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

The VIII. Chapter.

SO the worde of the LORDE came [ A] vnto me, sayenge: Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: I was in a grea∣te gelousy ouer Sion, yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a greate displeasure. thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: I wil turne me agayne vnto Sion, and wil dwel in the myd¦dest of Ierusalem:* 1.1 so that Ierusalem shalbe called a faithfull and true cite, the hill of the LORDE of hoostes, yee an holy hill.

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: The∣re shall yet olde men and women dwel agay¦ne in the stretes of Ierusalem: yee and soch as go with staues in their hondes for very a¦ge. The stretes of the cite also shalbe full of yonge boyes and damselles, playnge vpon the stretes.

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: yf the residue of this people thynke it to be vn∣possible in these dayes, shulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight,* 1.2 sayeth the LORDE of hoostes? Thus saieth the LORDE of hoo∣stes: Beholde, I wil delyuer my people from [ B] the londe of the east and west, and wil bryn∣ge them agayne: that they maye dwel at Ie∣rusalem. They shalbe my people,* 1.3 and I will be their God, in trenth and rightuousnesse. Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: let you∣re hondes be stronge, ye that now heare the∣se wordes by the mouth of the prophetes, which be in these dayes that the foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house, that the temple maye be buylded. For why?* 1.4 before these dayes nether men ner catel cou∣de

wynne eny thinge, nether might eny man come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure.

Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the resi¦due of this people nomore, as afore tyme (sa¦ieth the LORDE of hoostes) but they shalbe a sede of peace.* 1.5 The vynyarde shal geue hir frute, the grounde shal geue hir increase, and the heauens shal geue their dew: and I shal cause the remnaunt of this people, to haue [ C] all these in possession. And it shall come to passe, that like as ye were a curse amonge the Heithen (O ye house of Iuda and ye house of Israel) Euen so wil I delyuer you, that ye shalbe a blessynge: feare not, but let youre hō¦des be stronge.

For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: like as I deuysed to punysh you, what tyme as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) and spared not: Euen so am I determed now in these dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not. Now the thinges that ye shal do,* 1.6 are these: Spea∣ke euery man the treuth vnto his neghbou∣re, execute iudgment truly and peaceably within youre portes, none of you ymagyn e∣uell in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false oothes: for all these are the thin¦ges that I hate, sayeth the LORDE. And the worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me, sayenge: thus sayeth the LORDE of hoos¦tes: [ D] The fast of the fourth moneth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of the tenth, shal be ioye and gladnesse, & prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda: Only, loue the treuth and peace.

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: The∣re shall yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities: and they that dwell in one ci¦te,* 1.7 shal go to another, sayenge▪ Vp, let vs go, and praye before the LORDE, ••••t vs seke the LORDE of hoostes, I wil go with you. Yee moch people and mightie Heithen shal co∣me and seke the LORDE of hoostes at Ieru¦salem, and to praye before the LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: In that ty∣me shal ten men (out of all maner of langua¦ges of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and saye: we wil go with you, for we haue herde, that God is a∣monge you.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Esa. 1. d
• * 1.2

  Mat. 1••
• * 1.3

  Iere. 3. f Heb. 8. •• Apo. 21. ••
• * 1.4

  Agg. 1. ••
• * 1.5

  ••gg. 2. c
• * 1.6

  ••e. 4. c ch. 7. b ••a. 2 b
• * 1.7

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