A    ^noteThey shal seke me, that hitherto haue not axed for me: they shal fynde me, that hither to haue not sought me. Then shal I saye immediatly, to the people that neuer called vpon my name: I am here, I am here. For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people, that go not the right waye, but after their owne ymaginacions: To a people, that is euer defyenge me to my face. ^noteThey make their oblacions in gardens, and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke, they lurck amonge the graues, and lie in the dennes all night. ^noteThey eate swyne flesh, and vnclene broth is in their vessels. Yf thou comest nye them, they saie: touch me not, for I am holyer then thou.

All these men when I am angrie, shalbe turned to smoke and fyre, that shal burne for

euer. ^noteBeholde, it is written before my face, ∧ shal not be forgotten, but rec&obar;pensed. I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome: ^note I meane youre mysdedes, and the mysdedes of youre fathers together (saieth the LORDE) which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes, and blasphemed me vpon the hilles: therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne.

B    ^noteMorouer thus saieth the LORDE: like as when one wolde gather holy grapes, men saye vnto him: breake it not of, for it is holy: ^noteEuen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes, that I will not destroye them all. But I will take a sede out of Iacob, and out of Iuda one, to take possession of my hill. My chosen shal possesse these thinges, ∧ my seruauntes shall dwell there. ^noteSaron shalbe a shepefolde, and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people, that feare me. But as for you, ye are they, þt; haue forsaken the LORDE, and forgotten my holy hill. Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune, ∧ geu&ebar; rich drinkofferinges vnto treasure. Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde, that ye shall be destroyed all together. ^noteFor when I called, no man gaue me answere: when I spake, ye herkened not vnto me, but dyd wickednes before myne eyes, and chosed the thinge that pleased me not.

C   Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, my seruauntes shal eate, but ye shall haue honger. Beholde, my seruauntes shall drynke, but ye shal suffre thurste. Beholde, my seruauntes shal be mery, but ye shal be c&obar;founded. Beholde, my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte. ^noteBut ye shal crie for sorow of hert, and c&obar;playne for vexacion of mynde. Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen, for God the LORDE shal slaye you, and call his seruauntes by another name. ^noteWho so reioyseth vp&obar; earth, shall reioyse in the true God: And Who so sweareth vp&obar; earth, shal sweare in the true God. For the olde enemite shalbe forgotten, and taken awaye out of my sight. For lo, I shal make a new heau&ebar;, ∧ a new earth. ^noteAnd as for the olde, they shall neuer be thought vp&obar;, ner kepte in mynde: but m&ebar; shalbe glad and euermore reioyse, for the thinges, that I shall do.

D   For why: Beholde, I shal make a ioyfull Ierusal&ebar;, yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem, ∧ be glad with my people: ^note And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from th&ebar;ce forth. There shall neuer be childe ner olde man, that haue not their full dayes. But wh&ebar; the childe cometh to an h&ubar;derth yeare olde, it shall dye. And yf he that is an h&ubar;derth yeare of age do wronge, he shalbe cursed. ^noteThey shal buylde houses, and dwel in them: they shal plante vynyardes, and eate the frute of them. They shall not buylde, ∧ another possesse: they shall not plante, and another eate: But the life of my people shalbe like a tre, and so shal the worke of their hondes. ^note

My chosen shal lyue longe, they shall not laboure in vayne, ner beget &wt; trouble: for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE, ∧ their frutes with them. And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shal answere them. ^noteWhyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake, I shal heare them. The wolff and the lambe shal fede together, and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke. But earth shalbe the serp&ebar;tes meate. ^noteThere shal no man hurte ner slaye another, in all my holy hill, saieth the LORDE.

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