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

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Title: Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.
Publication: [Southwark?,: J. Nycolson],; M.D.XXXV [1535]
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The II. Chapter.

BEholde, vpon the mountaynes come [ A] the fete of him, that bryngeth good tydinges, & preacheth peace. O Iu∣da, kepe thy holy dayes, perfourme thy pro∣myses: for Belial shal come nomore in the, he is vtterly roted out.

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The scaterer shal come vp agaynst the, & laye sege to the castell. Loke thou wel to the stretes, make thy loynes stronge, arme thy self with all thy myght: for the LORDE shal restore agayne the glory of Iacob, like as y^e glory of Israel. The destroyers haue broken them downe, & marred the wyne braunches. The shylde of his giauntes glistereth, his men of warre are clothed in purple. His cha¦rettes are as fyre, when he maketh him for∣warde, his archers are wel deckte & trimmed. The charettes rolle vpon the stretes, & wel∣ter in the hye wayes. They are to loke vpon like cressettes of fyre, and go swyftly, as the lightenynge.

[ B] When he doth but warne his giauntes, they fall in their araye, & haistely they clym¦me vp the walles: yee the engyns of the war¦re are prepared all ready. The water portes shal be opened, and the kinges palace shall fall. The quene hir self shal beled awaye cap¦tyue, and hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues, & grone within their hertes. Ni∣niue is like a pole full of water, but then shal they be fayne to fle. Stonde, stōde, (shal they crie) & there shal not one turne backe. Awaye with the syluer, awaye with the golde: for here is no ende of treasure. There shalbe a multitude of all maner costly ornamentes. Thus must she be spoyled, emptied & clene striped out: that their hertes maye be melted awaye, their knees trēble, all their loynes be weake, and their faces blacke as a pot.

Where is now the dwellinge of the lyōs, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? whe∣re the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the whelpes, and no man frayed them awaye? But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge ones, and deuoured for his lyonesse: he fyl∣led his dennes with his pray, & his dwellinge place with that he had rauyszshed. Behol∣de, I wil vpon the (saieth the LORDE of hoo¦stes) and wil set fyre vpon thy charettes, that they shal smoke withall, and the swerde shal deuoure thy yonge lyons. I wil make an ende of thy spoylinge from out of the earth, & the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde.

Notes

Esa. 52. b Ro. 10. c

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••ob. 14. b ••oph. 2. c

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