¶ A prophecye of the commynge of Chryste and destruccy∣on of Idolatrye.
CAPI. XXVII.
IN that daye the lorde with his sore, great [unspec A] and myghtie swerde shal visyte ☞ * 1.1 Le∣uiathan the fugityue serpent / euen Leuia∣than that croked serpent / and he shall slaye the dragon that is in the see. In that daye se that ye syng of the vyneyarde, which brin¦geth forth the best wyne. Euen I the Lorde do kepe it. In due seasons shall I water it / and lest the enemy do it any harme. I wyll both nyght and daye preserue it. There is no displeasure in me: or els (whan the vyne∣yarde bringeth me forth breers and thornes) I wolde go thorowe it by war, and burne it vp together. Let it take holde of my strēgth and it shall be at one with me / euen at one shall it be with me.
The dayes are cōming / that Iacob shal [unspec B] take rote. Israell shalbe grene and floryshe and y• worlde shalbe fylled with frute. Hath he smytten hym as sore, as he dyd the other that smote hym? Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slewe hym? In measure dothe he smyte hym / whyle he sendeth vnto hym suche thynges, wherby he commeth to his mynde agayne. For in the daye that the east wynde bloweth sore, it taketh awaye the frutes. Thus therfore shall the iniquite of Iacob be reconcyled / and here is all the frute of the takyng away of his synne, yfhe make all the stones of the altare of Idoles, as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder, that theyr graues & yma∣ges ryse nat vp agayne. Els shal the strōg¦cytie [unspec C] be desolate, and the habytacyon forsa∣ken and left lyke a wyldernes. There shall the calfe fede, & there shall he lye, & eate vp the yonge springes therof. ☞ Whan the braunches of it are drye, they are broken of, and the wemen come, and set them on fyre.
* 1.2 For it is a people of no vnderstāding, & therfore he that made thē, shal nat fauoure thē, and he that created thē shal geue thē no grace. And in that daye shall the Lorde make a thresshynge from the myddes of the ryuer Euphrates vnto the ryuer of Egypte and ye chyldren of Israel shalbe gathered together one to another. In that daye shal ☞ y• great trōpe be blowen: so y• those which were lost in the lande of Assyria, and they that were banysshed into y• lande of Egypte shall come and worshyppe the Lorde in the holy mount at Ierusalem.