A   Comenly, ^note when a man putteth awaye his wyfe, and she goeth fr&obar; him ∧ marieth with another, then the questyon is: shulde he resorte vnto her eny more after that? Is not this felde then defyled and vncleane? ^noteBut as for the, thou hast played the harlot with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, sayeth the Lorde. Lyft vp thyne eyes vnto þe; hilaulters ∧ loke, yf thou be not defyled with whoredome. Thou hast wayted for th&ebar; in the stretes, and as a murtherer in the wyldernesse. Thorowe thy whordome ∧ shamefull blasphemyes, is the lande defyled.

B    ^noteThis is þe; cause, þt; the rayne ∧ eueninge dewe hath ceased. Thou hast gotten the an whores forehead, and wilt not be ashamed.

Els woldest thou saye vnto me: O my father, thou art he that hast brought me vp, ∧ led me fro my youth: Wylt thou then put me awaye, ∧ cast me of for euer? Or wilt thou withdrawe thy selfe cleane fro me? Neuertheles, thou speakest soch wordes, but thou art euer doinge worse and worse.

C    ^noteThe Lorde sayde also vnto me: in the tyme of Iosiah the kynge: Hast þu; sene what that rebellyon Israel hath done? howe she hath runne vp vp&obar; all the hylles, and am&obar;ge all thick trees, and there played the harlot. hast þu; sene also (when she had done all thys) howe I sayde vnto her: that she shulde turne agayne vnto me, ∧ yet she is not returned? ^noteIuda that vnfaythfull syster of hers also sawe thys: Namely, þt; after I had well sene the aduoutrye of the shrynckyng harlot Israel, ^note I put her awaye, and gaue her a byll of deuorcement.

For all this, her vnfaythfull syster Iuda was not ashamed, but went backe ∧ played the whore also: Yee, and þe; noyse of her whordome hath defyled the whole lande. For she hath commytted fornycacyon wyth stones and stockes.

Neuerthelesse, her vnfaythfull syster Iuda is not ^note turned vnto me agayne wyth her whole herte, but faynedly, sayeth the Lorde. D   And þe; Lorde sayde vnto me: ^note The backslyder Israell is more ryghtuous, then the vnfaythfull Iuda: ∧ therfore go preache these wordes towarde the north, and saye: Thou disobedient Israell, turne agayne (sayeth þe; Lorde) ∧ I wyll not let my wrathe fall vp&obar; you, for I am mercyfull (sayeth the Lorde) ∧ I wyll not alwaye ^note beare displeasure agaynst þe;: but this I will, that thou knowe thy greate blasphemy: Namely, þt; thou hast vnfaythfully forsaken þe; Lorde thy God, ∧ hast made thy selfe partake of straunge Goddes ^note vnder all grene trees, but hast had no wyll to heare my voyce, sayeth the Lorde.

E    ^noteO ye disobedi&ebar;t chyldren, turne agayne sayeth the Lorde: ∧ I wyll be maryed wyth you. For I wyll take one out of the cytie, ∧ two out of one generacyon, fr&obar; am&obar;ge you, and brynge you in to Syon: and wyll geue you herdm&ebar; after myne awne mynde, which shall fede you with learnynge &abar;d wysdome. Moreouer, when ye be increased and multiplyed in the lande, then (sayeth the Lorde) there shall no more boast be made of þe; arcke of the Lordes testam&ebar;t: No m&abar; shall thinke vpon it, nether shall any man make m&ebar;cyon of it: for from thence forth it shall nether be vysyted, ner honoured with gyftes.

^noteThen shall Ierusal&ebar; be called þe; Lordes seate, ∧ all Heathen shalbe gathered vnto it, for þe; name of the Lordes sake, which shalbe set vp at Ierusalem. And from þe; tyme forth, they shall folowe no more the ymaginacyon of their awne frowarde herte.

F   Then those þt; be of þe; house of Iuda, shall go vnto þe; house of Israell: ∧ they shall come together out of the North, into þe; same lande þt; I haue geuen your fathers. ^note I haue shewed also, howe I toke the vp beynge but a childe ∧ gaue the a pleasaunt lande for thyne herytage, yee, ∧ a goodly Hoste of the Heathen, ∧ howe I c&obar;maunded the, þt; thou shuldest ^note call me father only, and not to shryncke fro me.

But lyke as a woman vnfaythfully fayleth her husbande, so are ye vnfaythfull vnto me (O ye house of Israel) sayeth the Lorde. ^noteAnd therfore the voyce of the chyldren of Israel was herde on hye, wepinge and waylinge: for they haue defyled their waye, and forgotten God their Lorde.

G   O ye disobedient chyldren, turne agayne (sayinge: lo, we are thyne, for þu; art the Lorde oure God:) And so shall I heale youre backturn&ibar;ges. Truly vaynly trusteth he for helth þt; loketh for it in the hylles and in vayne is it sought in the multitude of the mountaynes, ^note but the health of Israell st&abar;deth only vp&obar; God oure Lorde.

^noteConfusyon hath deuoured oure fathers laboure from oure youth vp: yee, their shepe and bullockes, their sonnes and daughters. So do we also slepe in oure confusyon, and shame couereth vs: ^note for we ∧ oure fathers fr&obar; oure youth vp vnto this daye haue synned agaynst the Lorde oure God, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde oure God.

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