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 worde of the Lorde vpon the sonnes of Ammon whiche reioysed at the fal of Ierusalem. Against Moab and Seyr. Agaynst Idume••. Agoynst the Philistynes.

CAPI. XXV.

THe worde of y^• Lord came vnto me / say∣enge. [unspec A] Thou sonne of man / set thy face agaynst the * 1.1 Ammonytes / prophecy vpon them / and saye vnto the Ammonytes: heare the worde of the Lorde God. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. For so muche as thou spea∣kest ouer my Sanctuarye. A / ha / I trowe it be nowe suspended: and ouer the lande of Israel / I trowe it be now desolate: yee, and ouer the house of Iuda / I trow they be now led awaye presoners: Beholde, I wyll dely∣uer the to the people of the east / y^t they maye haue the in possessyon: these shal set theyr ca¦stels and houses in the. They shall eate thy fruyte, & dryncke vp thy mylcke. As for Ra∣bath, I wyl make of it a stal for camels / and of Ammon a shepefolde: and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

For thus sayeth y^• Lorde God: In so much as thou hast clapped with thyne hādes, and [unspec B] stamped with thy fete, yee / reioysed in thyne herte ouer the lande of Israel with despyte / beholde / I wyll stretche out my hande ouet the also, and delyuer the / to be spoyled of the Heathen, and rote the out from amonge the people / and cause the to be destroyed out of all landes: yee / I wyll make the to be layed waste / that thou mayest knowe, that I am the Lorde.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: For so much as * 1.2 Moab and Seir do saye: As for the house of Iuda / it is but lyke as all other Gentiles be. Therfore beholde / I wyl make the cyties of Moab weapenelesse / and take awaye theyr strength: theyr cyties and chefe coastes of theyr lande, whiche are the plea∣sures of the countre. As namely, Bethiesi∣moth / Baalmeon & Cariathaim: these wyll [unspec C] I open vnto them of the east / that they may tall vpon the Ammonytes: and wyll geue it them in possession / so that the Ammonytes shall nomore be had in remēbraunce among the Heathen. Euen thus wyll I punysh Mo¦ab also / that they maye knowe / howe that I am the Lorde.

Moreouer / thus sayeth the Lorde God: Because that * 1.3 Edom hath auenged and ea¦sed hym selfe vpon the house of Iuda, ther∣fore / thus sayeth y^• Lorde: I wyl reache out myne hande vpon Edom / and take awaye man and beast out of it. From Theman vn∣to Dedan wyll I make it desolate, they shal be slayne with the swearde. * 1.4 Thorowe my people of Israell wyll I auenge me agayne vpon Edom: they shall handle hym / accor∣dyng to my wrath and indignacyon / so that they shal knowe my vengeaunce, sayeth the Lorde God.

Thus sayeth the Lord God: For so muche [unspec D] as the * 1.5 Philistines haue done this: namely taken vengeaunce with despytefull stomac∣kes / and of an olde euell wyl set them sel••••es to destroye. Therfore / thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, I wyl stretch out myne hāde ouer the Philistines, & destroye y^• destroyer, and cause al the remnaunt of the see coast to perysh. A great vengeaunce wyll I take v∣pon them, & punysh them cruellye: that they may knowe, howe that I am the Lord, whi∣che haue auenged me of them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  E••••. xxi. d. Iere xlix. a
• * 1.2

  Esay. 15. 16 and. 48. •• Sopho. 2. ••
• * 1.3

  Esay. 34. •• Iere. xlix. b Ezec. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. •• xxxv. ••. Psal. 137. b Gen. xxv. ••
• * 1.4

  2. M••t. v. ••
• * 1.5

  Esay. 14. •• Iere. 47. •• Sopho. ••••