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¶ He she weth that the people shall be plaged for the synne of Idolatrye. He prophecyeth the repentaunce of the rem∣naunt of the people, and theyr delyueraunce. The destruc∣cyon of the frowarde is prophecyed.
AND the worde of the Lord came vnto [unspec A] me, saying: Thou sonne of man, turne thy face to the mountaynes of Israell /
that thou mayst prophecye vnto them / and saye: Heare the worde of the Lorde God, O ye mountaynes of Israell: Thus hath the Lorde God spoken to the mountaynes, hyl∣les, valleys and dales.
Beholde. I wyll brynge a swearde ouer you / and destroye your hye places: I wyll cast downe your aulters, and breake downe your temples. Your slayne men wyll I laye before your goddes / and the deed carcases of the chyldren of Israell wyll I cast before theyr Idolles / youre bones wyll I scatre rounde aboute your aulters, and dwellyng places. [unspec B]
The cyties shalbe desolate, the hylcha∣pels layed waste: youre aulters destroyed / and broken: youre goddes caste downe / and taken a waye, your tempels layde euen with the grounde, youre owne workes cleane ro∣ted out.
Your slayne men shall lye amonge you / that ye maye learne to knowe, howe that I am the Lorde. Those that among you haue escaped the swearde / wyll I leaue amonge the Gentyles / for I wyll scatre you among the naciōs. And they that escape from you / shal thynke vpon me amonge the Heathen, where they shalbe in captiuite.
As for that whorysh and vnfaythful hert of theyrs, wherwyth they runne awaye fro me / I wyll breake it: yee, and put out those eyes of theyrs / that commytte forny cacyon with their Idols.
Then shal they be ashamed / and displea [unspec C] sed with theyr selues, for the wyckednesses and abhominacions, whiche they haue done and shal lerne to knowe, howe that it is not in vayne, that I the Lorde spake, to brynge suche mysery vpon them.
The Lord sayd moreouer vnto me: Smite thine handes together, and stampe with thy fete / and saye: Wo worth all the abhomina∣cions and wyckednes of the house of Israel for because of them, they shall perysshe with the swearde, with honger & with pestylence. Who so is farte of, shal dye of the pestylēce: he that is nye at hande, shall perysshe with the swearde: and the other that are beseged shall dye of honger.
Thus wyll I satisfye my wrothfull dis∣pleasure [unspec D] vpon them. And so shall ye learne to knowe / that I am the Lorde, when youre slayne men lye amonge your Idols, and a∣boute your aulters: vpon all hye hylles and toppes of mountaynes, amonge all grene trees / amonge al thycke okes: euē in the pla¦ces, where they dyd sacryfice to all theyr I∣dols. I wyll stretche my hande out vpon them, and wyll make the lande waste: So that it shal lye esolate and voyde, from the wyldernesse of ☞ Deblothah forth, thorow all theyr habytacions: to learne them for to knowe, that I am the Lorde.
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