¶ The .ix. Chapter.
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¶ The destruccyon of Idolatres, and the conuersacion
of the ryghtwes. They that shalbe saued are marcked.
They that are vnmarcked are slayne. A complaynte of
the Prophet for the destruccyon of the people.
A He cryed also with a loude voyce in
myne eares, sayinge: Come, here ye
rulers of the cyte, euery man wyth
his weapened hande to the slaughter.
Then came there syxe m&ebar; out of the strete
of the vpper porte towarde the north, and
euery man a weap&ebar; in hys h&abar;de to þe; slaughter.
There was one am&obar;gest them, that had
on hym a lynen rayment, ∧ a wryters ynckhorne
by hys syde.
B These wente in, ∧ stode besyde the brasen
aulter: for the glory of the Lorde was gone
awaye from the note Cherub whych was vpon
him, ∧ was come downe to the thresholde of
the house, and he called the man that had the
lynen rayment vpon hym, and the wryters
ynckhorne by his syde, and the Lorde sayde
vnto hym: Go thy waye thorowe the cyte of
Ierusalem, and &rhand; set a marcke vpon the foreheades
of them, that mourne and are sory
for all the abhominacions, that be done therin.
And to the other, he sayde that I myght
heare: note Go ye after hym thorowe the cytie,
slaye, ouerse none, spare none: kyll and destroye
both olde men and yonge,
C maydens,
chyldren, and wyues.
But as for those, that haue the marcke
vpon them: se that ye touch th&ebar; not, note and begynne
at my Sanctuary. Then they beg&abar;ne
at the elders, whych were in the temple,
for he had sayde vnto th&ebar;: When ye haue defyled
the temple, and fylled the courte wyth
the slayne, th&ebar; go your waye forth. So they
wente out, ∧ slewe downe thorowe the citie.
Nowe when they had done the slaughter, ∧
I yet escaped: I fell downe vpon my face, ∧
cryed,
D sayinge: O Lorde, wylt thou then destroye
all þe; resydue of Israel, in thy sore displeasure,
that thou hast poured vpon Ierusalem?
Then sayde he vnto me: The wyckednesse
of the house of Israel and Iuda is
very greate: so þt; the lande is full of bloude,
and the citie full of vnfaithfulnesse: For they
saye: note Tush the Lorde regardeth not the
earth, he seeth vs not. Therfore wyll I vp&obar;
them, note myne eye shall not ouerse th&ebar;, nether
wyll I spare th&ebar;, but wyll recompense theyr
wyckednesse vpon theyr heades. And beholde,
the man that had the lynen rayment
vpon hym, and the wryters ynckhorne by
hys syde: tolde all the matter howe it happened,
and sayde: Lorde as thou hast c&obar;maunded
me, so haue I done.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
