1   I Saw our Lord standing vpon ^note the altar, and he sayd: Strike ^note the henges, & let the lintels be moued: for there is auarice in the head of al, and the last of them wil I kil by the sword: there shal be no flight for them: they shal flee, and he shal not be saued that shal flee of them.

2   If they shal descend euen to hel, thence shal my hand bring them out: and if they

shal ascend enen to heauen, thence wil I plucke them downe.

3   And if they shal be hid in the toppe of Carmel, thence searching wil I take them away: and if they shal hide themselues from mine eyes in the depth of the sea, there wil I command the serpent & he shal bite them.

4   And if they shal go into captiuitie before their enemies, there wil I command the sword, and it shal kil them. And I wil set mine eyes vpon them to euil, and not to good.

5   And our Lord the God of hostes, which toucheth the earth, and it shal melt away: and al that dwel therein shal mourne: and it shal al rise as a riuer, and shal runne downe as the floud of Ægypt.

6   He that buildeth in heauen his ascension, and hath founded ^note his bundel vpon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

7   Why, are not you as the children of the Æthiopians vnto me, ô children of Israel, saith our Lord? Did not I make Israel to ascend out of the Land of Ægypt: and the Palesthins out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrenee?

8   Behold the eyes of our Lord God vpon the sinning kingdom, & I wil destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet destroying I wil not destroy ^note the house of Iacob, sayth our Lord.

9   For behold I wil command, and wil shake the house of Israel in al nations, as wheate is shaken in a sieue: and there shal not a litle stone fal vpon the earth.

10   Al the sinners of my people shal fal by the sword: which say: The euil shal not approch, & shal not come vpon vs.

11    ^noteIn that day I wil rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that was fallen: & I wil reedifie the breaches of the walles therof, and those thinges, that were fallen I wil repayre: and I wil reedifie him as in the dayes of old.

12   That they may possesse the remnant of Idumea, and al nations, because that my name is inuocated vpon them: saith our Lord that doth these thinges.

13   Behold the dayes come, saith our Lord: and the plougher shal ouertake the reaper, & the treader of the grape him that soweth sede: and the mountaynes shal droppe sweetnes, and al hilles shal be tilled.

14   And I wil conuert the captiuitie of my people Israel: and they shal build the desert cities, & inhabite: and shal plant vineyards, and drinke the wine of them: & shal make gardens, and eate the fruites of them. And I wil plant them vpon their owne ground: & I wil no more plucke them out of their land, which I haue geuen them, sayth our Lord thy God.

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