¶ Threatenynges agaynste Israel. No man can escape the hande of God.
CAPI. XI.
I Sawe the Lorde stādynge vpon the aul¦ter, [unspec A] & he sayde: smyte the dore cheke / that the postes maye shake withall. For theyr couetousnesse shall fall vpon all theyr hea∣des, and theyr posterite shalbe slayne with the swearde. * 1.1 They shal nat fle away, there shall nat one of thē escape / nor be delyuered. * 1.2 Though they were buryed in the hell, my hande shal fetch thē frō thence: though they clyme vp to heauen / yet shall I caste them downe: though they hyde them selues vpon the toppe of Carmel, yet shal I seke thē out, and brynge them from thence: though they crepe downe fro my syght into the depe of the see, I shall cōmaunde the serpente / euen [unspec B] there to byte them. If they go awaye before theyr enemyes into captiuite, then shall I cōmaunde the swearde / there to sleye them.
Thus wyll I set myne eyes vpon thē, for theyr harme & not for their wealth. For whē the Lorde God of hoostes toucheth a lande, it consumeth awaye / and al they that dwell therin, must nedes mourne: And why? theyr destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer thē / as the floude in Egypt. * 1.3 He that hathe hys dwellynge in heauen / and groundeth hys tabernacle in the earth: * 1.4 He that calleth the waters as the see, and pou∣reth them out vpō the plyane grounde: hys name is the Lorde. O ye chyldren of Israel, are ye nat vnto me, euen of the Moryans / saieth the: Lorde haue not I brought Israel outof the lande of Egypte, ‡ 1.5 the Philistynes [unspec C] from Capthor, and the Syrtans from Cyr? Beholde, the eyes of the Lorde are vpon the realme that synneth, to rote it cleane out of the earth: Neuertheles, ‡ 1.6 I wyl not vtterly destroye the house of Iacob, sayeth y• Lorde.
Forlo, this I promyse: though I syfte the house of Israel among al nacyons (lyke as they vse to syfte in a syue) yet shall nat the smallest grauel stone fall vpō the earth: But al the wycked doers of my people, that [unspec D] saye: Tush / the plage is nat so nye, to come so hastely vpon vs: those shall perysh with the swearde. * 1.7 At that tyme wyll I buylde agayne the ☞ tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallē downe / and hedge vp his gappes: and loke what is broken, I shall repayre it: Yee, I shall buylde it agayne, as it was afore tyme, that they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom, yee, and all suche people as call vpon my name with thē / sayeth the Lorde, whiche dothe these thynges.
Beholde / the tyme commeth (sayeth the Lorde) that the plowmā shall ouer take the mower & treader of grapes, hym y• soweth sede. ‡ 1.8 The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne / and the hylles shal be fruteful, and I wyll turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel: they shall repayre the waste cyties / and haue thē in possessyon: they shall plante