A   Thus sayeth the Lorde: ^note The people of Israel, which escaped in the wildernesse from the swearde, founde grace to come into theyr rest. Eu&ebar; so shall the Lorde now also apeare vnto me from farre, and saye: ^note I loue the with an euerlasting loue, therfore, by my mercye I haue drawen the to me. I will repayre the agayne, O thou daughter of Israel, þt; thou mayest be fast and sure. Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne, and go forth with them, that leade the daunce.

Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon þe; hylles of Samaria, and the grape gatherers shall plante, and commenly eate of it.

For the dayes shall come when the watchemen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crye: ^note aryse, let vs go vp vnto Sion to our Lorde God, B   for thus sayth the Lorde: Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob, crie vnto the head of the Gentils: speake out, syng, and saye: O Lorde saue thy people, the remnaunt of Israel, and make them whole. Beholde, I wyll bringe them agayne from out of the north lande, and gather them from the endes of the worlde, with the blynde and lame that are amonge them, with the wemen that be great with chylde, and soch as be also delyuered: and the company of them that come agayne, shalbe greate.

They shall come weping and with mercyfull pitye wyll I bring th&ebar; hyther agayn. I wyll leade them to the ryuers of water in a strayght waye, where they shall not stomble. ^noteFor I am Israels father, ∧ ^note Ephraim is my fyrst borne.

Heare the worde of the Lorde, O ye G&ebar;tiles, preach in the yles, that lye farre of, and saye: he that hath scatered Israel, shall gather hym together agayne, ∧ shall kepe hym as a shepherde doth his flocke. For the Lord hath redemed Iacob, and ryd hym from the hande of the violent. And they shall come, ∧ reioyce vpon the hyll of Sion, and shall haue plenteousnes of goodes, which the Lorde shall geue th&ebar;. Namely, wheate, wyne, oyle, y&obar;ge shepe ∧ calues. And theyr c&obar;sci&ebar;ce shalbe as a well watred garden, for they shall nomore be hongrye.

C   Then shall the mayde reioyce in the da&ubar;ce, yee, both yonge and olde folkes. For I wyll turne their sorowe into gladnesse, and wyll conforte them from theyr sorowes and make them ioyfull. I wyll powre pl&ebar;teousnesse vpon the hertes of the prestes, and my

people shalbe satisfyed with my goodnesse, sayth the Lorde

Thus sayth the Lorde: &rhand; ^note The voyce of heuynes, weping and lamentati&obar; was heard on hye: euen of Rachel mournyng for her children, and wolde not be conforted, because they were awaye.

But nowe, sayth the Lorde, leaue of fr&obar; wepynge and crienge, witholde thyne eyes from teares, for &rhand; thy laboure shalbe rewarded, sayth the Lorde. And they shall come agayne out of the lande of their enemies: Yee, euen thy posterite shall haue consolation in this, sayth the Lorde, þt; thy chyldren shall come agayne into their awne lande.

Moreouer, I heard Ephraim, that was led awaye captiue, c&obar;playne on this maner: ^note O Lorde, thou hast correct me, ∧ thy chastenynge haue I receaued, &rhand; as an vntamed calfe. ^noteConuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God: Yee, assone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme my selfe: and when I vnderstande, I shall smyte vpon my thyghe. For verely I haue commytted shamefull thinges. For I haue borne the reprofe and c&obar;fusion of my youth.

D   Upon this complaynte, I thought thus by my selfe: ^note is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe, with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme? For sens the time þt; I first c&obar;mened with hym, I haue him euer in rem&ebar;braunce: therfore, my very hert dryueth me vnto him, gladly and louynglye wyll I haue mercy vpon him, sayth þe; Lord. Get the watchmen, prouyde teachers for þe;, set thyne hert vpon the ryght waye, þt; thou shuldest walke, and turne agayn, O þu; daughter of Israel, turne agayne to these cityes of thyne. Howe longe wilt thou go astraye, O thou shrynking daughter? For the Lord wyll worke a newe thing vp&obar; earth. A woman shall compasse a man.

G   For thus sayth the Lorde of hoostes the God of Israel: It wyll come therto, þt; when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuite, these wordes shalbe heard in the lande and in hys cityes. The Lorde, which is the fayre ^note brydegrome of ryghteousnes, make þe; frutefull, O thou holy hyll. And there shall dwell Iuda, and all her cityes, þe; shepherdes, and husbandemen. For ^note I shall fede the hongrye soule, and refresh all faynte hertes. When I hearde thys, I came agayne to my selfe, I mused, lyke as I had bene waked oute of a swete slepe.

Beholde, sayth the Lorde, the dayes come, that I wyll sowe the house of Israel, ∧ the house of Iuda, with men and with catell. ^noteYee, it shall come therto, that lyke as I haue gone about in tymes past to rote th&ebar; out, to scatre them, to breake them downe, to destroye them, and chasten them. Euen so wyll I also go diligently aboute, to buylde them vp agayne, ∧ to plante them, sayth the Lorde. ^noteThen shall it nomore be sayde: the fathers haue eat&ebar; a sower grape, and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge: for euery one shall dye for hys awne mysdede, so þt; whoso eateth a sowre grape, hys teeth shalbe set on edge. ^note F   Beholde, the dayes come, sayth the Lorde, that I wyll make &rhand; a newe couenaunt &wt; the house of Israel, and &wt; the house of Iuda: not after the couena&ubar;t that I made &wt; their fathers, when I toke th&ebar; by þe; hande: and led th&ebar; out of the lande of Egypt: which couenaunt they bracke: yee, euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them, sayeth the Lorde. ^noteBut this shalbe the couena&ubar;t that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes, sayth the Lorde. ^noteI will plante my lawe in the inward partes of them, and wryte it in their hertes, ^note ∧ wilbe their God, and they shalbe my people.

And from thens forth, shall no m&abar; teach his neyghbour or his brother, ∧ saye: knowe the Lorde. But they shall all knowe me fr&obar; the lowest vnto the hyest, sayth þe; Lorde. For I will forgeue their mysdedes, and will neuer rem&ebar;bre their synnes eny more. Thus sayth the Lorde, which gaue the ^note sunne to be a lyght for the daye, and the moone and starres to shyne in the night: which moueth the see, so that the floudes therof waxe fearce: his name is the Lorde of hoostes. Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken oute of my syght, sayth the Lorde. So shall the sede of Israel neuer ceasse, but allwaye be a people before me.

G   Moreouer, thus sayth the Lorde: lyke as the heauen aboue cannot be measured, ∧ as the foundaci&obar;s of the earth beneth maye not be sought out. ^noteSo wyll I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel, for that they haue commytted, sayeth the Lorde. Beholde, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that the citye of the Lorde shalbe enlarged from the ^note towre of Hananeel, vnto the gate of þe; corner wall: From thens shall the ryght measure be tak&ebar; before her vnto the hyll toppe of ^note Gareb, ∧ shal come about Gaath, and the whole valley of the deed carkases, and of the ashes, &abar;d all the feldes vnto the broke of Cedron: and vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde the east, where as the sanctuary of the Lorde also shalbe set. And when it is nowe buylded, and set vp of thys fasshyon, it shall neuer be be broken, nor cast downe any more.

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