¶ The parable of the vessels of the captyuytie. The exposi∣cyon of the parable, by which the takynge of kyngs ••e••ikiah is signified. Another parable wher by the dystresse of honger and thryst is sygnyfyed.
CAPI. XII.
THE worde of the Lorde came vnto [unspec A] me / sayinge, Thou sonne of man, thou dwellest in the myddest of a frowarde hou∣sholde: whiche haue eyes to se / and yet se nat: eares haue they to heare / and yet heare they nat, for they are an obstinate houshold. Therfore (O thou sonne of man) make thy gere rydy to flyt / and go forth by fayre daye lyght / that they maye se. Yee, euen in theyr syght shalte thou go from thy place to another place: yf paraduenture they wyl consydre, that they be an vnobedyent hous∣holde. Thy gere that thou haste made redy to flyt withall, shalt thou beare out by fayre daye lyghte, that they maye se: and thou thy self shalt go forth also at euē in theyr syght, as a man dothe when he flytteth. Dygge thorowe the wall / that they maye se / and beare thorowe it the same thynge / that thou tokeste vp in theyr syght. As for thy selfe / [unspec B] thou shalte go forth in the darcke. Hyde thy face that thou se not the earthe / for I haue made the a shewtoken vnto the house of Is∣rael. Nowe as the Lorde commaunded me, so I dyd: the gere that I had made redy / brought I oute by daye. At euen I brake downe an hole thorowe the wall wyth my hande: and when it was darcke, I toke the gere vpon my shoulders / and bare them out in theyr syght.
And in the mournynge, came the worde [unspec C] of the Lorde vnto me, sayinge: Thou sonne of man / yf Israel that frowarde housholde aske the / and saye: what doest thou there? Then tell thē. Thus sayeth the Lorde God: This punyshmente toucheth the chefe ru∣lers at Ierusalem / & all the house of Israel, that dwell amonge them: Tell them: I am youre shew token: lyke as I haue done / so shall it happen vnto you: Flyt shall ye also / and go into captyuyte. The chefest that is amonge you / shall lade hys shulders in the darcke / and get hym awaye. He shall breake downe the wall / to carye stuffe ther∣thorowe: [unspec D] He shall couer his face / that he se nat the grounde, with hys eyes. My lyne wyll I sprede out vpon hym / and catch him in my net, and cary hym to Babylon, in the lande of the Caldees: whiche he shall nat se / and yet shall he dye there. As for al his helpers, and all hys Hostes / that be aboute hym, I wyll scater thē towarde all the wyn∣des, and drawe out a swearde after them.
So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heathen / and strowed them in the lan∣des, they shall knowe, that I am the Lorde. But, I wyll leaue a lytle nōbre of them frō the swearde, hunger and pestilence: to tel all theyr abhominacions among the Heathen, where they come: y• they maye knowe, howe that I am the Lorde.
Moreouer / the worde of the Lorde came [unspec E] vnto me sainge: Thou sonne of man: wyth a fearfull trēblyng shalt thou eate thy bred / with carefulnesse & sorow shalt thou drinke thy water. And vnto the people of the lande, speake thou on thys maner: Thus