Job 20 Cross References - Great

¹ Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde. ² For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere. And why? my mynde is ready within me. ³ I haue sufficiently herde thy checking and reprofe, therfore am I purposed to make answere after myne vnderstandynge. ⁴ Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynnyng (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth) ⁵ the gladnes of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklynge of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnified vp to the heauen, so that his head reacheth vnto the cloudes: ⁷ yet at a turne he perisheth for euer. Insomoch that they which haue sene hym, shall saye. Where is he? ⁸ He shall vanysh as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, and shall passe awaye as a vision in the nyght. ⁹ So that the eye which sawe hym before, shall haue nomore syght of hym, and hys place shall knowe hym nomore. ¹⁰ Hys chyldren shall be fayne to agree with the poore, and his handes shall restore them their goodes. ¹¹ From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth. ¹² When wyckednesse, was swete in his mouth, he hid it vnder hys tonge. ¹³ That he fauoured, that wolde he not forsake, but kepte it close in his throte. ¹⁴ The breade that he dyd eate, is turned to the poyson of serpentes, within his body. ¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoured, shall he perbrake agayne, for God shall drawe them out of his bely, ¹⁶ he shal sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tonge shall slaye hym: ¹⁷ so that he shall nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter. ¹⁸ The thing that other men haue laboured for, shall he restore agayne, and shall not eate it vp. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite. ²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde. ²³ For though the wycked haue neuer somoch to fyll his bely, yet God shall sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his indignacyon to raygne ouer him: ²⁴ so that yf he fle the yron weapens, he shall be shott wt the stele bowe. ²⁵ The arowe is taken forth, and gone out of the quyuer, & a glystering sweard thorowe the gall of him, feare shall come vpon hym. ²⁶ There shall no darcknes be able to hyde him An vnkyndled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in hys house, it shall be destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shall declare hys wyckednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst him. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken awaye and peryshe in the daye of the Lordes wrath. ²⁹ This is the porcyon that the wycked man shall haue of God, and the herytage that he maye loke for of God. because of his wordes.

¹¹ Now when Iobs frendes hearde of all the trouble, that happened vnto hym, there came thre of them, euery one from hys awne place: namely, Eliphas the Themanite, Bildad the Suhite, & Zophad the Naamathite. And they were agreed together to come, to shewe their compassion vpon him, and to comforte hym.

¹ Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde:

⁹ So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bildad the Suhite & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordyng as the Lord commaunded them, The Lord also accepted the personne of Iob,

² Yf we begynne to commen with the, wylt thou be discontent? but who can withhold him selfe from speakinge?

¹⁹ What is he, that wil go to lawe with me? that I maye nowe holde my tonge, and dye.

³ I haue sufficiently herde thy checking and reprofe, therfore am I purposed to make answere after myne vnderstandynge.

¹³ lest ye shulde saye. We haue founde out wysdome: God shall cast hym downe, and no man. ¹⁴ He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wyll not answere hym as ye haue done ¹⁵ (for they were so abasshed, that they coulde not make answere, nor speake one worde) ¹⁶ but in so moche as ye wyll not speake, standynge styll lyke domme men, and makynge no answere: ¹⁷ I haue a good hope for my parte to shape hym an answere, and to shewe him my meanynge: ¹⁸ For I am full of wordes, and the sprete that is within me, compelleth me. ¹⁹ Beholde, my belly is as the wyne, which hath no vente, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder. ²⁰ Therfore will I speake that I may haue a vente: I will open my lyppes, & make answere.

²² Thou shalt hyde them priuely by thine awne presence from the prouokinges of all men: thou shalt kepe them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the stryfe of tonges.

² I will kepe my mouth (as it were wt a brile) while the vngodly is in my sight. ³ I helde my tonge, & spake nothinge, I kepte sylence yee, euen from good wordes, but it was payne & grefe to me.

¹¹ I sayd in my hast: All men are lyers.

²⁹ He that is pacient, hath muche vnderstandyng: but he that is soone displeased, prouoketh folyshnesse.

²⁰ Yf thou seest a man that is hastye to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then hym.

⁹ Be not hastely angrie in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

⁹ Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not to speake of him, ner to preache eny more in his name. But the worde of the Lorde was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in my bones, whiche when I wolde haue stopped, I myght not.

²⁵ And she cam in streyght waye wyth haste vnto the kynge, & asked, sayinge: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the heed, of Iohn Baptyst.

² For I beare them recorde, that they haue a feruent mynde to God warde, but not according to knowledge.

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

³ Lo ten tymes haue ye reproued me: and are not a shamed, for to laugh me so to scorne:

²⁹ But be warre of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe auenged of wyckednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgement.

² For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere. And why? my mynde is ready within me.

¹¹ I wyll teach you in the name of God, and the thinge that I haue of the Almyghtie, will I not kepe from you,

³ My hert doth ordre my wordes a ryght, and my lyppes talke of pure wysdome.

³ My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandyng.

² I wyll open my mouth in a parable, I wyll declare hard sentences of olde. ³ Whych we haue herde and knowne, and soche as oure fathers haue tolde vs. ⁴ That we shulde not hyde them from the chyldren of the generacyons to come: but to shewe the honour of the Lorde, hys might, and wonderfull workes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe which he commaunded oure forefathers to teache their children.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God sayd vnto them: Growe and increace and replenyshe the erth, and subdue it: and haue dominion of the fish of the see, and foule of the aire: and of euery lyuing thyng that moueth vpon the earth.

¹ And God blessed Noah & his sonnes, and sayde vnto them: brynge ye forth frute and multiplye, and replenyshe the earth. ² The feare of you and the drede of you shalbe vpon euery beast of the erth, and vpon euery foule of the ayre, in all such as the earth bryngeth forth, and in all the fyshes of the see. Into your hande are they delyuered. ³ Euery thynge that moueth it selfe, and that lyueth, shalbe meate for you: Euen as the grene herbe haue I geuen you all thinges.

⁸ Enquere (I praye the) of them that haue bene before the, and search diligently amonge theyr fathers. ⁹ For we are but of yesterdaye, and consydre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are but a very shadowe.

¹⁰ With vs are both olde and aged men, yee, soch as haue lyued longer then thy father.

⁷ For I thought thus within my selfe. It becommeth olde men to speake, and the aged to teach wysdome.

¹⁶ All the whole heauens are the Lordes, the earth hath he geuen vnto the children of men.

⁹ The enemye sayd: I wyll folowe on them: I will ouertake them, I will deuyde the spoyle, I wyll satisfye my lust vpon them, I wyll drawe my sweard, myne hande shall destroye them. ¹⁰ Thou blewdest wt thy wynde, the see couered them, they sancke as leed in the mightye waters.

²¹ But the Philistines toke hym, and put oute his eyes, & brought hym downe to Azath, and bounde hym with two fetters of brasse. And he dyd grynde in the preson house, ²² howbeit the heare of hys head beganne to growe agayne after that he was shauen. ²³ Then the lordes of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a solempne offrynge vnto Dagon theyr God, and to reioyse: for they sayde, oure God hath delyuered Samson oure enemy into oure handes. ²⁴ And when the people sawe hym, they praysed theyr God: for they sayde: our God hath delyuered into oure handes oure enemy, and destroyer of oure countreye, whych slue manye of vs. ²⁵ And when theyr hertes were merye, it fortuned, that they sayde: sende for Samson, that he maye make vs laugh. And they fette Samson oute of the preson house, and he played before them, and they set hym betwene the pyllers. ²⁶ And Samson sayd vnto the ladd that leed him by the hand: sett me that I maye touche the pyllers, that the house stande vpon, and that I maye leane to them. ²⁷ And the house was full of men & women. And there were all the lordes of the Philistines. And there were vpon the roufe a thre thousande men and wemen, that behelde whyle Samson played. ²⁸ And Samson called vnto the Lord, and sayde: O Lorde God, thyncke vpon me, and strengthen me, at thys tyme onlye, O God, that I maye be aduenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. ²⁹ And Samson caught the two middel pillers on which the house stode, and on which it was borne vp, the one in hys ryght hande, and the other in hys lefte, ³⁰ and sayde: my soule shall dye with the Philistines, and bowed them with all hys myghte. And the house fell vpon the lordes and vpon all the people that were therin. And so the deed which he slewe at hys deeth, were moo then they whych he slewe in hys lyfe.

¹¹ and Haman tolde them of the glory of his ryches, and the multitude of his children, & all together howe the kyng had promoted him so greatly and howe that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kyng. ¹² Haman sayd moreouer: Yee & Esther the quene dyd let no man come in with the kyng vnto the bancket that she had prepared, excepte me, & tomorow am I bidden vnto her also with the kyng.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

³ I haue sene my selfe, when the folysh was depe roted, and sodenly. I cursed hys habitacyon.

¹² No: but (or euer it be shot forth, & or euer it be gathered) it withered, before eny other herbe. ¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrites hope come to naught.

¹⁹ Lo, thus is it with him, that reioyseth in his awne doynges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth.

²⁹ He shall not be riche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earthe. ³⁰ He shall neuer come oute of darcknesse, the flame shall drye vp hys braunches: with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye. ³¹ He beleueth not that he is in vanyte, and yet he is out of the waye, and vanyte shalbe hys recompence. ³² He shall perysh, afore hys tyme be worne out, and hys braunche shall not be grene. ³³ He shalbe pluckt of as an vntymely grape from the vyne, & shall lett his floure fall, as the olyue doth. ³⁴ For the congregacyyon of ypocrites shalbe desolate and vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of soch as are gredy to receaue giftes.

⁵ Yee, the light of the vngodly shall be put out? and the sparke of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

⁸ For what hope hath the ypocryte though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre?

¹³ sayenge. This is the porcion that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tyrauntes shall receaue of the Almyghtie. ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shall dye and be buried, and no man shall haue pitye of hys wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a boothe that the watch man maketh. ¹⁹ When the ryche man dyeth, he carieth nothynge with him: he is gone in the twyncklinge of an eye and hath nothynge. ²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpon him as a water floude, & the tempest stealeth him awaye in the nyght season. ²¹ A vehement east winde caryeth hym hence, and departeth, a storme plucketh hym oute of his place. ²² It russheth in vpon him, and spareth hym not, he maye not escape from the power therof. ²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yee, & ieast of hym when they loke vpon his place.

³⁵ Hope thou in the Lord, and kepe his waye, & he shal promote the, that thou shalt possesse the lande: when the vngodly shal perishe, thou shalt se it. ³⁶ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree:

¹⁸ Namely, how thou dost sett them in slyppery places, and castest them downe and destroyest them. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee, euen like as a dreame when one a waketh, so shalt thou make theyr ymage to vanysh out of the cyte.

²¹ Not euery one that sayth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.

²⁰ But he that receaued the sede which was cast into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioye receaueth it, ²¹ yet hath he no rote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for whan tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth because of the worde, by and by he falleth.

²² And the people gaue a showte, sayinge: it is the voyce of a God & not of a man. ²³ And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the honour, and he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the ghost.

⁴ Let euery man proue his awne worke, and then shall he haue reioysinge onelye in hys awne selfe, & not in another.

¹⁶ But now ye reioyce in your boastynges. All soch reioysynge is euyll.

⁴ And they sayde: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heauen: & let vs make vs a name, lest haply we be scatred abrode in to the vpper face of the whole erth.

¹³ For thou saydest in thyne herte: I will clyme vp into heauen, & exalte my throne aboue besyde the starres of God, I will syt also vpon the holy mount towarde the North, ¹⁴ I will clyme vp aboue the cloudes, and wylbe lyke the hyghest of al.

¹¹ which was very hye, greate and myghtye: the heyght reached vnto the heauen, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:

²² Euen thou (O kynge) art the tre, greate and stronge. Thy greatnes increaceth, & reacheth vnto the heauen, so doth thy power to the endes of the earth.

² Though they were buryed in the hell, my hande shall fetch them from thence: though they clyme vp to heauen, yet shall I cast them downe:

³ The pryde of thyne herte hath lyft the vp thou that dwellest in the stronge holdes of stone, & hast made the an hye seate: Thou sayest in thyne hert: who shall cast me downe to the grounde? ⁴ But though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, and madest thy nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe from thence.

²³ And thou Capernaum, which art lyft vp vnto heuen, shalt be brought downe to hell. For yf the miracles which haue bene done in the, had bene shewed in Zodom: they had remayned vntill this daye.

¹⁰ I wyll brynge euell vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wyll rote out from Ieroboam euen hym that pysseth agaynste the wall and hym that is in preson and forsaken in Israel, and wyll take awaye the remnaunt of the house of Ieroboam, as a man taketh awaye donge, tyll he hath caryed out all.

³⁷ And so the carkas of Iezabel was euen as donge vpon the earth, in the felde of Iezrahel: so that no man myght saye: Thys was Iezabel.

²⁰ They shalbe smitten from the mornynge vnto the euenyng: yee, they shall perysh for euer, when no man thincketh theron.

¹⁰ ner turne agayne into hys house nether shall hys place knowe hym eny more.

¹⁸ But yf it be taken out of hys place, euery man denyeth it, sayenge: I knowe the not.

¹⁰ But as for man, when he is dead, perisshed and consumed awaye, what becommeth of hym?

¹⁰ Whych peryshed at Endor, and became as the donge of the earth.

² & layed agaynst the Sunne, the Moone & all the heauenly hoost: whom they loued, whom they serued, whom they ranne after, whom they sought and worshypped. They shall nether be gathered together ner buryed, but shall lye as donge vpon the earth, to theyr shame and despysynge.

¹⁸ they shall dryue him from the light into darcknesse, and cast him cleane out of the worlde.

¹⁰ He rode vpon the cherubins, & dyd flye: he came flying vpon the wynges of the wynde.

²⁰ Yee, euen like as a dreame when one a waketh, so shalt thou make theyr ymage to vanysh out of the cyte.

⁵ As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly lyke the grasse,

⁷ And the multitude of all nations that fyght agaynst Ariel, shalbe as a dreame sene by night: euen so shall all they be that make warre agaynst it, and stronge holdes to ouercome it, and that laie eny sege vnto it. ⁸ In conclusion, it shalbe euen as when an hongry man dreameth that he is eating, and when he awaketh, hys soule is emptye. Or as when a thurstye man dreameth that he is drincking: and when he awaketh, he is yet faynt: and his soule lacketh the appetite. Euen so shalbe the multitude of all nations that fyght agaynst Syon.

⁸ yee, & that none other mens eye shall se me eny more. For yf thou fasten thyne eye vpon me, I come to naught.

⁷ yet at a turne he perisheth for euer. Insomoch that they which haue sene hym, shall saye. Where is he?

³ My lyppes shal talke of no vanyte, and my tonge shall speake no dysceate,

¹⁰ Yet a lytle whyle, & the vngodly shalbe clene gone: thou shalt loke after hys place, & he shalbe awaye.

³⁶ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree:

¹⁵ The dayes of man are but as grasse, for he florisheth as a floure of the felde. ¹⁶ For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it is gone, and the place therof shall knowe it nomore.

² If thou wilt not let them go, and wylt holde them styll,

³⁶ And the Lorde gaue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egippcians: so that they graunted soch thinges as they required. And they robbed the Egypcians.

¹ If a man steale an oxe or shepe and kylle it or selle it, he shall restore fyue oxen for an oxe, and foure shepe for a shepe.

³ but yf the sonne be vp when he is founde, then there shalbe bloude shede for hym. A thefe shall make restitucyon: If he haue not wherwith, he shalbe solde for his thefte.

⁶ He shall restore the lambe twyse foure folde, because he dyd thys thynge, and had no pitye.

⁴ Hys chyldren were without prosperite, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to delyuer them.

¹⁸ The thing that other men haue laboured for, shall he restore agayne, and shall not eate it vp. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them.

¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money.

¹⁰ Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure.

³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as moche, or els he maketh recompense with all the good of hys house.

³ One poore man oppressynge another by violence, is lyke a continuall rayne that destroyeth the frute.

⁸ And Zache stode forth, and sayd vnto the Lorde: beholde Lorde, the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore: and yf I haue done eny man wronge, I restore him foure folde.

²⁶ for thou layest sharpely to my charge, and punysshest me for the synnes of my youth.

²⁰ My bone hangeth to my skynne and my flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth.

²⁶ They shall slepe both a lyke in the earth, & the wormes shall couer them.

⁷ Oh remembre not the synnes & offences of my youth, but accordynge vnto thy mercy thynke thou vpon me (O Lord) for thy goodnesse.

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and lusty greane youth) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped. ²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for hys greate folyshnesse he shall go astraye.

³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death.

¹³ In thy fylthynes euen in thy myscheuous dedes, thou dost contynue & because thy fylthynesse is abhominable, for I haue clensed the, but thou art not clensed. Thou shalt not be pourged from thyne vnclennesse, tyll I haue powred my wrothful indygnacion vpon the.

²⁷ Shulde not they then lye also amonge the worthyes, & vncircumcised Gyauntes? which with their weapens are gone downe to hell whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades, whose wyckednesse is vpon their bones: because that as worthyes, they haue brought feare into the lande of the lyuing

²¹ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, & ye shall seke me, & shall dye in youre synnes. Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

²⁴ I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes.

²⁵ that he maye take the roume of thys ministracyon and Apostleshypp, from which Iudas by transgressyon fell, that he myght go to hys awne place.

⁶ And so the woman (seyng that the same tre was good to eate, and lusty to the eyes, & that the same tre was pleasaunt to get wisdome) toke of the frute therof, and dyd eate: and gaue vnto her husband beynge with her, which dyd eate also.

¹⁶ Howe moch more then an abhomynable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water?

⁷ He sytteth lurkinge in the theuish corners of the stretes, & priuely in his lurkynge dennes doth he murthur the innocent: his eyes are set agaynst the poore.

¹⁷ He clothed him self with cursyng lyke as with a rayment: & it shall come in to his bowels lyke water, and lyke oyle in to hys bones. ¹⁸ Lett it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is allwaye gyrded wt all.

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, and the bread that is preuely eaten, hath a good taste. ¹⁸ And he doth not consydre, that they are but deed which be there, and that her gestes are in the depe of hell.

¹⁷ Euery man lyketh the breed that is gotten with disceate: but at the last hys mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and let thyne hert be mery in thy yong dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne awne herte, & the lust of thine eyes but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thynges.

¹⁸ And saye thou vnto the people: be halowed agaynst tomorowe, and ye shall eate flesh: for your whyning is in the eares of the Lorde, seing ye sayd: who shall geue vs flesh to eate? we were happye in Egipt: therfore the Lorde wyll geue you flesh, and ye shall eate. ¹⁹ Ye shall not eate one daye nor two, nor fyue dayes, neyther ten, nor twentye dayes: ²⁰ but euen a moneth longe, vntyll it come out at the nastrels of you: and make you to parbrake, because that ye haue cast the Lorde asyde which is amonge you: and haue wepte before hym, saying: why came we thus oute of Egipte?

²⁹ Yf thy ryght eye hynder the, plucke hym out, and cast hym from the. For better it is vnto the, that one of thy membres perysshe, then that thy whole body shuld be cast into hell. ³⁰ And yf thy ryght hande hynder the, cutt hym of, and cast hym from the. For better it is vnto the, that one of thy membres perysshe, then that all thy body shulde be cast into hell.

⁴³ Wherfore yf thy hande hynder the, cut it of. It is beter for the, to entre into lyfe maymed, then (hauynge two handes) to go into hell, into fyre that neuer shalbe quenched, ⁴⁴ where theyr worme dyeth not, and the fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁵ And yf thy fote be a hynderaunce vnto the, cut it of. It is better for the to go halt into lyfe, then (hauynge two fete) to be cast into hell, into fyre that neuer shalbe quenched: ⁴⁶ where theyr worme dyeth not, and the fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁷ And yf thyne eye hinder the plucke it out. It is better for the to go into the kyngedome of God wyth one eye, then (hauynge two eyes) to be cast into hell fyre: ⁴⁸ where theyr worme dyeth not, and the fyre goeth not out. ⁴⁹ Euery man shalbe salted wyth fyre. And euery sacrifyce shalbe seasoned with salt.

¹³ to lyue after the fleshe. For yf ye lyue after the fleshe, ye shal dye. But yf ye (thorowe the sprete) do mortyfye the dedes of the body, ye shall lyue.

²⁴ They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed wt heate, and with bytter destruccion: I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the furiousnes of serpentes in the dust.

² And it chaunced in an euenynge, that Dauid arose out of hys bed, and walked vpon the roufe of the kynges palace, and from the roufe he sawe a woman wasshynge her selfe: and the woman was very bewtyfull to loke vpon. ³ And he sent to enquyre what woman it shuld be, sayenge: is it not Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite? ⁴ And dauid sent messengers, and fett her. And she came in vnto hym & he laye wyth her. And she was purifyed from her vnclennesse, and returned vnto her house. ⁵ And the woman conceaued, & sent and tolde Dauid, & sayd: I am wyth chylde.

¹⁰ Nowe therfore, the swerde shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite, to be thy wife. ¹¹ Wherfore thus sayth the Lorde: beholde, I wyll stere vp euell agaynst the, euen out of thyne awne house, & wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghboure, and he shall lye wyth thy wyues in the syght of the sonne.

¹⁶ he shal sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tonge shall slaye hym:

³ For whyle I helde my tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complayninge. ⁴ For thy hande is heuy vpon me daye and nyght, and my moysture is lyke the drouth in Sommer. Sela.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid for remembraunce. Put me not to rebuke (O Lord) in thine anger: nether chasten me in thy heuy displeasure. ² For thyne arowes styck fast in me, and thy hande presseth me fore. ³ There is no health in my flessh, because of thy displeasure: nether is there anye rest in my bones, by reason of my synne. ⁴ For my wyckednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are lyke a sore burthen, to heuy for me to beare. ⁵ My woundes styncke and are corrupt, thorowe my folyshnesse. ⁶ I ambrought in to so greate trouble & misery, that I go mournynge all the daye longe. ⁷ For my loynes are fylled with a sore disease, & there is no whole parte in my body. ⁸ I am feble & sore smytten, I haue roared for the very disquyetnes of my hert.

⁸ Thou shalt make me heare of ioye and gladnesse, that the bones whych thou hast broken, maye reioyse. ⁹ Turne thy face from my synnes, & put out all my mysdedes.

³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions:

²⁰ Kepe no company wt wyne bybbers & ryotous eaters of flesh: ²¹ for soch as be dronckardes & ryotous shall come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shall go wt a ragged coate.

²⁹ Who hath wo? Who hath sorow? Who hath strife? Who hath brauling? & who hath woundes without cause Or who hath reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen they that be euer at the wyne, & seke excesse. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redd it is, & what a colour it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shall thine eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, & thyne herte shall muse vpon frowarde thynges. ³⁴ Yee, thou shalt be as though thou layest in the myddest of the see, or sleptest vpon the toppe of the mast of a shippe. ³⁵ They wouded me (shalt thou saye) but it hath not hurte me: they haue all to broken me, but I felt it not. Whan I am well wakened, I will go to the drincke againe.

¹⁹ Thyne awne wickednesse shall reproue the, & thy turnynge awaye shall condemne the: that thou mayest knowe & vnderstande: howe euell and hurtfull a thynge it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, & not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

² yf ye wyll not heare it, ner regard it, to geue the glory vnto my name, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, I will sende a curse vpon you, & will curse youre blessynges: yee curse them wyll I yf ye do not take hede.

¹³ Theyr throte is an open sepulcre, with theyr tounges they haue disceaued: the poyson of aspes is vnder theyr lyppes.

⁸ Yee, the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbrake & lese those swete wordes.

³ Then Iudas (which had betrayed him) seyng that he was condempned, repented him selfe, and brought agayne the thirtye plates of syluer, to the chefe Prestes and elders, ⁴ sayinge: I haue synned, betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayd: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.

⁶ The heauy burthen of the beastes of the south in a lande of trouble and anguysshe, from whence shall come the yonge and olde lion, the vyper and fyrye serpent that flyeth agaynste them that vpon coltes beare theyr riches, and vpon camels their treasures, to a people that can do them no good.

⁷ But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to hys baptyme, he sayd vnto them: O generacion of vypers, who hath taught you to fle from the vengeaunce to come?

³ And when Paul had gathered a bondell of styckes, and layde them on the fyre, ther came a vyper out of the heat, & caught hym by the hande. ⁴ When the straungers sawe the beast hange on hys hande, they sayde amonge them selues: no doute thys man is a mortherer: Whom (though he haue escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue. ⁵ And he shouke of the vyper into the fyre, and felt no harme. ⁶ Howbeit they wayted when he shulde haue swolne, or fallen downe deed sodenly. But after they had loked a greate whyle, and sawe no harme come to hym, they chaunged theyr myndes, and sayde that he was a God.

²³ shall not se the lande which I sware vnto their fathers: nether shall any of them that prouoked me se it.

¹³ He caried him vp to an hye lande, that he myght eate the encrease of the feldes, And he fedd him wyth honye out of the rocke, and with oyle out of the most harde stone. ¹⁴ Wyth butter of kyne, & mylcke of the shepe, wyth fat of the lambes and of fat rammes and he goates, with the fat of most plenteous wheate: and that thou myghtest drynke the most pure bloude of the grape.

²⁹ butter, shepe and chese of kyene, for Dauid and all the people that were with him, to eate. For they sayd: The people is hongrye, weerye, and thyrstye in the wyldernesse.

² Then a certayne Lorde (on whose hand the kynge leaned) answered the man of God, and sayde: beholde, yf the Lorde wolde make wyndowes in heuen, myghte this sayinge come to passe? He sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it wt thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.

⁶ when my wayes ranne ouer with butter, and when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle:

⁸ They shalbe satisfyed with the plenteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt geue them dryncke of thy pleasures, as out of the ryuer. ⁹ For with the is the well of lyfe, and in thy lyght, shall we se lyght.

¹⁶ The haters of the Lorde shulde haue bene founde lyars, but their tyme shulde haue endured for euer. He shuld haue fed them also wyth the fynest wheate floure, and with hony out of the stony roke shulde I haue satisfyed the.

¹⁵ Butter and hony shall he eate, that he maye knowe to refuse the euell, and chose the good.

²² Then, because of the aboundaunce of mylck, he shall make butter & eate it. So that euery one which remayneth in the lande, shall eate butter and hony.

¹⁷ When the thyrsty and poore seke water & fynde none, and when theyr tonge is drye of thyrst. I geue it them sayth the Lorde. I the God of Israel forsake them not.

⁶ He shall be lyke the heath, that groweth in the wyldernes. As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not se it: but dwel in a drye place of the wyldernes, in a salt and vnoccupyed lande. ⁷ O blessed is the man, that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is the Lorde him selfe. ⁸ For he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water syde: whyche spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate cannot harme, when it commeth, but his leaffe shalbe grene. And though there growe but lytle frute because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to brynge forth frute.

²⁴ and he cryed and sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am tormented in this flame.

¹ And he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe, clere as Crystall: procedynge out of the seate of God, and the lambe.

⁵ the gladnes of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklynge of an eye?

¹⁰ Hys chyldren shall be fayne to agree with the poore, and his handes shall restore them their goodes.

¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoured, shall he perbrake agayne, for God shall drawe them out of his bely,

²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche?

²⁹ Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or was I euer glad, that any harme happened vnto him? Oh no.

¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt.

⁷ The wyne faileth: the vyne hath no myght, all they that haue bene mery of hart, are come to mournyng. ⁸ The myrth of tabrettes is layed downe, the noyse of such as haue made mery, is ceassed, the ioye at the herpe is at an ende. ⁹ They shall drynke nomore wyne wt myrth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drynke it. ¹⁰ The citye of vanite is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that noman maye come in. ¹¹ In the stretes is there a cryeng because of wyne, all chere is vanished awaye, the myrth of the worlde is gone,

¹⁵ What parte hath my beloued in my house, seinge he hathe worked abominacion seruynge many goddes? The holy fleash offringes in the temple ar goone from the O Iuda, and thou when thou hast done euell makest thy boast of ytt. ¹⁶ The Lorde called the a grene olyue tre, a fayre one, a frutefull one, a goodly one: but with greate clamor hath the enemy sett fyre vppon it and the branches of yt are destroyed.

¹³ Wo worth him, that buyldeth hys house with vnrighteousnes, and his parlers with the good that he hath gotten by vyolence: which neuer recompenseth his neyghbours laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.

¹⁷ Neuertheles, as for thyne eyes and thyne herte, they loke vpon coueteousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge & violence.

³⁴ Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon hath deuoured & destroyed me, he hath made me an empty vessell. He swalowed me vp lyke a dragon, and fylled his bely with my delycates: he hath cast me oute,

⁴⁴ Moreouer, I wyll viset Bel at Babylon: and the thynge that he hath swalowed vp, that same shall I plucke out of hys mouth. The Gentyls also shall runne nomore vnto hym, yee, and the walles of Babylon shall fall.

¹⁶ All thyne enemies gape vpon the: whysperinge and bytinge their teth, saying: let vs deuoure, for the tyme that we loked for, is come: we haue founde and sene it.

¹² The tyme commeth, the daye draweth nye: Who so byeth, lett him not reioyce: he that selleth, let hym not be sory: for why. Trouble shall come in the myddest of them all:

⁷ They haue sowne wynde, therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shall beare no corne, there shall no meale be made of theyr increase: though they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp. ⁸ Israel shall perish, the Gentiles shall intreate him as a foule vessell.

¹ Do not thou triumphe, O Israel, make no boastynge ouer ioyouse thynges as do the Heathen, for thou hast commytted aduoutry agaynst thy God: whoryshe rewardes hast thou loued, more then all the cornestores.

⁴ Heare thys, O ye that oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in the lande, saying:

¹³ Wo vnto you Scribes & Pharises, ye ypocrites, for ye shutt vp the kyngdome of heauen before men ye nether go in your selues, nether suffre ye them that come, to enter in.

²⁴ ye blynde gydes, which strayne out agnat, & swalowe a Camell.

⁸ Drawe nye to God, and he will drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye siners, & pourge your hertes ye waueryng mynded. ⁹ Suffre afflictions & mourne, & wepe. Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, & youre ioye to heuynes.

³³ The frute of thy lande and all thy laboures shall a nacion whych thou knowest not, eate, & thou shalt continually suffre violence onely, and be oppressed alwaye:

³ Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lorde and before hys anoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose Asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any brybe, to blynde myne eyes therwyth? & I wyll restore it you agayne. ⁴ They sayde: thou hast done vs no wronge, nor hurt vs, nether hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande.

¹⁹ And therfore shalt thou saye vnto him thus sayth the Lorde: hast thou kylled, & gotten possession? And thou shalt speake vnto him sayeng: thus sayth the Lorde in the place where dogges lycked the bloud of Naboth, shall dogges licke euen thy bloud also.

¹⁵ Other men shal dwell in his house (but shalbe none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacyon.

²⁷ Beholde, I knowe what ye thincke, yee, and the sotiltye that ye ymagyn agaynst me. ²⁸ For ye saye: where is the princes palace? and where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

⁶ For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothinge:

² For some men there be, that remoue other mens landemarkes: that robbe them of their catell, and kepe the same for theyr awne: ³ that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse: that take the wyddowes oxe for a pledge: ⁴ that thrust the poore out of the waye, and oppresse the simple of the worlde together. ⁵ Beholde, euen as the wylde asses in the deserte goo they forth to their worke, and ryse by tymes to spoyle: Yee the very wyldernesse ministreth foode for their chyldren. ⁶ They reape the corne felde that is not their awne: and let the vyneyarde of the vngodly alone. ⁷ They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare, hauinge no clothes to couer them and to kepe them from colde: ⁸ So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them, & they be all wett, they haue none other succoure, but to kepe them amonge the rockes. ⁹ They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse childe, and take the pledge from the poore. ¹⁰ In somoch that they let him go naked without clothing, and haue taken awaye the sheafe of the hungrie. ¹¹ The poore are fayne to laboure in their oyle milles, yee, and to treade in theyr wyne presses, and yet to suffre thyrst. ¹² The men of the cytie crieth vnto the Lorde with sything, the soules of the slayue also make theyr complainte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyfte vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yee, in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctorite: ²² then let myne arme fall fro my shulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes.

³⁸ But yf case be that my lande crye agaynst me, or that the forowes therof make any complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued any of the plowmen:

⁹ there is a greate cry and complaynte made by them that are oppressed wyth vyolence, yee, euery man complayneth vpon the crueltye of tyrauntes.

¹⁸ To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto theyr right: that the man of the erthe be no more exalted agaynst them.

⁵ Nowe for the comforles troubles sake of the neadye, & because of the deape fyghthing of the poore, I will vp (sayeth the Lorde) and wyll helpe euery one, from hym that swelleth agaynst hym, and wyll set them at rest.

³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but whoso hath pytie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

²² Se that thou robbe not the poore, because he is weake, & oppresse not the simple in iudgment: ²³ for the Lord him selfe will defende their cause, & do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

¹ So I turned me, & considred all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne, & beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, & there was no man to conforte them, or that wolde delyuer & defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the ryght of the lawe is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at soch a thyng, for one greate man kepeth touch with another, & the myghtie men are in auctorite ouer the pore.

⁷ As for the vyneyarde of the Lord of hostes it is the house of Israel, and whole Iuda hys fayre planting. Of these he loked for equite, but se there is wrong: for ryghteousnesse, lo, It is but mysery. ⁸ Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, & bring one lande so nygh vnto another, that the poore can get no more grounde, & that ye maye dwel vpon the earth alone.

³⁴ To treade all the presoners of the earth vnder his fete.

²⁹ The people in the lande vseth wycked extorcyon & robbery. They vexe the poore & nedye and oppresse the straunger agaynst ryght.

¹ O heare thys worde ye fat kyne, that be vpon the hyll of Samaria: ye that do poore men wronge, and oppresse the nedy: ye that saye to your lordes: brynge hyther, let vs drinke. ² Therfore, the Lorde hath sworne by hys holynes: The dayes shall come vpon you, that the enemyes shall cary you away in shyppes, & your posterite shalbe caryed awaye vpon fyshers hokes. ³ Ye shall get you out at the gappes one after another, euen the kynges palace shall you ouer throwe, to make awaye to escape, sayeth the Lorde.

² When they couet to haue lande, they take it by vyolence, they robbe men of theyr houses. Thus they oppresse a man for his house & euery man for his herytage.

⁹ the wemen of my people haue ye shut out from their good houses, & taken awaye my excellent gyftes from theyr children.

⁶ But ye haue despysed the poore. Do not rych men execute tyrannye vpon you, and draw you before the iudgement seates.

¹³ For he shal haue iudgement without mercy that sheweth no mercy: and mercy reioyseth agaynst iudgement.

⁴ Beholde the hyre of labourers which haue reaped downe youre feldes (which hyre is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: & the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred in to the eares of the Lord Sabaoth.

¹³ Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the sunne (namely) ryches kepte to the hurte of him that hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft tymes they perysh with his greate misery & trouble: & yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

²⁰ But the wycked are lyke the ragynge see, that cannot rest, whose water fometh wyth the myre & grauel. ²¹ Euen so the wycked haue no peace, sayeth God.

²⁹ He shall not be riche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earthe.

¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his dwellinges.

¹¹ The partriche maketh a nest of egges, whych she layde not. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghteouslye. In the myddest of his lyfe must he leaue them behynde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

²⁴ and he cryed and sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, & contrary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed.

² And the Lorde sent vpon him men of warre from amonge the Caldeys, from amonge the Syrians, out of the Moabites, and from the chyldren of Ammon: and sent them agaynst Iuda, to destroye it, accordynge to the sayinge of the Lorde, which he spake by hys seruauntes the prophetes.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in vyolently, and toke them awaye: yee, they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sweard, and I onely ranne my waye, to tell the.

¹⁷ And whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armyes, and fell in vpon the camels, and haue caryed them awaye, yee, and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I onely am gotten awaye, to tell the.

¹⁷ There must the wycked ceasse from theyr tyrannye, and ther soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest:

¹¹ God hath put me in prease with the vngodly, & delyuered me into the handes of the wycked.

⁷ His presumpteous goinges are kepte in, and his awne councell shall cast him downe.

⁵ Lorde, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certyfied howe longe I haue to lyue.

¹⁸ Yee I was weery of all my labour, whych I had taken vnder the Sunne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me: ¹⁹ And who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse man or a fole? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with soch wysdome haue taken vnder the Sunne Thys is also a vayne thyng. ²⁰ So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sunne:

⁶ I shall sende hym amonge those ypocritish people, amonge the people that haue deserued my dysfauoures shall I send hym: that he may vtterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the strete.

⁷ And as moche as she glorifyed her selfe and liued wantanly, so moch powre ye in for her of punysshement and sorowe, for she sayde in her selfe: I syt beynge a quene, & am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe.

²⁴ Than the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome & Gomorra, brymston & fyre from the Lorde out of heauen,

²³ And Moses stretched out his rod vnto heauen: and the Lord thondred and hayled, and the fyrr ran a longe vpon the grounde. And the Lorde so hayled in the lande of Egypt,

³³ And whyle the flesh was yet betwene their teth, and yer it was chewed vp: beholde, the countenaunce of the Lorde was moued agaynst the people, & the Lord slewe the people with an exceadynge great plage.

⁶ Upon the vngodly he shall rayne snares, fyre, and brymstone, storme & tempest: thys shalbe theyr porcyon to dryncke.

³⁰ So they dyd eate, and were well fylled, for he gaue them their awne desyre. They were not disapoynted of their lust. ³¹ But whyle the meate was yet in theyr mouthes: the heuy wrath of God came vpon them, & slewe the welthiest of them, yee, and smote downe, the chosen men that were in Israel.

⁴ My hart panted, fearfulnes came vpon me. The nyght of my volupteousnes hath he turned agaynst me into feare.

¹⁷ and he thought within him selfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I haue no roume where to bestowe my frutes? ¹⁸ And he sayd: This will I do. I will destroye my barnes, and bylde greater, and therin will I gather all my goodes that are growen vnto me: ¹⁹ and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes layd vp in stoore for many yeares, take thyne ease: eate, drincke, be mery. ²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

³⁵ He teacheth my handes to fyght, that euen a bowe of stele is to weake for myne armes.

³⁰ But the rest fled to Aphek into the cytie. And there fell a walle vpon .xxvij. thousand of the men that were lefte. And Benhadad fled, & came into the cytie, from chambre to chambre.

²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowynge that the parell of hys lyfe lyeth ther vpon.

¹⁸ It will come to passe, that whoso escapeth the fearfull noyse, shall fall in to the pytt. And he that commeth vp out of the pytt, shalbe taken wyth the snare. For the wyndowes from an hye are open, and the foundacions of the earth are moued.

⁴³ Feare, pytt & snare shall come vpon the, O Moab, sayeth the Lorde. ⁴⁴ Whoso escapeth the feare, shall fall in the pytte: and who so getteth out of the pyt, shalbe taken in the snare. For I will bring a yeare of visitation vpon Moab, sayth the Lorde.

¹⁹ Yee, lyke as when a man runneth from a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or when he commeth into the house, & leaneth his hande vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.

¹ I sawe the Lorde standynge vpon the aulter, & he sayde: smyte the dore cheke, that the postes maye shake wythall. For theyr couetousnesse shall fall vpon all theyr heades, & theyr posterite shalbe slayne with the swerde. They shall not fle awaye, there shall not one of them escape, ner be delyuered. ² Though they were buryed in the hell, my hande shall fetch them from thence: though they clyme vp to heauen, yet shall I cast them downe: ³ though they hyde them selues vpon the toppe of Carmel, yet shall I seke them out, and brynge them from thence: though they crepe downe fro my syght into the depe of the see, I shall commaunde the serpente, euen there to byte them.

⁴¹ If I whett the edge of my swerde, & myne hande take holde to do iustice, I wyll recompence vengeaunce on myne enemyes, & wyll rewarde them that hate me.

¹⁴ Then sayde Ioab: I may not stande thus taryeng wyth the. And he toke thre speares in his hande, & thrust them thorowe Absalom, while he was yet a lyue on the bodye of the tree.

⁴ For the arowes of the almighty are round about me, whose indygnacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of God are sett agaynst me.

²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccyon.

¹³ His archers compasse me rounde aboute: he wounded my loynes, and doth not spare. My bowels hath he poured vpon the ground.

¹¹ Fearfulnesse shall make him afrayed on euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to get out.

²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpon him as a water floude, & the tempest stealeth him awaye in the nyght season.

¹² God is a ryghtewes iudge, and God is prouoked euery daye. Yf a man will not turne, he wyll whet his swerde: he hath bent his bowe and made it ready.

¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearfull ende?

¹⁵ I am in mysery, & lyke vnto hym that is at the poynt to dye (euen fro my youth vp) thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mynde.

³ The nexte daye folowynge Phashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne. Then sayd Ieremy vnto him. The Lorde shall call the nomore Phashur (that is excellent and increasynge) but Magor (that is fearfull & afrayed) euery where. ⁴ For thus sayeth the Lorde: beholde, I wyll make the afrayed, euen thy selfe, & all that fauoure the: which shall perish with the swearde of their enemies, euen before thy face. And I wyll geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kynge of Babylon, which shal carye some vnto Babylon presoners, & slaye some with the swearde.

¹¹ Seynge then that we knowe, how the Lorde is to be feared, we fare fayre wyth men. For we are knowen well ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.

¹⁸ they shall dryue him from the light into darcknesse, and cast him cleane out of the worlde. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his dwellinges.

⁹ Thou shalt make them lyke a fyrye ouen in tyme of thy wrath: the Lorde shall destroye them in hys displeasure, and the fyre shall consume them.

⁹ Let his children be vagaboundes, & begg their bred: lett them seke it also out of desolate places. ¹⁰ Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure. ¹¹ Let there be no man to petye hym, ner to haue compassyon vpon his fatherlesse chyldren. ¹² Let his posterite be destroyed, and in the next generacyon let hys name be cleane put out. ¹³ Let the wickednesse of hys fathers be had in remembraunce in the syght of the Lorde, and let not the synne of his mother be done awaye. ¹⁴ Let them alwaye be before the Lorde, that he maye rote out the memoriall of them from of the earth. ¹⁵ And that because hys mynde was not to do good, but persecuted the poore helplesse man, that he myght slaye him, that was vexed at the hert

⁴ Euen myghtie & sharpe arowes, wt hote burnynge coales.

²² & beholde, there is trouble and darckenesse, vexacion is rounde aboute hym, and the cloude of erroure. And out of soch aduersite, shal he not escape.

²⁰ and art not buried with them. Euen because that thou hast wasted thy lande, and destroyed thy people The generacyon of the wycked shalbe without honour, for euer. ²¹ Let there a waye be sought to destroye their children, that he in their fathers wyckednes, that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande, and fyll the worlde full of enemyes. ²² I will stande vp agaynst them (sayeth the lord of hostes) & roote out the name & remnaunt sonne, & sonnes sonne of Babylon (sayeth the Lord)

³³ For the fyer of payne is ordeyned from the begynning: yee, euen for kynges is it prepared. Thys hath the Lorde set in the depe, and made it wyde: the burninge wherof is fyer and muche wodde. The breth of the Lorde, which is a ryuer of brymstone, doth kyndle it.

¹² whose fan is in hys hand, & he wyll purge hys floore, & gather his wheat into the barne, but wyll burne the chaffe wt vnquencheable fyre.

¹² but the children of the kyngdome shalbe cast out into vtter darcknes: there shalbe weping and gnasshing of teth.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fomynge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge sterres, to whom is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

²⁸ Gather vnto me all the elders of youre trybes, & youre offycers, that I maye speake these wordes in theyr eares, and call heauen, and erth to recorde agaynst them.

¹⁸ O earth couer not thou my bloude, and let my cryenge fynde no rowme.

²⁰ No not whan thou hast smytten vs in to the place of dragons, and couered vs wyth the shadow of deeth. ²¹ If we haue forgotten the name of oure God, & holden vp our handes to eny straung God. Shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert.

²¹ For lo, the Lorde is commyng out of his place, to viset the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon earth. The earth also shall disclose her awne bloud, and shall nomore hid them that are slayne in her.

²³ because they synned shamefully in Israel. For they haue not onely defiled their neyghbours wyues, but also preached lyinge wordes in my name, which I haue not commaunded them. This I testifye, and assure, sayth the Lorde.

⁵ I wyll come and punyshe you, and I my selfe wyl be a swyfte wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynste the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee, & agaynst those that wrongeously kepe back the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saieth the Lorde of hostes.

² For ther is nothynge couered, that shall not be vncouered: nether hyd, that shall not be knowen. ³ For what thinges ye haue spoken in darknes, shalbe hearde in the light. And that which ye haue spoken into the eare, euen in secrete places, shalbe preached on the toppe of the houses.

¹⁶ at the daye when the Lord shall iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ, accordynge to my Gospell.

⁵ Therfore iudge nothinge before the tyme vntyll the Lorde come, whych wyll lyghten thinges that are hyd in darcknes, and open the counsels of the hertes. And then shall euery man haue prayse of God.

³¹ Thyne oxe shalbe slayne before thyne eyes, and thou shalt not eate therof. Thyne asse shalbe violently taken a waye euen before thy face, and shall not be restored to the agayne. Thy shepe shalbe geuen vnto thine enemyes, and no man shall rescue them.

¹⁷ Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thy house, and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto thys daye shalbe caryed into Babylon, and nothynge shalbe lefte sayth the Lorde.

⁵ Hys haruest was eaten vp of the hungry, & the weapened man spoyled it, and the thurstye droncke vp theyr laboure. It is not the earth that bryngeth forth iniquyte,

¹⁸ The thing that other men haue laboured for, shall he restore agayne, and shall not eate it vp. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite. ²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde.

³⁰ that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccyon, and that the vngodly shalbe brought forth to the daye of wrath.

¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shall dye and be buried, and no man shall haue pitye of hys wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a boothe that the watch man maketh. ¹⁹ When the ryche man dyeth, he carieth nothynge with him: he is gone in the twyncklinge of an eye and hath nothynge.

⁴ Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but ryghteousnesse delyuereth from death.

¹⁸ Nether their syluer ner their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in that wrothful daye of the Lorde, but the whole lande shalbe consumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy: for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of al them that dwell in the lande.

²⁶ For what doth it proffet a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde: & lose hys awne soule? Or what shal a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all?

¹ Go to now ye ryche men. Wepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Your riches is corrupte, your garmentes are motheaten, ³ Youre golde & syluer is cankred, and the rust of the shalbe a wytnes vnto you, & shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes:

¹⁷ for at one houre so great ryches is come to nought. And euery shyppe gouerner, and all they that occupied shyppes, and shypmen which worke in the see, stode a farre of,

²⁰ And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the Lorde and hys gelousye shall smoke agaynst that man, & all the curses that are wryten in this boke shall lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde shall do out hys name from vnder heauen, ²¹ and the Lorde shall separate him vnto euell out of all the tribes of Israel, accordyng vnto all the curses of the appoyntment, that are wrytten in the boke of thys lawe. ²² So that the generacyon to come of youre chyldren, that shall ryse vp after you, and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall saye, when they se the plages of that lande, and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smytten it, ²³ howe all the lande is burnt vp with brymstone & salt, & that it is nether sowen nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of the ouerthrowynge of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, & Zeboim: whych the Lorde ouerthrewe in hys wrath and angre: ²⁴ Euen then shall all nacions saye: wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facyon vnto thys lande? O howe fearse is thys great wrath? ²⁵ And men shalt saye: because they lefte the testament of the Lorde God of theyr fathers whych he made with them, when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt. ²⁶ For they went, and serued straunge goddes, & worshipped them: Goddes whych they knewe not, and whych had geuen them nought. ²⁷ And the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote agaynst thys lande, to brynge vpon it all the curses that are written in this boke. ²⁸ And the Lorde cast them out of theyr lande in angre, wrath, and greate indignacyon, and cast them into a straunge lande, as this daye beareth wytnesse.

²¹ Soch are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this is the place of hym that knoweth not God.

¹³ sayenge. This is the porcion that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tyrauntes shall receaue of the Almyghtie.

² For how great a porcion shall I haue of God? & what enheritaunce from the almightie on hie? ³ As for the vngodly and he that ioyneth him selfe to the company of wycked doers, shall not destruccion and misery come vpon him?

⁵ The Lorde aloweth the ryghteous: but the vngodly, and hym that delyteth in wickednes, doth his soule abhorre. ⁶ Upon the vngodly he shall rayne snares, fyre, and brymstone, storme & tempest: thys shalbe theyr porcyon to dryncke.

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the moost hyghest goeth not euell and good?

⁵¹ & shall hewe him in peces, & geue hym his porcyon wyth ypocrites: there shalbe wepynge and gnasshynge of teth.