A   Ephraim &rhand; is fed with ayre, and foloweth after þe; east winde: he is euer increasynge lyes and destruccyon. They be c&obar;federate with the Assyrians, ^note their oyle is caryed into Egypt. The Lorde hath a courte to holde &wt; Iuda, and wyll punyshe Iacob. After their awne wayes and accordynge to theyr awne inu&ebar;cyons, shall he rec&obar;pense th&ebar;. ^noteHe toke his brother by the hele, wh&ebar; he was yet in his mothers wombe: and in hys strength he wrestled with God. He ^note strowe with the angell, and gatt the victorye: so þt; he prayde ∧ desyred hym. ^noteHe founde him at Bethell, and there he talketh with vs.

B   Yee, the Lorde God of Hoostes, euen the Lorde him selfe remembred him. Then turne to thy God, kepe mercy and equite, ∧ hope styll in thy God. But þu; art lyke þe; marcha&ubar;t þt; hath a false weyght in his hande, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcy&obar;. Ephraim thinketh thus: ^note Tush, I am rich. I haue good ynough: In all my worckes shall not one fawte be founde þt; I haue offended. Yet am I the Lord thy God, eu&ebar; as when I brought the out of the lande of Egypte, and sett þe; in thy tentes, and as in the hye feaste dayes.

C   I haue spoken thorowe the prophetes, ∧ shewed diuerse visy&obar;s and declared my selfe by the ministracion of the prophetes. But at Gilaad is þe; abhominacy&obar;, they are fallen to vanyte. At Gilgal they haue slayne oxen: as many heapes of stones as they had in theyr l&abar;de forowes, so many aulters haue they made. ^noteIacob fled &ibar; to þe; l&abar;de of Siria, ∧ Israell serued for a wife, ∧ for a wife he kepte shepe.

By a prophete þe; Lorde brought them out of Egypt, and by a prophet he preserued th&ebar;. But Ephraim hath puoked him to displeasure thorowe his abhominacyons, therfore shall his bloude be poured vp&obar; him selfe, and the Lorde hys God shall rewarde hym hys blasphemyes.

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