A   Do not thou triumphe (O Israel) make no boostinge more then the Heithen, for thou hast c&obar;mitted aduoutry agaynst þi; God: straunge rewardes hast thou loued, more th&ebar; all corne floores. ^noteTherfore shall they nomore enioye the cornefloores and wyne presses, and their swete wyne shal fayle th&ebar;. They wil not dwel in the LORDES londe, ^note but Ephraim turneth agayne in to Egipte, ∧ eateth vncleane thinges amonge the Assirians. They poure out no wyne for a drinkofferinge vnto the LORDE, nether geue they him their slayne offeringes: but they be vnto them as mourners meates, wherin all they that eate them, are defyled. For the bred that they haue soch lust vnto, shal not come in the house of the LORDE. What wil ye do then in the solempne dayes, and in the feast of the LORDE? lo, they shall get them awaye for the destruccion, Egypte shal receaue them, ∧ Noph shal bury them.

The nettles shall ouergrowe their pleasaunt goodes, and burres shalbe in their tabernacles. B   Be ye sure (O Israel) the tyme of visitacion is come, the dayes of recompencinge are at honde. As for the prophet, ye holde him for a foole: and him that is rich in the sprete, for a mad man: so greate is youre wickednes and malice. Ephraim hath made himself a watchman of my God, a prophet þt; is become a snare to do hurte in euery strete, and abhominacion in the house of his God. ^noteThey be gone to farre, ∧ haue destroied th&ebar; selues, like as they dyd afore tyme at Gabaa. Therfore their wickednes shal be rem&ebar;bred, and their synnes punyshed.

I fande Israel like grapes in the wildernes, ∧ sawe their fathers as the first fyges in þe; toppe of þe; fyge tre. ^noteBut they are gone to Baal Peor, ∧ runne awaie fro me to þt; shamefull Idoll, ∧ are become as abhominable as their louers Ephraim flieth like a byrde, so shal their glory also: In so moch, þt; they shal nether begette, c&obar;ceaue ner beare children.

C   And though they bringe vp eny, yet will I make them childlesse amonge men. Yee wo shall come to them, when I departe from them. ^noteEphraim (as me thinke) is planted in welthinesse, like as Tyrus, but now must she bringe hir owne children forth to the manslayer.

O LORDE thou shalt geue them: what shalt thou geue them? geue them an vnfrutefull wombe and drye brestes. ^noteAll their wickednesse is done at Galgal, there do I abhorre them. For the vngraciousnes of their owne inuencions, I wil dryue them out of my house. I will loue them nomore, for all their prynces are vnfaithfull. Ephraim is hewen downe, their rote is dryed vp, so þt; they shal bringe nomore frute: yee and though they bringe forth eny, yet wil I slaye euen the best beloued frute of their body. My God shall cast them awaye, for they haue not bene obedi&ebar;t vnto him, therfore shal they go astraye amonge the Heithen.

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