no euel wil in my mynde. Who will compell me, that I greatly forgettinge all faith fulnesse, shul¦de burne it vp at once w^t thornes & bushes? Or who will enforce me to kepe or make pe¦ace? It wil come to this poynte, y^t Iacob shalbe rooted againe, and Israel shalbe gre¦ne & beare floures, & they shal fyll y^e whole worlde w^t their frute. Smyteth he not his smyter, as euel as he is smyttē him self? De∣stroieth he not y^e murtherers, as he is mur∣thured? Euery mā recōpenseth w^t y^e measure y^t he receaueth: He museth vpō his sore wyn¦de,

as vpō the dayes of extreme heate. And therfore shal the iniquite of Iacob be thus reconciled. And so shal he take awaye all y^e frute of his synnes.

* 1.1As for aulter stones, he shal make them all as stones beaten to poulder: the Groues and Idols shal not stonde. The stronge ci∣ties shalbe desolate, and y^e fayre cities shal be left like a wildernes. The catel shal fede and lie there, and the shepe shal eate it vp. [ C] Their haruest shal be brent, their wyues which were their bewtie when they came forth:* 1.2 shalbe defyled. For it is a people wit∣hout vnderstōdinge, and therfore he y^t crea¦ted them, shal not fauoure them: and he y^t made them, shal not be merciful to thē. In y^t tyme shal y^e LORDE shute from y^e swifte water of Euphrates, vnto y^e ryuer of Egi∣pte. And there shal the children be chosen out one by one. Then shal the greate trom¦pet be blowen, so that those which haue be¦ne destroyed in the Assirians londe, and tho¦se that be scatred abrode in Egipte: shal co¦me & worshipe the LORDE at Ierusalē, vpō the holy mount.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 9. c
• * 1.2

  〈…〉〈…〉. 26 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 32. b