¶ The prophete is sende to call agayne the people from theyr errour.
CAPI. II.
AND then sayde he vnto me: Stand [unspec A] vp vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of man) and I wyll talke with the. And as he was communynge with me / the spryte came into me / and set me vp vpon my fete: so that I marcked the thynge / that he sayd vnto me. And he sayde: Beholde / thou sonne of man: I wyll sende the to the chyl∣dren of Israell / to those runnagates and [unspec B] obstynate people: for they haue taken parte agaynst me / and are runne awaye fro me: both they and theyr forefathers vnto this daye.
Yee, I wyll sende the vnto a people that haue rough vysages and styffe stomakes: vnto whome thou shalte saye on thys ma∣ner. Thys the Lorde God hym selfe hathe spoken, that whether they be obedient or no (for it is a frowarde housholde) they maye knowe yet that there hathe bene a Prophet amonge them.
Therfore thou sonne of man) feare [unspec C] them not / neyther be afrayed of theyr wor∣des: for they shall rebell agaynste the and despyse the. Yee / thou doste dwell amonge scorpyons: but feare not theyre wordes / be not abashed at theyre lookes, for it is a fro∣warde housholde.
Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them, whether they be obedyent or not / for [unspec D] they are obstynate. Therfore, thou sonne of man, obey thou al thinges, that I say vnto the, and be not thou stifnecked, lyke as they are a styfnecked houshold, Opē thy mouth, and eate that I geue the.
So as I was lokynge vp, beholde, there was sente vnto me an hande / wherin was closed a booke: and the hande opened it before me / and it was wrytten within and without / full of carefull mournynges: alas and wo.