A   Thys is the visyon þt; was shewed vnto Abdy. Thus hath the Lord God spoken vp&obar; ^note Edom: We haue hearde of þe; Lorde that there is an embassage sent am&obar;ge the Heathen: Up let vs aryse, and fyght agaynst them. Beholde, ^note I wyll make the small amonge the Heathen, so that thou shalt be vterly despysed. The pryde of thyne herte hath lyft þe; vp thou that dwellest in þe; stronge holdes of stone, ∧ hast made the an hye seate: Thou sayest &ibar; thyne hert: who shall cast me downe to the grounde? ^noteBut though thou w&ebar;test vp as hye as the Aegle, and madest thy ^note nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe fr&obar; thence. B   Yf the theues and robbers came to the by nyght, thou tak&ibar;ge thy rest: shulde they not steale, tyl they had ynough? Yf the grape gatherers came vp&obar; the, wolde they not leaue the some grapes? But how shall they rype Esau, and seke out hys treasures?

Yee, the men that were sworne vnto the, shal dryue þe; out of þe; borders of thyne awne lande. They that be now at one &wt; the, shall disceaue the, and ouercome the: Euen they þt; eate thy bred, shal betraye the, or euer thou perceaue it. ^noteShall not I at þe; same tyme destroye the wyse men of Edom, C   &abar;d those þt; haue vnderstandyng, fr&obar; þe; mount of Esau? Thy gya&ubar;tes (O Them&abar;) shalbe afrayed, for thorow þe; slaughter they shalbe all ouer throwne vpon the mount of Esau. Shame shall come vpon þe;, for the malyce that thou shewedest to thy ^note brother Iacob: yee, for euermore shalt thou perish, &abar;d that because

of the tyme, when thou dydest set thy selfe agaynst hym, euen when þe; enemyes caryed awaye hys hoost, ∧ when þe; aleauntes came in at his portes, ∧ cast lottes vpon Ierusalem, and thou thy selfe wast as one of them.

D   Thou shalt nomore se the daye of thy brother, thou shalt nomore beholde the tyme of hys captiuite: þu; shalt nomore reioyse ouer the childr&ebar; of Iuda, in the daye of theyr destruccyon, thou shalt try&ubar;phe nomore in þe; tyme of theyr trouble. Thou shalt nomore come in at the gates of my people, in the tyme of theyr decaye: thou shalt not se theyr misery in the daye of theyr fall.

E   Thou shalt sende out no m&abar; agaynst theyr hoost, in the daye of theyr aduersyte: nether shalt thou stande waytynge any more at þe; corners of þe; stretes, to murthur soch as are fled, or to take th&ebar; presoners, that remayne in the daye of theyr trouble. For þe; daye of þe; Lorde is harde by vpon all the Heathen.

^noteLyke as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealte wythall, yee, thou shalt be rewarded euen vpon thyne head. For lyke wyse as ye haue droncken vp&obar; myne holy hyll, so shall all heathen dryncke c&obar;tynually: yee, dr&ibar;cke shall they, and swalowe vp, so that ye shalbe, as though ye had neuer bene.

F   But &rhand; vpon the mount Syon shall þe; saluacy&obar; be, and holynes, these shalbe holy, ∧ the house of Iacob shall possesse euen those, ^note that had them selues afore in possessi&obar;. Moreouer. &rhand; the house of Iacob shalbe a fyre, the house of Ioseph a flame, and the, ^note house of Esau shalbe þe; strawe: whych they shall kyndle and consume, G   so that nothyug shalbe left of the house of Esau, the Lorde hym selfe hath sayde it. They of the South shall haue the mount of Esau in possession: and loke what lyeth vpon the gro&ubar;de, that shall the Philystynes haue: the playne feldes shall Ephraim and Samaria possesse: and the mountaynes of Galaad shall BenIamin haue: And thys hoost shalbe þe; chyldren of Israels presoners: Now what so lyeth from Canaan vnto Zareptah, and in Sepharad, that shalbe vnder the subieccy&obar; of Ierusalem: and the cyties of the south shall enheret it. Thus they that escape vpon the hyll of Syon, shall go vp to punysh the mount of Esau, ^note and the kyngdome shalbe the Lordes, ¶ The ende of the boke of the prophecye of Abdy.

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