A   Then the Lorde with his heauye, great, ∧ longe05Q0884 swerd shall vyset Leuyathan that inuyncible serpent: eu&ebar;05Q0885 Leuiathan that croked serpent ∧ shall slaye the whalfysh in þe; sea. At the same tyme shal men synge of the vyneyarde of Muscatel. I the Lorde kepe it, and water in it due ceason. I watche daye and nyght, that no m&abar; breake into it. I beare no euil wil in my mynd. Who wyll compell me, that I greatly forgettynge all faythfulnesse, B   shulde burne it vp at ones with thornes ∧ bushes? Or who wyll enforce me to kepe or make peace. It wyll come to thys poynte, that Iacob shalbe roted agayne, ∧ Israel shallbe grene, and beare floures, and they shall fyll the whole worlde with theyr frute. Smyteth he not hys smyter, as euyl as he is smyten him selfe: Destroyeth he not the murtherers, as he is murthered? C   Euery man recompenseth with the measure that he receyueth: He museth vpon hys sore wynde, as vp&obar; the dayes of extreame heate. And therfor shall þe; iniquite of Iacob be thus rec&obar;cyled. And so shall he take away all the frute of hys sinnes.

As for aulter stones, he shall make them all as stones beaten to poulder: the groues ∧ Idols shall not stande. The stronge cytyes shalbe desolate, ∧ the fayre cytyes shalbe lefte lyke a wyldernes. The cattell shall fede and lye there, ∧ the shepe shall eate it vp. Theyr haruest shalbe br&ebar;te, D   theyr wyues which were theyr bewtye when they came forth: shalbe defyled. For it is a people wythout vnderstandynge, ∧ therfore he that created them, shall not fauoure them, and he that made them shal not be mercyful to them. In that time shal the Lorde shute fr&obar; the swyfte water of Euphrates, vnto the ryuer of Egypte. And there shal the chyldren be chosen oute one by one. Then shall the greate trompette be blowen, so that those whiche haue bene destroyed in the Assyryans lande, and those that be scatred abroad in Egypte: shall come and worshyppe þe; Lord at Ierusalem, vpon the holy mount.

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