Even like as in tyme past it hath bene
well sene, that þe; londe of Zabulon and
the londe of Nepthali (where thorow the
see waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe
of Galilee) was at the first in litle trouble,
but afterward sore vexed. note
Neuertheles þe; people that haue dwelt
in darcknesse, shal se a greate light. As for
them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe
of death, vpon them shal the light shyne.
Shalt thou multiplie the people, and
not increase the ioye also? noteThey shal reioyse
before the euen as men make mery in haruest,
and as men that haue gotten the victory,
when they deale the spoyle. For thou
shalt breake the yocke of the peoples burthen:
the staff of hys shulder, and the rod
of his oppressoure, as in þe; daye at Madi&abar;. note
B Morouer all temerarious and sedicious
power (yee where there is but a cote fyled
&wt; bloude) shalbe burnt, and fede the fyre. note
For vnto us a childe shalbe borne, and vnto
us a sonne shalbe geu&ebar;. Vp&obar; his shulder
shal the kyngdome lye, and he shalbe called
&wt; his owne name: note The w&obar;derous geuer of
councel, the mightie God, the euerlastinge
father, the prynce of peace, he shal make no
ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace,
and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in
his kyngdome, to set vp the same, to stablish
it with equyte and rightuousnesse,
from thence forth for euermore. This shal
the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe
to passe.
C The LORDE sent a worde in to Iacob,
the same is come in to Israel. All the people
also of Ephraim, and they that dwel in
Samaria, can saye with pryde and hie stomackes,
on this maner: The tyle worcke is
fallen downe, but we will buylde it with
harder stones. The Molbery tymbre ys broken,
but we shal set it vp agayne with Cedre.
Neuertheles, the LORDE shal prepare
Rezin the enemie agaynst th&ebar;, and so ordre
their aduersaries, that þe; Sirians shal
laye holde vpon them before, and the Philistynes
behynde, and so deuoure Israel with
open mouth.
noteAfter all this, the wrath of the LORDE
shal not ceasse, but yet his hande shable
stretched out still. For the people turneth
not vnto him, that chastiseth them, nether
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do they seke the LORDE of hoostes. Therfore
the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both
heade and tale, braunch and twygge in one
daye. By the heade, is vnderstonde the
Senatoure and honorable man, and by þe;
tale, the prophet that preacheth lyes. For
all they which enfourme the people that
they be in a right case, soch be disceauers.
Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge
these, are but cast awaye.
D Therfore shal the LORDE haue no pleasure
in their yonge m&ebar;, nether fauoure their
fatherlesse and wydowes. For thei are
altogether ypocrites and wicked, and all
their mouthes speake foly. After all this
shal not the LORDEs wrath ceasse, but yet
his honde shalbe stretched out still. For the
vngodly burne, as a fyre in the bryers and
thornes: And as it were out of a fyre in a
wod or a redebush, so ascendeth the smoke
of their pryde.
For this cause shal þe; wrath of the LORDE
of hoostes fall vpon the londe, and the
people shalbe consumed, as it were with fyre,
no man shal spare his brother. Yf a man
do turne him to the right honde, he shal famesh,
or to the lefte hande to eat, he shal
not haue ynough. Euery man shal eate the
flesh of his owne arme: Manasses shal eate
Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and
they both shal eate Iuda. After all this
shal not the LORDES wrath ceasse, but yet
shal his honde be stretched out still.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
