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CHAP. VII. Miseries shal be so great, 8. and shal come so presently, 16. that few shal escape, and those also shal be in great terrour, and affliction.

AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying: [ 1] † And thou sonne of man, thus saith our Lord God to [ 2] the land :: of Israel: The end is come, come is the end vpon the foure quarters of the land. † Now an end vpon thee, and [ 3] I wil send my furie vpon thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes: and I wil lay against thee al thine abominations. † And vpon thee mine eye shal not spare, and I wil not haue [ 4] mercie: but I wil lay thy waies vpon thee, and thyne abomi∣nations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord. † Thus saith our Lord God: One affliction, [ 5] loe affliction cometh. † An end cometh, there cometh an end, [ 6] it hath awaked against thee: behold it commeth. † Destruction [ 7] commeth vpon thee, which dwellest in the land: the time commeth, the day of slaughter is nere, and not of the glorie

of mountaines. † Now streightway I powre out my wrath [ 8] vpon thee, and I wil accomplish my furie in thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes, and I wil lay vpon thee al thy wicked deedes. † And mine eye shal not spare, neither [ 9] wil I haue mercie: but I wil lay thy wayes vpon thee, and thine abominations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord that strike. † Behold the day, [ 10] behold it commeth: destruction is gone forth, the rod hath floorished, pride hath budded. † Iniquitie is risen in the rodde [ 11] of impietie: not of them, and not of the people, nor of the sound of them: and there shal be no rest in them. † The time [ 12] commeth, the day is at hand: he that bieth let him not reioyce: and he that selleth, let him not mourne: because wrath vpon al the people therof. † Because he that selleth, :: shal not re∣turne [ 13] to that, which he hath ••old, and as yet in the liuing the life of them. For the vision shal not goe backe to al the multi∣tude therof: and man in the iniquitie of his life shal not be strengthened. † Sound you with the trumpet, let al be prepa∣red, [ 14] and there is none to go to the battel: for my wrath shal be vpon al the people therof. † The sword without: and the [ 15] pestilence, and famine within: he that is in the filde shal dye by the sword: and they that are in the citie, shal be deuoured with the pestilence, and famine. † And those of them that [ 16] flee shal be saued: and they shal be in the mountaines as doues of the valleis al trembling, euerie one in his iniquitie. † Al [ 17] handes shal be dissolued, and al knees shal runne with waters. † And they shal gird themselues with hearecloathes, and [ 18] feare shal couer them, and in euerie face confusion, and vpon al their heades baldnes. † Their siluer shal be throwne forth, [ 19] and their gold shal be into a dunghil. Their siluer, and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the furie of our Lord. Their soule they shal not satisfie, and their bellies shal not be filled: because it is made :: a scandal of their ini∣quitie. † And the ornament of their Iewels they haue turned [ 20] into pride, and the images of their abominations, and idols they haue made of it: for this cause haue I geuen it them into vncleanes: † and I wil geue it into the handes of aliens to [ 21] spoyle, and to the impious of the earth for a praye, and they shal contaminate it. † And I wil turne away my face from [ 22] them, & they shal violate my secrete: and spoylers shal enter into it, and shal contaminate it. † Make a conclusion: because [ 23]

the land is ful of the iudgement of bloud, and the citie sul of iniquitie. † And I wil bring the worst of the nations, and [ 24] they shal possesse their houses: and I wil make the pride of the mightie to cease, and they shal possesse their sanctuarie. † Distresse comming vpon them, they wil seeke peace, and [ 25] there shal be none. † Truble shal come vpon truble, and re∣port [ 26] vpon report, and they shal seeke vision of the prophete, and :: the law shal perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancientes. † The king shal mourne, and the prince shal [ 27] be clothed with sorowfulnes, and the handes of the people of the land shal be trubled. According to their way wil I doe to them, and according to their iudgements I wil iudge them: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Notes

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  By Israel is ••ere meant al the countrie of Iurie, as ap∣peareth by the generall peach folovving. the foure quarters of the land.
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  In the yeare of Iubeley the landes vvhich vvere sold, re∣turned to the seller or to his heyres▪ Leuit. 2•• but in the captiuitie there could be no such reco∣uerie.
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  Adorning of idols with much gold was occasion that the Chal∣dees spoyled the citie more eageily.
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  This & other like places sig∣nifie sea••sit••e of Priestes to teach the law, in the captiui∣tie, but not an vniuersal de∣struction or want of al. Io•• euen then also God conser∣ued some reli∣ques, as appea¦reth, Malach. 2.