A   Heare the worde of the Lorde that he speaketh vnto the, O þu; house of Israel. Thus sayeth þe; Lorde. ^noteYe shall not lerne after þe; maner of þe; Heathen, ∧ ye shall not be afrayed for þe; tok&ebar;s of heauen: for þe; Heathen are afrayed of soch: yee, al þe; customes and lawes of the G&ebar;tyles are nothynge, but vanyte. ^noteThey hewe downe a tree in þe; wod with þe; handes of þe; worckeman, and fashyon it &wt; the axe: they couer it ouer with golde or siluer, they fasten it with nayles ∧ h&abar;mers, that it moue not. It standeth as styf as þe; palme tree, it c&abar; nether speake ner go one fote, but must be borne. ^noteBe not ye afrayed of soch, for they can do nether good ner euell. But there is none lyke vnto þe;, O Lorde, ^note ∧ great is the name of thy power. Who wolde not feare the? O kyng of the Gentils for thyne is the domynion.

B   For amonge all þe; wyse men of the Gentyles, and in all theyr kyngdomes, there is none þt; maye be lickened vnto þe;. They are all together vnlerned ∧ vnwyse in this one thynge. All theyr connynge is but vanyte: namely, wod, syluer, which is brought out of Tharsis, ∧ beaten to plates: and golde from ^note Ophir, a worcke þt; is made with the h&abar;de of þe; craftesman ∧ the caster, clothed &wt; yelow sylck ∧ scarlet: euen so is the worcke of theyr wyse men all together. But þe; Lorde is a true God, a lyuynge God, ∧ an euerlastynge kynge. ^noteIf he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Gentyles maye not abyde his indygnacyon.

As for theyr goddes thus shall you saye to them: they are goddes, that made nether heauen ner earth therfore shall they perysh from the earth, and from all thynges vnder heauen. But (as for oure God) ^note He made þe; earth &wt; his power, and with his wysdome doth he order þe; whole c&obar;passe of þe; worlde, with his discrecyon hath he spred out þe; heauens. C   At his voyce þe; waters gather togethe in þe; ayre, ^note he draweth vp þe; cloudes fr&obar; the vttemost partes of þe; earth: he turneth lyghtenyng to rayne, ∧ bryngeth forth the wyndes out of their treasures. His wysdome maketh all men fooles. And c&obar;founded be all casters of ymages, for þt; they cast, is but a vayne thynge, ∧ hath no lyfe. ^noteThe vayne craftesmen &wt; their worckes, þt; they in their vanyte haue made, shall perysh one &wt; another &ibar; þe; tyme of visitacy&obar;. Neuertheles, Iacobs porcyon is no soch: but it is he, þt; hath made all thynges, ∧ Israel is þe; rodd of his inheryta&ubar;ce. The Lorde of Hostes is his name. Gather vp thy wares out of the land, þu; that art in þe; str&obar;ge place. For thus sayeth þe; Lord. Behold, I wyll now throwe as &wt; a stone slynge þe; inhabitours of this l&abar;de: at this once, D   and I wyll brynge trouble vpon them, that they shall proue trewe the wordes þt; I haue spoken by the prophetes.

Alas, how am I hurt? Alas how paynefull are my scourges vnto me? For I consydre this sorow by my self, and I must suffre it. My tabernacle is destroyed, and all

my coardes are broken. My chyldren are gone fro me, ∧ can no where be fo&ubar;de. Now haue I none to sprede out my tent, or to set vp my h&abar;gynges. For &rhand; þe; herdmen haue done folyshly, that they haue not sought þe; Lord. D   Therfore, haue they dealt vnwysely with theyr catell, ∧ all are scatred abrode. Beholde, þe; noyse is harde at hand, ∧ great sedicyon out of þe; north: to make the cyties of Iuda a wyldernes, ∧ a dwellynge place for Dragons. ^noteNow I knowe (O Lorde) þt; it is not in m&abar;s power to ordre hys awne wayes, or to rule his awne steppes ∧ goyngges. Therfore, chasten thou vs, o Lord, but with fauoure ^note ∧ not in thy wrath, bryng vs not vtterly to naught. ^notePoure out thyne indygnacyon rather vpon the Gentiles, that knowe þe; not, ∧ vpon the people þt; call not on thy name. ^noteAnd that because they haue consumed, deuoured and destroyed Iacob, and haue made his habytacyon waist.

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