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.

¶ The destruccyon of the Iewes is prefygured, and theyr sparsinge abrode. Why Israel was receaued to be the peo∣ple of God, and why they were forsaken.

CAPI. XIII.

THus sayeth the Lorde vnto me go thy [unspec A] waye / and get me a lynen breche / and gyrde it aboute thy loynes / and let i•• nat be wet. Then I got me a breche / accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde, and put it aboute my loynes. After thys the Lorde spake vnto me againe: Take the bre∣che that thou hast prepared and put aboute the / and get the vp, & go vnto Euphrates, & hyde it i a hole of the rocke. So went I, and hyd it at Euphrates, as the Lorde cōmaun∣ded me. And it happened longe after this, y^• the Lorde spake vnto me: Up, and get the to Euphrates, and fet the breche from thence which I cōmaunded the to hyde thee. Then went I to Euphrates, and dygged vp / and toke the breche from the place where I had hyd it: and beholde, the breche was corrupt so that it was profytable for nothynge. [unspec B]

Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: Thus sayeth the Lorde: Euen so wyll I corrupte the pryde of Iuda, and the hye mynde of Ierusalem. Thys people is a wycked peo∣ple, * 1.1 they wyll not heare my worde, they folowe the wicked ymaginacyons of their owne herte and hang vpon straunge God∣des, them they serue and worshyppe: and therfore they shalbe as this breche, that ser∣ueth for nothynge.

For as straytely as a breche lyeth vpon a mans loynes, so straytely dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Iuda vnto me, sayeth the Lorde: * 1.2 that they myght be my people: that they myght haue a gloryous name: that they myghte be in honour: but they wolde not obeye me. Therfore laye thys rydle before them / and say: Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel: Euery pot shalbe fylled with wyne. And they shall saye: thynkeste thou we knowe not, that euery pot shalbe filled with wine? Then shalte thou saye vnto them. Thus sayeth the Lorde: Beholde, I shall fyll all the inhabytours of thys lande with drone∣kennes, the kynges that syt vpon Dauyds stole / the prestes and prophetes / with all that dwell at Ierusalem. And I wyll shute them one agaynst another, yee, the fathers agaynst the sonnes, sayeth the Lorde.

I wyll not pardon them, I wyll not spa∣re [unspec C] them, nor haue pytye vpon them: but de∣stroye them. Be obedyent, geue eare, take nat dysdayne at it, for it is the Lord hi selfe that speaketh. Honoure the Lord your God here in, or he take hys lyghte from you / and or euer youre fete stomble in darckenesse at the hyll: leste when ye loke for the lyght, he turne it in to the shadowe and darkenesse of death, But yf ye will not heare me, that ge¦ue you secret warnynge, I will mourne frō my whole hert for your stubburnes. * 1.3 Py∣teously wyll I wepe, and the teares shall gusshe out of myne eyes. For y^• Lordes floc∣ke shall be caryed awaye captiue. Tell the kyng and the quene: Humble youre selues, set you downe lowe, for the crowne of your glory shal fall from your head: The cytyes towarde the southe shalbe shut vp, and no man shall open them. All Iuda shall be ca∣ryed awaye captyue, so that none shall re∣mayne▪ [unspec D]

Lyft vp your eyes, and beholde them, that

come from the North. Lyke a fat flocke shal they fal vpō the. To whom wylt y^u make thy mone, when they come vpon the ▪ for thou haste taughte them thy selfe / and made them masters ouer the. Shall nat so∣rowe come vpon the, as on a woman tra∣uayllynge with chylde? And yf thou wol∣dest say then in thyne herte. Wherfore come these thinges vpon me? * 1.4 Euen for the mul∣tytude of thy blasphemyes, shall thy hynder partes and thy fete be dyscouered. For lyke as the man of Inde maye chaunge hys¦skynne / and the cat of the mountayne her sportes: so may ye that be exercysed in euyl / do good. Therfore wyll I scatre you, lyke as the stoble y^e is taken away with y^• south wynde. Thys shall be youre porcion, and the poreyon of youre measure, wherwith ye shalbe rewarded of me, sayeth the Lorde: be∣cause ye haue forgotten me / and put youre truste in dysceatfull thynges. * 1.5 Therfore* 1.6 shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy heade / and dyscouer thy thyghes / that thy preuy∣tyes maye be sene, thy aduoutry / thy deedly malyce, thy beastlynesse, and thy shamefull whordome. For vpon the feldes and hylles I haue sene thy abhomynacyons. Wo be vnto the (O Ierusalem) when wylte thou euer be clensed any more?

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iere. vii. ••▪ xi ••. xviii. a and. xix. c.
• * 1.2

  Deut. iiii. •• and. xxvi. d Iere. xxx. d.
• * 1.3

  Iere. xxx••▪ •• Threno. ••. a
• * 1.4

  Iere. xxi. ••▪ Esay. xiii. ••
• * 1.5

  Iere. xv. b.
• * 1.6

  Os••••. ii. d.