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.

¶ Of the greate dominyon of Chryst. The indignacyon of God endureth but a shorte space / ▪ but his mercye is euer∣lastynge.

CAP. LIIII.

BE glad nowe, * 1.1 thou baren that barest [unspec A] not / reioyce / synge / and be mery: thou that arte not with chylde. For the desolat, hathe mo•• chyldren / then the maryed wyfe sayth the Lorde. Make thy tence wyder / and sprede out the hangynges of thyne ha∣bitacyon / spare not / laye forthe thy coardes and make fast thy stakes / for thou shalte be multiplyed on the right syde, and on the left and thy sede shall haue the Gentyles in possessyon / and dwell in the desolate Cyties. Feare not, for thou shalt not be confounded

Be not ashamed, for thou shalt nat come to confusyon. Yea ☞ thou shalte forget the shame of thy youth, and shalte nat remem∣bre the dishonour of thy wedowed. For he [unspec B] that made the, shalbe thy Lorde * 1.2 and hus∣bande (whose name is ‡ 1.3 the Lorde of hostes) and thy redemer shall be euen the holy one of Israel, the Lorde of the whole worlde. For the Lorde, hathe called the, beynge as a desolate sorowfull woman, and as a yonge wyfe that hath broken her wedlocke: sayeth thy God.

* 1.4 A lytle whyle haue I sorsaken the / but with greate mercyfulnes shall I take the vp vnto me. When I was angry, I hydde my face from the for a lytle season, but tho∣rowe euerlastynge goodnesse haue I par∣doned [unspec C] y^•, sayeth the Lorde thy redemer. * 1.5 And this is vnto me as the water of Noe: for lyke as I haue sworne that I wyll nat brynge the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde: * 1.6 so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with the nor reproue the: The mountaynes shal remoue, and the hyl∣les shall fall downe: but my louynge kynd∣nesse shall nat moue / and the bonde of my peace shall nat fall downe from the, sayeth the Lorde thy mercyfull louer. Beholde thou poore, vexed / and * 1.7 despysed: I wyll make thy walles of precyous stones, and thy foundacyons of Saphyres, thy wyn∣dowes [unspec D] of Chrystall, thy gates of fyne cleare stone / and all thy borders of pleasaunte stones. * 1.8 Thy chyldren shall all be taught of God, and I wyll geue them plenteous∣nesse of peace. In ryghteousnesse shalfe thou be grounded, and be farre from oppressyon: for the whiche thou nedeste nat be a∣frayed, neyther for hynderaunce, for it shall nat come nye the. Beholde, the alyaunt that was farre from the, shall dwell with the: and he that was sometyme a straunger vnto the, shalbe ioyned with the: Beholde, I make the smyth that bloweth the coales in the fyre, and he maketh a weapen after his handy worke. I make also the waster to destroye: but all the weapens y^• are made agaynste the shall nat prospere. * 1.9 And as for all tunges, that shall resyste the in iudge mente, thou shalt ouercome them, and con∣dempne them. Thys is the herytage of the Lordes seruauntes, and theyr righteousnes commeth of me, sayeth the Lorde.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Gala. iiii. d Luke. xiii. ••
• * 1.2

  Esa. lxii. a. Eze. xvi. b.
• ‡ 1.3

  ii. Cor. xi. a Esay. 48. a
• * 1.4

  Esa. xxvi. •• Psa. xxix. ••
• * 1.5

  Gene. ix. b.
• * 1.6

  11. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. vii. a
• * 1.7

  Esay. vi. d.
• * 1.8

  1. Iohn. ii. b •• Iohn. ••. ••
• * 1.9

  Luke. xxi. b 〈◊〉〈◊〉. iiii. a.