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

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The Prophet Amos. (Book Amos)

What Amos conteyneth.
  • Chap. I. He prophecyeth agaynst Damascus, Gasa, Tyre, Edom and Ammon.
  • Chap. II. Punyshment vpō Moab, Iuda, and Israel.
  • Chap. III. God warneth before he punysh.
  • Chap. IIII. He sheweth them their wickednesse, and the plages fo: the same, and exorteth thē to amende.
  • Chap. V. He complayneth for the captyuyte off Israel.
  • Chap. VI. He reproueth the welthy, ydyll and delicate people, tellinge them their destruc∣cion.
  • Chap. VII. The punyshment off the people she∣wed by dyuerse visions.
  • Chap. VIII. A vision agaynst the covetous peo∣ple and false waightes. The hunger of Gods worde.
  • Chap. IX. Plages vpon Iuda. The power off God. The receauynge off the Heithen. Con∣uersion off the Iewes.

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The first. Chapter.

[ A] THese are the sermons, that we¦re shewed vnto Amos (which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua) vpon Israel, in the ty¦me of Osias kynge of Iuda, & in the tyme of Ieroboā ye sonne of Ioas kyn¦ge of Israel,* 1.1 two yeare before ye earthquake And he sayde: The LORDE shal roare out off Sion,* 1.2 & shewe his voyce frō Ierusalē: so that ye pastures of the shepherdes shal be in a mi¦serable case, & ye toppe of Charmel dryed vp.

Thus sayeth the LORDE: for thre & foure wickednesses of Damascus,* 1.3 I will not spare her: because they haue throszhed Galaad wt yrō fales: But I wil sende a fyre in to ye hou¦se of Hazael, the same shal consume the pala¦ces of Benadab. Thus wil I breake the bar¦res off Damascus, & rote out the inhabiter frō the felde of Auen, and him yt holdeth the [ B] scepter, out of ye pleasunt house: so yt the peo¦ple shalbe dryuen out of fayre Siria▪ sayeth the LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE: For thre & foure wickednesses of Gaza, I wil not spa∣re her:* 1.4 because they make the presoners yet more captyue, & haue dryuen thē in to the lōde of Edom. Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to ye walles of Gaza, which shal deuoure hir houses. I wil rote out thē yt dwell at Asdod & him yt holdeth the scepter of Ascalon, and stretch out myne honde ouer Accaron, that the remnaunt of the Philistines shal perish saieth the LORDE.

Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre and fou¦re wickednesses off the cite off Tyre, I will not spare her:* 1.5 because they haue increased ye captiuyte of the Edomites, and haue not re¦membred the brotherly couenaunt. Therfo¦re will I sende a fyre into the walles off Ty¦re,* 1.6 that shal consume hir pallaces. Thus sa∣yeth [ C] the LORDE: For thre and foure wicked∣nesses of Edom I wil not spare him,* 1.7 becau∣se he persecuted his brother with the swerde, destroyed his mothers wombe, bare hatred very longe, and so kepte indignacion all wa∣ye by him. Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Themā, which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra.

Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre ād fou∣re wickednesses of the children off Ammon,* 1.8 I will not spare them: because they rypte vp the womē greate with childe in Galaad, to make the borders of their londes the wyder Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of Rabbath, that shall consume hir palaces: with a greate crie, in the daye of batel, in tem¦pest and in the daye off storme: so that their kynge shal go in to captiuyte, he and his prī¦ces together, sayeth the LORDE.

The II. Chapter.

THus sayeth the LORDE: For thre and [ A] foure wickednesses off Moab,* 1.9 I will not spare him: because he brent the bo¦nes off the kynge of Edom to asshes. Ther¦fore will I sende a fyre in to Moab, which shal cōsume ye pallaces of Carioth: so yt Mo¦ab shal perish with a noyse, and the sounde of a shawme. I will rote out the iudge from amōge them, and slaye all his prynces with him, sayeth the LORDE. Thus sayeth the LORDE:* 1.10 for thre ād foure wickednesses of Iu¦da, I wil not spare him: because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE, and not kepte his commaundementes: for why, they wol∣de nedes be disceaued with the lyes, that the∣ir forefathers folowed. Therfore will I sen∣de a fyre in to Iuda, which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem.

Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre & foure [ B] wickednesses of Israel, I wil not spare him: because he hath solde the rightuous for mo∣ney, and the poore for shues. They treade vpon poore mens heades in the dust of the earth, & croke the wayes off the meke. The sonne and the father go to the harlot, to dis∣honoure my holy name: they lye besyde eue∣ry aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed.* 1.11 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as hie as the Cedre trees, and as stronge as the okes: not¦withstōdinge I destroyed his frute frō abo∣ue, and his rote from vnder.

Agayne: I brought you out of the londe [ C] of Egipte,* 1.12 and led you xl. yeares thorow the wyldernesse, that ye might haue the Amori¦ters londe in possession. I raysed vp prophe∣tes amonge youre children, and absteyners a¦monge youre yōge men. Is it not so, o ye chil∣dren of Israel, sayeth the LORDE? But ye ga¦ue the absteyners wyne to drynke,* 1.13 yee ye cō∣maunded the prophetes, sayenge: Prophecy not. Beholde, I wil crasshe you in sonder, li∣ke as a wayne crassheth, yt is full of shea∣ues: so that ye swifte shall not escape, nether the stronge be able to do eny thynge: no, the giaunte shal not saue his owne life. The ar∣cher shall not abyde, and the swifte off fote shall not escape. The horsmā shal not saue his life, & he that is as māly of stomack as a giaunte, shall in that daye be fayne to runne his waye naked, sayeth the LORDE.

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The III. Chapter.

HEare, what the LORDE speaketh vn [ A] to you (o ye children of Israel) name∣ly, vnto all ye trybes, whō I brought out of Egipte, and sayde: You only haue I accepted from all the generacions off the earth: therfore will I vyset you in all youre wickednesses. Maye twaine walke together excepte they be agreed amonge them selues? Doth a lyon roare in the wodde, excepte he haue a pray? Or crieth a lyons whelpe out of his denne,* 1.14 excepte he haue gotten somthī¦ge? Doth a byrde fall in a snare vpō ye earth where no fouler is? Taketh a man his snare vp from the grounde, afore he catche som¦what? Crie they out Alarum with the trom¦pet in the cite, and the people not afrayed? Commeth there eny plage in a cite, without it be the LORDES doinge? Now doth the [ B] LORDE God no maner of thinge, but he tel∣leth his secrete before vnto his seruauntes ye prophetes. When a lyon roareth, who will not be afrayed? Seynge then that the LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not prophecy?

Preach in the palaces at Asdod, and in the palaces off the londe off Egipte, and saye: gather you together vpon the moūtay∣nes off Samaria, so shall ye se greate mur∣thur and violent oppression amonge them: for why, they regarde not the thinge that is right, sayeth the LORDE: they gather toge∣ther euell gotten goodes, and laye vp robbe¦ry in their houses.

Therfore, thus sayeth the LORDE God: [ C] This londe shalbe troubled and beseged roū¦de aboute, thy strength shalbe plucte from the, and thy palaces robbed. Thus saieth the LORDE: like as an hyrdeman taketh two leg¦ges or a pece off an eare out off the Lyons mouth: Euen so the children of Israel (that dwell in Samaria, hauynge their couches in the corner, and their beddes at Damascus) shalbe plucte awaye. Heare, and beare recor¦de in the house of Iacob (sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes) that when I begynne to vy¦set the wickednesse of Israel,* 1.15 I will vyset ye aulters at Bethel also: so that the hornes of the aulter shalbe broken of, & fall to the groū¦de.

As for the wynter house and sommer hou¦se, I will smyte them downe: and the houses of yuery, yee and many other houses shal pe¦rish, and be destroyed, sayeth the LOR∣DE.

The IIII. Chapter.

HEare this worde, o ye fat kyne, that [ A] be vpon the hill of Samaria: ye that do poore mē wronge, and oppresse the nedy: ye that saye to youre lordes: brynge hy¦ther, let vs drynke. Therfore the LORDE hath sworne by his holynesse: The dayes shall co∣me vpon you, that ye shalbe lift vp vpō spea¦res, and youre posterite caried awaye in fys∣sher pannes. Ye shall get you out at the gap¦pes one after another, and in Armon shal ye be cast awaye, sayeth the LORDE.

Ye came to Bethel for to worke vngraci∣ousnes, and haue increased youre synnes at [ B] Galgal.* 1.16 Ye brought youre sacrifices in the mornynge, and youre tythes vnto the thirde daye. Ye made a thākofferinge off leuen, ye promised frewillofferinges, and proclamed them. Soch lust had ye, o ye children of Isra¦el, sayeth the LORDE God. Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teth in all youre cities, & scar∣cenesse off bred in all youre places: yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. Whē there were but thre monethes vnto ye haruest, I withelde the rayne from you:* 1.17 yee I rayned vpō one cite, and not vpō another one pece off grounde was moystured with rayne, and the grounde that I rayned not vpon, was drye. Wherfore two (yee thre) citi∣es came vnto one, to drynke water: but they were not satisfied, yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth ye LORDE.

I haue smyten you with drouth and blas∣tinge: and loke how many orchardes, vinyar¦des, [ C] fygetrees and olyuetrees ye had: ye ca∣tirpiller hath eaten them vp. But yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. Pesti∣lence haue I sent amōge you, as I dyd in E∣gipte:* 1.18 youre yonge men haue I slayen wt ye swerde, and caused youre horses be taken cap¦tyue: I made the stynckinge sauoure of you∣re tentes to come vp in to youre nostrels: Yet wil ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. Some off you haue I ouerthrowen?* 1.19 as I ouerthrewe Sodome & Gomorre: so that ye were as a brande plucte out of the fyre. Yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. Therfore, thus will I handle the agayne (O Israel) ye euen thus will I handle the. Make the ready then to mete thy God, o Is∣rael. For lo, he maketh the mountaynes, he ordeneth the wynde, he sheweth man what he is aboute to do: he maketh the mornynge and the darcknesse, he treadeth vpō the hye places off the earth: ye LORDE God of hoos¦tes is his name.

The V. Chapter.

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[ A] HEare this words (o ye house of Isra∣el) and why? I must make this mone for you: The vyrgin Israel shall fall, & neuer ryse vp agayne: she shall be cast dow∣ne vpon hir owne grounde, and no man shal helpe hir vp. For thus sayeth ye LORDE God: Where as there dwelt a M. in one cite, there shalbe left scarce an C. therin: and where ye re dwelt an C. there shal scarce ten be left for the house off Israel. Neuertheles, thus sa∣yeth the LORDE vnto ye house of Israel: Se∣ke after me, ād ye shal lyue, but seke not after Bethel. Come not at Galgal, and go not to Bersaba: for Galgal shall be caried awa∣ye captyue, and Bethel shal come to naught Seke the LORDE, yt ye maye lyue: lest the hou¦se of Ioseph be brent with fyre and cōsumed, and lest there be none to quench Bethel.

Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde. The LORDE maketh the vij. starres and the Ory∣ons,* 1.20 he turneth the night into daye, and off the daye he maketh darcknesse. He calleth ye [ B] waters of the see, and poureth them out v∣pon the playne grounde:* 1.21 the LORDE is his name. Herayseth destruccion vpon the migh¦tie people, & bryngeth downe the stronge hol¦de: but they owe him euel will, yt reproueth them openly: and who so telleth thē the play∣ne treuth, they abhorre him. For so moch thē as ye oppresse ye poore,* 1.22 and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, whereas ye haue buylded houses off square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelōs pleasaunt vynyar∣des shall ye plante, but the wyne of thē shal ye not drynke: and why? as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute syn∣nes,* 1.23 I knowe them right well. Enemies are ye off the rightuous, ye take rewardes, ye op¦presse the poore in iudgment. Therfore the wyse must now be fayne to holde his tūge, so wicked a tyme is it.

Seke after the thinge that is good, & not euell, so shall ye lyue: yee the LORDE God off hoostes shal be with you, acordinge to youre owne desyre. Hate the euell, and loue the good:* 1.24 set vp right agayne in the porte: & (no doute) the LORDE God of hoostes shall be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph. Yff [ C] no (sayeth the LORDE God, the God of hoos∣tes) there shal be mourninge in all stretes, yee they shal saye ī euery strete: alas, alas. They shall call the housbonde man to lamentaciō, and soch as can mourne, to mournynge. In all vynyardes there shal be heuynesse, for I will come amonge you, sayeth the LORDE. Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye off ye LORDE: Wherfore wolde ye haue it? As for that daye of the LORDE, it shalbe darcke ād not cleare: Yee like as when a mā rūneth frō a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whē he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him▪ Shall not the daye of the LORDE be darcke,* 1.25 and not cleare? shal it not be cloudy, and no shyne in it?

I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes, ād [ D] where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it.* 1.26 And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges, yet haue I no pleasure therin: As for youre fat thankofferynges, I wil not loke vpon them. Awaye with that noyse of thy songes, I wil not heare thy playes of musick: but se that equyte flowe as the water, and rightuousnes¦se as a mightie streame. O ye house of Isra∣el, gaue ye me offeringes and sacrifices those xl. yeares longe in the wyldernesse?* 1.27 Yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to youre Moloch, and ymages of youre Idols, Yee ād the starre of youre god Rempha,* 1.28 figures which ye made to worshipe them. Therfore wil I cause you be caried awaye beyonde Damascus, sayeth the LORDE, whose name is the God off hoos¦tes.

The VI. Chapter.

WO be to the proude welthy in Siō, [ A] to soch as thinke thē so sure vpon ye mount of Samaria?* 1.29 which holde them selues for the best of the worlde, and ru¦le the house of Israel, euē as they list. Go vn¦to Calne, and se: and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cite, and so go downe to Gath of the Philistines: be they better at ea¦se then these kyngdomes, or the border of the ir londe wyder then yours? Ye are taken out for the euel daye, euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse: Ye that lye vpon beddes off yuery, and vse youre wantonnesse vpon you∣re couches: ye that eate the best lambes of ye flocke, and the fattest calues off the droaue: ye that synge to the lute,* 1.30 and in playenge off instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Da¦uid: ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes, & anoynte youreselues with the best oyle, but no man is sory for Ioseps hurte. Therfore now shall ye be the first of them, that shal be led awaye captyue, and the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende.

The LORDE God hath sworne euen by [ B] himself (sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes:* 1.31) I hate the pryde of Iacob, and I abhorre his palaces: and I wil geue ouer the cite, wt all that is therin: so that though there remay¦ne

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ten men in one house, they shal dye. So their nexte kynszfolckes and the deed buriers shall take them, and cary awaye their bones, and saye vnto him, that is in the ynnermer house: is there yet eny mo by ye? And he shal answere: they are all gone, holde thy tunge (shall he saye) for they wolde not remembre the name of the LORDE.* 1.32

Beholde, the LORDE is mynded to smyte the greate houses, so that they shall decaye: ād the litle houses, that they shall cleue a sun∣der. Who can runne with horses, or plowe wt oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to byt¦ternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod: Yee euen ye, that reioyse in vayne thynges: ye that saye: haue not we optayned hornes in oure owne strength? Well, take he¦de, o ye house off Israel, sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes: I will brynge a people vpō you, which shall trouble you, from the waye that goeth towarde Hemath, vnto the bro∣ke in the medowe.

The VII. Chapter.

[ A] THe LORDE God shewed me soch a vision: beholde, there stode one that made greszshoppers, euen when the corne was shutynge forth, after the kynge had clipte his shepe. Now when they vn∣dertoke to eate vp all the grene thinges in ye lōde, I sayde: O LORDE God, be mercifull, I beseke the: who shulde els helpe vp Iacob, that is brought so lowe? So the LORDE was gracious therin, and the LORDE sayde: well, it shall not be. Agayne, ye LORDE shewed me this vision: beholde, the LORDE God called the fyre to punysh withall, and it deuoured the greate depe: yee it consumed a parte allre¦dy. Then sayde I: O LORDE God, holde thy ne honde: for who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe? So the LORDE was merciful therin, and the LORDE God say¦de: well, it shal not be.

[ B] Morouer, he shewed me this vision: behol¦de, the LORDE stode vpon a plastered wall, & * 1.33a masons trowell in his hōde. And the LOR¦DE sayde vnto me: Amos, what seist thou? I answered: a masons trowell. Then sayde the LORDE: beholde, I will laye the trowell amō¦ge my people of Israel, and will nomore o∣uersee them: but the hye hilchapels off Isa∣ac must be layed waist, and the churches off Israel made desolate: and as for the house of Ieroboam, I will stonde vp agaynst it with the swerde.* 1.34 Vpon this sent Amasias the prest to Bethel vnto Ieroboam the kinge of Israel,* 1.35 sayenge: Amos maketh the house off Israel to rebell agaynst the, the londe cā not awaye with his wordes. For Amos sayeth: Ieroboam shall dye with the swerde, and Is¦rael shall be led awaye captyue out of their owne londe. And Amasias sayde vnto A∣mos: Get the hence (thou that cāst se so well) and fle in to the londe of Iuda: get the the∣re thy lyuynge, and prophecy there:* 1.36 and pro∣phecy nomore at Bethel, for it is the kynges chapel, and the kynges courte.

Amos answered, and sayde to Amasias: [ C] As for me, I am nether prophet, ner prophe¦tes sonne: but a keper of catell.* 1.37 Now as I was breakynge downe molberies, and goyn¦ge after the catell, the LORDE toke me, & say∣de vnto me: Go thy waye, and prophecy vn∣to my people of Israel. And therfore, heare thou now the worde off the LORDE: Thou saiest: prophecy not agaynst Israel, and spea¦ke nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac. Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Thy wife shalbe defyled in ye cite, yt sonnes and dough∣ters shalbe slayne with the swerde, and thy londe shalbe measured out with the lyne: Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe, and Israel shalbe dryuen out off his owne countre.

The VIII. Chapter.

THe LORDE God shewed me me this vision: and beholde, there was a maū¦de [ A] with sommer frute. And he sayde: Amos, what seist thou? I answered: a maū∣de with sommer frute. Then sayde the LOR¦DE vnto me: the ende commeth vpon my peo¦ple of Israel, I wil nomore ouersee them. In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow, sayeth the LORDE God. Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place, & be cast forth secretly. Heare this, O ye yt op∣presse the poore,* 1.38 and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge: Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sab¦bath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of cor∣ne: to make the buszshel lesse, and the Sycle greater? We shall set vp false waightes, yt we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne.

The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob:* 1.39 these workes of theirs will I neuer forget. Shal not the londe tremble, and all they that dwell therin, mourne for this? Shal not their destruccion come vpon them like a water streame, & flowe ouer thē, [ B] as the floude of Egipte? At the same tyme (sayeth the LORDE God) I shall cause ye Sō¦ne to go downe at noone,* 1.40 and the londe to be

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darcke in the cleare daye. Youre hye feastes will.* 1.41 I turne to sorow, and youre songes to mournynge: I wil brynge sack cloth vpō all backes, & baldnes vpō euery heade: yee soch a mournynge wil I sende them,* 1.42 as is made vpon an only begotten sonne, and they shall haue a miserable ende.

Beholde, the tyme commeth (sayeth the LORDE God) yt I shal sende an hūger in to ye earth: not the hunger of bred, ner the thyrst of water: but an hunger to heare the worde off the LORDE: so that they shal go from the one see to the other, yee from ye north vnto ye cast, runnynge aboute to seke the worde of ye LORDE, and shal not fynde it. In that tyme, shal the fayre virgins and the yonge men pe¦rish for thyrst, yee euen they that sweare in the offence off Samaria, and saye: as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan, and as truly as ye God lyueth at Bersaba. These shal fall, and neuer ryse vp agayne.

The IX. Chapter.

[ A] I Sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter, and he sayde: smyte the do∣re cheke, that the postes maye shake withall. For their couetousnesse shal fall v∣pon all their heades, and their posterite shal∣be slayne with the swerde. They shall not fle awaye, there shall not one off them escape, ner be delyuered. Though they were buryed in the hell, my honde shal fetch them from thence:* 1.43 though they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast them downe: though they hy¦de them selues vpō the toppe of Carmel, yet shal I seke them out, and brynge them from thence: Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see, I shal cōmaū∣de the serpente, euen there to byte them. Yff they go awaye before their enemies ī to cap¦tyuyte, then shall I commaunde the swerde, there to slaye them.

Thus wil I set myne eyes vpon them, for their harme and not for their wealth. For when the LORDE God of hoostes toucheth a londe, it cōsumeth awaye, and all they that [ B] dwell therin, must nedes mourne: And why? their destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer them,* 1.44 as the floude in Egip¦te. He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ād groundeth his tabernacle in the earth: He that calleth the waters of the see,* 1.45 and pou∣reth them out vpon the playne grounde: his name is the LORDE. O ye children off Israel, are ye not vnto me, euen as the Morians, sa∣yeth the LORDE? haue not I brought Israel out off the londe off Egipte, the Philisty∣nes from Capthor,* 1.46 and the Sirians frō Cyr? Beholde, the eyes of the LORDE are vpon the realme that synneth,* 1.47 to rote it clene out of the earth: Neuertheles, I will not vterly destroye the house of Iacob, saieth the LOR∣DE.

For lo, this I promyse: though I siffte ye house of Israel amonge all nacions (like as they vse to sifte in a syue) yet shall not ye smal¦lest grauel stone fall vpō the earth: But all the wicked doers of my people, that saye: Tush, the plage is not so nye, to come so has∣tely [ C] vpon vs: those shal perish with the swer¦de. At that tyme wil I buylde agayne the tabernacle off Dauid,* 1.48 that is fallen dow∣ne, and hedge vp his gappes: and loke what is brokē, I shal repayre it: Yee I shal buylde it agayne, as it was afore tyme, yt they ma∣ye possesse the remnaunt of Edom, yee and all soch people as call vpon my name wt thē, saieth the LORDE, which doth these thinges▪

Beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the LORDE) that the plowman shal ouertake ye mower, and ye treader off grapes, him that soweth sede.* 1.49 The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne, and the hilles shall be frutefull, and I wil turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel: they shal repayre the waist cities, & haue thē in possessiō: they shal plante vin∣yardes, ād drynke the wyne therof: they shal make gardens, and enioye the frutes off thē. And I wil plāte them vpō their owne groū¦de, so that I will neuer rote them out agay∣ne from their londe, which I haue geuen thē sayeth the LORDE thy God.

The ende of the prophet Amos.

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