[ B] Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Is∣rael, speake vnto ye mountaynes and hilles, to valleys and dales, thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, this haue I deuysed in my ge¦lousy and terrible wrath: For so moch as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heithen, therfo∣re thus saieth the LORDE God: I haue swor¦ne, that the Gentiles which lye aboute you, shal beare youre confucion them selues. And as for you (o mountaynes of Israel) ye shall shute out youre braunches, and bringe forth youre frute to my people of Israel, for it is harde by, that it wil come.
Beholde, I come vnto you, and vnto you will I turne me, that ye maye be tylled and sowen. I wil sende you moch people, which shalbe all of the house of Israel: the cities shalbe inhabited, and ye decayed places shal be repayred againe. I wil prouyde you with moch people and catell, which shal increase & bringe frute. I wil restore you also to youre olde estate, and shewe you more kindnes thē euer ye had before: wherby ye shal knowe, yt I am the LORDE. Yee people wil I sende vn¦to you (o my folke of Israel (which shal ha∣ue the in possession, and thou shalt be their inheritaunce, so that thou shalt nomore be [ C] without them. Agayne, thus saieth the LOR∣DE God: For so moch as they saye vnto you: thou art an eater vp of men, and a waister of thy people: therfore thou shalt eate no mo men, nether destroye thy people eny more, sa∣ieth the LORDE God. And I wil not suffre the, for to heare thine owne confucion amon¦ge the Gentiles from hensforth. Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacions, ner cast out thine owne people enymore, saieth the LORDE God.
Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: O thou sonne of mā, when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde, they defyled them selues with their owne wayes & ymaginacions: so that in my sight their waye was like the vnclennesse of a menstruous woman. Wherfore I poured my wrothfull displeasure vpon them, becau∣se of the bloude that they had shed in the lon¦de, & because of their Idols, wherwith they had defyled them selues. I scatred them also amonge the Heithen, so that they were stro∣wed aboute in the lōdes. Acordinge to their wayes & after their owne inuencions, so dyd I punysh them.
[ D] Now when they were gone vnto the Het¦then, and come in amonge them, they disho∣noured my holy name: so that it was sayde of them: Are these the people of God, & must go out of their owne londe? Then spared I my holy name, which ye house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentiles, to whom they came. Therfore tell ye house of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God: I do not this for yor sakes (O house of Israel) but for my holy names sake, which ye dishonoured amō¦ge the Heithen, when ye came to them. Ther¦fore, I wil halowe my greate name agayne, which amonge the Gētiles is euel spoken of: for ye youre selues haue dishonoured it amō∣ge them. And the Gentiles shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, when I am honoured in you before their eyes, saieth ye LORDE God.
As for you, I wil take you from amonge the Heithen, and gather you together out of all countrees, and bringe you agayne into youre owne londe. Then will I poure cleare water vpon you, & ye shalbe clene: Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yor Idols shal I clense you. A new herte also wil I ge¦ue [ E] you, and a new sprete wil I put in to you: As for that stony hert, I will take it out of youre body, and geue you a fleszshy herte. I wil geue you my sprete amonge you, and can se you to walke in my commaundemētes, to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them.
And so ye shall dwell in the londe, that I gaue to yor forefathers, & ye shal be my peo¦ple, and I wil be youre God. I wil helpe you out of all youre vnclēnesse, I wil call for the corne, and wil increase it, and wil let you ha∣ue no honger. I will multiplie the frutes of the trees and ye increase of the felde for you, so that ye shal beare no more reprofe of hon¦ger amōge the Heithē. Then shal ye remēbre yor owne wicked wayes, and youre ymagi∣naciōs, which were not good: so that ye shal take displeasure at youre owne selues, by rea¦son of youre synnes and abhominacions.
But I wil not do this for youre sakes (sa∣ieth [ F] the LORDE God) be ye sure of it. Ther∣fore (o ye house of Israel) be ashamed of you¦re synnes. Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God: what tyme as I shal clēse you from all youre offences, then wil I make the cities to be occupied agayne, and wil repayre the pla¦ces that be decayed. The desolate londe shal be buylded agayne, which afore tyme laye waist, in the sight of all them, that wēte by. Then shal it be sayde: This waist lōde is be∣come like a garden of pleasure, and the voy¦de, desolate and brokē downe cities, are now stronge, and fensed agayne. Then the residue of the Heithen that lye rounde aboute you, shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, which re¦payre that was broken downe, and plant••