A   The worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: Thou sonne of man, there were two wom&ebar;, that had one mother: ^note These (when they were yonge) beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte. There were their brestes brussed, and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed. The eldest of them was called Oola, and hir yongest sister Ooliba. These two were myne, and bare sonnes and doughters. Their names were, Samaria, and that was Oola: and Ierusalem, that was Ooliba. As for Oola, she beganne to go a whorynge, when I had tak&ebar; her to me. She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians, which had to do with her: euen the prynces and lordes, that were deckte in costly araye: fayre yonge men, lusty ryders of horses. ^note

Thus thorow hir whordome, she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria: Yee she was madde vpon them, and defyled herselff with all their Idols. Nether ceassed she fr&obar; the fornicaci&obar;, that she vsed with the Egipcians: for in hir youth they laye &wt; her, they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade, ^note and poured their wordome vpon her. Wherfore, I delyuered her in to þe; h&obar;des of hir louers, euen the Assirians, whom she so loued. These discouered hir shame, toke hir sonnes and doughters, and slewe her with the swearde: ^note An euell name gat she of all people, &abar;d they punyshed her.

B    ^noteHir sister Ooliba sawe this, &abar;d destroyed herself &wt; inordinate loue, more then she, ∧ exceaded hir sister in whordome: she loued þe; Assirians (which also laye &wt; her) namely, the prynces ∧ greate lordes, that were clothed &wt; all maner of gorgious apparell, all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes. Then I sawe, that they both were defyled a like. But she increased still in whordome: for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall, the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours, with fayre gyrdles aboute them, and goodly bonettes vpon their heades, lokynge all like prynces (after þe; maner of the Babiloni&abar;s and Caldees in their owne londe, where they be borne) Inmediatly, as soone as she sawe them, she brent in loue vpon them, and sent messa&ubar;gers for them in to the londe of the Caldees.

Now when the Babiloni&abar;s came to her, they laye with her, and defyled her with their whordome, and so was she poluted with with them. And when hir lust was abated from them, hir whordome and shame was discouered ∧ sene: then my herte forsoke her, ^note like as my herte was gone from hir sister also. Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome euer the longer the more, and remembred the dayes off hir youth, wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte: she brent in lust vpon them, whose flesh was like þe; flesh of Asses, ^note and their sede like the sede off horses. C   Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth, when thy louers bressed þi; pappes, and marred thy brestes in Egipte.

Therfore (o Ooliba) thus saieth þe; LORDE God. I will rayse vp thy louers (with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust) agaynst the, and gather them together rounde aboute the: Namely, the Babilonians, and all the Caldees: Pecod, Schoa and Coa, with all the Assirians: all yonge and fayre louers: prynces and lordes, knyghtes and gentlemen, which be all good horsmen: These shall come vpon the with horses, charettes, ∧ a greate multitude of people: which shal be harnessed aboute the on euery syde, &wt; brestplates, sheldes and helmettes. I will punysh þe; before them, yee they th&ebar; selues shal punysh the, acordinge to their owne iudgm&ebar;t. I will put my gelousy vpon the, so that they shall deale cruelly with the. They shal cut of thy nose and thine eares, and the remnaunt shall fall thorow the swearde. They shall cary awaye thy sonnes and doughters, ∧ the resydue shalbe brent in the fyre. Thy shal strype the out of thy clothes, ∧ cary thy costly Iewels awaye with them.

D   Thus will I make an ende off thy fylthynesse ∧ whordome, which thou hast brought out of the l&obar;de of Egipte: so that thou shalt turne thine eyes nomore after them, ∧ cast thy mynde nomore vpon Egipte. For thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I will delyuer þe; in to the h&obar;des of them, whom thou hatest: yee euen in to the hondes of them, with wh&obar; thou hast fulfylled thy lust, which shall deale cruelly with þe;: All thy laboure shal they take with them, and leaue the naked and bare, and thus the shame of thy filthy whordome shal come to light. All these thinges shal happen vnto the, because of thy whordome, which thou hast vsed amonge the Gentiles, with whose Idols thou hast defyled þi; self. Thou hast walked in the waye of thy sister, therfore will I geue the hir cuppe in thy honde.

Thus saieth the LORDE God: Thou shalt drynke off thy sisters cuppe, how depe ∧ farre so euer it be to the botome. Thou shalt be laughed to scorne, and had as greatly in derision, as is possible. Thou shalt be full off dronckennes and sorowe, for the cuppe of þi; sister Samaria is a cuppe of destruccion ∧ waistinge: the same shalt thou drynke, and suppe it out eu&ebar; to þe; dregges, yee thou shalt eate vp the broken peces off it, and so teare thine owne brestes: For euen I haue spoken it, saieth the LORDE God.

E   Therfore thus saieth þe; LORDE God: For so moch as thou hast forgott&ebar; me, ∧ cast me asyde, so beare now thine owne fylthinesse ∧ whordome. The LORDE sayde morouer vnto me: Thou sonne of m&abar;, wilt thou not reproue Oola ∧ Ooliba? Shewe th&ebar; their abhominaci&obar;s: namely, þt; they haue brok&ebar; their wedlocke, ∧ stayned their h&obar;des &wt; bloude: yee euen &wt; their Idols haue they committed aduoutry, ∧ ^note offred them their owne children (to be deuoured) wh&obar; they had borne vnto me. Yee ∧ this haue they done vnto me also: ^note they haue defyled my S&abar;ctuary in that same daye, ∧ haue vnhalowed my Sabbath. For when they had slayne their childr&ebar; for their Idols, they came the same daye in to my Sanctuary, to defyle it. Lo, this haue they done in my house. Besyde all this, thou hast sent þi; messaungers for men out of farre co&ubar;trees: and wh&ebar; they came, thou hast bathed, trymmed and set forth thy selff off the best fashion: ^note thou sattest vp&obar; a goodly bed, ∧ a table spred before the: whervpon thou hast set myne incense and myne oyle.

F   Then was there greate cheare &wt; her, ∧ the men þt; were sent fr&obar; farre co&ubar;trees ouer the deserte: vnto these they gaue bracelettes vpon their hondes, ∧ set glorious crownes vpon their heades. Then thought I: no doute, these wil vse their harlotry also &wt; y&obar;der olde whore. And they wente in to her, as vnto a comon harlot: Euen so wente they also to Oola ∧ Ooliba, those filthy women.

^noteO ye all that loue vertue and rightuousnes, iudge th&ebar;, punysh them: as aduoutrers and murtherers ought to be iudged and punyshed. For they are breakers off wedlocke, and the bloude is in their hondes. Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God: bringe a greate multitude off people vpon them, and make them be scatred and spoyled: these shal stone them, and gorre them with their sweardes. They shal slaye their sonnes and doughters and burne vp their houses with fyre.

Thus will I destroye all soch fylthynes out off the londe: that all women may lerne, not to do after youre vncl&ebar;nesse. And so they shall laye youre fylthinesse vpon youre owne selues, and ye shalbe punyshed for the synnes, that ye haue committed with youre Idols: ∧ ye shall knowe, that I am the LORDE.

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