A   The burthen of &rhand; the valley of vision: What hast thou to do here, that thou clymest vnto the house toppes? Thou that art full of occupieng, thou sedicious ∧ proude citye: thy slayne men are nether put to death wyth swerde, ner deed in batell. All thy captaynes are fugitiue together, the archers haue taken them presoners: All they þt; are founde in the, are in captiuyte together, because they fled farre of. Therfore sayd I: let me alone ∧ ^note I wyll make lam&ebar;tacion. Ye shall not be able to comforte me, because of the destruccyon of the daughter of my people. For thys is a daye of trouble, of ruyne, ∧ of destruccyon þt; the Lorde wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision, breakyng downe the citye, ∧ cryeng vnto mountaynes.

B   Elam bare the quyuer &wt; a charet of fote men and of horsmen, and the cytye of Kyr shewed the shylde op&ebar;. Thy chefe valley also was full of charetes, and the horsmen set theyr faces directly towarde the gate. And in þt; daye dyd the enemye take awaye &rhand; þe; bewtye of Iuda, and th&ebar; dyddest thou loke towarde the armoure of the house of the forest. Yee haue sene also þe; broken places of þe; citye of Dauid, how that they are many, ∧ ye gathered together the waters of the lower pole. As for the houses of Ierusalem &rhand; ye haue nombred them, and the houses haue ye brok&ebar; downe to make þe; wall str&obar;g. A pytt also haue ye made betwene the two walles, for the waters of the olde pole, and haue not regarded the maker therof, nether had respecte vnto him that toke it in h&abar;de.

C   And in that daye dyd the Lorde God of hoostes call men vnto wepyng and mournyng, to baldnesse ∧ gyrdyng aboute wyth sack cloth. &rhand; And Behold, they haue ioye and gladnesse, slayeng oxen ∧ kylling shepe eatyng flesh ∧ drynkyng wyne: ^note Let vs eate and drynke: for tomorowe we shal dye And it came to the eares of the Lord of hoostes: This iniquite shall not be pourged fr&obar; you till ye dye, sayeth þe; lord God of hostes.

Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes: Go, get the into younder treasurer, euen vnto ^note Sebna, which is þe; ruler of þe; house. What hast thou to do here? and whom hast thou here, that thou shuldest here hewe the out a sepulcre, as it were one that heweth hym out a sepulcre an hye, or þt; graueth an habitacion for him self in a hard rock?

D   Beholde, O thou man, the Lord shall carye the awaye into captiuite, ∧ shall surely couer the with c&obar;fusion. The Lord shall turne the ouer lyke a ball with hys handes (and shall sende the) into a farre contre: There shalt thou dye, ∧ there (in steade of the charettes of thy p&obar;pe) shall þe; house of thy lord haue confusion &rhand; I will dryue the fr&obar; thy place, ∧ out of thy dwellyng shall he ouerthrow the. And in that daye shall I call my serua&ubar;t Eliakim the sonne of Helkia. And &rhand; with thy garmentes will I clothe him, and wyth thy gyrdle will I strength hym: thy power also will I c&obar;mitte into his h&abar;de ∧ he shalbe a father of such as dwel in Ierusalem, and in the house of Iuda.

E    ^noteAnd the keye of the house of Dauid will I laye vpon his shoulder, so þt; he shall open and no man shall shut. He shall shut, and no man shall open. And I wyll fasten hym as a nayle in a sure place, and he shall be the gloryous seate of hys fathers house. Morouer, all generacions and posterites shall hang vp&obar; him, all the glory of their fathers house, all vessels both great and small, and all instrum&ebar;tes of measure and musyck. In that daye (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) shall the nayle that is fastened &ibar; the sure place departe, be broken and fall, and the burthen þt; was vp&obar; it, shall be plucte awaye, for so the lorde hath spoken.

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