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| 11:1 | Open thy doores, O Lebanon, that the fire may deuoure thy cedars. |
| 11:2 | Howle firre tree, for the cedar is fallen; because all the mighty are spoiled; howle O yee okes of Bashan, for the forrest of the vintage is come downe. |
| 11:3 | There is a voyce of the howling of the shepheards; for their glory is spoiled: a voyce of the roaring of young lyons; for the pride of Iordan is spoiled. |
| 11:4 | Thus saith the Lord my God; Feede the flocke of the slaughter; |
| 11:5 | Whose possessours slay them, and hold themselues not guiltie: and they that sell the say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their owne shepheards pitie them not. |
| 11:6 | For I will no more pitie the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but loe, I will deliuer the men euery one into his neighbours hand, and into the hand of his King, and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliuer them. |
| 11:7 | And I will feede the flocke of slaughter, euen you, O poore of the flock: and I tooke vnto me two staues; the one I called Beautie, and the other I called Bandes, and I fed the flocke. |
| 11:8 | Three shepheards also I cut off in one moneth, and my soule loathed them, and their soule also abhorred mee. |
| 11:9 | Then said I, I will not feede you: that that dieth, let it die: and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off, and let the rest eate, euery one the flesh of another. |
| 11:10 | And I tooke my staffe, euen Beautie, and cut it asunder, that I might breake my couenant which I had made with all the people. |
| 11:11 | And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the flocke that waited vpon me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. |
| 11:12 | And I said vnto them, If yee thinke good, giue me my price: and if not, forbeare: so they weighed for my price thirtie pieces of siluer. |
| 11:13 | And the Lord said vnto mee, Cast it vnto the potter: a goodly price, that I was prised at of them. And I tooke the thirtie pieces of siluer, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. |
| 11:14 | Then I cut asunder mine other staffe, euen Bands, that I might break the brotherhood betweene Iudah and Israel. |
| 11:15 | And the Lord said vnto me, Take vnto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepheard. |
| 11:16 | For loe, I wil raise vp a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that bee cut off, neither shall seeke the yong one, nor heale that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shal eate the flesh of the fat, and teare their clawes in pieces. |
| 11:17 | Woe to the idoll shepheard that leaueth the flocke: the sword shall be vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shall be cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shall be vtterly darkened. |
| 11:1 | Open thy dores (o Libanus) that the fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees. |
| 11:2 | Howle ye Fyrre trees, for the Cedre is falle, yee all ye proude are waisted awaye Howle (o ye oke trees of Baasan) for ye mightie stronge wod is cut downe. |
| 11:3 | Men maye heare the shepherdes mourne, for their glory is destroyed. Me maye heare the lyons whelpes roare, for the pryde off Iordane is waisted awaye. |
| 11:4 | Thus sayeth the LORDE my God: Fede the shepe of ye slaughter, |
| 11:5 | which shalbe slayne of those that possesse them: yet they take it for no synne, but they yt sell the, saye: The LORDE be thanked, I am rich: Yee their owne shepherdes spare them not. |
| 11:6 | Therfore wil I nomore spare those that dwell in the londe (sayeth the LORDE) but lo, I will delyuer the people, euery man in to his neghbours honde, and in to the hode of his kynge: that they maye smyte the londe, and out off their hondes wil not I delyuer them. |
| 11:7 | I myself fedde ye slaughter shepe (a poore flocke verely) ad toke vnto me two staues: the one I called louynge mekenesse, the other I called wo, and so I kepte the shepe. |
| 11:8 | Thre shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth, for I might not awaye wt them, nether had they eny delyte in me. |
| 11:9 | Then sayde I: I will fede you nomore, the thinge that dyeth, let it dye: and that wil perishe, let it perish, & let the renaunt eate, euery one the flesh of his neghboure. |
| 11:10 | I toke also my louynge meke staff, ad brake it, that I might disanull the conuenaunt, which I made with all people, |
| 11:11 | And so it was broken in that daye. Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me, knewe therby, that it was the worde of the LORDE. |
| 11:12 | And I sayde vnto them: yff ye thynke it good, brynge hither my pryce: yf no, then leaue. So they wayed downe xxx. syluer pens, ye value that I was prysed at. |
| 11:13 | And the LORDE sayde vnto me: cast it vnto the potter (a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them) and I toke the xxx. syluers pens, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORDE. |
| 11:14 | Then brake I my other staff also (namely wo) that I might lowse the brotherheade betwixte Iuda and Israel. |
| 11:15 | And the LORDE sayde vnto me: Take to the also the staff off a foolish shepherde: |
| 11:16 | for lo, I will rayse vp a shepherde in the londe, which shall not seke after the thinges that be lost, ner care for soch as go astraye: he shall not heale the wounded, he shal not norish the thinge that is whole: but he shall eate the flesh off soch as be fat, and teare their clawes in peces. |
| 11:17 | O Idols shepherde, that leaueth the flocke. The swerde shal come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye. His arme shalbe clene dried vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded. |
| 11:1 | Thou Liban, opene thi yatis, and fier schal ete thi cedris. |
| 11:2 | Yelle, thou fir tre, for the cedre felle doun, for grete men ben distried; yelle, ye okis of Basan, for the stronge welde wode is kit doun. |
| 11:3 | Vois of yellyng of schepherdis, for the greet worschip of hem is distried; vois of roryng of liouns, for the pride of Jordan is wastid. |
| 11:4 | My Lord God seith these thingis, Fede thou beestis of slauyter, |
| 11:5 | whiche thei that weldiden slowen; and `sorewiden not, and selden hem, and seiden, Blessid be the Lord, we ben maad riche. And schepherdis of hem spariden not hem, |
| 11:6 | and Y schal no more spare on `men enhabitynge the erthe, seith the Lord. Lo! Y schal bitake men, ech in hond of his neiybour, and in hoond of his kyng, and thei schulen to-reende togidere the lond; and Y schal not delyuere fro the hond of hem, |
| 11:7 | and Y schal fede the beeste of sleyng. For this thing, ye pore men of the floc, here. And Y took to me twei yerdis; oon Y clepide Fairnesse, and the tother Y clepide Litil Corde; and Y fedde the floc. |
| 11:8 | And Y kittide doun thre scheepherdis in o monethe, and my soule is drawun togidere in hem; for also the soule of hem variede in me. |
| 11:9 | And Y seide, Y schal not fede you; that that dieth, die; and that that is kit doun, be kit doun; and the residues deuoure, ech the fleisch of his neiybore. |
| 11:10 | And Y took my yerde, that was clepid Fairnesse, and Y kittide doun it, that Y schulde make void my couenaunt, that Y smoot with alle puplis. |
| 11:11 | And it `is led forth voide in that dai; and the pore of floc that kepen to me, knewen thus, for it is the word of the Lord. |
| 11:12 | And Y seide to hem, If it is good in youre iyen, brynge ye my meede; and if nai, reste ye. And thei weieden my meede, thretti platis of siluer. |
| 11:13 | And the Lord seide to me, Caste awei it to a makere of ymagis, the fair prijs, bi which Y am preisid of hem. And Y took thritti platis of siluer, and Y castide forth hem in the hous of the Lord, to the makere of ymagis. |
| 11:14 | And Y kittide doun my secunde yerde, that was clepide Litil Corde, that Y schulde departe the brotherhed bitwixe Juda and Israel. |
| 11:15 | And the Lord seide to me, Yit take to thee vessels of a fonned scheepherde; |
| 11:16 | for lo! Y schal reise a scheepherde in erthe, which schal not visite forsakun thingis, schal not seke scatered thingis, and schal not heele `the brokun togidere, and schal not nurische forth that that stondith. And he schal ete fleischis of the fat, and schal vnbynde the clees of hem. |
| 11:17 | A! the scheepherd, and ydol, forsakynge the floc; swerd on his arm, and on his riyt iye; the arm of hym schal be dried with drynesse, and his riyt iye wexynge derk schal be maad derk. |
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