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| 5:1 | Now will I sing to my welbeloued, a song of my beloued touching his vineyard: my wellbeloued hath a vineyard in a very fruitfull hill. |
| 5:2 | And hee fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a towre in the middest of it, and also made a winepresse therein: and he looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it brought foorth wilde grapes. |
| 5:3 | And now, O inhabitants of Ierusalem, and men of Iudah, Iudge, I pray you, betwixt me and my Uineyard. |
| 5:4 | What could haue beene done more to my Uineyard, that I haue not done in it? Wherefore when I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, brought it foorth wilde grapes? |
| 5:5 | And now goe to; I will tell you what I will doe to my Uineyard, I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten vp; and breake downe the wall thereof, and it shall be troden downe. |
| 5:6 | And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned, nor digged, but there shall come vp briars and thornes: I will also command the cloudes, that they raine no raine vpon it. |
| 5:7 | For the Uineyard of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israel, and the men of Iudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for iudgement, but beholde oppression; for righteousnesse, but behold a crie. |
| 5:8 | Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. |
| 5:9 | In mine eares said the Lord of hostes, Of a trueth many houses shall be desolate, euen great and faire without inhabitant. |
| 5:10 | Yea ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah. |
| 5:11 | Woe vnto them that rise vp earely in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue vntill night, till wine enflame them. |
| 5:12 | And the harpe and the viole, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. |
| 5:13 | Therefore my people are gone into captiuitie, because they haue no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, aud their multitude dried vp with thirst. |
| 5:14 | Therefore hell hath enlarged her selfe, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth, shall descend into it. |
| 5:15 | And the meane man shall bee brought downe, and the mightie man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the loftie shall be humbled. |
| 5:16 | But the Lord of hosts shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy, shall bee sanctified in righteousnesse. |
| 5:17 | Then shall the lambes feed after their maner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eate. |
| 5:18 | Woe vnto them that draw iniquitie with cords of vanitie, and sinne, as it were with a cart rope: |
| 5:19 | That say, Let him make speede, and hasten his worke, that we may see it: and let the counsell of the holy one of Israel draw nigh and come, that wee may know it. |
| 5:20 | Woe vnto them that call euill good, and good euill, that put darkenes for light, and light for darkenesse, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for bitter. |
| 5:21 | Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight. |
| 5:22 | Woe vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drinke. |
| 5:23 | Which iustifie the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousnes of the righteous from him. |
| 5:24 | Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the Lord of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel. |
| 5:25 | Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched foorth his hande against them, and hath smitten them: and the hilles did tremble, and their carkeises were torne in the midst of the streets: for all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| 5:26 | And he will lift vp an ensigne to the nations from farre, and wil hisse vnto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly. |
| 5:27 | None shalbe weary, nor stumble amongst them: none shall slumber nor sleepe, neither shall the girdle of their loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of their shooes be broken. |
| 5:28 | Whose arrowes are sharpe, and all their bowes bent, their horses hoofs shall bee counted like flint, and their wheeles like a whirlewind. |
| 5:29 | Their roaring shalbe like a lyon, they shall roare like yong lions: yea they shal roare and lay hold of the pray, and shall carie it away safe, and none shall deliuer it. |
| 5:30 | And in that day they shall roare against them, like the roaring of the sea: and if one looke vnto the land, behold darkenesse and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof. |
| 5:1 | Nowe wyll I syng my beloued friende, a song of my friende touching his vineyard: My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde |
| 5:2 | This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes |
| 5:3 | Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem, and man of Iuda, iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde |
| 5:4 | What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it |
| 5:5 | Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote |
| 5:6 | I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it |
| 5:7 | As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying |
| 5:8 | Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, and bring one lande so nigh vnto another, that there is no more place: Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth |
| 5:9 | These thynges are in the eares of the Lorde of hoastes: of a trueth great and faire houses shalbe without any dweller in them |
| 5:10 | And tenne acres of vines shall geue but a quart, and thirtie busshels of seede shall geue but an Epha |
| 5:11 | Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse, continuyng vntyll nyght, tyll they be set on fire with wine |
| 5:12 | In their feastes are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wine: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, and consider not the operatio of his handes |
| 5:13 | Therfore commeth my folke into captiuitie, because they haue no vnderstandyng: Their glorie is famished with hunger, and their multitude dryed vp with thirst |
| 5:14 | Therfore gapeth hell and openeth her mouth marueilous wyde, that their glorie, multitude, and wealth, with such as reioyce in her, may descende into it |
| 5:15 | Thus hath man a fall and is brought lowe, and the hygh loke of the proude shalbe layde downe |
| 5:16 | But the Lorde of hoastes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy is sanctified in ryghteousnesse |
| 5:17 | Then shall the sheepe eate as they were wont, and the riche mens landes that were layde waste shall straungers deuour |
| 5:18 | Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope |
| 5:19 | Which vse to speake on this maner, Let hym make speede and hasten his worke, that we may see it: let the counsayle of the holy one of Israel come and drawe nye, that we may knowe it |
| 5:20 | Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre |
| 5:21 | Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght, and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng |
| 5:22 | Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse |
| 5:23 | Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous |
| 5:24 | Therfore, lyke as fire licketh vp the strawe, and as the flambe consumeth the stubble: euen so their roote shalbe as corruption, and their blossome shall vanishe away lyke dust: for they haue cast away the lawe of the Lorde of hoastes, and despised the worde of the holy one of Israel |
| 5:25 | Therfore is the wrath of the Lorde kindeled against his people, and hath stretched foorth his hande vpon them, yea he hath smitten them: and the hilles dyd tremble, and their carkases dyd lye torne in the open streetes: and in al this the wrath of God hath not ceassed, but his hande stretched out styll |
| 5:26 | And he shall geue a token to a people of a farre countrey, and shall hisse vnto them from the ende of the earth: and beholde, they shall come hastyly with speede |
| 5:27 | There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them, no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person: there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes, nor loose the latchet of his shoe |
| 5:28 | His arrowes are sharpe, and all his bowes bent: his horse hoofes are as flint, and his cart wheeles like a whyrle winde |
| 5:29 | His crye is as it were of a Lion, and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes: they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray, and no man shall recouer it, nor get it from them |
| 5:30 | In that day he shalbe so fierce vpon him as the raging of the sea: then one shall beholde the lande, and lo darkenesse and sorow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof |
| 5:1 | Now will I sing to my beloued a song of my beloued to his vineyarde, My beloued had a vineyarde in a very fruitefull hill, |
| 5:2 | And hee hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, and hee builte a towre in the middes thereof, and made a wine presse therein: then hee looked that it should bring foorth grapes: but it brought foorth wilde grapes. |
| 5:3 | Now therefore, O inhabitants of Ierusalem and men of Iudah, iudge, I pray you, betweene me, and my vineyarde. |
| 5:4 | What coulde I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it bringeth foorth wilde grapes? |
| 5:5 | And nowe I will tell you what I will do to my vineyarde: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten vp: I will breake the wall thereof, and it shall be troden downe: |
| 5:6 | And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it. |
| 5:7 | Surely the vineyard of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israel, and the men of Iudah are his pleasant plant, and hee looked for iudgement, but beholde oppression: for righteousnesse, but beholde a crying. |
| 5:8 | Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, and laye fielde to fielde, till there bee no place, that ye may be placed by your selues in the mids of the earth. |
| 5:9 | This is in mine cares, saith the Lord of hostes. Surely many houses shall be desolate, euen great, and faire without inhabitant. |
| 5:10 | For ten acres of vines shall yelde one bath, and the seede of an homer shall yelde an ephah. |
| 5:11 | Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to follow drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them. |
| 5:12 | And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the worke of his handes. |
| 5:13 | Therefore my people is gone into captiuitie, because they had no knowledge, and the glorie thereof are men famished, and the multitude thereof is dried vp with thirst. |
| 5:14 | Therefore hell hath inlarged it selfe, and hath opened his mouth, without measure, and their glorie, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth among them, shall descend into it. |
| 5:15 | And man shalbe brought downe, and man shalbe humbled, euen the eyes of the proude shalbe humbled. |
| 5:16 | And the Lord of hostes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and the holy God shalbe sanctified in iustice. |
| 5:17 | Then shall the lambes feede after their maner, and the strangers shall eate the desolate places of the fat. |
| 5:18 | Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes: |
| 5:19 | Which say, Let him make speede: let him hasten his worke, that wee may see it: and let the counsell of the holy one of Israel draw neere and come, that we may knowe it. |
| 5:20 | Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre. |
| 5:21 | Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight. |
| 5:22 | Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke: |
| 5:23 | Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him. |
| 5:24 | Therefore as the flame of fire deuoureth the stubble, and as the chaffe is cosumed of the flame: so their roote shalbe as rottennesse, and their bud shall rise vp like dust, because they haue cast off the Lawe of the Lord of hostes, and contemned the word of the holy one of Israel. |
| 5:25 | Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and hee hath stretched out his hand vpon them, and hath smitten them that the mountaines did tremble: and their carkases were torne in the middes of the streetes, and for all this his wrath was not turned away, but his hande was stretched out still. |
| 5:26 | And he will lift vp a signe vnto the nations a farre, and wil hisse vnto them from the ende of the earth: and beholde, they shall come hastily with speede. |
| 5:27 | None shall faint nor fall among them: none shall slumber nor sleepe, neither shall the girdle of his loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of his shooes be broken: |
| 5:28 | Whose arrowes shall be sharpe, and all his bowes bent: his horse hoofes shall be thought like flint, and his wheeles like a whirlewinde. |
| 5:29 | His roaring shalbe like a lyon, and he shall roare like lyons whelpes: they shall roare, and lay holde of the praye: they shall take it away, and none shall deliuer it. |
| 5:30 | And in that day they shall roare vpon them, as the roaring of the sea: and if they looke vnto the earth, beholde darkenesse, and sorowe, and the light shalbe darkened in their skie. |
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