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 Booke of the Prophete Eze∣chyel.

¶ The tyme wherin Ezechyel prophecyed, and in what place. Hys offprynge and offyce. The vysyon of the ••oure bestes. The vysion of the wheles. The vision of the throne / and of the ymage aboue the throne.

CAPITV. I.

IT chaunced in the. xxx. yeare / the [unspec A] fifth day of the fourth moneth, that I was among the presoners by the ryuer of Cobar ☞ wher the heauens opened, & I sawe a vi¦sion of God. Nowe y^• v. daye of the moneth made out the. v. yeare of kynge Iohacins captyuyte. At the same tyme came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ezechyel th•• sonne of Buzi the Preste / in the lande of the Chal∣dees by the water of Cobar. * 1.1 where {fleur-de-lys} the hande of the Lorde came vpon hym

And I loked, and beholde a stormy wynde [unspec B] came out of the North with a greate cloude full of fyre, whiche with hys glystre lyghte∣ned al rounde aboute. And in the middest of the fyre it was all cleare lyke the face of an aungel, and as it were the lykenes of foure beastes, which were fashyoned lyke a man: sauyng, that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges.

Theyr legges were streyght, but theyr fete were lyke bullockes fete, and they glyste∣red, as it had bene fayre scoured metal. Un∣der theyr winges vpon al the foure corners they had mens handes. Theyr faces and theyr wynges were towarde the foure cor∣ners: yet were the wynges so, that one euer touched, another. When they wente, they turned them not aboute: but eche one went streyght forwarde.

* 1.2 Upon the ryght syde of these foure, theyr [unspec C] faces were lyke the face of a man, & the face of a lyon. But vpon the lefte syde they had the face of an oxe / and the face of an aegle.

Theyr faces also and theyr wynges were fyred out aboue: so that two wynges of one touched euer two wynges of another / and with the other they couered theyr body. E∣uery one when it wente, it wente streyghte forwarde. Where as the spryte led them / thyther they wente / * 1.3 and turned not about in theyr goynge.

The fashyon and countenaunce of the [unspec D] beastes was lyke hoote coales of fyre, euen as though burning cressets had bene amōg the beastes: {fleur-de-lys} (thys was the vysyon) and the fyre gaue a glystre, and out of the fyre there wente lyghtenynge. When the beastes wente forwarde and backwarde, one wolde haue thought it had lyghtened. Nowe whē I had well consydered the beastes, I sawe a worcke of wheles vpon the earthe with foure faces also nye vnto the beastes.

The fashyon and worcke of the wheles was lyke the see. The foure wheles were ioyned and made (to loke vpon) as it had bene one whele in another. When one went forwarde, they wente all foure / and turned them not aboute in theyr goynge. They were large, great and horrile to loke vpon. Their backes were full of eyes roūde about them all foure. When the beastes wente / the wheles wente also with them. And when the beastes lyfte them selues vp from the earthe, the wheles were lyfte vp [unspec E] also. Whyther soeuer the spryte wente, thi∣ther wente they also / and the wheles were lyft vp, and folowed them: for the spryte of lyfe was in the wheles. When the beastes went forth, stode styll, or lyfte thē selues frō the earth, then the wheles also wente, stode styll, and were lyfte vp, for the breth of lyfe was in the wheles.

Aboue, ouer the heades of the beastes there was a fyrmamēt, whych was fashyo∣ned as it had bene of y^• moste pure Chrystal and that was spred out aboue vpon theyr heades: vnder the same fyrmament were theyr wynges layed abrode, one towarde a∣nother, and two wynges couered the body of euery beast And when they wente forth, [unspec F] I hearde the noyse of theyr winges, lyke the noyse of greate waters, as it had bene the voyce of the great God, and a russhyng to∣gether as it were of an hoost of men. And when they stode styll, they lette downe theyr wynges. Nowe whē they stode styl, and had letten downe theyr wynges, it thondred in y^• firmamente that was aboue theyr heades. Aboue the firmament that was ouer theyr heades, there was the fashyon of a seate, as [unspec G] it had bene made of Saphir. Upō the seate there satt one lyke a man. * 1.4 I behelde hym, and he was lyke an aungell, as it had bene all of fyre within from hys loynes vpward.

And beneth, when I loked vpon hym vn∣der y^• loynes, me thought he was lyke a shy∣nynge fyre, that geueth lyght on eue••y syde.

Yee, the shyne & glystre that lightened roūde aboute, was lyke a raynbowe, whiche in a raynye daye apeareth in the cloudes. Euen so was the symylytude / wherin the glory of the Lorde appeared. When I sawe it / I fell vpon my face, and herkened vnto the voyce of hym that spake.

¶ 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. * 1.5 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: * 1.6 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.

* 1.7 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 * 1.8 a booke: and the hande opened it before me / and it was wrytten within and without / full of carefull mournynges: alas and wo.

¶ The prophete beynge sedde with the worde of God and with the constante boldenes of the spryte / is sente vnto the people that were in captyuite. The punyshement of a cura∣te that shewed not the people theyr synnes.

CAPI. III.

AFTER thys / sayde he vnto me: [unspec A] Thou sonne of man / eate that / what∣soeuer it be: yee / * 1.9 eate that closed booke / and go thy waye / and speake vnto the chyl¦dren of Israel So: I opened my mouthe / and he gaue me the booke for to eate / and sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man / thy bely shall eate / and thy bowels shall be fyl∣led with the boke / that I geue the.

Then dyd I eate the boke, * 1.10 and it was in my mouth sweter then hony. And he sayde vnto me: thou sonne of man / * 1.11 get the soone vnto the house of Israell, and shewe them [unspec B] the wordes, that I commaunde the: for I sende the not to the people that hathe a straunge / vnknowne / or harde speache, but vnto the house of Israell: Not to many na∣cyons, whiche haue dyuerse speaches and harde languages / whose wordes thou vn∣derstandest not. ‡ 1.12 Neuerthelesse / yf I sente the to those people / they wolde folowe the.

But the house of Israell wyll not folowe the / for they wyll not folowe me: yee, all the house of Israell haue styffe foreheades and harde hertes. * 1.13 Beholde therfore / I wyll make thy face preuayle agaynst theyr faces and harden thy forcheade againste their fo∣reheades: so that thy foreheade shalbe har∣der then an * 1.14 Adamant or ••ynt stone: that thou mayest feare them the lesse, and be lesse afrayed of them / for they are a frowarde housholde.

He sayde moreouer vnto me: thou sonne [unspec C] of man / take dylygēt hede with thyne eares to the wordes that I speake vnto the / fasten them in thyne hert: and go to the presoners of thy people, speake vnto them, and say on this maner. Thus the Lorde God hath spo¦ken, whether ye heare, or heare not. With that the spryte toke me vp. And I heard the noyse of a great russhynge and remouynge of the most blessed glory of the Lorde out of hys place.

I hearde also the noyse of the wynges of the beastes, that russhed one agaynste ano∣ther, yee, and the ratling of the wheles, that were by them, whiche russhynge and noyse was very greate.

* 1.15 Nowe when the spryte toke me vp, and caryed me awaye, I wente wyth an heuy and a sorowful mynde / but the hande of the Lorde comforted me ryght soone.

And so in the begynnynge of the moueth Abib, I came to the presoners, * 1.16 that dwelt [unspec D] by the water of Cobar / & remayned in that place / where they were: And so continued I amonge them seuen dayes being very sory.

And when the seuen dayes were expyred / the Lorde sayde vnto me: * 1.17 Thou sonne of man, I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therfore take good hede to the wordes, and geue them warnynge at my commaundement.

If I saye vnto the, concernynge the vn∣godly [unspec E] man / that (without doute) he muste dye and thou-geueste hym not warnynge / nor speakest vnto hym / that he maye turne from hys euyll waye / and so to lyue: Then shal the same vngodly man die in his owne vnryghteousnesse: but hys bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hande. Neuerthelesse / yf thou geue warnynge vnto the wycked, and he yet forsake not hys vngodlynesse: then shall he dye in hys owne wyckednesse / but thou hast dyscharged thy soule.

Nowe yf a ryghteous man go from * 1.18 hys ryghteousnesse: and do the thynge y^t is euyl [unspec F] I wyl laye a stomblyng blocke before hym / and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuē him warnyng: yee, dye shall he in hys owne lynne, so that the vertue, which he did befo∣re, shalnot be thought vpon: but his bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hande.

Neuerthelesse, yf thou exhortest the rygh∣teous, that he synne not / and so the ryghte∣ous do not synne: then shal he lyue, because he hathe receaued thy warnynge, and thou hast discharged thy soule. And there came y^• hande of the Lorde vpon me / and he sayde vnto me: Stande vp / and go into the felde / that I may there talke with the.

So when I had rysen vp, and gone forth into the felde: Beholde, the glory of the Lord stode there, * 1.19 lyke as I sawe it afore, by the water of Cobar.

* 1.20 Then fell I downe vpon my face, and the [unspec G] spryte came in to me, which set me vp vpon my fete, & sayd thus vnto me: Go thy waye, and sparre thy selfe in thine house. Beholde (O thon sonne of man) there shall chaynes be brought for the / to bynde the withall / so that thou shalt not escape out of thē. And I wyll make thy tunge cleue so to the rofe of thy mouth / that thou shalte be domme / and not be as a chyder with them: for it is an ob¦stynate housholde.

But when I speake vnto the / then opē thy mouth, & say: Thus sayeth Lorde God: who so heareth / let him heare: who so wyl not, let hym leaue: for it is an obstinate housholde.

¶ The sege of the cytye of Ierusalem is signifyed. The longe contynuaunce of the captyuyty of Israel. An honger is prophecyed to come in the captyuyty.

CAPI. IIII.

THOV sonne of man: take a tyle sto∣ne, [unspec A] and laye it before the / and descrybe vpon it the cytye of Ierusalem / howe it is beseged / howe bulwerckes and stronge dy∣ches are grauen on euery syde of it describe also tentes / and an hooste of men rounde a∣boute it.

Moreouer / take an yron panne / and set it betwixte the and the cyte, in steade of an yrō wall. Then set thy face to warde it, besege it, and laye ordinaunce against it to wynne it. This shal be a tokē vnto the house of Isra∣el. But thou shalte slepe vpon thy left syde: and lay the synne of the house of Israel vpō the. Certayne dayes appoynted, thou shalt slepe vpon that syde, and beare their synnes. [unspec B] * 1.21 Neuerthelesse, I wyl appoynte the a tyme (to put of theyr synnes) & the nombre of the dayes: Thre hundreth and. xc. dayes must thou beare the wyckednesse of the house of Israel. Whē thou hast fulfylled these dayes lye downe agayne, and slepe vpō thy ryght syde. xl. dayes, and beare the synnes of the house of Iuda.

* 1.22 A daye for a yeare, a daye (I saye) for a yeare, wyll I euer laye vpon the. Therfore set now thy face agaynst that beseged Ieru¦salem / and dyscouer thyne arme / that thou mayest prophecye agaynste it.

Beholde I wyll laye chaynes vpon the, that thou shalte not turne the from one syde to another, tyl thou hast ended the dayes of thy sege.

Wherfore / take vnto the wheate barly / [unspec C] beanes, growell sede, Milium and fytches: and put these together in a vessel, and make the loaues of bred ther of, accordynge to the nombre of the daies that thou must lye vpō thy side: that thou mayest haue bred to care / for thre hundreth and. xc. dayes.

And the meate that thou eateste / shall haue a certayn wayght appoynted: namely twenty sycles euery daye. Thys appoynted meate shalte thou eate daylye / from the be∣gynnynge to the ende,

Thou shalt dryncke also a certayne mea∣sure of water: Namely, the syxte parte of an Hin shalt thou dryncke daily frō the begin∣nynge vnto y^• ende. Barly cakes shalt thou eate, yet shalt thou fyrst strake them ouer w^t mans donge, that they mayese it. And with that sayde the Lorde: Euen thus shall the children of Israel eate theyr defyled bred in the myddest of the Gentiles / among whom I wyll scatre them.

Then sayde I: Oh Lorde God. Beholde, [unspec D]

my soule was yet neuer stayned: for fro my youth vp vnto this houre / I dyd neuer eate of a dead carcase, or of that whiche was slai∣ne of wylde beastes, neyther cā there euer a∣ny vnclene flesshe in my mouth.

Where vnto he answered me, and sayde: well than, I wyll graunt the to take cowes donge, for the donge of a man, and to strake the breed ouer with all / before them.

And he sayd vnto me: Beholde thou sōne of man, * 1.23 I wyll mynyshe all the prouision of bred in Ierusalem, so that they shall wey their bred, and eate it with scarcenesse. But as for water, they shal haue a very lytle mea¦sure ther of, to drynke. And when they haue no more bred nor water, one shal be destroied with another, & famyshe away for theyr wic¦kednesse.

¶ The rydle of the hearres, by whiche is sygnified the de∣struccyon of the people. The causes of the anger of God to∣warde the people. The Lorde discloseth the ryddle of the hearres.

CAPI. V.

O Thou sonne of man / take the then a [unspec A] sharpe knyfe / namely / a rasour. Take that and shaue the hearre of thy heade and beerd: Then take the scales and the weyght and deuyde the hearre a sunder. And burne the thyrde parte ther of in the fyre in the myd¦dest of the cytie, after that the dayes of the besegynge are fulfylled / then cut the other thyrde parte in peces with a knyfe. * 1.24 As for the thyrde {per}te that remayneth / caste it in the wynde, & I wyl draw out y^• swerde after thē

Yet afterwarde / take a lytle of the same / and bynde it in thy cote lappe. Then take a curtesy of it / and cast in it the myddest of the fyre: and burne it in the fire. Out of the same fyre shall there go a flame / vpon the whole [unspec B] house of Israel. Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde God: This same is Ierusalem. I set her in the myddest of the Heathen & nacions that are rounde aboute her, but she hath de∣spysed my iudgementes more then the Gen∣tiles them selues, & broken my commaunde mentes more then the nacions, that lye roūd aboute her: For they haue cast out myne or∣dinaunces / and not walcked in my lawes. Therefore / thus sayeth the Lord God: * 1.25 For so muche as ye with your wickednesse farre exceade the Heythen / that dwell rounde a∣boute you: (For ye haue nat walcked in my lawes neyther haue ye kepte myne ordy∣naunces nor accordynge to the ryghtuous∣nes of the Gentyles / whyche are aboute you / ye haue not doue.) Therfore thus say∣eth the Lorde God:

I wyl also come vpon the / for in the myd¦dest of the / wyll I syt in iudgemente / in the [unspec C] syght of the Heathen / and wyl handle the of suche a fashyon / as I neuer dyd before, and as I neuer wyll do frome that tyme for the, and that because of all thyne abhominaciōs For in the, fathers * 1.26 shall be fayne to eate theyr owne sonnes, & the sonnes theyr owne fathers. Suche a courte wyll I kepe in the, and the whole remnaunt of the wyl I scatre into all the wyndes.

Wherfore, as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) seyng thou hast defyled my Sā¦ctuary, with al maner of abhominaciōs and with all thy shamefull offences: For this cause wyl I also destroy the. Myne eye shal not ouerse the, neyther wyll I spare the,

* 1.27 One thyrde parte within the / shall dye of the pestylence and of hongre? Another thyrde parte shall be slayne downe rounde aboute the / with the swearde: The other thyrde parte that remayneth / wyll I scatre abrode towarde all the wyndes, and drawe out the swearde after them. Thus I wyll [unspec D] perfourme my indygnacyon / and set my wrath agaynst them / and ease my selfe. So that when I haue fulfylled myne angre a∣gaynste them / they shall knowe that I am the Lorde / whiche with a feruente gelousy haue spoken it. Moreouer, I wyll make the waste and abhorred / before all the Heathen that dwell aboute the / and in the syght of al them, that go by the: so that when I punysh the in my wrath, in myn angre / and with the plage of my whole dyspleasure: thou shalte be a very abhominacyon / shame / a gasynge and wondrynge stocke / amonge the Hea∣then that lye aboute the. Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it / and it shall come to passe / when I shute amonge them the perlous dar¦tes of honger, whiche shal be but death: yee, therfore shall I shute them / because I wyll destroye you: * 1.28 I wyll encrease hunger / and mynyshe all the prouysyon of breade a∣monge you.

Plages and mysery wyl I sende you, yee & wylde beastes also to destroye you. Pesty∣lence and blodsheding shal come vpon you, & the swerde wyl I brynge ouer you. Euen I the Lorde, haue sayde it.

¶ 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.

CAPI. VI.

AND the worde of the Lord came vnto [unspec A] me, saying: Thou sonne of man, turne thy face to the * 1.29 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.

¶ The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodenly come. The cause of the destruccion therof. The Prophete is com∣maūded to shewe the summe of the euylles that are at hāde.

CAPI. VII.

THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me [unspec A] on this maner: The I cal, O thou sōne of man. Thus sayeth Lorde God vnto the lande of Israel: The ende commeth / yee, ve¦rely the ende commeth vpon al the foure cor¦ners of the earth.

But nowe shall the ende come vpon the: for I wyll sende my wrath vpon the / & wyll punyshe the accordynge to thy wayes, and rewarde the after all thy abhominacyons. * 1.30 Myne eye shall not ouerse the, neyther wyll I spare the: but rewarde the, accordynge to thy wayes / and declare thy abhominacyōs. Then shall ye knowe, that I am the Lorde.

Thus sayeth the Lord God: Beholde, one mysery and plage shall come after another: the ende is here. The ende (I saye) that way∣teth for the, is come all readye, the houre is come agaynst the, that dwellest in the lande.

The tyme is at hande, the day of sedicyon [unspec B] is harde by, and no glad tydynges vpon the mountaines. Therfore, I wyl shortly poute out my sore displeasure ouer the, and fulfyll my wrath vpon the. I wyll iudge the after thy wayes, and recompence the al thy abho∣mynacions.

* 1.31 Myne eye shal not ouerse the, neither [unspec C] wyll I spare the: but rewarde the after thy wayes, and shewe thy abhomynacyons, to learne you for to knowe, how that I am the Lord that smyteth. Beholde, the day is here the daye is come, the houre is runne out, the rodde florisheth, wilfulnesse waxeth grene / malicious violēce is growen vp, and the vn godly waxen to a staf. Yet shal there no com¦playnte be made for them, nor for the trou∣ble that shall come of these thynges.

The tyme cōmeth, the daye draweth nye: * 1.32 Who so byeth, let him not reioyse: he that selleth, let him not be sory: for why. * 1.33 Trou∣ble shall come in the myddest of all reste: so [unspec D] that the seller shall not come agayne to the byer, for neyther of them both shal lyue. For the vision shall come so greatly oueral, that it shall nat be hyndered: No man also wyth his wickednes shal be able to saue his owne lyfe. The trōpettes shal blowe, ye and make you all ready, but no man shall go to the

batayle / for I am wrothe with al the whole multitude.

The swearde shalbe without, pestylence [unspec E] and honger within: so that who so is in the felde, shalbe slayne with the swearde: and he that is in the cytie * 1.34 shall peryshe with hon∣ger and pestylence.

And suche as escape and fle from among them, shalbe vpon the hylles, lyke as the do¦ues in the felde: euery one shalbe afrayed, be¦cause of his owne wyckednesse.

All handes shalbe let downe, & all knees [unspec F] shalbe weake as the water: they shall gyrde them selues with sacke cloth / feare shall fal vpon them. Theyr faces shalbe confounded, * 1.35 and theyr heades balde: theyr syluer shall lye in the stretes, and theyr golde shalbe de∣spysed: * 1.36 Yee, theyr siluer and golde may not delyuer them, in the day of the fearful wrath of the Lorde.

They shall not satisfye theyr hongry sou∣les, neyther fyll theyr emptye bellyes ther∣with: For it is become their owne decaye tho¦rowe theyr wyckednes: because they * 1.37 made thereof not onely costely Iewelles for theyr pompe and pryde / but also abhomynable y∣mages and Idoles. For this cause wyll I make them to be abhorred. Moreouer, I wil geue it into the handes of the straungers to be spoyled: and to the wycked / for tobe rob¦bed, and they shall destroye it. My face wyll I turne from them / my treasury shalbe de∣fyled: for the theues shall go in to it / and su∣spende it. I wyll make cleane riddaunce, for the lande is whole defyled with vntyghtu∣eus iudgement of innocente bloude / and [unspec G] the cite is full of abhominacions. Wherfore I wyl brynge the most cruel tyrauntes from amonge the Heathen, to take theyr houses in possession. I wyll make the pompe of the proude to ceasse, and they shall take in theyr Saynetuary. When thys trouble commeth they shall seke peace, but they shall haue no∣ne. One myschefe and sorowe shal folowe a∣nother, and one rumoure shall come after a∣nother: * 1.38 Then shall they seke vysions in vayne at theyr Prophetes. The lawe shalbe gone from the prestes, and wysdome frome the elders. The kynge shal mourne, the prin¦ces shalbe clothed with heuynes, and the hā¦des of the people in the lande shall tremble for feare. I wyll do vnto them after theyr owne wayes, and accordynge to theyr owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them: to learne them for to knowe, that I am the Lorde.

¶ An apperaun••e of the symylytude of God. Ezechiel is brought vnto Ierusalem in the sprete. The Lorde sheweth the Prophete the Idolatryes of the house of Israel, and the fely of the Preastes.

CAPI. VIII.

IT happened, that in the syxte yeare the [unspec A] fyfth day of the syxte moneth I sat in my house, and the Lordes of the councell of Iu¦da with me: and the hande of the Lorde God fel euen there vpon me. And as I loked vp, * 1.39 I sawe as it were a lyckenesse of fyre from hys loynes downewarde, and from his loy∣nes vpwarde it shyned maruelous cleare & lyke an angell to loke vpon. * 1.40 This symy∣litude stretched out an hande, and toke me [unspec B] by the hearrye lockes of my heade, and the sprete lyft me vp betwyxte heauē and earth: and brought me in a vysyon to Ierusalem, into the entrye of the inner porte that lyeth towarde the north: there stode an ymage, w^t whom he that hath al thynges in his power was very wroth.

And beholde, the glory of the God of Is∣rael was in the same place: euen * 1.41 as I had sene it afore in the felde. And he sayde vnto me: Thou sone of man, O lyft vp thyne ey∣es, [unspec C] and loke towarde the North. Then lyft I vp myne eyes towarde the north, & beholde•• besyde the porte Northwarde, there was an aulter made vnto the ymage of prouocacion in the very entryng in. And he sayde further more vnto me: Thou sonne of mā, ••••••st thou what these do? Seyst thou the greate abho∣mycions that the house of Israel cōmytteth in this place? which ought ••••t to be do••e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 my sainctuary? But turne the about, a th•••• shalt se yet greater abhomyna••ions. And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that brought he me to the cour•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & whē I loked, beholde / there was an hole ī wal. Then sayde he vnto me: Thou sōne of man, [unspec D] dygge thorowe the wal. And whē I dygged thorowe the wal, beholde, there was a dore. And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye in, and loke what wycked abhomynacyons they do here. So I went in, and sawe: and beholde / there were all maner ymages of wormes & beastes, all Idoles and abhomynacyons of the house of Israel paynted euery one roūde about the wall. There stode also before the ymages. * 1.42 lxx. Lordes of the councell of the house of Israel: and in the myddest of them stode Iaazanth the sonne of Saphan: And euery one of thē had a censoure in his hāde / and out of the incense, there wente a smoke / as it had bene a cloude. Then sayde he vnto [unspec E] me: Thou sonne of man, hast thou sene what the Senatours of the house of Israel do se∣cretely, euery one in his chambre•• * 1.43 For they say: Tush, the Lorde seyth vs not, the Lorde

regardeth nat the worlde. And he sayde vn∣to me: Turne the yet againe / and thou shalt se the great abhomynacyons that they do. And wyth that he broughte me to the dore of the porte of the Lordes house, towarde the Northe. And beholde, there sat women mournynge for Thamus. Then sayde he vnto me: haste thou sene this / thou sonne of man? Turne the aboute, and thou shalt [unspec F] se yet greater abhomynacyons than these. And so he broughte me in to the inwarde courte of the Lordes house: and beholde at the porte of the Lordes house / betwyxte the fore entrye and the aulter / there were fyue and twentye men / that turned theyr backes vpon the temple of the Lorde / and theyr fa∣ces towarde the easte, and these worshypped [unspec G] the sonne.

And he sayd vnto me: hast thou sene this thou sonne of man? Thynketh the house of Iuda / that it is but a tryfle, to do these abho¦mynacyons here? Shuld they fyl the lande ful of wyckednesse / and vndertake to pro∣uoke me vnto anger? Yee, and purposely to cast vp theyr noses vpon me? Therfore wyll I also do some thynge in my wrathefull dy∣spleasure, so y^• myne eye shall not ouerse thē, neither wyl I spare them. * 1.44 Yee, and though they crye in myne eares wyth loude voyce / yet wyll I not heare them.

¶ The destruccyon of Idolatryes, and the conuersyon of the ryghtuous. They that shalbe saued are marched. They that are vnmarcked are slayne. A complaynt of the Prophet for the destruccyon of the people.

CAPI. IX.

HE cryed also with a loude voyce in [unspec A] myne eares / sayinge: Come here ye rulers of the cyte / euery man with hys wea∣pened hande to the slaughter. Then came there syxe men out of the strete of the vpper porte towarde the Northe / and euery man a weapen in hys hande to the slaughter. Ther was one amongest them / that had on hym a lynen rayment / and a wryters ynckehorne by hys syde.

These went in, & stode besyde the brasen [unspec B] aulter: for y^• glory of the Lord of Israel was gone away frō the * 1.45 Cherub which was vpō him, & was come downe to the thresholde of the house, and he called the mā that had the lynen raymente vpon him, and the wryters ynckehorne by his syde, and the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Go thy waye thorowe the cyte of Ierusalem, and ☜ set a marcke vpon the fo¦reheades of them, that mourne and are sory for all the abhominacions, that be done ther¦in. And to the other, he sayde that I myght heare: * 1.46 Go ye after hym thorowe the cytie / steye / ouerse none / spare none: kyll and de∣stroye [unspec C] both olde men and yonge, maydens / chyldren / and wyues.

But as for those, that haue the marcke vpō them: se that ye touch thē nat, * 1.47 and be∣gynne at my Sanctuary. Then they began at the elders, whiche were in the temple, for he had sayde vnto them: When ye haue defy¦led the temple / and filled the cour••e with the slayne, then go your waye forthe. So they went out, & slewe downe thorowe the cyte. Nowe whē they had done the slaughter, and I yet escaped: I fell downe vpon my face, & cryed, sayinge: O Lorde God wylte thou [unspec D] then destroye all the resydue of Israell / in thy sore dyspleasure / that thou haste poured vpon Ierusalem? Then sayde he vnto me: The wyckednes of the house of Israell and Iuda is very greate: so that the lande is ful of bloude / and the cyte full of vnfaythful∣nesse: For they saye: * 1.48 Tushe the Lorde re∣gardeth not the earth / he seyth vs not. Ther¦fore wyll I vpon them / * 1.49 myne eye shal not ouerse the / neyther wyll I spare them / but wyll recompense theyre wyckednesse vpon theyr heades. And beholde / the man that had the lynnen raymente vpon hym / and the wrytters ynckehorne by his syde: tolde all the matter howe it happened, and sayde: Lorde / as thou haste commaunded me / so haue I done.

¶ Of the man that toke whote burnynge coles out of the mydle of the wheles and of the Cherubyns, in token of the burnynge of Ierusalem. I rehersall of the vysyon of wheles of the beastes, and of the Cherubyns.

CAPI X.

AND as I loked, behold / in the fyrma [unspec A] ment that was aboue the Cherubyns there appered the symylytude of a stole of Saphyr vpon them: * 1.50 Then sayde he that sat therin, to him that had the lynen raymēt vpon hym: Crepe in betwene y^• wheles that are vnder the Cherubynes / and take thyne hande ful of hoate coales out from betwene the Cherubyns / and cast them ouer the cyte And he crepte in / that I myght se.

Now the Cherubins stode vpon the ryght side of the house, when the man went in, and the cloude fylled the inner courte. * 1.51 But the glory of the Lorde remoued from the Cheru¦byns / and came vpon the thresholde of the house: so that the temple was ful of cloudes, and the courte was full of the shyne of the Lordes glory. Yee / and the soūde of the Che∣rubynes wynges was hearde in to the fore courte / lyke as it had bene the voyce of the

almyghtye God, when he speaketh. Nowe when he had bydden the man that was clo∣thed in lynen / to go and take the hoate coa∣les from the myddest of the wheles / whiche were vnder the Cherubyns: he wente and stode besyde the wheles. Then the one Cherub reached forthe hys hande from vn∣der the Cherubyns / vnto the fyre that was betwene the Cherubyns / and toke therof / and gaue it vnto him that had on the lynen raymente in hys hande / whiche toke it / [unspec B] and wente out. And vnder the wynges of the Cherubyns / there appeared the lyck∣nesse of a mans hande: I sawe also foure wheles besyde the Cherubyns / so that by euery Cherub there stode a whele. And the wheles were (to loke vpon) after the fashion of the precyous stone of Tharsys: yet (vnto the syght) were they fashyoned and lyke / as yf one whele had bene in another. [unspec C]

When they wente forth / they wente all foure together, nat turnynge about in theyr goynge: But where the fyrst wente / thyther wente they after also / so that they turned nat aboute in theyr goynge. Theyr whole bodyes, theyr backes / theyr handes & wyn∣ges / yee, and the wheles also / were all ful of eyes rounde aboute them all foure. And I hearde hym call the wheles. * 1.52 Euery one of them had foure faces: so that one face was the face of a Cherub, the seconde of a man / the thyrde of a lyon / the fourth of an Aegle, and they were lyfted vp aboue. This is the beast / that I sawe at the water of Co∣ber. Nowe when the Cherubyns went / the wheles wente with them / and when the Ce∣rubyns shoke theyr wynges to lyfte them selues vpwarde, the wheles remayned nat behynde / but were with thē also. Shortly, when they stode / these stode also. And when they were lyfte vp, the wheles were lyfte vp also with them, for the sprete of lyfe was in the wheles. [unspec D]

* 1.53 Then the glory of the Lorde was lyfte vp from the thresholde of the temple / & re∣mayned vpon the Cherubins. And the Che∣rubyns flackred wyth theyr wynges. & lyfte them selues vp frō the earth: so that I sawe when they wente, and the wheles with thē. And they stode at the easte syde of the porte that is in the house of the Lorde. So the glo¦ry of the Lorde was vpon them. Thys is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Is∣rael / by the water of Cobar. And I percea∣ued / that it was the Cherubyns. Euery one had foure faces / and euery one foure wyn∣ges / and vnder theyre wynges / as it were mens handes. Nowe the fygure of theyr fa∣ces was, euen as I had sene them, by the wa¦ter of Cober, and so was the countenaunce of them: Euery one in hys goynge wente strayght forwarde.

CAPI. XI.

[unspec A]

Who they were that seduced the people of Israel. Againste these he prophecyeth, shewynge them howe they shalbe sca∣tred abroade. The rennynge of the herte of commeth God▪ otherwyse can we nat walke in his commaūdementes. He threteneth them that leaue vnto theyr owne councelles.

MOreouer, the sprete of the Lorde lyfte me vp, and brought me vnto the Easte porte of the Lordes house. And beholde / there were. xxv mē vnder the dore amonge whome I sawe Iaayaniah the sōne of Azur and Pheltiah the sonne of Bananiah, the rulers of the people. Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: Thou sonne of man: these men ymagyn myschefe, and a wycked councell take they in this cytie, sayinge: Tush, there is no destruccyon at hande, let vs buylde houses: this Ierusalem is the cauldron, and we be the flesh. Therfore shalt thou pro∣phecye vnto them, yee, prophecye shalt thou vnto them, O sonne of man. And with [unspec B] that fell the sprete of the Lorde vpō me, and sayde vnto me: Speake, thus sayeth the Lorde: On thys maner haue ye spoken (O ye house of Israel) and I knowe the yma∣gynacyons of youre hertes. Many one haue ye murthured in thys cytie, and fylled the stretes full of the slayne. Therfore / thus sayeth the Lorde God: The sleyne me•• that ye haue layed on the grounde in thys cytye, are the flesh, and thys cytye is the cauldron: * 1.54 But I wyll brynge you out of it, ‡ 1.55 ye haue drawen out the swearde, euē so wyll I also brynge a swearde ouer you / sayeth the Lorde God. I wyll dryue you out of thys cytie and delyuer you into your enemyes hande, and wyll condemne you. Ye shalbe slayne in all the coastes of Israel, I wyll be auenged of you, to lerne you for to knowe, that I am the Lorde. Thys cytie shall not be youre cauldron, neyther shall ye be the flesh therin: but in y^• coastes of Israell wyll I punysh you, that ye maye knowe / that I am the Lorde: in whose commaun∣dementes ye haue nat walked, not kepte his lawes: * 1.56 but haue done after the customes of the Heathen, that lye round aboute you.

Nowe whē I preached, Pheltiah the son∣ne [unspec C] of Bananiah dyed. Then fell I downe vpon my face, & cryed with a loude voyce: sayeng O Lorde God, wylt thou thē vtterly destroye all the remaūt in Israel? And so y^•

worde of the Lorde came to me on thys ma∣ner: thou sonne of man: thy brethren / thy knyffolke / and the holy house of Iuda whi∣che dwell at Ierusalem / saye. They be gone farre from the Lorde / but the lande is geuen vs in possessyon. Therfore tell them / thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll sende you far of amonge the Gentyles, and skatre you amonge the nacyons, and I wyll halowe you but a lytle, in the landes where ye shall come. Tell them also / thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll gather you agayne out of the nacyons, and brynge you from the countryes where ye be scatered / & wyll geue you the lande of Israel agayne: and thyther shall ye come. And as for all impedimen∣tes / and all youre abhomynacyons: I wyll take them awaye.

* 1.57 And I wyll geue you one herte / and I [unspec D] wyll plāte a newe sprete within youre bow∣els. That stony herte wyll I take out of youre bodye, and geue you ☞ a flesshy hert? that ye maye walke in my commaundemen¦tes, and kepe myne ordinaunces, and do thē that ye may be my people, and I your God. But loke whose hertes are dysposed to fo∣lowe theyr abhomynacyons and wycked lyuenges: those mens dedes wyll I brynge vpon theyr owne heades / sayeth the Lorde God. After thys dyd the Cherubyns lyfte vp theyr winges, and the wheles went with them, and the glorye of the Lorde of Israel was vpon them. * 1.58 So the glorye of the Lorde wente from the myddest of the cytie, and stode vpon the mounte of the cytye to∣warde the east. * 1.59 But the wynde toke me vp, and in a vision (which came by the sprete of God) it brought me agayne into Caldea amonge the presoners. Then the visyon that I had sene vanished away fro me. So I spake vnto the presoners, all the wordes of the Lorde, which he had shewed me.

¶ 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: * 1.60 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. * 1.61 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. * 1.62 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.

* 1.63 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

sayeth the Lorde God, to them that dwell in Ierusalem, and to the lande of Israell: Ye shall eate your bred with sorowe, and dryn∣ke youre water with heuynesse: Yee, the lāde with the fulnesse therof shalbe layde waste / for the wyckednesse of them that dwel ther∣in. And the cyties y^• nowe be well occupyed, shall be voyde, and the lande desolate: that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde.

Yet came the worde of the Lorde vnto me [unspec F] agayne, sayinge: Thou sonne of man, what maner of by worde is that, whiche ye vse in the lande of Israel, sayinge: Tush, * 1.64 seynge that the dayes are so slacke in commyng, all the vysyons are of none effecte: Tell them therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll make that by worde to ceasse, so that it shall no more be commenly vsed in Israell.

But saye thys vnto them: The dayes are at hande / that euery thynge whiche hathe bene prophecyed, shalbe fulfylled. There [unspec G] shall no vysyon be in wayne, nether any pro¦phecie fayle amonge the chyldren of Israel: For it is I the Lorde, that speake it: & what∣soeuer I the Lorde speake, it shal be perfour¦med, and nat be slacke in commynge.

Yee, euen in your dayes (O ye frowarde houshoulde) wyll I deuyse some thyng, and brynge it to passe, sayeth y^• Lorde God. And the worde of the Lorde cam vnto me saying Beholde / thou sonne of man: The house of Israel saye in this maner: Tush, as for the vycyon that he hathe sene / it wyll be many a daye or it come to passe: It is farre of yet, the thynge that he prophecyeth. Therfore saye vnto them: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: All my wordes shall no more be slacke: Loke what I speake, that same shall come to passe / sayeth the Lorde God:

¶ The worde of the Lorde agaynst false prophetes, whiche teach the people the councelles of theyr owne hertes.

CAPI. XIII.

THE worde of the Lorde came vnto [unspec A] me, saying, Thou sōne of man. Spea∣ke prophecye agaynst those prophetes / that preache in Israel: and saye thou vnto them that prophecye out of theyr owne hertes: Heare the worde of the Lorde, thus sayeth the Lorde God? * 1.65 Wo be it vnto those fo∣lysh prophetes, that folowe theyr owne spre¦te and speake where they se nothynge. O Israel, thy prophetes are like the foxes vpō the drye telde: For they stande nat in y^• gap∣pes, nether make they an hedge for the hou∣se of Israel, that men myght abyde the pa∣rel in the daye of the Lorde, Uayne thynges they se / and tell lyes / to * 1.66 mayntayne theyr preachynges with al. The Lorde (saye they) hath spoken it, whā in very dede the Lorde hath nat sent them. Uayne visyons haue ye sene, and spoken falce prophecyes / when ye saye the Lorde hathe spoken it / where as I neuer sayde it.

Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: [unspec B] Because youre wordes be vayne / and ye seke out lyes: Beholde, I wyll vpon you, sayeth the Lorde God. Myne handes shall come vpon y^• prophetes that loke out vayne thynges, and preache lyes: they shall nat be in the councell of my people, nor wrytten in the boke of the house of Israell, neyther shall they come in the lande of Israell: that ye maye knowe, howe that I am the Lorde God. And that for thys cause: they haue dysceaued my people, * 1.67 and tolde them of peace, where no peace was. One setteth vp a wall / and they dawbe it with lowse claye. Therfore tell them whiche dawbe it with vntempered morter: that it shall fal.

* 1.68 For there shall come a greate shower of rayne, greate stones shall fall vpon it / and a sore storme of wynde shall breke it / so shall the wall come downe. Sall it nat then be sayde vnto you: where is nowe the morter, that ye dawbed it withal? Ther¦fore thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll breake out in my wrathfull dyspleasure with a stormy wynde, so that in myne anger there shall come a myghtye shower of ray∣ne / & hayle stones in my wrath, to destroye withall.

As for the wall / that ye haue dawbed [unspec C] with vntempered morter / I wyll breake it downe, make it euen with the grounde / so that the: foundacyon therof shall remoue / and it shal fall, yee, and ye youre selues shal perysh in the myddest therof: to lerne you for to knowe, that I am the Lorde. Thus wyll I perfourme my wrathe vpon thys wall, and vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter, and then wyll I saye vnto you: The wall is gone / and the dawbers are awaye. These are the prophe∣tes of Israell, whiche prophecye vnto the cytye of Ierusalem, and loke out vysyons of peace for them, wher as no peace is, saieth the Lorde God. Wherfore (O thou sonne of man) set thy face agaynste the daughters of thy people, whiche prophecye out of theyre owne hertes, and speake thou prophecye agaynste them, and saye. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. Wo be vnto you, that so we pylowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades bothe of yonge and old•• /

to catch soules with all. * 1.69 For whan ye [unspec D] haue gotten the soules of my people in your captyuyte, ye promyse them lyfe, and disho∣nour me to my people, for an hande full of barly, and for a pece of breade: whan ye kyll the soules of thē, that dye nat, and promes lyfe to thē, that lyue nat: Thus ye dissemble with my people / that beleueth youre lyes.

Wherfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God Be holde / I wyll also vpon the pyllowes, wher with ye catch y^• soules in flyenge: them wyll I take from youre armes, and let the soules go / that ye catch in flyenge. Youre bolsters also wyll I teare in peces, and delyuer my people out of youre handes so that they shal come no more in your handes to be spoyled / and ye shall knowe, that I am the Lorde. Seynge that with youre lyes ye disconforte the herte of the ryghteous, whō I haue nat discomforted: Agayne: For so moch * 1.70 as ye corage the hande of the wycked so y^• he may nat turne frō his wycked waye, & lyue: ther∣fore shal ye spye out nomore vanyte, nor pro phecye youre owne gessynges: for I wyll de lyuer my people out of youre hande, that ye maye knowe, howe that I am the Lorde.

¶ The Lorde denyeth hys worde to the people for theyr syn¦nes sake. The dis••ysers of the worde dothe the Lorde some∣tyme deceaue by falce prophetes. A comforte of them that fledde vnto Babylon.

CAPI. XIIII.

THERE resorted * 1.71 vnto me certayne [unspec A] of the elders of Israel / and sat downe by me. Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, sayeng: Thou sonne of man, these men beare theyr Idols in theyr hertes / and go purposly vpon the stomb••nge blocke of theyr owne wyckednesse: howe darre they then aske councell at me? Therfore speake vnto them / and saye, thus sayeth the Lorde God: Euery man of the house of Israel that be areth hys Idols in hys herte / purposyng to stomble in his owne wyckednes / and cō∣meth to a prophet / to enquere any thynge at me by hym: vnto that man wyll I the Lorde myselfe geue answere, accordynge to the multytude of hys Idols: that the house of Israel may be snared in theyr owne hertes / because they be clene gone fro me / for theyr abomynacyons sakes.

Wherfore / tell the house of Israel: thus [unspec B] sayeth the Lorde God. * 1.72 Be conuerted / forsake youre Idols, and turne youre faces from all youre abhominacyons. For euery man, (whether he be of the house of Israell or a straunger, that so geourneth in Israel) which departeth fro me, and caryeth Idols in hys herte / purposynge to go styll stom∣blynge in hys owne wyckednesse / and com∣meth to a Prophet, for to aske councel at me thorowe hym: vnto that man, wyll I the Lorde geue answere, by myne owne selfe. [unspec C] I wyll set my face agaynste that man / and wyll make hym to be an example for other, yee, and a comen by worde: and wyl rote him out of my people, that ye may knowe, howe that I am the Lorde. * 1.73 And yf that Pro∣phete be dysceaued / when he telleth hym a worde: then I the Lorde myselfe haue dyf∣ceaued that Prophet, and wyll stretch forth myne hande vpon hym / to rote hym out of my people of Israell, and they bothe shalbe punyshed for theyr wyckednes. Ac∣cordynge [unspec D] to the synne of hym that asketh / shall the synne of the Prophete be: that the house of Israel be led nomore fro me thorow erroure, & be nomore defyled in theyr wye∣kednesse: but that they maye be my people / & I theyr God, sayeth the Lorde God. And the worde of y^• Lorde came vnto me / saying: Thou sonne of man / when the lande syn∣neth agaynste me / and goeth forth in wyc∣kednesse: I wyll stretch out myne hande vpon it, * 1.74 and destroye all the prouysyon of theyr breade / and sende derth vpon them, to destroye man and beaste in the lande. ‡ 1.75 And though Noe / Daniel & Iob, these thre men were among thē / yet shal they ī theyr right•• ousnesse deliuer but theyr owne soules, saith [unspec E] the Lorde God. If I brynge noysome bea∣stes into the lande, to waste it vp, and it be so desolate / that no man maye go therin for beastes: yf these thre men also were in the lande / as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God (they shall saue neyther sonnes nor daughters, but be onely delyuered thēsel∣ues: and as for the lande / it shall be wast.

Or yf I brynge a swearde into the lande / [unspec F] and charge it to go thorowe y^• lande: so that I sleye downe man and beast in it / and yf these thremen were therin: As truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) they shall dely∣uer neyther sonnes nor daughters / but only be saued themselues, If I sende a pestylen∣ce into the lande / and poure out my sore in∣dyngnacyon vpno it in bloude / so that I rote out of it bothe man and beast. And yf Noe, Daniel and Iob were therin, as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) they shal delyuer nether sonnes nor daughters: but saue theyr owne soules in theyr rygh∣tuousnes. Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde God: Though I sende my * 1.76 foure trou∣blous [unspec G]

plages vpon Ierusalem: the swearde honger / perlous beastes, & pestylence, to de∣stroye man and beast out of it: yet shall there be a tēnaunt saued therin, which shal bryng forth theyr sonnes and daughters. Beholde, they shall come forth vnto you, & ye shall se theyr waye, & what they take in hande, & ye shalbe cōforted, as touchynge all the plages that I haue brought vpon Ierusalē. They shall comforte you, when ye se theyre waye and workes: and ye shall knowē, howe that it is not without a cause, that I haue done so agaynste Ierusalem, as I dyd, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ As the vnprofytable woode of the vyne tree is cast in to the syre, so sayeth he that Ierusalem shalbe brent.

CAPI. XV.

THE worde of the Lord came vnto me, sayinge: Thou sonne of man: What▪ [unspec A] cōmeth of the vyne amonge all other trees? and of the vyne stocke amonge al other tym¦bre of the groaue? Do men take wodde of it, to make any worke with all? Or may there a nayle be made of it, to hange any thynge vpon? Beholde, it is cast in the fyre to be brēt, the fyre consumeth bothe the endes of it / the myddest is brente to asshes. Is it mete then for any worke? No.

Seynge then, that it was mete for no [unspec B] worke, beynge whole: muche lesse may there any thynge be made of it, when the fyre hath consumed and brent it. And therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: Lyke as I caste the vyne into fyre for to be brente, as other trees of the wod: Euen so wyl I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem, and set my face against them: they shal go out from the fyre, and yet the fyre shall consume them. * 1.77 Then shal ye knowe / that I am the Lorde, when I set my face agaynst them, and make the lande wast: because they haue so sore offended / sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The Prophete entendynge to speake of the abhomync∣ryons of Ierusalem▪ doth fyrste shewe the benefytes of God towarde i••. Ierusalem is reproued of vnkind••es, for her for∣nycacion with Idoles. He iustifyeth the wyckednes of other people in cōparyson of the synnes of Ierusalem. The cause of the abhomynacions into whiche the ••odomytes fell. Mercy is promysed to the repentaunt.

CAPI. XVI.

AGayne, the worde of the Lorde spake [unspec A] vnto me, saying: Thou sonne of man / shewe the cytie of Ierusalem their abhomi∣nacions, and saye: thus sayeth the Lorde God vnto Ierusalem: Thy progeny and kynred came out of the lande of Canaan * thy father was an Amoryte / thy mother a Cethyte. In the day of thy byrth when thou wast borne / y^• strynge of thy nauell was not cut of: y^• waste not bathed in water to make the clene: Thou waste neyther rubbed wyth salt, nor swadled in cloutes: No mā regarded the so muche, as to do any of these thyng{is} for the, or to shewe the suche fauoure, but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon the felde, yee, de∣spysed wast thou in the day of thy byrth.

Then came I by the, and sawe the trodē downe in thyne owne bloude, & sayde vnto the: thou shalt be pourged from thyne owne bloude, frō thyne owne bloude (I say) shalte thou be clensed. * 1.78 So I planted the / as the blossome of thy felde, thou art growen vp / and waxen great: thou hast gotten a marue¦lous pleasaunte beutie, thy brestes are come vp / thy hearre is goodly growen, where as thou wast naked and bare afore.

Nowe when I went by the / and loked v∣pon the, beholde, thy tyme was come / yee / e∣uen [unspec B] the tyme to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dish••••esty: yee I made an othe vnto the, * 1.79 and maryed my¦selfe with the (sayeth the Lorde God) and so thou becamest myne owne. Then washed I the wyth water, and pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle. I gaue the chaunge of ra••••entes, I made the shues of Taxus lether: I gyrded the aboute wyth white sylke I clothed the w^t kerchefes, I dec¦ked the with costely apparell, I put tynges vpon thy fyngers: a chayne about thy necke spanges vpon thy fore heade / eare rynges vpon thyne eares, and set a beutiful crowne vpon thyne heade. Thus wast thou deckte with siluer and golde, and thy rayment was of fyne whyte sylcke / of nedle worke and of diuerse colours.

Thou dyddest eate nothynge but sym∣nels, hony & oyle: maruelous goodly waste thou and beutyfull / yee, euen a very Quene wast thou: In so muche, that thy beuty was spoken of among the Nethen, for thou wast excellent in my beautie, whiche I put vpon the sayeth the Lord God. But thou hast put confidence in thyne owne beuty, and played the harlot / when thou haddest gotten the•• name. Thou hast commytted whoredome / with all that wente by the / and haste fulfyl∣led their desyres: yee / thou hast takē thy gar¦mentes of diuers colours, and deckte thy••e aulteres therwith / where vpon thou mygh∣test fulfyl thyne whoredome / * 1.80 of suche a fa¦shyon, as neuer was done / nor shal••e. * 1.81 The goodly ornamentes and Iewels whiche I gaue the of myne owne gold and siluer / ha••r thou taken, and made the mens ymages ther of, and commytted whoredome withall.

Thy garmentes of diuerse colours hast thou taken, and deckt them therwith: myne [unspec C] oyle and incense haste thou set before them. My meate whiche I gaue the / as symnels, oyle and hony: (to fede the withal) that hast thou set before them, for a swete sauour. And this came also to passe, sayeth the Lord God * 1.82 Thou haste taken thine owne sonnes and daughters, whome thou haddest begotten vnto me: and these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be their meate. Is thys but a small whorewme of thine (thinkest thou) that thou sleyest my children, and geuest them ouer, to be brent vnto them? And yet in all thy abho∣minacions and whoredome, thou hast notre membred the dayes of thy youth, howe na∣ked & bare thou wast at that tyme, and tro∣den downe in thyne owne bloude. After all these thy wyckednesses (wo wo vnto the, say¦eth the Lorde God) thou haste buylded thy stewes and brodel houses in euery place: yee at the head of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter. Thou hast made thy beautye to be abhorred / thou haste layde out thy leg∣ges [unspec D] to euery one that came by, and multiply¦ed thyne whoredome. * 1.83 Thou hast commyt∣ted fornicacion w^t the Egyptians thy neigh¦boures, whiche had muche flesshe: and thus hast y^• vsed thine whoredome, to anger me.

Beholde, I dyd stretche out myne hande ouer the, and wyl * 1.84 mynish thy store of fode, and delyuer the ouer into the wylles of the Philistines thine enemyes, whiche are asha¦med of thy abhominable waye. * 1.85 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyryans / which myght not satisfye the: Yee, thou hast played the harlot, & not had ynough. Thus hast thou styl cōmitted thy fornicacion from the lande of Canaan vnto the Caldees, and yet thy lust not satysfyed. Howe shulde I cir cumcyse thyne herte (sayeth the Lorde God) seynge thou doest al these thynges, thou pre cyous whore: buyldynge thy stewes at the heade of euery strete, and thy brodell houses in all places? Thou hast not bene as an o∣ther whore, that maketh booste of her myn∣nynge but was a wyfe that breaketh wed∣locke / and taketh other in steade of her hus∣bande. Gyftes are geuen to all other who∣res / but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers: and offrest them gyftes, to come vn∣to the out of all places, and to cōmytte for∣nicacyon with the. It is come to passe with the in thy whoredomes contrary to the vse of other women: yee / there hathe no suche fornycacion bene commytted after the, se∣ynge that thou profrest gyftes vnto other / and no rewarde is geuen the: this is a con∣trary thynge.

Therfore heare the worde of the Lorde' / O thou harlot: thus sayeth the Lorde God: For so muche as thou hast spent thy money, and discouered thy shame / thorow thy whor dome with all thy louers / and with all the Idols of thy abhommacions in the blode of thy children, * 1.86 whom thou hast geuen them? Beholde therfore. I wyll gather together al thy louers, vnto whom thou haste made thy selfe comen: yee, and all them whom thou fa¦uourest, and euery one that thou hatest: and * 1.87 wyll discouer thy shame before them / that they maye se all thy fylthynes.

* 1.88 Moreouer, I wyl iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer, and recōpeuce the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy. I wyll geue the ouer into their power, that shall breake downe thy stewes, and destroye [unspec E] thy brodell houses: they shall strype the out of thy clothes, all thy fayre and beutifull Ie¦wels shall they take from the, & so let the syt naked and bare: * 1.89 yee, they shall brynge the comen people vpon the, which shal stone the and sleye the downe with theyr sweardes. * 1.90 They shal burne vp thy houses, and punysh the in the syght of many wemen. Thus wyl I make thy whoredome to ceasse, so that y^• shalt geue out no mo rewardes.

Shuld I make my wrath to be styl, take my gelousy from the, be contente, & nomore to be displeased? seinge thou remembrest not the dayes of my youthe, but haste prouoked me to wrath in all these thynges? Beholde therfore, I wyll brynge thyne owne wayes vpon thyne heade, sayeth the Lorde God: howbeit, I neuer dyd vnto the, accordynge to thy wyckednesse and all thy abhomynact ons. Beholde / all they that vse comen pro∣uerbes, shall vse this prouerbe also agaynst the: suche a mother, suche a daughter.

Thou art euen thy mothers owne daugh¦ter / that hath cast of her housbande and her chyldren: Yee, thou arte the syster of thy sy∣sters / whiche forsoke theyr husbandes and theyr chyldren. * 1.91 Your mother is a Cethyte and your father an Amoryte. Thyne eldest [unspec F] syster is Samaria / she and her daughters that dwell vpon thy lefte hande.

But thy yongeste syster that dwelleth on thy ryght hande, is Sodoma & her daugh∣ters. Yet haste thou not walked after their wayes / nor done after theyr adhomynacy∣o••s: but in all thy wayes thou haste bene more corrupt then they. As truly as I lyue / sayeth the Lorde God: Sodoma thy syster

with her daughters / hath not done so euell / as thou and thy daughters. Beholde, * 1.92 the synnes of thy syster Sodoma were these: Pryde / fulnesse of meate / aboundaunce and Idylnesse: these thynges had she and he•• daughters. Besydes that / they reached not theyr hande to the poore and nedy / but were proude, and dyd abhominable thynges be∣fore me: therfore I toke them awaye / when I had sene it. Neyther hath Samaria done halfe of thy synnes / * 1.93 yee, thou haste ex∣ceaded them in wyckednesse: In so muche that in comparysyon of all the abhomynacy ons whyche thou haste done / thou haste made thy systers good women. Therfore beare thyne owne shame / thou that in syn∣ne haste ouercome thy systers: seynge thou haste done so abhomynably / that they were better then thou. Be ashamed therfore (I say) and beare thyne owne confusyon / thou that makest thy systers good women.

As for theyr captiuite / namely the capti∣uyte of Sodoma & her daughters: the cap∣tyuite of Samaria and her daughters: I wyll brynge them agayne / so wyll I also brynge agayne thy captiuite amonge them that thou mayest take thyne owne confusy∣on vpon the, and be ashamed of al that thou hast done, and to comforte them. Thus thy systers (namely) Sodoma and her daugh∣ters: Samaria and her daughters, with thy selfe and thy daughters, shalbe brought agayne to your olde estate. When thou wast in thy pryde / & before thy wyckednesse came to lyght: thou woldest not heare speake of thy syster Sodoma, vntyl the tyme that the Spryans with all theyr townes, & the Phy∣lystines [unspec G] withall that lye rounde about them brought the to shame and confusion: that thou myghtest beare thyne owne fylthynes and abhominacion, sayeth the Lorde.

For thus sayeth the Lorde God: I shulde (by ryght) deale with the, as thou hast done Thou haste despysed the othe, and broken the couenaunt. Neuerthelesse, I wyl remem¦bre my couenaunt that I made wyth the in thy youth, in so much that it shalbe an euer∣lastynge couenaunte: so that thou also re∣membre thy wayes, and be ashamed of thē: then shalte thou receaue of me thy elder and yōger systers, whom I wyl make thy daugh¦ters, and that besyde thy couenaunt. * 1.94 And so I wyll renue my couenaunte with the, that thou mayest know that I am the Lord, that thou mayst thynke vpon it, be ashamed and excuse thyne owne confusyon nomore, when I haue forgeuen the, all y^• thou haste done, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The parable of the two Aegles sygnyfyeth that zedeki∣ah, whiche contrarye to his othe had forsaken the frende∣shyppe of Nabuchodonosor, turneth hym selfe to the Kyng of Egypte, and therfore peryshed. An exposicyon of the pa∣rable. A prophecy of Chryst.

CAPI. XVII.

THE worde of the Lorde vnto me, say [unspec A] enge, Thou sonne of man, put forthe* 1.95 a darcke speakyng and a parable, vnto the house of Israell, and saye. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. There came a greate * 1.96 Aegle with great wynges, yee, with myghtye long wynges, and full of fethers of dyuerse co∣loures, vpon the mounte of Libanus, and toke a braunche from a Cedretre, and brake of the toppe of his twygge, and caryed it in∣to the lande of Canaan, and set it in a cyte of marchauntes. He toke also a braunche of the lande, and planted it in a frutefull groū∣de, he brought it vnto greate waters, and set it as a wyllowe tree therby. Then dyd it grow / and was a great vynestock / out lowe by the grounde: whose braunches bowed to∣warde hym, and the rotes thereof were vn∣der him. Thus there came of it a vyne, and it brought forth blossomes, and spred out braū¦ches. But there was another Aegle, a great [unspec B] one, whiche had great wynges and many fa¦thers: and beholde, the rotes of this vine had an hunger after him, and spred out his braū¦ches towarde him, to water his frut•••• Neuer thelesse, it was planted vpon a go••d groūde besyde greate waters: so that (by reason) it shulde haue broughte out braunches and fruyte / and haue bene a goodly ••yne. Speake thou therefore / thus sayeth the [unspec C] Lorde God: Shall this vyne prospere? shall not his rotes be pluckte out / his frute be broken of, his grene braunches / wyther and fade away? yee / without eyther strong arme or many people, shall it be plucked vp by the rotes. Beholde, it was planted▪ shal it prospere therfore? Shal it not be dryed vp and wythered, yes, euen in the shurynge out of his blossomes / as sone as the east wynde bloweth?

Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came [unspec D] vnto me sayeng: Speake to that frowarde housholde: knowe ye not, what these things do sygnyfye? Tell them: Beholde, & y^• kyng* 1.97 of Babylon came to Ierusalē, and toke the kynge and hys Prynces, and ledde them to Babylon.

He toke of the kynges sede, and made a couenaunte with hym / and toke an othe of hym: The Princes of the lande toke he with hym also / that the lande myght be holden in subieccyon, and not to rebelle, but kepe the couenaunt / and fulfyll it. But he fell from him and sent his Embassatours into Egipt that he myght haue horses & muche people. Shulde that prospere? Shulde he be kepte safe / that doth suche thynges? Or shulde he escape / that breaketh his couenaunte? As truely as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God: He [unspec E] shall dye at Babylon / in the place where the kyng dwelleth, that made him kyng: whose othe he hath despysed / and whose couenaunt he hath broken. Neyther shall Pharao with his greate hoste and multytude of people / mayntayne him in the warre: when they cast vp ditches, and set vp bulworkes to destroy much people. For seing he hath despysed the othe / and broken the couenaunte (where as he yet gaue his hande there vpon) and done all these thynges / he shall not escape.

Therfore thus sayeth the Lord God: As [unspec F] truely as I lyue / I wyll brynge myne othe that he hath despysed / and my couenaunte that he hath broken / vpon his owne heade. * 1.98 I wyll caste my net aboute hym / and cat∣che hym in my yarne. To Babylon wyll I ••arye hym / there wyll I punyshe hym / be∣cause of the greate offence that he made me. As for those that flye frome hym out of the hooste / they shalbe slayne with the swearde. The resydue shalbe scatted towarde all the windes: and ye shal knowe / that I the Lord haue spoken it.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyl also take a braunche from an hye Cedre tre, and [unspec G] wyll set it, & take the vppermost twyg / that yet is but tendre / and plante it vpon an hye hyll: Namely, vpon the hyehyll of Israell wyll I plante ••••: that it maye brynge forthe twygges, and geue frute / and be a great Ce¦dre tree: so that al maner of foules may byld in it / and make their nestes vnder the sha∣dowe of his braunches.

And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree, & set the lowe tree vp: that I haue dryed vp the grene tree / and made the drye tree to florysh: Euen I the Lorde that spake it / haue also brought it to passe.

¶ He sheweth that euery man shall beate his owne synne. To hym that amendeth, is salua••yon promysed. Deathe is prophecyed to the ryhgtuous, whiche ••••••••e••h backe frome the ryght waye.

CAPI. XVIII.

THE worde of the Lord came vnto me, on this maner: what meane ye by this [unspec A] comen prouerbe / that ye vse in the lande of Israel / sayinge: * 1.99 The fathers haue eaten soure grapes, & the chyldrens teth are set on edge: As truely as I lyue, sayeth the Lorde God, ye shall vse this byworde nomore in Israel. [unspec B]

Beholde * 1.100 all soules are myne. Lyke as y^• father is myne, so is the sōne myne also. The soule that synneth, shall dye: ‡ 1.101 If a man be godly, and do the thynge that is equall and ryght / he eateth not vpon the hylles: he lyf∣teth not his eies vp to y^• foule Idols of Isra¦el he defyleth nat his neyghbours wyfe: he medleth with no menstruous womā: he gre∣ueth no body: he geueth h{is} detter his pledge agayne, he taketh none other mans good by violence: * 1.102 he parteth his mete with the hon∣grye: he clotheth the naked: * 1.103 he lendeth no¦thynge vpon vsury: he taketh nothynge o∣uer: he withdraweth his hāde from doyinge wrong he handleth faythfully betwyxt mā •• man: he walketh in my commaundementes and kepeth my lawes, and perfourmeth thē faythfully: * 1.104 This is a ryghtuous man / he shall surely lyue sayeth the Lorde God.

If he nowe get a sonne, that is a murthe¦rer / a sheder of bloude: yf he do one of these thinges * 1.105 (though he do not al) he eateth v∣pon the hylles: he defyleth his neyghbours wyfe: he greueth the poore and nedy: he rob¦beth and spoyleth: he geueth nat the detter his pledge agayne / he lyfteth vp his eyes vnto Idols, and medleth with abhomyna∣ble thynges: hé lendeth vpon vsury, and ta∣keth more ouer. Shall thys man lyue? He shal not lyue. Seynge he hath done al these abhominacions / he shall dye / hys bloude shalbe vpon him.

Nowe yf this man get a sonne also, that [unspec C] seyth all his fathers synnes, whiche he hath done: and feareth / neyther dothe suche lyke:

Namely / he eateth not vp the mountay∣nes: he lyfteth not hys eyes vp to the I∣dols of Israell: he defyleth not hys neygh∣bours wyfe: he vexeth no man: he kepeth no mans pledge▪ he neyther spoyleth, nor rob∣beth eny man: he dealeth his meate with the hungrye: he clotheth the naked: he oppres∣seth not the poore: he receaueth no vsury / nor any thynge ouer: he kepeth my lawes / and walcketh in my commaundementes:

Thys man shall not dye in hys fathers synne, but shall lyue wythout fayle. As for hys father: because he oppressed and spo••led

hys brother, and dyd wyckedly amonge his people: lo, he is deed in his owne sinne. And yet saye ye: Wherfore then shulde not thys sonne beare his fathers ••ynne? Therfore: be¦cause [unspec D] the sonne hath done equite and right, hathe kepte al my commaundementes, and done them: therfore shall he lyue in dede.

The same soule that synneth, shall dye. * 1.106 The sonne shall not beare the fathers of∣fence / neyther shall the father beare the son∣nes offence. The ryghteousnes of the rygh∣tuous shalbe vpon him, and the wyckednes of the wycked shalbe vpon him selfe also. * 1.107 But yf the vngoly wyl turne away from al hys synnes that he hathe done / and kepe all my commaundementes / and do the thynge that is equall and ryghte, doutlesse he shall lyue, and not dye. As for all his synnes that he did before, they shal not be thought vpon but in his righteousnes that he hath done / he shall lyue. * 1.108 For haue I eny pleasure in death of a synner, saieth the Lorde God, but rather that he cōuert, frō his wayes & lyue?

Agane, yf the ryghtuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes, and do iniquite, ac∣cordyng to all the abhominacyons, that the wycked man dothe: shall he lyue? All the ryghtuousnesse that he hath done, shall not be thought vpon: but in the faute that he hath offended withal / and in the synne that he he hath done / he shall dye.

And yet ye saye: Tush * 1.109 the waye of the Lorde is not indyfferente. Heare therfore ye house of Israell: Is not my waye ryght? Or, are not youre wayes rather wycked: * 1.110

When a ryghtuous man turneth awaye from his ryghtuousnesse, and medleth with vngodlynesse: he muste dye therin: yee / for the vnryghtuousnesse that he hathe done / must he dye. Agayne: * 1.111 when the wycked man turneth awaye from his wyckednesse / that he hathe done / and dothe the thynge whiche is equall and ryghte: he shall saue [unspec E] his soule aliue. For in so much as he remem¦breth hym selfe / and turneth hym from all the vngodlynes that he hathe vsed, he shall lyue and not dye.

And yet sayeth the house of Israel: Tushe / the waye of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnryght? O ye house of Israel: Are not your waies rather vnequal? As for me, I wyll iudge euery man, accordinge to hys wayes, O ye house of Israel sayeth y^• Lorde God. * 1.112 Wherfore / be conuerted, & turne you cleane from all your wyckednesse / so shall there no synne do you harme. Caste awaye frō you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done: * 1.113 make you newe hertes and a newe spryte. Wherfore wyll ye dye, O ye house of Israell? seynge I haue no pleasure in the deathe of hym that dyeth / sayeth the Lorde God. Turne you then, and ye shall lyue.

¶ The captyuyiye of Iehoahaz •• of Iehoacin is sygnyfyed by the lions whelpe••, and by the ••••ō. He setteth out the pros¦perytye of the cytye of Ierusalem that is past / and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 serye therof that is present.

CAPI. XIX.

BVT mourne thou for the prynces of [unspec A] Israell / and saye: Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amonge the lyons / and noryshed her yonge ones amonge the lyons whelpes? One of her whelpes she brought vp, and it became a lyon: it lerned to spoyle, and to deuoure folke. The Hea∣then herde of hym / and toke hym in theyre nettes / & brought him in chaynes vnto the lande of Egypte.

Nowe when the damme sawe / that all her [unspec B] hope and comforte was awaye / she toke a∣nother of her whelpes / and made a lyon of hym: whiche went amonge the lyons / and became a fearce lyon: lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke, he destroyed theyr pala∣ces / and made theyr cytyes waste. In so much that the whole lande and euery thing therin / were vtterly desolate / thorowe the very voyce of hys roarynge.

Then came the Heathen together on eue∣ry syde oute of all countrees agaynst hym / layed theyr nettes for hym / and toke him in their pitte. * 1.114 So they boūde him with chay∣nes, and brought him to the kynge of Baby¦lon: which put him in preson, that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountay∣nes of Israel. As for thy mother, she is lyke [unspec C] a vyne in thy bloude / planted by the water syde: her frutes and braūches are growē out of many waters, her stalkes were so strong that men might haue made staues therof for offycers: she grewe so hye in her stalkes.

So whan men sawe that she exceaded the heyght and multytude of her braunches / she was roted out in dyspleasure / and caste downe to the grounde. The Easte wynde dryed vp her frute, her stronge stalkes were broken of / wythered and brent in the fyre.

But nowe she is planted in the wylder∣nesse / in a drye and thrustye grounde. And there is a fyre gone out of her stalckes / whiche hathe brente vp her braunches and her frute: so that she hathe no mo stronge stalckes / to be staues for offycers. Thys is a pyteous and myserable thynge.

¶ The Lorde denyeth that he wyll answere thē when they praye / for the offēce of vnkyndnes which he here obiecteth. He promeseth that his people shall returne from captiuyty. By the wod that shulde be brent is sygnyfyed the burnyng of Ierusalem.

CAPI. XX.

IN THE. vij. yeare the. x. daye of the [unspec A] v. moneth, * 1.115 it happened / that certayne of the elders of Israell came vnto me / for to aske councell at the Lorde / and sat them downe by me. Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me on this maner: Thou sonne of man: speake vnto the elders of Israell / and saye vnto them: Thus sayeth the Lorde God. Are ye come hyther to aske eny thyng at me? As truly as I lyue (saieth the Lorde) I wyl geue you no answere. Wylt thou not reproue them (thou sonne of man) wilt thou not reproue them? Shew them the abhomy nacyons of theyr fore fathers, and tel them. [unspec B] Thus sayeth the Lorde God: * 1.116 In the daye when I chose Israell / and lyfte vp myne hande vpon the sede of the house of Iacob / and shewed my selfe vnto them in the lande of Egipte: Yee, when I lyfte vp myne hande ouer them / and sayde: I am the Lorde your God / euen in the daye that I lyfte vp myne hande ouer them / to brynge them out of the lande of Egypte / into a lande that I had prouyded for them / whiche floweth wyth mylcke and hony / and is a pleasaunt lande among all other. Then sayde I vnto them: * 1.117 Cast awaye euery man the abhomynacy∣ons that he hath before him / and defyle not your selues with the Idoles of Egypte / for I am the Lorde youre God.

But they rebelled agaynst me, and wolde not folowe me: to cast awaye euery man the abhomynacyons of his eyes, and to forsake the Idoles of Egypte. Then I made me to poure my indignacion ouer them, and to sa¦tisfye my wrath vpon them: yee, euen in the myddeste of the lande of Egypte. But I wolde not do it / for my names sake: that it shuld not be vnhalowed before the Heathē / amonge whom they dwelte / and amonge whom I shewed my selfe vnto them, that I wolde brynge them out of the lande of E∣gypte. Nowe when I had caryed them out of the lande of Egypte / and brought them into the wyldernesse: I gaue them my com¦maundemētes, and shewed them my lawes, * 1.118 whiche woso kepeth shall lyue in them. I gaue them also my holy dayes, to be a to∣ken betwyxte me and them / and therby to knowe, that I am the Lorde, which halowe them. And yet the house of Israell rebelled agaynst me in the wyldernesse / they wolde not wallke in my commaundementes, they haue caste awaye my lawes (whiche whoso kepeth shal lyue in them) and my Sabboth dayes haue they greatly vnhalowed.

* 1.119 Then I made me to poure out my indyg∣nacyon [unspec C] vpon them / and to consume them in the wyldernesse. Yet I wolde not do it / for my names sake: leste it shulde be dysho∣noured before the Heathen, from the which I had caryed them awaye. But I swore vnto them in the wyldernesse, that I wolde not brynge them in to the lande, whiche I gaue them: a lāde that floweth wyth milcke and hony / and is a pleasure of all landes: and that because they refused my lawes / and walcked not in my commaundementes but had vnhalowed my Sabbathes / for theyr herte was gone after theyr ydoles.

Neuerthelesse / myne eye spared them / so that I woled not vtterly sleye them / and consume them in the wyldernesse. Morouer, I sayde vnto theyr sonnes in the wildernes: * 1.120 walcke not in the statutes of youre fore∣fathers / kepe not theyre ordynaunces / and defyle not youre selues wyth theyr ydoles / for I am the Lorde youre God. But walcke in my statutes / kepe my lawes and do them halowe my Sabbathes: * 1.121 for they are a to∣ken betwyxte me and you / that ye maye knowe howe that I am y^• Lorde your God. Notwithstandinge, theyr sonnes * 1.122 rebelled agaynst me also: they walked not in my sta∣tutes they kepte not my lawes to fulfyll them (which he that doth shal lyue in them) neyther halowed they my Sabboth dayes. Then I made me agayne to poure out my indyngnacyon ouer them / and satysfye my [unspec D] wrath vpon them in the wyldernesse. Ne∣uerthelesse / I wythdrewe my hande for my names sake / lest it shulde be vnhalowed a∣monge the Heathen / before whom I had brought them forthe. I lyft vp myne hande ouer them also in the wyldernesse / that I wolde scatre them among the Heathen, and strawe them amonge the nacyons / because they had not kepte my lawes, but caste a∣syde my commaundementes, vnhalowed my Sabbathes, and lyfte vp theyr eyes to theyr fathers Idoles. Wherfore I gaue them also commaundemētes not good, and lawes thorowe the whiche they shulde not lyue, and I vnhalowed them in theyr owne gyftes * 1.123 (when I appoynted for my selfe all their fyrst borne) to make them desolate: that they might know, how that I am the Lord. [unspec E]

Therfore (O thou sonne of man, tell the house of Israel, thus saieth the Lorde God)

Besyde all thys / youre forefathers haue yet blasphemed me more, and greatly offended agaynst me: For after I had brought them in to the lande / that I promysed to gyue them, when they sawe euery hye hyll and all the thycke trees: they made there theyr of∣frynges / and prouoked me with their obla∣cions, makynge swete sauoures there / and poured out their drynck offringes. Then I asked them: what haue ye to do withall that ye go thyther? And therfore is it called the hye place vnto thys daye. Wherfore, speake vnto the house of Israell: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: ye are euen as vncleane as your fore fathers, and commytte whordome also with theyr abhomynacions. In all your I∣doles, where vnto ye bryng your oblacions * 1.124 and to whose honoure ye burne your chil∣dren: ye / defyle your selues / euen vnto thys daye: howe dare ye then come, and aske any questyon at me? O ye housholde of Israel? As truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) ye get no answere of me: & as for the thynge that ye go about / it shall not come to passe / where as ye saye: we wyl be as the Heathen and do as other people in the lande / wood and stone wyll we worshyppe.

As truly as I lyue / sayeth the Lorde God / [unspec F] I my selfe wyll rule you with a myghtye hande, with a stretched out arme, & with in∣dignaciō poured out ouer you: & wyll bring you oute of the nacyons & landes / wherin ye are scatred and gather you together with a mightye hande, with a stretched out arme & with indignacion poured out vpon you & wyl brynge you into the wyldernesse of the people / & there I wyll reason with you face to face. Like as I punished your forfathers in the wyldernes of Egypt, so wyl I punish you also, saieth y^• Lorde God. I wyll bryng you vnder my iurisdiccyō & vnder the bonde of the couenaūt The forsakers also and the transgressours wyl I take frō amonge you & brynge them out of the lande of youre ha∣bitacion: as for the lande of Israel, they shal not come in it: that they maye knowe / howe that I am the Lorde.

Go to nowe then (sayeth the Lorde God) ye house of Israell * 1.125 caste awaye / and de∣stroye euery man hys Idoles: then shall ye heare me, and nomore blaspheme my holy name with your offrynges and Idoles.

But vpon my holy hyll / euen vpon the hye hyl of Israell sayth the Lorde god, shal all the house of Israel and all that is in the lande, worshyppe me: * 1.126 and in y^• same place wyl I fauoure thē, and there wyl I require your heaue offringes and the firstlynges of your oblacions, with al your holy thinges. I wyll accepte youre swete sauoure, when I bringe you from the nacions / and gather you together out of the landes, wherin ye be scatred: that I maye be halowed in you be∣fore the Heathen / and that ye maye knowe / [unspec G] that I am the Lorde, which haue broughte you into the lande of Israel: yee, into y^• same lande, that I swore to geue vnto your fore∣fathers. There shal ye call to remembraūce your owne wayes and all youre ymagyna∣cyons / wherin ye haue bene defyled: * 1.127 and ye shall be dyspleased with youre owne sel∣ues / for all youre wyckednes / that ye haue done. And ye shall knowe / that I am the Lorde: when I entreate you after my name not after youre wycked wayes / nor accor∣dynge to your corrupte workes: O ye house of Israel. sayeth the Lorde God.

Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde the South / and speake to the south wynde / and saye to the wood to∣warde the south: Heare the worde of the Lorde, thus saieth the Lorde God: Beholde I wyll kyndle a fyre in the, that shall con∣sume the grene trees with the drie. No man shalbe able to quench his flame, but all that loketh from the southe to the northe, shalbe brent therin: and al fleshe shall se, that I the Lorde haue kyndled it, so that no man may quench it. Then sayde I: O Lorde God / they wyll saye of me: * 1.128 Tushe, they are but fables, that he telleth.

¶ He threatneth the swerde, that is to saye / destruccyon to the cytye of Ierusalem. He sheweth the fall of King zede∣kiah He is comaunded to prophecy the destruccyon of the chyldren of Ammon. After the slaughter of other / at the laste the Lorde threateneth deathe vnto Nabuchodonosor hym selfe.

CAPI. XXI.

THE worde of the Lorde came to me [unspec A] sayinge: Thou sonne of man / set thy face towarde Ierusalem / speake agaynste the Sanctuary, and prophecye agaynst the lande of Israel, saye to the lande of Israel: Thus sayeth the Lorde: Beholde, I wyll vpon the / & wyll drawe my swearde out of the sheath and rote out of the both the righ∣tuous and the wycked. Seinge then that I wyll rote out of the both the rightuous and wicked, therfore shall my swearde go out of his sheath againste all fleshe from the north to the southe: that all fleshe maye knowe / howe that I the Lorde haue drawen my swearde out of the sheath, and it shal not be put in agayne.

Mourne therfore (O thou sonne of man) [unspec B] y^• thy loynes cracke withall, ye mourne byt∣terly for them: And yf they saye, wherfore mournest thou? Then tell them: for the ty∣dynges that cōmeth, at the which all hertes shall melte, all handes shalbe letten downe, all stomackes shall faynte, & all knees shall waxe feble. Beholde, it commeth and shalbe fulfylled, sayeth the Lorde God.

Agayne the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, sayinge. Thou sonne of man, prophe∣cye / & speake: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: speake / the swearde is sharpened and well scoured. Sharpened it is for the slaughter / [unspec C] and scoured that it maye bebryghte. O / the destroyenge * staffe of my sonne, shal bryng downe al wod. He hathe puth{is} swearde to y^• dightynge, y^• good holde may be taken of it. Thys swearde is sharpened and dyght, y^• it may be geuen into the hāde of the mā slayer Crye (O thou sonne of man / and howle / for this swearde shall smyte my people / & al the rulers in Israel) which with my people shal be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde. Smyte thou vpon thy thyghe, for wherfore shulde not the plage and staffe of iudgement come? Prophecye thou sonne of [unspec D] man, and smyte thine hādes together: make the swearde two edged, yee make it thre ed∣ged, y^• manslayers swearde, y^• swearde of the greate slaughter / whiche shall smyte them euen in theyr preuychambers: to make them abashed and faynte at the hertex, and in all gates to make some of them fall. O howe bryghte and sharpe is it, howe well dyghte and met for the slaughter. Get the some pla∣ce alone eyther vpon the ryghte hande or on the lefte / whyther so euer thy face turneth / I wyll smyte my handes together also and satysfye my wrothfull indignacyon: Euen I the Lorde haue sayde it.

The worde of the Lorde came yet vnto me agayne sayenge: Thou sonne of man, make the two stretes, that the swearde of y^• kynge of Babylon maye come. Both these stretes shal go out of one lande. He shal set him vp a place, at the hede of the strete shal he chose him out a corner. Make the a strete that the swearde may come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites: & to the stronge cytye of Ieru∣salem. For the kynge of Babylon shal stāde in the turnynge of the waye / at the heade of [unspec E] the two stretes: * 1.129 to aske councell at the so∣the sayers / castyng the lottes wyth hys ar∣rowes, to aske councell at the Idole, and to loke in the lyuer. But the sothesaynge shall poynt to the right syde vpon Ierusalē, y^• he maye set men of warre / to smyte it wyth a greate noyse, to crye out Alarum / to set ba∣tell rammes against the gates, to graue vp dyches / and to make bulworkes.

Neuertheles, as for the sothesayenge, they shall holde it but for vanite, euen as though a ieste were tolde them: yee, and they them selues remembre theyr wyckednesse, so that by ryght they must be taken and wonne.

Therfore sateth the lorde God: For so much [unspec F] as ye your selues shewe your offence, & haue opened your wickednes, so y^• in al your wor∣kes men may se your synnes: yee, in so much (I say) that ye your selues haue made men∣cyon therof / ye shall be taken by vyolence.

O thou shamefull wycked gyde of Israel whose daye is come: euen the tyme that wic kednes shal haue an ende: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: take awaye the garlande, & put of the crowne, and so is it awaye: the hum∣ble is exalted, and the proude brought lowe. Punyshe / punyshe / yee / punyshe them wyll I, and destroye them: and that shall not be fulfylled vntyll he come, to whome the iud∣gemente belongeth / and to whome I haue geuen it. And thou (O sonne of man) pro∣phecy, and speake: Thus sayeth the Lorde God to the chyldren of * 1.130 Ammon / and to theyr blasphemye, speake y^u: The swearde, y^• swearde is drawē forth alredy to y^• slaughter [unspec G] & scoured y^• it glistreth (because y^• hast loked y^• out vanities, & prophecyed lyes) y^• it maye come vpō thy necke like as vpō y^• other vn∣godly which be slame: whose day came whā theyr wyckednes was ful. Though it were put vp agayn into the sheath, yet wil I pu∣nyshe y^e, in the lande wher y^u wast norished & borne, & poure my indignacyon vpon y^• and wyl blow vpō the in y^• fyre of my wrath, & de lyuer y^• vnto cruel people, which are lerned to destroy. Thou shalt fede y^• fyre & thy bloud shalbe shed in y^• lande, that y^u mayest be put out of remembraunce. Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it.

¶ The word of the Lord agaynst Ierusalē for mā slaugh∣ter, & denyinge due honour vnto theyr fathers & mothers / & other wychednesses. Of the wycked doctryne of the false prophetes & prestes, & of theyr vnsutiable couetousnes. The Tyrannye of rulers. The wyckednes of the people.

CAP XXII.

MOrouer, y^• worde of y^• Lorde came vnto [unspec A] me, & sayde: y^u sonne of man, wylt thou not reproue th{is} bloudthrusty cyte? Shewe thē theyr abominaciōs: & tel thē: Th{us} saieth y^• Lorde God: O y^u cyte, y^• sheddest bloude in the myddest of y^•, that thy tyme maye come also & makest the Idoles to defyle y^c withal. Thou hast made thy selfe gylty, in y^• bloude

that thou haste shed: and defyled the in the Idoles, whiche thou hast made. Thou hast caused the dayes to drawe nye, & made the tyme of thy yeares to come. Therfore wyl I make the to be confounded amonge the Hea [unspec B] thē, & to be despysed in all the landes, whe∣ther they be nye or farre from the: they shall laugh the to scorne, thou that hast gottē the so foule a name, and arte full of myschefe. Beholde / the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power / to shed bloude in the. * 1.131 In the haue they despysed father and mo∣ther / in the haue they oppressed the straun∣ger / in the haue they vexed the wydowe and y^• fatherlesse. Thou hast despysed my Sanc∣tuary, and vnhalowed my sabbath. Murthe rers are there in the, that shede bloude / and eate vpon the hylles / and in the they vse vn happynesse.

* 1.132 In y^• haue they discouered their fathers shame, in the haue they vexed wemē in their syckenes. Euery man hath dealt shamefully [unspec C] with his neyghbours wyfe, & abhominably defyled his daughter in lawe. In the hathe euery man forced his owne syster, euē his fa thers daughter: yee, * 1.133 gyftes haue bene re∣ceaued in y^•, to shed blode. ‡ 1.134 Thou hast taken vsury and encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neyghbours vy extorcion, and forgotten me, sayeth y^• Lord God. Beholde, I haue smyt∣ten [unspec D] my handes vpon thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the bloude whiche hath bene shed in the, Is thy herte able to en dure it / or may thy handes defende them sel∣ues / in the tyme that I shal brynge vpon y^•? Euen I the Lord that speake it / wyll brynge it also to passe. * 1.135 I wyll scatre y^• amonge the Heathen / & strowe the aboute in the landes / & wyll cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out of the: yee, and I wyll haue the in possession in the syght of the Heathen / that thou mayest knowe, that I am the Lorde.

And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me / saying: Thou sonne of man, * 1.136 the house of Israell is turned to drosse. All they that shulde be brasse / tynne / yron / and leade, are in the fyre become drosse. Therfore, thus say eth the Lorde God: For so muche as ye all are turned into drosse / beholde: I wyl bring you together vnto Ierusalem, lyke as syl∣uer / brasse, yron / tynne and leade are put to∣gether in the fornace / and the fyre blowen there vnder to melte them: Euen so wyll I [unspec E] gather you / put you in together, and melre you in my wrath and indignacyon. I wyll brynge you together, and kyndle the fyre of my cruell dyspleasure vnder you, that ye maye be melted therin.

Lyke as the syluer is melted in the fyre, so shall ye also be melted therin: that ye may knowe, howe that I the Lorde haue powred my wrath vpon you.

And the worde of y^• Lorde came vnto me, sayinge: Thou sonne of man, tell her: Thou art an vnclene lande, whiche is not rayned [unspec F] vpon in the day of y^u cruel wrath: * 1.137 thy Pro∣phetes that are in the, are sworne together to deuoure soules, lyke as a roaryng Lion, y^t lyueth by his praye. They receaue ryches and good, & make many wyddowes in the. Thy prestes breake my lawe, and defyle my Sāctuary. * 1.138 They put no dyfferēce betwene the holy & vnholy, neyther discerne betwene y^• cleane & vncleane: they turne their eies fro my sabbathes, & I am vnhalowed amonge thē. Thy rulers in the are lyke rauyshynge wolues, to shed bloude, and to destroye sou∣les, for theyr owne couetous lucre. * 1.139 As for thy Prophetes, they dawbe with vntempe red claye, they se vanytyes, and prophecye lyes vnto thē, saying: the Lorde God sayeth so, where as the Lord hath not spoken. The people in the lande vseth wycked extorcyon & robbery. They vexe the poore & nedy and * 1.140 oppresse the straunger agaynst ryght. And I sought in the lande for a man, that wolde make vp the hedge, and set hym selfe in the gappe before me in the landes behalfe, that I shulde not vtterly destroye it: but I coulde fynde none. Therfore / wyll I poure out my cruel dyspleasure vpon them, and burne thē in the fyre of my wrathe: theyr owne wayes wyl I recompence vpon their heades saieth the Lorde God.

¶ Of the fornycacion, that is to saye, of the Idolat••ye of Samaria and Ierusalem, vnder the names of Dholah and Dholivah. In comparyson of Samaria he sheweth that the fornycacyon of Ierusalem is the fylthyer. The destrucryon of Ierusalem so prophecyed. The aduoutry of both the who res to founde out. Theyr destruccyon.

CAPI. XXIII.

THE worde of the Lord came vnto me [unspec A] sayinge: Thou sōne of mā, there were two wemen / that had one mother. These (when they were yonge) beganne to play the harlottes * 1.141 in Egypt. There were theyr bre stes brosed / and the pappes of theyr mayden heade destroyed. The eldest of them was cal led Dholah and her yōgest syster Dholibah These two were myne / and bare sonnes and daughters. Their names were Samaria, & that was Dholah: and Ierusalem, that was Dholibah. As for Dholah she begāne to go a whoring, whē I had takē her to me. * 1.142 She was sette on fyre vpon her louers the Assy∣ryans

whiche had to do wyth her: euen the Prynces and Lordes that were deckte in co∣stely araye: fayre yonge men / lusty ryders of horses.

Thus thorow her whordome, she cleaued [unspec B] vnto all the yonge men of Assiria. Yee, she was mad vpon them, and defyled herselfe with al theyr Idols. Nether ceassed she from the fornacyon, that she vsed with the Egyp∣cyans: for in her youthe they laye with her / they brosed the brestes of her maydenhead, & poured theyr whordome vpō her. Wherfore * 1.143 I delyuered her into the handes of her lo∣uers, euen the Assyryans, whom she so loued These dyscouered her shame, toke her sōnes and daughters, & siewe her with the swerde: An euyl name gat she of all people, and they punyshed her.

* 1.144 Her syster Oholibah sawe this / and de¦stroyed herselfe with inordynate loue, more then she, & exceaded her syster in whoredome * 1.145 she loued the Assyrtans (whiche also lay w^t her namely / the princes and great Lordes / that were clothed with all maner of gorge∣ous apparell, all lusty horsemen and fayre yonge personnes.

Then I sawe, that they bothe were defy∣led [unspec C] a lyke. But she increased styll in whore∣dome / for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wal, the ymages of the Caldees set forth with freshe coloures / with fayre gyrdles a∣bout them, and goodly bonettes vpon their heades, lokynge all lyke Prynces (after the maner of the Babylontans and Caldees in theyr owne lande (where they be borne) im∣mediatly / as sone as she sawe them, she brēt in loue vpon them / & sente messaungers for them into the lande of the Caldees.

Nowe when the Babylonyans came to her / they laye with her, and defyled her with theyr whoredome, and so was she polluted with them. And when her luste was abated frome them / * 1.146 her whoredome and shame was discouered and sene: then my herte for∣soke her, lyke as my herte was gone from her syster also. Neuerthelesse / she vsed her whordome euer the longer the more / and re∣membred the dayes of her youth, wherin she had played the harlot in the lande of Egypt: * 1.147 she brent in luste vpon them, whose flesshe was lyke the flesshe of Asses / and theyr sede lyke the sede of horses. Thus thou hast renu¦ed the fylthynesse of thy youth / when thy lo∣uers brosed thy pappes / and marred thy bre¦stes in Egypte.

Therfore (O Oholibah) thus sayeth the [unspec D] Lorde God: I wyl rayse vp thy louers) with whom thou hast satysfyed thy lust) agaynst the / and gather them together roude about the: namely / the Babylonians / and all the Caldees / rulers / myghtye men & tyraūtes / with all the Assyryans: all yonge and fayre louers: Prynces and Lordes / knightes and gentylmen / whiche be all good horsemen. These shall come vpon the with horses / cha¦rettes / and a great multitude of people: whi¦che shalbe harnessed aboute the on euery side with brestplates / sheldes and helmettes. I wyll punysh the before them / yee / they them¦selues shall punysh the accordynge to theyr owne iudgement. I wyll put my gelousy v∣pon the, so that they shal deale cruelly with the. They shal cut of thy nose & thyne eares / and the rēnaunt shal fal thorowe the swerde. They shall carye awaye thy sonnes and daughters / and the resydue shalbe brente in the fyre. They shall strype the out of thy clothes, and cary thy costely Iewels awaye with them.

Thus wyll I make an ende of thy fyl∣thynesse [unspec E] and whoredome, whiche thou haste brought out of the lande of Egypte: so that thou shalte turne thyne eyes nomore after them / and cast thy mynde nomore vpon E∣gypte. For thus sayeth the Lorde God / be∣holde, I wyll delyuer the into the handes of them, whom thou hatest, yee, euen into the handes of them, with whom thou haste ful∣fylled thy lust, whiche shall deale cruelly w^t the. All thy laboure shall they take wyth them / and leaue the naked and bare, and thus the shame of thy fylthy whordome shal come to lyght. All these thynges shal happē vnto the, because of thy whoredome, whiche thou hast vsed amonge the Gentyles / with whose Idols thou hast defiled thyself. Thou hast walked in the waye of thy syster, there∣fore wyl I geue the her cup in thy hande.

Thus sayeth the Lord God: Thou shalt dryncke of thy systers cuppe, howe depe and farre so euer it be to the botome. Thou shalt be laughed to scorne, and had as greately in derisyon, as is possyble. Thou shalte be full of dronckenes and sorowe, for the cup of thy syster Samaria is a cuppe of destruccyon & wastynge: the same shalt thou dryncke, and suppe it out euen to the dregges, yee / y^u shalt eate vp the broken peces of it, and so teare thine owne brestes: For euen I haue spoken it sayeth the Lorde God.

Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: [unspec F] For so much as thou hast forgotten me, and cast me asyde, so beare nowe thyne owne fyl∣thynes & whordome. The Lorde sayde more¦ouer

vnto me: Thou sonne of man, wylt thou not reproue Oholah & Oholibah? Shewe them their abhominacyōs: namely that they haue broken their wedlocke, and stayned theyr handes with bloude: yee, euen with their ydo¦les haue they cōmytted aduoutry, * 1.148 and of∣fred them theyr owne chyldren (to be deuou∣red) whom they had borne vnto me. Yee, and thys haue they done vnto me also: they haue defiled my Sanctuary in that same day, and haue vnhalowed my Sabboth. For when they had slayne their children for theyr Ido∣les, they came the same daye into my Sanc∣tuary to defyle it. Lo, this haue they done in my house: Besyde al this, thou hast sente thy messaungers for men out of farre countrees and when they came, thou hast bathed, trym¦med and set forth thyself of the best fashion: thou sattest vpon a goodly bed, and a table spred before the: wherupō thou hast set mine * 1.149 incense and myne oyle.

Then was there great chere with her, and the men that were sent from farre countrees ouer the deserte, vnto these they gaue brace∣lettes [unspec G] vpon theyr handes, and sett glorious crownes vpon their hedes: then thoughe I: no doute, these wyll vse their harlotrye also with her. And they wente into her as vnto a comen harlot. Euen so went they, also to O∣halah and Oholibah those fylthy wemen.

O all ye that loue vertu and ryghtuous∣nes, iudge them, punysh them: * 1.150 as aduou∣trers and murtherers ought to be iudged & punyshed. For they are brekers of wedlock, and the bloude is in theyr handes. Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: brynge a greate multytude of people vpon them, and make them be scatred and spoyled: these shal stone them, and gore them with theyr sweardes. They shal sleye theyr sōnes and daughters / and burne vp theyr houses with fyre:

Thus wyl I destroye all suche fylthynes out of the lande: that all wemen may learne not to do after your vnclennes. And so they shall laye your fylthynes vpon youre owne selues, and ye shalbe punished for the sinnes that ye haue cōmitted with your Idols: and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde God.

¶ 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 * 1.151 a para∣ble, and speake vnto them: Thus sayeth the* 1.152 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. * 1.153 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

as I was cōmaunded. And the people sayd vnto me / wylte thou not tell vs / what that [unspec F] sygny fyeth / whiche thou doest? I answe∣red them / the worde of the Lorde came vn∣to me / sayenge: Tell the house of Israell / thus sayeth the Lorde God: beholde / I wyll suspende my Sanctuary: euen the glorye of youre power / the pleasure of your eyes, and the thyng that ye loue: your sonnes & daugh¦ters whom ye haue lefte / shall fall thorowe the swearde.

Lyke as I haue done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hyde your faces, ye shall eate no mournets bread: your bonettes shal ye haue vpon your heades, and shues vpon youre fete. Ye shall neyther mourne nor wepe, but in your synnes ye shalbe sorowfull / and one reyente with another. Thus Ezechiell is your shewe token. For loke as he hath done, [unspec G] so (when this commeth) ye shall do also: that ye may lerne to knowe / that I am the Lorde God. But beholde / O thou sonne of man: In the daye when I take frome them theyr power / theyr ioye and honoure / the luste of theyr eyes / the burthen of theyr bodyes: na∣mely / theyr sonnes and daughters: Then shal there one escape / and come vnto the / for to shewe the. In that daye shall thy mouth be opened to hym / whiche is escaped / that thou mayest speake / and be no more dom∣me. Yee / and thou shalte be theyr shewe to∣ken / that they maye knowe, howe that I am the Lorde.

¶ 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 * 1.154 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 * 1.155 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 * 1.156 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. * 1.157 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 * 1.158 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.

¶ He prophecyeth that Tyrus shalbe ouerthrowen be∣cause it reioyced at the destruccyon of Ierusalem. The wonderyng and astonyshement of the ma••chauntes, for the desol••ryon of Tyrus.

CAPI, XXVI.

I Thappened, that in the eleuenth yeare, y^• [unspec A] fyrste day of the moneth, the worde of the

Lorde came vnto me sayenge: Thou sonne of man, * 1.159 because that Tyre hathe spoken vpon Ierusalem: A, ha•• nowe I trowe the portes of the people be broken, and she tur∣ned vnto me, for I haue destroyed my bely∣full. Yee, therfore, sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, O Tyre, I wyll vpon the, I wyll brynge a great multitude of people agaynst the, lyke as when the see aryseth with hys waues: These shall breake the walles of Tyre, and cast downe her towres: I wyll scrape the grounde from her and make her a bare stone: yee, as the dryeng place, where the fyshers hange vp theyr nettes by the see syde. Euen I haue spoken it, sayeth the Lorde God. The Gentyles shall spoyle her: her daughters vpon the felde shall perysh with the swearde, that they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde.

For thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, [unspec B] I wyl bryng hyther Nabuchodonosor (whi∣che is the kynge of Babylon, & a kynge of kynges) from the North vpon Tyre, with horses, charettes, horsmē, and with a greate multytude of people. Thy daughters that are in the lande / shall be slayne with the swearde: but agaynst the, he shall make bull workes and graue vp diches about the, and lyfte vp his shylde agaynst the. His slynges and batelrammes shall he prepare for thy walles, & with his weapens breake downe thy to wr••s. The dust of h{is} horses shal couer the / they shalbe so many: thy walles shall shake at the noyse of the horsmen / charettes and wheles: when he commeth to thy por∣tes, as men do into an open cytie. With the [unspec C] hoffes of his horse fete, shal he treade downe al the stretes. He shal steye the people with the swearde, & breake downe the pylers of thy strength. They shal wast awaye thy ry∣ches, and spoyle thy marchaundyse. Thy walles shall they breake downe / & destroye thy houses of pleasure. Thy stones, thy tym bre and foundacyons shall they caste in the water. * 1.160 Thus wyll I brynge y^• melody of thy songes / & the voyce of thy mynistrel∣sy to an ende / so that they shall nomore be herde. I wyll make a bare stone of the, yee, a dryinge place for nettes / and thou shalt ne∣uer be buylded agayne: For euen I y^• Lorde haue spoken it / sayeth the Lorde God: thus hathe the Lorde God spoken concernynge Tyre. The Iles shall be moued at the noyse of thy fall / and at the crye of the slayne / that shall be murthered in the. All kynges of the see shall come downe from theyr seates re∣gall: they shall laye awaye theyr robes / and put of theyr costly clothynge. Yee, with trem [unspec D] blynge shall they be clothed / they shall syt vpon the grounde: they shalbe afrayed at thy soden fall / and be abaysshed at the.

They shall mourne for the, and saye vn∣to the. * 1.161 O thou noble cytie / that haste bene so greatly occupyed of olde / thou that haste bene the strongest vpon the see with thyne inhabytonrs / of whom all men stode in feare. Howe arte thou nowe so vtterly destroyed? Nowe at the tyme of thy fal the inhabytours of the Iles / yee, and the Iles thē selues, shal stande in feare at thyne ende. For thus sayeth the Lorde God: when I make the desolate cytie (as other cyties be / that no man dwell in) and when I brynge the depe vpon the / that greate waters may couerthe. Then wyll I cast the downe vnto them / that descende into the pytte: vn∣to a people that hathe bene longe deed, and set the in a lande that is beneth / lyke the olde wyldernes, with them which go downe to theyr graues, so that no man shall dwell more in the. And I wyll make the to be nomore in honoure / in the lande of the ly∣uynge. I wyl make an ende of the / and thou shalt be gone. Though thou be sought for, yet shalte thou nat be founde for euer more, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The prophete is moued to bewayle the desulacyon of Ty¦rus. He se••teth our the pr••yse of Tyrus for the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of marchaunt••o ther••o.

CAPI. XXVII.

THE worde of the Lorde came vnto [unspec A] me / sayenge: O thou sonne of man / make a lamētable compl••••••te vpō * 1.162 Tyre, and saye vnto Tyre, whic•••• ••s a porte of the see, that occupyeth with muche people / and many Iles: thus speaketh the Lorde God: O Tyre, thou haste sayde: what, I am a no∣ble cytie: thy borders are in the myddest of the see, & thy buylders haue made the mar∣uelous goodly. All thy tables haue they made of Cypre trees of the mounte Sanyr. From Libanus haue they takē Cedre tre••s, to make the mastes: and the Okes of Basan to make the owers. Thy bordes haue they [unspec B] made of yuery, and of costly wod out of the Ile of Cethim. Thy sayle was of whyte smal nedle worke out of the lande of Egypt to hange vpon thy maste: and thy hangyn∣ges of yelowe sylke purple, out of the Iles of Elisah. They of Sydon and Arnad were thy maryners / and the wysest in Tyre were thy shypmasters. The eldest and wysest at ☞ Gebal were they / that mended and stopped thy shyppes. All shyppes of

the see with theyr shypmen occupyed theyr marchaundies in the. The Perses, Lidians and Lybians were in thyne host, and helped the to fyght: these hanged vp theyr shyldes and helmettes with the, these set forth thy bewty. They of Atnad were with thyne host rounde aboute thy walles, and were thy watchmen vpon thy towres, these hanged vp theyr shyldes rounde about thy walles, [unspec C] and made the meruelous goodly. Tharsis occupyed with the in all maner of wares, in syluer / yron / tynne and leade / and made thy marcket greate. Iouan, Tubal / and Me∣sech were thy marchauntes whiche brought the men, and ornamentes of metall for thy occupyenge. They of the house of Tho∣garma brought vnto the at the tyme of thy marte / horse / horsmen and mules. They of * 1.163 dedan were thy merchauntes: and many other Iles that occupyed with the / brought the weathers / elephant bones & Peacockes for a present. The Syrians occupyed with the, because of thy dyuerse workes, and in∣creased thy merchaundyes / with Smarag∣des, with scarlet / with nedle worcke / with whyte lynen cloth / with sylcke / and with [unspec D] crystall. Iuda and the lande of Israell occupyed with the, and brought vnto thy markettes / wheat balme, hony / oyle / & tria∣cle. Damascus also vsed marchaundyes with the, in the best wyne and whyt woll: be cause thy occupyenge was so great, and thy wares so many. Dan, Iauan, and Meu∣sall haue brought vnto thy markettes, yron redy made, with Cassia and Calamus / ac∣cordynge to thy•••• occupyenge. Dedan occupyed with th••••n fayre tapestrye worke and quoshyns. Arabia and all the prynces of Cedar haue occupyed with the / in shepe / weathers and goates.

The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupyed also with the / in all costly spyces / in all precyous stones and golde, [unspec E] whiche they brought vnto thy markettes. Haran, Chene and Eden, the marchauntes of Saba, Assiria, and Chelmad, were all doers with the, and occupyed with the. In costly rayment, of yalowe sylcke and nedle worcke (very precyous / and therfore packte and bounde together with ropes.) Yee, and in Cedre wodde, at the tyme of thy market∣tes. The shyppes of Tharsis were the chefe of thy occupyenge.

Thus thou art full / and in greate wor∣shyp, euen in the myddest of the see. Thy ma¦ryners were euer bryngynge vnto the out of many waters. But the easte wynde shall ouerbeare the into the myddest of the see: so that thy wares, thy marchaundyes / thy ry∣ches / thy maryners / thy shypmasters / thy [unspec F] helpers thy occupyers (that brought the thynges necessary) the mē of warre that are in the: yee, and all thy comens shall perysh in the myddest of the see, in the daye of thy fall. The suburbes shall shake at the loude crye of thy shypmen. Al whyry men / and all maryners vpon the see / shall leape out of theyr boates / and set them selues vpon the lande. They shall lyfte vp theyr voyce because of the / and make a lamentable crye. They shall caste duste vpon theyr heades / and lye downe in the asshes. They shall shaue them selues / and put sacke cloth vpō them for thy sake.

They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorowe / and heuy lamentacyon, yee, theyr chyldren also shall wepe for the. Alas / what cytie hathe so bene destroyed in the see / as [unspec G] Tyre is? When thy wares and marchaun∣dyes came from the sees, thou gauest al peo∣ple ynough. The kynges of the earth hast thou made ryche / thorowe the multitude of thy waters and occupyenge. But thou arte nowe cast downe in to the depe of the see, all thy resorte of people is peryshed with the. All they that dwell in the Iles are abashed at the, and al theyr kynges are afrayed, yee, theyr faces haue chaunged coloure. The marchauntes of the nacyons wondre at the. In y^• thou art so cleane brought to naught, and commeth nomore vp.

¶ The worde of God against the kyng of Tyr•• for his pride Daniel. The prophet is moued to bewalk the kyng of Ty∣rus. The worde of the Lorde agaynst Sydon. The Lord pro miseth that he wyll gather together the chyldren of Israel. [unspec A]

THE worde of the Lord came vnto me sayenge: Thou sonne of man, tell the prynce of * 1.164 Tyre: Thus sayeth the Lorde God, because thou hast a proude hert & hast sayde * 1.165 I am a God: I haue my seate in the myddest of the see lyke a God: where as thou art but a man & nat God, & yet stādest in thyne owne conceyte, that thou art God: Beholde, thou thynkest thy selfe ☞ wyser then * 1.166 Daniel / that there is no secretes hyd from the. With thy wysdome and thy vnderstandynge / that hast gotten the great welthynes / and gathered treasure of syluer and golde. With thy greate wysdome and occupyenge / hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy great rychesse / thy herte is proude.

Therfore / thus sayeth the Lorde God: [unspec B] For so much as thou hast lyft vp thine hert /

as though thou were God: Beholde, I wyl brynge enemyes vpon the, euen the tyraun∣tes of the Heathē: these shal drawe out theyr sweardes vpon thy bewty and wysdome, & shall defyle thy glory. They shall caste the downe to the pytte, so that thou shalt dye in the myddest of the see, as they that be slayne. Let se, yf thou wylt saye then (before them that slaye the) I am God: where as thou art but a man and nat God, in the han¦des of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou, euen as the vncircumcised in the handes of the enemyes: for I my selfe haue spoken it, sayeth the Lorde God. [unspec C]

Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, sayeng: Thou sonne of man, make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre, and tell hym: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Thou art a seale of a lycknesse, full of wysdome and excellent bewty. Thou hast bene in the pleasaunt garden of God: thou art decte with all maner of precyous stones: with Ruby, Topas, Crystall, Iacyncte, Onix, Iaspis, Saphyr, Smaragde, Car∣bouncle, and golde. Thy bewty and the ho∣les that be in the, were set forth in the daye of thy creacyō. {fleur-de-lys} Thou art a fayre Cherub, stretched wyde out for to couer.

I haue set the vpon the holy mounte of [unspec D] God, there haste thou bene, and walked a∣monge the fayre glysterynge stones. From the tyme of thy creacyon thou haste bene ryght excellent / tyll wyckednes was founde in the. * 1.167 Because of thy great marchaun∣dyse / thy herte is full of wyckednesse / and thou haste offended. Therfore / wyll I cast the from the mounte of God (O thou coue∣rynge Cherub) and destroye the amonge the glystrynge stones. Thy hert was pronde in thy fayre bewty, and thorowe thy bewte thou haste destroyed thy wysdome I wyll caste the downe to the grounde, and that in [unspec E] the syght of kynges. Thou hast defyled thy Sanctuary, with the greate wyckednes of thy vnryghteous occupyeng. I wyl brynge a fyre from the myddest of the, to consume the: and wyl make the to asshes, in the sight of all them that loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaynted with the among the Heathen shalbe abasshed at the, seyng: thou art so clene brought to naught, and cōmest nomore vp.

And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, sayeng: Thou sonne of man, set thy face [unspec F] agaynst Sydon. * 1.168 Prophecye vpon it, and speake: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Be∣holde, O Sydon, I wyll vpon the, and get me honoure in the: that it maye be knowne / howe that I am the Lorde: when I punyshe her, and get me honoure in her. For I wyll sende pestilence and bloude sheddynge into her streates, so that those whiche be slayne with the swearde, shall lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her: and they shall knowe, that I am the Lorde. She shall nomore be a pryckynge thorne, and an hurtynge breer vnto the house of Israel, nor vnto thē that lye rounde aboute her: and hate her, & they shall knowe, that I am the Lorde.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: whan I [unspec G] gather the housholde of Israel together a∣gayne from the nacyons amonge whom they be scatered: then shall I be sanctifyed in them: in the syght of the Gentyles / and they shall dwell in that lande, that I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob. They shall dwell safely therin, buylde houses / & plante vyne yardes: yee, safely * 1.169 shall they dwell ther∣in: when I haue punyshed at those, that de∣spyse thē rounde aboute: and then shall they knowe, that I am the Lorde theyr God.

¶ He prophecyeth against Phardo. He prophe••yeth the ••••∣sola••yō of Egypte, and the sparklyng abrode of the Egyp∣cyans. The Lorde promyseth that he wyl restoare Egypte agayne after. xl. yeares. Egypte is the rewarde of kyng Na¦bu••hodonosor for the labour, whiche he toke agaist Tyruis.

CAPI XXIX.

IN the tenth yeare, vpon the twelueth [unspec A] day ef the tenth moneth, the worde of the the Lorde came vnto me, sayenge: * 1.170 O thou sonne of man (sette nowe thy face a∣gaynst Pharao the kynge of Egypte) Pro∣phecye agaynst him, and agaynst the whole lande of Egypte. Speake, and tell hym, thus sayeth the Lorde God: beholde, O Pharao thou kynge of Egypte, I wyll vpō the, ☞ thou greate dragon, that lyest in the waters: thou that sayest: the water is myne. I haue made it my selfe. I wyll put an hoke in thy chawes and hange all the fysh in thy waters vpon thy skales: after that I wyll drawethe out of thy waters, yee, and all the fysh of thy waters that hange vpon thy ska∣les. ☞ I wyll caste the out vpon the drye lande with the fysh of thy waters, so that thou shalt lye vpon the felde. Thou shalt nat be gathered nor taken vp but shalte be meate for the beastes of the felde, and for the foules of the ayre: that all they which dwell [unspec B] in Egypt, may knowe, that I am the Lorde: because ☞ thou hast bene a * 1.171 s••a••fe of rede to the house of Israell. When they toke holde of the with theyr hande thou broke it and pryckedst thē on euery syde: and yf they

leaned vpō the, thou brakest and hurtest the reynes of theyr backes. Therfore / thus sayth the Lorde God: beholde, I wyl brynge a swearde vpon the, and rote out of the both man and beaste. Yee, the lande of Egypte shalbe desolate and waste / and they shall knowe, that I am the Lorde. Because he sayde: the water is myne, I my selfe haue [unspec C] made it. Beholde therfore, I wyl vpon the, and vpō thy waters, I wyll make the lande of Egypte wast and desolate, from y^e tower of Syenes vnto the borders of the Mori∣ans lāde: so that in fourty yeares there shall no fote of man walke there, neyther fote of catell go there, neyther shal it be inhabyted. I wyll make the lande of Egypte to be de∣solate, amonge other waste countrees, and her cytyes to lye voyde. xl. yeares, amonge other voyde cytyes. And I wyll scatre the Egypcyans amonge the Heathen and naci∣ons, and strowe them in the landes aboute. Agayne, thus sayeth y^e Lorde God:* 1.172 when the. xl. yeares are expyred, I wyll gather the Egypcians together agayne, out of the na∣cyons, amonge whome they were scatred / & wyll brynge the presoners of Egypt agayne into y^e lande of Patures theyr owne natyue countre, that they maye be there a lowly small kyngdome: yee, they shalbe the smal∣lest amonge other kyngdomes, lest they ex∣alte them selues aboue the Heathen: for I wyll so monysh them that they shal nomore rule the Heathen. They shall nomore be an hope vnto the house of Israell, neyther prouoke them any more to wyckednes / to cause thē turne backe, and to folowe them: & they shal knowe that I am the Lorde God.

In the. xxvij. yeare, the fyrst daye of the [unspec D] fyrst moneth / came the worde of the Lorde vnto me sayenge: Thou sonne of man, Na∣buchodonosor the kynge of Babylon hathe made hys hoost / with greate trauayle and laboure to come before Tyre: y^t euery heade maye be balde and euery shulder bare. Yet hathe Tyre geuen neyther hym nor hys hoost any rewarde, for the greate trauayle that he hathe taken there. Therfore / thus sayeth the Lorde God: beholde, I wyl geue the lande of Egypte vnto Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon, that he maye take awaye all her substaunce / robbe her robe∣ryes / and spoyle her spoyles / to paye hys hoost theyr wagyes withall. I wyll geue hym the lande of Egypt for his labour, that he toke for me before Tyre. At the same tyme wyll I cause the horne of the house of Israel to growe forth, and open thy mouth agayne amonge thē: that they maye knowe, howe that I am the Lorde.

¶ Tho distruccion of Egypt and of his cyties is bewayled.

CAPI. XXX.

THE worde of the Lorde came more [unspec A] ouer vnto me, sayenge: thou sonne of man / prophecye and speake: thus sayeth the Lorde God: Mourne / wo worth thys daye, for the daye is here / the daye of the Lorde is come: ☞ the darke daye of the Heathen, the houre is at hande, the swearde commeth vpon Egypte. When the woun∣ded men fall downe in Egypte, when her people are taken awaye / and when her foun¦dacyons are destroyed, the Morians lande shal be afrayed, yee, the Morians lande, Li∣bia and Lidia, all theyr comen people / and Chu••, and all that be confederate vnto thē, shall fall with them thorowe the swearde.

Thus sayeth the Lorde: The mayntey∣ners [unspec B] of the lande of Egypte shall fall / the pryde of her power shall come downe euen vnto the tower of Syenes shall they be slayne downe with the swearde / sayeth the Lorde God: among other desolate coūtrees they shalbe made desolate, & amonge other waste cyties they shalbe wasted. And they shall knowe / that I am the Lorde / when I kyndle a fyre in Egypte / and when all her helpers are destroyed. At that tyme / shall theyr messaungers go forth frō me in shyp∣pes / to make the carelesse Morians afrayed and sorowe shall come vpon thē in the daye of Egypte / for doubtles it shall come.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyl make [unspec C] an ende of the people of Egypte thorowe the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kyng of Ba∣bylon. He and hys people with him, yee, and the cruell tyrauntes of the Heathen shalbe brought to destroye the lande. They shall drawe out theyr sweardes vpon Egypte / and fyll the lande full of slayne men. I wyll drye vp theyr floudes of water / and sell the lande into the handes of wycked people. The lande and all that is therin / wyll I de∣stroye thorowe the enemyes. Euen I the Lorde haue sayde it. [unspec D]

And thus sayeth the Lorde God: * 1.173 I wyl destroye the Idols / and brynge the ymages of ☞ Noph to an ende. There shal nomore be a prince of Egypte / and a fearfulnes wyl I sende into the Egipcians lāde. As for Pa¦thures / I wyl make it desolat, and kyndle a fyre in Zoan. Alexandria wil I punysh, and poure my wrathful indygnaciō vpon Sin,

whiche is the strength of Egypte. Al the sub¦staunce of Alexandria wyll I destroye, and kyndle a fyre in Egypte.

Sin shalbe in greate heuynesse, Alexan∣dria [unspec E] shalbe roted out, and Noph shall haue bayly sorowe. The beste men of Helyopolys and Bubasto shall be slayne with the swear∣be / and caryed awaye captyue. At Caphnis the day shalbe darcke / when I breake there the scepter of the lande of Egypt / and when the pompe of her power shall haue an ende. ☜ A cloude shall couer her, and her daugh∣ters shalbe led awaye into captyuyte. Thus wyl I punyshe Egypt, that they may know howe that I am the Lorde.

It happened in the eleuenth yeare, vpon the seuēth daye of the fyrste moneth, that the Lordes worde came vnto me, sayinge: Be∣holde, thou sonne of man, I wyll breake the arme of Pharao kynge of Egypte: and lo it shall not be bounde vp to be healed, neyther shal any playster be layed vpon it, for to ease it / or to make it so stronge, as to holde a swearde. Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde / I wyll vpon Pharao the kyng of Egypte, and bruse his strong arme [unspec F] (yet is it but a broken one) and wyl smite the swearde out of his handes.

As for the Egyptyans, I wyll seatre them amonge the Heathen, and strowe them in the landes aboute. Agayne I wyll strength the arme of the kynge of Babylon, and geue hym a swearde in his hande: but I wyl breake Pharaos arme so that he shal holde it before hym pyteously / lyke a woun∣ded [unspec G] man.

Yee / I wyll stablyshe the kynge of Ba∣bilons arme / and the armes of Pharao shal fall downe: that it maye be knowen / that I am the Lorde / whiche geue the kynge of Ba¦lyon my swearde in his hande, that he may drawe it out vpon the lande of Egypte, and that when I scatre the Egyptyans among the Gentyles / and strowe them in the lan∣des aboute, they may knowe, that I am the Lorde.

¶ A comparyson of the prosperite of Pharao with the pro∣speryte of the Assyryans. He prophecyeth a lyke destruccyon vnto them bothe.

CAPI. XXXI.

MOREOVER it happened in the ele∣uenth [unspec A] yeare, the fyrst daye of the thyrde moneth, that the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: Thou sonne of man, speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egypte, and to all his people. Whom arte thou lyke in thy greatnesse? Beholde / Assur was lyke a Ce∣dre tree vpon the mounte of Libanus with fayre braunches: so thycke / that he gaue sha¦dowes and shot out verye hye. Hys toppe reached vnto the Cloudes. The waters made hym greate, and the depe set hym vp an hye. Rounde aboute the rotes of hym ••ā∣ne there floudes of water, he sent out his lyt le ryuers vnto al the trees of the felde. Ther¦fore was he hygher then all the trees of the [unspec B] felde / and thorowe the multytude of waters that he sente from hym / he optayned many longe braunches. Al foules of the ayre made theyr nestes in hys braunches / vnder his bowes gendred all the beastes of the felde / and vnder his shadowe dwelte all people. Fayre and beautyfull was he in his great∣nesse and in the length of hys braunches, for hys rote stode besyde greate waters / ☞ no Cedre tree myght hyde him. In the pleasaūt garden of God / there was no fyrre tree lyke [unspec C] his braūches, the playne trees were not lyke the bowes of hym. All the trees in the gar∣den of God myght not be compared vnto hym in his beauty, so fayre and goodly had I made hym with y^e multytude of hys braū∣ches. In so muche that {fleur-de-lys} all the trees in the pleasaunt garden of God, had enuye at him Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: for so [unspec D] moche as he hath lyfte vp hym selfe so hye / and stretched his top in to the cloudes, and seynge his herte is proude in his hyghnesse. I wyll delyuer hym in to the handes of the myghtiest amonge the Heathen / which shal rote hym out. Accordynge to his wyckednes wyll I caste hym awaye / the enemyes shall destroye him / and the mighty men of the He∣then shall so scatre hym / that his braunches shall lye vpon all mountaynes: and in all valleys / his bowes shalbe broken downe to the grounde thorowe out the lande. Then all the people of the lande shall go from his [unspec E] shadowe / and forsake hym. When he is fal∣len / all the foules of the ayer shall syt vpon hym / and all wylde beastes of the felde shall go aboute ☞ amonge his braunches, so that from hence forth, no tre in the water shal at∣tayne to his hyghnesse, nor reache his toppe vnto the cloudes, neyther shall any tree of the water stande so hye, as he hath done. For vnto death shall they al be delyuered vnder the earthe, and go downe to the graue / lyke other men.

Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lord God: In [unspec F] the day when he goeth downe to the graue, I wyll cause a lamentacyon to be made / I wyll couer the depe vpon hym, I wyl staūch hys floudes, and the great waters shalbe re

straygned. I shall cause Lybanus to be so∣rowefull for his sake, and all the trees of the felde shalbe smytten. I wyl••make the Hea∣then shake at the sounde of his fall / when I cast him downe to * 1.174 Hell with them that de∣scende into the pytte. All the trees of Eden / with all the chosen and beste trees of Lyba∣nus, yee, and all they that are planted vpon the waters, shall mourne with hym also in the lower habitaciōs: for they shal go downe to hell with hym, vnto them that be slayne with the swearde, whiche dwelte afore vn∣der [unspec G] the shadowe of his arme among the Hea¦then. To whom shalt thou be lyckened, that arte so glorious and great, among the trees of Eden▪ yet arte thou cast downe vnder the earth (among the trees of Eden) where thou must lye amonge vncircumcysed, with them that be slayne with the swearde. Euen thus is it with Pharao and all his people, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The Prophete is commaunded to bewayle Pharao the ••ynge of Egypt. He prophecyeth that destruccyon shal come vnto Egypte thorowe the Kynge of Babylon.

CAPI. XXXII.

I ☜ N the twelueth yeare, the fyrste daye of the twelueth moneth / the worde of the [unspec A] Lorde came vnto me / sayenge: Thou sōue of man, take vp a lamentacion vpon * 1.175 Pha¦rao the Kynge of Egypte / and saye vnto hym: Thou arte reputed as a Lyon of the Heathen, and as a whalefyshe in the See. Thou castest thy waters aboute the / thou troublest the waters with thy fete and stam∣pest in theyr floudes. Thus sayeth the Lorde God: * 1.176 I wyll sprede my net ouer the, na∣mely / a greate multytude of people: these shall dryue the into my yarne, for I wyl cast the vpon the lande, and let the lye vpon the felde; that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpon the. I wyll geue al the beastes of the felde ynoughe of the. Thy flesshe wyll I caste vpon the h••lles / and fyll the valleys with the hyghnesse. I wyll water the lande [unspec B] with the aboundaunce of the bloude euen to the mountaynes / and the valleys shall be full of the. When thou arte put out, I wyll couer the Heauen / and make hys Starres dymme. * 1.177 I wyll sprede ••loude ouer the Sonne / and the Moone shall not geue her lyght. All the lyghtes of heanen wyll I put out ouer the, and brynge darckenes vpon thy lande, sayeth the Lord God. I wyl trou¦ble the hertes of many people, when I bring thy destruccyon amonge the Heathen and countrees, whom thou knowest not. Yee, I wyl make many people with their kinges so afrayed thorowe the, that theyr heare shall stande vp, when I shake my swerde at their faces. Sodenly shal they be astonyed, euery man in him selfe, at the day of thy fall.

For thus sayeth the Lord God: the kyng [unspec C] of Babilons swearde shall come vpon the / with the sweardes of the worthyes wyll I smytte downe thy people. All they that be myghtye amonge the Gentyles, shall waste the proude pompe of Egypte, & bring downe all her people. All the catell also of Egypte wyll I destroy / that they shal come no more vpon the waters: so that neyther mans fote nor beastes clawe, shal stere them any more. Then wyll I make theyr waters cleare, and cause theyr floudes to runne lyke oyle, sayth the Lorde God. When I make the lande of Egypte desolate, and when the countre with all that is therein, shall be layde waste: and when I smyte all them whiche dwell in it / that they maye knowe, that I am the Lorde This is the mournyng, that the daughters [unspec D] of the Heathen shal make: Yee, a sorowe and lamentacion shal they take vp, vpon Egipt and all her people, sayeth the Lorde God.

In the. xij. yeare, the. xv. day of the Mo∣neth, came the worde of the Lorde vnto me / sayinge: Thou sonne of man. Take vp ala∣mentacion vpon the people of Egypte, and cast them downe, yee, and the myghtye peo∣ple of the Heathen also, euen with thē, * 1.178 that dwell beneth: and with them that go downe into the graue. Downe (howe fayre so euer thou be) and lay the with the vncircumcised Amonge those that be slayne with the swe∣arde, shal they lye. The swearde is geuen al redy, he shall be drawen forth & all his peo∣ple. The myghty worthyes and his helpers, that be gone downe and lye with the vncyr∣cumcised and with them that be slayne with the swerde: shal speake to him out of the hel.

Assur is there also with his company, & [unspec E] theyr graues rounde aboute, whiche were slayne and fell all with the swearde, whose graues lye besyde him in the lowe pytte. His comens are buried rounde aboute his gra∣ue: al together wounded and slayne with the swerde, which men afore tyme brought feare into the lande of the lyuynge.

* 1.179 There is Elam also with all hys peo∣ple, and their graues rounde aboute: which al beyng wounded and slayne with the swer¦de / are gone downe vncircumcysed vnder the earthe, whiche neuerthelesse sometyme brought feare in to the lande of the lyuyng: for the whiche they beare their shame, with the other that be goue downe to the graue.

Theyr burial is geuen them and al their people, amonge them that be slayne. Theyr [unspec F] graues are rounde aboute all them, whiche be vncircumcysed / and with them that be slayne thorowe the swearde: for seyinge that in tymes past they made the lande of the ly∣uyng afrayed, they muste nowe beare theyr owne shame, with them that go downe to the pytte, and lye among thē, that be slayne.

There is Mesech also and Tuball, and theyr people, & theyr graues rounde aboute. These all are amonge the vncircumcysed / and them that be slayne with the swearde be cause afore tyme they made the lande of the lyuynge afrayed.

Shulde not they then lye also amonge the worthyes / and vucircumcysed Gyaun∣tes? whiche with theyr weapens are gone downe to hell whose sweardes are layde vn¦der theyr heades, whose wyckenesse is vpon theyr bones: because that as worthyes, they haue brought feare into the lande of the ly∣uynge? Yee, among the vncircumcysed shalt thou be destroyed, and slepe with them, that peryshed thorowe the swearde.

There is the lande of * 1.180 Edom with her [unspec G] kynges and prynces also, whiche with theyr strength are layde by them that were slayne with the swearde, yee / amonge the vncircū∣cysed / and them which are gone downe into the pytte. Moreouer, there be all the prynces of the North, with al the Sidouyans, which are gone downe to the slayne.

With theyr feare and strength they are come to confusion / and lye there vncircunci¦sed amonge those that be slayne with the swearde: and beare theyr owne shame / with them that be gone downe to the pytte. Now whan Pharao seyth this / he shalbe comfor∣ted ouer all hys people / that is slayne with the swearde: bothe Pharao and al his host, sayeth the Lorde God. For I haue geuen my feare in y^• lande of the lyuyng. But Pha¦rao and all his people shall lye amonge the vncircuncysed / and amonge them that be slayne with swearde sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ He setteth out the offyce of a Curate that preacheth the Gospel. He strengtheneth them that dys••n••re, and boldeneth them with the promes of mercy. The worde of the Lorde a∣gaynst the remnaunt of the people. Agaynste the mockers of the wordes of the Prophete.

CAPI. XXXIII.

AGAYNE the worde of the Lorde ca∣me [unspec A] vnto me / sayinge. Thou sonue of man / Speake to the Chyldren of thy people / and tell theym: Whan I seude a swearde vpon a lande / yf the people of the lande take a man of theyr countre / and set hym to be theyre * 1.181 watcheman: the same man (whan he seyth the swearde come vpon the lande) shall blowe the trompet / & warne the people.

If a man nowe heare the noyse of the trompette and wyll not be warned / and the Swearde come and take hym awaye: hys bloude shall be vpon his owne heade: for he herde the sounde of the trompet / and wolde not take hede / therfore his bloude be vpon hym. But yf he wyll receaue warnynge / he shall saue his lyfe.

Agayne, yf the watcheman se the swerde [unspec B] come and shew it not with the trōpet, so that the people is not warned: if the swerde come then, and take any man from amonge them: the same shall be taken awaye in his owne synne, but his bloude wyll I requyre of the watchmans hande.

* 1.182 And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Is∣raell: that where as thou hearest any thyng out of my mouthe, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. If I saye vnto the wycked thou wicked / thou shalt surely dye, and thou geuest him not warnyuge / that he maye be∣warre of his vngodly waye: then shall the wycked dye in his owne synne / but his blou∣de wyl I requyre of thy hande. Neuertheles, yf thou warne the wycked of his waye / to turne from it, where as he yet wyl not be tur¦ned from it, then shall he dye because of hys synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule.

Therfore (O thou sonne of man) speake [unspec C] vnto the house of Israel. Ye saye thus: Our offences and synnes lye vpon vs, and we be corrupte in them: howe shulde we then be re∣stored vnto lyfe? Tell them: * 1.183 As truely as I lyue, saieth the Lord God, I haue no plea¦sure in the death of the wycked, but much ra¦ther that the wycked turne from his waye & lyue. Turne you, turne you from youre vn∣godly wayes, O ye of the house of Israell, Oh, wherfore wyll ye dye.

Thou sonne of man / tell the chyldren of thy people: * 1.184 The ryghtuousnes of the righ¦tuous shal not saue him / whan soeuer he tur¦neth awaye vnfaythfully. Agayne, the wyc∣kednesse of the wycked shall not hurte him / whan soeuer he conuerteth from his vngod lynesse.

And the ryghtuousnes of the ryghtuous shall not saue hys lyfe, whan soeuer he syn∣neth. If I saye vnto the ryghtuous, that he shall surely lyue, and so he trust to his owne

ryghtuousnesse, and do synne, then shall hys ryghtuousnesse be nomore thought vpon / but in the wyckednesse that he hath done he [unspec D] shall dye. * 1.185 Agayne, if I saye vnto the wyc∣ked: thou shalte surely dye: and so he turne from his synnes, and do the thynge that is lawful and ryght: In so much that the same wycked man geueth the pledge agayne, re∣storeth that he had taken awaye by robbery walcketh in the commaundementes of lyfe, and dothe no wronge. Then shall he surely lyue, and not dye. Yee / the sines that he hath done, shall neuer be thought vpon. For in so muche as he dothe nowe the thynge that is lawful and ryght, he shall lyue. And yet the chyldren of thy people say: Tush, the way of the Lorde is not ryght, where as their owne way is rather vnryght.

When the ryghtuous turneth from hys ryghtuousnesse and dothe the thynge that is wycked he shal dye therefore. But yf the wycked turne from his wyckednesse / doyng the thyng that is lawful & ryght, he shal liue therfore. Yet ye say: * 1.186 the way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel * 1.187 I wyl iud¦ge euery one of you after his wayes.

In the. xij. yeare, the. v. daye of the tenth [unspec E] moneth of oure captyuite, it happened, that one which was fled out of Ierusalem, came vnto me, and sayde: the cytie is destroyed. Nowe the hande of the Lorde had bene v∣pon me, the euenynge afore this man (which was escaped) came vnto me, and had ☜ ope¦ned my mouth, vntyll the mornynge that he came to me: ye, he opened my mouth, so that I was no more dōme. Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, and sayde. Thou sōne of man / these that dwell in the wasted lande of Israel, saye: Abraham was but one man, and he had the lande in possession: no we are we many and the lande is geuen vs to pos∣sesse also. And therfore tell them. Thus say∣eth [unspec F] the Lorde God. * 1.188 In the bloude haue ye eaten / your eyes haue ye lyfte vp to Idoles, * 1.189 and haue shed bloude: shall ye then haue the lande in possession?

Yeleane vpon your sweardes / ye worke abhomynacyons, euerye one defyleth▪ hys neyghbours wyfe: and shall ye then possesse the lande? Saye thou these wordes vnto them. Thus sayeth Lorde God. As truely as I lyue all ye that dwell in this wylder∣nesse / shall be slayne with the swearde: what so euer is vpon the felde / wyll I geue vnto the beastes to be deuoured: those that be in stronge holdes and dennes / shall dye of the pestylence. For I wyl make the lande so de∣solate and wast / and the pōpe of her strēgth shal come to an ende. The mountaynes in Israell shalbe so waste that no man shal tra¦uayle therby.

* 1.190 Then shall they lerne to knowe, that I [unspec G] am the Lorde, when I make the lande wast and desolate, because of all theyr abhomina cyons / that they haue wrought. And thou sonne of man, the children of thy people that talcke of the / by the walles and in the dores of their houses, saying one to another: Come let vs heare, what worde is gone forth from the Lorde. These come vnto the, after the maner of a greate people: yee / my people syt downe before the / and heare thy wordes / but they do not thereafter, * 1.191 for in theyre mouthes they shewe them selues as though they were feruente / but theyr herte goeth after theyr owne couetous lucre. And as a balet that hathe a swete tune, and is plea∣saunt to synge, so shalte thou be vnto them: thy wordes shall they heare / but they wyll not do therafter. Whan thys commeth to passe (for lo / it commeth in dede) then shall they knowe / that there hath bene a prophete amonge them.

¶ Agaynst Byshoppes and ••urates that despyse the flocke of Chryst, and seake theyr owne. The Lorde sayeth that he wyll vyset his disparsed flocke, and gather them together. He reproueth the malyce of certayne of the flocke. He promy¦seth the true shepherde Christ, and with him peace.

CAPI. XXXIIII.

AND the worde of the Lorde came vn∣to [unspec A] me / sayinge. Thou sonne of man prophecye agaynste the shepherdes of Isra∣ell / prophecye and speake vnto them. Thus sayeth the Lord God. * 1.192 Wo be vnto the she∣pherdes of Israell, that fede them selues. Shuld not the shepherdes fede the flockes?

Ye haue eaten vp the fatte, ye haue clo∣thed you with the woll: the beste fedde haue ye slayne, but the flocke haue ye not norys∣shed. The weake haue ye not holden vp * 1.193 the syck haue ye not healed: the broken haue ye nat bounde together, the out castes haue ye not brought agayne: the loste haue ye not soughte: but churlysly and cruelly haue ye* 1.194 ruled them. Thus are they scatred here and there without a Shepherde: yee / all the beastes of the felde deuoure them, and they go astraye.

My shepe go wandringe vpon all moun∣taynes [unspec B] and vpon euery hye hyl. Yee / they be scatred abrode in all feldes / and there is no man that careth for thē, or seketh aftēr thē / Therfore, O ye shepherdes, heare the worde of the Lord. Thus sayeth the Lord God: As

truly as I lyue, for so much as my shepe are robbed / and deuoured of all the wylde bea∣stes of the felde, hauynge no shepherde: and seinge that my shepherdes take no regarde of my shepe, but sede them selues onely, and not my shepe. Therfore / heare the worde of [unspec C] the Lord (O ye shepherdes) Thus saieth the Lorde God: Beholde, I my selfe wyl vpon the shepherdes / and requyre my shepe from their handes, and make them ceasse from fe∣dynge of my shepe••yee, the shepherdes shall fede them selues no more. For I wyl deliuer my shepe out of theyr mouthes, so that they [unspec D] shall not deuoure them after this: For thus sayeth the Lorde God: * 1.195 Beholde / I wyll loke to my shepe my selfe, and seke them. Lyke as a shepherde amonge the flocke se∣keth after the shepe that are scatred abrode euen so wyll I seke after my shepe / and ga∣ther them together out of all places / where they haue bene scatred in the cloudy and darcke daye. I wyll brynge them out from all people, and gather them together out of all landes. I wyll brynge them into theyr owne lande, and fede them vpon the moun∣taines of Israel, by the ryuers, and in al the places of the countre. I wyll fede them in right good pastures and vpō the hye moū∣taynes of Israel shal there foldes be. There shal they lye in a good folde / and in a fat pa¦sture shall they fede: euen vpon the moun∣taynes of Israell.

I wyll fede my shepe my selfe, and brynge them to theyr rest, sayeth the Lorde God, * 1.196 Such as be lost, wyl I seke: such as go a∣stray, wyl I bryng agayne: such as be woū∣ded, wyl I bynde vp: such as be weake, wyl I make strong: such as be fat & wel likinge those wyll I preserue, and fede thē with the [unspec E] thyng that is lauful. And as for you (O my shepe) sayeth the Lorde God. * 1.197 I wyl put a difference among the shepe, among the we∣thers and y^• goates. Was it not ynough for you to eate vp the good pasture but ye must treade downe the resydue of youre pasture with your fete also? Was it not ynough for you to drincke cleare water / but ye muste trouble the resydue also with your fete?

Thus my shepe must be fayne to eate the thynge, that ye haue troden downe w^t your fete, and to drincke it, that ye with your fete haue defiled. Therfore, thus sateth the lord God vnto them: Beholde, I wyl seuer the fat shepe from the leane: for so muche as ye haue shot the weake shepe vpon the sydes & shoulders, and runne vpon them with your hornes, so longe tyll ye haue vtterly scatred them abrode. I wyll helpe my shepe / so that they shal nomore be spoyled: yee / I wyl dis∣cerne one shepe from another. I wyll ray∣se vp vnto them one onely shepherde / euen ☞ my seruaunt * 1.198 Dauid, he shall ‡ fede thē and he shall be theyr shepherde. I the Lorde wyl be their God, and my seruaunt Dauyd shall be theyr prynce: Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it. [unspec F]

Moreouer, I wyll make a couenaunte of peace with them, and dryue al euyll beestes out of the lande: so that they maye dwell sa∣fely in the wyldernes / and slepe in the wod∣des. Good fortune and prosperyte wyll I geue them, and vnto al that be round about my hyll. * 1.199 A prosperous shower and rayne wyl I sende thē in due season, that the trees in the wodde maye bring forth theyr frutes and the grounde her increase. They shalbe sa••e in theyr lande, and shall knowe, that I am the Lorde, which haue brokē their yoke, and delyuered them oute of the handes of those, that helde them in subieccyon.

They shall no more be spoyled of the Hea∣then / nor deuoured with the beastes of the [unspec G] lande: but safely shal they dwel, and no man shall fraye them, I wyl set vp an excellente plante for them, so that they shall suffre no more hunger in the lande, neyther beare the reprofe of the Heathē any more. Thus shall they vnderstande / that I the Lorde theyre God am with them, and that they (euen the house of Israell) are my people sayeth the Lorde God. Ye men are my flocke * 1.200 ye are the shepe of my pasture: and I am your God / sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The destruccyon that shall come on the hyll Seyr / that is, on the Idumeans, because they troubled the people o•• the Lorde.

CAPI. XXXV.

MOREOVER, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me / sayinge / Thou [unspec A] sonne of man / turne thy face towarde the mounte * 1.201 Seir / prophecye vpon it and say vnto it: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Be∣holde (O thou mounte Seyr) I wyll vpon the / I wyl reache out myne hande ouer the / yee / waste and desolate wyll I make the.

Thy cytyes wyll I breake downe / and thou shalte lye voyde: that thou mayste knowe, howe that I am the Lorde. * 1.202 For so muche as thou beareste a olde enemyce a∣gaynste the chyldren of Israell / and with a cruell hande hast made them afrayed, what tyme as they were troubled & punyshed for theyr synne: Therfore, as truly as I lyue / sateth y^• Lorde god. I wyl prepare the vnto [unspec B] bloude, yee / ☞ bloude shall folowe vpon

the: * 1.203 seinge thou layeste wayte for bloude / therfore shall bloude persecute the. Thus wyll I make the mount Seyr desolate and waste and brynge to passe / that there shall no man go thyther / nor come from thence.

Hys mountaynes wyll I fyll wyth hys slayne men: thy hylles / dales and valleys shall lye full of thëm / that are slayne with the swearde. I wyll make the a perpetuall wyldernesse / so that no man shall dwell in thy cytyes: that ye maye knowe / howe that I am the Lorde.

And because thou haste sayde: what ☞ bothe these nacions and bothe these landes [unspec C] muste be myne / and I wyll haue them in possessyon * 1.204 where as the Lorde was there.

Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: As truly as I lyue / I wyll handle the accor∣dynge to thy wrathe and gelouse, lyke as thou hast dealte cruelly with them / that I maye be knowen amonge thē howe, I haue punyshed the. Yee / & that thou also mayest be sure / that I the Lorde haue herde all thy∣despytefull wordes, which thou hast spoken [unspec D] agaynste the moūtaynes of Israel sayinge: Lo / they are made waste / & geuen vs to de∣uoure. Thus with youre mouthes ye haue made youre boast against me, yee, and mul∣typlyed youre proude wordes agaynste me. whiche I haue herde altogether.

Where vnto / thus sayeth the Lorde God when the whole worlde is in wealthe / then wyll I make the waste. * 1.205 And lyke as thou (O mount Seyr) wast glad, because the he∣rytage of the house of Israel was destroied euen so wyll I do vnto the also / that thou and whole Edom shall be destroyed / and knowe / that I am the Lorde.

¶ He promyseth despueraunce from the Gentyles vnto Israell. The vencrytes done vnto the Iewes are to be as∣trybed to the mercy of God / not vnto theyr deseruynges. God renueth oure hertes that we maye walke in his com∣maundementes.

CAPI. XXXVI.

THOV sonne of man, prophecy vpon [unspec A] the mountaynes of Israel / and speke: * 1.206 Heare the worde of the Lord / Oye moun∣taynes of Israell. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. Because your enemy hath sayde vpon you: ☞ A, ha, the hye euerlastynge places are nowe become ours: prophecye therfore / and speake: thus sayeth the Lorde God. Seynge ye be wasted and troden downe on euery syde / and become a possessyon vnto the resydue of the Gentyles / whiche haue brought you into mens mouthes and vnto an euyll name amonge the people. Ther∣fore / heare the worde of the Lorde God / O ye mountaynes of Israell. Thus sayeth / the Lord God vnto the mountaynes and hylles, valleys and dales, to the voyde wyl∣dernes and desolate cyties / which are spoy∣led / and had in derysyon on euery syde / a∣mong the resydue of the Heathen. Yee, euen thus sayeth the Lorde God. In the fyre of [unspec B] my gelousy haue I taken a deuyce / against the resydue of the Gentyles, and against all * 1.207 Edom: whiche haue taken in my lande vnto thēselues for a possessyon: whiche also reioysed from their whole hert with a dispi∣tefull stomacke, to waste it, and to spoyle it:

Prophecye therfore vpon the lande of Is∣rael, speake vnto the moūtaynes and hilles to valleys and dales, thus sayeth the Lorde God. Beholde, thys haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terryble wrathe. For so muche as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heathen / therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God ☞ I haue sworne / that the Gentyles whiche lye aboute you / shall beare youre confusyon them selues. And as for you (O mountay∣nes [unspec C] of Israel) ye shal shute out your braun∣ches / and brynge for the youre frute to my people of Israell / for it is harde by / that it wyll come. Beholde / I come vnto you / and vnto you wyll I turne me / that ye maye by tylled and sowen.

☞ I wyll sende you much people, whiche shalbe all of the house of Israell, the cytyes shall be inhabyted, and the decayed places shalbe repayred agayne. I wyll prouyde you with muche people and catell / whiche shall increase and brynge frute. I wyll re∣store you also to your olde estate and shewe you more kyndnes then euer ye had before: wherby ye shal knowe, that I am the Lord.

Yee, people wyll I sende vnto you (O my folke of Israell) which shall haue the in pos¦sessyon, and thou shalte be theyr inhery∣taunce / so that thou shalte no more be with∣out them. Agayne / thus sayeth the Lorde God. For so muche as they saye vnto you / thou arte an eater vp of men, and a waster of thy people: therfore thou shalte eate no mo men / neyther destroye thy people any [unspec D] more, sayeth the Lorde God. And I wyl not suffre the, for to heare thine owne confusion amonge the Gentyles from hē••forth. Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the naciōs nor cast out thyne owne people eny more, saieth the Lorde God.

Moreouer / the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying. O thou sonne of man, whē the house of Israell owe••t vpon their owne grounde / they defyled them selues wyth

theyr owne wayes & ymagynacions: so that in my syght their way was lyke the vnclen∣ues of a mēstruous woman. Wherfore / I poured my wrothful displeasure vpon thē / ☞ because of the bloude that they had shed in the lande, because of theyr Idols / wher∣with they had defiled them selues. I scatred them also among the Heathen / so that they were strowed aboute in the landes. Accor∣dynge to theyr wayes and after theyr owne inuencyons, so dyd I punyshe them. [unspec E]

* 1.208 Nowe / when they were gone vnto the Heathen, and come in amonge thē, they dis∣honoured my holy name so that it was said of them. Are these the people of God, & must go out of theyr owne lande? Then spared I my holy name / whiche the house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentyles / to whom they came. Therfore tell the house of Israel: Thus saieth the Lord God I do not this for your sakes (O house of Israell) but for my holy names sake, which ye dishonou¦red amonge the Heathen / when ye came to them. Therfore, I wyll halowe my greate name agayne / which amonge the Gentyles is euyll spoken of: for ye youre selues haue dyshonoured it amonge them. And the Gen¦tyles shal know that I am the Lorde whan I am honoured in you before theyre eyes / sayeth the Lorde God.

As for you / I wyll take you from amonge the Heathē, and gather you together out of all countrees, and brynge you agayne into your owne lande. * 1.209 Then wyl I poure clea∣re water vpon you / and ye shalbe clene: yee, from al your vnclennesse and from al your Idols shall I clense you. A newe herte also wyl I geue you, and a new sprite wyl I put into you. As for that stony hert, I wyll take it out of youre body / and gyue you a fleshly herte. I wyl gyue my spryte among you * 1.210 & [unspec F] cause you to walcke in my commaūdemen∣tes to kepe my lawes. and fulfyll them.

And so ye shall dwell in the lande / that I gaue to youre forefathers and ye shalbe my people, and I wylbe your God. I wyl helpe you out of al your vnclennes. I wyl cal for the corne / and wyll increase it / and let you haue no honger. I wyl multyply the frutes of the trees & the increase of the feld for you so that ye shall beare no more reprofe of hō∣ger amonge the Heathen. Then shall ye re∣membre your owne wicked wayes, & youre ymaginaciōs, which were not good▪ so that ye shal take displesure at your owne selues by reason of your sinnes & abhominacions. [unspec G]

But I wyll not do thys for youre sakes (sayth the Lord God) be ye sure of it. Ther∣fore / O ye house of Israell, be ashamed of youre synnes. Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde God: what tyme as I shal clense you from all youre offences, then wyll I make the cytyes to be occupyed agayne / and wyll repayre the places that be decayed. The de∣solate lande shalbe builded agayne / whiche afore tyme laye wast in the syght of al them that wente by. Then shall it be sayde: thys waste lande is become lyke a garden of ple∣sure / and the voyde / desolate and broken downe cytyes are nowe stronge / and fensed againe. Then the resydue of of the Heathen that lye rounde about you / shall know that I am the Lorde / whiche repayre that was broken downe, and plant agayne / that was made waste. Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it / and wyll do it in dede.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll yet once be founde agayn of the house of Israel and do this for them: * 1.211 I shal increase them as a flocke of men. Lyke as the holy flocke & the flocke of Ierusalē are in the hye solēpne feastes: so shal also the wylde wasted cytyes be fylled with flockes of men: and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

¶ He prophecieth the bryngynge agayne of the people be∣inge in captyuyte. He sheweth the vnyon of the ten trybes with the two.

CAPI. XXXVII.

THe hande of the Lorde came vpō me & [unspec A] caried me out in the spryte of the Lord & let me downe in a playne felde, that laye full of bones / and he led me rounde aboute by them and beholde, the bones that lay vp¦pon the felde, were very many, and marue∣lous drye also. Then sayde he vnto me.

Thou sonne of man: thinkest thou these bo¦nes may lyue againe? I answered: O Lord God / thou knowest. And he sayde vnto me. Prophecy thou vpō these bones / and speke vnto them. Ye drye bones / heare the worde of the Lorde. Thus sayeth the Lorde God [unspec B] vnto these bones: Beholde, I wyll put brethe into you, that ye maye lyue: I wyll geue you synowes, and make fleshe growe vpon you, and couer you ouer with skynne: and so gyue you * 1.212 brethe, that ye maye lyue and knowe, that I am the Lorde.

So I prophecyed, as he had commaunded me. And as I was prophecyinge there came anoyse and a greate mociō, so that the bones can euery one to another. Now when I had loked, beholde, they had s••nowes, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 grewe vpon them: and aboue they were co∣uered with skynne, but there was no breth

in them. Then saide he vnto me. Thou sōne of man, prophecye thou towarde the wynde: prophecye / and speake to the wynde. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. Come (O thou ayre) from the foure wyndes, and ☞ blowe vpon these slayne that they maye be restored to [unspec C] life. So I prophecied, as he had comaūded me: then came the breth into them, and they reccaued lyfe, and stode vp vpon theyr fete / a maruelous greate sorte.

Moreouer, he sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man / these bones are the whole house of Israell. Beholde, they saye: Oure bones dried vp, our hope is gone, we are clene cut of. Therfore prophecy thou, & speake vnto [unspec D] them: thus sayeth the Lorde God. Beholde / I wyll open youre graues (O my people) and take you out of youre sepulcres / and bryng you into the lande of Israel agayne.

So shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I open your graues, and brynge you out of them. My spryte also wyll I put in you / and ye shall lyue: I wyl set you againe in youre owne lande, and ye shall knowe / that I am the Lorde, whiche haue sayde it, and fulfylled it in dede.

The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: thou sonne of man, take a stycke & wryte vpon it. Unto Iuda and to the chyl∣dren of Israel his companyons. Then take another sticke, and write vpon it: Unto Io∣seph y^• stoke of Ephraim, and to al the hous∣holde of Israell his companions. And than take bothe these together in thyne hande, so shall there be one sticke therof. Nowe yf the [unspec E] chyldren of thy people saye vnto the: wylte thou not shewe vs, what thou meaneste by these? Then geue them thys answere: thus sayeth the Lord God: beholde, * 1.213 I wyl take the stock of Ioseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim and of the tribes of Israel his fe∣lowes, and wyll put thē to the stocke of Iu∣da and make them one stocke, and they shal be one in my hande. And the two styckes where vpon thou wrytest / shalte thou haue in thyne hande, that they may se / and shalte saye vnto them▪

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: beholde / I wyl take awaye the children of Israel from [unspec F] amonge the Heathen: vnto whome they be gone, and wyl gather thē together on euery syde, and brynge them agayne into theyre owne lande: yee, I wyll make one people of them in the lande, vpon the mountaynes of Israel, and they al shal haue but one kyng. They shall nomore be two peoples frō hece forth, nether be deuided into two kigdomes they shal also defile thē selues nomore with theyr abhominaciōs, Idoles, & all their wic¦ked doinges. I wyl helpe thē out of al theyr dwelling places, wherin they haue synned: and wyll so clense them, that they shalbe my people, and I theyr God.

Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their kinge and [unspec G] they al shal haue one shepherd onely. They shall walcke in my lawes, and my commaū¦dementes shall they bothe kepe and fulfyll. They shall dwell in the lande, that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, where as your fa¦thers also haue dwelt. Yee, euen in the same lande shal they, their chyldren, and their chil¦ders childrē dwell for euermore, and my ser¦uaunt Dauid shalbe their euerlasting price.

Moreouer / I wyll make ☞ a bonde of peace with thē, which shall be vnto them an euerlasting couenaūt, I wyl setle them also and multyplye them / my Sanctuary wyll I set among thē for euermore. * 1.214 My dwel∣lynge shalbe with them: yee, I wyl be theyr God, and they shal be my people. Thus the Heathen also shall knowe, that I the Lorde am the holy maker of Israel: whē my Sāc∣tuary shalbe amonge them for euermore.

¶ He prophecyed that Gog and Magog shall come with an appoyneed haste into the lande of promes. Theyr entent. He reherceth that the cōurynge of Gog was before prophe∣cyed of the prophetes. The destruccyon of hym.

CAPI. XXXVIII.

AND THE worde of the Lorde came [unspec A] vnto me sayinge. Thou sonne of man / turne thy face ☞ towarde Gog the lande of Magog, whiche is the chefe prince at Meseche and Tubal: prophecye agaynst hym / and saye. Thus sayeth the Lorde God. * 1.215 O Gog thou chefe prynce Meseche and Tubal: beholde / I wyll vpon the / and wyll turne the aboute and put a bytte in thy chawes: I wyll brynge the forth & all thyne hooste / bothe horse and horsmen / whiche be all weapened of the beste fashyon: a greate people / that handle altogether speares / chil¦des, and swerdes: the Perses, Morians and with them the Libians / which al beare chil∣des and helmettes: Gomar and al his hoo∣stes: the house of Thogorma oute of the Northe quarters / and all hys hoostes / yee / and muche people with the.

Therfore prepare the, set thy selfe in araye with all thy people / that are come vnto the by heapes / and be thou theyr defence. After many daies thou shalt be visited, and in the latter yeares thou shalt come into the lande that hath bene destroyed with the swearde / & nowe is replenished agayne with diuerse

people vpō the moūtayues of Israel, which haue longe lyen waste. Yee, they be brought out of the nacions, and dwell all safe. Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether, to couer the lāde, and as it were a darcke cloude, thou with al thyne hostes, and a great multitude of people with the.

Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lord God. At the same tyme shal many thynges come into thy mynde, so that thou shalte ymagyn mys∣chefe / and saye: I wyll vp to yonder playne lande, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so sa¦fely (for they dwell all without any walles / [unspec D] they haue neither barres nor dores) to spoyle them / to robbe them, to lay hande vpon their so wel inhabyted wildernesses: agaynst that people / that is gathered together, frō amōg the Heathen, whiche haue gotten catell and good, and dwell in the myddest of the lande. Then shall Saba, and Dedan, and the mat chauntes of Tharsis with al their worthies saye vnto the. Art thou come to robbe? Hast thou gathered thy people together / because thou wylt spoyle? to take syluer and golde: to cary awaye catell and good, and to haue a great pray?

Therefore / O thou sonne of man / thou [unspec E] shalt prophecy / and saye vnto Gog. Thus sayeth the Lord God. In that day thou shalt knowe / that my people of Israell dwelleth safe: and shalt come from thy place out of y^• North partes: thou and much people w^t the whiche ryde vpon horses, wherof there is a great multitude and an innumerable sorte. Yee, thou shalt come vpon my people of Is∣rael, as a cloude to couer the lāde. This shal come to passe in y^• latter dayes: I wyl bringe the vp into my lande, y^• the Heathen maye knowe me, when I get me honour vpon the (O Gog) before theyr eyes.

Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Thou arte he / of whom I haue spoken afore tyme / by [unspec F] my seruaūtes the Propbet{is} of Israel, which prophecyed in those dayes and yeares / that I shulde brynge the vpon them. At the same tyme, when Gog commeth vp into the lande of Israel (sayeth the Lorde God) shal my in∣dignacyon go forth in my wrathe. For in my gelousy and hote displeasure I haue deuy∣sed * 1.216 that there shalbe a great trouble in the lāde of Israel at that tyme. The very fyshes in the set, the foules of the ayre / the beastes of the felde / and all the men that are vpon the earth, shall tremble for feare of me. [unspec G]

The hylles also shall be turned vp syde downe, the stayres of stone shal fal, & al wal∣les shal syncke to the grounde. I wyl cal for a swearde vpon them in al my mountaynes sayeth the Lorde God: so that euery mans swearde shall be vpon another. With pesty∣lence and bloude wyl I punishe him: stormy rayne and hayle stones / fyre and brymstone, wyll I cause to rayne vpon him and all his heape, yee / and vpon all that greate people that is with hym. Thus wyll I be magnyfyed / honoured, and knowen amonge the Hea¦then: that they may be sure / howe that I am the Lorde.

¶ He sheweth the destruccyon of Gog and Magog. The graue of Gog and of his hooste. He prophecyeth that Gog and his company shalbe deuouted of byrdes and beastes. Wherfore the house of Israell is wasted. Their bryngynge agayne from capt••uite is promysed.

CAPI. XXXIX.

THerfore O thou sonne of man, prophe∣cye [unspec A] agaynst Gog, and speake. Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde * 1.217 O Gog: thou chefe prynce at Mesech and Tuball, I wyl vpon the / and ☞ punyshe the with sixe plages, and leade the from the North partes and brynge the vp to the mountaynes of Is¦rael. As for thy bowe, I wyll smyte it out of thy left hande, and cast thyne arowes out of thy ryght hande. Thou with al thyne heape & all the people that is with y^• / must fall v∣pon the mountaynes of Israell. Then wyll I geue the vnto foules and wylde beastes of the felde, to be deuoured: there must thou lye vpon the felde: for euen I the Lord haue spoken it, sayeth the Lorde God.

Into Magog, and amonge those that syt [unspec B] so carelesse in the Iles: wyll I sende a fyre & they shal knowe, that I am the Lord, I wyl make also the name of my holynesse to be knowē among my people of Israel: & I wyl not let my holy name be euyll spoken of any more: but the very Hethen also shal knowe, that I am the Lorde, the holy one of Israel. Beholde, it commeth, and shall be fulfylled in dede, sayeth the Lorde God. This is the daye wherof I haue spokē. They that dwell in the cyties of Israel, shall go forth and set fyre vpon the weapēs, and burne them: shyl∣des and speres, bowes and arowes, bylles & clubbes: seuen yeares shall they be burnyng therof, so that they shal els bryng no stickes frome the felde, neyther haue nede to hewe downe any out of y^• wod. For they shal haue weapens ynow to burne. They shall robbe [unspec C] those that robbed thē, and spoyle those that spoyled them sayeth the Lorde God.

At the same tyme wyll I geue vnto Gog, a place to beburied in, in Israel: euē the val ley / where thorowe men go from the Eas•• to

shall abhorre it. There shall Gog and al his people be buried: and it shalbe called the val¦ley of the people of Gog. Seuen monethes longe shall the house of Israell be buryenge of them that they maye clense the lande. Yee, all the people of the lande shall burye them. O / it shalbe a glorious daye, when I get me that honoure / sayeth the Lorde God. They shal ordayne mē also to be deed buriers, euer goynge thorow the lande, and appoynt them certayne places to bury those in, whiche re∣mayne vpon the felde / that the lande maye be clensed. From ende to ende shal they seke, and that seuen monethes long. Nowe those [unspec D] that go thorowe the lande / where they se a mans bone / they shall set vp a token by it / tyll the deed buriers haue buryed it also / in the valley of the people of Gog. And the na∣me of the cite shalbe called / Hamonah: Th{us} shal they make the lande clene.

And thou sonne of man: thus sayeth the Lorde God. Speake vnto al the foules and euery byrde, yee, and to all the wylde beastes of the felde: heape you together and come / gather you rounde aboute vpon my slaugh¦ter / that I haue slayne for you: euen a great slaughter vpon the mountaynes of Israell: [unspec E] eate fleshe, and dryncke bloude. Ye shal ‡ 1.218 eate the fleshe of the worthies / & drynck the blode of the prynces of the lande: of the wethers of the lambes / of the goates, and of the Oxen that be al slayne at Basan. Eate the fat your bely full, and dryncke bloude / tyll ye be drō∣ken of the slaughter / whiche I haue slayne vnto you. Fyll you at my table / with horses and stronge horsemen: with captaynes and all men of warre / sayeth the Lorde God.

I wyll brynge my glory also amonge the Gentyles / that all the Heathen maye se my [unspec F] iudgement / that I haue kept / and my hande whiche I haue layde vpon them: that the house of Israel my knowe / how that I am the Lorde theyr God from that daye forthe. And the Heathen shal know / that where as the house of Israel were led into captiuite: it was for their wickednes sake, because they offended me.

For the whiche cause I hyd my face from them, and deliuered them into the handes of their enemyes / that they myght al be slayne with the swearde▪ Accordyng to theyr vnclē∣nesse and vnfaythfull dealynges, so haue I entreated them, and hyd my face from them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: Now [unspec G] wyll I bryng agayne the captiues of Iacob & haue mercy vpon the whole house of Is∣rael / and be ••••••ous for my holy names sake All theyr confusion & offence that they haue done agaynst me shall be taken awaye: and so safely shall they dwell in theyr lande / that no man shal make them afrayed. And when I haue brought them agayne from among the people / when I haue gathered them to∣gether out of their enemies landes / and am praysed in them before many Heathen: then shall they knowe, that I am the Lorde their God whiche suffred them to be led into cap∣tiuite amonge the Heathen, but nowe haue brought them agayne into theyr owne lāde, and not lefte one of them yonder.

After that, wyll I hyde my face nomore from thē * 1.219 but wyl poure out my sprete vpō the house of Israel, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The restorynge of the cytyes and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the Prophete.

CAPI. XL.

IN the. xxv. yeare of our captyuite / in the [unspec A] begynnyng of the yeare / the. x. day of the moneth: that is the. xiiij. yeare, after that the cyte was smyten downe: the same daye came the hande of the Lorde vpon me / and caryed me forth: euen into y^e lande of Israel brought he me in the vysyons of God: & set me downe vpon a maruelous hye mountayne, where∣vpon there was a buyldynge (as it had bene of a cyte) towarde the North.

Thyther he caried me / and behold, there was a mā, whose similitude was lyke brasse whiche had a threde of flax in his hande, and meterodde also. He stode in the dore, and said vnto me: Thou sonne of man, marcke well with thine eyes, herken to with thyne eares, & fasten it in thyne herte, whatsoeuer I shal shewe the, for to the entent that they myght be shewed the, therfore art thou brought hi∣ther. And what soeuer thou seyst, thou shalt certyfye the house of Israel therof.

Beholde, there was a wall on the oute syde rounde aboute the house: the meterode that he had in his hande, was syxe cubytes long and a spanne. So he measured the bredthe [unspec B] of the buyldynge, whiche was a meterode / and the height also a meterode. Then came he vnto the Easte dore / and wente vp the stayres / and measured the postes of the dore wherof euery one was a meaterodde thicke.

Euery chaumbre was a meterodde longe and brode: betwene the chambers were fyue cubytes. The poste of the dore within the porche, was one meterodde. He measu∣red also the porche of the innermer dore, whiche conteyned a meterodde: Then me∣sured he the entrye of the dore / that contey∣ned eyght cubytes / and hys pyllers two cu∣bytes:

and this entrye stode inwarde.

The chamber dores Eastward / were thre on euery syde: a lyke broade and longe. The pyllers also that stode of both the sydes were of one measure. After this, he measu∣red [unspec C] the wydenesse of the dore, whiche was. x. cubytes, and the heygth of the dore. xiij. cubytes. The edge before the Chambers was one cubyte brode vpon bothe the sydes and the Chambers syxe cubytes wyde of ey∣ther syde. He measured the dore frome the rydge of one Chamber to another, whose wydenesse was fyue and tweyntye cubytes, and one dore stode against another. He made pyllers also. lx. cubytes hygh / rounde about the court dore. Before the inwarde parte vn¦to the fore entrye of the ynnermer dore, were fyftye cubytes. The chambers and their py¦lers within, rounde aboute vnto the dore / had syde windowes. So had the fore entries also / whose wyndowes wente rounde about within. And vpon the pyllers there stode date trees.

Then brought he me into the fore courte, where as were Chambers and paued wor∣kes / made in the fore courte rounde aboute. xxx. Chambers vpon one paued worcke. Nowe the paued worke was a longe besyde the dores & that was the lower paued worke After this he measured the bredth from the lower dore / vnto the ynnermer courte of the [unspec D] outsyde / whiche had an. C. cubytes vpon the east and the north parte. And the dore in the vttermoste courte towarde the Northe / measured he after the length and bredth: his thre Chambers also on eyther syde / wyth his pylers and fore entryes: which had euen the measure of the fyrste dore. His heygth was fyftye cubites, the bredth. xxv. cubytes: his wyndowes and porches with his Date trees / had euen lyke measure as the dore to∣warde the east: there were. vij. steppes to go vp vpon, & their porche before them. Nowe the dore of the ynnermer court stode streyght ouer agaynst the dore / that was toward the north east. From one dore to another / he mea¦sured. C. cubytes.

After that, he brought me to y^e southsyde / where there stode a dore towarde the south: whose pilers and porches he measured, these had the fyrste measure, and wyth theyr por∣ches they had wyndowes roūde about / lyke the fyrst wyndowes. The heygth was. l. cu∣bytes / the bredth. xxv. wyth steppes to go vp vpon: his porche stode before wyth his pyl∣lers & date trees on eyther side. And the dore of the ynnermer courte stode towarde the south, & he measured from one dore to ano∣ther an. C. cubytes. So he brought me into the innermer courte / thorowe the dore of the south syde: whiche he measured, & it had the measure afore sayde. In lyke maner, his chā¦bers, pylers / and fore entryes, had euen the fore sayd measure also. And he had with his porches rounde aboute, wyndowes of. L. cu¦bytes heygth / and, xxv. cubytes brode. The porches rounde aboute were. xxv. cubytes longe / and. v. cubites brode: and his porche reached vnto the vttermost court: vpon his pylers there were date trees, and. viij. step∣pes to go vp vpon.

He brought me also into the ynmost court [unspec E] vpon the east syde / and measured the dore / accordynge to the measure afore sayde. Hys chambers / pilers / and porches had euen the same measure / as the fyrst had: and with his porches he had wyndowes rounde aboute. The heygth was. l. cubytes. the bredth. xxv. cubytes: his porches reached vnto the vtter¦most court: his pilers also had date trees on eyther syde, and. viij. steppes to go vp vpon And he brought me to the north dore / & mea∣sured it, whiche also had the fore sayde mea∣sure. His chambres, pylers and porches had wyndowes rounde aboute: whose heygth was. l. cubytes, and the bredth. xxv. Hys py∣lers stode towarde the vttemost courte / and vpon them both were date trees / and. viij. steppes to go vp vpon. There stode a cham¦bre also, whose intraūce was at the dore py∣lers / and there the burnte offerynges were wasshed.

In the dore porche, there stode on eyther [unspec F] syde two tables for the slaughtynge: to sleye the brent offrynges, synne offerynges & tres∣space offrīges thervpon. And on the out syde as men go forth to the north dore there stode two tables. Foure tables stode on ether syde of the dore / that is. viij. tables, whervpon they slaughted. Foure tables were of hewen stone for the burnt offerynges / of a cubyte and a halfe longe and brode / and one cubite hygh: wherupon were layed the vessels and ornamentes / whiche were vsed to the burnt and slaine offringes, when they were slaugh¦ted. And within there were hokes foure fyn∣gers brode / fastened rounde aboute, to hāge flesshe vpon / and vpon the tables was layd the offerynge flesshe. On the out syde of the innermer dore were the fyngers chambers in the inwarde courte besyde the North dore ouer agaynst the South. There stode one also, besyde the East dore northwarde.

And he sayde vnto me: This chambre on

the South syde belongeth to the Preestes, [unspec G] that kepe the habitacyon: and thys towarde the North, * 1.220 is the Prestes that wayte vpon the aulter: whiche be the sonnes of * 1.221 Sa∣doche / that do seruyce before the Lorde in¦steade of the children of Leui. So he measu∣red the fore courte / whiche had in length an C. cubytes / and as muche in bredth by the foure corners. Nowe the aulter stode before the house: And he brought me to the fore en∣tre of the house, and measured the walles by the entrye dore: whiche were fyue cubytes longe on eyther syde. The thyckenesse also of the dore on eyther syde / was thre cubites. The length of the porche was. xx. cubytes / the bredth▪ xi. cubytes / & vpon steppes went men vp to it: by the walles also were pilers / on eyther syde one.

¶ The disposy••yon and deuyce of buyldynge agayne the ••••••ple, •• of the other thynges therto belongy••e.

CAPI. XLI.

AFTER thys he brought me to the tē∣ple / [unspec A] and measured the postes: whiche were of bothe the sydes. vj. cubytes thycke / accordynge to the wydenesse of the taberna∣cle. The bredth of the dore was. x. cubytes and the walles of the dore on eyther syde fy∣ne cubytes. He measured the length therof / whyche contayned. xl. Cubytes / and the bredth. xx. Then wente he in / and measured the dore postes, whiche were two cubytes thycke; but the dore it selfe was syxe cubite and the bredth of the dore was. vij. cubytes. He measured the length and bredth therof / whiche were euery one. xx. cubytes / before the temple.

And he sayde vnto me: this is the holyest of al. He measured also the wal of the house whiche was syxe cubytes. The chambres that stode rounde aboute the house / were e∣uery one foure cubytes wyde, and one stode harde vpon another / whereof there were. xxxiij. there stode postes beneth by the wal∣les rounde aboute the house / to beare them vp: but in the wal of the house they were not fastened: The syde chambers were / the hyer the wyder / and had steppes thorowe them [unspec B] rounde about the house. Thus was it wider aboue, that from the lowest, men myght go to the hyest and myd chambers. I sawe also that the house was very hye rounde aboute. The foundacion of the syde chambers was a meterodde (that is syxe cubytes brode.) The thyckenes of the syde wal without / con¦tayned fyue cubites, and so dyd the out wall of the chambers in the house.

Betwene the chambers was the wyde∣nes. xx. cubytes rounde aboute the house. The chambre dores stode ouer agaynste the outwal / the one dore was towarde the Nor∣the / the other towarde the South: and the thyckenesse of the outwall was. v. cubytes rounde aboute. Nowe the buyldynge that was seperated towarde the West / was. lxx. cubytes wyde: the wall of the buyldynge was, v. cubytes thycke rounde aboute / and the length foure score cubytes and ten. So he measured the house whyche was an. C. cubytes longe, and the seperated buyldynge with the wall were an. C. cubytes long also The wydenes before the house and of it that was seperated towarde the East / was an. C. cubytes.

And he measured the length of the buyl∣dynge before and behynde wyth the chābers [unspec C] vpon both the sydes: and it contayned an. C cubytes. The ynnermer temple, the porch of the fore court / the syde postes, these thre had syde wyndowes / and pyllers rounde aboute ouer agaynste the postes, from the grounde vp to the wyndowes: The wyndowes them selues were syled ouer with bordes: & thus was it aboue the dore vnto the in most house and without also: Yee the whole wall on eue¦rye syde both within and without was syled ouer with greate bordes. There were Che∣rubins and date trees made also, so that one [unspec D] date tre stode euer betwyxte two Cherubins One Cherub had. ij. faces, the face of a man lokynge a syde towarde the date tre, and a lyons face on the other syde. Thus was it made rounde aboute in al the house: Yee, the Cherubyns & date trees were made from the groūde vp aboue the dore, and so stode they also vpon the wall of the temple.

The by postes of the temple were foure squared, and the fashyon of the Sanctuary was * 1.222 euen as it appered vnto me a fore in y^• visyon. * 1.223 The table was of wodde, thre cu∣bites hye and two cubites long: his corners, the length and the walles were of wodde. And he sayd vnto me: This is the table, that shall stande before the Lorde. The temple & the holyest of all had either of thē two dores & euery dore had two lytle wyckettes which were folden in one vpon another / on euerye syde two. And vpon the dores of the temple there were made Cherubins and date trees, lyke as vpon the walles: and a great thycke balke of wod was before on the out syde of y^• porche. Upon both the sides of the walles of the porche, there were made depe windowes

and date trees, hauynge beames & balkes / lyke as the house had.

¶ Of the chambres of the temple for Preastes, and the holy thynges.

CAPI, XLII.

THEN caried he me out in to the fore [unspec A] court to warde the north, and brought me in to the chambre that stode ouer agaynst the backe buyldynge north warde, whiche had the length of an. C. cubytes, whose dore turned towarde the north. The wydenesse conteyned. L. cubytes: ouer agaynst the. xx. cubytes of the ynnermer court, and agaynst the paued worke that was in the courte, be∣syde all these thre / there stode pylers / one ouer agaynste another: And before thys chambre there was a walkynge place of, x. cubytes wyde / and within was awaye of one cubyte wyde, and theyr dores towarde the north. Thus the hyest chambres were allwaye narower then the lowest and myd∣delmost of the buyldyng: for they bare cham¦bre vpon chambre, and stode thre together one vpon another not hauynge pylers lyke the fore court: therfore were they smaller thē those beneth and in the myddest, to reken from the grounde vpwarde.

The wall without that stode by the chā∣bres [unspec B] towarde the vttemost courte vpon the fore syde of the chambres, was. L. cubytes longe: for the length of the vttemost cham∣bres in the fore courte was. L. cubytes also: but the length therof before the temple was an. C. cubytes. These chambres had vn∣der them an intraunce of the east syde wher∣by a mā myght go in to them out of the fore courte, thorowe the thycke wall of the fore courte towarde the east, ryght ouer agaynst the separated buyldynge. Before the same buyldynge vpon thys syde there were chā∣bers also whiche had away vnto them, lyke as the chambers on y^• north syde of the same length and wydnesse.

Theyr intraunce / fashyon and dores were [unspec C] also of the same maner. Yee, euen like as the other chamber dores were▪ so were those al∣so of the south syde. And before the waye to∣warde y^• syngers steppes on y^• east syde, the∣re stode a dore to go in at. Then sayd he vn∣to me: The chambers toward the north and the south whiche stande before y^• backe buyl¦dynge: those be holy habytacyons / wherin the prestes that do seruyce before the Lorde, must eate the most holy offringes: and there must they laye y^e most holy offrynges: meat∣offrynges, synne offrynges and trespace of∣rynges / for it is an holy place. When the prestes come therin / they shall nat go out in to the fore courte: but (seynge they be holy) they shal leaue the clothes of theyr ministra cyon, and put on other garmētes, when they haue any thynge to do with the people.

Nowe whē he had measured all the ynner¦mer [unspec D] house, he brought me forth thorowe the east porte, and measured the same rounde a boute. He measured the east syde wyth the meterode, whiche rounde aboute conteyned v. C. meterodes. And the north syde measu∣red he, which conteyned rounde aboute, eu•• so much. The other two sydes also towarde the south and the west (whiche he measured) conteyned eyther of them▪ v. C. meterodes. So he mesured all the foure sydes where there wente a wall rounde aboute. v. C. me∣teroddes longe, and as brode also whiche se∣parated the holy from the vnholy.

¶ He seyth the glory of God goyng into the Temple, from whence it had before departed He mentyoneth the Idolatry of the chyldren of Israell, for whiche they were consumed and brought to nawght. He so commaunded to call them agayne to repentaunce.

CAPI. XLIII.

SO he brought me to the dore / that tur∣neth [unspec A] towarde the east. Beholde / then came the glory of the God of Israell from out of y^• east, whose voyce was lyke a great noyse of warers / and the earth was lyghte∣ned with his glorye. Hys syght to loke vpon was * 1.224 lyke the fyrst, that I sawe, whē I wente in, what tyme as the cytie shulde haue bene destroyed: * 1.225 and lyke the vysyon that I sawe by the water of Cobar.

Then fell I vpon my face / but the glory of the Lorde came into the house thorowe the Easte dore. So a wynde toke me vp, and brought me into the ynnermer courte: and beholde, the house was full of the glory of the Lorde. I hearde one speakynge [unspec B] vnto me out of the house / and there stode one by me / that sayde vnto me: O thou sōne of man, & thys rowme is my seate, and the* 1.226 place of my fotesteppes: where as I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell for euermore: so that the house of Israell shall nomore defyle my holy name: neyther they / nor theyr kynges, thorowe theyr whordome, thorowe theyr hye places / and thorowe the deed bodyes of theyr kynges: whiche haue buylded theyr thresholdes in maner harde vpon my thresholdes / and theyr postes al∣most at my postes: so y^• there is but a bare wall betwyxte me and them.

Thus haue they defyled my holy name with theyr abhomynacyons, that they haue

commytted. Wherefore, I haue destroyed them in my wrath: But nowe they shall put awaye theyr whordome and the deed bodies of theyr kynges out of my sight, that I may [unspec C] dwell amonge them for euermore. * 1.227 Ther∣fore (O thou sonne of man) shewe thou the housholde of Israell a tēple, that they maye be ashamed of theyr wyckednesse, & measure them selues an example therat.

And when they be a shamed of all theyr workes, then shewe them the fourme and fashyon of the temple: the commynge in, the goynge out / all the maner and descrypcion therof, yee, all the vses and ordynaunces of it / that they maye kepe and fulfyl all the fa∣shyons and customes therof.

Thys is the descripcyon of the house: A∣boue, [unspec D] vpon the mounte rounde aboute all the corners / it shalbe the holyest of all. Be∣holde that is the descrypcyon and fashyon of the house Thys is the measure of the aulter (after the true cubyte: which is a spā∣ne longer then another cubyte) hys botome in the myddest was a cubyte longe & wyde, and the ledge that wente rounde aboute it / was a spanne brode. Thys is the heygth of the aulter: From the groūde to the lower steppes the length is two cubytes, and the bredth one cubyte: and from the lower step∣pes to the hygher are foure cubytes, and the bredth but one cubyte.

* 1.228 The aulter was foure cubytes hye, and from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hor∣nes, and it was. xij. cubytes longe and. xij. cubytes brode / vpon the foure corners: the couerynge of the aulter was. xiiij. cubytes longe and brode vpon the foure corners / & [unspec E] the ledge that wente rounde aboute / had halfe a cubyte: and the botome therof roūde about one cubyte: his steppes stode towarde the East. And he sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man thus sayeth the Lorde God: these are the ordynaunces and lawes of the aulter, in the daye when it is made to offre burntoffrynges, & to sprynckle bloude ther vpon. To the prestes, to the Leuites that be of y^• sede of * 1.229 Sadoch▪ and treade before me to do me seruyce, sayeth, the Lorde God: Unto these geue thou a yonge bullocke, for a synoffrynge: and take the bloude of hym and sprynckle his foure hornes withall and the foure corners of the aulter couerynge / with the ledge that goeth roūde about: here with shalt thou clense it, and reconcyle it. * 1.230 Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the synoffrynge, and burne hym in a seuerall [unspec F] place without the Sanctuary.

The nexte daye, take a goatbucke with∣out blemysh for a synoffrynge, to reconcyle that aulter withall: lyke as it was reconcy∣led with the bullocke. Nowe when thou hast made it cleane, then offre a yonge bul∣locke * 1.231 without blemysh, and a ramme out of the flocke without blemysh also: Offre them before the Lorde, and let the prest caste * 1.232 salt ther vpon / and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burntoffrynge. Seuen dayes [unspec G] shalt thou brynge, euery daye a goatbucke for sinne. A yonge bullocke and a ramme of the flocke (bothe without blemysh) shal they offre. Seuen dayes shall they reconcyle and clense the aulter, and offre vpon it. When these dayes are expired, then vpon the. viij. daye and so forth / the prestes shal offre their burntoffrynges and healthoffrynges vpon the aulter: so wyll I be mercyfull vnto you, sayeth the Lorde God.

CAPI. XLIIII.

[unspec A]

¶ He sheweth what dore of the temple is shutte. He is com¦maunded to vpbrayde the people with theyr offence. The vncyrcuncysed in herte and in the flesh, who are to be ad∣mytted to the seruyce of the temple, and who to be refused. He sheweth what prestes he wolde haue admytted into the holy place, and also theyr offyce.

AFTER thys / he brought me agayne to the outwarde dore of the Sanctua¦ry on the East syde / and that was shut. Thē sayde the Lorde vnto me: Thys dore shall be styll shut / and nat opened for any man to go thorowe it / but onely for the Lorde God of Israel: yee, he shal go thorowe it / els shal it be shut styll. The prynce hym selfe shall come thorowe it / that he maye eate breade before the Lorde. At the porche shal he come in / and there shall he go out agayne. Then brought he me to the dore / vpon the North syde of the house. And as I loked aboute me / beholde, * 1.233 the glory of the Lorde fylled the house: and I fell downe vpon my face. So the Lorde spake vnto me: O thou sōne of man / fasten thys to thyne herte / beholde / and take diligent hede to al that I wyl saye [unspec B] vnto the / concernynge all the ordynaunces of the Lorde and all hys lawes: pondre wel with thyne herte the cōmynge in of y^• house and the goynge forth of the Sanctuary, and tel that obstynate housholde of Israel: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: O house of Israel / ye haue nowe done ynough withall youre abhomynacions / seynge that ye haue brought into my Sanctuary straungers / hauynge vncircuncysed hertes and flesh / where thorowe my Sanctuary is defyled / when ye offre me bred, fat, and bloude.

Thus with all youre abhomynacyons ye haue broken my couenaunt / and nat kept the holy ordynaunces of my Sanctuary: but set kepers of my Sanctuary / euen after youre owne mynde. Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: Of all the straungers that [unspec C] dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell / no straunger (whose herte and flesh is nat cir∣cumcysed) shal come within my Sāctuary: No, nor the Leuites y^• be gone backe fro me, and haue dysceaued the people of Israell with all erroures / goynge after theyr ydo∣les: therfore shal they beare theyr owne wyc¦kednes. Shulde they be set and ordened to mynistre vnder the dores of the house of my Sanctuarye? And to do seruyce in the house: to slaye burntoffrynges and sacryfy∣ces for the people: to stande before thē / and to serue them / seynge the seruyce that they do them / is before theyr Idoles / and cause the house of Israel to stomble thorow their wyckednes? * 1.234 For the whiche cause I haue [unspec D] pluckte out myne hande ouer them (sayeth the Lorde God) so that nowe they must bea¦re theyr owne iniquyte / and nat to come nye me / to serue me with theyr presthode / in my Sanctuary, & moost holyest of all: that they maye beare theyr owne shame & abhomina∣cyons, which they haue done. Shulde I vse them to be porters of the house, and to all y^• seruyce that is done therin? But the Prestes the Leuytes, the sōne of Sadoch, that kep∣te* 1.235 the holy ordynaunces of my Sanctuary / when the chyldren of Israell were gone fro me: shall come to me, to do me seruyce, to stā∣de before me, and to offre me the fat and the bloude / sayeth the Lorde God.

They shall go into my Sanctuary / and [unspec E] treade before my table / to do me seruice, and to wayte vpon myne ordinaūces. Now whē they go in at the dores of the innermer court they shall put on lynen clothes, so y^• no wol∣lyne come vpon them: whyle they do seruyce vnder the dores of the ynnermer courte / and within. They shall haue fayre lynen bonettes vpon theyr heades / and lynen bre∣ches vpon theyr loynes / whiche in theyr la∣boure they shall nat put aboute them: And whē they go forth to the people into the out∣warde courte, they shall put of the clothes / wherin they haue mynistred, and laye them in the habytacyon of the Sanctuary, and put on other apparell / lest they vnhalowe the people with theyr clothes. [unspec F]

* 1.236 They shall nat shaue theyr heades, nor norysh the bushe of theyr heare but rounde theyr heades only. * All the Prestes that go into the Inmost court, shal drinke no wyne. ‡ 1.237 They shall mary no wydowe, neyther one that is put from her husbande: but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel, or a wyd∣dowe, that hathe had a preste before.

* 1.238 They shal shewe my people the dyffe∣rence betwene the holy and vnholy, betwixt [unspec G] the clene and vnclene. If any discorde aryse they shall discerne it / and geue sentence af∣ter my iudgementes. My solempne feastes, my lawes and ordynaunces shal they kepe, and halowe my Sabbathes. ☞ * 1.239 They shall come at no deed persone / to defyle thē selues (excepte it be father or mother, sonne or daughter, brother or syster that hath had yet no husbande) in such they maye be defy∣led. And when he is clensed / there shall be rekened vnto hym. vij. dayes: and yf he go into the Sanctuary agayne to do seruy∣se he, shall brynge a synoffrynge sayeth the Lorde God. * 1.240 They shall haue an hery∣tage, yee, I my selfe wylbe theyr herytage: els shall ye geue thē no possession in Israel, for I am theyr possession. The meatoffryng synoffrynge and treaspaceoffryng shal they eate, & ☞ euery dedycate thynge in Israel, shalbe theyrs. The fyrstlynges of all the fyrst frutes / and all fre wyloffrynges shall be the prestes.

Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the fyrst∣lynges of youre dough / that God maye pro¦spere the resydue. * 1.241 But no deed caryō shal the preste eate / nor suche as is deuoured of wylde beastes / foules or catell.

¶ Out of all the lande of promes are there seperate. iiii. por¦cyons, of whiche the fyrst is geuen to the Prestes and to the temple, the seconde to the Leuites, the thyrde to the ••ytie, the fourth to the prynce. An exhortacyō to the heades of Israel. Of ••ust weyghtes and measures. Of fyrste frutes. &c.

CAPI. XLV.

WHen ye deuyde the lāde by the lot, [unspec A] ye shall put asyde one * 1.242 parte for the Lorde, to be holy from other landes: namely. xxv. M. meteroddes longe, and. x. M. broade. Thys shalbe holy, as wyde as it is rounde aboute. Of thys parte there shall belonge vnto the Sanctuary. v. C. meteroddes in al the foure corners, and. l. cubytes wyde rounde aboute to the subur∣bes. And from this measure, namely of. xxv M. meteroddes longe, &. x. M. broade, thou shalt measure, wherin the Sanctuary and the holyest of all maye stande.

The resydue of that holy grounde shal be the prestes, whiche do seruyce in the Sanc¦tuary of the Lorde, and goo in before the Lorde to serue hym / that they maye haue ••ome to dwell in.

As for the Sanctuary, it shal stande for [unspec B] it selfe: and to the Leuites y^• serue in the hou∣se, there shalbe geuen. xx. habytacyōs, of the xxv. M. length and. x. M. bredth: ye shal ge∣ue also vnto the cytie a possessyon of. v. M. meteroddes brode, and. xxv. M. lōge, besyde the parte of the Sanctuary: that shalbe for the whole house of Israel. * 1.243 Upon bothe the sydes of the Sanctuaryes parte, and by the cytie, there shalbe geuen vnto the prince what soeuer lyeth ouer agaynst the cytie, as [unspec C] farre as recheth westwarde and eastwarde: whiche shalbe as longe as one parte / from the west vnto the easte.

Thys shalbe his owne lande in Israell, that my prynces be no more chargeable vn∣to my people. And suche as remayneth yet ouer in the lande, shalbe geuen to the house of Israel accordynge to theyr trybes. Thus sayeth the Lord God: O ye prynces: ye haue nowe oppressed and destroyed ynough: now leaue of, handle nowe accordyng to y^• thing, that is equall and laufull: and thrust out my people nomore, sayeth the Lorde God. * 1.244 Ye shal haue a true weyght, a true Ephah, and a true Bath. The Ephah and the Bath shalbe a lyke. One Bath shal cōteyne the tenth parte of an Homer, and so shal one Ephah do: theyr measure shall be after the [unspec D] Homer. * 1.245 One Sycle maketh. xx. Geras. So. xx. Sycles, and. xxv. and. xv. Sycles make a pounde. This is the heaueoffrynge, that ye shall geue to be heaued: namely / the v••. parte of an Ephah, out of an homer of wheate, and the. vj. parte of an Ephah, out of an homer of barly. The oyle shall be measured with the Bath: euen y^• tenth parte of one Bath out of a Cor.

Ten Bathes make one Homer: for one [unspec E] Homer fylleth ten Bathes. And one lambe from two hundreth shepe out of the pasture of Israel▪ for a meatoffryng, burntoffrynge and healthoffrynge / to reconcyle thē sayeth the Lorde God. All the people of the lande shal geue thys heaueoffringe with a fre wyl for the prynce of Israel Agayne, it shall be the prynces parte to offre burntoffrynges / meatofferynges and drynckoffringes vnto the Lorde, in the holy dayes, newe Moones, Sabbathes, and in all the hye feastes of the house of Israel. The synoffrynge / meat∣offrynge [unspec F] / burntofferynge & healthoffrynge shal he geue, to recōcyle the house of Israel. Thus sayeth the Lorde God: The fyrst day of the fyrst moneth thou sholt take a yonge bullocke without blemysh / and clenle the Sanctuary. So the preste shall take of the bloude of the synoffrynge, and spryncle it vnto the postes of the house / and vpon the foure corners of the aulter / with the do∣re postes of the ynnermar courte. And thus shalt thou do also the seuenth day of the mo¦neth * 1.246 (for suche as haue synned of igno∣raūce / or beynge disceaued) to reconcyle the house withall. * 1.247 Upon the. xiiij. daye of the fyrst moneth ye shall kepe Easter. Seuen dayes shall the feast contynue, wherin there shall no sowre nor leuened breade be eaten.

Upon the same daye shall the prynce geue for hym selfe and all the people of the lande, a bullocke for a synoffrynge And in the [unspec G] feast of the seuen dayes he shall offre euery day a bullocke and a ram / that are without blemysh / for a burntofferyng vnto y^• Lorde: and an he goate daylye for a synoffrynge. For the meatoffrynges / he shall geue euer an Ephah to a bullocke / an Ephah to a ram and an Hyn of oyle to an Ephah. Upon the. xv. daye of the seuenth moneth / he shall kepe y^• seuen dayes holy / one after another / euen as the other seuen dayes: with the syn∣offrynge / burntoffrynge / meatoffryng / and with the oyle.

¶ The sacryfyces of the Sabboth and of the newe mones. Thorowe whiche dores they muste go in, or come out of the temple, ••c.

CAPI. XLVI.

THVS sayeth the Lord God: the dore [unspec A] of the ynnermer courte towarde the Easte / shal be shut the. vj. workynge dayes: but in the Sabboth and in the daye of the newe Moone, it shalbe opened. Then shal the prynce come vnder the dore porche / and stande styll without by the dore cheke. So the prestes shal offre vp his burnt & health∣offerynges. And he shall worshyppe at the dore poste, and go hys waye forth agayne: but the dore shall nomore be shut tyll the euenynge. On the same maner shall the people of the lande also do theyr worshyppe before the Lorde / with out thys dore vpon the Sabbathes and newe / Moones. Thys [unspec B] is nowe the burntofferynge / that the prynce shall brynge vnto the LORDE vpon the Sabboth: syxe lambes without blemysh / and a ram without blemysh / and an Ephah for a meatoffrynge / with the ram. As for lambes / he may geue as many meatoffryn∣ges to them / as he wyll / and an Hyn of oyle to an Ephah. In the daye of the newe moneth / it shal be a yong bullocke without blemysh / syxe lambes and a ram also with∣out blemysh. With the bullocke he shall ge∣ue an Ephah / and with the ram an Ephah

also for a meate offering: but to the lambes, what he maye come by: And euer an Hin of [unspec C] oyle to an Ephah. When the Prynce com∣meth / he shall go vnder the dore porche / and euen there departe forth agayne. But when the people of the lande come before the Lord in the hyghe solempne feaste, as many as come in by the North dore to do worshyppe / shall go out agayne at the Southe dore. And they that come in at y^• South dore, shal go forthe agayne at the Northe dore. There shall none go out at the dore where he came in, but shal go ryght forthe ouer on the other syde / and the Prynce shall go in and out a∣monge them.

Upon the solempne and hye feast dayes, [unspec D] this shalbe the meat offerynge: An Epha to a bullocke and an Epha to a ram, and to the lambes: as many as he wyl, but euer an Hin of oyle to an Epha. Nowe when the Prynce bryngeth a burnt offerynge or an healthoffe¦ryng with a fre wyl vnto the Lorde, the east dore shalbe opened vnto him, that he may do with his burnt and healthofferynges, as he doth vpon the Sabboth, and when he goeth forth, the dore shal be shut after him agayne. He shall daylye brynge vnto the Lorde a lambe of a yeare olde without blemyshe for a burnte offeryng: this shall he do euery mor¦nynge. And for a meatofferynge he shall ge∣ue [unspec E] the syxt parte of an Epha, and the thyrde parte of an Hin of oyle (to myngle with the cakes) euery mornynge. Yee, thys shalbe a daylye meateofferynge vnto the Lorde, for an euerlastynge ordinaunce: & thus shal the lambe, the meatofferynge & oyle be geuē eue¦ry mornynge, for a daylye burntofferynge.

Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde God: If the Prynce geue a gyfte vnto any of hys sonnes, then shall it be hys sonnes herytage perpetuall, that he maye possesse it. But If he wyll geue one of hys seruauntes some of hys herytage, it shall be hys ☜ to the * 1.248 fre yeare, and then to returne agayne vnto the prīce: for his herytage shalbe his sōnes one∣ly. [unspec F] * 1.249 The Prynce also shall take none of the peoples enherytaunce, nor put them frome their possession: but to his owne sonnes shal he geue his possession, that my people be not scatred abrode, but that euery man may haue his owne.

And he brought me thorow the entraunce at the syde of the dore to the habytacyon of the Sanctuary, that belongeth to the prea∣stes and stode towarde the Northe, and be∣holde, there was a place vpon the west syde, then sayde he vnto me. This is the place / where the preestes shall dyght the trespace and syn offerynges / and bake the meate of∣ferynges: that they nede not beare them in∣to the outwarde courte / and so to vnhalowe the people. So he brought me into the vtte∣moste courte, rounde aboute al the foure cor¦ners. Beholde / in euery corner of the fore courte, there was yet a lytle courte. Yee / in all the foure corners of the courte, there was made a lytle courte of. xl. cubites longe, and. xxx. cubytes broade: these foure lytle cour∣tes were of one like measure, and there went a rydge wall rounde aboute them all foure, vnder the whiche there were harthes made roūde about. Then sayde he vnto me: This is the kechyn / where the mynysters of the house shall dyght the slayne offerynges of the people.

¶ The vysyon of the waters that come out of the Tem∣ple. The coastes of the lande of promesse, and the ••yuis••on therof by trybes.

CAPI, XLVII.

AFTER thys he brought me agayne [unspec J] before the dore of the house: and be∣holde / there gushed out waters from vnder the postes of the house eastwarde (for y^e hou∣se stode towarde the east) that ranne downe vpon the ryght syde of the house, whyche ly∣eth to the aulter southward. Then caried he me out to the north dore, & brought me forth there rounde aboute by the vttermost dore y^• turneth eastewarde. * 1.250 Beholde, there came forth the water vpon the ryght syde. Nowe whan the man that had the meterode in his hande wente vnto the east dore, he measured a. M. cubytes, and then he brought me tho∣rowe the water, euē to the ancles: so he mea∣sured yet a thousande, and brought me tho∣rowe the water agayne vnto the knees: yet measured he a thousande, & brought me tho¦row the water vnto the loynes. After thys [unspec B] he measured a thousande agayne, then was it such a ryuer, that I myght not wade tho∣rowe it: The water was so depe, that it was nedefull to haue swymmed, for it myght not be waded ouer. And he sayde vnto me: haste thou sene this / O thou sonne of man? and wyth that / he brought me to the ryuer bāck agayne.

Nowe when I came there, there stode ma¦ny trees vpon either syde of the ryuer bācke. Then said he vnto me: This water that flo∣weth out towarde the Easte / and runneth downe into the playne felde, commeth into the see: and from the see it runneth out, & ma¦keth the waters whole. Yee, al that lyue and moue, where vnto this ryuer commeth, shal

recouer. * 1.251 And where this water commeth / there shalbe muche fyshe. For all that * 1.252 com¦meth to this water / shalbe lusty and whole. By thys ryuer shall the fyshers stande from Engaddy vnto En Eglaim, and there spred out their nettes: for there shalbe greate hea¦pes of fyshe, lyke as in the mayne see. As for his claye and pyttes, they shal not be whole / for why / it shal be occupyed for salte.

By this ryuer vpon both the sydes of the shore / there shall growe all maner of frute∣full [unspec C] trees, whose leaues shall not fall of / ne∣ther shall their frute perysh: but euer be rype at theyr mouthes, for theyr water runneth out of theyr Sanctuary. His frute is good to eate / and his leafe profytable for medycy¦nes. Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Let this be the border, wherin ye shal deuyde the lāde vnto the. xij. trybes of Israel / with the lyne. Parte it indifferently vnto one as vnto a∣nother: * 1.253 of the whiche lande I swore vnto your fathers / that it shulde fall to your enhe¦rytaunce.

This is the border of the lande vpon the Northesyde / frome the mayne see / as men go to Zadada: namely Hemath, Berotha, Sabarim: from the borders of Damascus and Hemath vnto Hazar Tichon, and that lyeth vpon the coastes of Haueran. Thus the borders from the see forth / shalbe Hazar Euan / the border of Damascus the North / and the borders of Hemath: that is the Nor∣the parte.

The east syde shal ye measure from Ha∣ueran and Damascus, from Galead & the [unspec D] lande of Israel by Iordane and so forth, frō the see coast / that lyeth east warde: and this is the easte parte.

The southe syde is, frome Thamar forthe to the * 1.254 waters of stryfe vnto Cades / the ry∣uer to the mayne see: & that is y^• south parte.

The west parte: namely the greate see frō the borders therof, tyll a mā come vnto He∣math: this is the west parte.

* 1.255 Thys lande shall ye parte amonge you accordyng to the trybes of Israel, and deuy¦de it to be an herytage for you, * 1.256 and for the straungers that dwell amonge you, and be∣get chyldren. For ye shal take them amonge the chyldren of Israel, lyke as though they were of youre owne houshole & countre / and they shall haue herytage wyth you amonge the chyldren of Israel.

Loke in what tribe the straunger dwelleth in the same trybe shal ye geue him his hery∣tage, sayeth the Lorde God.

¶ The lottes of the. vii. trybes. The partes of the possessy∣on of the Preastes and of the temple, of the Leuytes, of the cytie, of the Prynce, are rehearced. The lottes of the other trybes. The gates of the cytie.

CAPI. XLVIII.

THese are the names of the trybes that [unspec A] lye vpon the northsyde / by the waye of Hetlon, tyll thou cōmest vnto Hemath and Hazar Euam, the borders of Damascus to∣warde the Northe besyde Hemath: Dan shall haue hys porcyon from the easte quar∣ter vnto the west. Upon the borders of Dan from the east syde vnto the west, shall Asser haue his porcion. Upon the borders of Asser from the east parte vnto the west shal Neph¦thaly haue hys porcyon.

Upon the borders of Nephthali from the east quarter vnto the west, shall Manasses haue his porcyon. Upon the borders of Ma¦nasses from the east syde vnto the west, shal Ephraim haue his porcyon. Upon the bor∣ders of Ephraim from the east parte vnto the west, shall Ruben haue his porcyon. U∣pon the borders of Ruben from the east quar¦ter vnto the weste shall Iuda haue his por∣cyon. Upon the borders of Iuda frome the easte parte vnto the weste, ye shall set a syde one porcyon of. xxv. M. meteroddes longe and brode (lyke as another porcyon frome the east syde vnto the west (wherin the Sāc¦tuary shall stande.

* 1.257 As for the porcyon, that ye shall sepera∣te out for the Lorde, it shalbe. xxv. M. longe and. x. M. brode. Which seperated holy por¦cyon shall be longe vnto these: namely to the preestes, towarde the Northe. xxv. M. & towarde the west. x. M. brode, towarde the easte. x. M. brode also, and toward the south xxv. M. longe, wherein the Sanctuarye of the Lorde shall stande. Yee, this same place shalbe the preestes, that are of the chyldren of * 1.258 Sadoch, and haue kepte my holy ordy∣naunce: whiche wente not astraye in the er∣roure of the chyldren of Israell / lyke as the [unspec B] Leuytes are gone astraye: and this sepera∣ted pece that they haue of the lande shall be the most holy, harde vpon the borders of the Leuytes. And nexte vnto the Preestes, shall the Leuytes haue. xxv. M. longe and x. M. brode.

This shalbe on euery syde. xxv. M. longe, and. x. M. brode. Of this porcyon they shall sell nothynge, nor make any permutacyon therof, least the chefe of the land fal vnto o∣ther, for it is halowed vnto the Lord.

The other. v. M. after the bredth that ly¦eth by the. xxv. M. shalbe comen: it shall be∣longe

to the cytie and to the suburbes for ha¦bytaciōs, and the cyte shal stande in the mid¦dest therof. Let this be y^• measure: toward y^• north part. v. C. &, iiij. M. towarde the south parte. v. C. &. iiij. M. towarde the east parte v. C. and. iiii. M. towarde the west parte, v. C. and. iiij. M.

The suburbes harde vpon the cyte, shall haue towarde the north. L. &. ij C. towarde the south. L. and. ij. C. towarde the east. L. & two C. towarde the west also. L. & two. C. As for the resydue of the lengthe / that lyeth harde vpon the seperated holy grounde: na∣mely. x. thousande towarde the easte, and. x. M. towarde the west, next vnto the holy por¦cyon: it and the increase therof shal serue for theyr meate / that laboure in the cyte. They that laboure for the welth of the cytye, shall mayntayne this also, out of what trybe soe∣uer they be in Israel.

All that is seperated of the. xxv. M longe and. xxv. M. brode on the foure partes, that shall ye put asyde for the seperated porcyon [unspec C] of the Sanctuary, & for the possessyon of the cyte. The resydue vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuary and possessyon of the cyte / shall belonge to the Prynce / before the place, of the. xxv. M. vnto the eastende, & before the place of the. xxv. M. west ward vnto the bor¦ders of the cyte: this shalbe the prynces por∣cyon. Thys shalbe the holy place, and the house of the Sanctuarye shall stande in the myddest. Moreouer from the Leuites and the cyties possessyon / that lye in the myd¦dest of the prynces parte: loke what remay∣neth betwyxte the border of Iuda & the bor∣der of Ben Iamin, it shalbe the Prynces.

Nowe of the other trybes. From the east parte vnto the west / shall Ben Iamin haue his porcion. Upon the bor¦ders of Ben Iamin from the east syde vnto the west, shall Symeon haue his porcyon. Upon the borders of Symeon from the east [unspec D] parte vnto the west, shall Izakar haue hys porcyon. Upon the borders of Izakar from the east syde vnto the west, shall Sabulon haue his porcyon. Upon the borders of Sa¦bulon from the easte parte vnto the weste / shall Gad haue his porcyon. Upon the bor∣ders of Gad Southwarde / the coastes shall reache from Thamar forth vnto the waters of stryfe to Cades, & to the floude / euen vnto the mayne see.

Thys is the lande wyth hys * 1.259 porcy∣ons / whyche ye shall dystrybute vnto the Trybes of Israell, sayeth the LORDE God. Thus wyde shall the cyte reache: v∣pon the Northe parte fyue hundreth and foure thousande measures. The Portes of the Cytie, shall haue the names of the Trybes of Israell. Thre Portes of the Northesyde: one Ruben, another Iuda, the thyrde Leuy.

Upon the East syde fyue hundret hand foure thousande measures, with thre Por∣tes: the one Ioseph, another Ben Iamin: the thyrde Dan. Upon the Southsyde fyue hundreth and foure thousande measures, wyth the thre Portes, the one Symeon, another Izakar, the thyrde Sa∣bulon. And vpon the west side fiue hon∣dreth and foure thousāde mea¦sures, with thre por¦tes also, the one Gad another Asser, the thyrde Nephthalye. Thus shall it haue. xviij. M. measures rounde aboute. And from that tyme forthe the na∣me of the cytie shal∣be: the Lorde is there.

❧: Here endeth the Booke of the Prophete Eze∣chiell.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Eze. x. a.
• * 1.2

  Eze x. b.
• * 1.3

  Eze. x. ••. ••
• * 1.4

  E••e. viii. ••
• * 1.5

  E••••. iii. d.
• * 1.6

  Exo. xxii. a.
• * 1.7

  Ieremy. i. ••
• * 1.8

  Apo••••. v. ••.
• * 1.9

  Iere. xv. c. Apo x. b. 4. Esd 14. c
• * 1.10

  Psal. xix. b and▪ cxi••. ••, Apoc. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••.
• * 1.11

  Ierem••. 1. c.
• ‡ 1.12

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. iii. a.
• * 1.13

  M••ch▪ iii. b
• * 1.14

  Esay. •• b.
• * 1.15

  Eze 8 a 11 d
• * 1.16

  Psa. 137. a
• * 1.17

  Eze. xxxiii b
• * 1.18

  Eze. xvii a
• * 1.19

  Ezec. i. a.
• * 1.20

  Ezec. ii. a.
• * 1.21

  Dani. ix. ••.
• * 1.22

  Num. 14. ••
• * 1.23

  Ezech. v. d and. xiiii. d. •• Reg. 25. a
• * 1.24

  ••ere. vii. d
• * 1.25

  Leui. 18. d
• * 1.26

  Deut. 28. •• Treno. 4. b 4. Reg. 16. f
• * 1.27

  ••ere. xv. a
• * 1.28

  Ezech. 4. e
• * 1.29

  Ezec. 36. a
• * 1.30

  Ez••. 7. b. 9. ••
• * 1.31

  Ez••. 7. b. 9••
• * 1.32

  1. Cor. ••. •• Iere. xv. ••.
• * 1.33

  1 Thes. ••. ••
• * 1.34

  Deu. xxii. d
• * 1.35

  Esay••. xv. ••
• * 1.36

  S••pho i. d Ecclesi. v. b Proue. xi. u.
• * 1.37

  O••ie. v••••i. a
• * 1.38

  Iere. 38. c
• * 1.39

  Ezechiel. i. c
• * 1.40

  Ezech. iii. b and. xi. d
• * 1.41

  Ezechi. ••. a
• * 1.42

  E••••d. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. d Nume. xi. d
• * 1.43

  Iob xxii. d Esay. 29 c Iere 〈◊〉〈◊〉. d. Ezech. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.44

  Prouer i. ••. Iere. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. a••d ••iiii. b M••••••. iii. ••
• * 1.45

  Exo. xl. ••. Nume. ••x c 3. Regū. 8. b
• * 1.46

  Iud••. ii. ••
• * 1.47

  Iere. xx••. •• a••d. x••ix. b 1. P••••••. 4. ••
• * 1.48

  Iob. 22. b Esay. 29. ••. Eccle. 2••. ••
• * 1.49

  Ezec. v••i. ••.
• * 1.50

  Ezech. ••x. ••
• * 1.51

  2. P••••. ••. ••
• * 1.52

  Ezech. ••. ••.
• * 1.53

  Ezech. x••. •• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.54

  Eze. 34. ••.
• ‡ 1.55

  Mat. 26. ••.
• * 1.56

  Leu••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. D••••. xii. ••.
• * 1.57

  Ier. xxxi ••. Eze xxxvi f
• * 1.58

  Ezechel. x. •• and. xliii. a
• * 1.59

  Ezech. iii. b and. viii. a.
• * 1.60

  Esay. vi. b. Mat. xiii. b Mar. iiii. a Luk. viii. b Acte. 28. d. Roma. xi. b
• * 1.61

  Iere. xx••. ••, xxiii. b. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 xxxii. b.
• * 1.62

  Ex••. xvii. •• and. xxxii. ••
• * 1.63

  Ezec. xv. •• and. xx••••. ••
• * 1.64

  1. Pet. 3. b.
• * 1.65

  Ezec. ••4. a.
• * 1.66

  Ier. xxvi••. ••
• * 1.67

  Iere. viii b
• * 1.68

  Mat. vii. c.
• * 1.69

  ••••oye. v. c. Math. ii••. ••
• * 1.70

  Os••••. 4. ••.
• * 1.71

  Ezech xx. ••.
• * 1.72

  Ezech. xx. c.
• * 1.73

  3. Reg. 22•• Iob. xii. ••.
• * 1.74

  Ezech. iii. d and. iiii. d.
• ‡ 1.75

  Ier••. ••v. ••.
• * 1.76

  I••r. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.77

  E••••t. xi••. •• and▪ xxii. b.
• * 1.78

  Esay. v. a Icre. x••. c
• * 1.79

  Iere. iii. •• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. xx••. ••
• * 1.80

  Iere. i. iii. and. ••. h. Esay. 46. a
• * 1.81

  O••••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. •• and. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉. d. ••. xx. d
• * 1.82

  Leuit. 18. •• and xx. a Deut. 18. b •• xxxii. •• Iere. vii. d Ezech. xx. d Psal. cv. a
• * 1.83

  Ezech. 23. b
• * 1.84

  Ezech. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. d ••. ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. c
• * 1.85

  Ezer. 23. ••.
• * 1.86

  4. Reg. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and. 17. ••
• * 1.87

  Esay. 47. •• N••••••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.88

  Ezech. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.89

  Leui. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.90

  4. Reg. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.91

  Eze••. ••••••••
• * 1.92

  Gene. x••ii. •• 1. 18. ••. ••. 19. b. ••.
• * 1.93

  Iere. ••i••. ••.
• * 1.94

  Iere. xxi. •• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. vi••••. ••
• * 1.95

  Ezech. 24. a
• * 1.96

  Dani. vii. a
• * 1.97

  4. Re. 24. c.
• * 1.98

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.99

  Iere. xxxi. ••
• * 1.100

  Psal. ••. ••
• ‡ 1.101

  ••••••••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••▪
• * 1.102

  Mat. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.103

  Psal. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
• * 1.104

  Rom••. ••▪ ••▪
• * 1.105

  Iaco. ii. ••.
• * 1.106

  Deut▪ 24. ••▪ ••▪ ••c. 14. a▪ ••▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 25. d
• * 1.107

  ••••••. xviii. a▪ ••zech. 33. c.
• * 1.108

  ••. ••••it. 3. b.
• * 1.109

  Ezech. 33 d.
• * 1.110

  Ezech. 33. c.
• * 1.111

  Esay. ••v. b.
• * 1.112

  ••••••••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. b. Mat. iii. ••.
• * 1.113

  Ezech. xi. •• and. 3••. 8.
• * 1.114

  4. Reg. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. •• Iere 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. and. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ ••.
• * 1.115

  Ezec. xiiii. a
• * 1.116

  Exod. iii. b
• * 1.117

  Deu. vii a.
• * 1.118

  Deu. iiii. b. Gala. iii. b. Luite. 18. a. Exo. xvi. c. 31 c. 32. c.
• * 1.119

  Nu. xiiii. •• Psa. xiv. ••
• * 1.120

  Exod. 1••. ••.
• * 1.121

  Ex. 1•• ••••••••
• * 1.122

  Nume. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Leu. xviii. •• Gala. iii. ••. 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.123

  Exo. xiii. ••
• * 1.124

  Iere. xix. a. Deut. xii. d xviii. b. Ezec. xix. c. 4. Reg. 18. c xxi. a. 2 Par. 28. a
• * 1.125

  Esaye. ii. c. xxx. d. Eze. xiiii. a
• * 1.126

  Deut. xii. a xiiii. b.
• * 1.127

  Iere. viii. a 18. and. 31. c
• * 1.128

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  Exod. 22. c.
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• * 1.157

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• * 1.201

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  Leui. xxv. b Num. 36. ••
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  3. Reg. 21. a ••. Reg. ix. b
• * 1.250

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  Nume. 33. f
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  Leuit xix. g Deu••e x. d xxiiii. ••
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