A   Tell youre brethren, that they are my people: and youre systerne, that they haue optayned mercy. As for &rhand; youre mother, ye shall chyde &wt;

her, and reproue her ^note for she is not my wyfe, nether am I her husbande, onlesse she put awaye her whordome out of my syght, ∧ her aduoutry fr&obar; her brestes. If no I shall stryppe her naked, ∧ sett her ^note euen as she came into the worlde: yee, I shall laye her waste, &abar;d make her lyke a wyldernesse, ∧ slaye her for thyrste. I shall haue no pite also vp&obar; her childr&ebar; ^note for they be the chyldren of fornicacyon.

Their mother hath brok&ebar; her wedlocke, and she that bare th&ebar; ^note is come to confusion. For she sayd: &rhand; I will go after my louers, þt; geue me my water and my bread, my woll ∧ flaxe, my oyle and my dryncke. B   But I will hedge her waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shall not fynde her fotesteppes: and though she runne after her louers, yet shall she not get them: she shall seke them, but not fynde them. ^noteThen shall she saye: well, I wyll go turne againe to my fyrst housb&abar;de, for at þt; tyme was I better at ease, th&ebar; nowe But this wolde she not knowe, where as I yet gaue her corne, wyne, oyle, syluer ∧ gold ^note whych she hath hanged vpon Baal.

Wherfore, &rhand; nowe will I go take my corne and wyne agayne in their season, and fet agayne my woll ∧ my flax, whych I gaue her, to couer her shame. ^noteAnd nowe will I discouer her foolyshnesse, euen in the syght of her louers, ∧ no man shall delyuer her out of my h&abar;des. Moreouer, I will take awaye all her myrth ^note her holy dayes, C   her newmoones; her Sabbathes and all her sol&ebar;pne feastes: I wyll destroye her vyneyardes ∧ fygg trees, though she sayeth: lo, heare are my rewardes, that my louers haue geuen me. I wyll make it a wodde, and wylde beestes shall eate it vp. I wyll punysh her also for þe; dayes of Baal ^note wherin she censed hym, deckynge hym wyth her earynges ∧ cheynes: wh&ebar; she folowed her louers, and forgat me, sayeth the Lorde.

Wherfore beholde, I wyll call her agayne bringe her into a wyldernes, ∧ speake fr&ebar;dly vnto her: D   there will I geue her her vyniardes agayne, yee ∧ the ^note valley of Achor also to shewe her hope and comforte. Then shall she synge there ^note as in the tyme of her youth, and ^note lyke as in the daye when she came out of the l&abar;de of Egypte. Then (sayeth þe; Lorde she shall saye vnto me) O my housbande, ∧ shall call me nomore Baal: for I wyll take awaye those names of Baal fr&obar; her mouth, yee, she shall neuer rem&ebar;bre their names eny more. ^noteTh&ebar; wyll I make a couenaunt with them, with the wylde beastes, with the foules of the ayre, and wyth euery thynge that crepeth vpon the earth.

^noteAs for bowe, swerde and battel, I will destroye soch out of the lande, ∧ wyll make th&ebar; to slepe safely. ^noteThus wyll I mary the vnto myne awne selfe for euermore: yee, eu&ebar; to my selfe wyll I mary þe;, in ryghteousnesse, in equite, in louynge kyndnesse and mercy. In fayth also wyll I mary the vnto my selfe, and thou shalt knowe the Lorde. At the same tyme wyll I shewe my selfe frendly ∧ gracyous vnto the heuens, sayeth the Lord: and the heau&ebar;s shall helpe the earth and the earth shall helpe the corne, wyne and oyle, ∧ they shall helpe Iesrael. ^noteI wyll sowe them vpon earth, for a sede to myne amne selfe, ^note ∧ wyll haue mercy vpon her, that was wythout mercy. And to them whych were not my people, I wyll saye: thou art my people and he shall saye: thou art my God.

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