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CHAP. I.
8 The people is reproued for their vnfaīthfulnes. 30 God wil haue another people, if these wil not be reformed,
1 THe secōdboke of the* 1.1 Prophet * Esdras the sonne of Saraias, the sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Sadanias, the sonne of Sadoc, the sōne of Achitob,
2 The sonne of Achias the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Heli, the sonne of Amerias, the sonne of Asie, the sonne of Marimoth, the son ne of Arua, the sonne of Ozias, the sonne of Borith, the sonne of Abisei, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Eleazár,
3 The sonne of Aaron [of the tribe of Leui] which (Esdras) was prisoner in the land of Medes, in the reigne of Attaxerxes King of Persia.* 1.2
4 * And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying,
5 Go, and shewe my people their sinnes, and their children their wickednes, which thei haue committed against me, that they may tel their childrens children.
6 For the sinnes of their fathers are increased in them, because they haue forgotten me, and haue offred vnto strange gods.
7 Haue not I broght them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? but they haue prouoked me vnto wrath, and despised my counsels.
8 Pull thou of them the heere of thine head, & cast all euil vpon them: for they haue not be∣ne obedient vnto my Law, but they are a re∣bellious people.
9 How long shal I forbeare thē, vnto whome I haue done somuche good?
10 * Many Kings haue I destroyed for their sa∣kes:* 1.3 Pharao with his seruāts and all his armie haue I smitten downe.
11 All the nacions haue I destroied before thē: * I haue destroyed the East, the people of* 1.4 the two countreis Tyrus and Sidon, and ha∣ue slaine all their enemies.
12 Speake thou therefore vnto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
13 * I haue led you thorow the Sea, and haue* 1.5 giuen you a sure“ 1.6 way, since the beginning: * I gaue you Moses for a guide, and Aaron for a Priest,
14 * I gaue you light in a piller of fyre, & great* 1.7 wonders haue I done amōg you: yet haue ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.
15 Thus saith the Almightie Lord, The quailes * were a token vnto you: I gaue you tentes* 1.8 for saue garde, wherein ye murmured:* 1.9
16 And ye triumphed not in my Name for the destruction of your enemies, but ye yet mur∣mure stil.
17 Where are the benefites, that I haue done for you? when ye were hungrie in the wilder∣nes, * did ye not crye vnto me?* 1.10
18 Saying, Why hast thou broght vs into this wildernes to kil vs? It had bene better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians, then to dye in this wildernes.
19 I had pitie vpon your mournings, and gaue* 1.11 you Manna to eat: * so ye did eat Augels fode.* 1.12
20 * When ye were thirstie, did not I cleaue* 1.13 the stone, & waters did flowe out to satisfie you? from the heat I couered you with the leaues of the trees,
21 And I gaue you fat countre is: I cast out the Cananite, the Pheresites, & Philistims before you: * what shal I do more for you, saith the* 1.14 Lord?* 1.15
22 Thus saith the almightie Lord, * When ye were in the wildernes at the bitter waters, being a thirst, and blaspheming my Name,
23 I gaue you not fyre for the blasphemies, but cast a tre into the water, and made the riuer swete.* 1.16
24 What shal I do vnto thee, ô Iacob? thou * Iu da woldest not obey: I wil turne me to other nations, and vnto those wil I giue my Name, that they may kepe my lawes.
25 Seing ye haue forsaken me, I wil also forsake you: when ye aske mercie of me, I wil not ha ue pitie vpon you.* 1.17
26 * Whē ye call vpon me, I wil not heare you: for ye haue defiled your hands with blood, and your fete are swift to commit murther,
27 Althogh ye haue not forsaken me, but your owne selues, saith the Lord.
28 Thus saith the almightie Lord, Haue I not prayed you, as a Father his sonnes, and as a mother her daughters, & as a nurse her yōg babes,
29 That ye wolde be my people, as I am your God, and that ye wolde be my children, as I am your father?* 1.18
30 * I gathered you together as an henne gathe reth her chikens vnder her wings: but now what shal I do you? I wil cast you out from my sight.* 1.19
31 * When you bring gifts vnto me, I wil turne my face from you for your solēne feast dayes your new moones, & your circumcisions ha ue I forsaken.
32 I sent vnto you my seruants the Prophetes, whome ye haue taken and slaine, and torne their bodies in pieces, whose blood I wil re∣uenge, saith the Lord.
33 Thus saith the almightie Lord, Your house shalbe desolate: I wil cast you out as the winde doeth the stubble.
34 Your children shal not haue generaciō: for thei haue despised my commandement, and done the thing that I hate before me.
35 Your houses wil I giue vnto a people to co∣me, who shal beleue me thogh they heare me not, and they, vnto whome I neuer shewed miracle, shal do the things that I command them.
36 Thogh they seno Prophetes, yet shal they