A   Heare thys worde, O ye house of Israel, ∧ why? I must make thys mone for you. The vyrgyn Israel shall fall, ∧ neuer ryse vp agayne: she shalbe cast downe vpon her

awne gro&ubar;de, and no m&abar; shall helpe her vp. For thus sayeth the Lorde God: where as there dwelt a .M. in one cytie, there shalbe left scarce an hundred therin: ∧ where there dwelt an C. there, shall scarce ten be left in the house of Israel. Neuertheles, thus sayth the Lorde vnto the house of Israell: B   Seke after me, and ye shall lyue, but seke not after Bethel. Come not at Gilgal, and go not to Bersaba: for Gilgal shalbe caryed awaye captyue, and Bethel shall come to naught. Seke the Lorde, that ye maye lyue: lest the house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and consumed ∧ lest there be none to qu&ebar;che Bethell.

Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, ∧ cast downe ryghteousnes vnto þe; grounde. ^noteYe forsake the Lord þt; maketh the .vij. starres ∧ þe; Ori&obar;s, þt; turneth the nyght into daye, and of þe; daye he maketh darcknesse. ^note C   He calleth the waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: the Lorde is hys name. He rayseth destruccyon vpon þe; myghtye people, ∧ bringeth downe the str&obar;ge holde. But they owe him euell will, þt; reproueth them openly: and who so telleth th&ebar; the playne trueth, they abhorre hym. For so moche then as ye oppresse the poore, and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: ^note therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in th&ebar;. Maruelous pleasaunt vyneyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne of them shall ye not drincke: ∧ why? as for the multitude of youre wyckednesses and youre stoute synnes, I knowe them ryght well. D   Enemyes are ye of the ryghteous, ^note ye take rewardes, ye oppresse þe; poore in iudgem&ebar;t. Therfore, the wyse must nowe be fayne to holde his tunge, so wycked a tyme is it.

Seke after the thinge that is good, ∧ not euell, so shall ye lyue: yee, the Lorde God of hoostes shalbe with you, accordinge to your awne desyre. ^noteHate the euell, and loue the good: ^note set vp ryght agayne in the porte: and (no doute) the Lorde God of Hoostes shalbe mercyfull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph. If no (sayeth the Lorde God, þe; God of hostes) there shall be mournynge in all stretes, yee, they shall saye &ibar; euery strete: alas, alas. E   They shall call the housbandman to lamentacyon, and soch as can mourne to mournynge. In all vyneyardes there shall be heuynesse, for I will come amonge you, sayeth the Lorde. Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye of the Lorde. Wherfore wolde ye haue it? As for þe; daye of the Lorde, it shalbe darcke and not cleare. Yee, lyke as when a man runneth fr&obar; a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or wh&ebar; he c&obar;meth into the house, ∧ leaneth his h&abar;de vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him. F   Shall not the daye of the Lorde be darcke, ^note ∧ not cleare? shall it not be cloudy, ∧ no shyne in it?

^noteI hate and abhorre your holy dayes, ∧ where as ye cense me when ye come together, I wyll not accepte it. ^note And though ye offre me brent offrynges and meat offrynges, yet haue I no pleasure therin. As for your fat thanckofferynges. I wyll not loke vpon them: Awaye with that noyse of thy songes, I will not heare thy playes of musyck: but se that equytie flowe as the water, and ryghteousnesse as a myghtye streame. G   O ye house of Israel, ^note gaue ye me offrynges and sacrifyces those fourty yeares longe in the wyldernes? yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to your ^note Moloch, and ymages of your Idols, yee, and the starre of your God Rempha, fygures which ye made to worshyppe them. Therfore wyll I cause you to be caryed awaye beyonde Damascus, sayeth the Lord, whose name is the God of Hostes.

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