The lij. Chapter.
FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge, & for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse: vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as ye shyninge light, & their health as a bur∣nynge lampe. Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse & all kinges thy glory. Thou shalt be named with a new name, which the mouth of ye LORDE shal shewe. Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE, and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God. From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē, & thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse. But thou shalt be cal¦led Hephziba (that is, my beloued) & ye londe Beula (that is) a maried womā: for ye LORDE loueth ye, & thy lōde shalbe inhabited. And li¦ke as yonge mā taketh a doughter to maria∣ge, so shal God mary himself vnto ye sonnes. And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde, so shal God reioyse ouer the.
I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles (o Ie∣rusalem) [ B] which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close, nor leaue to speake of hī, vntill Ierusalē be set vp, & made the prayse of the worlde. The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde & by his stronge arme, that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, ner ye wyne (whe¦rī thou hast laboured) to be drynke for ye stra¦ungers. But they that haue gathered in the corne, shal eate it, & geue thankes to the LOR¦DE: & they that haue borne in the wyne, shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary.
Stōde back, & departe a sunder, ye yt ston¦de vnder ye gate, make rowme ye people, re∣payre the strete, & take awaye ye stones, & set out a tokē for the people. Beholde, ye LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde: tel ye doughter Siō: se, thy Saluaciō cometh, be¦holde, he bringeth his treasure wt him, & his workes go before him. For they whō ye LOR¦DE delyuereth, shalbe called the holy people: & as for the, thou shalt be named the great∣ly occupied, and not the forsaken.