A   The worde of þe; Lorde came more ouer vnto me, sayeng: thou sonne of man, prophecye and speake: thus sayeth þe; Lorde God: Mourne, wo worth this daye, for the daye is here, the daye of the Lord is come: &rhand; the darke daye of the Heathen, þe; houre is at hande, the swearde commeth vpon Egypte. When the wo&ubar;ded men fall downe in Egypte, wh&ebar; her people are taken awaye, and when her foundacyons are destroyed, the Mory&abar;s lande shall be afrayed, yee, the Moryans lande, Libia and Lidia, all theyr comen people, and Chub, and all þt; be confederat vnto them, shall fall with th&ebar; thorow the swearde.

B   Thus sayeth the Lorde: The maynteyners of the lande of Egypte shall fall, the pryde of her power shall come downe euen vnto þe; tower of Syenes shall they be slayne downe with the swearde, sayeth þe; Lorde God: amonge other desolate countrees they shalbe made desolate, ∧ amonge other waste cyties they shalbe wasted. And they shall knowe, that I am the Lorde, when I kyndle a fyre in Egypte, and when all her helpers are destroied. At þt; tyme, shall theyr messaungers go forth fr&obar; me in shyppes, to make the carelesse Mori&abar;s afrayed, and sorow shall come vpon them acordinge to the daye of Egypte, for doubtles it shall come.

C   Thus sayeth the Lord God: I wil make an ende of the people of Egypt thorow the hand of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babylon. He and his people with him: yee, and the cruell tyrauntes of the Heathen shalbe brought to destroye the lande. They shall drawe out theyr sweardes vpon Egypte, ∧ fyll the lande full of slayne m&ebar;. I will drye vp theyr floudes of water, and sell the l&abar;de into the h&abar;des of wicked people. The lande ∧ all þt; is therin, will I destroye thorow the enemyes. Euen I the Lord haue sayde it.

And thus sayeth the Lord God: ^note I will destroye the Idols, and bringe the ymages of &rhand; Noph to an ende. There shall nomore be a prince of Egypte, ∧ a fearfulnes will I sende into the Egypci&abar;s l&abar;d. As for Pathures, I wyll make it desolate, ∧ kyndle a fyre in Zoan the cyty. No, I punysh, and poure my wrathfull indignacyon vpon Sin, which is the str&ebar;gth of Egypt. All the substaunce of Alexandria will I destroye, and kyndle a fyre in Egypte.

E   Sin shalbe in greate heuynesse, Alexandria shalbe roted out, and Noph shall haue daylye sorow. The best men of Helyopolys and Bubasto shalbe slayne with þe; swearde, and caryed awaye captyue. At Caphnis the daye shalbe darcke, when I breake there the scepter of the lande of Egypt, ∧ when the pompe of her power shall haue an ende, &rhand; A cloud shall couer her, and her daughters shalbe led awaye into captiuite. Thus will I punysh Egypt, þt; they maye knowe how that I am the Lorde.

It happened in the eleuenth yeare, vpon the seuenth daye of the fyrst moneth, that þe; Lordes worde came vnto me, sayenge: Beholde, thou sonne of man, I will breake the arme of Pharao kyng of Egypte: and lo it shall not be bounde vp to be healed, nother shall eny playstre be laied vp&obar; it, for to ease it, or to make it so stronge, as to holde a swearde. F   Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, I will vpon Pharao þe; king of Egypte, and bruse his stronge arme (yet is it but a broken one) ∧ will smyte þe; swearde out of his handes.

As for the Egypcians. I will scatre th&ebar; among the Heathen, and strowe them &ibar; the landes aboute. Agayne I will strength the arme of the kyng of Babylon, ∧ geue him a sweard in his hand: G   but I will breake Pharaos arme so that he shall holde it before h&ibar; pyteously, lyke a wounded man.

Yee, I wyll stablysh the kynge of Babilons arme, ∧ the armes of Pharao shall fall downe: that it maye be knowne, þt; I am the Lord, which geue the kynge of Babyl&obar; my swearde in his hand, that he maye drawe it out vpon the lande of Egypte, ∧ that when I scatre the Egypcians am&obar;ge the G&ebar;tils and strowe them in the landes aboute, they maye knowe, that I am the Lorde.

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