The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ God promyseth to sende his Christ, which shal delyuct his people. He forgeueth synnes for his owne sake.

CAPI. XLIII. [unspec A]

BVT nowe, the Lorde that made the O Iacob, and he that fasshyoned the: O Israel, sayeth thus: * 1.1 Feare not / for I haue redemed the. * 1.2 I haue called the by name: thou art myne owne. ‡ 1.3Yf thou goest thorow the water, I wylbe with the, that the strong floudes shulde not pluck the away. ‡ 1.4And if thou walkest thorowe the fyre / it shall not burne the, and the flame shal not kindle vpō the. For I am the Lorde thy God, y^• holy one of Israel, thy Sauyour: I gaue Egypt for thy delyueraunce, the Morians and the Sa¦bees for the: because thou waste deare in my syght, and because I set by the, & loued the. I wyl geue ouer al men for the, and deliuer vp al people for thy sake, feare not: for I am w^t the. * 1.5 I wyl bryng thy sede frō the East •• and gather the together from y^• West. I wil say to the North, let go. And to the South, [unspec B] kepe not backe: ‡ 1.6 but bring me my sōnes frō far, and my daughters from the endes of y^• worlde. Namely, all those that be called af∣ter my name. For them haue I created, fas∣shyoned;

and made for myne honoure.

* 1.7 Bryng forth that people, whether they haue eyes or be blynde, deafe or haue eares.

* 1.8 If all nacyons come in one, and be ga∣thered together, whiche amonge them shall declare suche thynges / and tell vs what is to come? Let them brynge theyr wytnesse / so shall they be fre: els, let them heare, and saye, it is trueth. You are my wytnesses (sayeth the Lorde) and my seruaunt, whom I haue chosen: therfore be certyfyed & geue me faythfull credence: and consydre, * 1.9 that I am he, before whom there was neuer any God, and that there shalbe none after me. I am onely the Lorde, and ‡ 1.10 without me is there no Sauyoure. I geue warnynge / I [unspec C] make whole, I teache you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you. And this recorde must ye beare me your selues (sayeth the Lorde) that I am God. And euen he am I from the begynnynge, and * 1.11 there is none that can take any thynge out of my hande. And what I do, can no mā chaunge.

Thus sayeth the Lorde the holy one of Israel youre redemer: * 1.12 for youre sake I haue sente to Babylon, and brought downe the strongest of them. All they are fugitiue with the Chaldees that boost them of theyr shyppes: Euen I the Lorde youre holy one whiche haue made Israel, and am youre kynge. Thus sayeth the Lorde, * 1.13 euen he ☞ that maketh a waye in the see, ‡ 1.14 and a footepath in the myghty waters: * 1.15whiche bryngeth forth the charettes and horses, the hoste and y^• power of warre, that they may fall and neuer ryse, and be extincte, lyke as towe is quenched. Ye remembre nat thyn∣ges of olde / and regarde nothynge that is paste. Therfore beholde I shall make a newe thynge / and shortely shall it appere: ye shall well knowe it, I tolde it you afore, but I wyll cell it you agayne. I wyll make stretes in the deserte / and ryuers of water in the wyldernes. The wylde beastes shall [unspec D] worshyppe me: the dragons, and the yonge Estriches. * 1.16 For I shall geue water in the wyldernes, and streames in the desert: that may geue drynke to my people, whō I chose Thys people haue I made for my selfe, and they shall she we forth my prayse. For thou (Iacob) woldest nat call vpon me, but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me, O Israel. Thou gauest me nat thy yonge beastes for burnte offrynges, neyther dydest honoure me with thy sacrifyces Thou boughtest m•• no deare spyce with thy money, nether pou∣redest the fat of thy sacryfyces vpon me.

* 1.17 Howe be it I haue nat be••e chargeable vnto y^• in offringes, nether greuous in incē∣se. But thou hast laden me with thy synnes, and weeried me with thyne vngodlynes.

‡ 1.18 Where as I yet am euen he onely, that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thyne offences, and forgette thy synnes: so that I wyll neuer thynke vpon them. Put me nowe in remembraunce (for we wyll reason together) and shewe what thou hast for the, to make the ryghteous. ‡ 1.19 Thy fyrst father offended sore, and thy rulers haue synned agaynste me. Therfore I ether suspended, or slue the chefest prynces: I dyd curse Ia∣cob, and gaue Israel into reprofe.

Notes

• * 1.1

  4. Reg.
• * 1.2

  •• Esay. 4••.
• ‡ 1.3

  17 •• Deute. 7 •• and. xx••••••. ••
• ‡ 1.4

  Exodi. 14. •• Dani. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.5

  Esay. 41▪ •• Math. ••••
• ‡ 1.6

  Esay. 29 •• Gala. 3. ••••
• * 1.7

  Luk. xiiii. c.
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  Ep••••. ii. c.
• * 1.9

  Esa. x••••iii. b Apoca. i. b.
• ‡ 1.10

  Osce. xiii. ••
• * 1.11

  Iohn. xx. ••
• * 1.12

  Esay. v. ••.
• * 1.13

  ••••••uc. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 c
• ‡ 1.14

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. d.
• * 1.15

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. c.
• * 1.16

  Psal vi. d. Esa. xxxv. •• 41. c. 44. a.
• * 1.17

  Esay. i. b. Iere. vii. c.
• ‡ 1.18

  Psal. 24. b. Ie. xxxiii. b
• ‡ 1.19

  Gene. iii. b. Num. xx. ••.