LORDE Iesus oure hye prest.
Chap. IIII. Another vision, wherin Zorobabel
is conforted with his litle nombre of people.
The right mystery herof belongeth vnto Christ.
Chap. V. The wrath of God for the
synnes of the people.
Chap. VI. A vision, wherin is declared the almighty
power of God, which geueth peace
or warre at his pleasure.
Chap. VII. What the true fast is: namely, to kepe
iudgment and iustice, a man to do good to
his neghboure, to defeude the widdowe and
the fatherlesse, to do no man wronge, &c.
Chap. VIII. Cause of all the wrath of God: yet
yf men wil turne, he is mercifull.
Chap. IX. The ioyfull callinge of the Heith&ebar;.
Chap. X. Thorow corporal promises, the prophet
ledeth men vnto the promises that are
fulfilled in Christ: and threateneth punyshment
vnto the false prophetes and shepherdes.
Chap. XI. Of secrete mysteries, and of the destrucci&obar;
of the sec&obar;de temple. God is a good
shepherde.
Chap. XII. The punyshment which the LORDE
deuysed for Israel.
Chap XIII. Of welles and clensynge, which belonge
to the tyme of Christ.
Chap. XIIII. The plage of the Iewes. The takynge
vp of Ierusalem the church of God.
The first Chapter.
A In the eight moneth of the sec&obar;de
yeare of kinge Darius, came
the worde of the LORDE
vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias,
note the sonne of Addo, the
prophet, sayenge: The LORDE hath bene sore
displeased at youre forefathers. And saye
thou vnto them: thus saieth the LORDE of
hoostes. noteTurne you vnto me (saieth the LORDE
of hoostes) and I wil turne me vnto you,
saieth the LORDE of hoostes. noteBe not ye like
youre forefathers, vnto whom the prophetes
cried a fore tyme, say&ebar;ge: Thus saieth the
LORDE God of hoostes: note Turne you from
youre euell wayes, ∧ from youre wicked ymaginacions.
noteBut they wolde not heare, ner regarde
me, saieth the LORDE. What is now
become of youre forefathers and the prophetes?
are they yet still alyue? But dyd not my
wordes ∧ statutes (which I c&obar;maunded by
my seruauntes þe; prophetes) touch yo&highr; forefathers?
Vp&obar; this, they gaue answere ∧ sayde:
like as þe; LORDE of hoostes deuysed to do
vnto vs, acordinge to o&highr; owne wayes ∧ ymaginacions,
euen so hath he dealte with vs.
B Vpon the xxiiij. daye of the xj. moneth
(which is the moneth Sebat) in the seconde
yeare of Darius, came the worde of the LORDE
vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias,
the sonne of Addo the prophete, sayenge: I
sawe by night, and lo, there sat one vpon a
reade horse, note and stode still amonge the Myrte
trees, that were beneth vpon the grounde:
and behynde him were there reade, spreckled
and whyte horses.
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Then sayde I: O my LORDE, what are
these? And the angel that talked with me,
sayed vnto me: I will shewe the what these
be. And the man that stode am&obar;ge the Myrte
trees, answered ∧ sayde: These are they,
whom the LORDE hath sent to go thorow
the worlde. And they answered the angel of
the LORDE, that stode amonge the Myrte
trees, and sayde: We haue gone thorow the
worlde: and beholde, all the worlde dwell at
ease, and are carelesse.
Then the LORDES angel gaue answere
and sayde: O LORDE of hoostes, how longe
wilt thou be vnmercifull to Ierusal&ebar; and
to the cities of Iuda, note with whom thou hast
bene displeased now these lxx. yeares? So
the LORDE gaue a louynge and a confortable
answere, vnto the angel that talked with
me.
C And the angel that commoned with me,
sayde vnto me: Crie thou, and speake, thus
saieth the LORDE of hoostes: I am exceadynge
gelous ouer Ierusalem and Sion, and sore
displeased at the carelesse Heithen: for where
as I was but a litle angrie, they dyd their
best that I might destroye them. Therfore
thus saieth the LORDE: note I wil turne me agayne
in mercy towarde Ierusalem, so that
my house shalbe buylded in it, saieth the LORDE
of hoostes: yee and the plommet shal be
layed abrode in Ierusalem, saieth the LORDE
of hoostes.
Crie also, and speake: thus saieth the LORDE
of hoostes: My cities shall be in good
prosperite agayne, the LORDE shall yet conforte
Sion, and chose Ierusalem. Then lift
I vp myne eyes and sawe, and beholde, foure
hornes. And I sayde vnto the angel, that
talked with me: what be these? he answered
me: note These are þe; hornes, which haue scatred
Iuda, Israel and Ierusalem abrode. And þe;
LORDE shewed me iiij. carpenters. Then sayde
I: what wil these do? He answered, ∧ sayde:
Those are the hornes, which haue so strowed
Iuda abrode, that no man durst lift vp
his heade: But these are come to fraye them
awaye, and to cast out þe; hornes of the Gentiles,
which lift vp their horne ouer the londe
of Iuda, to scatre it abrode.
The II. Chapter.
A noteI lift vp myne eyes agayne, ∧ loked:
and beholde, a man with a measure
lyne in his honde. Then saide I: whether
goest thou? And he sayde vnto me: To
measure Ierusalem, that I maye se how longe
and how brode it is. And beholde, the angel
that talked &wt; me, wente his waye forth.
Then w&ebar;te there out another angel to mete
him, ∧ sayde vnto him: Runne, speake to this
yonge man, ∧ saye: Ierusalem shal be inhabited
without eny wal, for þe; very multitude of
people ∧ catell, þt; shal be therin. noteYee I myself
(saieth the LORDE) wil be vnto her a wall of
fyre rounde aboute, ∧ wilbe honoured in her.
O get you forth, O fle from the londe of þe;
north (saieth the LORDE) ye, note whom I haue
scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heau&ebar;,
saieth the LORDE. Saue thy self, o Sion:
thou that dwellest with þe; doughter of Babilon,
for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes:
B
note With a glorious power hath he sent me out
to the Heith&ebar;, which spoyled you: for who so
toucheth you, shal touche the aple of his owne
eye. Beholde, I will lift vp myne honde ouer
them: so that they shal be spoyled of those,
which afore serued them: ∧ ye shal knowe,
that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me.
noteBe glad, ∧ reioyce, o doughter of Sion:
for lo, I am come to dwell in the myddest of
the, saieth the LORDE. At the same tyme there
shal many Heithen cleue to the LORDE,
∧ shal be my people. Thus wil I dwel in the
myddest of the, ∧ thou shalt knowe, that the
LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto the.
The LORDE shall haue Iuda in possession
for his parte in the holy grounde, ∧ shal chose
Ierusalem yet agayne. noteLet all flesh be still
before the LORDE, for he is rysen out of his
holy place.
The III. Chapter.
A noteAnd he shewed me Iesua þe; hye prest,
stondinge before the angel of the LORDE,
and Satan stode at his right honde
to resiste him. And the LORDE sayde vnto
Satan: The LORDE reproue the (thou Satan)
yee the LORDE that hath chosen Ierusalem,
reproue the. Is not this a brande tak&ebar;
out of the fyre? Now Iesua was clothed in
vnclene rayment, and stode before the angel:
which answered ∧ sayde vnto those, þt; stode
before him: take awaye þe; foule clothes from
him. And vnto him he sayde: Beholde, I haue
tak&ebar; awaye thy synne from the, ∧ wil decke
the with chaunge of raym&ebar;t. He sayde morouer:
set a fayre myter vpon his heade. So
they set a fayre myter vpon his heade, ∧ put
on clothes vpon him, and the angel of þe; LORDE
stode there.
B Then the angel of the LORDE
testified vnto Iesua, ∧ spake, thus sayeth
the LORDE of hoostes: Yf thou wilt walke
in my wayes, ∧ kepe my watch: thou shalt rule
my house, ∧ kepe my courtes, ∧ I wil geue
the place am&obar;ge these that stonde here. Heare
o Iesua thou hye prest, thou ∧ thy frendes
that dwell before the, for they are w&obar;derous
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people. noteBeholde, I will bringe forth the
braunch of my seruaunt: for lo, the stone that
I haue layed before Iesua: vpon one stone
shalbe vij. eyes. noteBeholde, I will hewe him
out (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) and take
awaye the synne of that londe in one daye.
Then shall euery man call for his neghboure,
vnder the vyne ∧ vnder þe; fyge tre, saieth
the LORDE of hoostes.
The IIII. Chap.
A And þe; angel that talked with me, came
agayne, ∧ waked me vp (as a man
that is raysed out of his slepe) ∧ sayde
vnto me: What seist thou? And I sayde: I
haue loked, and beholde: a candelsticke all of
golde, with a boll vpon it ∧ his vij. lampes
therin, ∧ vpon euery lampe vij. stalkes: note And
ij. olyue trees therby, one vpon the right syde
of the boll, ∧ the other vpon the left syde.
So I answered, ∧ spake to the angel þt; talked
with me, sayenge: O my lorde what are
these? The angel that talked with me, answered
∧ sayde vnto me: knowest thou not what
these be? And I sayde: No, my lorde. He answered,
∧ sayde vnto me: This is the worde of
the LORDE vnto Zorobabel, sayenge: Nether
thorow an hoost of men, ner thorow
str&ebar;gth, note but thorow my sprete, saieth þe; LORDE
of hoostes. What art thou (thou greate
mountayne) before Zorobabel? thou must be
made eauen. noteAnd he shal bringe vp the first
stone, so that men shall crie vnto him: good
lucke, good lucke.
B noteMorouer, the worde of the LORDE came
vnto me, sayenge: The hondes of Zorobabel
haue layed þe; foundacion of this house, his
hondes also shal fynishe it: that ye maye knowe,
note how that the LORDE of hoostes hath
sent me vnto you. For he that hath bene despysed
a litle season, shal reioyce, wh&ebar; he seyth
the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde. The
vij. eyes are the LORDES, which go thorow
the hole worlde. Then answered I, ∧ sayde
vnto him: What are these two olyue trees
vpon the right and left syde of the candilsticke?
I spake morouer, ∧ sayde vnto him: what
be these ij. olyue braunches which (thorow þe;
two golden pipes) emptie them selues into
the golde? He answered me, ∧ sayde: knowest
thou not, what these be? And I sayde: No,
my lorde. Then sayde he: These are the two
olyue braunches, note that stonde before the ruler
of the whole earth.
The V. Chapter.
A So I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes,
∧ loked, ∧ beholde, a flyenge boke.
And he sayde vnto me: what seist
thou? I answered: I se a flyenge boke of xx.
cubites longe ∧ x. cubites brode. Then sayde
he vnto me: This is the curse, þt; goeth forth
ouer the whole earth: For all theues shalbe
iudged after this boke, ∧ all swearers shalbe
iudged acordinge to the same. noteI wil bringe
it forth (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) so þt;
it shal come to the house of the thefe, ∧ to the
house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name:
∧ shal remayne in his house, ∧ c&obar;sume it,
with the tymbre ∧ stones therof. Th&ebar; the angel
that talked with me, wente forth, ∧ sayde
vnto me: lift vp thine eyes ∧ se, what this is
þt; goeth forth. And I sayde: what is it? He
answered: this is a measure goinge out. He
sayde morouer: Euen thus are they (þt; dwell
vpon the whole earth) to loke vpon.
B And beholde,
there was lift vp a talent of leade: ∧
lo, a woman sat in the myddest of the measure.
And he sayde: This is vngodlynesse. So
he cast her in to the myddest of the measure,
∧ threwe þe; lompe of leade vp in to an hole.
Then lift I vp myne eyes, ∧ loked: ∧ beholde,
there came out ij. women, ∧ the wynde
was in their wynges (for they had wynges
like the wynges of a Storke) ∧ they lift
vp the measure betwixte the earth ∧ the heauen.
Then spake I to the angel, þt; talked &wt;
me: whyther wil these beare the measure?
noteAnd he sayde vnto me: in to the londe of Synear,
to buylde them an house: which when it
is prepared, the measure shall be set there in
his place.
The VI. Chapter.
A Morouer I turned me, liftynge vp
myne eyes, ∧ loked: ∧ beholde, there
came iiij. charettes out fr&obar; betwixte
two hilles, which hilles were of brasse: note In
the first charet were reade horse, In the sec&obar;de
charet were blacke horse, In þe; thirde charet
were whyte horse, In þe; fourth charet were
horses of dyuerse colours, ∧ stronge. Then
spake I, and sayde vnto the angel that talked
with me: O lorde, what are these? The angel
answered, ∧ sayde vnto me: note These are the
iiij. wyndes of the heauen, which be come
forth to st&obar;de before the ruler of all þe; earth.
That with the blacke horse wente in to the
londe of the north, ∧ the whyte folowed th&ebar;,
and the sprekled horses wente forth towarde
the south. These horses were very stronge, ∧
wente out: and sought to go and take their
iourney ouer the whole earth. And he sayde:
get you hence, and go thorow the worlde.
So they w&ebar;te thorow out the worlde. Then
cried he vpon me, and spake vnto me, sayenge:
Beholde, these that go towarde þe; north,
shal still my wrath in the north countre.
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B And the worde of the LORDE came vnto
me, sayenge: Take of the presoners that are
come from Babilon: namely, Heldai, Tobias
and Idaia: ∧ come thou the same daye,
and go into the house of Iosias the sonne of
Sophony. Then take golde and syluer, and
make crownes therof, and set them vpon the
heade of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, the hie
prest, and speake vnto him: Thus saieth the
LORDE of hoostes: Beholde, the man whose
name is the braunch: note ∧ he that shall springe
vp after him, shal buylde vp the temple of
the LORDE: yee euen he shall buylde vp the
temple of the LORDE. noteHe shal beare the prayse,
he shall syt vpon the LORDES trone, and
haue the dominaciou.
noteA prest shall he be also vpon his trone, ∧
a peaceable councell shalbe betwixte them
both. And the crownes shal be in the temple
of the LORDE, for a remembraunce vnto Helem,
Tobias, Idaia and Hen the sonne of
Sophony. And soch as be farre of, shal come
and buylde the temple of the LORDE:
that ye maye knowe, how that the LORDE
of hoostes hath sent me vnto you. And this
shal come to passe, yf ye wil herken diligently
vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God.
The VII. Chapter.
A It happened also in the fourth yeare
of kynge Darius, that the worde of
the LORDE came vnto Zachary in
the fourth daye of the ix. moneth, which is
calleth Casleu: what tyme as Sarasar and
Rogomelech and the men that were with
them, sent vnto Bethel for to praye before þe;
LORDE: and that they shulde saye vnto the
prestes, which were in the house of the LORDE
of hoostes, and to the prophetes: note Shulde
I wepe in the fyfte moneth, and absteyne,
as I haue done now certayne yeares?
Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes
vnto me, sayenge: Speake vnto all the
people of the londe, and to the prestes, and
saye: note when ye fasted and mourned in the v ∧
vij. moneth (now this lxx. yeares) dyd ye fast
vnto me? When ye ate also and dronke, dyd
ye not eate and drinke for youre owne selues?
Are not these the wordes, which the LORDE
spake by his prophetes afore tyme, when
Ierusalem was yet inhabited and welthy,
she and the cities rounde aboute her: when
there dwelt m&ebar;, both towarde the south and
in the playne countrees?
B And the worde of the LORDE came vnto
Zachary, sayenge: Thus saieth þe; LORDE
of hoostes: Execute true iudgment: shewe
mercy and louynge kyndnesse, note euery man to
his brother: note Do the wyddowe, the fatherlesse,
the straunger, and poore no wronge: and
let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother
in his hert. noteNeuertheles they wolde not
take hede, but turned their backes, and stopped
their eares, that they shulde not heare.
yee they made their hertes as an Adamant
stone, lest they shulde heare the lawe ∧ wordes,
note which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his
holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme.
Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very
wroth at them. And thus is it come to passe,
note that like as he spake and they wolde not
heare: euen so they cried, and I wolde not
heare (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) but scatered
them amonge all Gentiles, whom they
knewe not. Thus the londe was made so desolate,
þt; there traualed no man in it nether
to ner fro, for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly
layed waist.
The VIII. Chapter.
A So the worde of the LORDE came
vnto me, sayenge: Thus saieth the
LORDE of hoostes: I was in a greate
gelousy ouer Sion, yee I haue bene very
gelous ouer her in a greate displeasure. thus
saieth the LORDE of hoostes: I wil turne me
agayne vnto Sion, and wil dwel in the myddest
of Ierusalem: note so that Ierusalem shalbe
called a faithfull and true cite, the hill of the
LORDE of hoostes, yee an holy hill.
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: There
shall yet olde men and women dwel agayne
in the stretes of Ierusalem: yee and soch
as go with staues in their hondes for very age.
The stretes of the cite also shalbe full of
yonge boyes and damselles, playnge vpon
the stretes.
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: yf
the residue of this people thynke it to be vnpossible
in these dayes, note shulde it therfore be
vnpossible in my sight, sayeth the LORDE
of hoostes.
B Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes:
Beholde, I wil delyuer my people from
the londe of the east and west, and wil brynge
them agayne: that they maye dwel at Ierusalem.
noteThey shalbe my people, and I will
be their God, in treuth and rightuousnesse.
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: let youre
hondes be stronge, ye that now heare these
wordes by the mouth of the prophetes,
which be in these dayes that the foundacion
is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house,
that the temple maye be buylded. noteFor why?
before these dayes nether men ner catel coude
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wynne eny thinge, nether might eny man
come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let
euery man go agaynst his neghboure.
Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the residue
of this people nomore, as afore tyme (saieth
the LORDE of hoostes) but they shalbe
a sede of peace. noteThe vynyarde shal geue hir
frute, the grounde shal geue hir increase, and
the heauens shal geue their dew: and I shal
cause the remnaunt of this people, to haue
all these in possession.
C And it shall come to
passe, that like as ye were a curse amonge the
Heithen (O ye house of Iuda and ye house
of Israel) Euen so wil I delyuer you, that ye
shalbe a blessynge: feare not, but let youre h&obar;des
be stronge.
For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes:
like as I deuysed to punysh you, what tyme
as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath
(sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) and spared
not: Euen so am I determed now in these
dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda
and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not. Now
the thinges that ye shal do, are these: note Speake
euery man the treuth vnto his neghboure,
execute iudgment truly and peaceably
within youre portes, none of you ymagyn euell
in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and
loue no false oothes: for all these are the thinges
that I hate, sayeth the LORDE. And the
worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto
me, sayenge: thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes:
D The fast of the fourth moneth, the fast
of the fifth, the fast of the seuenth, and the
fast of the tenth, shal be ioye and gladnesse,
∧ prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of
Iuda: Only, loue the treuth and peace.
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: There
shall yet come people, and the inhabiters
of many cities: and they that dwell in one cite,
shal go to another, sayenge: note Vp, let vs go,
and praye before the LORDE, let vs seke the
LORDE of hoostes, I wil go with you. Yee
moch people and mightie Heithen shal come
and seke the LORDE of hoostes at Ierusalem,
and to praye before the LORDE. Thus
saieth the LORDE of hoostes: In that tyme
shal ten men (out of all maner of languages
of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the
hemme of his garment, and saye: we wil go
with you, for we haue herde, that God is amonge
you.
The IX. Chapter.
A The worde of the LORDE shalbe receaued
at Adrach, ∧ Damascus shalbe
his offerynge: for the eyes of all
m&ebar; and of the trybes of Israel shall loke vp
vnto the LORDE. The borders of Hemath
shal be harde therby, Tyrus also ∧ Sidon,
for they are very wise. noteTyrus shal make hirself
stronge, heape vp syluer as the sonde, and
golde as the claye of the stretes. Beholde,
the LORDE shal take her in, and haue her in
possession: he shal smyte downe hir power in
to the see, note and she shalbe consumed with fyre.
This shal Ascalon se, and be afrayed. noteGaza
shalbe very sory, so shal Accaron also, because
hir hope is come to confucion. For the
kinge of Gaza shall perish, and at Ascalon
shal no man dwel.
Stra&ubar;gers shall dwel at A&esset;dod, ∧ as for
þe; pryde of þe; Philistynes, I shal rote it out.
noteTheir bloude will I take awaye from their
mouth, and their abhominaci&obar;s from amonge
their teth. Thus they shal be left for oure
God, yee they shalbe as a prynce in Iuda, ∧
Accaron like as Iebusi. And so will I compase
my house rounde aboute with my men
of warre, goinge to and fro: that no oppressoure
come vpon them eny more. For that
haue I sene now with myne eyes.
B noteReioyce thou greatly, o doughter Sion:
be glad, o doughter Ierusalem. For lo, thy
kinge commeth vnto the, euen the rightuous
and Sauioure: Lowly and symple is he, he
rydeth vpon an asse, and vp&obar; the foale of an
asse. I wil rote out the charettes fr&obar; Ephraim,
∧ the horse from Ierusalem, the batel bowes
shal be destroyed. He shall geue the doctryne
of peace vnto the Heithen, note and his dominion
shalbe from the one see to the other,
∧ from the floudes to the endes of the worlde.
Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenaunt:
note shalt let thy presoners out of the
pytte, wherin is no water. Turne you now to
the stronge holde, note ye that be in preson, ∧ longe
sore to be delyuered: And this daye I bringe
the worde, that I wil rewarde the dubble
agayne. For Iuda haue I bent out as a
bowe for me, and Ephraim haue I fylled.
C Thy sonnes (o Si&obar;) wil I rayse vp agaynst
the Grekes, and make the as a giauntes swearde:
the LORDE God shalbe sene aboue th&ebar;,
and his dartes shall go forth as the lightenynge.
The LORDE God shall blowe the
trompet, and shal come forth as a storme out
of the south.
noteThe LORDE of hoostes shall defende th&ebar;,
they shall consume and deuoure, and subdue
them with slynge stones. They shal drynke ∧
rage, as it were thorow wyne. They shalbe
fylled like þe; basens, ∧ as þe; hornes of þe; aulter.
The LORDE their God shal delyuer th&ebar; in þe;
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daye, as the flock off his people: for the stones
off his Sanctuary shalbe set vp in his l&abar;de.
O how prosperous and goodly a thynge
shall that be? The corne shall make the
yongemen chearefull, and the new wyne the
maydens.
The X. Chapter.
A notePraye the LORDE then by tymes to
geue you the latter rayne, so shall the
LORDE make cloudes, and geue you
rayne ynough for all the increase off the felde:
For vayne is the answere of Idols. The
soythsayers se lyes, and tell but vayne dreames:
the comforth that they geue, is nothynge
worth. Therfore go they astraye like a
flocke of shepe, &abar;d are troubled, because they
haue no shepherde. noteMy wrothfull displeasure
is moued at the shepherdes, and I will vyset
the goates. For the LORDE of hoostes wil
graciously vyset his flocke (the house of Iuda)
and holde them as a goodly fayre horse
in the batell. noteOut of Iuda shal come the helmet,
the nale, the batelbowe, and all the princes
together. They shalbe as the giauntes,
which in the batell treade downe the myre vpon
þe; stretes. They shal fight, for þe; LORDE
shalbe with them, so that the horsmen shalbe
confounded.
B I wil c&obar;forte the house of Iuda, and preserue
the house of Ioseph. I wil turne them
also, for I pytie them: and they shal be like as
they were, when I had not cast them of.
For I the LORDE am their God, and wil heare
them. Ephraim shalbe as a giaunt, and
their herte shalbe cherefull as thorow wyne:
Yee their children shal se it, and be glad; and
their herte shal reioyce in the LORDE. I wil
blowe for them ∧ gather them together, for
I wil redeme them. They shall increace, as
they increased afore. I wil sowe th&ebar; amonge
the people, þt; they maye thinke vp&obar; me in farre
countrees: they shal lyue &wt; their childr&ebar;,
and turne agayne. I wil bringe them agayne
also from the londe of Egipte, and gather
them out of Assiria. I wil carye them in to þe;
londe of Galaad and to Libanus, and they
shal wante nothynge. He shall go vpon the
see of trouble, and smyte the see wawes: so þt;
all the depe floudes shalbe dryed vp. noteThe
proude boostinge of Assur shalbe cast downe,
and the scepter off Egipte shall be taken
awaye. I will comforte them in the LORDE,
that they maye walke in his name, saieth
the LORDE.
The XI. Chapter.
A Open thy dores (o Libanus) that the
fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees.
Howle ye Fyrre trees, for the Cedre
is fall&ebar;, yee all þe; proude are waisted awaye
Howle (o ye oke trees of Baasan) for þe; mightie
stronge wod is cut downe. Men maye
heare the shepherdes mourne, for their glory
is destroyed. M&ebar; maye heare the lyons whelpes
roare, for the pryde off Iordane is waisted
awaye.
Thus sayeth the LORDE my God: Fede
the shepe of þe; slaughter, which shalbe slayne
of those that possesse them: yet they take
it for no synne, but they þt; sell th&ebar;, saye: The
LORDE be thanked, I am rich: Yee their owne
shepherdes spare them not. Therfore wil
I nomore spare those that dwell in the londe
(sayeth the LORDE) but lo, I will delyuer
the people, euery man in to his neghbours
honde, and in to the h&obar;de of his kynge: that
they maye smyte the londe, and out off their
hondes wil not I delyuer them.
B I myself fedde þe; slaughter shepe (a poore
flocke verely) &abar;d toke vnto me two staues:
the one I called louynge mekenesse, the other
I called wo, and so I kepte the shepe. Thre
shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth, note for I
might not awaye &wt; them, nether had they
eny delyte in me. Then sayde I: I will fede
you nomore, the thinge that dyeth, let it dye:
and that wil perishe, let it perish, ∧ let the r&ebar;naunt
eate, euery one the flesh of his neghboure.
I toke also my louynge meke staff, &abar;d
brake it, that I might disanull the conuenaunt,
which I made with all people, And so
it was broken in that daye.
Then the poore symple shepe that had a
respecte vnto me, knewe therby, that it was
the worde of the LORDE. And I sayde vnto
them: yff ye thynke it good, brynge hither
my pryce: yf no, then leaue.
C So they wayed
downe xxx. syluer pens, note þe; value that I was
prysed at. And the LORDE sayde vnto me:
cast it vnto the potter (a goodly pryce for me
to be valued at of them) and I toke the xxx.
syluers pens, and cast them to the potter in
the house of the LORDE.
Then brake I my other staff also (namely
wo) that I might lowse the brotherheade betwixte
Iuda and Israel. And the LORDE
sayde vnto me: Take to the also the staff off
a foolish shepherde: for lo, I will rayse vp a
shepherde in the londe, which shall not seke
after the thinges that be lost, ner care for
soch as go astraye: he shall not heale the
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wounded, he shal not norish the thinge that
is whole: but he shall eate the flesh off
soch as be fat, and teare their clawes in peces.
O Idols shepherde, that leaueth the flocke.
The swerde shal come vpon his arme and
vpon his right eye. His arme shalbe clene
dried vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded.
The XII. Chapter.
The heuy burthen which þe; LORDE
hath deuysed for Israel.
A noteThus saieth the LORDE, which spred
the heau&ebar;s abrode, layde the foundacion
of the earth, and geueth man þe;
breath of life: Beholde, I will make Ierusalem
a cuppe of surfet, vnto all the people þt;
are rounde aboute her: note Yee Iuda himself also
shalbe in the sege agaynst Ierusalem. At
the same tyme will I make Ierusalem an heuy
stone for all people, so that all soch as lift
it vp, shalbe toarne and r&ebar;te, and all the people
of the earth shalbe gathered together
agaynst it.
In that daye (sayeth þe; LORDE) I wil make
all horses abasshed, and those that ryde
vpon them, to be out of their wyttes. I will
open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda, &abar;d
smyte all the horses of the people with blyndnesse.
And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in
their hertes: The inhabiters off Ierusalem
shall geue me consolacion in the LORDE off
hoostes their God. note
B In that tyme will I make
the prynces of Iuda like an hote burnynge
ouen with wodd, and like a cresshet off
fyre amonge the strawe: so that they shal c&obar;sume
all the people ro&ubar;de aboute them, both
vpon the right honde and the left. Ierusal&ebar;
also shalbe inhabited agayne: namely, in the
same place where Ierusalem stondeth.
The LORDE shall preserue the tentes off
Iuda like as afore tyme: so that the glory of
the house of Dauid and the glory of the cytesyns
of Ierusalem, shalbe but litle regarded,
in comparison off the glory off Iuda. In
that daye shall the LORDE defende the citesyns
of Ierusalem: so that the weakest then
amonge them shalbe as Dauid: note and the house
of Dauid shalbe like as Gods house, and
as the angell off the LORDE before them.
C At the same tyme will I go aboute to destroye
all soch people as come agaynst Ierusalem.
noteMorouer, vpon the house off Dauid
and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem, will I
poure out the sprete of grace and prayer: note so
that they shal loke vpon me, whom they haue
pearsed: and they shall bewepe him, as
men mourne for their only begotten sonne:
Yee and be sory for him, as men are sory for
their first childe.
noteThen shall there be a greate mournynge
at Ierusalem, like as the lamentacion at Adremnon
in the felde off Maggadon. noteAnd
the londe shall bewayle, euery kynred by th&ebar;
selues: note The kynred off the house of Dauid
them selues alone, and their wyues by them
selues: The kynred off the house of Nathan
them selues alone, and their wyues by them
selues: The kynred off the house of Leui th&ebar;
selues alone, and their wiues by them selues:
The kynred of the house of Semei them selues
alone, and their wyues by them selues:
In like maner, all the other generaci&obar;s, euerychone
by them selues alone, and their wyues
by them selues.
The XIII. Chapter.
A noteIn that tyme shall the house off Dauid
and the citesyns off Ierusalem haue
an open well, to wash of synne and
vnclennesse. noteAnd then (sayeth the LORDE
off hoostes) I will destroye the names of Idols
out off the londe: so that they shal nomore
be put in remembraunce.
noteAs for the false prophetes also and the
vnclene sprete, I shall take them out of the
londe: So that yf eny off them prophecy
eny more, his owne father and mother that
begat him, shall saye vnto him: note Thou shalt
dye, for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off
the LORDE: Yee his owne father and mother
that begat him, shall wounde him, when he
prophecyeth. And then shall those prophetes
be confounded, euery one off his vision
when he prophecieth: nether shall they weere
sack clothes eny more, to disceaue m&ebar; withall.
note
B But he shall be fayne to saye: I am no
prophet: I am an husbonde man, for so am
I taught by Adam fro my youth vp. noteAnd
yff it be sayde vnto him: How came these
woundes then in thine hondes? He shall answere:
Thus am I wounded in the house off
myne owne frendes.
noteArise (o thou swearde) vpon my shepherde,
and vpon the prynce of my people, sayeth
the LORDE of hoostes: Smyte the shepherde
and the shepe shalbe scatred abrode, and so
will I turne myne honde to the litle ones.
And it shal come to passe (sayeth the LORDE)
that in all the londe two partes shalbe roted
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out, note but the thirde parte shal remayne therin.
noteAnd the same thirde parte wil I brynge
thorow the fyre, and will clense them, as
the syluer is clensed: Yee and trye them, like
as golde is tryed.
Then shall they call vpon my name, and
I wil heare them: I wil saye: it is my people.
And they shal saye: LORDE, my God.
The XIIII. Chapter.
A Beholde, the daye of the LORDE c&obar;meth,
that thou shalt be spoyled and
robbed: for I wil gather together all
the Heithen, to fight agaynst Ierusalem: so
that the cite shalbe wonne, the houses spoyled,
and the women defyled. The half of the
cite shal go awaye in to captiuyte, and the residue
of the people shal not be caried out of
the cite.
After that shall the LORDE go forth to
fight agaynst those Heithen, as men vse to
fight in the daye of batell. Th&ebar; shall his fete
st&obar;de vp&obar; the mount oliuete, that lieth vpon
the east syde of Ierusal&ebar;. And þe; mount olyuete
shal cleue in two, eastwarde, ∧ westwarde
so þt; there shal be a greate valley: ∧ the halff
mount shal remoue towarde the north, and
the other half towarde the south.
And ye shall fle vnto the valley of my hilles,
for the valley off the hylles shal reach
vnto Asal. noteYee fle shall ye. like as ye
fled for the earthquake in the dayes off Osias
kynge of Iuda.
B And the LORDE my
God shal come, and all sanctes with him. noteIn
that daye shal it not be light, but colde and
frost. This shalbe that specyall daye, which
is knowne vnto the LORDE: nether daye ner
night, but aboute the euenynge tyme it shalbe
light. noteIn that tyme shall there waters
of life runne out from Ierusalem: the half parte
of them towarde the east see, &abar;d the other
half towarde the vttemost see, and shall continue
both somer and wynter. noteAnd the LORDE
himself shalbe kynge ouer all the earth.
At that tyme shal there be one LORDE
only, and his name shalbe but one. Men shal
go aboute the whole earth, as vpon a felde:
from Gibea to Remmon, and from þe; south
to Ierusalem. noteShe shalbe set vp, and inhabited
in hir place: note From BenIamins porte,
vnto the place of the first porte, and vnto þe;
corner porte: and from the tower of Hanael,
vnto the kynges wyne presses. There shall
men dwell, and there shal be nomore cursinge,
but Ierusalem shalbe safely inhabited.
