A   But as for the (O daughter, þu; vyrgyn Babilon) sytt thou downe in the dust syt vp&obar; the grounde, ∧ not in a throne (O thou mayden of Caldea.) Thou shalt nomore be called tender ∧ pleasaunt. &rhand; Bring forth the querne, ∧ grinde meele, vntrusse thy broyded heare, put of thy shoes, make bare thy knees: ∧ wade thorowe þe; water ryuers. ^noteThy shame shalbe discouered and thy pryuityes shalbe sene. For I wyll auenge me of the ∧ wyll shewe no mercy to the as, I do to other men sayeth oure redemer, which is called þe; Lorde of Hostes the holy one of Israel.

B   Syt styll, holde thy tunge, and get the into some darck corner (O daughter Chaldea) for thou shalt nomore be called lady of kyngdomes. I was so wroth &wt; my people, that I punished myne enheritaunce, and gaue them into thy power. ^noteNeuertheles, þu; shewedest th&ebar; no mercy, but euen the very aged men of them, dydest thou oppresse ryght sore with thy yock, and thou thoughtest thus: I shalbe lady for euer. And besyde all that, thou hast not regarded these thynges, nether remembred what was the ende of that cytie Ierusalem. Heare now therfore, thou wyllfull, that syttest so careles, and speakest thus in thyne herte: ^note I am alone, and without me is there none: I shall neuer be wydowe, ner desolate agayne. And yet both these thynges shall come to the vp&obar; one daye in the twynclinge of an eye: ^note Namely, wyddowhead, and desolacyon. C   They shall myghtely fall vpon the, for the multitude of thy witches, and for the greate heape of thy coniurers. For thou hast trusted in thy wickednes, and hast sayd. ^noteNo man seyth me. Thyne awne wysdome and connyng hath deceaued the. In that thou hast sayde: I am alone and without me ther is none. Therfore shall trouble come vpon the, and thou shall not knowe, from whence it shall aryse. Myschefe shall fall vpon the, which thou shalt not be able to put of. A sodayne vtter destruction, shall come vpon the or euer thou be aware.

Nowe go to thy coniurers, ∧ to the multitude of thy wytches (with whom thou hast weried thy selfe fr&obar; thy youth) yf they maye helpe the, or strengthen the. D   Thou hast hytherto had many councels of them, so let the heauen gasers and the beholders of starres and mone prophetes come on nowe and delyuer the: yee, and lett th&ebar; shewe, when these newe thinges shall come vpon the. Beholde, they shalbe lyke strawe, whith yf it be kyndled with fyre, no man maye rydde it for the vehemencye of the flame. And yet it geueth no synders to warme a man by, ner cleare fyre to syt by. Thus are they with wh&obar; thou hast weryed thy selfe, and thus are thy marchauntes that haue bene with the from thy youth. Euery one hath taken his awne waye and shall none of them defende the.

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