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
worlde lyke a deserte which betedowne cytes and townes and wolde never let his captiues come home Howe cometh it to passe that whyls all other kinges of al nacions sleape gloryously euery one at his owne house thou arte caste oute of thy grave lyke a plante oute of kynde lyke the fleses of slayne meÌ„ digged thorow with speares ye lyke mene let downe into doungeÌ„s of stone and lyke dede karcases troden vnder the fete Therfore arte thou not buryed with them because thou destroyedste thy nowne lande and sluest thy people The posterite of synful men therfore shal euermore be ignomyniouse aÌ„d men shall seke meanes to make a waye their chylderne for their fathers iniquite leste thei aryse and possesse the kingdome and fyl the lande ful of stroÌ„ge holdes I shal ryse vpon them saith y e lorde of powers aÌ„d kut of the name of Babylon and al that there remayne with the chylderne aÌ„d their neves saith the lorde I shal leve it for oters and turne it into a fysshe pole ye I shal swepe it with a consuminge besome saith the lorde of powers ye and besydes al this y e lorde of powers bownde it with an othe thus to come to passe as he had thought and to be as suer of this plage as he had decreed it I shal breke downe y e Assyrions saith he in my lande and trede them downe in my mountayns the yoke of Assur shal be taken frome yowe yower shulders shal be delyuerde of his burden so standeth it with the counsels which the lorde hath decreed vpon all y e lande and thus is his power stretched-forth vnto all gentyles for the lorde of powers decreynge eny thinge who shal make it voyde When he hath streched forth his hande who maye bende it backe In the yeare that kynge Ahaz dyed God thretened one this maner by Isaye Reioyse not al at once thou Palestyne as thoghe y e staffe of hym that smyt the were al to broken for oute of the rote of the edder shal ryse a koketrice and oute of hym shal springe a fleinge fyer drake and the poore shal eate of the best and nedyons shall dwell in savegarde But thy rote shal I quenche oute with honger and he shall slaye thy reamnauntes yell oute ye gates krye ye cytes and thou palestyne be trowbled all ouer for there cometh a smoke frome the nor the whose thycknes and bitter violence noman maye abyde and then what other answere shal the tydinge beares of the folke make but that the Lorde hath set faste Zion and his poore people shal cleve vnto hyr Chapi xv The heuye vision that the Lorde shewed to Isaye vpon Moab I have sene that Ar Moab shulde be destroyed and layed ful lowe aÌ„d that in the nighte and in the night also the walles of Moab shulde be throne downe These Moabites ascended vnto their highe places called Baithe and Dibon where they worshiped Idols to wepe before them This lamentable howlinge of Moab was harde over Naâ—o and Medeba every man polled his heade and shoue his berde Thei stode gyrte in sacke in every korner of the towne Vpon their house toppes and in y â— stretes every man kryed oute and fell to wepinge Hesebon and Eleale kryed so lowde that their voyces were harde to Iahaz and the soudgiers of Moab when thei shulde haue blowne vp theire trompetes to batayle for sorowe of their hartes they kryed ah lasse for sorowe ower hartes blede vpon Moab fleinge towerd Zoar that welthye bullok and vpon the hanging of the hyll of Luhith they clymed withe wepinge Also the waye of Horonaim they filled with theire lamentable noyse The waters of Nemrim were forsaken and the grasse was wytherd awaye Corne fayled aÌ„d there was no grene thinge lefte And even aftyr this maner the reste of theyr substaunce and goodes theyr aduersares karied a waye to Arabye prosperously by shippe And to be shorte the noyse wente thorowe al the coostes of Moab so that frome Eglaim vnto Beer Elim all was fylle dwith theyr howlinge The waters of Dimon were full of bloude for there laye the hoste waytynge lyke lyons both for them y t shulde haue escaped frome the cyte and for them that fled frome the felde Chap. xvi Then y e lorde of y e lande sente a souldyer frome the stoney deserte vnto the hill of the daughter of Zion for the daughters of Moab abode yet at the foorde of Arnon lyke tremblinge byrds put oute of their nestes which messagere requyred them thus saynge Gather togither yower senatours take counsell howe ye myghte shadewe and defende vs in this hot persecution hyde them that flee and destroye not y e dispersed let ower Moabytes fled vnto yowe be soukerde hyde vs from the face of the destroyer for ower enymes trede vs downe this destroyer ceasseth not to waste vs a waye frome the erthe For the seate of yower kyngdome is ful of mercye wherfore he that sittethe in it muste iuge of faithfulnes and trowthe as in the tabernacle of Dauid he muste seke equite haste hym to mayntayne the righte Vnto the which requeste it was thus answerde Moabs pryde is wel knowne and howe grete it is His Arrogancye swellinge furye was never so grete but his strength is nowe as small Wherfore let Moab complayne of his fall to hym selfe that he mought all alone lamente and that he also thus broken with sorowe mought sit complayninge and moorninge in vayne at the fete of che brycke walles of Arnon nowe caste downe Also Isawe those suburbes of Hesebon destroyed The vyneyardes of Sibme planted withe y e moste nobleste vynes which reched vnto Iazer and spred vnto the deserte hyr branches spred vnto y e weste sea the pears of Gentyles dyd kut downe Wherfore I wepte for Iazer and for the vyneyardes of Sibme I waterde the vyneyarde of Hesbonam and Elealen with the teares of my eyes because that in their harueste and in the gatheringe of their grapes theire wonte mery songes were gone their myrth was layed in bed both of felde and vyne yarde so that they coulde nether be glade nor synge y e treder in y e vyne presse trede out no more wyne their harueste and grape gatheringe songes were layed downe Wherfore my belye murmuerde lyk an harpe for Moab and even my bowels also for that bryk walle For when Moab see that hyr goodes were in perell she weared hir selfe going to hyr Idols in highe places and to hyr holy houses to praye but non might helpe hyr This is y e worde which the lorde spake then vpon Moab but nowe the lorde speaketh on this maner Aftyr thre yeares the power of Moab with al hyr pompe ryches which ar very mych shal be taken a waye eveÌ„ as an hyerde seruante his yeares oute serued is quyte gone aÌ„d hir reamnauntes shal be ful fewe aÌ„d of small valewe Chap. xvij THe heuye affliccion which y e lorde shewed to Isaye vpon Damascum Damascus shal
of the which one is called Heliopolis Also then shal there be an altar for y e lorde in the myddes of Egipte entytlede to the lorde to be into a signe and testymonye for the lorde of powers in y e lande of Egipte y t when thei krye vnto him for feare of their oppressours he mought sende them a saviowr and a guyde which mought delyuer them The lorde shal knowe the Egypcions aÌ„d agene the Egipcions shal knowe the Lorde then shal thei worship him with sacryfices gyftes They shal vowe vnto the lorde and performe it Thus shal the lorde smyte the Egypcions and heale them agene thus shal they be conuerted to the lorde and thus shal he be merciful vnto them and shal heale theÌ„ Then shal the waye be comenly hawnted frome Egypte to Assyria and the Assyrions shal come to the Egypcions and Thegypcions agene to them thei shall both worshippe one God Then shal Israel with Egipte Assyria make all thre one blessed trinite in the myddes of the erthe which trinite the lorde of powers shal blesse saynge Blessed be Egipte my people blessed be the Assirions y e worke of my handes aÌ„d blessed be Israel my inheretaunce Chap. xx IN the yeare that Thartan came to Azotum sente of Sargon kynge of the Assyrions and had wonne by bataile and taken Azotum y e lorde spoke vnto Isaye the sonne of Amoz thus saynge Go and draw of thy sacke frome thy loynes and lose thy shoes frome thy fete which so doynge wente naked and bare fote And the lorde sayd y e nakednes and barefote goinge of my seruante Isaye is a token aÌ„d a fore shewinge of a woundrefull thinge that shall fall vpon Egypte Ethiope aftyr thre dayes for so shall the kynge of Assyrye dryve the captyues of Egypte and the baneshed of Ethiope both yonge and olde shall he dryue awaye naked and barfote and shal vnkouer the arses of thegipcions beinge ashamed of the Ethiops and Ehethiops of thegypcions and then shall the dwellers of this eylonde saye is this ower hope vnto whom we fled for helpe to be delyuerde frome the kinge of Assyrye howe shal we escape The .xxi. Chapiter THe grevouse affliccion of y e wylde sea There is an hevye vision shewed me lyke as when a storme brought frome the southe comethe owte frome the deserte that terrible lande Babylon shal be beseged rownde aboute and shal be vtterlye destroyde Come vp Elam besege it Mede all theyr syghes shal I swage At these wordes my raynes were a stoned and panges came vpon me lyke the paÌ„ges of a woman travelinge of chylde When I harde this I fell downe when I se it I was amased My harte trembled and panted I shoke for feare because this thiÌ„ge was derke to me al my wittes wer a stonned For even this noyse was harde also let the table be layed sodenly and the watche wel apoynted eate drynke aryse capytaynes and take ye to bukler aÌ„d shylde Then thê° sayd the lorde to me Go aÌ„d set vp a spye that shal tel what he se which when he hadde diligently loked rownde aboute he espyed a cowple of men cominge rydinge togither one of an asse and tother of a Camel and this spye kryed lyke a lyon O my master I haue stande here besely watchinge all daye aÌ„d haue kepte my stadinge diligently al this nighe to And lo there are come a cowple of the which one hath brought this message and sayd Babylon is fallen Babylon is fallen in very dede and all the karued graven Images of their Goddis ar braste agenste the grounde these are the tydinges o my felawes in worke and offyce whiche I haue harde of the Lorde of powers to shewe vnto yowe The heuye affliccion of Dume Me thought I harde a noyse of one kringe frome Seir saynge watche man what haste thou espyed this mighte watche man what haste thou espyed this nighte which me thought answerde The daye is come and the night shall come agene and if ye be so desyerouse to knowe come agene then aÌ„d aske The hevye affliccion layed vpon the Arabens ye shall lodge all nyght in the wode in the waye to Dedamin but o ye cyteseÌ„s of Theme bringeforth water for the thyrstye and mete ye the men in slyght withe vytel for thei shal flee frome the face of yerne even frome the edge of the naked swerde frome the presens of the bente bowe aÌ„d frome the edge of the sette felde cominge vpon them for thus hath the lorde spoken vnto me Aftyr this yeare al the power of Cedar shall haue an ende even lyke the goinge forth of the seruyce of an hyerde man his yeares nowe serued oute and the reamnaunte of the Archers of Cedar shal be thruste into a ful narowe straighte For it is the Lorde God of Israel that hath spoken it Chap .xxij. THe hevye affliccion of the vale of the vision What ayeldeth yowe thus al togither to clyme vp vpon yow r house toppes O cyte ful of woundringe and running togither on heapes whiche sometyme hast ben so welthy a towne ye are yet a lyue and yet areye but as slayne men with swerde in bataile for al your capytayns ar fled on horsebacke oute of boweshote ye al thy princes are slipte a waye and fledde ful farre frome the. When I harde these thinges I sayde Go yowrr wayes frome that I myght wepe bitterlye nether be yow aboute to conforte me as concerninge the destruccion of my people For this is the daye of tribulacion downtredinge and confuse perplexite of y â— vale of the vysion the lorde god of powers so throing downe hyr walles that the noyse rebowndeth agenste the mountayns And I sawe y â— Elamytes takinge to them their quyvers and the horse men with their Charietes beÌ„dinge their selves to fyghte aÌ„d Cir made bare their shyldes Thy chosen valeys were filled with chariets and the horse men assayled boldely the gates Then the beutiful deckinge of Iuda was taken a waye and the house of ordinaunce made with the tymber of lybani was layed wyde open then shall ye se thorow chynnes into euery korner of the cyte of Dauid yt shal be so sore shaken aÌ„d rente and ye shall gather to gither the waters of the lower pole ye shall also tell the houses of Ierusalem and breke them downe to defende the walles and ye shal be compelled to make a dyke betwene the two walles withe the waters of the olde pole hauinge no consyderacion of the firste makinge there of nor yet of y â— porpose of hyr first maker Farther more in those dayes the Lorde god of hostes shall cal yow to wepinge and moorninge to tearing of yower heare of yower heades and to wearinge of sacke whyles lo some men laughe and make mery slaing oxen and shepe eating flesshe and drinkinge wyne saynge let vs eate and drynke for we shall dye to morowe whiche thinge when it came to y â— eares of the
in it let y e worlde heare and al thinge that springeth oute of it for the lorde is angrye with all nacions and his wrathe is so kyndled agenste the power of them that he wyll curse them and be take thē to dethe so that theire karions shal be throne awaye to lye and stynke and the mountaynes shal be whasshed with their bloude fore even the beutifull power of the heavens shal be consumed and shal be layed wyde opene lyke a boke vnder the skye so that all their beuteful aparel shall fall downe lyke leaves frome the vyne and frome the fygge tre For even in the heauens wil I bathe my swerde and from thense shal it descende straight to Idumea and to the people whom I haue apoynted to my vengeaunce Then shal the swerde of the Lorde be bathed in blowde and in the fatte and blowde of lābes and gotes and shal be noynted with the fatte of the wethers kydneys for the Lorde shal slaye a grete sacrifice in Bozra and in the lande of Edom whe re the vnicornes and stowerdye bulles the whiche is to saye the mightye men of power shal be smytendowne and the erthe shal be wasshed with theyr bloude and y ◠grounde shal be dounged with their fatte kydnes ye the daye of goddis vengeaunce and the yeare where in thy stowerdenes shal be rewarded shal come vpon the O Zion and thy brokes shal be turned into pitche and thy grounde into brymstone with whiche thy soyle shal be so sore brente that nether daye nor night maye it be quenched but it shal smoke ever It shal be drye frome age to age and noman shal passe over it for evermore but oestroges ibices ouls ravens shal inhabit it for the lorde shal meate it forth with the lyne of destruccion and waye it withe the waighte of wastynge and then if thow callest hykinges they shall no where apere fore even all hyr princes shal be broughte to naught then shal hyr palaces bringeforthe bryers and thornes nettels and sowthystels shall growe where hyr walles and castells stode and thus shal they be dennes fore dragons and palace◠for struthyons there shall sprytes lyk◠monstrose bestes apere to eche other āl the roughe wodouses shal call there for eche other also there shal come these lamyes to take their reste Erchyns shal there make their nestes lye they shal make them dennes and nouryshevp their whelpes thyther shal Gryphes be gatherd every on to his mate Serche ye the scripture of the lorde and reade it for there is not one of these thinges that shal fayle there is not one worde but shal be fulfylled all a lyke fore what he commaundeth with his mouthe they are finesshed by his spirit loke to whom he dealeth his heretage and deuydeth it withe his owne hande or meate it owte with a lyne that muste nedes abyde faste for ever so that they muste dwell in it frome age to age Chap. xxxv THe desertes and wyldernes shal be glad y ◠drye lande also shal reioyse and flouresshe lyke a lyle It shal flouresshe righte plesantly it shal laughe and reioyse more and more and be beutyfull to beholde For the beutye of Libanus shal be geven hyr the come lynes of Charmelus and Sarone also shall she haue the Gentyles shall knowledge the glorye of the lorde and y ◠magestye of ower God Be therfore counforted ye syke handes and be steffe ye faynte knees speake vnto the faynte harted saynge be bolde and stronge and feare not Beholde yower God shall come to avenge yowe and to rewarde yowe ye he shal come to saue yowe And then shal the eyes of the blynde be illumined and the eares of the deffe shal be opened Then shal the lame leape lyke an harte and the domme tonge shall speake prayse Fountayns and springes shal breke forth in the deserte and swete ryuers in the drye lande so that the drye lande shal have hyr pondes ād the thirstye erthe hyr quycke springes In the same dennes where the dragons laye shal growe swete flowers and grene rushes There shall lye bypathes and the kinges highe waye whiche shal be called even the holy waye A polluted man shall not passe thorowe it for the Lorde hym selfe shall go withe them thorowe the same waye that fooles go not oute of it here shal be no lyō nor eny other nyouse beste shall come vp to this waye or befownde yn it but ryght suer shall the passage be also they that shal be redemed of the Lorde shal be turned and come vnto Zion with prayse shal haue euerlastinge Ioye gladnes solace shal acompany them but hevynes and sorowe shal be fled awaye The .xxxvi. Chapiter IT came to passe that in the .viiij. yeare of kinge Ezekias Senherib Kinge of the Assyrions wolde come vp to conquere and to take al the noble and stronge cytes of Iuda Wherfore this Assyrius sente Rabsacen frome Lachis to Ierusalem vnto Ezekias withe a grete hoste which Rabsace when he had layed his hoste at the sluse of y ◠ouer pole in the waye to the fullers felde there cameforth vnto hym Eliakim the sone of Helkie president of the towne house Sobna the scrybe and Ioas the secreterye sonne vnto A saphe vnto whome Rabsace spake thus Go yower wayes I praye yow and tel Ezekias howe that the grete kinge of Assprye hathe spoken these same wordes what is this thy confidence to which thou stekest so faste Arte thow so folyssh hardye to thinke to haue counsel and power to wage batayle other in whome nowe at laste trustest thow so myche that thow darest rebel agenste me I shal tel the thou trustest to the ayed ād vpholdinge of this broken reede that is to an Egypcion to the which reede whoso ever leaneth he pearseth his hande and boreth it thorowe Fore even siche on is Pharao kinge of Egypte to al that truste vpon hym but if thou wylt saye we truste in the lorde ower God a suer truste in dede to truste in hym whose highe places and alters Ezekias hathe taken awaye commaundinge Iuda and Ierusalem to worshipe befor this alter Be it in case I praye the that I shulde geve the now notwithstandinge thy bargayn made withe my Lorde the kinge of Assyrye two thousand horses art thou able yet of thy selfe to mā them And howe is it then that seinge thou arte not able to abyde the violence and power even but of one of the leste princes of my Lorde yet not withstandinge wylte thou truste to the horse men and chariets of the egypcions Thinkest thou that I of my nowne heade am come vp hither to destroye this lande It was my Lorde that commaunded me saynge Go thy wayes vp to that lande ād destroye it Then spake Eliakim Sobna and Ioas vnto Rabsacen speake vnto vs thy seruaunts I praye the in the Syre tonge for we vnderstande that languege and speke not to vs in the Iwes languege leste the people nowe
is to wete that I am aboute to subuerte thy cytes be they neuerso stronge and to bringe thez into heapes of stones aÌ„d into ruyne whose inhabitours shal quake for feare lyke handlesse men beinge confounded for they shal be lyke the grasse of the felde which nowe is grene and a noÌ„ is it thek for houses ye which often tymes is withred before it be rype But I know I knowe saith y â— lorde thy conuersacion I knowe thy settinge forth and thy returninge ye I knowe thy furyouse rebellinge agenst me For this therfore thy hasty conspyrison agenste me and for thy pryde which al I wel knowe I shal put a brydle vpon thy nose and shal set a snaffle vpon thy lyppes where with I shal plucke y â— backe agene by the same waye thou camste But o Ezekias this token shal I geue y â— this yeare shalt thou eate siche as ye haue in store the nexte yeare shal ye eate siche as shal growe of their selfe with oute tillinge or sowinge but the thirde yeare ye shall both sowe aÌ„d reape for ye shal plante vynes and eate their frutes And then thei shal come agene togither which escaped beinge of the house of Iuda and their rotes sente downe into the erthe they shal yilde forthe their fruteful highe For oute of IerusaleÌ„ shal coÌ„e the reamnaunt that are lefte and thei that ar saued shall come from the mounte Zion These thinges shall the zele of the lorde of hostes thus bringe to passe wherfore thus promyseth the lorde as touchinge kynge Assyrye That in no maner of wyse shall he enter into this cyte no not so myche as an arowc shal he shote hither there shal no shylde or buckler be bente vp agenste hyr Nether shal they dygvp eny bulwerke agenste hyr but the same waye that he came shal he retourne For vnto this cyte shal he not come sayd the lorde for Ishal fyghte for this cyte and shal defende it saith the lorde aÌ„d shal saue it for my nowne sake and for my seruante Dauides sake Then wente forth the angel of the lorde and smyt .v. thousande an hoÌ„dred and .iiij. score in the tentes of the Assyrions and when the people of Ierusalem rose erly in the morniÌ„ge lo they laye aldede wherfore Senherib kinge oâ— Assyrie departed aÌ„d wente his waye froÌ„ thence and abode at Niniue And after this it chaunced on a tyme y t as he worshiped his god in the house of Nisroch Adramesech aÌ„d Sarezer his sonnes smit of his head with a swerde and fled into the lande of Ararat And aftyr this Esarhadon his sonne raigned for hym The .xxxviij. Chapiter NOt loÌ„ge before these thiÌ„ges were in doinge Ezekias was sore syke and lykely to haue dyed and then came there vnto him Isaye y â— prophete the sonne of Amoz sayd vnto him Thus sayth the lorde Set an ordyr in thy house for thou shalt dyeaÌ„d not lyue Then Ezekias turned his face to the walle and made his prayer to y â— lorde saynge Remembyr lorde I beseche the how I haue walked before the intrwe faithe with ê‘fit harte doinge thy plesures And thus saynge Ezekias wepte sore Then spake the lorde to Isaye on this maner Go thy wayes and tell Ezekias Thê° sayth the lorde the god of thy father Dauid I haue harde thy prayer I haue sene thy teares wherfore lo I adde yet vnto thy lyfe .xv. yeares also I shal delyuer the and this cyte which I defende frome the handes of the kinge of the Assyrions And this token shal be geuen y â— of the lorde that he will performe his promyse Beholde I shall bringe backe the shadue of the dyall which shadne is now descended withe the sonne arysinge in Ahazdy all and shall turne it vp agene .x. howers then turned backe the sonne the same .x. degrees ascending agene by the which the shadue had descended before The thaÌ„kesgeuinge which Ezekias kiÌ„ge of Iuda write aftyr he had bene sycke was nowe rekouerd frome his sore I had wente y t I shulde haue gone to my graue in my beste dayes when I moste desyerde the resydue of my age I sayd with my selfe I shal no more apere before y e lorde god in this lyfe I shal nomore be coÌ„uersante with the mortal men but shal be with y e banesshed cytesens My dayes are foldenvp and taken awaye fro me lyke an herdemannis tente My lyfe is kutof lyke y â— weauers webbe whylys I prouyded to lyue he kut me of He made an ende of me on a daye I trusted at the leste to haue lyued vnto the morowe but he alto broke my bones lyke a lyon and made an ende of me on a daye Then chattred I lyke a swalowe and murmured lyke a Crayne I moorned lyke a dove lyftiÌ„ge vp my eyes vnto y â— highe god saynge Lorde I am sore handled delyuer me vpon thy worde What myght I thiÌ„ke or what might I saye that he wolde do this miche for me That I mought yet ê‘use al my dayes ye although it be to my bytter payne For I knowe verely lorde y t this lyfe is saulsed with galle and that my lyfe is subiecte to all bitter myserye I knowe that thou makest me heuye of sleape wakenest me agene But lo yet shal I thiÌ„ke that thou doste me grete plesure if thou grauntest me these kareful bitternesses Here thou stayest my lyfe that it ê‘esshed not whiles thou castedste al my synnes behynde thy backe For nether men layed in their graues prayse the nor yet y â— deade loaue the nor they that descende into their graues abyde for thy faithfulnes But it is the lyuiÌ„ge man it is the lyuinge I saye that prayseth the euen as I do nowe this daye For the fathers laye forth thy faithfulnes vnto theire chylderne Sane vs lorde and we shal synge ower psalmes all the dayes of ower lyfe in the house of the lorde Then commaunded Isaye sayng take the plaster and laye it vpon his botche aÌ„d he shal amende And then sayed Ezekias Oh what a meruelouse thinge is this that I shal yet asceÌ„de into the house of the lorde The .xxxix Chapiter AT the same tyme Merodach Baladan y â— sonne of Baladan kinge of Babylon sente letters aÌ„d presents vnto Ezekias For he had harde how that he was sycke ameÌ„ded And Ezekias was glad of theÌ„ and shewed theÌ„ his tresure houses of his syluer and golde of his riche spyces aÌ„d his fyned oyles aÌ„d his preciouse oyntments he shewed theÌ„ al the houses of his plate and what soeuer tresure he had There was nothinge that Ezekie had other in his house or thorowte al his realme but he shewed it theÌ„ And then came Isaye y â— prophete vnto kiÌ„ge Ezekias sayng to him What saye these men or froÌ„ whense ar they comeÌ„ vnto y â— Ezekias answerde him sayng they arcomon vnto me froÌ„ a farre lande euen froÌ„ Babylon And Isaye sayd what haue they sene in thy house Ezekias
be grete destructioÌ„ in the londe but yet shall there be lefte a tythe in it to returne a gene so that their pasture shal be restored and as their okes and lyne trees caste of their frutes even so shal that holy seade shoteforth frutefully emonge them The seventh Chapiter THen was it so that in the raigne of Ahaz y e sonne of Iotham the sonne of Ozias kinge of Iuda Rezin the kinge of Aram and Phecca the sonne of Romelie kinge of Israel ascended to Ierusalem to laye sege agenste it whiche at that tyme they myght not wynne then tolde they the house of Dauid that the Syryons wer confederde with Ephraim which tydynges made Ahaz with the house of Dauid to treÌ„ble lyke trees in the wode smyten with wynde wherfo r the lorde sayde vnto Isaye Haue done and get the forthe with thy sonne Iasus whiche is lefte the and mete Ahazat y e heade of the over pole in the waye towerde the suffers felde and saye vnto hym Se y t thou be still feare not let not thy harte melte at these two tayles with theyr smokynge fyerbrandes that is to saye at the furye of Rezin kynge of the Syrions and of the sonne of Romelye because the Syrions Ephraim and Romelis sonne haue thus myscheuously counselde and conspyred agenste the saynge We will go vp into Iuda and scourge them and translate them vnto vs and we shal sette the sonne of Tabal to be kinge ouer them For even thus sayth the lorde This thinge shall not ryse nor come to passe but Damascus shal be y â— head of Syria Rezin shal be y e head of Damascê° aftyr .65 yeares EphraiÌ„ karyed awaye shal no more be y e people although now Samarya be head of Ephraim aÌ„d y e sonne of Romelye y e heade of Samaria If ye beleve not yowe are but gone to And besydis thys the Lorde commaunded hym to saye thê° also vnto Ahaz Aske the some token of y e Lorde thy God whether it be frome y e deapest benethe or frome the hyghest above And Ahaz answerde I wil not aske nether will I tempte the Lorde Wherfore he sayde Heare then ye house of Dauid is it not enough for yowe to veye men but ye must wearye my god to The lorde therfore his owne selfe shall geve yow a tokeÌ„ Beholde a mayde shal be with chylde and bringeforth a sonne and she shall call his name Immanuel Boter and honey shal he eate vntil he can eschewe yuel and chose good notwithstandynge before this childe be thê° waxen thy londe shal be desolated for y â— which thou arte so a frayde of their two kinges ye the lorde shal bringe both vpon the and vpon thy people and vpon thy fathers house siche dayes as haue not ben sene frome the departinge of Ephraym from Iuda that is to saye he shal bringe vpon yowe the kynge of the Assyrions For the tyme shal come that the lorde shal whystle for a flye whiche dwelleth beyende the flowde of Egypte for bees which ar in the lande of the Assyrions which shal come all hole togither and besege the even with yn thy drye dykes at the kaves with in the rockes in every wode at euery stertinge hole ye in that tyme the Lorde shall shaue the with a raser he shal hyer a raser beyende the flowde Euphrates even the kynge of the Assyryons and he shal shave of the heares of thy heade fete and even thy verye berde shall he wype of then shal the tyme come that a man shal lyue with a kowe aÌ„d tway eâ—es and for the plentye of mylke eate boter for yet shal every on lefte in the myddes of the lande eate boter and honey and yet in those dayes a vyne yarde of a thousand vynes bought for more then a thousand penys shal be turned into bryers and thornes For the kinge of the Assyrions shal not come hither armed so thicke withe bowe and arows as the bryers and thornes shall stande over al this region Also euery frutefull hill which was wonte to be delved and ploughed then shal not a man come to them for feare of thornes bryers but shal serue to put yn heardes aÌ„d beastes to graze yn The aight Chapiter ANd then sayde the Lorde agene to me take the a grete rolle aÌ„d wryte yn it withe a pen lyke a man Maherschalal haschbaz which ys to saye haste the to robbe spede the to spoyle Then I toke me certayne faithfull witneses vry the preste Zachary the sonne of Barachy and came vnto a prophetise which had now coÌ„ceyued and brought forth a sonne the Lorde spake vnto me Geve hym this name hastye robber gredy spoyler for before thys chylde can call Dadye MaÌ„mye he shal bare away the riches of Damasce and the proye of Samarye yn y â— sight of the kynge of Assyrye And agene the Lorde spake vnto me these wordes For asmych as this people abhorreth the waters of Siloah that flowe so still and hathe rather plesure in thys kynge Rezin and in the sonne of Romely Lo the lorde therfore shal let the grete myghtye flowdis breke in vpon them that is to saye the kinge of the Assyrions withe all his power whiche shal aryse every where a bove their ryuers and run over all their bankes dryuynge into Iuda redowndyng and swellyngevp even to theyr throtes And the tyme shal come that the spreadinge a brode of their winges shal kover the breadeth of thy lande O Immanuel Get ye togither ye people into counsel and all ye of the fartheste partes of the lande caste yower heades togither haste ye togither to take counsell and yet shall all togither be yn vayne Conclude ye vpon eny thynge and yet shall it not come to passe excepte Immanuel Thus then sayd the Lorde vnto me takynge me by the hande lyke a guyde nourteringe me that I shulde not go in the waye of this people saynge Breke not yower myndes aboute eny confederation with other for eny helpe for althoughe this people speaketh of nothinge but of coniurations and confederations yet let them not fraye yow but sanctifie yowe the Lorde of powers hiÌ„ feare hym dreade ye for it is he that is y â— very holymakynge and the stomblynge stone also even a rocke to fal at snare and net to ether of y â— houses that is to saye to Israel and to them that dwell aboute Ierusalem and many shall stomble at hym they shall fall they shal be broken they shal be trapt and taken Nowe sayth the Lorde rollvp thys testemony and sealevp the lawe withe my disciples Nowe shal I loke for the lorde faith Isaye whiche hath hyd his face frome the house of Iacob and I shal truste yn hym both I me selfe and y e seruantes whom the Lorde hath geven me to be a miracle and woundre yn Israel for the lorde of powers plesure that dwelleth yn the mounte Zion And when men shall saye to
of y â— soyle And to do these thinges duely in ordre do not his god teache aÌ„d dyrecte hym for he thressheth not his fetehes with a wayne nor turneth the carte whele vpon his Coomyn But the fetches he thressheth with a flayle and his Coomyn he beateth forth withe a staffe and even so lykwyse he gryndeth his whete into brede Which he coulde never do with thresshinge it For nether the violence of the turninge of the carte whele nor yet the tredinge of the beastâ—sfete maye grynde it into meale And this thinge is shewed hym of the Lorde of powers which is the moste meruelste counseler and the gretest magnifyer of equyte Chap. xxix WO be vnto y â— Ariel Ariel a cyte sometyme subdued of Dauid Take yet a fewe yeares respite set some festes yet passe ouer awhyle then suerly shal I besege Ariel Then shal she be so heauye aÌ„d so kareful that she maye welbe called Ariel I shall coÌ„pase the rownd a boute with tentes and castells and shitte the yn withe towers and dryue vp bolwerkes agenste the. And thow shalt be so lowe brought that thow shalt speake even oute of y â— grownde and as of one buryed in the duste thy voyce shal be harde For thy voice shal be lyke a sprite speakinge oute of therth so fayntly shalt thow grone oute of the grownde For the multitude of thy enymes shal be lyke the motes in y â— sonne beames aÌ„d the cruel multitude of them shalcome vpon the lyke duste reased vp and karyed sodenly in the twinklinge of an eye Then shalt thow be visited of the lorde of powers with thondre erthe quakes aÌ„d fearful crackes with whyrlwiÌ„des stormey tempestes with the flame of a devoweringe fyer But nowe al this multitude of the gentyles beinge aboute to bringe forth their armye ageÌ„ste Ariel all this hoste the compassinge aboute hyr aÌ„d hir besegers al appere abyet to be but a dreame of an hongrye man dreaminge to haue eaten which nowe waking is ful hongrye hauinge his bely emptye and lyke a thirstye man dreaminge that he drinketh a non as he is a wake he is ful faynte drye whose desyer yet birneth for drynke Thus I saye appereth the multitude of al these gentyls as yet to be lyke which shal fight agenste the mounte Zion But then shal ye be amased astoned gapynge and beholdinge al these thinges ye shal be dronken but not with wyne ye shal rele but not for dronkenes for the lorde shal power forth vpon you the spryte of a depe slomber aÌ„d shal shit vp yower eyes that is to saye he shal kouer yow r prophetes and cheffe seinge men And al prophecyes shal be vnto yowe even as the wordes of a clasped boke and sealed vp which if thou offerest vnto a wel lettred man saynge I praye yow read this boke he shal saye I cannot read it for it is sealed vp Also if it be geuen to an vnlerned man saynge I praye the read this boke he shal answere the. I am not lettrede Wherfore thus saith the lorde Because that this people draweth nighe me withe their mouthes aÌ„d with their lippes speak mich worship by me their hartes beinge farre fro me and because the feare that they owe vnto me they geue it me aftyr the doctryne and the commaundements of men therfore beholde I my selfe shall do to this people a thinge to be merueled and woundred at a bo ve mesure that is to saye I shal destroye the wysdome of their wysemen and the vnderstandinge of their men of moste actiuite shal haue a fall Wo be to them that so depely drowne their selues in their own policye that they thynke to hyde their thoughtes and counsells frome the lorde Which hyde their enforcements aÌ„d studes in derkenes saynge presumptuously Who sethe vs or who knoweth vs which yower presumpcion is as thoughe y â— potters claye shulde devyse with in it selfe or that y â— worke shulde saye to hyr master Make me not and as thoghe y â— potte shulde reporte vpon hyrpotter that he vnderstandeth not See ye not now therfore to be euen at hande that Libanus shal be turned into Charmelum and Charmelus shal be rekened amonge y â— wodes Even then shal the deffe vnderstande the wordes of the boke and the eyes of the blynde the derke clowde taken a waye shal receyue lyghte And y â— oppressed shal celebrate a glad daye to y â— lorde the nedyons shal reioyse in hym that maketh holye Israel For these violente tyrauntes shal be consumed and these wylye mockinge hypocrytes shall perish And these that are so bente vpon myschefe to leade men into sinne for the noonce goinge a bought to supplante y â— reprover that sitteth in iugement thorow lyes lead the rightwyse into a contrarye pathe shal be kutof Wherfore thus saith the lorde the saviow r of Abraham vnto the house of Iacob Let not Iacob now be ashamed neth r chaÌ„ge his chere when he seithe even them also whom my handes haue made to be emonge his chylderne to sanctifye my name ye to sanctifye hym that maketh holy Iacob to worshipe y â— god of Israel Which geÌ„tyls lately erred but now haue they the spyrit of vnderstanding which before were barbarouse aÌ„d fyerce but nowe ar they tamed and learned the lawe Chap. xxx Fyghe vpon these vnnatural chylderne goiÌ„g oute of kynde saith the lorde which dare make a counsel with oute my counsel and weaue a web nothinge aftyr my mynde to heape synne vpon synne For they goforth to descende into Egypte and asked not my mouthe trustinge to Pharaos strength and in the shadewe os the Egypcions but Pharaos helpe shal be turned into yower confusion and the confidence y t ye haue in the protection of y â— EgyptioÌ„s shal turne ye to ignominye yow r princes were in Zoana yower Ambassiatours came to Hanesam But yet shall ye be all ashamed of y â— people that maye not helpe yowe for they shal nether brynge yow helpe nor ayed but shal bringe yowe into confusion and opprobrye yower beastes wente laden by the sowth waye ye thorow a region ful of perel and feare be cause of lyons and lyonesses kocketryces and swyfte fleyng dragons laye there yower mules were laden vpon their shulders with yower tresure Camels bore vpon their bunchedbackes yow r ryche presentes to people vnalbe to helpe yowe For ful vayne and vnprofytable shal be the Egypcions helpe wherfore I kryed vpon yow on this maner let yow r prowde audacite ceasse And nowe therfore go wryte this thinge in their owne tables aÌ„d recorde it in a boke to endwer into a perpetual testimonye to their posterite For this people is stowrdie they ar false chylderne chylderne that loue not to heare the lawe of the Lorde Whiche dare saye to the prophetes kare ye not for vs and also to the seinge men tell not vs of thinges to come but preach vs pleasaunte thinges loke vs oute deceytes