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¶ Of the callynge of the Gentyles, and conu••••cyon of the Iewes.
CAPI. IIII.
BUt in the latter dayes it wyll come to [unspec A] passe, y• the hyl of the Lordes house shal be set vp hyer thē any moūtaynes or hylles: Yee / y• people shall prease vnto it, & the mul∣titude of the Gētiles shall hast thē thyther / sayeng: Come, ‡ let vs go vp to the hyll of y• Lorde, and to the house of the God of Iacob that he may teache vs his wayes, & that we may walcke in his pathes. For the lawe shall come out of Syon, & the worde of God From Ierusalem / and shall geue sentence a¦monge the multitude of the Heathen and re fourme the people of farre coūtrees: so that of theyr sweardes they shall make plowsha∣res / & sythes of theyr speares.
One people shall not lyft vp a swearde [unspec B] agaynst another, yee / they shall nomore lear ne to fyght: but euery mā shall syt vnder his vyneyarde & vnder hys fyg••re / and no mā to fraye him away: for the mouth of y• Lord of hostes hath spokē it. Therfore, where as al the people haue walked euery mā in y• na∣me of his owne God, we wyl walke in y• na∣me of the Lord our God for euer & euer. ‡ At the same tyme, sayth the Lord, wyl I gather vp y• lame & the outcastes / & such as I haue chastened: & wyl geue issue vnto the lame / & make of the outcastes a great people, & the [unspec C] Lorde him selfe shalbe theyr kyng vpon the mount Sion, from this tyme forth for euer∣more. And vnto y•. (O thou tower of ‡ Eder / thou stronge holde of the daughter Syon) vnto the shal it come: euen the Lordshippe & kyngdome of the daughter Ierusalē. Why then art yu nowe so heuy? is there no kyng in the? are thy councelers away that thou arte so payned, as a woman in her trauayle? And nowe (O thou daughter Syon) be sorye, let it greue the as a wyfe laboryng with chylde: for nowe must thou get the out of the cytie / & dwel vpon the playne felde: Yee / vnto Ba¦bylon shalt thou go / there shalt thou be dely¦uered, & there the Lorde shal lowse the from the hande of thyne enemyes.
Nowe also are there many people gathe∣red [unspec D] together against the / saying: what, Siō is cursed, we shall se our lust vpon her. But they knowe not ‡ the thoughtes of y• Lorde / they vnderstande not his councell, that shal gather them together as the sheeues in the barne. Therfore get the vp / O thou daugh∣ter Syon / and thresshe out the corne: For I wyll make thy horne yron / and thy clawes brasse / that thou mayest grynde many peo∣ple: theyr goodes shalt thou appropriate vn to the Lorde / and theyr substaunce vnto the ruler of the whole worlde.