them to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babylon And the kinge of Babylon slewe them in Reblatha in the lande of Hemath And thus was Juda translated led captiue oute of their owne lande ¶ This is the some of the peple led awaye into captiuite of Nebuchadrezar IN the vii yere of his raigne he led awaye .iii. M. .xxiii. In y e xviii yere of his raigne Nebuchadrezar ledawaye captyue from Jerusalem .viii. C. men and .xxxii. The xxiii yere of Nebuchadrezar Nebuzaradan cheif capitayn ruler ouer the Iwes ledawaye vii honderd .xlv. The hole some of al the captyues iiii M. and .vi C. It came to passe in y e day y e lxxiii yere of y e captiuite of Joachin kinge of Juda the .xxv daye of y e xii moneth y t Aeuil Merodach kinge of Babylon y e same yere y t he raigned wolde restore Joachin kinge of Juda vnto his dignite and so brought him oute of the preson And there talked with him very ientely And ordened him a kingis seat aboue the place of other kingis that were w t him in Babylon He chaÌ„ged y e clothes of his captiuite And he did ete at the kinges coste al his lyfe Also he had his lyuinge continually geuen him of the kinge of Babylon for euery daye a certayn allowed him vntyl he dyed ¶ The lamentacions of Jeremye vhich he did sit weepermoorninge vpon Jerulalem vpon the miserable fall of the Iwes aftir that Juda was led awaye into captiuite and Jerusalem left desolate lamenting on this maner Euery verse hauinge before it orderly an Hebrew letter aftir their A. B. C. ¶ The .i. Chapiter verse Aleph AH How now sitteth this cyte al a lone some tyme so populose Whiche was the moste haunted amonge al nacions how is she now become so lyke a wedowe Oh lady of prouinces how art thou thus distressed and brought vnder tribute verse Beth. She passeth ouer the night waking and wepinge She watereth her chekis with bitter teres For ther is not one of al hir louers that wil confort hir euen hir next frendis aborre hir and ar become hir enymes verse Gimel Juda is taken for hir lying downe and for hir manifolde false worship she now dwelleth emonge the gentyls She hath lytel reste Euery man that persued hir toke her And she dwelleth amonge hir enymes verse Daleth The wayes to Zion moorne because no man come vnto hir solempne festis al hiâ— gates ar desolate Her priestis wayle hir maydens vntyered ar right careful and she hirselfe hath a sorowful herte verse He. Her enymes flewyn vpon hir hed scornefully reuyled hir for the Lorde scourged hir for hir manifolde synnes Her chyldern were drouen a waye captiue before their aduersaryes verse Dau. All the beutye of the daughter Zion is perisshed gone Her rulers ar lyke rammes that can fynde no pasture They be so tagged and haryed awaye before their persuers that they ar brethlesse verse Zain Jerusalem remembreth both the dayes of hir affliccion and rebellion also the dayes paste of hir wealy prosperite euen whylis hir peple fall downe vnder their aduersarys handis noman to helpe them Their enymes beholde them and scorne their sabbath dayes verse Heth. Jerusalem for hir abominable and so manifolde synnes is thus translated tossed from place to place All that loked vpon hir coÌ„tempne hir for they sawe hir shameful secrete partes Euen she hirselfe be wayleth her state being a shamed of hir owne selfe verse Teth. Hir vnclennes runneth downe rowndaboute by hir helis she coÌ„sydered not what wolde folowe and be her ende so to haue come downe from hir pryde wherfore she sitteth counfortlesse nether can she saye hirselfe Lorde beholde my affliccion for my enymie preualeth agenst me verse Jod Her enymes stretche forthe their handis vnto al hir moste preciouse thingis euen before hir owne face That is to saye she fawe the haithen come in and oute of hir holy secrete place of the temple which thing I forbode that is to weit that they shulde not come into thy chirche verse Caph. All hir peple sought their brede with waysinge euery man leyd out his moste preciouse iwellis for meat to saue his lyfe Se Lorde and beholde how vyle I am made verse Lamed Oh ye all that passe forby this waye beholde and se If any sorowful heuynes hath so plucked down any as it hath done me with whiche sorowe and heuynes the Lorde hath scourged me in the daye of his terrible wrathe verse Mem. He sente down fyer frome aboue into my bones he bente a nette for my fete and threwe me wyde oâ—en He left me desolate and in a perpetual moorninge verse Nun. The yoke of my trasgressions his hande spedely prepared He lyfted me vp and wrothe it aboute my nek my strength fil awaye The Lorde betoke me into the handis of them whence I coud not delyuer my selfe verse Samech The Lorde destroyed al the grete men that were with me He bode me to a feste of the destruccion of my nown chosen Euen as in the wyne presse the Lorde pressed out the virgen and daughter Juda. verse Ain Wherfore I wepe and my eyes water for farre frome is any counforter whiche shuld restore me to my selfe agene My sonnes ar caste oute of the dores for my enyme hath preuayled verse Pe. Zion splayeth her haÌ„dis a brode nether is their any that wil confort hir the Lorde hath brought vpon hir thenymes of Jacob rownd aboute hir And Jerusalem standeth in y e middes of them lyke a menstruouse woman verse Zadic The Lorde verely is rightuouse but I haue offended his presence Hear I besech you al maner of peple and consyder my heuynes My maydes and my yonge men ar led awaye captiue verse Kuph I call my louers but they deceyue me I call my priestis and the alder men of my cyte but these ar al perisshed in the tyme of famyn seking to sustayne their lyfe verse Res. Beholde Lorde for I am sore scourged my bely rombleth my herte wambleth in me and I am withoute forthe ful of bitternes the swerde maketh me a wydewe with in I am lyke dethe verse Sin They hear my waylinge but they ceasse to counforte Al myne enymes hering of my calamite reioysed For thou didist cause it Thou shalt call and bringeforth a tyme when they shal be made lyke me verse Thau Thou shalt cast vpon them grete calamite Thou shalt pluck them a waye for their wykednes euen as thou hast cutte me a waye for myne My sorowful moorning is endelesse my herte is ful heuye ¶ The .ii. Chapiter verse Aleph HOw hathe the Lorde derkened the daughter Zion in his wrathe Hathe he so scatered the noble lande of Israel from vnder heuen that he hath forgoten his fotestole in his anger verse Beth The Lorde casted downe hedesinge al the gloriouse beutye of Jacob with oute any fauour He throw downe in
thinne plates And golde is brought from Ophir and beaten into the worke of the crafte man by the hande of the caster and cled with byse and purple Siche is the worke of al their wittye men togither But the Lorde is the very God the lyuing God and kinge euerlasting He being angrye the erthe treÌ„bleth his indignacion no peple may beare But as touchinge these Idols thus shal ye reporte by them They ar goddes whiche made nether heuen nor erthe They shal perisshe therfore as wel from therthe as from these thingis which ar vnder this skye But as concerning this our God ye shal saye He hath made the erthe by hys power finesshed the rownde worlde by his wysedome and stretched forth the heuens by his vnderstanding at his voyce miche water runneth togither in the ayer clowdes ar lyfted vp from the extreme partes of therthe He turneth thonder into rayne and ledeth forthe the wyndes out of their secrete places Euery man is made a fole of his owne wisdome Euery man may be ashamed that casteth an ymage For it is but a vayne thinge that he so melteth and bloweth togither clene withoute lyfe These vayne craftismen with their workis worthy to be skorned so fondely framed and ornowernde shal perisshe al to gither in the tyme of their visitacioÌ„ Siche is not Jacobs lot but it is he that hath fasshioned al thiÌ„ges And Israel is the met rodde of his heretage whose name is the lorde of powers Take away a non fro my sight thy filthenes which yet sittest in so stroÌ„ge holdes For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal castoute thinhabitours of this lande al at this tyme and so vexe them that they nomore appere Ah lasse how greuouse is my affliccion how sorowful is my plage For I bear this heuines and rekeÌ„ it as my nowne My tabernacle is destroied and al my lynes broken in sondre My childerne ar gone fro me and appere nomore Now is ther nomaÌ„ to bende my tente or rear vp my skinnes For full folesshly haue the herdemen done in that they sought not the lorde whervpon al their flockes also haue done vnwysely be scatred awaye Lo the rumour of the hoste is present and a grete vprore cometh froÌ„ the northe to turne the cytes of Juda into a wildernes and into dennes for dragons I know verely Lorde that it lyeth not in mannis power to directe and rule his owne wayes nor yet to make perfite his owne steapes and his goinge Thou therfore Lorde shalt amende vs in equyte not in thy wrathe leste thou bringe vs vnto naught Powr forth rather thy wrath vpon the haithen that knowe the not and vpon the generacions that cal not vpon thy name and that namely for this cause that they haue eatenvp deuoured and coÌ„sumed Jacob extincte his brightnes ¶ The .xi. Chapiter ¶ Another sermon whiche the Lorde stered vp Jeremy to preache sayng HEar ye the wordis of this his couenaunt and speke vnto al Juda to thinhabitours of Jerusalem But thou namely shalt saye vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Cursed be euery man that obaye not the wordis of this couenant which I coÌ„maunded your fathers what tyme I led them oute of the lande of Egypte frome that harde fornace and greuouse seruitute sayng Obaye my voice and do aftyr that I coÌ„maunde you and ye shal be my peple and I shal be your God kepe myne holy othe which I swore to your fathers to geue theÌ„ this lande flowing with mylke honey as ye may se it fulfilled vnto this daye Here I answerde sayng Oh Lorde it is trwe And then y e Lorde sayd to me agen Preache thou al these wordis in y e cites of Juda roâ—â—â—e about Jerusalem sayng Hear the wordis of y e couenaunt y t ye might fulfill theÌ„ For I certified your fathers opeÌ„ly testifyiÌ„g vnto theÌ„ froÌ„ y t tyme sence I brought theÌ„ oute of the lande of Egypte vnto this daye warniÌ„g theÌ„ intyme saiÌ„g LysteÌ„ to my voice noman listened nor gaue eare but folowed y e croked thoughtis of their owne hertis Wherfore I brought al y e wordes of this couenaÌ„t vpoÌ„ theÌ„ which I gaue theÌ„ to fulfill they fulfilled it not Ouer this the lorde yet sayd to me There is fouÌ„doute a coÌ„iuracioÌ„ in all Juda in the cytesens of Jerusalem They ar returned vnto the synnes of their fore fathers whiche forsoke to heare my wordis And eueÌ„ so do these men folow straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ The house of Israel and Juda hath made voyde my couenaÌ„t which I smit with their fathers Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal bringe forth a plage vpoÌ„ you froÌ„ whiche ye may no wayes escape ye whaÌ„ ye shal crye to me yet wil I not hear you TheÌ„ shal the cytes of Juda with the cytesens of JerusaleÌ„ go crye vpoÌ„ their goddis whoÌ„ they worshipt but in no maner wyse maye they helpe theÌ„ in tyme of their miserable adfliccion For loke how many cytes so many gods hadst thou oh Juda acording to the nowmber of the streatis of Jerusalem thou settedst vp shameful auters auters vpon whom thou breÌ„st thy offeringis eueÌ„ vnto Baal Thou therfore praye not for this peple nether bid prayse nor prayer for theÌ„ For whan thou shalt cry to me I shal not hear them in their affliccioÌ„ Wherfor oh my best beloued Israel coÌ„mittest thou in my house so many synnes as thoughe the holy flesshe might take awaye thy sinnes namely which haste so roioysed in thy nowne my schefe The lorde named the that goodly grene floureshing fruteful fayer olyne but now the coÌ„trary fame wyde spred he wil burne the in the fyer destroye thy braÌ„ches For the lorde of powrs which plaÌ„ted y e hath ordined a plage for the oh house of Israel house of Juda for the euel that ye haue done prouoking him to wrathe with the worship done to Baal These thinges oh lorde thou teaching me I vnderstode when thou shewedst me their counsels but I lyke a meke lombe was apoynted to be slayne knowing nothing that they had taken their counsel thus agenst me saying let vs corrupt his brede on the tree so banysshe him from the company of the lyuing that euen the very mencion of his name might be odiouse and loothsome Thou therfore lorde of powrs rightuouse iuge sercher oute of raynes and hertis I beseche the that I might se veÌ„geaÌ„ce taken on them For vnto the I committe my cause As concerning these thinges thus spake the lorde vpon the cytesens of Anathot which sought to make an ende of me sayng Preache to vs nomore in the name of the lorde except thou wilt dye in our handis Thus I saye spake the lorde of powrs Beholde I shal viset you your yonge men shal be slayne with swerde and your sonnes and daughters shal dye for honger so that none be lefte
may change his skinne the Leoparde his spottes so maye you once accustomed stayned with synne do good I shal therfore disperse you lyke stubble tossed with the southe winde This shal be thy lotte thus shal I mesure the saith y e Lorde In asmoche as ye haue forgotē me and trusted in deceauable thingis I shal turne thy clothes ouer thy head shewe thy bare thighes thy preuye partes thy adultery thy wātone neainge cryme of fornicaciō shal be shewed For I haue sene thy abominacions in feldes hilles Wobe to y e Jerusalem for there is no hope aftyr this that euer thou wilt be made clene ¶ The .xiiii. Chapiter The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye vpon the famyn drought dearth IVda shal moorn hir gates shal be nomore haunted The londe shal be neglect the kryīgout of Jerusalem shal fleforthe The Masters shal sende their seruātes to fetche water which whā they shal come to y e pittes shal fynde no water But cary agene their vessels emptye They shamed confoūded shal kouer their headis for y e erthe shal be roughe harde for that no rayne falleth vpō it Also it shal yrke y e ploughmen which also shal kouer their headis The hynde fawnīg in y e felde shal leaue her fawne behynde hir for lak of grasse The wylde asses shal stāde in opē oute places drawing in y e winde lyke dragōs their eys shrōkē into their headis for lak of grasse Verely our wykednes is welworthy this plage But thou Lorde yet deal with vs according to thy name al thoughe our bakslyd ingis synnes be ful grete many folde for it is thou which art so loked waited for it is thou y t art y e helth sauiour of Israel ī tyme of tribulaciō Wherfor shuldst thou become a strāger in this lande lyk a way fayrer to turnyn tary but a night Wherfor shalt thou be as amased man so benoumed for al his strength that he cānot saue vs Lorde thou art ours and we ar called aftyr thy name forsake vs not then Here spake the Lorde as concerning this peple whose fete neuer ceased but delighted euer more to wander hither thither with the lordis so highe displesure that he wolde nowe cal to mynde their wikednes viset their sinnes thus I say sayd the Lorde to me Desyer nothinge y t good is for this peple For albeit they their selues faste yet shal I not hear their prayers If they offre brēt sacrifices slaye any other oblacion for me yet wil I not accept thē For I wil waste them vp with swerde honger pestelence Thē answerde I vnto these wordes Ah Lorde God beholde the Prophetis tel them ye shal not se the swerde ye shal not suffre honger but very peace prosperite doutelesse shal the Lorde geue you in this place Then sayd the Lorde to me These Prophetis prophecye them lyes in my name I neuer cōmaunded thē I spake not to them I neuer sent thē yet they prophecye false visions blynd prophecyes and vayne desaightis inuēted of their owne hertis Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpon these Prophetis that thus prophecye in my name yet ar they not sente of me affirming nether swerde nor hōger to come vpō this lande Siche Prophetes shal be consumed with swerde and honger And this peple vnto whom they preache shal be caste oute of Jerusalem slayne with swerde and honger no man to bury thē nether shal they onely suffer this but their wyues sonnes daughters to For I shal powerforth their own mischefe agene vpon them And euen thus shalt thou saye to them I shal wepe daye night neuer ceasing because the daughter of my peple shal be destroyed with greuouse adfliccion and made anende of with so grete a plage For go I forth into the felde lo al shal be kouerd with the slayne with swerde enter I into the cyte I shal se al storuen for honger But bothe Prophetis Priestis shal be led a waye into vnknowne regions Hast thou then sayd I vtterly cast a waye Juda aborrest thou Zion Or hast thou smiten vs with out a cause so that ther be lefte in vs no hope of helthe loking for peace while no good cometh and for the tyme of cure and lo ther cometh trouble more and more no verely For we Lorde knolege our vngodlynes and the wykednes of our fathers with which we haue offended the. Be thou not angrye for thy names sake Fal not from thy mercye forget not thy goodnes remember the seat of thy glorye and breke not couenaūt made with vs. Arther any amonge the goddis of the gentyles y t can rayne Or do the clowdes geue vs showers But is it not thou rather Lorde our God in whom we truste It is thou verely which doist al these thinges ¶ The .xv. Chapiter ANd here the Lorde interrupted my prayer sayng If Moses Samuel shulde stande before me entreating yet wolde I not bepeased or at one with this peple Caste thē oute of my sight that they were once gone And if they aske y e whother shal we go tel thē thus saith y e Lorde Some to y e swerde some to hōger some into captiuite For I shal sende amōge thē fower kinde of plages saith y e Lorde the swerde to slaye thē dogges to teare thē in peses fowles of thaier beastis of therthe to deuoure destroye thē I shal make thē to be vexed euil entreated of al y e kingdoms of therthe y t namely for Manasses y e sonne of Ezechias kinge of Juda euē for these thingis whiche he cōmitted in Hierusalem Who thē shal pytye the oh Jerusalem who shal lamēte y e or who shal make intercession to purchase thy peace whan thou shalt be fallen fro me slyden backe saithe the Lorde I shal therfore streche forthe my hande agenste the destroyethe It shal greue me to spare the. I shal wenowe y e into the vttermoste partes of therthe I shal waste destroye my peple because they wolde not returne from their owne wayes I shal encrease me their wedowes aboue the sandis of y e sea I shal suerly bringe destroyers vpō the mothers of their yonge childerne euē at none dayes I shal smyte them downe sodenly with enymye and feare She shal be chyldelesse that was fruteful she shal be sorowful counfortles The sonne shal fayle hyr euē at y e midde daye she being ashamed sonken awaye for thought heuynes The reste of thē I shal thro agenste their enymes swerde saith y e Lorde Ah lasse that euer thou my mother conceyuedst me a man borne to be agaynsayd contraryed chydē with of al men Which althoughe I nother lende nor borowe yet am I spoken euil by of al men And y e Lorde answerde me Is it not I y t directe the for y e best do
which bringeth his worde to passe the Lorde which accomplessheth his thoughtis and purposes euen he whose name is the Lorde Thou cryedst vnto me and I answerde the aud I expowned the great and highe thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye saith the Lorde God of Israel as concerninge the houses of this cyte the kingis houses of Juda to be thronedowne with ordinaunce and weapen the caldes now coming vpon to wonne it fillinge these houses with mennis caryons whom I shal smyte in my wrath furye my face turned awaye fro this cyte for the multitude of their malice Lo I shal close vp their woundes heale them I shal open them the tresure of peace and faithfulnes And I shal suerly bryng ageyne Juda and Israel and restore them as they were before And I shal pourge them frome al heir wykednes committed agenst me and parden al their synnes done so spyght fully agenst me wherby I shal get me a blessed glad name into my prayse and glorye amonge al the nacioÌ„s of therthe whiche shal hear of al my goodnes shewed vpon them For they shal feare and be astoned to se howe great goodnes and peace I shal bestow on them so louingly Also thus saith y e Lorde And ageyne there shal be herde in this place whiche ye saye also shal be turned into a wildernes so that nether man nor beast shal be in it and in the cyte of Juda withoute Jerusalem whiche also shal be desolate so that nother man nor beast inhabit them ther shal be herde I saye y e voyce of men makinge myrthe ioye solace euen the voyce of the brydegrome w t his spouse the voyce of men singinge Magnifye ye the Lorde of powers for right good is the Lorde whose mercy endureth for euer Ther shal be herde the voyce of men knowleging God with giftis in the Lordis house For I shal restore y e captiuite of this lande into their olde state saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers Ther shal be ageyn in this region nowe desolate man and beste and in al hir cytes in the cytes of the mountayns of the playnes in the deserte herdemeÌ„nis lodges kepinge their flockes In the lande of Beniamin in the felde of Jerusalem in the cytes of Juda the flockes shal be noumbred agene vnder the handis of y e teller saith the Lorde Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde that I shal performe this goodnes whiche I haue promysed to the house of Israel Juda. In these dayes in that tyme I shal bringforthe y t rightuouse budde of Dauid which shal do equyte rightuousnes vpon the erthe In these dayes Juda shal be made salfe Jerusalem shaldwel suerly And he shal be called in hir euen thus The Lorde our rightwisnes For euen thus promyseth God The sead of Dauid shalnot be withoute a man to sitte in the kinges seat of the house of Israel The preistis also the Leuites shal not lak a man to offer before me sacrifices to burne the sacrifice ministringe offeringe the slayne offeraunces euery daye Also the worde of the Lorde was shewed to Jeremye on this maner If it be possible my couenant to be broken which I haue smyten with the daye night so that nother y e daye nor y e night folowe not in their tyme so is it impossible my couenaunt to be voyde whiche I haue made w t Dauid my seruant so not to haue a sonne raigninge in his seat And euen lykewyse shalnot my seruice lake Leuite and Preiste For as the starres of heuen cannot be nowbred nor the sea sandes mesured euen so shal I encrease the sead of my seruant Dauid my Leuites and ministres Ouer this yet came the worde of y e Lorde ageyn to Jeremy thus Vnderstandest thou not what this peple saith Ther be two kynredis say they whom y e Lorde hath chosen and euen these same bothe hath he caste awaye for to this is my peple brought that they beleue themselues neuer to come in togither withe the gentyles wherfore thus saith y e Lorde If I haue not smitten a bargeÌ„ with y e day night If I haue not geuen lawes to y e heuen erthe the sead of Jacob Dauid my seruant now shal I caste awaye so that I receyue not of his ysswe to be princes ouer the sead of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. For I shal repayer their fall and be merciful vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiii. Chapiter THe sermone which was shewed of y e Lorde vnto Jeremy whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste gatherd from al y e regions of his lande that were vnder his impery and al his peple made bataile agenste Jerusalem hir cytes borderinge aboute hir one this maner Thus commandeth the Corde God of Israel Go and speke to Zedechias kinge of Juda tel him Thus saith the Lorde Lo I shal betake this cyte into the hande of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal set fyer vpon it thou thy selfe shalt not escape his hande but be led captiue delyuerde into his power Thy eyen shal beholde the present face of y e kinge of Babylon he shal speke vnto the mouthe to mouthe than shalt thou come to Babylon But yet hear the worde of the Lorde Zedechias kinge of Juda Thus y e Lorde telleth the. That thou shalt not be slayne with swerde but thou shalt dye in peace For they shal burne y e in the fyer as they brente thy fathers y e kinges thy predicessours And shal geue the thy moorning tuwne sayng Ah Master For this counsel haue I taken saith the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremy spake vnto Zedechie kinge of Juda al these sermoÌ„s at Jerusalem whan the kinge of Babylons hoste layd sege to Jerusalem and to al the other cytes of Juda that were lefte as to lachis and Azecham whiche yet remayned of y e sironge defensed cytes of Juda. The sermone whiche y e Lorde shâ—â—wed to y e Prophete Jeremye aftir y t Zedechias had made a lawe w t al the peple of Jerusalem that lybertye fredome shuld be proclaymed so that euery man shuld let fre go his bonde seruaÌ„t y t were hebrewes both man wâ—man no iewe to suffre his brother to be his bondeman And al y e rulers w t the hole peple y t moued this bargen consented that euery man shulde let go free both bonde man and woman and nomore to be lordis ouer them And agreyng to this lawe they obayed consented sending them for the fre But aftir warde they repented them and plucked their bonde men mayde seruantis home ageyn whom they had let go free called them ageyn into bondage For the which cause y e worde of the lorde was shewed froÌ„ him vnto Jeremy thus Thus saith y e lorde god of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers whaÌ„ I led theÌ„
be caste forthe oh Moab for thy deceyte done agenst Israel ye shal leue your cytes and dwel in rockes oh Moabits be lyke doues nestelinge in their hole mouthes We herde of Moabs pryde he was al to prowde his pryde his stoughtnes his arrogaÌ„cy his highe lokis were knowne wel ynoughe vnto me saith the Lorde But for al his pryde yet might not his power bringe a boute his enforcementis accordinge vnto his arrogaunte furye Wherfore I shal yeloute vpon Moab and crye Moab as lowde as I can so that the dwellers at the bryk wallis shal here bewayle him And euen with lyke lamentacion as I bewayle the Oh Jazer shal I lament the oh vyneyarde Sibema Thy branches wente ouer the sea but the branches of Jezer reched but to the sea But into thy haruest and grape gatheringe shal this destroyer breke in violently Joye gladnes shal be taken awaye frome Charmelus fro the lande of Moab as it is now gone from Charmelus Ther shal nomore swete wynes come vnder the presse nor the caller to the grape gatheringe shal nomore trede in the wyne presse nother shal ther be any more callers at al which before tyme called wer herde from Hesebon to Eleale and Jahaz whose voyce was herde also from Zoar vnto Horonaim that wealy bullok of .iii. yere olde ye the waters of Nimrim shal be desolate to I shal make a vacacion in Moab saith the Lorde from any more offeringe in highe placis and from sensing their goddis Wherfore for Moabs sake my herte morneth lyke an heuy crowde for they shal be brought into very fewe and yet shal these fewe perisshe to Euery hed shal be shauen of and euery berde clipped euery hande bownde and al their loynes gyrte with sacken Vpon al y e house roofis of Moab and in al hir stretis there shal be way singe and moorninge For I shal alto breke Moab as it were a vyle vessel saith y e Lorde Se how he fereth and howifeth se how his prowd necke is smyten downe how is he now ashamed Moab shal be a laughing stocke and an ensample to al that ar aboute him For thus saith the Lorde Beholde his enymye shal fle to him lyke an egle stretche forthe his wyngis ouer Moab Then shal his wallis be taken and his towers of defence occupyed Than shal the hertis of Moabs valeaunt waryers he lyke a womans herte trauelinge of chylde And Moab shal be so scatered that they be nomore any peple because they extolled themselfe agenste the Lorde Fere shal be vnto the oh Moab and both pitte and snare to saith y e Lorde For he that shal escape feere or perel shal fall into the pitte and he that shal happen to crepe out of the pitte shal be taken in snare For I shal bringe vpon Moab euen the hower of their visitacion saith the lorde And they that shal haue strength to flee shal runne into the fyer of Hesebon For oute of Hesebon shal come a gret fyer and flame shal fle oute of Sihon and deuower both nose noddle and crowne of the stoute prowde peple of Moab Wo be to y e Moab for thou shalt be vndone oh peple of Chamos And thy sonnes and daughters shal be led awaye into captiuite But I shal se that Moab shal come a gene here aftir at their tyme saith the Lorde Hitherto is it prophecyed of the plage and vengeaunce to be taken of Moab ¶ The .xlix. Chapiter UNto the chyldern of Ammon thus saith y e lorde Is Israel chyldlesse or wante he an hayer But wherfore then dothe your Melchon occupye and sitte in Gad and the peple of Melchon inhabite y e cyte of Gad For this cause lo the tyme shal come saith y e Lorde that I wil blowup to batail in Babbath the cheif cyte of the chylderne of Ammon Lahel shal be desolate and hir villages brente vp And y e chyldern of Isarel shal possesse them which before kept Israel vnder saith the Lorde Let Hesebon howise for it shal be vtterly subueâ—ted Let the towns of â—abbath cry oute and gyrde themselues with sak let them wayle wanderinge al oute their hedges For Moloch shal be caryed awaye captiue bothe his preistis and princes with him Wherfore trustest in thy streames whiche flowe in vayne oh fyerce daughter thinkinge thy selfe so suer for thy tresure that noman may come to the Beholde I shal caste a fere vpon the vpon al y t ar aboute the saith y e lorde god of powrs And ye shal be scatred euery man froÌ„ other y e non may bringe y e men fleing togither agen But aftir this I shal restore the captiuite of the chyldern of Ammon Thus spake the Lorde of powrs vnto Idumea Is ther no wysdome lefte in Theman ar these men destitute al counsel Is their wysdome turned in to naught Fle turne your backis Crepe downe into valis ther to dwel oh citzens of Dedan For I shal bringe vpon them the destruccion of Esau euen the daye of their visitacion If grape gathers had come to the they shulde not haue lefte y e one grape If theues had come vpon the in the night they shulde haue robbed y e at their plesure But I shal make bare Esau and so shewe his secretis that they cannot be hid His sede shal be destroyd bothe his brotherne borderers to and himselfe shalnot be lefte a lyue Thou shalt leue thy fatherles chyldern behynde the but I shal kepe them and thy wydews shal truste in me For thus said the Lorde Lo they that were thought vnworthy to drinke of the cup dranke it firste of al shuldst thou then go quyte as innocent Thou shalt not go quyte as innocent but drinke as wel as other For I swere by my nowe selfe saith the Lorde that Bosra shal be turned into desolacion obprobry contempte and excecracion al hir cytes shal be a perpetual wildernes For I herde verely of the Lorde a messengre sente vnto the gentylis sayng Be ye gatherid togither and come forth agenst hir Ryse vp to bataile For lo I shal make the right smal amonge the gentilis coÌ„temned amonge men Thy nowe arrogancy and audacite of thy hyghe mynde hathe vndone y e because thou contendidst to inhabit the holes of the rokis of stone to reche vp vnto the hill toppis But albeit thy neste were as hyghe as the egles yet shal I plucke y e downe oute of it saith the Lorde And Idumea shal be desolate to All that passe forby hyr shal wounder and hysse vpon al hir miserable calamites Euen as Sodom Gomor and their cytes aboute them were subuerted saith y e lorde so shal noman inhabit Idumea nor yet any mortall man dwel in hir Beholde as the lyon cometh vp frome the grene wodes of Jordane vnto the fresshe plentuouse pastures of Ethan euen so shal I thrust-forth hir
yet healed agayne But we haue done our cure say they right diligeÌ„tly yet is she not healed We shal therfore forsake hir go our wayes euery maÌ„ to his owne regioÌ„ For hir iugemeÌ„t is turned vp vnto heueÌ„ remoued vp vnto y e clowdis The Lorde hath layd forth our ryghtwysnes Come hither therfore let vs put ZioÌ„ in mynde of y e worke of our Lorde God SharpeÌ„ your arows fill your quyuers For y e Lorde shal ster vp y e spryte of y e kinge of Mede ageÌ„st Babylon eueÌ„ now redy beÌ„te to destroye hir For this shal be y e vengeaÌ„ce of y e Lorde eueÌ„ y e aueÌ„ginge of his owne teÌ„ple Lyft vp your sygnes shyldes vpoÌ„ y e wallis of Babylon warne watches ynowe set kepers laye good a waite aboute And yet nethelesse shal the Lorde do his purpose decreed vpoÌ„ y e inhabitours of Babylon Oh thou BabyloÌ„ whiche haste thy situacioÌ„ by so goodly grete waters hauiÌ„g siche riches so grete tresure thy ende is come thou maist sitdowne and tell vp thy wynninge The Lorde of powers hathe sworne by his owne selfe to ouerwhelme y e w t men as w t locustis whiche shal aninate encourage one a nother ageÌ„ste y e. Whiche Lorde made y e erthe by his might did set faste y e worlde by his wysedome stretched abrode y e heueÌ„s by his prudeÌ„ce At his worde y e waters in heueÌ„ aryse swell He calleth forthe y e clowdes frome y e coosts of the erthe changeth thondre into rayne leadeth forthe y e wynde oute of his secrete place Euery man is but a foole if thou estemest him of his coninge Euery man shal be coÌ„fownded y e casteth or engraueth images For it is but deceitfully blowme framed to gither of lyes nether is there any brethe in it Dayne thingis ar they workes worthy to be scorned in y e tyme of their visitacioÌ„ shal they perisshe The porcion of Jacob is farre vnlyke these thingis But he y t made al thinges whose name is y e Lorde of powrs he is y e met rodde of his heretage Thou haste scatered our weapens of warre And I haue for thy sake scatered the gentyles dispersed kyngdoms For thy sake haue I scatered horse and man chariet and him that rode in it For thy plesure I dispersed men women olde and yonge bacheler and mayde For thy plesure I dispersed the herdeman and his flocke the tylman withe his catell Princes and rulers And now shal I rewarde Babylon al his cytesens and the Caldes al that calamite whiche they did to Zion ye and that your selues lokyng vpoÌ„ saith the Lorde Beholde me here vpoÌ„ the thou perniciouse pestelent hill saith the Lorde whiche vndoist al the hole worlde It is I I tell the y t shal stretche forth my hande vpon the rolle the downe frome the rockes and make the a perpetual burning hil that noman may take ether corner stoÌ„ne or toppe stonne or foundacioÌ„ stoÌ„ne at the but thou shalt be a perpetual deserte saith the Lorde Sprede your baners ouer the londe blow vp troÌ„pets vpoÌ„ the gentylis Moue ye the nacions to take vengeaÌ„ce on them Call vp these kingdoms agenste theÌ„ Ararat Minni Aseenez and tell oute Tiphsar to be ageÌ„st hir Bringeforh horses lyke swarmes of locustis Appoynte forth agenst hir the peple of Mede with their kinge princes and al their rulers ye euen al y e hole londe vnder his empery TheÌ„ shal the londe quake and be ful heuy when the counsels of the Lorde shal come agenst Babylon to make the londe of Babylon desolate that nomaÌ„ inhabit it The valcant men of Babylon shal nomore defende hir they shal krepe into their holdes their strength shal fayl them they shal be lyke wemen hir habitacions shal be breÌ„te hir barres shal be broken one poste shal come runninge agenst a nother and messenger agenst messenger to bringe tydingis to the kinge of Babylon that his cyte is taken on euery syde and his foordis layed and occupyed hir â—ennes set on fyer and the soudyers oute of their witte for fear For thus saith the Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Daughter Babylon hath ben in hir tyme lyke a ryâ—e pleÌ„tuouse felde of corne but shortely oftir was come hir repyng tyme. Nebuchadrezar kynge of Babylon hath deuourerd vndone me he hath made an empty vessel swelowed me vp lyke a dragoÌ„ he hathe filled his bely w t my tendernes He expelled me toke a waye my substance at y e I had lefte did caste me forth vnto Babylon saith y e inhabitres Zion expelled my blode vnto y e cytesens of Calde saith Jerusalem Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal defende thy cause aueÌ„ge thy hurte I shal sowp vp hir sea dry vp her vaynes And Babylon shal lye lyke moll hyllis or graues It shal be an habitacion for dragons fear and wondre for that there dwelleth no bodye Then shal they rore togither lyke lyons and lyons whelpes when they ar angrye shaking their lockes In their hete I shal set drynke before them and they shal be dronken for ioye and then shal they slepe a longe sleape from whiche they shal not be waked saith the Lorde I shal lede them forthe to veslayne lyke shepe lyke wethers gotes Howe was Sesach taken Howe was this noble daughter flower of al y e erthe thus â—â—atched Howe came Babylon into this wondring stok amonge the gentyls The sea swelled arose ouer Babylon which is ouer whelmed with hir grete waues hir cytes ar desolate hir londe ouer growne y e noman maye come to it a londe wheryn noman dwelleth nor yet any sonne of Adam maye passe thorow it And euen y e same Beel in Babylon shal I vyset and pluck oute of his mouthe that thinge whiche he hath so swelowedyn And those folke shal nomore swarme so faste to him Also the walle of Babylon shal falldowne Gette ye oute frome the myddis of it my peple and let euery man saue him selfe from the furiouse wrathe of the Lorde Let not your hertis faynte nor feare at euery rumour that shal be herde in the londe For yere by yere shal ye hear newes diuerse tydinges now this then y t straÌ„ge tyrannye and wykednes soden ofte chaunge of rule and empery More ouer beholde the daye shal come that I shal visete the grauen images of Babylon into the vtter shame confusion of al the region hir moste dere beloued shal lyedede in hir Heuen erthe and what so euer is in them shal reioyse vpon Babylon when these destroyers shal come vpon hir from the northe saith the Lorde As Babylon threwdowne the derebeloued of Israel euen so shal the beste beloued of Babylon be thronedowne thorouout al the realme ye that fle from the swerde spede you stonde not still RemeÌ„ber
is good paciently to suffer and softely to waite for that sauing helth from the Lorde verse Teth. Oh how goodly a thiug is it for a man to take and beare the yoke euen from his yougeth verse Jod He sitteth alone ful still that is contente with himselfe verse Jod He setteth his mouth vnto y e erthe if paradueÌ„ture any hope wil offer hir selfe verse Jod He offreth his cheke vnto the smyter is wel content with obprobrye verse Caph. For the Lorde neuer forsake the nor spurneth vs a waye for euer verse Caph. But if he cast vs of yet for his abundant mercye he forgeueth agene verse Caph. For he scourgeth not nor repelleth not the chyldern of men of herte and mynde verse Lamed As thoughe he wolde breke trede vnder his fete al that be bownde in preson on the erthe verse Lamed To auoyde turne from mannis iugement in y e sight of y e most highest verse Lamed Nether to vexe vniustly any maÌ„nis cause the Lorde knoweth it uot verse Mem. Who then dare saye y t any thinge is done w t oute goddis coÌ„mandement verse Mem. Both good yll go they not forthe of y e mouthe of the moste highest verse Mem. Wheryn then is man yet lyuing so stroÌ„ge He is valeaunt in the goodly actes of synne verse Nun. Let vs therfore serche remember our own wayes turne to y e Lorde verse Nun. Let vs lifte vp our hertis handis vnto the Lorde which is in heuen verse Nun. We be verely y e synners the disobedieâ—tâ— but thou shalt thou not forgeue verse Samech Thou hast harnest thyselfe w t wrath and persued vs thou hast slayne vs with out grace verse Samech Thou hast harnest thyselfe with a clowde that our prayer shulde not pearse thorow vnto the. verse Samech Thou hast made vs the dregges dirte euen abiectes of all peple verse Ain All our enymes potted and mowed with their mouthes vpon vs. verse Ain Fear snare a liftinge vp a throwing-downe chaunched vpon vs. verse Ain My eyes gusshedout water for the throyngdowne and brekinge of the daughter which is my peple verse Pe. My eyes powerout water ceasse not because ther apereth no reste verse Pe. When wilt thou se and beholde vs oh Lorde frome heuen verse Pe. My eye wasteth my herte for al y e daughters sake of my cyte verse Zadic My enymes honted me sharpely lyke a birde ye that with oute a cause verse Zadic They thrusted downe my lyfe into the pitte layed a stonne vpon me verse Zadic They powered water vpon my head I sayd now am I done verse Kuph I called vpon thy name oh Lorde euen from a right depe graue verse Kuph And thou herdst my voyce and turnedst not thy earis fro my sobbing and crying verse Kuph Thou didist come to me euen when I called vpon y e sayng vnto me be not a frayd verse Res. Lorde thou defendedst my cause and redemedst my lyfe verse Res. Lorde thou sawest my synnes take vp and defende my cause verse Res. Thou espyedst all their study to hurte me al their counsel agenst me verse Sin Lorde thou herdist their obprobriouse reuylingis and all their thoughtis to hurte me verse Sin And thou herdest the lippes of them that stode vp ageÌ„st me their conspirisons dayly conspired agenst me verse Sin Thou seist their downsittinge and vpstandinge I am the mater of their songes verse Thau Requyte them Lorde aftir the workis of their owne handis verse Thau Rewarde them the harpe of their owne herte euen their owne curse to light vpon them verse Thau Folow vpon them Lorde with thy indignacion and pluk them vp by the rotes from all that ar vnder heuen The .iiii. Chapiter verse Aleph OH How is the golde thus dimned hir so oriastâ— colour chaÌ„ged How ar the stones of y e holy temple dispersed sâ—rewed vnto y e endes of euery strete verse Beth. The noble sonnes of Zion sometyme decked with the purest golde How ar they now lyke erthen potsherdis made with y e potters hande verse Gimel These â—amies geue souâ—â—e their whelps w t their bare brestis but y e daughter of my peple now lyke a wylde beast dwelleth in the wyldernes lyke StruthioÌ„s verse Daleth The soukelings tongue cleued to the rofe of his mouthe for thirste the lytelons asked brede but ther was none that wolde geue it them verse He. They that fed somtyme dilicately dyed in y e stretis they that wer brought vp in purple were now â—ledde w t a torde verse Dau. And y e synne of y e daughter of my peple is reputed greter then the synne of Sodome subuerted in the twynkling of an eye withoute any mannis hande verse Zain Her Nazarens wer whyter then the snowe or mylke they were roidirer than the diamonde or any of the oother preciouse stones their fresshe beutye did shyne lyke the Saphyre verse Heth. But now is their beutye blacker theÌ„ the very derkenes it selfe thou woldest not know theÌ„ in the stretis their skinnes eleue to their bones they be withred vp lyke a drye blok verse Teth. The slayne with swerde wer beter at ease then those that perisshed for honger whiche famesshed for the famyn of y e felde verse Jod The wemen naturally ful of pyte seethed their own chyldern with their own handis to eat them in that miserable famyne of the daughter of my peple verse Caph. The Lorde finesshed his wrath powered forth his hot indignacion and did sette fyer on Zion which deuowered hir fouÌ„dacions verse Lamed Nether the kinges of the lande nor yet al the worlde wolde not haue beleued y t their enymes shuld euer haue comen yn thorow y e gatis of Jerusalem verse Mem. Which thinge not withstandinge yet came it to passe for the synnes of her prophetis and myscheif of hir priestis whi che shed in hir the bloude of innocentis verse Nun. So y t these blynde betells went staggeringe in the stretis wrestlyng with blode saynge yet in y e mean ceason we maye not towche their clothes verse Samech But cryed vnto euery man fle frome blodeshedinge auoyde get ye hence touche them not Nethelesse thus sayng they cause men to be burned to fle frome place to place at laste neuer more to inhabite their owne countrye verse Ain Wherfore the grimme countenaÌ„ce of the Lorde hath banesshed them neuer more to beholde them for nether they their selues reuereÌ„tly fered the face of the priestis nor yet had thy any pyte of their elders verse Pe. Wherfore euen yet our eyes dazel and fayl while we loke for our vayn helpe sekyng besely siche folke that canne not helpe vs. verse Zadic They layd a waite and made slyber our pathes so that we coude not go in the stretis then was our ende comeÌ„ our dayes wer done our departing was present verse Kuph Our persuers were