A   Wo be vnto the crowne of pride, eu&ebar; ^note to the dr&obar;cken people of Ephraim whose great p&obar;pe is as a flour that fadeth awaye) &rhand; vpon the head of the valleye of such as be in welth, and are ouerladen with wyne. Beholde, ^note ther commeth a vehem&ebar;t and sore daye fr&obar; the Lorde lyke an vnmeasurable hayle and perellous tempest, euen lyke the force of myghtye and horrible waters, þt; viol&ebar;tlye beareth downe all thinges. The crowne of the pryde of the dronken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder fote: ^note so that the floure of hys fayrenes and bewty, which is in the head of &rhand; the valley of fatnes, shall fade awaye, as doth an vntimely rype fygg afore heruest. Which wh&abar; a man spyeth, he loketh vpon it: and whyle it is yet in his hande, he eateth it vp.

B   In þe; daye shall the Lorde of hostes be the crowne of glory, ∧ diademe of bewtye vnto the residue of his people. He wilbe also a spirite of perfyte knowledge to him þt; sitteth in iudgement, ∧ strength vnto them that turne awaye the battell to the gate of the enemies. But they are out of the waye by reason of wyne: yee, farre out of þe; waye are they thorowe strong drynke. &rhand; ^note The preste also ∧ the prophet are gone astraye by the meanes of strong drincke, they are dronk&ebar; &wt; wyne, they go amisse thorowe strong drincke: they fayle in &pro;phecying ∧ st&obar;ble in iudgm&ebar;t. For tables are so full of vomyte and fylthines, þt; no place is cleane. Wh&obar; then shall such one teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to vnderst&obar;de the thing that he heareth? For they are as ignora&ubar;t as yong children, that are taken fr&obar; the mylke and are weened.

C   For they that be such must haue &rhand; after one lesson, another lesson: ^note after one c&obar;ma&ubar;dement, another commaundem&ebar;t, after one rule another rule, after one instruccion another instruccyon, there a lytle and there a lytle. For he that speaketh vnto this people is euen as one that vseth rudenes of spech, and a straunge language. Yf any man saye vnto them: lo, this is the rest wherwith ye maye ease hym that is weerye, thys is the refresshinge, they wyll not herken. ^noteTherfore, the worde of the Lorde (lesson vp&obar; lesson, commaundement vpon commaundement, rule vpon rule, instruccyon vpon instruccion, there a lytle and there a lytle) shall be vnto them an occasyon of stombling that they maye go on, and fall backward, be brused, tangled and snared.

D   Wherfore, heare the worde of the Lorde ye mockers, ye that haue rule of this people which is at Ierusal&ebar;. Because ye haue sayd:

&rhand; we haue made a couenaunt with death, ∧ with hell are we at agrement. And though there go forth a sore plage, it shall nott come vnto vs. For we haue made falshode our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid. Therfore thus sayth þe; Lorde God: Beholde, I laye in Sion for a fo&ubar;dation a stone, eu&ebar; a tryed stone, a precio&us; corner stone, a sure fo&ubar;dati&obar;: &rhand; Whoso beleueth, let hym not be to hastye. Iudgment also will I laye to the rule, and righteousnes to the bala&ubar;ce: so þt; &rhand; the hayle shall take awaye your vayne confid&ebar;ce as a broome, and the preuy place of youre refuge shall the waters renne ouer.

E   And thus the couenaunt that ye made &wt; death, shalbe disanulled: and your agrement that ye made with hell, shall not stand. Yee, when the sore plage goeth forth, ye shalbe troden downe vnder it. Fr&obar; the tyme that it goeth forth, it shall take you awaye. For early in the mornynge euery daye: yee, both daye ∧ night shall it go thorowe: ∧ when the noyse therof is perceaued, it shall gendre vexation. For &rhand; the bed is narow, and nott large: ∧ the couering so small that a man can not wynde him selfe vnder it. ^noteFor þe; Lorde shall stonde as &rhand; in mount ^note Perazim, and shalbe wrothe lyke as in þe; valley ^note Gibe&obar;, þt; he maie do his worke, &rhand; his stra&ubar;g worke ∧ bring to passe his acte, his straunge acte.

F   Now therfore se þt; ye be no mockers, lest your punyshment increace: for I haue heard of the Lorde of hostes, that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth. Heare ye then, ∧ herken vnto my voyce, considre ∧ p&obar;dre my spech. Doth not þe; husbandm&abar; plowe all the daie, and openeth ∧ breaketh the clottes of his grounde, þt; he maye sowe? Wh&abar; he hath made it playn, will he not spred abrode the fitches, and sowe comyn, ∧ cast in whete by measure, ∧ the appoynted barlye and rye in their place? God will instructe hym to haue discretion, euen his God wyll teach hym. For fitches shall not be tresshed with an harowe: nether shall a carte whele be brought thorowe the comyn: but the fitches are beat&ebar; out with a stafe, and comyn &wt; a rodd. But the seede that bread is made of, is tresshed, though it be not alwaye a thresshing. And þe; carte whele must be brought ouer it, lest he grynde it with his teth. This also commeth of the Lorde of hoostes, which worcketh &wt; wonderfull wysdome, and bringeth excell&ebar;t workes to passe.

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