A   This is the worde of þe; Lord, which cam vnto Sophony the s&obar;ne of Chusi, the sonne of Gedoliah, þe; s&obar;ne of Amariah, the sonne of Hezekiah in the tyme of ^note Iosiah the sonne of ^note Am&obar; kyng of Iuda. I wyll gather vp all thynges in þe; lande (sayeth the Lord) I wyll gather vp man ∧ beast: I wyll gather vp the foules in þe; ayre and the fysh in the see (to þe; greate decaye of the wycked) and wyll vtterly destroye the men out of the lande, sayeth þe; Lord. B   I will stretch oute myne h&abar;de vpon Iuda, ∧ vpon all soch as dwell at Ierusal&ebar;. Thus will I rote oute þe; remna&ubar;t of Baal from this place, ∧ the names of the ^note Remurins and prestes: yee, ∧ ^note soch as vpon their house toppes worshyppe and bowe th&ebar; selues vnto the hoste of heauen: which sweare by þe; Lord, ∧ by their Malchom also: which starte a backe from the Lord, and nether seke after þe; Lord ner regarde hym.

^noteBe still at the presence of the Lord God for the daye of the Lord is at hande: yee, the Lord hath prepared a slayne offeryng, and called hys gestes therto. And thus shall it happen in the daye of the Lordes slaynofferyng. I will viset the princes, ^note þe; kynges chyldren, and all soch as were straunge clothinge. In the same daye also wyll I vyset all those, that treade ouer the thresholde so

proudly, which fyll their Lordes house with robbery ∧ falshede. C   At þe; same tyme (sayeth the Lorde) there shalbe herde a greate crye from the ^note fysh porte and an howlinge from the other porte, and a greate murthur from þe; hylles. Howle ye that dwell in þe; myll, for all the marcha&ubar;t people are gone, ∧ all they that were laden with syluer, are roted out.

At the same tyme wyll I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes, ∧ vyset them that continue in their dregges, and saye in their hertes: ^note Tush, þe; Lord wyll do nether good ner euell. Their goodes shalbe spoyled, and their houses layed waste: ^note they shal buylde houses, ∧ not dwell in them, they shall pl&abar;te vynyardes, but not drincke þt; wyne therof. D   For þe; greate ^note daye of þe; Lord is at hande, it is herde by ∧ commeth on a pace. Horrible is the tydinges of the Lordes daye, th&ebar; shal the giaunte crye out: for that daye is a daye of wrath, a daye of trouble and heuynesse, a daye of vtter destruccion ∧ misery, a darcke ∧ glomynge daye, a cloudy ∧ stormy daye, a daye of the noyse of tr&obar;pettes ∧ shawmes, agaynst the stronge cyties ∧ hie towres. I will bringe the people into soch vexacion, þt; they shal go aboute lyke blinde m&ebar;, because they haue synned agaynst the Lord. Their bloude shalbe shed as the dust, ∧ their bodies as the myre. ^noteNether their syluer ner their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in that wrothful daye of the Lorde, but the ^note whole lande shalbe consumed thorow þe; fyre of his gelousy: for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of al them that dwell in the lande.

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