¶ Thretnynge agaynste the Assyrians. A descrypcyon of them that shall se the Lorde.
CAPI XXXIII.
THerfore wo be vnto the (O robber) [unspec A] shalte nat thou be robbed also? and vnto the that layest wayte: as who say ther shulde no wayte be layde for the? Wo vnto the which doest hurte, * 1.1 euen so shalte thou be hurte also. And as thou layest wayte / so shall wayte be layde for the also.
Lorde be mercyfull vnto vs for we put our trust in the. Thyne arme is at a poynte to vyset vs / * 1.2 but be thou oure healthe in the tyme of trouble. The people dyd fle at the anger of thy voice, and at thine vp stan∣dynge the Gentyles were scatred abro de / and theyr spoyle shalbe gathered / as the greshoppers are comenly gathered toge∣ther into the pyr. Stande vp Lorde, thou that dwellest on hye: Let Syon be fylled with equyte and ryghteousnesse. Let trueth and faythfulnesse be in hyr tyme: power / health, wysdome, knowledge and the feare [unspec B] of God are hyr treasure. Beholde, theyr aū∣gels crye without, and the messaungers of peace shall wepe bytterly. The stretes are waste, there walketh no man therin, the appoyntement is broken, the cytyes are dis∣pised, they are nat regarded y• desolate earth is in heuynesse. Lybanus taketh it but for a sporte, that it is hewen downe: Sarom is lyke a wyldernesse: Basan and Charmel are turned vp syde downe. And therfore sayeth the Lorde. I wyll vp, nowe wyll I get vp, nowe wyl I aryse. * 1.3 Ye shal conceaue stub∣ble and beare strawe, and your spryte shall be the fyre, that it maye consume you: and the people shalbe burnt lyke lyme, & as thor¦nes burne y• are hewen of, & cast in the fyre.
Nowe herken to, ye that are farre of howe I do with them, and considre my glory, ye y• be at hande. ☞ The synners at Sion are a frayde, a sodayne ferfulnes is come vpon y• ypocrytes. What is he among vs (say they) that wyll dwell by that consumynge fyre? which of vs maye abyde that euerlastynge hete? * 1.4 He that leadeth a godly lyfe (say I) and speaketh y• truth. He that abhorreth to [unspec C] do violence and dysceate: he that kepeth his hande that he touch no rewarde: which stop∣peth hys eares, that he heare no councell a∣gaynste the innocent, which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se none euyll. He it is, that shall dwell on hye: whose sauegarde shalbe in the true rocke, to hym shall be geuen the ryght true meate and dryncke. Thyne eyes shal se the kyng in his glory: and in the wyde worlde, & thyne herte shal delyte in the feare of God. * 1.5 What shall then become of the scrybe? of the Senatoure? What of hym that teacheth chyldren? There shalte thou nat se a people of a straunge tonge to haue so dyffused a language, that it maye nat be vnderstande: neyther so straunge a speache but it shalbe perceaued. There shal Syon [unspec D] be sene, the head cytye of oure solempne fea∣stes. There shall thyne eyes se Ierusalem that gloryous habytacyon: * 1.6 the taberna∣cle that neuer shall remoue, whose nayles shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euery chone shall neuer cor∣rupte: for the gloryous Magesty of y• Lorde shal there be present amonge vs. In that place / where fayre broade ryuers and strea¦mes are, shall nether Galey rowe, nor great shyp sayle. * 1.7 For the Lorde shalbe oure cap∣teyne, the Lorde shalbe our lawe geuer. The Lorde shall be oure kynge, and he hymselfe shall be oure Sauyoure. There are the cor∣des so layd abrode, that they can not be bet∣ter: The mast set vp of suche a fashyon, that no bāner nor sayle hangeth theron but ther is dealed great spoyle, yee lame men runne after the praye. There lyeth no man that sayeth: I am sycke, but al euel is takē away from the people, that dwell there.