coÌ„syder y e stone oute of whoÌ„ ye ar hewen y e pitte oute of whoÌ„ ye ar digged drawne CoÌ„sid r. I saye AbrahaÌ„ your father Sara your moth r how y e I called hiÌ„ one alone blessed hiÌ„ made him riche encresed his substance coÌ„sid r how the lorde hath counforted Zion in al hir poore state turniÌ„g hir deserte into a paradise hirdrie bareÌ„ grounde in to the lordes gardeÌ„ ioye gladnes shal dwel in hir the r shal be thankes geving w t the voice of men praisinge Wherfo r loke to me my folke aÌ„d geue eare to me my people for the lawe shal goforthe of me I shal publesshe my iugements to lighten the gentils the time is nighe y â— my rightwisnes and my sauinge helth shal goforth to gouerne the people thorow my power The eylands shal waite on me trusting to my strength lyfte vp your eyes to heaveÌ„ beholde the erthe vnder you for heaveÌ„ shal be dispersed lyke smoke the erthe shal be broken lyke a garment thinhabitours shall peresshe in lyke maner but my sauinge helthe shal enduer for euer my mercy wherwith I make men rightwyse shal neuer fayle heare me ye y t loue rightwysnes namely thou o my people which holdest my lawe in thy harte be not a frayed of mennes reuyliÌ„ges fear not theyr rebukes for mottes shal eate theÌ„ as clothes aÌ„d wol but my rightwysnes shal enduer everlastiÌ„g my helth shal abyde from age to age be thou steredvp do vpoÌ„ y â— strength even the arme of the lorde be steredvp as in tymes paste thorowte al ages Art thou not euen he y t smytdown y â— proud Rahab woundedst the dragoÌ„ of Egypte Art thou not the very same y â— dryedste vp y â— gret depe sea madest the depe botome of it so playne that thou gauest fre passage thorowe it vnto the delyuerde men so that thei set at lybertye thorow y e lorde mought returne come agene to ZioÌ„ with ioye there to haue gladnes for a longe tyme that they moughte there haue ioye and mirthe al sorowe and hevynes set a parte And yet answerde the lorde it is I I saye that conforte yow at all tymes and who art thou then that wylt feare and worshipe a mortall man redy to fal and wither awaye lyke grasse wyle thou forgete the lorde which hath made y â— which hath stretched abrode the heauens and hath layed the foundacions of y â— erthe For this cause thou oughtst to feare at al tymes the anger of hym displesed which is bente to destroye but thow wylt saye where is his wrathe it hasteth it cometh swyftly to apere he shal not ons fal by y e waye wherby he maye be hyndred to destroye nether shall his sustinance fayle hiÌ„ I am y e lorde thi god which now make playne y e sea a non I let it swel aboue mesure am called y e lorde of powers I shal put my wordes into thy mouth shal caste vp my hande befo r y â— for thy defence y t thow maiste plante heauens set therthe y t it may be sayd to Zion Thou art my people Stertout of thy sleape stertoute of thy slepe springevp Ierusalem which haste dronke of y e lordes hande the cuppe of his indignacion which haste dronke soukedoute even the very dregges al his cuppe of slomber neth r is there one emoÌ„ge al thy chyldern whom thou hast noureshed vp y t wil take the by y e hande to leade sustayne y e. These two plages ar fallen vpon y e but who therfore is sorye for y e these also ar come vpon y â— as pestelence honger aÌ„d swerde but who is thy counforter Thy chylderne fylled with the wrath of the lorde indignacion of thy God lye troden vnder fote at thenteringe into every streat lyke a rayne deare taken hyr fete bounde togither with a corde wherfo r heare this one thinge I praye y e thou wretched dronken Ierusalez althoughe it be not with wyne Thus sayth thy master the lorde thy god y e auenger of his people Beholde I shal take frome thy hande y e cuppe of slomber with y e dregges of y e cuppe of my indignacion so y e thou drynkeste nomore here aftyr therof I shal put it in to y e handes of theÌ„ y â— scourge y t which haue sayed to thy soule lye downe on y â— grounde y t we mought go vpoÌ„ your backes y t you might be vnto vs as y e pavement of y â— streates to go vpon Cap. lij ARyse Aryse vp Zion do vpoÌ„ the thy strength do vpon y e thi beutyful robes Ierusalem which art y e cyte of y e holye god for the vncircuncised polluted shal nomore come into the shake of y e duste froÌ„ the Aryse Ierusalem sit vp lose thy necke oute of y e bondes o captyue daughter of Zion for thus saith the Lorde ye are solde frely wherfore ye shal be redemed also w tout syluer for thus saith y e lorde god somtyme my people went downe in to Egipte ther to be straungers y e AssyrioÌ„s also dyd theÌ„ gret violence wroÌ„g and that with oute eny cause and nowe what profite ariseth therof vnto me saith the lorde that my people are thê° ledawaye with oute a cause and their lordes and masters constrayned theÌ„ to krye oute wayle yet is my name blasphemed coÌ„tinually saith the lorde wherfore to th entent y t my people might know my name I my selfe shal speake yn these dayes saynge Beholde I my selfe am come Oh how happye fayer shal the fete be of y â— messagers sente by the authorite of god to preache this peaceable delyueraunce to tel vs these good tydinges to preache vs the very sauinge helthe saynge vnto ZioÌ„ thi god mought raigne and lyve when thi overseers lyftvp this voyce they shal also with their voyce shewe yow hiÌ„ with prayse for they shal se clearly w t their eyes wheÌ„ y e lorde shal cuÌ„ agene to ZioÌ„ Thei shal saye O desolated IerusaleÌ„ be thou glad and reioyse for the lorde shal conforte his people shal redeme IerusaleÌ„ y e lorde shal dovp his sleve stretchforth his bare holy arme iÌ„ y e sight of al nacioÌ„s al the coostes of ther the shal se y e sauiour sente froÌ„ our god thei shal byd yow go your wayes cleane gete you oute froÌ„ hense touche no polluted thinge goforth froÌ„ emoÌ„ge theÌ„ se y t ye be cleane y â— bare y e vessels iwels of y e lorde but go not forth as it we r to muster neth r w t to grete haste as men y t fled for the lorde shall go befo r you y e god of Israel shal gather your coÌ„pany togither Cap. liij BEholde my â—uaÌ„t shal briÌ„ge this mater to passe
nomore be a cyte but throne downe into an heape of stones The cites of Aroer shal be turned into pasture layers for flockes of shepe aÌ„d other heardes so that noman shal fraye them a waie Ephraim shal nomore be stroÌ„ge defensed Damascus shal be nomore a kingdome Also the glorye of the lefte cytes of Syrie shal be lyke the glorye of the chylderne of Israel saith the lorde of powers then shal the glorye of Iacob be ful thynne and the well lykinge of theire fatte bodyes shal be full leane For they shal be lyke a gatherer of corne yet staÌ„dinge after the sykle which reapeth down the handfulles withe his Arme but when he gathereth or thrusteth them togither even in the valye of Rephaim yet he levethe som what for the gleaners they shal be lyke one beatingeof olyve beryes which yet leveth two or thre beryes in the toppe and not passinge fower or fyve in all the other bouwes saithe y e lorde god of Israel Then shal man returne vnto his maker and his eyes shall loke vnto hym that maketh holye Israel and shall not loke vnto Altars the worke of theyr handes neth r shal he beholde those thinges whiche his owne fyngers made nether wordes nor ymages Then shal the stronge cytes be lefte desolate as were the ploughes harows sometyme of the chananites for feare of the chylderne of Israel Because thou hast forgoten god thy saviower and not remembred thy stronge rocke therfore hast thou planted the so fayer settes and sowne the so straunge seades When thou plantedste them thou waste riche and in thy flowers and beleuedste to haue had fulerlye frutes of thy seade But when the tyme shall come to gather and to possesse them thou shalt reape right plentuouse affliccioÌ„ and sorowe Wo be to this confuse clustre and monstrose multitude of so prowde people swellinge lyke the sea whiche haithen hoste ryseth vp lyke a fearce water But let this heady folke be they never so many neuer so vnrulye and lawles swell yet as sone as the Lorde blameth them and sette agenste them thei shall flee full farre a waye and shal be wynnowed of the wynde lyke the duste of y e drye mountayne and lyke a whirlewynde at the comynge of a storme For lo lyke as at the eveninge thei were mervelouse terrible so before the morninge shal thei begone This is the very ende of them that scourge vs this is the rewarde of them that robbe vs of ower goodes Chap. x viij WO be to the lande whose shippes are so swyfte which lande lyeth one thys syde of the flowde of Ethiopye which sendeth ambassiatours by the sea and that in shippes of reedes and bulrushes put vpon the waters saynge Go yower wayes ye messagers vnto a y e pyssed aÌ„d ragged nacion people more fearfull then owers and farre vnlyke a vyle nacion litel set bye whose lande the floudes devyde But o ye all that dwel vpon the erthe and inhabit the rownde worlde take hede and loke when ye se the signe lyfted vp to yowe in the hylles and when ye heare the trompetes blowne vp to bataile For thus sayd the Lorde to me I laye downe to reste consyderynge withe my selfe yn my house in the myddaye when it was full warme lyke as a genste a shower of rayne as it is wonte to be in haruest ceason but yet before the corne be redye to reape and the clusters of grapes be perfitly rype and the r was one which kutdowne the clusters with a kutting knyfe and he kut a waye even the branches also and toke them a waye the resydwe were lefte as well fore the fowles of the mountayns as for the beastes of the felde that y e fowles myght lye there all the somer aÌ„d the beastes of the feldes all wynter And then shall the r be offred the Lorde of powers a gyfte of y e pild ragged nacion and dredfull people farre above vs a vyle nacion aÌ„d troden vnd r fote Whole landes y e flowdes deuyde vnto the lorde of powers I saye these gentyles shal be offerd at the place consecrated vnto his name even at y e mounte Zion Chap. xix THe heuye afflicion which y e lorde shewed to Isaye vppon Egypte Beholde the lorde shal come rydinge vpon a swyfte clowde into Egypte at whose cominge the Idols of Egypte shal sheake aÌ„d the harte of Egypte shal faynte in hyr owne bodye For I shal set the Egipcions saith the lorde one agenste a nother so that euery man shal fyght with other even brother agenste brother cyte agenste cyte kyngdome agenste kyngdome and the breath of Egypte shal be broken in hyr belye and I shal scater hyr counsel when she shal go aboute to aske it of hir Idols wytches soth sayers and diuyners I shal betake Egypte into the handes of cruel lordes and a violente kinge shal rule theÌ„ saith the lorde god of powers The waters of the sea shal synke awaye and Nilus shal be dryedup their flowdes shal be dronke vp and their dykes and brooks shal be ful shalowe and fayle reed and rushes shal be wytherdvp the medewes aÌ„d all the feldes a boute Nilê° which wer wonte to wexe grene at the openinge of hyr lippes shal be dryed vp and of no valwe The fyshers shal morne aÌ„d al that were wonte to laye hokes bende nettes at their waters shal lamente the spynners and makers of lynyne the sylke wemen with y e weavers therof shal be begerde and coÌ„funded At that made pondes aÌ„d stwes shal breke vp their bankes Also the counsells of the folesshe princes of Zoan the wyse counsel of Pharao shal be turned al into felyshnes Howe dare ye then be so bolde to saye vnto Pharao I am come of a wyse stocke aÌ„d I am of an auncyaÌ„t noble bloude where nowe where I praye the are thy wyse men let them tell the nowe I praye the what y e lorde entendeth and hath thought to do with Egipte The folyshe priÌ„ces of Zoan and the prowde princes of Mempheos begylde Egipte with their noble hyghe stocke The lorde shall mingle the sprite of erroure emonge thez that then shulde seduce Egipte in all thinges even as the dronken and vomytinge man is brought oute of the waye Egipte shal want counsel to convaye hyr causes she shal not knowe where she shal beginne nor where she shal make an ende whether it be vpon y e lande or sea Then shall Egipte be lyke wemen fearfull and astoÌ„ned at y e lyftinge vp of the haÌ„de of the lorde of powers which he shall lyftup agenst hyr Also te lande of Iuda shal be a thondreclappe to Egipte so that who so euer mynde hyr to Egipte she shal a non be sinayde with feare at y e counsel of the lorde of powers whiche he hath decreede agenste hyr Then shall there be .v. cytes in the lande of Egipte which shal speake the Chananytes tonge and shal be sworne vnto y e lorde of powers
¶ The title of this boke ¶ The vilsonor Prophecy of Isaye the sonne of Amoz which he prophecyed vpon Iuda Hierusalem in the dayes of Ozias IothaÌ„ Ahaz Ezechias Kinges of Iuda ¶ The firste Chapiter HEare heaven aÌ„d listen erthe for it is the Lorde that speaketh Childerne haue I noureshte vp and promoted aÌ„d they haue despyghtfully rebelled ageÌ„ste me The vnreasonable oxe knoweth his owener the very asse his masters stall but Israel is vnsensible my people is with oute vnderstandynge Oh synful nacion a nacion laden with wikednes a myschevous generacion pestelent children The very Lorde haue thei forlakeÌ„ euen hym that chose made holy Israel haue thei prouoked to anger are fled backwarde withe what plage more shall I then smyte you sith the more ye ar correkt y â— worse ye are All your heads ake euery harte is ful syk from toppe to toe is ther not an hole place in all your bodye All are woundes runninge sores ful of botches blaynes which noman maye clense or bynd plaster to nor yet sowple with eny oyntement your regioÌ„ is desolate your cites are brent vp with fyer your lande before your eyes a straÌ„ge natioÌ„ devowerth It is wasted lyk as with a cruel hoste And y â— daughter of Zion is lefte a lone lyk an hovelin a vyne yarde lyke a skoulke lodge in tyme of warre and lyke a beseged cyte And excepte y e lorde of powers had saued vs a fewe reamnauntes we had beÌ„ lyke So dome and Gomorre Heare therfore the worde of the Lorde ye prynces of Sodome And thou people of Gomorre take hede to the lawe of owre God sayinge thus what haue I to do with yower so manyfolde and so ofte offeringes and sacrifices I abhorre yower brente wethers I am ful of the kidnese of yower fatte beastes the bloude of oxen of laÌ„bes and gotes thei yrke me WheÌ„ ye come to se my face who requyreth these of feriÌ„ges at your handes Is this y â— waie to trede my temple Offere no more I praye yowe your giftes thus in vayne this inceÌ„se is abhominacion to me your festes of the newe mone your Sabbath dayes and solempne festes I maye not a waye withe for ful wyked are yower ydle congregacions yower kalendes and feries my harte hatethe yower fastes are all in vayne I am wery of these thinges and it yrketh me to se them when ye shal stretch forth your handes I wil hyde myne eyes from yowe And pray ye never so miche yet shal I not heare yowe for your handes are bathed in bloude wasshe ye be cleane put a waye your yuel thoughtes croked counsells oute of my sighte ceasse to do hurte studye for equyte seke iustice delyuer the oppressed avenge y â— poore fatherlesse defende y s cause of the wedowe Come hither I praye ye and let me be proued saithe the Lorde when yower synnes were as redde as skarlet were thei not made as whyte as snowe And when thei were as redde as purple were thei not made as whyte as woll If ye wil heare and be ruled shal ye not take your plesure even of the best frutes of the londe But if ye wil be steffe necked thinke ye not to be devowerde with swerde Suerly God hath so promysed with his owne mouthe But howe is it thus come to passe that this cite whiche sometyme was faithful ful of equite in the whiche iustice was excercysed hath thus changed hir face lyke an harlet and is nowe become a murtherer of hir owne innoceÌ„t citesens Thi syluer is turned into drosse Thy wyne is marred withe water Thy rulers arbetrayers and bakslyders frome God even felowes vnto theves All they love giftes and are sentence sellers they restore not his righte to the fatherlesse and the wedewes cause comethe neuer at theÌ„ Wherfore thê° saith the lorde god of powers and the myghty forth leader of Israel Ahlasse I muste neades ease my mynde and be auenged vpon my aduersares I shal suerly sette my hande vpon the I shal seeth oute thy drosse and trye oute thy pureste and I shal take awaye all thy leade Aftyr this shal I restore the thy iuges aÌ„d senatours as they were before And then shalte thow be called the cite of rightwysnes and the faithful towne Thus shal ZioÌ„ nowe redemed frome captiuite be accustomed with equite and excercised in rightwisnes when the vngodly transgressours and bakslyders frome the Lorde shal be alto broken and vtterly peresshe And excepte ye be ashamed of your stockes and Idolls in wodes and hilles in whiche ye delighted and leve your groves and gardens which ye chose for yowe ye shal be lyke okes whose leaves fal a waye and lyke a garden with oute water For the glysteringe glorye of these images shal be turned into stubble and the makers of them into sparkes of fyer and bothe of them shal be brente togither noman quenchinge them The seconde Chapit the title prefixed THe worde whiche was shewed vnto Isaye y e sonne of Amoz vppon Iuda and Ierusalem Thus shal it be in the laste dayes The hill of the house of the Lorde shal be so prepared and setvp that it shal apere aboue al the toppes of wother hilles And then shal there flowe vnto it all Gentyls and infinite folke shal goforth sayinge one to a nother come let vs ascende vnto the hyll of the lorde to the house of the god of Iacob that he mought teache vs his wayes aÌ„d that we moughte walke in his pathes For oute of Zion the lawe shal goforth and the worde of the lorde frome Ierusalem that he mought be a iuge emonge the Gentyls and rule therwith that infinite multitude And then a none shal thei cause their swerdes to be smyten into matoks and coultres and their speares into sythes and sykels For the one nacion shal no more lifte vp swtrde agenste the other nether shal they enymore excercyse them selfe into batayle And nowe speake I vnto the o house of Iacob Come neare I praye yowe that we moughte walke togither in the light of the Lorde But wherfore do I bidde the o thow vnhappye house of Iacob seinge y t thou with thy people ar now fledbacke froÌ„ y e Lorde for ye are far worse then yower elders both in soth saiÌ„gs aftyr y e maner of y e palestyns in calkynge of mennes birthes ye passe eveÌ„ y e very haitheÌ„ for as sone as your lande abounded in goolde syluer ye knewe non ende of your tresure as sone as it was replenesshed with horsemeÌ„ chariets a none was it ful of Idolls ymages eveÌ„ y e workes of your owne haÌ„des which ye made with your owne fingers ye ye worshipte theÌ„ But doiste thou o maÌ„ faldowne befo r these Idols worshipest theÌ„ ye y t so supersticiously so steffly y t no thiÌ„ge may plucke y e frome them Gete the hence quikly go hyde the in the
my vyne yarde what thinge more coulde I haue done to my vyne yarde which I did not to it And wherfor then I lokinge y t it shulde haue yilded me grapes hath it brought me forth thornes Suerly I shal shewe you therfo r what I wil do to my vyne yarde I shal go breke vp hir fense y t she maye be robbed destroyed I shal thro downe hyr wall y t she maye be troden downe with mennis fete I shal leve hyr desolate al a lone noman to cut hyr nor yet to digge hyr She shal be overgrowne with bryers thornes I shal forbyd y ◠clowdes to geve hyr eny rayne But yet y e vyne yarde of y e lorde of hostes is the house of Israel y e mē of Iuda ar his goodly plētuous plantes which when he loked for iugemēt lo al wasful of iniquite whē he loked for equite lo al was iniurye cōplayntes wo be to yow y t ioyne house to house ād laye felde to felde vntyl there be no more rome lefte for yowe as thoghe ye wolde haue y e worlde all a lone But y e lorde of pow rs roundeth me ī myn eare saying If these grete and fayer houses be not lefte a lone nomā dwelling in them ye a vyne yarde of .v. akres shal yilde but a fyrkyn of wyne of zo bushells of sede skāt shal aryse thre wo be to the haunters of dronkenes which ryse erly to drinke cōtinuinge in it tyl nighte beīg hot with wyne in whose bankets there are harpes and futes taberet pype washed with wyne but in the meane tyme the very worke of the lorde thei beholde not nether consyder thei what his hādes haue made Be cause therfore that my people hath no knowledge thei ar sone brought into captiuite their nobles are made thynne with honger and the proude multitude peresheth for thirste And for this cause the helles haue opened their vnsaciable throtes and their mouthes gape be yende mesure that thither mought descende pryde pompe riches and al that are addicte to these vices Thus is man plucked downe the stowte stoupeth and highe lokes are abated but the Lorde of powers and the holy god is exalted and stableshed into a gloriouse exēple of equite and rightwisnes that the poore lābes might be fed of the thinge apoynted thez and the stourdy strayīge rammes mought go graze vppon the baren deserte Wo be vnto these vayne skorners which drawe vnto them selfe wykednes as ye wolde saye with a lyne ād pluk synne also to them even with carte ropes in whose mouthes are al wayes the se sayinges let hym worke on faste that we might once se it let the mynde of Israels holy maker come to passe ād be once presente that we myght once knowe it Wo be vnto them that saye that thing to be evel which thei knowe to be good and that to be good which they knowe to be evel which reken derknes to be light and the lighte to be derknes that at is bitter they saye is swete ād swete to be bitter Wo be to thez that at wyse in their owne eyes and haue vnderstandinge in their owne iugemente Wo be vnto these grete drinkers of wyne and to men hardye to receyue dronkenes which absolue y e wiked for giftes and condempne the iuste for his rightwisnes wherfore lyke as y e tonge of the fyer licketh yn the stubble and as the flame consumethe the strawe even so their rote putrifyed the flow r of them shal vaynesshe a waye lyke duste which contempne the lawe of the lorde of powers and despyse the worde of hym that maketh holye Israel wherfore y e wrathe of the lorde is kyndled agenste his people and he hath turned his hande to smyte them that these hilles mought tremble and theire karcases mought lye stinkinge lyke dongehills in the highe wayes And yet after al this shal he nothinge abate his wrathe but shal yet farther stretche forth his hande shal geve a token to the straunge nacion a farreof whistelinge thē frome the fartheste partes of the erthe lo thei shal come a none that swyftlye There is not one wearye or faynte emonge them not one of them drowsye or sleapye their girdles a boute their raynes thei do not once slak nor yet vnlose the latchets of their shoes their arows are sharpe and their bowes redye bente their horse howves shode as sharpe as flyntes and the wheles of their charyets turninge lyke a whirlewinde This nacion roreth lyke a lyon and grenneth lyke the lyons whelpes they shal grenne and snatche vp their proye nether shal there be one that maye escape nor yet eny that maye delyuer them Thei shal grenne vpon the people of Israel at y t tyme like a fyerce sea Then if we beholde the erthe lo all shal be derkenes and no refugye If we beholde the starres lo they shal be derkened into ower hevynes with oute hope Ch. vi THe yeare in the whiche Dzias the kynge dyed I see the Lorde sittinge in an highe seate all aboue and the trayne of his robe filled y ◠temple And the Seraphims apered above ouer him and eche of them had siye winges with two of their wīges thei kouerde their faces with two thei kouerde their fete and withe the tother two they flewe and they kryed to eche other sayinge Holy holy holy is y e lorde of powers all the erthe be fulfylled with his gloriouse maiestye ye and the postes with their windowes were moued at the voyce of these angels kryinge y e same house was ful of smoke then sayde I Ah lasse for I was a stonned in asmych as I me selfe beynge a man hauynge polluted lippes and conuersaunte withe people hauinge also polluted lippes yet not withstandinge had sene with my eyes a kinge even the lorde of powers Then one of the Seraphims flwe vnto me bringinge a quicke cole taken srome the alter with a payer of tonges and he touched my lippes saynge these wordes beholde as sone as this cole hath touched thi lippes thy in iquitie is gone and thy sinne is purged Farthermore I harde the voice of the lorde takinge aduysmente on this maner whome shal I sende Or who shal go on ower message And then answerde I lo here at your plesure to sende me And he sayde Go thy wayes and saye vnto this people ye shal heare verely and yet shal ye not vnderstonde and ye shal see playnly but yet shal ye not knowe Make grosse and fatte the hartes of this people make thicke their eares and kover their eyes leste thei see with their eyes or heare with their eares or vnderstande with their hartes ād so be conuerted and saued And here I begane to speake for them sayinge howe longe my lorde vntil the cytes sayde he be destitute their dwellers not a man lefte in the houses and the grownde be layed voyde For ful farre shal the lorde baneshe the men and there shal
exhorted hym The golde smyth helde with the metal caster y â— smyter with the gretest hamer with hym y t wrought with the lighter saynge This image shal be wel wroghte faste nayled that it be not moued But thou arte Israel my seruant and Iacob my chosen even the seade of Abraham whom I lone It was I that broughte the frome the coostes of the erthe called the from the farre regions therof saynge to the. Thow shalte be my seruaunte I haue chosen the nether shal I at eny tyme refuse the Se that thou fearest not for I shal be withe the nether loke thou aboute for eny other for I am thy god which shal conforte the I shal helpe the I shal holde the faste with this same my faithful righte hande Beholde as many as prouoke the to anger shall be confunded shamed thy aduersares shal come to naught peresshe so that he that shall seke for them shal no where fynde them Thy enymes whiche dare move bataile agenste the shal be destroyed For I the lorde thy God shal holde faste thy righthande whiche also nowe saye vnto the feare not for it is I that shal helpe the be not a frayde my lytel seruaunte Iacob feare not poore despysed Israel for I shal helpe the saith the lorde I that maketh holy Israel shal auenge the ye I shal trendel the lyke a wayne lyke a neweshode carte to thresshe downe mountayns to bete them into poulder the lytelhylls shalt thoudryue into duste thou shalt wenowe them dryue them awaye lyke the wynde seater theÌ„ abrode lyke a whyrle wynde whyles thou thy selfe shalt reioyse gretly in the lorde aÌ„d shalt prayse hym y t makethe holy Israel When the poore afflicte desyerth water fynde it not their tong is drye for thyrste then do I y â— lorde geue it theÌ„ I y â— god of Israel forsake theÌ„ not I bringeforthe flowdes into thehyghe hylles also quyk springes in the myddes of the feldes I turne the drye deserte into a ponde of wut r the thirstye erthe I wat r with moyst vaynes I plante the wylde waste grounde with Cedre trees bâ—xe pyne and olyue trees y e drye laÌ„de with fyr elme plane trees These thiÌ„ges I tell you do I y t men might vnderstande knowwe y t al togith r myght coÌ„syder depely expende y t y e hande of y e lorde hath done these thinges that he that maketh holy Israel hath created these thinges Stande to your cause therfo r saith y â— lorde bringe in your strength saith y e kinge of Iacob ye let even those goddes comeyn shewe you thinges that haue somtyme chaunsed be done of olde antiquite Let theÌ„ I saye declare you thinges to come or expounde you thinges present that we might y e bet r know theÌ„ holde theÌ„ in mynde I wil speake even to your owne selfes tel vs thinges aftyr this to come we shal know that you ar goddes Do goode or yet evel that we mought al se tel it forth Beholde year of nothinge your makiÌ„ge is of nothing abhominacion hath chosen yow I verely shal stervp one froÌ„ the northe which shal come froÌ„ the easte which shal cal vpon my name he shal come to y â— priÌ„ces lyke a potter to his claye shal trede thez downe as the potter stampethe his claye Who tolde these thinges before that we mought haue knowne knowledged hym to be that rightuouson but there was non that sayed these thinges before or tolde theÌ„ neth r haue there eny man harde the wordes of thez Beholde fyrst shal I geue Zion Ierusalem to be euangelistes and preachers but as I remembyr there was not on of these that coulde se these before to geue you warninge of these thinges for when I asked thez they answerd not on worde Here maye ye se what men these ar al syche are the deades of men even synne naughtynes wynde aÌ„d vayne lyes whiche they blowe togither Ch. xiij BEholde therfore this is my seruante for yowe vnto whoÌ„ I shall cleaue lo this is my chosen for whose sake alone I am pleased I shal enryche him with my spirit he shall bringeforth all thinges into iugement duwe ordre emonge the gentyles He shal not be clamouse conteÌ„ciouse nor proude nether shal his voyce be harde yn the market place Akrased reede he shal not all to breke nether the smokinge snyphe shal he oute quenche In verye faith fulnes shal he ministre y e lawe he shal not be ouersene nether be headye in mynistringe iustice on the erthe Also y â— eylandis of the gentlys shal receyue his lawe for vnto hym thus speaketh the lorde god which made y e heauens stretched theÌ„ so wyde spred the worlde with hyr encrese geuinge breth vnto y â— people y t inhabit it lyfe to those thinges y t ar in it I the Lorde haue called y e even for y t rightwysnes sake led y â— hither euen by thy hande wherfore I shal preserue y â— geue y e for an erneste to y â— people to be y â— lighte for the gentyls to open y â— eyes of the blinde to lede men in bondes y t sit in derkenes oute of custodye presone I I tel yow am he whose name is y â— LORDE which geue not my glorye to eny other creature nether yet my prayse vnto keruen images seinge y t al thinges spoken of before ar come aÌ„d these newe thinges haue I tolde yowe before they came Singe ye therfore to y â— Lorde a newe dyte let his prayse rebounde vnto y â— farthest coosies of the erthe prayse hym ye y t sayle on y â— sea what so ev r is in it prayse hym ye eylandis al y t inhabit thez the deserte with hyr cytes the townes also with y e dwellers in Cedar mought lyftvp their voyces Let theÌ„ reioise y t inhabit y â— highe rockes from y â— toppes of y e mountaynes let thez clappe their handes for ioye let thez geue y â— for deasmightenes let them declare his worship emonge y e gentils For the lorde shal comforth like a valyaunt waryer shal krye like a capitayne staÌ„ding befo r his araie ex horting animatiÌ„g their hartes to batayle putting forth his voyce stretchinge forth al his streÌ„gthes pow r agenste his enymes Because I haue hither to helde my peace shal I be styl suffereu r naye verely but I shal krye rather lyke a woman traueling of chylde I shal destroye devow r sodenly I shal subuerte mountayns hilles shal dry vp all their frute I shal turn their ryuers into drye lande their pondes shal I dry vp I shal lede the blynde into a waye that thei yet knowe not aÌ„d directe thez into a pathe of whiche they ar ignorant I shal
suer aÌ„d thus thinkest with thy selfe I am ladye a lone and besydes me is there none I shall not sit lyke a wedue moorniÌ„ge nor yet be destitute my chylderne But yet shal these two thinges that is to saye to syt housband lesse chylderlesse fall sodenly vpon the bothe on a daye they shal fall I saye on y e to fynishe thi sorowe both for so grete multitude of thy inchauntiÌ„ge sothe sayers and also for the strength of thy so many helpers For thou trustedst in thy nowne couetuou se wylynes saynge No man seeth me Thy nowne wysdome knowledge deceyued the for thus presumedste thou in thy harte saynge I am ladye a lone besydes me ther is noÌ„ Sorowful affliccioÌ„ therfore shalcoÌ„e vpoÌ„ y e froÌ„e wheÌ„ se it shal spriÌ„g thou shal't not knowe miâ—able calamite vnable to be a voyded shal fal vpon the. There shal coÌ„e vpon the vnwares a soden subuersioÌ„ and then I praye the flee to thy helpers to thy ench auntiÌ„ge soth sayers of whoÌ„ thou haste grete plentye whom also thou hast set myche by haue had theÌ„ in grete reputacioÌ„ even froÌ„e thy kradle staÌ„de vnto these I saye loke wheter paraueÌ„ture thou maiste be holpen conforted of theÌ„ for thou hast occupied thy selfe weared thy selfe hitherto in their manyfolde counsells let these heauengasers starrestarers I praye y e comeforth helpe y â— tel the froÌ„ wheÌ„ce these newes ar to coÌ„e fall vpon y e. Beholde they shal be lyke stubble whiche aftyr it be set a fyer noman maye helpe it which stubble neth r is it profytable to make coles to warme y e nor yet to make a fyer to abyde by Sychons I tel the shal these men be whoÌ„ thou haste somyche set by occupyed wearyed thy selfe with even frome thy yougthe for euery one of these aftyr his professioÌ„ shal deceyue y e in y e meane ceason ther shal not be one lefte y e maye saue y e. Chap. xlviij HEare these thiÌ„geeye house of Iacob whose toname is called Israel which also ar coÌ„e of y e same stocke y e Iuda came of which also swere by y e name of the Lorde testifye affirme geue thaÌ„kes al by y e god of Israel ye althoughe ye do it not of faith aid rightwysnes which arenamed aftyr the cytesens of y e holy cyte which truste vnto the god of Israel y e forde of powers Haue I not don ethese thiÌ„ges oute of haÌ„de ar they not nows fulfilled which I tolde you of eueÌ„ froÌ„ y e begiÌ„niÌ„g when they weÌ„t oute of my mouthe I expounded theÌ„ to yow NotwithstaÌ„diÌ„g I know ful wel y â— thou art harde how srefnecked vnshaÌ„faced thou arte yet haue I tolde declared to y e froÌ„e the begiÌ„niÌ„ge thinges before they were done leste I tel the thou shuldest saye My idole tolde me these or my karueÌ„ or caste images coÌ„maunded these thiÌ„ges CoÌ„syder beholde al these whether yow haue prophecyed theÌ„ and whether it was not I that tolde yow before certayne newes secretes which thou knewest not of And now I haue created some a newe of y e which nether from y e beginniÌ„ge nor yet nowe before the daye of their creacion haue ye harde because ye shulde not tel them Lo it was I y â— knewe theÌ„ before farthermore I tolde yow of some thiÌ„ges which nether haue ye harde nor knowne before nor neuer befor wer opened vnto thy eares For I knewe that thou shuldest be a breker of my commaundemeÌ„tes for euen frome thy mothers wombe hast thou be called a transgerssour notwithstondinge yet for my names sake I differred my wrathe for my nowne glorye I defended y e y t thou shouldst not perysshe For so it is I that pourged the not for thy money but at thi moste nede I chose y e. For my nowne sake I tel y e haue I done this for I geue not my glorye to eny wother leste thou shuldst in eny wyse be prophaned caste fro me heare me Iacob israel whom I haue called I am he that hath his beinge of hym selfe I am the lyrste and I am the faste My handes haue layed y â— foundacions of the erthe and my rigthande hath set faste the heauens when I called them anon they stode still Be ye all therfore gatherd togither and heare whiche of these goddes hath tolde you these thinges which the lorde hath done by the kinge of Babylon and Chalde by whom he dothe his plesure and vseth them to execute his power It is Ialone that tolde you these thinges before I only shal call briÌ„ge him for t make prosperouse his iourneye Come I saye vnto me heare this thiÌ„ge haue I euer yet spokeÌ„ eny thiÌ„ge obscurely froÌ„ y â— creacioÌ„ of y â— worlde which am preseÌ„t eueÌ„ iÌ„ y e same article wheÌ„ al thiÌ„g was made For this cause therfore y â— lorde god his spirit sente me thê° speaketh y e lorde thy redem r y e maker holy of Israel it is I y â— am y e lorde thy god teachiÌ„g y â— y â— shal profite y e directiÌ„ge y â— in y â— waye wheriÌ„ thou shalt go And if thou obssueste my precepts thy peace rest shal swiÌ„me lyke a floude thy rightwisnes shal aryse lyke y â— waues of the sea Thy sead shal be lyke y e sandes the frute of thy bodie lyke hir grauel stones Thi name shal not be cut of nor yet banesshed from my syghte ye shal goforthe of BabyloÌ„ ye shal slipawaye froÌ„ y â— Chaldeys w t a ioyeful voyce which thiÌ„ge shal be tolde shewed preached vnto y e vttermoste coostes of y e erthe it shal be sayed The lorde hath redemed his seruaÌ„te Iacob so y â— they thirsted not when they weÌ„te thorow y e drye wildernesse for he drewe theÌ„ wat r out of y e stone he claue y e grete rocke the r flowed out wat rs but to y â— vngodly saith y e lorde the r is no reste ne peace Of Messias which is christe Cha. xliv HEa r me eylaÌ„dis ye people al a farre take hede y e lorde hath called me fro my byrthe and fromy mothers woÌ„be he publesshed my name he hath made me a mouthe lyke a sharpe swerde he hathe koverde defended me with the shadue ofhis hande aÌ„d hidde me as a chosen shafte in his quyuer he sayd to me verely Israel yet art thou my â—uaÌ„t in whoÌ„ I wyl be gloriously deelared I answerde I shal laboure iÌ„ vayn spende my strength w t oute frute notwithstanding yet shal I offe r my cause vnto y e lorde my diligent labour to my god Wherfo r y e lorde spake which fashioned me his â—uaÌ„te fro my mothers woÌ„be to bringe Iacob agene vnto hiÌ„ ye althoughe y e tyme shulde come y t he wil not be gathred to hym
in whose eyes I am gret which is my god my streÌ„gth and he sayed It is no grete thiÌ„ge for y e to be my â—uante to stervp y â— trybes of Iacob to restore y e destruccioÌ„ of Israel excepte I make y â— also y e lyghte of y e geÌ„tyls to be y â— sauinge helth sente fro me to y e vttermoste coostes of therthe Thê° spake y â— lorde y â— redemer mak r holy of Israel vpoÌ„ Christe conteÌ„ned despysed of y e geÌ„tyls â—uante to al y â— bare rule Kynges priÌ„ces shal se ryse vp to worshipe for y â— lordes sake for he is faithful for his sake y t maketh holy Israel which hath chosen y â— o Messias agene thê° spake y e Lorde in the tyme apoynted shal I come be present withe the in the article of thy helth I shal helpe y â— saue y e and I shal geue the into an erneste of y e promyse tomy people to restore therthe y â— thou myghtste chalenge agene y e dispersed he retages saye to theÌ„ in bondes go your wayes oute to theÌ„ y â— ar in derknes comeforth into y e lighte y e they mought feade by y â— woye sydes take their plesures in al theyr plentuoâ—se pastures thei shal not honger nor thirste y â— heate of y â— sonne shal not smyte theÌ„ for theyr goyde shal tender kepe thez ientely shal geue them drinke at the vaynes of waters I shal make all my hylles playne and redy wayes my pathes shal apere troden for euery man Beholde for there shall come some frome a farre some from the northe from the sea aÌ„d some frome the sowthe Beglad heavens reioyse erthe clap your handes hylles for ioye for the lorde shal conforte his people haue mercy on hys poore afflicte But here parauenture Zion wyll saye The lorde hath forsaken me the lorde hath forgoten me Shal the woman forgete hyr yonge chylde borne of hyr owne bodye but if she forgete hyr chylde yet shal I neuer forgete the for so I haue printed the in these my handes thy walles shal neuer fal fro my mynd they y t casted the downe shal come as faste to buylde the agene thei y t destroyde the shal haue continual course recourse vnto the lyft vp thy eyes loke aboute see al these gentyls shal be gathred togither come to the as verely as I lyue sayth the lorde shalt thou be or ned arayed with theÌ„ as w t a riche ornament aparel even lyke a bryde decked in hyr cleane costely araye for thy lande which lyeth desolate wasted loste shal euen by by be to lytel to coÌ„tayne thinhabitours theryn they y t wold devow r y â— shal be far baneshed then shal thy childern born iÌ„ thi barenes speak to y â— sayng this place is to narowe let me haue a place to sit iÌ„ thê° shalt thou thinke who hath begoteÌ„ me these childern sith I am baren aÌ„d a banesshed diuorsed wedue who hath nouresshed brought me vp these chyldern beholde I am sole forsaken of wheÌ„ce then ar these Thê° therfo r answereth y e lorde god behold I shal stretch forth myhaÌ„d to y e geÌ„tils to y t populose nacioÌ„ shal I lyftvp my signe they shal briÌ„ge sonnes to the in their bosoms daughters vpoÌ„ their shulderne shal they briÌ„ge y â— theyr kinges shal fede y â— their quenes shal be thi nourses they their faces bowed downe to therthe shal reuerence y â— licke of y â— duste froÌ„ thy fete thou shalt knowe y â— I am y â— lorde in whom who so ev r trusts they ar not confounded Who maye take y â— proye froÌ„ y â— stroÌ„ge or y e captyue froÌ„ y e mighty but because y e lorde hath so spokeÌ„ it bothe y e captyue shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ y e myghtye y e proye froÌ„ y e stroÌ„ge for I wil defende thy cause ageÌ„st thi aduersarye saue thy chyldern thy enemes shal I fede w t theyr own flessh w t their owne bloude shal thei be droÌ„keÌ„ like as w t swete wyne by y â— which veÌ„geaunce every flessh shal se y t I am y e lorde thy saviour thy myghty redemer o Iacob Cap. l. Thus saith y e lorde Whe r is this testimonial of y e diuorse of your moth r which I sent hyr or who is my creditour to whoÌ„ I solde you beholde for eveÌ„ for your own iniquites ar ye solde for brekiÌ„g of mycoÌ„maÌ„dements is your moth r diuorsed put awaye wherfo r wolde nomaÌ„ receyue me when I came nor yet answe r when I called was my haÌ„de so cutof shortened y t it might not delyuer you or was my pow r so my neshed y t it was not able to redeme you which by a worde only dry vp y e sea turne y e floudes into drye laÌ„de so y t their fysshes be corrupte for want of wat r perisshe for thyrste it is I y t clothe y e heauens in a blacke moorning clowde kou r theÌ„ w t sak the lorde god hathe geueÌ„ me a lerned tonge to know how when I shoulde speake w t the weake afflticte erly in the morninge he twitched me by y e eare wakened me as my masters were wont to do to make me lysten take hede it was y â— lorde god y t opened myne eare how then coulde I not but obaye or how coulde I auoyde or slyppe bak Wherfore I offere my backe to the smyters my chekes to the twitchers my face I turne not away froÌ„ rebukes spetel for y â— lorde god bringeth me helpe wherfo r I shal not be confounded but I set my face agenste them as harde as a flynte for I knowe wel y t I shal not be shamed for I haue my defend r by me to delyuer me who then maye stryue agenste me Let vs go stande togither before a iuge if eny maÌ„ wil contende with me in iugemente let hym come hither Beholde the lorde god hathe taken vp my cause to defende it who then shal condempne me lo al these thy Idols aÌ„d goddes shal be worne oute lyke a garment wormes shal eate thez Who so ev r he be then emonge you y â— fear y e lorde let hym heare y e voyce of his seruaÌ„te who ho euer walketh in derkenes y e light shyneth not vpon hym let him truste in y e name of the lorde cleaue to his god Beholde al you haue kindled a fyer aÌ„d eveÌ„ your selues gyrtaboute w t y e flame walke in y e myddes of your own fyer which ye haue kindled but this one thinge is brought to passe be my haÌ„d for you y t ye shal sleape with sorowe Chap. li HEare me ye y t folowe rightwisnes sekinge y e lorde