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

The XI. Chapter.

[ A] MOrouer, the sprete of the LORDE lift me vp, & brought me vnto y^e east porte of the LORDES house. And beholde, there were xxv men vnder the do∣re: amōge whom I sawe Iaasanias the son¦ne of Asur, & Pheltias the sonne of Banias, the rulers of the people. Then sayde the LOR¦DE vnto me: Thou sonne of man: These men ymagin myschefe, and a wicked councel take they in this cite, sayenge: Tush, there is no destruccion at honde, let vs buylde houses: This Ierusalem is the cauldron, & we be the flesh. Therfore shalt thou prophecie vnto them, yee prophecie shalt thou vnto them, O sonne of man. And with that, fell the sprete of the LORDE vpon me, and sayde vnto me: Speake, thus saieth the LORDE: On this ma¦ner haue yee spokē (O ye house of Israel) and I knowe the ymaginaciōs of youre hertes. Many one haue ye murthured in this cite, & filled the stretes full of the slayne.

Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God: [ B] The slayne men that ye haue layed on the grounde in this cite, are the flesh, & this cite is the cauldron:* 1.1 But I wil bringe you out of it: ye haue drawē out y^e swearde, euē so wil I also bringe a swearde ouer you, saieth y^e LOR¦DE God. I will dryue you out of this cite and delyuer you in to youre enemies hon∣de, & wil condemne you. Ye shal be slayne in all the coastes of Israel, I wil be avenged of you: to lerne you for to knowe, that I am the LORDE. This cite shal not be youre caul¦dron, nether shal ye be the flesh therin: but in the coastes of Israel wil I punysh you, that ye maye knowe, that I am the LORDE: in whose commaundementes ye haue not wal∣ked, ner kepte his lawes:* 1.2 but haue done after the customes of the Heithen, that lie rounde aboute you.

Now when I preached, Pheltias the son¦ne [ C] of Banias dyed. Then fell I downe vpō my face, & cried with a loude voyce: O LOR¦DE God, wilt thou then vterly destroye all the remnaunt in Israel? And so the worde of the LORDE came to me on this maner: Thou sonne of man: Thy brethren, thy kynsfolke, & y^e whole house of Iuda, which dwell at Ie∣rusalem, saye: They be gone farre from the LORDE, but the londe is geuen vs in posses∣sion. Therfore tell them, thus saieth the LOR¦DE God: I wil sende you farre of amōge the Gentiles, & scatre you amonge the nacions, & I wil halowe you but a litle, in the londes where ye shall come. Tell them also, thus saieth the LORDE God: I wil gather you a∣gayne out of the nacions, & bringe you from the countrees where ye be scatred, & will ge∣ue you the londe of Israel agayne: & thither shal ye come. And as for all impedimentes, & all youre abhominacions: I will take them awaye.

And I wil geue you one herte, & wil plan¦te [ D] a new sprete within yo^r bowels.* 1.3 That sto∣ny herte wil I take out of youre body, & ge¦ue you a fleshy herte: that ye maye walke in my commaundementes, and kepe myne ordi∣naunces, & do them: that ye maye be my peo∣ple,

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and I youre God. But loke whose her∣tes are disposed to folowe their abhomina∣cions and wicked lyuynges: Those mens de¦des will I bringe vpon their owne heades, saieth the LORDE God. After this dyd the Cherubins lift vp their winges, and the whe¦les wente with them, and the glory of the LORDE was vpon them.* 1.4 So the glory of the LORDE wente vp from the myddest of the cite,* 1.5 & stode vpon the mount of the cite to¦warde the east. But the wynde toke me vp, & in a vision (which came by the sprete of God) it brought me agayne in to Caldea amonge the presoners. Then the vision that I had se∣ne, vanyshed a waye fro me. So I spake vn¦to the presoners, all the wordes of the LOR∣DE, which he had shewed me.