praye y e bye my felde which is in Anathot in the Lande of Beniamin for it is thy right by the reason of nexte of our kin Redeme it therfore I praye the. I know al this to be done by the Lordis commandement wherfore I bought this felde of Hananeel my eames sone which dwelled at Anathot And I wayed him forth his money euen .vii. sicles and .x. peses of syluer And the writing made and sealed and witnes called to I wayd forthe the money in the skoles and receiued the copye wherby I chalenged and posseded it Aftir this was it sealed acording to the forme of the lawe and dewe order and rehersed with the copye therof And I delyuerd this copye wherby I held it vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerie sonne of Mahasie Hananeel my eames sonne being present before y e witnesses whose names were writeÌ„ in y e instrumeÌ„t wherby I helde it al y e Iwes at laste being by whiche sate aboute vs in the sayd warde coÌ„manding this Baruch before them on this maner This is y e Lorde of powers plesure y e God of Israel y t thou receyuest this instrument sealed w t this copye put it into an ertheÌ„ potte y t it maye continew longe For thus hath y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel decreed That y e houses feldes vynyardis in this lande shal be possessed agein Wherfor I made my prayer to y e Lorde aftyr y e delyuerauÌ„ce of this instrument vnto Baruch the sone of Neerie on this maner sayng Ah lorde God lo thou art he y t made heueÌ„ erthe by thy mighty power highe streÌ„gth nothing is harde or of difficulty vnto y e. Thou doist mercy vpoÌ„ thousandis thou rewardest y e wikednes of the fathers into the bosoms of their childern which ar borne aftir theÌ„ Thou art y t great mighty God whose name is y e Lorde of powers great in counsel and infinite in thought Thy eyen beholde al the wayes of man to rewarde euery man for his owne wayes for y e frutes of his inuencioÌ„s Which hast done signes wondres in the lande of Egypte as we wel knowe euen vnto this daye as wel vpoÌ„ this same Israel as vpoÌ„ these meÌ„ to magnifye thy name as it is right great vnto this daye And thou leddest forth Israel thy peple oute of y e lande of Egypt w t signes wouÌ„ders w t a mighty hande a forthstretched arme great power And gauest theÌ„ thissame lande as thou haddest sworne to their fathers to geue them a lande flowing w t mylke honey But whaÌ„ they were come had posseded it they obayed not thy voyce nor walked not in thy lawe but what so euer thou coÌ„mandest them to do y t they did not wherfore al these affliccions plages ar come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo they come w t bulwarkis eueÌ„ vnto this cite to take it whiche ouercome withe swerde hoÌ„ger and pestelence shal be delyuerd vp into y e handes of the Chaldeis whiche euen nowe fight so sore ageÌ„st it And what so euer thou hast sayd it shal come to passe for lo al thinges ar present vnto y e. And yet thou Lorde God notwithstaÌ„ding coÌ„maÌ„dest me sayng chalenge y e thy felde y e money payd before witnes whaÌ„ y e cyte in y e meaÌ„ ceason must come into y e haÌ„dis of y e Calâ—es ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to me Lo I am y e lorde God of al thinges lyuiÌ„ge is ther any thing harde vnto me Wherfor thus coÌ„manderh y e lorde Lo I shal betake this cite into y e power of y e Caldes into y e nower of Nebuchadrezar kinge of BabyloÌ„ which shal take it For the Chaldes shal come fight agenst this cyte and set fyer on it and it shal be burned with the houses in whose parlers they burned sacrifices to Baal and offred to strange Gods that they might the more prouoke me to anger For whan y e childerne of Israel and Juda had done al maner of synne in my sight euen fro their yeugth What els was it that they dyd than prouoked me onely by the workis of their owne handis saith y e lorde Or what els was this cyte than a prouoking stocke of my wrathe fro the daye that it was bylded vnto this present hower In whiche hower I shal wel worthely take it a waye frome oute of my sight for the synnes of the chylderne of Israel and Juda whiche they committed to anger me both they their selues their kinges their rulers their priestes their Prophetes al Juda the cytesens of Jerusalem They turned their backes and not their face to me whan I taught them warned them in tyme nether gaue they eare to receyue my disciplyne They did set their idolls in y e house consecrated vnto my name to pollute it They bylded highe places for Baal in y e vale of Benhinnon their to consecrate and to geue their sonnes and daughters euen to Moloch which thinge I neuer coÌ„manded them nether did it euer touche my mynde that I wolde thus drawe Juda into syn to committe these abominacions Ouer this yet agein spake the Lorde God of Israel as concerning this cyte whiche euen yourselues being present shal be geuen vp into the hande of the kinge of Babylon the cyte I say first ouercomen with swerde honger and pestelence Lo I shal gather them from al the regioÌ„s into whiche I had dispersed them in my wrathe furye and great indignacion and shal bring them into this same place where they shal dwel suer They shal be my peple and I their God And I shal geue them one herte and one waye that they mought feare me at al tymes Which thinge shal profit them their childerne aftir them Also I shal smyte an euerlasting couenaÌ„t with them that I wil neuer cease to do them good that I wil geue my feare into their hertis that they fall not fro me that I shal delyght in doing them good ye and that I shal plante them in this lande in very truthe with al my herte and with al my soule For thus sayd y e Lorde lyke as I haue brought vpon this peple al this great affliccion euen so shal I bringe vpoÌ„ them ageine al maner of goodnes which I haue layd vp for them And their feldis shal be possessed in this lande which ye grauÌ„te now worthely to bedesolated for saken of man beast to be brought into the handis of y e Caldes The feldis I tell you shal be bought with money instrumentis wryten ther vpon and sealed before witnes in the lande of Beniamin rowndaboute Jerusalem thorowout the cytes in the deserte For I shal bringe ageyn their captiuite saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapiter AGeyne the worde of God came vnto Jeremye whyle he was yet in holde in the vtter warde on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde
thingis lyuinge man hath the moste disceaightful harte vnable to be serehed who then shal knowe it euen I the lorde bothe ensercher of herte espyerout of raynes to rewarde euery man aftir his owne wayes and according to the frute of his counsellis He maketh him a neste but hatcheth no eggis that gatherth goodis wrongefully In the middis of his lyfe he muste leaue them and laste of all be fownde a fole But thou Lorde who le seate is moste noblest highest and aunciaunt which dwellest in the place of our holy reste thou arte the hope of Israel All that forsake the ar confounded All bakflyders from the ar writen in the erthe not in heuen For they sorsake the Lorde euen y e well of euerlasting waters Heale me Lorde I shal be holl Saue me Lorde I shal be salfe for thou arte my prayse For lo these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of y e Lorde let it comeforth I praye y e Whiles I me selfe was now leading the flok in thy pathes I constrayned noman violently nor yet coueted I any mannis dethe as thou wel knowest But my wordes were right in thy sight oh lorde Be not fearful vnto me for thou arte he in whō I hope whā any perelis present Let my persuers be confounded let not me be confoūded Let thē be afrayde not me be afrayde Thou shalt bringe a troublouse tyme vpō thē destroye thē with a great destrucciō Forthermore thus sayd the Lorde vnto me Go stāde in y e. gate of y e peple for whose cause y e kinges of Juda come yn oute in al y e gatis of Jerusalem sayng vnto thē Hear y e worde of the Lorde ye kinges of Juda with all Juda all the cytesens of Jerusalem which passe thorow these gatis Thus cōmandeth the Lorde Take hede to your selues leste ye take vp your burdens in y e Sabbat daye to bringe them in thorowe these gatis Nether karye ye oute of your houses any burdēs in y e Sabbat daye Nor do you any worke but sauntifye y e Sabbat daye as I cōmaunded your fathers albeit they obayed me not nor gaue eare but rather hardened their stiffe neckes to th entent they wolde not be reclaymed receyue my disciplyne But you if ye will hearme saith y e Lorde not carye in your burdens thorow y e gatis of this cyte in y e Sabbat daye doing in it no werke than shal y e kingis princes of this cyte which shal sit vpō y e seat of Dauid go thorow these gatis karyed in charietis vpon horse bothe they their princes al Juda with their cytesens shal passe thorow them this cyte shal abyde for euer And men shal come from the cytes of Juda and from the felde of Jerusalem and the lande of Beniamin from the playnes and mountayns from the wildernes bringing brente sacrifices and beastis slayne to be offred vp encense offeringe vp prayse and thankis in the house of the Lorde But if ye obaye me not I shal sanctifye the sabbat daye so that ye shal take vp no burden to bringe it in thorow these gatis of Jerusalem in the Sabbat daye I shal set the gatis on fyer which shal deuower the houses of Jerusalem so that it maye not be 〈◊〉 ¶ The .xviii. Chapiter THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye saying Aryse go downe into the potters house that I myght there certyfye the more of my mynde And whā I came vnto the potters house I fownde him making his worke vpō a whele And that vessel which he ofayned out of claye broke vnder y e hādis of this potter which then his mynde changed made a nother vessel therof as it semed him beste for his purpose And here thā the Lorde spake vnto me May not Jeuen as this potter do vnto you o house of Israel saith the Lorde Lo ye be in my hande oh house of Israel euen as the claye is in the hande of the potter Anon as I haue determined to pluck vp by the rotes to destroye to cut awaye any nacion or kingdom and if y t same nacion wil returne from their malice vpon which I begane nowe to take my counsel by and by it repenteth me of y e plage which I determyned to caste vpon thē And agen and as I am purposed to buylde and to plante any nacion or kingdom the same folke wil do euyl in my sight and not hear my voyce by and by it repēteth me of that goodnes wherby I purposed to edyfye and to encrese thē Wherfore I praye the tell all Juda and euery cytesen of Jerusalem Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am deuysing a plage and will conspire agenste you Turne ye therfore euery man from his owne euyl wayes both do thinke well But here shal they saye ▪ Let these wordis passe for as for vs we will walke aftir our owne mynde and we wil euery man do aftir the luste of our owne herte Wherfore thus sayd the Lorde Enquyre I praye ye among the gentyles if any man hath committed any siche lyke abominacions as hath Israel y e virgen done and that so greuously May the snowe that lyeth melting vpon y e rockis of Libanus fayle the feldis Or the vaynes of springes euē from the botome be so takē awaye that they flowe nomore forthe to water and to make plentuouse And yet my peple hath forgoten me In somich that they brenne offer vnto vayne Idols in folowing their owne wayes ar fwarued and wandred frō the lawful comen waye ar gone a waye by an vntroden priuate pathe For the which thinge they haue geuen vp their lande into a perpetual desolaciō and outehissinge So that euery man passinge thorowe may be woundresly astonned and shake his head I shal therfore scater them in the sight of their enymes with a contrary skorching este wynde And whan their destruccion is at hande I shal turne my backe to them and not my face And than they sayde Come and let vs go and conspire agenste Jeremye We be the Priestis to whom the lawe is committed that it perisshe not And ye be the elders endewed with wysedome We be the Prophetes that neuer ar withoute the worde of the Lorde Let vs I saye than go and kutoute his tonge that we be nomore cōstrayned to hear his sermons Attende vnto me Oh Lorde and heare the noyse of my aduersares Is not euil for good reqcquyted me while they digge this pitte for me Remember how I stode before the to speke the best for them and to turne thy wrathe from thē Nowe therfore betake their chyldern into honger and caste them agenste the violence of swerde Let their wyues be chyldelesse and housbandlesse their housbandis put to dethe and the yongemen slayne with swerde in batayle Let oute cryes aryse frō their houses theues breaking yn vpō
the harlet Nethelesse whan she had committed al this yet I sayd turne the agene to me and yet she turned not And euen thyssame ensâ—mole hath her faithles syster Juda sene That is to wete Whan I had perfaitly beholden al thaduoutery of Israel that bakfaller had forsakeÌ„ hir geuing hir a bil of â—iuorse yet wolde not Juda her vnfaithful sister feare me but went awaye to and playd the harlet so that the fame of hir fornicacioÌ„ is flone thorow al this lande and hath stayned it for she hath committed aduoutry with stones stockes Nether is this her faithles sister Juda aftir al these warningis returned vnto me with al hir herte but faynedly and falsely saith the lorde And yet agen sayd the Lorde to me Israel that bakfaller fro me is more iuste than is yet this vnfaithful Juda. Go thy waye therfore and preach this sermone towerd the northe sayng Be conuerted thou bakslyder Israel saith the lorde for I shal not turne my face from you for I am merciful saith the lorde nether wil I abhorre the for euer but receyue the ageÌ„ on this coÌ„dicyoÌ„ that thou wilt acknowlege thy synne committed agenst the lorde thy god and that thou hast diuided and offred thy selfe here and there running aftir strange goddis vnder euery thik tree but my voyce thou wolost not hear saith the lorde Be conuerted you rebel bakslyden childerne saith the lorde and I wil ioyne in mariage with you For I wil take one of you of the cyte and two of the kinrede and lede you into Zion And I shal geue you herdemen aftir my nowne minde which shal fede you with doctryne and wysedome And whan you shall be encreased and multiplyed in the lande than saith the lorde the arke of the lordis couenauÌ„t shal no more be spokeÌ„ of nor mynded no mencioÌ„ more shal be made therof for it shal no more be visited nor honourd with oblacioÌ„ TheÌ„ shal they cal Jerusalem the seat of the lorde al the geÌ„tiles shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the lorde which shal be geuen to Jerusalem Nether shal they folow anymore the couÌ„sels of their own shrewed hertis Than shall they that ar of the house of Juda go to the house of Israel come bothe to gither from the northe region vnto the lande which I gaue your fathers I shewed the how I purchased the in to the nowmbre of my childern and gaue the that desyerde lande so pleasaunt a possessioÌ„ also that noble hoste of the geÌ„tiles commanding the to calme father and not to fall backe frome to any other godds But as the womaÌ„ breketh hir promyse to hir housbonde so hast thou broken promyse with me Oh house of Israel saith the Lorde Wherfore the noyse of the childern of Israel shal be herde al aboute wailing weping because they haue defyled his wayes and forgoten the lorde their god Be conuerted you baksliden childern and I shal heale your bakslydinges Saye lo we ar thyne for thou art the lorde our god Very liers ar the hil toppis with the pompe of the mountayns Netheles in the lorde our god very helth cometh to Israel But shameful dedis deuoured both the labours of our fathers eueÌ„ from their cradles and also their flockes herdes sonnes daughthers We shal sleape therfore in our owne confusion and our ignoâ—â—â—ye shal couer vs. Forboth we our fathers be synners agenst our lorde god eueÌ„ from our cradles vnto this daye in that we obayâ— not the voice of our lorde god ¶ The fourth Chapiter BVt Israel if thou wilt turne to me if thou wilt turne to me saith the lorde and remoue al thy abominacions out of my sight be no more a runagate aftir false geddis but swere The Lorde raigneth ye that in truthe in iugement â—ightwisnes saing The geÌ„tylis mought be blessed in him and prayse and thanke him than thus saith the Lorde vnto al Juda Jerusalem you shal breke vp tyll your lande and sowe it not for thornes Be circuÌ„cised in the lorde and take away the vncircuncision of your hertis al ye citesens of Juda and Jerusalem lest my indignacioÌ„ come forth lyke fyer be kindled noman to quench it for your maliciouse counsels Tel forth in Juda and Jerusalem preache it sayng Blow forth trompettis into the lande fil it al with your noise sayng Get ye togither and go into your stronge defensed cytes Lifteup a sygne in Zion Haste ye and tary not for I shal bringeforth a plage grete destruccion from the northe For the haithen destroyer is let slippe and cometh forthe of his place lyke a lyon from his denne to bringe thy londe into a desert to smyte downe thy cytes that noman may inhabit them Wherfore clothe your selues with sacke moorn howle For the hotte indignacion of the lorde shal not be slaked from you In this day saith the Lorde the herte of the kinge and hertes of the rulers shal faynt and fall The Preistis shal be a stonned the Prophetis al amased And I sayd Ah lorde god haste thou then deceyued this peple and Jerusalem sayng ye shal haue peace and now the swerde pearseth their lyues In that tyme it shal be sayd vnto this peple and to Jerusalem There cometh an hot winde from the sowth plage by the waye of my peple nether to winâ—w them nor to clense them Aftir this my vehement stronge winde shal come and then shal I teache these men my iugements For lo he shal ascende lyke a cloude his chariets shal be lyke a stormye temreste ye and his horsemen swifter than aâ—gels Wo be vnto vs for we ar vtterly destroyd Washe thy herte from euil o Jerusalem that thou maiste be saued How longe shal thy deedly and peâ—â—ciouse thoughtis tarye with the For frome Dan and from the mounte Ephraim ther is haide a noyse that pronosâ—â—kth and precheth dethe Lo euen the gentyles geue warning and tel Jerusalem that ther come destroyers froÌ„ a farre lande They tel it also the cytes of Juda warning them rownd aboute as do the watch men of the feldis for they haue angred me saith the lorde Thy couÌ„sels and thoughtes hare brought the these thingis This is thy nown malice and rebellion which hath posseded thy herte Then shalt thou crye My bely my bely â—keth my lyfe in my breste sorowth my herte withyn me is trâ—wbled I cannot be stil. For my soule hathe herde the voyce of the trompet and euen the dolorouse peal to deth and destruccion is now ronge euen now al the lande perisheth Sodenly shal my tabernacles be destroyed my cortayns in the twinkling of an eye How longe shal I se these cruel tokens and hear the voice of the trompet These therfore shal come because my peple hath despysed me and ar besydes their wittes My childerne ar fools without vnderstanding They ar wittye to do euel but to do good they ar al witlesse I beheld
the erthe and lo it is vayne and voyde I loked vpon the heauens and lo they haue not their light I lifted vp my eyes to the mountayns and lo they reeled lykely to fal and al the hilles shoke I loked aboute and lo ther was noman lefte Also al the foules of the ayer were flone awaye I beholde and lo Carmelus was become a deserte al hir cytes throÌ„downe of the lorde of the fury of his wrathe For thus spâ—â—â—e the lorde Al this lande shal be desolate But yet shal I not vtterly make an ende of it Wherfore waile erthe moorne heuen aboue for of this thinge which I haue thought and decreed it shalnot re reâ—ent me nether wil I go from it Euery cite shal fle at the noyse of the horsemen and bowmeÌ„ They shal runne into caues and wodes and clyme into rockes Euery cyte shal be left a lone noman to inhabit them WhaÌ„ thou art thus destroied what shalt thou do If thou clothest thy selue with purple and deckest the with golden ornamentis if thou payntest thy eye brews with starche yet shalt thou garneshe thyselfe in vaine For they that loued the hitherto shal looth the and go aboute to quenche thy lyfe For me thinketh I hear a voyce as it were of a woman traue ling of childe or of one laboriÌ„g in the trauel of hir firste childe that is to saye the voice of the daughter of Zion moorning and complayning in hir selfe casting hir armes abrode sayng Ah lasse for sorow for my lyfe fayleth in me for the slayne ¶ The fifte Chapiter GO loke vpoÌ„ Jerusalem withe oute consyder it also withyn seke thorowt euery streate whither ye can fynde any one maÌ„ that ether dothe right or studieth for faith trouth I shal spare theÌ„ saith the Lorde For albeit they saye The lorde lyneth yet is this their othe to deceyne whaÌ„ thy eyes o lorde loke for nothiÌ„g so miche as for faith For thou smittest theÌ„ yet they repeÌ„ted not Thou correctedst to ameÌ„de theÌ„ but they wolde not receyue thy disciplyne They hardened their faces more then any stonne refused to turne to a better mynde WherupoÌ„ I consydered withe my selfe thus paradueÌ„ture they ar so poore that they caÌ„not knowe the waye of the lorde iugemeÌ„ts of our god I shal get me therfore vnto the grete estates talke with theÌ„ if paradueÌ„ture yet these meÌ„ may haue the knowlege of the waye of the lorde the iugemeÌ„ts of their god But these men eueÌ„ lyke al other haue brokeÌ„ the yoke plucked in sondre their brydle raynes Wherfore the lyoÌ„ shal come froÌ„ the wode and deuowre them The wolfe at theuening shal destroye theÌ„ The leoparde shal lye awaite by their cytes to teare in peaces as many as come out frothence For they haue heaped synne vpon syn and their bakslydingis ar right greuouse Tel me then what thing hast thou where fore I shuld be mercyful vnto the Thy childerne haue forsaken me and swere by theÌ„ that ar no goddis whan euen I myselfe had bownde theÌ„ to me by an othe and yet ar they aduouterers haunting harlettis houses They ar be come as fyerce in prodigiouse libidinouse luste as fatte stallauÌ„des euery maÌ„ neiathe at his neighbours wyfe Shal I not be auenged vpon these thinges saith the lorde And shuld not I take vengeaunce of what nacion so euer it be that is lyke vnto this Clyme vp to hir walles and thro them downe tarye not Cut of hir branches and battlemeÌ„â—s for they belonge not to the lorde For the house of Israel and Juda hath caste me awaye vnfaithfully saith the Lorde sayng It is not he that is God Nether shal there come siche affliccioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vs. Swerde and honger we shal not se. Wherfore these Prophetis shal go their wayes into the wynde And he that shulde preache shall not come amonge them Euen thus shal it be dealt with theÌ„ Wherfore thus speketh the lorde god of powrs Sith ye speake this worde Lo I shal turne my wordes whiche thou speakest with thy mouth into fyer and this peple into wode that it maye deuoure them Beholde I shal bringe vpon you a nacion from a farre o house of Israel saith the lorde a stronge boystiouse nacion an olde nacion whose tongue thou shalt not knowe nor vnderstaÌ„de what they saye Their quyuers shal be thy present graue for al they ar ful mightye This nacioÌ„ shal eatup thy corne foode they shal eat thy sonnes and daughters they shal deuoure thy flockes droues They shal eatup thy vyneyardis figges And bete downe thy defensed cytes with swerde in whoÌ„ thou trustedst moste cheifly and yet thus than wil I not ceasse nor make an ende with you saith the lorde And whan they shal saye wherfore shal our lorde God do al this vnto vs Thou shalt answer theÌ„ Because that lyke as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straÌ„ge gods in your owne lande euen so shal ye serue strange gods stil in a straÌ„ge lande Shewe this to the house of Jacob and preche it in Juda sayng Hear I pray the this thing thou folesshe and hertlesse peple ye haue eyes but yese not and ears but ye heare not Wil ye not dread me saith the lorde Wil ye not feare my face which haue pinnedyn the sea with sandes ye that with this lawe to that she shal neuer passe ouer them She maketh a face with grete vehemence but yet she maye not She swelleth vp into her highe waues but yet she breaketh not her lawe But this peple hath a faithles rebellious herte They are fallen backe and gone their wayes so farre that they thinke not once in their hertes Let vs yet feare the lorde our God whiche geueth vs rayne in tyme and ceasonable showers for our profit preseruing vs our corne according to the duwe order of the year your own wikednesses haue turned these thinges from you And your synnes haue depryued you this grete commodite For in my peple ther ar fownde the vngodly which bende snares preuely waite to destroye men and to take them And as the nette is ful of birdes so ar their houses ful of goodis goteÌ„ with dissaight And hereof ryse their stoutenes riches hereof ar they magnifyed made so fatte and ful of tresure Also they haue offended me with the moste greuous crymes They ministre not the lawe The cause of the fatherlesse they expede it not The pore mannis wronge in iugement they delyuer not Shal I not be auenged of these thingis saith the lorde And shulde I not take veneaunce of what so euer lyke vnto this Thingis to be woundred at and gretely to be fered ar nowe done in this lande The Prophetis preche lyes and the Preistis obaye and reioyse in them And my peple haue grete plesure in these thinges But what shal come of this at the laste Verely euen this ¶ The sixte Chapiter GEt ye forthe of Jerusalem
name some tyme and beholde what I did to it for the malice of my peple Israel Now therfore because ye haue committed al these dedis saith the Lorde Notwithstāding yet I rose fulerly continually warninge you in tyme I spake but ye wolde not hear I called but ye wolde not answer I shal do I saye therfore vnto this house to whō my name was geuen in which house also ye truste I shal do I say to this place whiche I gaue you and your fathers euen as I did to Silo. And I shal caste you oute of my sight as I casted out al your brothern euen al the sead of Erhraim Nowe therfore praye thou not for this peple nether bid prayer nor prayse for their sake nor make no intercession to me For in nowyse wil I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cites of Juda and without Jerusalem The childern gather stickes their fathers set them on fyer And their wyues strewe sprinkle their flower to make fyne cakes for the quene of heuē Ouer this yet they offred to false gods to angre me albeit ther is no siche affecte in me saith the lorde ought they not yet rather tobe a shamed of their owne selues Wher fore thus saith the lorde God Beholde my wrath indignacion shal be powerdforth vpō this place vpon mā and beast vpon the trees of the felde and vpon the frutes of therthe it shal so brenne that noman may quenche it Thus saith the lorde of powrs the God of Israel ye ioyne heap togither your brente sacrifices with your slayne beastis to be offred but eat you the flesshe your selfe for as for me I spake nothing of these vnto your fathers how miche lesse thā was it my mynde whan I brought the oute of the lande of Egypte to commande these ceremones of brente sacrifyces and oblaciōs as my chefe and firste precepts But this was the substance of my fyrste precepte Hear obaye my voice and I shal be your god and ye shal be my peple this condiciō added that ye walke in all my wayes whiche I shal commande you for your helthe But they obayed not nether gaue eare but walked aftir the lustes and craftye counsels of their owne shrewd hertis and became frowarde and nothing towarde ye and that euen from the same daye that your fathers wente oute of Egypte vnto this daye And I sente them my seruātis al the Prophetis rysinge busely warninge them in tyme but they listened not to me nor yet once enclined their ears but hardened their prowde neckes and became farre worse than their fathers And thou thyselfe now to shalt also speke vnto thē al these wordes but they shalnot geue eare vnto the thou shalt cal them but they shal not answere Wherfore thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the peple that hereth not the voice of their lorde god nether receiueth his discipline Faith is gone banesshed from their mouthes Therfore clipof the heares of thy heade caste them a waye take the to moorning thoroute al the londe For the Lorde wilcaste awaye and scater the generaciō with whom he is angre The Childern of Juda haue done euil in my sight saith the Lorde They haue setvp their owne abominacions in my house named aftir my name and so polluted it And they haue builded an auter at Topheth which is the vale of Benhinnom to brenne their sonnes and daughters in the fyer which thing I neuer commāded nor mynded Wherfore behold the tyme shal come saith the lorde whā it shal nomore be called Tophet or vale Benhinnom but the vase of the slayne For they shal be buryed in Tophet because they can get no nother place and the carkases of this peple shal be meat for fowles of the ayer and for wylde beasts of the erthe ther shal be to nomā to chaar thē a waye I shal make a vacacion of the voyce of gladnes and of the voyce of ioye of the voyce of brydegrome and brydewyfe frō the cites of Juda and the region of Jerusalem For the lande shal be lefte desolate with out inhabitours ¶ The .viii. Chapiter AT this tyme saith the lorde they shal bringe forth the bones of the kinges of Juda and the bones of hir rulers the bones of Preistis and Prophetis and of the cytesens of Jerusalem oute of their sepulchres and shal laye them abrode before the sone mone and all the company of the starres whom they loued whom they serued aftir whom they wente whō they sought and worshipte They shalnot be gatherdup nor buryed but lye stil lyke a donghil aboue therthe And al that shal be lefte of this wiked generacion shal desyer rather to dye than to lyue Whersoeuer they shal become as I shal scater thē they shal be but as ye wolde saye a left reamnant saith the lorde of powrs Also this shalt thou saye vnto them That thus saith the Lorde Do men so fall that they neuer aryse vp a gene Are they so auerted that they wil be neuer conuerted How is it than that this peple and Jerusalem be auerted so steifly for euer Their stourdines encreaseth they wilnot be conuerted For I haue behelde them and herkened but there is not one that once thinketh on this not one repentith him of his synnes sayng what haue I done Or wherfore haue I done thus Euery one aftir that he was once auerted he ranne fro me lyke an horse that runneth neaing into bataile The storke knoweth hir apoynted tyme the turtle the fwalow and the crane obserue the tyme of their forthefleing but my peple know not the tyme of the vengeaunce of the lorde How then hapeneth it that ye saye It is we that ar the wyse it is we that haue the lawe of the lorde se therfor they ar but very lyes which the false pēne of the scrybe payntethe Wherfore the wyse shal be ashamed they shal be afrayd and be taken for lo they haue throne a waye the lorde which gone what wysdome than can ther remayn in them Wherfore I shal geue their wyues to strāgers and their feldes to their destroyers for frō the leste to the gretest al gape for fylthye lucre Frome prophete to preest al ar lyers But in the mean ceason they heal the breache affliccion of my peple powdering it with this lye sayng There shal be peace there shal be peace whan ther is none at all Fygh for shame they committe abominable and shameful dedes ar past al shame Wherfore they shall fall among the dede carkases and shal come downe togither in the daye of their visitacion saith the lorde I shal cause them to be gathered vp and taken awaye saith the Lorde Lyke as ther is not a grape lefte in the vyne nor a figge on the figtre and as leaues ar fallen a waye euen so shal I cause them to be caryed awaye captiued while they be at their wittes ende saing Come and let vs
thinne plates And golde is brought from Ophir and beaten into the worke of the crafte man by the hande of the caster and cled with byse and purple Siche is the worke of al their wittye men togither But the Lorde is the very God the lyuing God and kinge euerlasting He being angrye the erthe treÌ„bleth his indignacion no peple may beare But as touchinge these Idols thus shal ye reporte by them They ar goddes whiche made nether heuen nor erthe They shal perisshe therfore as wel from therthe as from these thingis which ar vnder this skye But as concerning this our God ye shal saye He hath made the erthe by hys power finesshed the rownde worlde by his wysedome and stretched forth the heuens by his vnderstanding at his voyce miche water runneth togither in the ayer clowdes ar lyfted vp from the extreme partes of therthe He turneth thonder into rayne and ledeth forthe the wyndes out of their secrete places Euery man is made a fole of his owne wisdome Euery man may be ashamed that casteth an ymage For it is but a vayne thinge that he so melteth and bloweth togither clene withoute lyfe These vayne craftismen with their workis worthy to be skorned so fondely framed and ornowernde shal perisshe al to gither in the tyme of their visitacioÌ„ Siche is not Jacobs lot but it is he that hath fasshioned al thiÌ„ges And Israel is the met rodde of his heretage whose name is the lorde of powers Take away a non fro my sight thy filthenes which yet sittest in so stroÌ„ge holdes For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal castoute thinhabitours of this lande al at this tyme and so vexe them that they nomore appere Ah lasse how greuouse is my affliccion how sorowful is my plage For I bear this heuines and rekeÌ„ it as my nowne My tabernacle is destroied and al my lynes broken in sondre My childerne ar gone fro me and appere nomore Now is ther nomaÌ„ to bende my tente or rear vp my skinnes For full folesshly haue the herdemen done in that they sought not the lorde whervpon al their flockes also haue done vnwysely be scatred awaye Lo the rumour of the hoste is present and a grete vprore cometh froÌ„ the northe to turne the cytes of Juda into a wildernes and into dennes for dragons I know verely Lorde that it lyeth not in mannis power to directe and rule his owne wayes nor yet to make perfite his owne steapes and his goinge Thou therfore Lorde shalt amende vs in equyte not in thy wrathe leste thou bringe vs vnto naught Powr forth rather thy wrath vpon the haithen that knowe the not and vpon the generacions that cal not vpon thy name and that namely for this cause that they haue eatenvp deuoured and coÌ„sumed Jacob extincte his brightnes ¶ The .xi. Chapiter ¶ Another sermon whiche the Lorde stered vp Jeremy to preache sayng HEar ye the wordis of this his couenaunt and speke vnto al Juda to thinhabitours of Jerusalem But thou namely shalt saye vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Cursed be euery man that obaye not the wordis of this couenant which I coÌ„maunded your fathers what tyme I led them oute of the lande of Egypte frome that harde fornace and greuouse seruitute sayng Obaye my voice and do aftyr that I coÌ„maunde you and ye shal be my peple and I shal be your God kepe myne holy othe which I swore to your fathers to geue theÌ„ this lande flowing with mylke honey as ye may se it fulfilled vnto this daye Here I answerde sayng Oh Lorde it is trwe And then y e Lorde sayd to me agen Preache thou al these wordis in y e cites of Juda roâ—â—â—e about Jerusalem sayng Hear the wordis of y e couenaunt y t ye might fulfill theÌ„ For I certified your fathers opeÌ„ly testifyiÌ„g vnto theÌ„ froÌ„ y t tyme sence I brought theÌ„ oute of the lande of Egypte vnto this daye warniÌ„g theÌ„ intyme saiÌ„g LysteÌ„ to my voice noman listened nor gaue eare but folowed y e croked thoughtis of their owne hertis Wherfore I brought al y e wordes of this couenaÌ„t vpoÌ„ theÌ„ which I gaue theÌ„ to fulfill they fulfilled it not Ouer this the lorde yet sayd to me There is fouÌ„doute a coÌ„iuracioÌ„ in all Juda in the cytesens of Jerusalem They ar returned vnto the synnes of their fore fathers whiche forsoke to heare my wordis And eueÌ„ so do these men folow straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ The house of Israel and Juda hath made voyde my couenaÌ„t which I smit with their fathers Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal bringe forth a plage vpoÌ„ you froÌ„ whiche ye may no wayes escape ye whaÌ„ ye shal crye to me yet wil I not hear you TheÌ„ shal the cytes of Juda with the cytesens of JerusaleÌ„ go crye vpoÌ„ their goddis whoÌ„ they worshipt but in no maner wyse maye they helpe theÌ„ in tyme of their miserable adfliccion For loke how many cytes so many gods hadst thou oh Juda acording to the nowmber of the streatis of Jerusalem thou settedst vp shameful auters auters vpon whom thou breÌ„st thy offeringis eueÌ„ vnto Baal Thou therfore praye not for this peple nether bid prayse nor prayer for theÌ„ For whan thou shalt cry to me I shal not hear them in their affliccioÌ„ Wherfor oh my best beloued Israel coÌ„mittest thou in my house so many synnes as thoughe the holy flesshe might take awaye thy sinnes namely which haste so roioysed in thy nowne my schefe The lorde named the that goodly grene floureshing fruteful fayer olyne but now the coÌ„trary fame wyde spred he wil burne the in the fyer destroye thy braÌ„ches For the lorde of powrs which plaÌ„ted y e hath ordined a plage for the oh house of Israel house of Juda for the euel that ye haue done prouoking him to wrathe with the worship done to Baal These thinges oh lorde thou teaching me I vnderstode when thou shewedst me their counsels but I lyke a meke lombe was apoynted to be slayne knowing nothing that they had taken their counsel thus agenst me saying let vs corrupt his brede on the tree so banysshe him from the company of the lyuing that euen the very mencion of his name might be odiouse and loothsome Thou therfore lorde of powrs rightuouse iuge sercher oute of raynes and hertis I beseche the that I might se veÌ„geaÌ„ce taken on them For vnto the I committe my cause As concerning these thinges thus spake the lorde vpon the cytesens of Anathot which sought to make an ende of me sayng Preache to vs nomore in the name of the lorde except thou wilt dye in our handis Thus I saye spake the lorde of powrs Beholde I shal viset you your yonge men shal be slayne with swerde and your sonnes and daughters shal dye for honger so that none be lefte
them vnwares For they haue digged a pitte to take me and layed a preuey snare for my fete But thou knowst all their couÌ„sel bente to slaye me Be not therfore merciful to their myschief nether suffre thou their sinnes to be puttoute of thy sight but let them fall gyltye conuicte before the. These thingis shalt thou do to them in tyme of thy furiouse indignacion ¶ The .xix. Chapiter ALso thus sayd the Lorde to Jeremye Go and bye the an erthen pitsherde and bringe forth the elders of the peple and of the Priestis into the vale of Ben hinnon which is withoute the gate where al the potsherdis be scatered And preache me there these sermons which I shal tell the. Thus I saye thou shalt preache Hear the worde of the Lorde ye rulers of Juda and cytesens of Jerusalem These thingis commaundeth the Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I shal bringe a scourge and affliccion vpon this place which who soeuer heareth a non his eares shal glowe and that eueÌ„ because they haue forsakeÌ„ me defyled this place offering their brente sacrifices vnto straunge goddis whoÌ„ nother they theirselues nor their fathers knowe nor yet the kinges of Juda. And haue filled this place with the blode of innocentis For they bylte Baal an auter to burne their childerne into asacrifice for Baal Which thinge as for me I neuer coÌ„manded nor spake of nor neuer thought it Wherfore beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that this place be nomore called Thopheth or vale of BeÌ„hinnon but the vale of slaughter For I shal slaye the senatours of Juda and Jerusalem in this place and smyte theÌ„ downe with swerde in the sight of their emnes which seke their lyfe And I shal geue their carioÌ„s meat to the foules of the aier bestis of the erthe Also I shal make this cyte desolate and hilled at so that euery maÌ„ that passeth by it may be a stonned hysse vpon hir grete plage And I shal cause them to eate their owne chylders flesshe ye and one shal eat a nother in the besege distresse wheryn their emnes with sich as seke their lyues shal holde theÌ„ harde and thou shalt al to breake this pitsherd before these men which shal be there present with the sayng vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of powers EueÌ„ thus shal I alto breake and destroy this peple cyte lyke as a potter breketh a vessel which can neuer more be repayrede And in Thopheth shal they be buryed because they haue no nother place to burye them in Also thus shal I do to this place to the inhabitours therof saith the Lorde for I shal make the cyte lyke Thophet For the houses of Jerusalem the houses of the kinges of Juda ar polluted eueÌ„ as is this place Thophet because that all the houses in whose parlers they burned incense vnto al the companey of the starres planetis were pollated they with out any stoppe offred vnto straunge goddis Aftir this Jeremye came froÌ„ Thophet whither the Lorde had sente him to prophecye and preche and stode in the fore courte of the teÌ„ple sayng vnto al the peple Thus saith the Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I shal bringe vpoÌ„ this cyte vpoÌ„ al hir towâ—es aboute euery plage whiche I haue decreed to fall vpon it be cause they haue so hardened their prowde neckes y t they wolde not obaye my monicioÌ„s ¶ The .xx. Chapiter THan Pashur the Priest sone of Immery ouermost in the house of y e Lorde whan he herde Jeremy so constantly preching these thingis he smitte Jeremy the Prophete and cast him bownde into y e stockes y t stode in the ouer gate of Beniamin which was in y e house of the Lorde And y e daye folowing Pashur brought forth Jeremye out of the stockis And Jeremy sayd vnto him The Lorde shal no nomore callthy name Pashur but Magur euery where For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal make the fearful both to thy nowne selfe and also to al thy freÌ„dis which shal fal vnder y e swerde of their enmes before thy face And I shal geue vp al Juda into the power of the kinge of Babylon which shal kary a waye captyue to Babylon parte of theÌ„ parte shal he slaye with swerde Also lykewyse shal I geue vp al the riches of this cyte al the noble actes and victoriouse labours al the preciouse iwells tresure of the kingis of Juda into the handis of their enymes which shal bothe robbe theÌ„ kary theÌ„ captiue to Babylon And eueÌ„ thou Pashur with all thy housholde shalt be ledawaye captiue to Babylon and there shalt thou dye and be buryed both thou and al that set any thing by the vnto whom thou prechedst lyes Lorde thou brekest me but thou couÌ„fortest me agene makest me stroÌ„ge I am iested vpon skorned euery daye of euery man because that nowe I haue preached a longe tyme inueinge agenst their wyked violence tyranye crying into their eares this desolacion Whervpon they obrayded me of the worde of the Lorde and turned it into my perpetual derision Wherfore I thought many tymes neuer more to mynde it nor to preache in thy name But yet the worde wrought in my herte and in my bones lyke a kindled fyer closed yn which whan I laboured to represse it passed my power ye although yet I herde the haynous rebukis of many and suffered vniuste vexacions euen of my nowne singler acquaintance euermore redy to fear me saying Let him be taken broughtforth accused and trapped so that if thus parauenture he cooled and broken and we seming to preuaile agenst him myght be auenged on him But the Lorde stode by me lyke a valeauÌ„t knygh which fighting for me my persuers fil awaye hauinge no power ouer me They were shamefully confounded for that they dealt folishly whervpon they fill into perpetual obprobrye Thou therfore Lorde of powers the iuste tryer and sercheroute of the truthe vnto whom herte raynes ar not hid let me se vengeaÌ„ce taken on them for vnto the I committe my cause Singe ye to the Lorde prayse him for he hath delyuered the lyfe of the poore from the cruel hande of the violent Cursed be the daye y t I was borne yn the daye that my mother brought me forthe be neuer more spokenof Cursed be the maÌ„ that firste brought glad tydingis to my father sayng Thou hast a man chylde The same thinge mought chaunse to that man whiche chaunced once vpoÌ„ the cytes which y e Lorde with oute any stoppe subuerted hearing their pestilent fame with oute ceasse because I was not kylled as sone as I was borne or y t my mother was not made my graue my concepcioÌ„ holden backe in hir for euer Wherfore was I brought forth of my mothers woÌ„be Verely because I shulde fele bothe labour sorowe so leadforth my lyfe
iÌ„ obprobrye ¶ The .xxi. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye whan Zedechias sente vnto him pashur the sone of Melchie and Zephony the Priest sone of Maasy with this maner of commandemeÌ„t sayng Aske counsel of the Lorde we praye the as touching vs for Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon laith sege vnto vs whither god paraduenture wyll do with vs aftir his meruelouse powr and so turne this kinge from vs. Then Jeremy sayd vnto them Thus shal ye answer Zedechye Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Beholde I shal wringe the weapens oute of your haÌ„dis whiche ye holde to fyght agenste the kinge of Babylon the Chaldeis fighting agenst you withoute at the wallis I shal bringe your weapeÌ„s altogither into the middis of this cyte and I my selfe shal fight agenste you with a stretched-forth hande and stronge arme with indignacion furye and grete wrathe and shal smyte the inhabitours of this cyte so that bothe man beast shal dye of a grete pestilence And aftir this saith the Lorde I shal geue vp Zedechye kinge of Juda both his seruauntis and the peple with the resydew of this cyte whoÌ„ pestilence swerde and honger haue lefte into the power of Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into y e handis of their enmyes eueÌ„ into y e haÌ„dis of theÌ„ y t thirst for their lyfe which shal smyte theÌ„ with the edge of swerde withoute alcoÌ„passion nether sparing nor hauinge any mercy on them And vnto this peple thou shalt saye Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal setforth before you the waye of lyfe and dethe Whoso euer abideth in this cyte shal dye with swerde or honger or pestelence but he that wil goforthe to go to the Chaldes that besege you shal saue himselfe and his lyfe shal be vnto him lyke a lukkely goten proye For I haue bente my face ageÌ„ste this cyte to scourge it and not to do it good saith the Lorde that it might be geuen vp into the power of the kinge of Babylon to be brent Also thou shalt saye to the kinges house of Juda. Hear the worde of y e Lorde ye house of Dauid for thus saith the Lorde Ministre rightwisnes withoute any delaye and delyuer the oppressed spoyled from the power of the violent vexer before my furye comeforthe lyke fyer to burne so that nomaÌ„ maye queÌ„che it for your mischeuous studyes Beholde me here at hande eueÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which dwel here there in wales in rockes playns saith y e Lorde which saye who shal make vs afrayd Or who can come to our holdis But I shal viset you acording to y e merits of your studye saith the Lorde and kindel a fyer thorowt your wodis to deuour al thingis rownde aboute you ¶ The .xxii. Chapiter FOrthermore thus spake the Lorde Go thy wayes downe into y e kingis house of Juda there speke this sermone saynge Heare the worde of the Lorde o kinge of Juda which sittest in y e seat of Dauid Hear I saye both thou thy seruaÌ„ts peple whiche iette so prowdely thorow these gatis Thus coÌ„mandeth the Lorde Obserue equite and rightuousnes auenge the spoiled from the power of the wronge doer The straunger the fatherlesse and wedewe see thou moleste not hurt nor robbe nother shede ye innocent blode in this place And if ye obserue these thingis constantly the kingis which shal sitte in the seat of Dauid shal go thorow the gates of this house and be caryed in charyets and vpon horse both they their seruants and their peple But if thou obseruest not these precepts I swere by my nownselfe saith the Lorde that this house shal be desolate For euen thus hath the Lorde spokeÌ„ vpoÌ„ the house of Juda. Thou arte the head euen as is Galaad in Libano but if I bringe not the thy cytes into a deserte y t they be not inhabited For I shal apoynte forth sende into y e a destroyer with is weapens to cutdowne thy chosen Cedres caste theÌ„ into y e fyer And whaÌ„ any other nacioÌ„ shal passe forby this cyte one shal saye to another wherfor hathe y e Lorde done thus vnto this grete citeâ— ThaÌ„ it shal be answerde eueÌ„ because they forsoke despysed the couenaunt of their lorde God and fildowne worshipt straÌ„ge goddis Wepe not for the dead nor moorne yet not for him but wepe sore for him now going a waye For this maÌ„ shal neuer come ageyn nor yet se his owne natiue lande For thus saith the Lorde vpon Sellum the sone of Josias kinge of Juda raigning aftir Josias his father He that is goneforth of this regioÌ„ shal neuermore returne For he shal dye in the same place into whiche he is ledde captiue neuermore se this lande Wo be to him y t buyldeth his house by iniurye and wronge setteth vp his parlers and chaumbers by fraude and violence which maketh his owne neighbour to serue him for naught not geuinge him his rewarde for his labour Thus thinketh he with himselfe I wil buyld me a large house costely chauÌ„bres He cutteth him forth windowes beames and grounsels of Cedre paynteth them with reade Thinkest thou nowe to raigne whan with thy cedre buyldingis thou prouokest me to enuye and to be aueÌ„ged Did not thy father in his trwe and iuste labour eat drinke prospered wel Whiles he auenged the cause of the poore oppressed he prospered wel which thinge whereof els shâ—ld it hapeÌ„ but for y e knowlege of me saith the Lorde But thy eyes and thy herte ar al togither sette vpon couetousnes to spillinnoceÌ„t blode to do iniury and extorsion Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Joakim sone of Josias kinge of Juda. They shal not lament mourne him with theis wonte lementable wordes Ah my brother oh my syster nother with theis Ah Lorde oh noble kinge But he shal be buryed lyke anasse eueÌ„ stinking caste withe oute the gatis of Jerusalem Clyme vp into Libanus oh virgen and daughter Zion and crye In Basan also let thy voyce be herde and crye oute from al the highe wayes for al thy louers ar perished These thinges I gaue the warninge of whan thou waste yet in welthy prosperite But thou answerdst me sayng I will not heare this verely was thy maner eueÌ„ froÌ„ thy yougth that thou woldest not obaye my voyce All thy pastors shal be ruled and blown awaye of the winde and thy louers shal be caryed awaye into captiuite and than verely thou shalt be shamed and confounded for thy grete wykednes and malice which yet dwellest in Libano nestelest in the Cedres How grete shal thy sorowful sighes be whan this ruyne shal fall vpon the lyke panges vpon the traueler of chylde As verely as I lyue saith the Lorde though Jechonias the sone of Joakim kinge of Juda be the signet whiche I weare on mi right hande yet shal I pluk him of from hence
betake the into the handis of them that seke thy lyfe into the power of them whose face thou fearest euem into the hande of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into the handis of the Caldes And shal translate the and thy mother that bore the into a strange lande where ye were not borne but ye shal dye in it And into this lande whither ye shal so sore desyer to returne shal ye neuer come agene This man Jechonias shal be plucked torne in peses lyke a cōtemptible grauen image which for al his costely aparel yet pleaseth he nomā wherfore he shal be baneshed both he his sead casteforth into an vnknowne lande But oh erthe erthe erthe hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Bill me this man barain to be emōge the dishereted outelawes for he shal neuer more prosper in al his lyfe there shal none of his sead prosper to sit in the seat roial of Dauid and to raigne in Juda. ¶ The .xxiii. Chapiter UVo be the herdemen that destroye and scater my flocke saith the Lorde Wherfore this commaundement sendeth the Lorde God of Israel vnto the herdemen that shulde gouerne my peple ye destroye and thrust oute my flocke and ye loke not vpon them Wherfore I shal loke vpō your wyked counsels studyes saith the Lorde and gather the resydew of my flocke frō al the partes into which I had caste themforth and restore them vnto my pasture that they maye growe and be encreased I shal set herdemen ouer them which shal fede them They shal nomore be afrayde nor dreade for they shal not perishe saith the Lorde Beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I wil stere vp that rightuouse Budde or braunche of Dauid to raigne and to execute his offyce prudently in restoring equite and rightwysnes in the erthe In his dayes Juda shal be saued and Israel shal dwel suer And this is the name that men shal cal him by euen the Lorde our rightwysnes Vvherfore lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that men shal nomore swere As verely as the Lorde lyuith whiche led the childern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypte but as verely as the Lorde lyueth which hath ledforth and brought agene the sead of the house of Israel from the northe este lande and from al the regions into whiche I had dispersed thē to dwel in their owne lande Wo be to the Prophetis also My herte is alto broken al my bones ar shyured in sondre I am lyke a dronken man troubled with wyne for feare of the Lorde and his holy worde For therthe is ful of aduouterers wherfore it is now come y t she being a cursed aborred shal waile hir plesante feldis of the deserte shal be withred vp For the lyuinge of these men is euel their powr contrarye to the holy worde Both Prophet and Prieste ar polluted and be filthy ipocrytes and their maliciouse wykednes is espyed euē in my house saith y e lorde Wherfore their waye shal be slybery and ful of stomblinge stones in derkenes at which they shal stomble and fall for I shal bringe a plage vpō them euen the day of their visitaciō saith the Lorde The same foleshnes which I sawe amonge the Prophetis of Samarye wherby they preched for Baalis profite decyued my peple of Israel I haue now sene also amonge the prophetis of Jerusalem euen filthy stinkinge aduoutery and licenciouse liberte to lye Thei flater and ioyne handis with the moste mischeuouse men to th entent that euery one of them shulde neuer returne from their wykednes Thei al with their cytesens ar vnto me lyke Sodome the cytesens of Gomorre Wherfore thus saith the Lorde of powers vpon the Prophetis Beholde I shal fede them with wormewode and geue thez to drinke water mengled with gall For oute of the Prophetis of Jerusalem ar brokenforth the contagious spottis of al ipocrysye into al the worlde Wherfore thus warneth the Lorde of powers Se that ye lysten not vnto the wordis of these prechers that preache vnto you for thei deceyue you speking the vision of their own hertis and nothing of the mouthe of the Lorde Thei tel them boldely which depyse me The Lorde saith we shal haue prosperous peace and thei tel al them that walke aftir the lustes of their owne hertis There shal no plage come vpon you for who stode in the counsel of the Lorde to heare and know his mynde Beholde the whirlewynde of the Lorde that is to saye his wrathe shal comeforthe and turne hirselfe with grete violence into the headis of the vngodly Nether shal the lordis wrathe be returned vntil he hath acōpleshed and finesshed the set purpose of his herte But in tyme to come ye shal vnderstande his counsel I sent not these Prophetis saith the Lorde and yet they runne I sayd nothinge to them ▪ and yet they preache and Prophecye But had thei stode in my counsel and herde my wordis thei had cōuerted my peple from their euel wayes and euel thoughtis Am I god whiche maye se but thingis onely at hande saith the Lorde and not thingis al afarre Maye any man hyde himselfe so preuely that I se him not saith the Lorde Do not I fulfil both heuen and erthe saith the Lorde I haue herde verely what maner thinges the Prophetis saye which preche lyes vnder the cloke of my name saing I dremed I dremed How longe shal this steke in y e Prophetis hertis to preche lyes to preche y e desaight of their owne myndis whose counsel is bente vpon this euen to deceyue my peple with their dremes whiche they tel euery man to drawe my name oute of memory as their fathers forgote my name by processe of tyme bringingin Baal That Prophete which hath seene a dreme wil preche but a dreame But he vnto whom my worde is shewed wil speke my worde euen of faithe What shal chaffe do with wheate saith the Lorde Is not my worde lyke fyer saith the Lorde and lyke a twybit cleauinge the rocke of stone wherfore beholde me now agenste the Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche steale my worde frō whom they liste Beholde me nowe agenste y e Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche take vpon their tongues to saye Thus saith y e Lorde Beholde me now agenste y e prophetis euen agenste their lyinge dreames saith the Lorde which dreames yet dare they mynde speake to deceyue my peple w t their lyes fayned miracles whom I neuer sente nor cōmanded them any thinge whiche prophetis shal be ful grete hurte vnto this peple saith y e Lorde Whan this peple or prophete or prieste shal aske y e sayng what maner thinge is y e burden of y e Lorde Thou shalt saye vnto thez What Askeyeme of y e burden Euen yourselues be y e burden Wherfore I shal
But the worde of the Lorde was shewed him aftir Ananias the Prophete had broken the chayne from y e Prophet Jeremyes necke on this maner Go and tel Ananias these wordes Thus saith the Lorde Ananias thou hast broken cheynes of wode but for theÌ„ Jeremye thou shalt make agene chaynes of yerne For thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel I shal laye a yoke of yerne vpon al these nacioÌ„s that they shal serue Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon that shal they And euen the beastis of y e felde shal I betake vnto him so shal I. Than sayd the Prophete Jeremy vnto y e Prophete Ananias Hear I beseche the Ananias The Lorde sente the not but thou goist a boute to bringe this peple into a vayne and false hope Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal sende y e therfore but whither verely euen froÌ„ the face of the erthe For withyn this same year shalt thou be dead For ful emnyously and despightfully hast thou spoken agenste y e Lorde And so Ananias dyed the same year in the seuenth monethe ¶ The argument of this .xxix. Chapiter Ther arose certayn false Prophetis amonge the captynes in Babylon whiche promised themselues liberty to retourne aftir Ananias his saing with in two year but these false Prophetis Jeremye confutethe THese ar the wordes of y e pistle which the prophete Jeremy sent from Jerusalem vnto y e men in captiuite both to the elders priestes prophets to y e peple also whom Nebuchadnezar had led a waye to Babylon aftir that kinge Jechonias and his quene the gâ—lded men y e rulers of Juda Jerusalem sinythes also with y e artificers were gone Aelassa sone of Saphan and Gamaria sone of helkie bering it Whom Zedechias kinge of Juda sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon the pistel I saye coÌ„tayning these wordis Thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel vnto al the captiues that ar led from Jerusalem to Babylon Buyld ye houses to dwel in plante gardens hortyardis to eate their frutes marye wyues to bringforth sonnes daughters ye and geue your sonnes your daughters housbandes that they maye bringforthe sonnes daughters encrease there gretely Studye in nowyse to be fewe in nowmber But study for y e prosperouse peace of y e same cite wheryn ye be holdeÌ„ captiue praye to the Lorde for it For their peace shal be yours For thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e god of Israel Let not y e prophetes w t your diuynes that ar w t you deceyue you Nether beleue your own dreames which ye dreame For these meÌ„ prophecye vnto you lyes in my name I sent theÌ„ not saith y e lorde But thus saith y e Lorde Whan ye haue fulfilled .lxx. years in Babylon I shal viset deal w t you aftir my goodnes to bringe you agene into this place For I forgete not my set purposes decreed vpon you saith y e Lorde They ar couÌ„sels of holsom peace not of troublouse affliccioÌ„ to geue you another maner chaunce y t ye might haue a fresshe a better hope ye shal crye vnto me I shal hear you ye shal seke me fynde me If ye sek me with al your herte I wil be fownde I saye of you saith y e Lorde I shal redeme you froÌ„ captiuite gather you froÌ„ oute of al y e geÌ„tyles froÌ„ al places where yn to I had dispersed you saith y e Lorde restore you into thissame place fro wheÌ„ce I led you captiue But as touching this where ye saye the lorde to haue stered vp Prophets in Babylon Thus saith y e Lorde both as concerninge thissame kinge y t yet sitteth in y e set of Dauid al y e peple y t inhabit this cite with your brothern y t ar not yet gone with you into captiuite thus I saye saith y e Lorde of powers vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo I shal sende amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y e swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce make theÌ„ lyke vnrype figges which for their bitternes may not be eateÌ„ And I shal persecute theÌ„ w t swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce I shal geue theÌ„ to be vexid of al y e kiÌ„gdoÌ„s of therthinto an execracion to be aborred into an outhissinge and obprobry among al nacions wher so euer I shal scater them because they obayed not my coÌ„mandements saith the Lorde which I sente them by my seruantis the Prophetis erly rysinge euermore sendinge but yet obayed they not saithe the Lorde And al you in captiuite whom I sente from Jerusalem to Babylon hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel as concerninge Ahab the sone of Colie and Zedekia sone of Maasie whiche prophecy lyes vnto you in my name Beholde I shal geue them into the handis of Nebuchadnezar kiÌ„ge of Babylon to slaye them before your faces And al the captiues of Juda whiche ar in Babylon shall take vp this worde of excecracion vpon them saynge The lorde rid theÌ„ out of the waye as he did Zedekias and Ahab whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon fryed in the fyer because they committed wyked folishnes agenste Israel For whan they had defyled their neghbours wyues yet weÌ„t they and preched lyes in my name which I neuer commanded them These thinges do I certifye and testifye vnto you saith the Lorde But as touchinge Semeia y e Neemalite thus shalt thou tel him Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Sith thou haste sente letters vnder thy nown name sealed vnto the peple in Jerusalem and also vnto Zephanias sone of Maasie Prieste and to al the Priestis also in which thou spekest to him thus For as moche as the Lorde hath set y e beinge Prieste in the stede of the Prieste Joiada to bere rule in the house of the Lorde and to serche for al furiouse sprited Prophetes that preache or prophecy to caste them into presone or stockes how hapeneth it that thou takest not and correckest not Jeremy of Anathot that precheth with you so continually Whiche ouer al this yet he sente vnto vs that ar here holden in Babylon sayng playnely our captiuite to be very longe bidding vs to builde houses to dwelyn and plante orteyardes whose frute we might eate Whiche letters Zephanias the Priest red ouer Jeremy the Prophete hearing theÌ„ Then was the worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy sayng thus Tell the hole companye in captiuite thus Thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Semeia that Neelamite Sith Semeias hath thus preached vnto you with oute my commandemeÌ„t stuffinge you ful of vayne hopes therfore this is the Lordes plesure Beholde I shal viset Semeias the Neelamyte his sede so that non of his shal neuermore dwel amonge this peple nether shal they se that goodnes which I shal do vnto this peple saithe the Lorde for he hathe preached emayously spight fully vpon the Lorde ¶ The .xxx. Chapiter THe
which bringeth his worde to passe the Lorde which accomplessheth his thoughtis and purposes euen he whose name is the Lorde Thou cryedst vnto me and I answerde the aud I expowned the great and highe thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye saith the Lorde God of Israel as concerninge the houses of this cyte the kingis houses of Juda to be thronedowne with ordinaunce and weapen the caldes now coming vpon to wonne it fillinge these houses with mennis caryons whom I shal smyte in my wrath furye my face turned awaye fro this cyte for the multitude of their malice Lo I shal close vp their woundes heale them I shal open them the tresure of peace and faithfulnes And I shal suerly bryng ageyne Juda and Israel and restore them as they were before And I shal pourge them frome al heir wykednes committed agenst me and parden al their synnes done so spyght fully agenst me wherby I shal get me a blessed glad name into my prayse and glorye amonge al the nacioÌ„s of therthe whiche shal hear of al my goodnes shewed vpon them For they shal feare and be astoned to se howe great goodnes and peace I shal bestow on them so louingly Also thus saith y e Lorde And ageyne there shal be herde in this place whiche ye saye also shal be turned into a wildernes so that nether man nor beast shal be in it and in the cyte of Juda withoute Jerusalem whiche also shal be desolate so that nother man nor beast inhabit them ther shal be herde I saye y e voyce of men makinge myrthe ioye solace euen the voyce of the brydegrome w t his spouse the voyce of men singinge Magnifye ye the Lorde of powers for right good is the Lorde whose mercy endureth for euer Ther shal be herde the voyce of men knowleging God with giftis in the Lordis house For I shal restore y e captiuite of this lande into their olde state saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers Ther shal be ageyn in this region nowe desolate man and beste and in al hir cytes in the cytes of the mountayns of the playnes in the deserte herdemeÌ„nis lodges kepinge their flockes In the lande of Beniamin in the felde of Jerusalem in the cytes of Juda the flockes shal be noumbred agene vnder the handis of y e teller saith the Lorde Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde that I shal performe this goodnes whiche I haue promysed to the house of Israel Juda. In these dayes in that tyme I shal bringforthe y t rightuouse budde of Dauid which shal do equyte rightuousnes vpon the erthe In these dayes Juda shal be made salfe Jerusalem shaldwel suerly And he shal be called in hir euen thus The Lorde our rightwisnes For euen thus promyseth God The sead of Dauid shalnot be withoute a man to sitte in the kinges seat of the house of Israel The preistis also the Leuites shal not lak a man to offer before me sacrifices to burne the sacrifice ministringe offeringe the slayne offeraunces euery daye Also the worde of the Lorde was shewed to Jeremye on this maner If it be possible my couenant to be broken which I haue smyten with the daye night so that nother y e daye nor y e night folowe not in their tyme so is it impossible my couenaunt to be voyde whiche I haue made w t Dauid my seruant so not to haue a sonne raigninge in his seat And euen lykewyse shalnot my seruice lake Leuite and Preiste For as the starres of heuen cannot be nowbred nor the sea sandes mesured euen so shal I encrease the sead of my seruant Dauid my Leuites and ministres Ouer this yet came the worde of y e Lorde ageyn to Jeremy thus Vnderstandest thou not what this peple saith Ther be two kynredis say they whom y e Lorde hath chosen and euen these same bothe hath he caste awaye for to this is my peple brought that they beleue themselues neuer to come in togither withe the gentyles wherfore thus saith y e Lorde If I haue not smitten a bargeÌ„ with y e day night If I haue not geuen lawes to y e heuen erthe the sead of Jacob Dauid my seruant now shal I caste awaye so that I receyue not of his ysswe to be princes ouer the sead of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. For I shal repayer their fall and be merciful vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiii. Chapiter THe sermone which was shewed of y e Lorde vnto Jeremy whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste gatherd from al y e regions of his lande that were vnder his impery and al his peple made bataile agenste Jerusalem hir cytes borderinge aboute hir one this maner Thus commandeth the Corde God of Israel Go and speke to Zedechias kinge of Juda tel him Thus saith the Lorde Lo I shal betake this cyte into the hande of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal set fyer vpon it thou thy selfe shalt not escape his hande but be led captiue delyuerde into his power Thy eyen shal beholde the present face of y e kinge of Babylon he shal speke vnto the mouthe to mouthe than shalt thou come to Babylon But yet hear the worde of the Lorde Zedechias kinge of Juda Thus y e Lorde telleth the. That thou shalt not be slayne with swerde but thou shalt dye in peace For they shal burne y e in the fyer as they brente thy fathers y e kinges thy predicessours And shal geue the thy moorning tuwne sayng Ah Master For this counsel haue I taken saith the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremy spake vnto Zedechie kinge of Juda al these sermoÌ„s at Jerusalem whan the kinge of Babylons hoste layd sege to Jerusalem and to al the other cytes of Juda that were lefte as to lachis and Azecham whiche yet remayned of y e sironge defensed cytes of Juda. The sermone whiche y e Lorde shâ—â—wed to y e Prophete Jeremye aftir y t Zedechias had made a lawe w t al the peple of Jerusalem that lybertye fredome shuld be proclaymed so that euery man shuld let fre go his bonde seruaÌ„t y t were hebrewes both man wâ—man no iewe to suffre his brother to be his bondeman And al y e rulers w t the hole peple y t moued this bargen consented that euery man shulde let go free both bonde man and woman and nomore to be lordis ouer them And agreyng to this lawe they obayed consented sending them for the fre But aftir warde they repented them and plucked their bonde men mayde seruantis home ageyn whom they had let go free called them ageyn into bondage For the which cause y e worde of the lorde was shewed froÌ„ him vnto Jeremy thus Thus saith y e lorde god of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers whaÌ„ I led theÌ„
forth of y e lande of Egypte that they shulde nomore lyue in bondage with these wordis At the seuen years ende let euery man let go free his bonde seruant that is an Hebrew and bought aftir hath serued vi year let him go free But your fathers obayed me not 〈◊〉 yet herkened to me And ye were 〈◊〉 turned doinge that iuste and right 〈◊〉 in my sight euery maÌ„ proclayming fredome to his neghbour smyting y e bargen in my presence euen in the teÌ„ple whiche bereth my name But your myndis sone chaÌ„ged ye haue defyled my name euery maÌ„ callinge home agein his bonde maÌ„ mayde whom ye had once let go free at their owne lybertye Wherfore this is the lordis plesure saynge ye obayed me not whan eueryman proclaymed lyberty to his brother neghbour wherfor I my selfe shal call you vnto a lybertye saith the lorde eueÌ„ into y e lybertye of the swerde pestelence honger And I shal delyuer you for the to be vexed of al nacioÌ„s of y e erthe euen these men which haue brokeÌ„ my bargen not obseruing the wordis of the couenaunt smiten in my presence the bullok cleft in twayn the goinge thorow betwene the partes therof solempnly done euen the rulers I saye of Juda y e rulers of Jerusalem with their geldid men the priestis and al the peple of y e lande which passed thorow betwene the two sydes of this bullok I shal betake into the power of their enimes which longe to drawe oute their hertis And their karions shal be meat for the foules of the ayer beastis of the erthe And as for Zedechias kinge of Juda hir rulers I shal delyuer them into their enimes handis which thirste for their lyfe euen into the handis of the kinge of Babylons hoste whiche nowe goithe awaye from you but at my becke saith y e Lorde he shal returne vnto this cyte whiche wone and taken they shal set on fyer And the cytes of Juda I shal leue desolate noman to inhabit them ¶ The .xxxv. Chapitre THe sermon shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy in the raigne of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Go to the house of the Rechabites and call them forthe and bringe them to the house of the Lorde into some of y e reuestrys and geue them wyne to drinke Then toke I Jazaniam the sone of Jeremy the sone of Habaznie and his bretherne with al his chylderne and al the famylye of y e Rechabites brought them to y e house of the Lorde into the reuestrye of y e chylderne of Hanan sonne of Igdalie the man of God whiche reuestry was by the reuestry of the rulers this was ouer the vestry of Maasie sonne of Sallum cheife of the tresure house And I set before y e sonnes of the famylye of the Rechabites tankerdis ful of wyne and cuppes and bad them drinke wyne And they answerde we drynke no wyne For Jonadab our father the sone of Rechab commanded vs sayng Drynke neuer no wyne nother you nor your sonnes Bilde no houses sowe no corne Also ye shal nether plante nor possede any vyneyardes but dwel ye in tentis al your lyfe y e ye may lyue longe vpon y e lande wheryn ye be strangers Wherfore we obayed the coÌ„mandement of Jonadab the sonne of our father Rechab in al that he bode vs so y t nether we our wyues our sonnes nor daughters drynke wyne al our lyues nor bylde vs houses to dwelyn nother haue we vynyardes nor corne feldis amonge vs but dwel in tabernacles obayng doing to our power al y t our father Jonadab bode vs. But now it chaunsed so y t whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon cam vp into this prouince we comoned togither saynge Let vs go to Jerusalem y t we mought scape y e hoste of y e Chaldes AssyrioÌ„s Wherfore we dwel now in houses here in Jerusalez ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to Jeremy sayng Thus saith the lorde of powers y e god of Israel Go saye vnto al Juda to y e cytes of Jerusalez Wil ye receyue no disciplyne y t ye might obaye my wordis saith y e Lorde The wordis of Jonadab sone of Rechab coÌ„manding his chylderne to drynk no wyne stande faste for they drynk non vnto this daye but obayed y e precept of their father But I meselfe haue spokeÌ„ to you both erly rysing diligeÌ„tly warning yet obayed ye not me ouer al this I sent you al my seruaÌ„tis y e prophetis both erly rysinge ouer sendinge saynge Lome ageyn I praie you euery maÌ„ from his own yl waye turne your myndes into a better state go not thus awaye aftir straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ y t ye might abyde stil in this lande whiche I gaue you your fathers but ye gaue no eare nor obayed me The childerne of Jonadab sone of Rechab kept faste their fathers precepte whiche he gaue thez but this peple obayed not me Wherfore y e Lorde God of powers the God of Israel coÌ„mandeth me thus to saye Lo I shal bringe al thaffliâ—â—ioÌ„s vpon Juda vpon al the cytesens of Jerusalem which I haue decreed agenste them For I spake to them but they obayed me not I called them but they answerde not Than sayd Jeremy vnto the familye of the Rechabites Thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel For y t ye obayed the commandement of Jonadab your father kept al his preceptis doing aftir al y t he body you therfore thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel The stok of Jonadab sonne of Rechab shal not be with oute a man to continewe and stande in my presence for euer ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapiter THe fowerth yere of Joachim the sonne of Josias kinge of Juda thus did the Lorde his worde vnto Jeremy sayng Take the a grete boke and wryte therin al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the to be preched vnto Israel Juda and to al nacions sence I begane to fpeke with the in the raygne of Josias vnto this present daye If paraduenture yet the house of Juda hearing al these affliccions wiche I purpose to do to them turne euery man from his euil waye I forgeue them their wykednes and synne Then Jeremy called to him Baruch the sone of Nerie And Baruch did wryte in the boke at the mouthe of Jeremy al the sermons of the Lorde spoken vnto Jeremy And Jeremy commanded Baruch sayng It is not suer for me to come into the house of the Lorde Go thou therfore and rede this boke wryten of my mouthe the very wordis of the Lorde al the peple hearing it in the daye of the faste and al Juda hearing it to ye euen vnto them to that ar comen hither from their cytes shalt thou rede theÌ„ If paraduenture they wil submitte their prayers vnto the presence of y e
Lorde so returne euery man from his euelwaye For grete is the wrathe indignacion ordened of God for this peple Then did Baruch the sone of Nerie to his powr al that Jeremy the Prophet commanded him reding of the boke the sermons of the Lorde in the house of the Lorde And this was done the fyfte yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda in the nyenthe moneth whan they commanded al the peple to faste to pease the Lorde as wet the peple of Jerusalem as them that came thither frome the other cytes Then did Baruch rede on the boke Jeremyes sermōs at the house of the Lorde standing in the vestry of Gamarie sone of Saphan the scrybe whiche vestry is by the ouer vestry before the newe dore of the temple al the peple hering them And when Micheas sone of Gamarie the sone of Saphan had herde al the sermons of the Lorde oute of the boke He wente downe to the kinges house vnto the scrybes counting house For ther sate the rulers Elisama scrybe Dalias sone of Semei Elnathan the sone of Achbori Gamarias sone of Saphan Zedechias sone of Hanany with al the rulers And Micheas tolde them al the sermons whiche he had herde of Baruch red out of the boke al the peple hearing And al the rulers sente Jehudi the sone of Nathany sone of Salamy sone of Chusi vnto Baruch on message saynge Take the boke in thy hande where vpon thou reddist the peple hering the and come thy wais with me Then toke Baruch the sone of Nery the boke in his hande and came to them And they sayd vnto him Sit downe I pray the and rede and let vs here them And Baruch red them they herkening thervnto And when they had herde al these sermons they wer astonned one gasyng vpon a nother sayng vnto Baruch verely we shal shewe y e kinge al these wordis And they asked Baruch thus Tel vs I pray y e how thow wrotest al these sermons of his mouthe Whom Baruch answerde he spake thē to me with his owne mouthe whiche I alone being w t him receiued with my penne into this boke Then sayd y e rulers vnto Baruch Go hyde y e with Jeremy so that noman knowe where you be And these rulers went in to y e courte to the kinge leuing y e boke in Elisams y e scrybis studye tolde al the sermōs vnto the kingis presence Then sente y e kinge one Jehudi to fetche y e boke whiche brought frome Elisams the scrybis study and Jehudi had red it bothe the kinge himselfe al the rulers present hering it The kinge then abode in his wynter house for it was then nouembyr and ther was a grete fyer before him And whan Jehudi had red thre or fower leues the boke was cut in pesis with a penne knyfe and caste into the fyer vpon the harthe tyl al the boke was brente vp notwithstandinge yet in the mene ceason they nether fered nor cut their clothes nother the kinge himselfe nor his seruantis when they had herde al these sermons But Elnathan Dalias and Gamarias made intercession to the kinge that the boke shulde not haue had ben brente but he herde them not but cōmanded Jerachmiel the sone of Hameleche Sarie the sone of Ezriel and Salamie sone of Achdiel to take Baruch y t wrote it Jeremy the Prophete to But the Lorde had hid them Than came the worde of the Lorde to Jeremy aftir the kinge had brēte the boke with the sermōs which Baruch had writen at the mouthe of Jeremy The worde of the Lorde came to Jeremy on this maner yet agene take the a nother boke wryte in it al the forsayde sermons whiche wer in the boke before whiche Joachim kinge of Juda brēte And tell Joachim kinge of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde Thou hast brente this boke thus reuoluinge in thy mynde For what entent haste thou wryten in it this mater that the kinge of Babylon shal come subuerte this lande that he shulde leue it desolate bothe man beast Wherfore the Lorde saith as concerning Joachim kinge of Juda. There shal non of his stocke sit in the sete of Dauid His carkase shal be caste agenste the heat of the daye colde of the night And I shal loke vpō the wikednes both of him of his sede of his seruantis and bringe vpon them the inhabitours of Jerusalem and vpon al Juda al that grete affliccion whiche I tolde thē before al beit they herde me not Then Jeremy toke a nother boke and gaue it to Baruch the scrybe sone of Nery whiche wrote in it at Jeremyes mouthe al y e sermons of the same boke that Joachim kinge of Juda had brente moreouer there were added vnto them moo then before ¶ The .xxxvii. Chapiter ZEdechias the sone of Josias made kinge of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon raigned ouer the lande of Juda in the stede of Jechonias sone of Joachim sone of Joachim But nether he nor his seruātis nor the peple of the lande obayd the sermons of the Lorde whiche he spake by Jeremy y e Prophet Nethelesse yet was kinge Zedechias fayne to sende Jehuchal sone of Selemy and Zephaniam sone of Maasy Prieste vnto the Prophet Jeremy that they shulde say to him Praye for vs vnto our Lorde God we beseche the. For Jeremy wente frely amonge the peple not yet put in preson But nowe was Pharaous hoste come out of Egypte whō when y e Caldeis nowe layng sege to Jerusalem perceiued they went bake from the cite And then was the worde of God shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophet on this maner Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel These thing is shal ye answer the kinge of Juda whiche sente you to enquyre it of me Beholde Pharaous hoste whiche came forthe to helpe you shal turne home agen into Egypte and the Caldes shal come hither agen and wyn and take this cyte and set fyer on it For so saith the Lorde Let it not synke in to your hertis to thinke thus Now ar the Caldes douteles gone awaye from vs. For I ensuer you they shal come agene For albe it ye had slayne al y e Caldes hoste y t fightith yet agenste you so that very fewe of them that wounded to had ben yet lefte eche man in his tente yet shulde these ryse burne vp this cyte And when the Caldes hoste was remoued frome Jerusalem for fere of the Egypcians hoste Jeremy went oute of Jerusalem to go vnto the lande of Beniamin to set an order among his kynsfolke And when he came to the gate called Beniamins gate ther was a certayn man chief of the warde or watche called Jerias sone of Selemy the sone of Hanany whiche toke him imputing vnto him that he wolde haue slipte from them to the Caldes Which thing Jeremy sayd was false sayng I entended no thing lesse then to fle to the Caldes Whom Jerias
wolde not beleue but toke Jeremy and led him vnto the rulers And the rulers being angry with Jeremy beit him thrusted him into presone at Jonathan the scrybs house for this man was the leiftenant of the presone And so was Jeremy let downe into a depe dongē and there layed in stockis a longe ceason Then sente kinge Zedechias called him forth to him asking him secretely at home in his house sayng Thinkest thou y t this besegynge of this cyte now in doing is done of the Lorde And Jeremy answerde ye adding also y t thou shalt be delyuerde into the handis of the kinge of Babylon And ouer this Jeremy sayd vnto kinge Zedechias What haue I offended ether the or thy seruantis or this peple that ye haue thus caste me into presone Where be your Prophetis that tolde you the kinge of Babylon shuld not come agenst you nor yet once in to this lande Now therfore herken my lorde the kinge hear my peticion I beseche your fauour that ye commande me no more to be led agen to the howse of Jonathan the scrybe leste I there dye Then kinge Zedechias commanded Jeremy the Prophete to be shutte but in y e fore entry of the presone and to be geuen him euery daye a lytel cake of brede withe oute any other soden or rosted mete till al the brede in the cyte were consumed Then ther laye Jeremy in the entre of the presone ¶ The .xxxviii. Chapiter THen Saphathias sone of Mathan Godolias sone of Phashur Juchal sone of Salamie and Passhur sone of Malechy the rulers vnderstonding Jeremyes sermōs spoken vnto the peple in this sence Thus saith the Lorde who so euer shal abyde styll in this cyte shal dye ether w t swerde or honger or pestelence But whoso go forthe vnto y e Caldes shal lyue saue thēselfe fynding their lyfe as a proye For thus sayd the Lorde This cyte shal be geuen vp in to the handis of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal take it Wherfore these rulers sayd vnto the kinge let this man be put to dethe we praye you For by this meanes he bothe slacketh the handis of the soudyers and discourageth the men now redy to fyght lefte in this cyte discorageth al the peple whyle he precheth siche maner sermons For he nether seketh peace for the peple but rather dethe Than answerde kinge Zedechias Lo he is in your handis for your kinge may not denye you any siche thinge Then toke they Jeremy caste him into the dongē of Malchy the sone of Hamalech whiche before was in the fore entrye of y e preson And they lete downe Jeremy w t ropes into a dongen wher was no water but myer And Jeremy was rolled set faste in the myer And when Abdemeleche y e Ethyope a gelded man offycer in y e kingis house herde that they had caste Jeremy into this doungen he wente frō the kingis place spake to the kinge whiche then chaunced to sit in iugemēt in Beniamyns gate these wordis Lorde my kinge it is not rightwysely done y t these men haue done to Jeremy y e Prophete in that they haue caste him in to this dongen for he shal storue in this same place for honger sith ther is no brede lefte in y e cyte Then the kinge bode this Addemelech thethiope sayng Take w e the frō hēce at thy plesure xxx men pluck vp the Prophete Jeremy from oute of the dongen ere he dye Then toke Abdemelech these men with him and wente to Hamalechis house where vnder an aumbry he gote olde clowtis and raggis and lete them downe to Jeremy with cordis into the dongen And Abdemelech y e Ethiope called to Jeremy bidding him put these rotē clowtis vnder his arme holis betwene the rope and his bodye And Jeremy so did and then they lifted hem vp and drewe him oute of the dongen and then he abode still in the fore entrye of the presone Thā sent kinge Zedechias and called the Prophete Jeremy before him vnto the thyrde warde whiche was by the house of y e Lorde And y e kinge sayd to Jeremy I will aske the a thinge so y t thou hydest nothing fro me And Jeremy answerde Zedechias If I tel it the thow wylt suerly slay me And if I geue y e coūsel thou shalt not here me Then kinge Zedechias made an othe secretly to Jeremy in these wordis As verely as the Lorde lyueth euen he whiche hathe made vs these soules I swere that I wyl not slaye the nether wyl I delyuer the into the handis of these men that thirste for thy lyfe Than sayd Jeremy vnto Zedechas Euē thus saith the lorde God of powers y e God of Israel If thou go forthe at once with oute any stoppe yelding thy selfe vnto the princes of the kinge of Babylon thou shalt saue thy lyfe this cyte shal not be brente vp w t fyer thou shalt be salfe w t al thy house But if thou wilt not fle to y e kinge of Babylons prynces this cyte shal be geuen vp into y e handis of y e Caldes which shal set fyer on it And thou thy selfe shalt not escape their handis Thā sayd Zedechias to Jeremy I fere these iwes which ar fled al redy to y e Caldes lest I be betrayd into their hādis and they laught me to scorne Jeremy answerde they shalnot betraye y e. Beleue I praye y e the voice of the Lorde which I tell the thou shalt be wel ynoughe and haue thy lyfe But if thou refusest vtterly to go for the euē this thing hathe y e Lorde shewed me Lo al y e women lefte in y e kingis house of Juda shal go forthe to y e princes of the kinge of Babylon For they are persuaded y e thou ar deceyued in y t thou trustest so miche y e men whiche haue ruled the. They in whom thou didist put al thy truste haue set thy fete faste in y e myer to leue y e be hynde Wherfore al thy wyues with their chyldern wyl fle to the Caldes and thou shalt not escape their handis For thou shalt be takē captyue in y e kīge of Babylons hādis thy cyte brēt vp Thē sayd Zedechias vnto Jeremy Let nomā knowe these thingis thou shalt not dye But if y e rulers perceyue y t I haue comoned w t y e so come to y e sayng Tell vs we praye the what wordis thou haddist w t the kinge hid nothing frō vs we wilnot slaye y e asking what the kinge sayd to the thou shalt answer thez I made my supplicacion vnto him sithe I am thus caste awaye prayng the kinge that I might nomore be ledde agen to Jonathas his house leste I there dye Then came the rulers to Jeremy asking him he tolde them al as the king had commanded him Whom as sone as he had thus answerde they
be caste forthe oh Moab for thy deceyte done agenst Israel ye shal leue your cytes and dwel in rockes oh Moabits be lyke doues nestelinge in their hole mouthes We herde of Moabs pryde he was al to prowde his pryde his stoughtnes his arrogaÌ„cy his highe lokis were knowne wel ynoughe vnto me saith the Lorde But for al his pryde yet might not his power bringe a boute his enforcementis accordinge vnto his arrogaunte furye Wherfore I shal yeloute vpon Moab and crye Moab as lowde as I can so that the dwellers at the bryk wallis shal here bewayle him And euen with lyke lamentacion as I bewayle the Oh Jazer shal I lament the oh vyneyarde Sibema Thy branches wente ouer the sea but the branches of Jezer reched but to the sea But into thy haruest and grape gatheringe shal this destroyer breke in violently Joye gladnes shal be taken awaye frome Charmelus fro the lande of Moab as it is now gone from Charmelus Ther shal nomore swete wynes come vnder the presse nor the caller to the grape gatheringe shal nomore trede in the wyne presse nother shal ther be any more callers at al which before tyme called wer herde from Hesebon to Eleale and Jahaz whose voyce was herde also from Zoar vnto Horonaim that wealy bullok of .iii. yere olde ye the waters of Nimrim shal be desolate to I shal make a vacacion in Moab saith the Lorde from any more offeringe in highe placis and from sensing their goddis Wherfore for Moabs sake my herte morneth lyke an heuy crowde for they shal be brought into very fewe and yet shal these fewe perisshe to Euery hed shal be shauen of and euery berde clipped euery hande bownde and al their loynes gyrte with sacken Vpon al y e house roofis of Moab and in al hir stretis there shal be way singe and moorninge For I shal alto breke Moab as it were a vyle vessel saith y e Lorde Se how he fereth and howifeth se how his prowd necke is smyten downe how is he now ashamed Moab shal be a laughing stocke and an ensample to al that ar aboute him For thus saith the Lorde Beholde his enymye shal fle to him lyke an egle stretche forthe his wyngis ouer Moab Then shal his wallis be taken and his towers of defence occupyed Than shal the hertis of Moabs valeaunt waryers he lyke a womans herte trauelinge of chylde And Moab shal be so scatered that they be nomore any peple because they extolled themselfe agenste the Lorde Fere shal be vnto the oh Moab and both pitte and snare to saith y e Lorde For he that shal escape feere or perel shal fall into the pitte and he that shal happen to crepe out of the pitte shal be taken in snare For I shal bringe vpon Moab euen the hower of their visitacion saith the lorde And they that shal haue strength to flee shal runne into the fyer of Hesebon For oute of Hesebon shal come a gret fyer and flame shal fle oute of Sihon and deuower both nose noddle and crowne of the stoute prowde peple of Moab Wo be to y e Moab for thou shalt be vndone oh peple of Chamos And thy sonnes and daughters shal be led awaye into captiuite But I shal se that Moab shal come a gene here aftir at their tyme saith the Lorde Hitherto is it prophecyed of the plage and vengeaunce to be taken of Moab ¶ The .xlix. Chapiter UNto the chyldern of Ammon thus saith y e lorde Is Israel chyldlesse or wante he an hayer But wherfore then dothe your Melchon occupye and sitte in Gad and the peple of Melchon inhabite y e cyte of Gad For this cause lo the tyme shal come saith y e Lorde that I wil blowup to batail in Babbath the cheif cyte of the chylderne of Ammon Lahel shal be desolate and hir villages brente vp And y e chyldern of Isarel shal possesse them which before kept Israel vnder saith the Lorde Let Hesebon howise for it shal be vtterly subueâ—ted Let the towns of â—abbath cry oute and gyrde themselues with sak let them wayle wanderinge al oute their hedges For Moloch shal be caryed awaye captiue bothe his preistis and princes with him Wherfore trustest in thy streames whiche flowe in vayne oh fyerce daughter thinkinge thy selfe so suer for thy tresure that noman may come to the Beholde I shal caste a fere vpon the vpon al y t ar aboute the saith y e lorde god of powrs And ye shal be scatred euery man froÌ„ other y e non may bringe y e men fleing togither agen But aftir this I shal restore the captiuite of the chyldern of Ammon Thus spake the Lorde of powrs vnto Idumea Is ther no wysdome lefte in Theman ar these men destitute al counsel Is their wysdome turned in to naught Fle turne your backis Crepe downe into valis ther to dwel oh citzens of Dedan For I shal bringe vpon them the destruccion of Esau euen the daye of their visitacion If grape gathers had come to the they shulde not haue lefte y e one grape If theues had come vpon the in the night they shulde haue robbed y e at their plesure But I shal make bare Esau and so shewe his secretis that they cannot be hid His sede shal be destroyd bothe his brotherne borderers to and himselfe shalnot be lefte a lyue Thou shalt leue thy fatherles chyldern behynde the but I shal kepe them and thy wydews shal truste in me For thus said the Lorde Lo they that were thought vnworthy to drinke of the cup dranke it firste of al shuldst thou then go quyte as innocent Thou shalt not go quyte as innocent but drinke as wel as other For I swere by my nowe selfe saith the Lorde that Bosra shal be turned into desolacion obprobry contempte and excecracion al hir cytes shal be a perpetual wildernes For I herde verely of the Lorde a messengre sente vnto the gentylis sayng Be ye gatherid togither and come forth agenst hir Ryse vp to bataile For lo I shal make the right smal amonge the gentilis coÌ„temned amonge men Thy nowe arrogancy and audacite of thy hyghe mynde hathe vndone y e because thou contendidst to inhabit the holes of the rokis of stone to reche vp vnto the hill toppis But albeit thy neste were as hyghe as the egles yet shal I plucke y e downe oute of it saith the Lorde And Idumea shal be desolate to All that passe forby hyr shal wounder and hysse vpon al hir miserable calamites Euen as Sodom Gomor and their cytes aboute them were subuerted saith y e lorde so shal noman inhabit Idumea nor yet any mortall man dwel in hir Beholde as the lyon cometh vp frome the grene wodes of Jordane vnto the fresshe plentuouse pastures of Ethan euen so shal I thrust-forth hir
enimye and stere him vp to runne agenst hir But who is this yonge man whom I shal chose to do this dede And who may matche me Who will wrestle with me or whiche one amonge al the herdemen may stande in my handis Wherfore here the counsel of the Lorde whiche he hath taken begun vpon Idumea Here his thoughtis whiche he hathe deuised vpon the citezens of Theman that y e feste of the flocke shal tere them in peses their fayerest habitacions shal be lefte desolate and they to The erthe shal crak at the noyse of their fall the crye of their voyce shal be herde in the red sea Se their enymye mownteth vp lyke an egle he shal come fleing his winges spred a brode ouer Bosra And then shal the hertis of the moste stronge bolde men of Idumea be lyke the herte of a woman traueling of chylde Vpon Damask thus prophecied Jeremy Hemath and Arphat shal be shamefully cōfownded for they shal here right cuil tydingis They shal runne here and there for fere lyke the sea that cannot reste Damask shal be fainte herted and flee Fere shal ouer whelme hir Anguysshe sorowe shal betake and holde hir as a woman trauelinge of chylde But shal that mery cyte so populose be lefte desolate ye verely For euen their yonge men shal be smyten downe in hir stretis and al hir noble men of armes shal be layed a slepe the same daye saith the lorde of powrs And I shal kyndle a fyer vpon the wallis of Damask which shal deuoure y e houses of Benhadad Vnto Cedar and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon smote downe thus sayd the Lorde Aryse and go yp vnto Cedar and destroye ye chyldern of the este Then shal they take awaye their tabernacles their flockis their skinnis with al their armour stuffe and substance They shal also take a waye their Camelis and close them in withe fere rownde a boute Fle get ye hence at once and crepe into caues there to dwel oh inhabitours of Hazor saith the Lorde For Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon hath decreed and bente his plesure agenste you Aryse and go vp to those ryche folke which dwel so suerly saith the Lorde which haue nether gatis nor dore barres but dwel one frome a nother Their Camelis shal be stolen and their herdis of beastis drouen awaye And I shal disperse these polled or shauen crownes into euery wynde and brynge them into destruccion ye and that of eueryone of their owne familiaris saith the Lorde And Hazor shal be a denne for dragons and a perpetual wyldernes noman shal there inhabit nether dwel there any of the sonnes of Adam The sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophete vpon Elam in the begynning of the raigne of Zedechie kynge of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde of pwrs Lo I shal al to breke Elam his bowe the cheif weapen of their power and brynge vpon Elam fower wyndis from the fourte plagis of heuen and I shal we nowe them into al these foure wyndis so that ther shal be no nacion vnto whom Elam be not come fleynge for socour For I shal so bringe it to passe that Elam shal be a frayd of their emmes euē of those that seke the lyues of them And I shal bringe vpon them y e greuouse plage of my furiouse wrathe saith y e Lorde And perswe them w t swerde tyl I haue consumed thez I shal set my sete in Elam there destroye bothe kinge rulers saith y e lorde But at faste in processe of tyme I shal restore the captiuite of Elam saith y e Lorde The sermon whiche the Lorde spake vpon Babylon and of the londe of the Chaldeis vnto Jeremy the Prophete Tel it forthe vnto the gentyls and preche it Gyue them a token Shew it them and hyd it not But tel them Babylon shal be taken Beel shal be cōfounded with shame Merodach shal be taken hir grauen images shal be shamefully confounded and their Idolis shal be taken For ther shal come forthe agenst them a peple frome the northe which shal bringe their region into a wildernes that none maye dwel in it nother man nor beast For they shal fle and go their wayes In those dayes and tyme saith the Lorde the chyldern of Israel bothe they and the chyldern of Juda shal come to gither weping hasting to seke their Lorde God They shal aske redely the waye vnto Zion and their faces turned thither warde they shal be ioyned to the Lorde in a couenaunt neuer to be broken My peple were of a long space loste shepe My herde men led them oute of the right waye and made them to wander in mountayns Fro mountayns they wente to lytel hyllis forgettinge their own bedde Who so fowonde them deuoured them And euen their enymes sayde we synned not because they ar offenders of the Lorde euen that lorde whiche is the beutiful glorye flower of rightwysnes and the trw hope of their fathers that preserued them But ye shal fle from oute of the middes of Babylon and get ye oute from the londe of the Caldes and shal be as rammes that go before y e flocke For beholde I shal stere vp and bringeforth from the northe region an hoste or congregacion of a grete nacion agenste Babylon which shal fyght agenst hir and aftirwarde take hir Their arowes shal not rebowne voide but steke faste lyke arows of an experte strōge archer The Caldes shal be a proye and al hir spoilers shal be satisfyed saith the Lorde Because ye reioysed gloryed in the tredingdowne of my heretage taking your plesure ouer them lyke y e wealy bullok ouer hir grasse neainge ouer them as stallandis your mother shal be gretely confounded and she that brought you forthe shal be ashamed of you She shal be raskall of al gentyls desolate laied laye and drye The wrathe of God shal make hir al forlaten vnable to be inhabited Whoso euer shal go for bye Babylon shal sodenly stoppe and wondre hyssing at hir plagis Sette your araye and ordir your hoste agenst Babylon closyng hir in rownd aboute Al y e can handle a bowe shote at hir spare no arows For she haue synned agenst the Lorde Blow vp trompets vpon hir rownd aboute She hath yilded hirselfe hir foundacions ar fallen and hir wallis be downe For this is the vengeaunce of the Lorde For they shal take vengeance vpon hir And as she haue serued other euē so shal she be serued agayne They shal caste oute y e sedis man oute of Babylon and the syithe man in tyme of mowinge For feare of the dente of y e blody swerde euery man shal cōuaye himself home agayn to his owne nacion fle to his coūtrye Israel is a pore scatered flocke Lyons haue scatred them abrode The firste lyon y e deuoured them was the kinge of y e Assyriōs
And y e laste y e shal al to breke their bones is this Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Wherfore thus saith y e lorde of powrs the God of Israel Beholde I shal viset the kinge of Babylon his kingdom euen as I visited the kinge of Assyrie And shal bringe Israel agene vnto hir plesaunte pasturs they shal fede vpon Carmelus Basan And in y e mounte Ephraim Galaad shal they be wel filled In these dayes this tyme saith y e Lorde If y e wikednes of Israel be sought for ther shal none be fownde If the syn of Juda be sought it shal not be fownde For I shal be mercyful vnto this litel reaÌ„nant escaped by me Ascende oh auenger vnto this cruel lordely londe viset hir inhabitours take vengeauÌ„ce laye vpoÌ„ their backis saith y e lorde finisshe al y t I haue coÌ„manded the. The rumor of batail grete destruccion shal fle thorow the londe men talking How is this grete hammer of al the worlde ihus now broken alto peses How hapeneth it that Babylon amoÌ„ge al y e nacioÌ„s is thus brought into desolatioÌ„ It was I that layd waite for the thou wast taken oh Babylon thou wast espyed vnwares and thus trapped because thou prouokedst the Lorde to anger The Lorde layd opon his house of ordinance brought forthe the dartes of his indignacion For this is y e wurk of the Lorde God of powers done of him in the londe of Calde These thingis shal come vpon hir at laste They shal breke ynto hir preuey tresure houses leue hir as bare as stones takeÌ„ caste vpon an heape And they shal so cut hir awaye that nothinge be lefte of hir They shal destroye al hir valeaunt soldeyers and put them to dethe Wo be to them for y e day howr of their visitacion shal be at hande Me thinketh I here euen now the noyse bothe of men fleyng and escapen froÌ„ the londe of Babylon which voice or noyse shal declare in Zion y e vengeaunce of our Lorde God eueÌ„ the taking vengeaunce for his temple and also the noyse of men cryinge Cal vp agenst Babylon the multitude of al the bowemen Pitche your tentes ageÌ„st hir rowndaboute y e none escape Serue hir aftir hir owne dealinge and as she haue done to other so do to hir agen For she presumed to boldely agenst the Lorde euen him that sanctifyeth Israel Wherfore hir myghty soldiers shal be smyten downe in the stretis al hir noble men of warre shal be layed a slepe togither in that daye saith y e Lorde It it I lo y t tell it the oh thow prowde saith the Lorde God of powers For y e daye shal come euen the hower of thy visitacion and the prowde shal fall sodenly and be al to broken nomaÌ„ to lyfte him vp agene I shal sette fyer on his cites which shal ete vp al rownd aboute hiÌ„ These thingis saith the Lorde of powers The chyldern of Israel Juda shal suffer both a lyke grete violence and wronge Whoso haue taken them shal holde theÌ„ faste lothe to let them go But their stronge auenger and mighty redemer whose name is y e lorde of powrs shal so defende their cause y t he wil ster vp a dissension amonge themselues sette the chirche of Babylon togither by the eares The swerde vpon y e Caldes saith the Lorde and vpon the inhabitours of Babylon vpon hir rulers and vpon hir wyse men the swerde vpon hir soithe sayers they shal be made foles The swerde vpon hir bolde valeaunt and they shal be a frayde The swerde vpoÌ„ hir horsemen chariets and vpon al the comeÌ„ peple in hir so that they be al lyke womeÌ„ The swerde vpon hir tresurs that they be stolen awaye The swerde vpon their waters that they be dryed vp For this londe is an image seruer and delyteth in strange wounderouse inuencioÌ„s Wherfore these cruel vnsaciable satyris with marmesaits apes mermaydes shal inhabite hir nether shal she be inhabited for euer nor dwelled yn from age to age Lyke as God subuerted Sodome Gomor w t their cytes annexed saith the Lorde euen so shal ther here noman dwell nether the sone of Adam shal inhabit hir Beholde peple shal come from the northe with grete power many kinges stered vp froÌ„ the coosts of y e crtâ—e They bear bowe buckler they be cruel mercyles their noyse is lyke a fyerce swelling sea They come houeriÌ„g on horsebak they come forth well armed to fyght agenst the oh daughter Babylon The fame of these men once herde the kynge of Babylons handis shal tremble for fere Anguisshe and sorowe ful peine shal holde hym as a woman traueling of childe As the lyoÌ„ lo cometh vpfrome y e grene fennes of Jordane vnto y e fatte fayer pasturs of Ethan eueÌ„ so shal I prick theÌ„ forthwarde stere theÌ„ vp agenst hir But whoÌ„ shal I chose chefe capitayne to do this dede Who is lyke vnto me or may stryue with me or whiche one of the herdemeÌ„ may resiste my face Wherfore heare the counsel of the Lorde conceyued agenst Babylon heare his enteÌ„te entered agenst the londe of Caldey That is to wyt eueÌ„ the most weake and lowest of y e flocke shal teare them in pieses And their most plesaunt placis with their owne selues also shal be desolate Al the worlde shal tremble quake at the fame of the taking of Babylon and the rumor of hir shal be herde into amonge the gentyles ¶ The .li. Chapiter THus sayd the Lorde Beholde I shal stere vp a pestelent wind agenst Babylon and hir cytesens whiche ar beÌ„te cruelly agenst me And than shal I sende wenowers into Babylon which shal we now hir and destroye hir felde For they shal close hir in rownd aboute in the daye of hir affliccion Also vnto the archers and harnest men enteringe the walles thus sayd the Lorde Spare not hir men of armes Of with the hedis of al hir hoste that they maye lye dead thorow the felde of the Caldes and smyten thorow in hir stretes For Israel and Juda although they haue filled y e erthe with their synnes yet shal they not be forsaken of their God y e Lorde of powrs maker holy of Israel so lefte vnto the worlde Fle from oute of y e middis of Babylon let euery maÌ„ saue himselfe Let nomaÌ„ dissemble y e wykednes of Babylon For the tyme of the vengeaÌ„ce of the Lorde is now present For he wil acquyte hir ageyne Babylon was y e golden cuppe in the lande of y e Lorde Which cuppe hath made dronken al y e worlde Of hir wyne y e peple hathe dronkeÌ„ wherfore they ar oute of their wittis But sodenly BabyloÌ„ is fallen alto brokeÌ„ Bewayle hir therfore laye y e plaster of resyne vnto heir wouÌ„dis y t if thus paradueÌ„ture she may be
them to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babylon And the kinge of Babylon slewe them in Reblatha in the lande of Hemath And thus was Juda translated led captiue oute of their owne lande ¶ This is the some of the peple led awaye into captiuite of Nebuchadrezar IN the vii yere of his raigne he led awaye .iii. M. .xxiii. In y e xviii yere of his raigne Nebuchadrezar ledawaye captyue from Jerusalem .viii. C. men and .xxxii. The xxiii yere of Nebuchadrezar Nebuzaradan cheif capitayn ruler ouer the Iwes ledawaye vii honderd .xlv. The hole some of al the captyues iiii M. and .vi C. It came to passe in y e day y e lxxiii yere of y e captiuite of Joachin kinge of Juda the .xxv daye of y e xii moneth y t Aeuil Merodach kinge of Babylon y e same yere y t he raigned wolde restore Joachin kinge of Juda vnto his dignite and so brought him oute of the preson And there talked with him very ientely And ordened him a kingis seat aboue the place of other kingis that were w t him in Babylon He chaÌ„ged y e clothes of his captiuite And he did ete at the kinges coste al his lyfe Also he had his lyuinge continually geuen him of the kinge of Babylon for euery daye a certayn allowed him vntyl he dyed ¶ The lamentacions of Jeremye vhich he did sit weepermoorninge vpon Jerulalem vpon the miserable fall of the Iwes aftir that Juda was led awaye into captiuite and Jerusalem left desolate lamenting on this maner Euery verse hauinge before it orderly an Hebrew letter aftir their A. B. C. ¶ The .i. Chapiter verse Aleph AH How now sitteth this cyte al a lone some tyme so populose Whiche was the moste haunted amonge al nacions how is she now become so lyke a wedowe Oh lady of prouinces how art thou thus distressed and brought vnder tribute verse Beth. She passeth ouer the night waking and wepinge She watereth her chekis with bitter teres For ther is not one of al hir louers that wil confort hir euen hir next frendis aborre hir and ar become hir enymes verse Gimel Juda is taken for hir lying downe and for hir manifolde false worship she now dwelleth emonge the gentyls She hath lytel reste Euery man that persued hir toke her And she dwelleth amonge hir enymes verse Daleth The wayes to Zion moorne because no man come vnto hir solempne festis al hiâ— gates ar desolate Her priestis wayle hir maydens vntyered ar right careful and she hirselfe hath a sorowful herte verse He. Her enymes flewyn vpon hir hed scornefully reuyled hir for the Lorde scourged hir for hir manifolde synnes Her chyldern were drouen a waye captiue before their aduersaryes verse Dau. All the beutye of the daughter Zion is perisshed gone Her rulers ar lyke rammes that can fynde no pasture They be so tagged and haryed awaye before their persuers that they ar brethlesse verse Zain Jerusalem remembreth both the dayes of hir affliccion and rebellion also the dayes paste of hir wealy prosperite euen whylis hir peple fall downe vnder their aduersarys handis noman to helpe them Their enymes beholde them and scorne their sabbath dayes verse Heth. Jerusalem for hir abominable and so manifolde synnes is thus translated tossed from place to place All that loked vpon hir coÌ„tempne hir for they sawe hir shameful secrete partes Euen she hirselfe be wayleth her state being a shamed of hir owne selfe verse Teth. Hir vnclennes runneth downe rowndaboute by hir helis she coÌ„sydered not what wolde folowe and be her ende so to haue come downe from hir pryde wherfore she sitteth counfortlesse nether can she saye hirselfe Lorde beholde my affliccion for my enymie preualeth agenst me verse Jod Her enymes stretche forthe their handis vnto al hir moste preciouse thingis euen before hir owne face That is to saye she fawe the haithen come in and oute of hir holy secrete place of the temple which thing I forbode that is to weit that they shulde not come into thy chirche verse Caph. All hir peple sought their brede with waysinge euery man leyd out his moste preciouse iwellis for meat to saue his lyfe Se Lorde and beholde how vyle I am made verse Lamed Oh ye all that passe forby this waye beholde and se If any sorowful heuynes hath so plucked down any as it hath done me with whiche sorowe and heuynes the Lorde hath scourged me in the daye of his terrible wrathe verse Mem. He sente down fyer frome aboue into my bones he bente a nette for my fete and threwe me wyde oâ—en He left me desolate and in a perpetual moorninge verse Nun. The yoke of my trasgressions his hande spedely prepared He lyfted me vp and wrothe it aboute my nek my strength fil awaye The Lorde betoke me into the handis of them whence I coud not delyuer my selfe verse Samech The Lorde destroyed al the grete men that were with me He bode me to a feste of the destruccion of my nown chosen Euen as in the wyne presse the Lorde pressed out the virgen and daughter Juda. verse Ain Wherfore I wepe and my eyes water for farre frome is any counforter whiche shuld restore me to my selfe agene My sonnes ar caste oute of the dores for my enyme hath preuayled verse Pe. Zion splayeth her haÌ„dis a brode nether is their any that wil confort hir the Lorde hath brought vpon hir thenymes of Jacob rownd aboute hir And Jerusalem standeth in y e middes of them lyke a menstruouse woman verse Zadic The Lorde verely is rightuouse but I haue offended his presence Hear I besech you al maner of peple and consyder my heuynes My maydes and my yonge men ar led awaye captiue verse Kuph I call my louers but they deceyue me I call my priestis and the alder men of my cyte but these ar al perisshed in the tyme of famyn seking to sustayne their lyfe verse Res. Beholde Lorde for I am sore scourged my bely rombleth my herte wambleth in me and I am withoute forthe ful of bitternes the swerde maketh me a wydewe with in I am lyke dethe verse Sin They hear my waylinge but they ceasse to counforte Al myne enymes hering of my calamite reioysed For thou didist cause it Thou shalt call and bringeforth a tyme when they shal be made lyke me verse Thau Thou shalt cast vpon them grete calamite Thou shalt pluck them a waye for their wykednes euen as thou hast cutte me a waye for myne My sorowful moorning is endelesse my herte is ful heuye ¶ The .ii. Chapiter verse Aleph HOw hathe the Lorde derkened the daughter Zion in his wrathe Hathe he so scatered the noble lande of Israel from vnder heuen that he hath forgoten his fotestole in his anger verse Beth The Lorde casted downe hedesinge al the gloriouse beutye of Jacob with oute any fauour He throw downe in