¶ He proueth the fyrynge of Ierusalem by a parable of a sethynge potte. The parable of Ezechi••lo wyfe beyng deed, whiche he after expoundeth.
CAPI. XXIIII.
IN THE nynth yeare, in the tenth mo∣nethe / [unspec A] the tenthe daye of the Moneth / came the worde of the LORDE vnto me / sayenge. O thou sonne of man / wryte vp the name of this daye / yee / euen the houre of thys presente daye: when the kyng of Ba¦bylon set hymselfe agaynste▪ Ierusalem •• Shewe that obstynate housholde * 1.1 a para∣ble, and speake vnto them: Thus sayeth the* 1.2 Lorde God: Get the a potte, set it on / and poure water into it: put all the peces toge∣ther in it / all the good peces: the loyne & the shoulder, and fyll it with the best bones. Ta¦ke one of the best shepe, and an heape of bo∣nes with all: let it boyle well, and let the bo∣nes seeth well therin.
With that sayde the Lorde God on thys [unspec B] maner. * 1.3 Wo be vnto the bloudy cyty of the pot, wherupon the rustynes hangeth, and is not yet scoured awaye. Take out the peces that are in it / one after another▪ there neade not lottes be cast therfore, for the bloude is yet in it. Upon a playne drye stone hathe she poured it, and not vpon the grounde, that it myght be couered with duste. And therfore haue I letten her poure her bloude vpon a playne drye stony rocke / because it shuld not be hyd, and that I myght brynge my wroth∣ful indignacyon and vengeaunce vpon her.
Wherfore, thus sayeth the Lord God: O [unspec C] wo be vnto the bloude thursty cyte, for whō I wyl prepare a heape of wodde: beare thou the bones together / kyndle thou the fyre, se∣eth the flesshe / let all be well sodden / that the bones maye be suckte out. Moreouer, set the pot emptye vpon the coales, that it may be warme and the metall hote: that the fyfth and rustynes maye be consumed. But it wyl not go of, there is so muche of it: the rustines must be brent out. Thy fylthynesse is abho∣mynable / for I wolde haue clensed the / but thou woldest not be clensed. Thou canst not be pourged from thyne vnclenuesse / tyll I [unspec D] poured my wrothefull indyguacyon vpon the. Euen I the Lorde haue so deuysed. Yee, it is come therto all redy / that I wyll do it. I wyll not go backe / I wyll not spare / I wyll not be entreated: but accordynge to thy wayes and ymagynacyons / thou shalte be punysshed, sayeth the Lorde God. And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me / sayinge: [unspec E] Thou sonne of man / beholde / I wyll take awaye the pleasure of thyne eyes with a pla¦ge: yet shalte thou neyther mourne / nor wepe / nor water thy chekes therfore: thou mayest mourne by thyselfe alone / but vse no deadely lamentacyon. Holde on thy bo∣net / and put on thy shues vpon thy fet••, co∣uer not thy face, and eate no mourners breade. So I spake vnto the people by tymes in the mornyng / and at euen my wyfe dyed: then vpon the nexte thorowe / I dyd