A   The vision of Esay þe; sonne of Amos which he sawe vpon Iuda and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Uzia and Ioath&abar;, Ahaz ∧ Iehezikiah kynges of Iuda. Heare, O heauen, ∧ Herken O earth: For the Lorde hath spoken: I haue norished &abar;d promoted children, but they haue done wyckedly aga&ibar;st me. The oxe hath knowne his owner ∧ þe; asse his masters cribb: but Israel hath receaued no knowledge, my people hath no vnderstandyng. Alas for thys synfull nacion, a people of great iniquitie: B    a seed of vngracious people corruptinge ther wayes. B   They haue forsaken the Lorde, they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger, and are gone backward. Wherby shulde ye be plaged any more for ye are euer fall&ibar;ge awaye. The whole head is syck, ∧ þe; hert is heuy. Fr&obar; the sole of the fote vnto þe; head, there is no whole parte in all your body: but all are wo&ubar;des, botches, sores, ∧ strypes, whych c&abar; nether be helped, bounde vp, molifyed, ner eased &wt; any oyntment. C   Your land lyeth waste, your cyties are brent vp, your enemyes deuoure youre l&abar;de, ∧ ye must be fayne to st&abar;de, ∧ loke vp&obar; it: ∧ it is desolate, as they were subuerted þt; were alienate fr&obar; þe; Lorde. Moreouer, the daughter of Syon ys left alone lyke a cotage in a vineyard, lyke a lodge in a gard&ebar; of cucumbers, lyke a wasted cytie. And excepte þe; Lorde of Hostes had left vs a fewe alyue: we shuld haue bene as Sodoma, and lyke vnto Gomorra. Heare þe; worde of the lorde ye Lordes of Sodoma: ∧ herk&ebar; vnto þe; lawe of our God, þu; people of Gomorra. Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith Lorde? I am full of þe; brentoffrynges of wethers, &abar;d of þe; fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in þe; bloud of bullokes, l&abar;bes and goates. D   When ye come to apeare before me, who requireth this of you to treade within my porches? Therfore offre me no mo oblaci&obar;s, for it is but lost laboure. Incense is an abhominable thinge vnto me. I Maye not awaye with youre newe moones, your Sabbathes ∧ gather&ibar;ge togyther at þe; sol&ebar;pne dayes. I hate your newe mone dayes ∧ sol&ebar;pne feastes, eu&ebar; fro my very hert. I can not awaye &wt; suche vanitie ∧ holdinge in of the people. They lye vpon me as a burthen, and I am wery of beringe th&ebar;. Whan ye holde out your h&abar;des, I will turne myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet wil I heare nothynge at all, seyng your handes are ful of bloude. E   Wash you therfore, and make you cleane, put awaye your euell ent&ebar;tes out of my syght, cease from doynge of euell. Lerne to do ryght, applye your selues to equite, delyuer þe; oppressed, helpe þe; fatherles to his ryght, let the widowes c&obar;plainte come before you. Come I praye ye (sayeth þe; Lorde) let vs reas&obar; oure matter together. Though youre sinnes be as read as scarlet, thei shalbe as white as snowe. And though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whit as wolle. If ye be louynge ∧ obedi&ebar;t, ye shal enioye þe; best thyng þt; groweth &ibar; þe; l&abar;d. But yf ye be obstinate ∧ rebellyous, ye shalbe deuoured &wt; þe; swerde: for thus þe; Lorde hath promised &wt; his awne mouth. How happepeneth it then þt; þe; ryghteous cytie (which was full of equite) is become vnfaythfull as an whore? ryghtuousnes dwelt &ibar;n it, but now murtherers. Thy syluer is turned to drosse, ∧ thy wyne myxte with water. F   Thy prices are wicked ∧ company&obar;s of theues. They loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes. As for þe; fatherles, they helpe h&ibar; not to his ryght, nether wyll they lett the wydowes causes come before th&ebar;. Therfore, sayeth þe; lorde God of Hostes, þe; myghty gouerner of Israel, Oute vpon ye, I wyll ease me of myne enemyes, ∧ I will auenge me of myne aduersaryes, I shall laye my h&abar;d vpon þe;, ∧ burne out thy drosse fr&obar; þe; fynest ∧ purest, ∧ put out all thy tynne, ∧ set thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme ∧ thy Senatours as they were fr&obar; þe; beginynge. Then shalt þu; be called þe; ryghteous cytie, þe; faythfull cytie. Si&obar; shalbe redemed &wt; equite, ∧ they shal turne againe vnto her &ibar; ryghteousnesse. For þe; tr&abar;sgressours ∧ vngodly, and soch as are be come vnfaythfull vnto the Lord, must altogether be vtterly destroyed. For they shall be ashamed of the goddes þt; you longed for. And ye shall be put to shame for þe; Idols grouegard&ebar;s þt; ye haue chosen: ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen awaye, ∧ as a garden þt; hath no moystnesse. And as for the glory &rhand; of your graued Images, it shalbe turned to drye strawe, and he þt; made them to a sparke. And they shal both burne together, so that no man shalbe able to quench them.

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