Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

1Euen so shal ye LORDE of hoostes take awaye fro Ierusale & Iuda, all possessios & power, all meat and drinke,

2ye captayne and the soudyare, ye iudge and the prophete, the wyse and the aged ma,

3the worshipful of fiftie yeare olde, and the honorable: the Senatours, and men of vnderstondinge: the masters of craftes and oratours.

4And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and babes shall haue the rule of you.

5One shall euer be doinge violence and wronge to another. The boye shal presume agaynst the elder, and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable.

6Yee one shal take a frende of his owne kynred by ye bosome, and saye: thou hast clothinge, thou shalt be oure heade, for thou mayest kepe us from this fall and parell.

7Then shall he sweare and saye: I can not helpe you. Morouer, there is nether meate ner clothinge in my house, make me no rueler of the people.

8For Ierusalem and Iuda must decaye, because that both their wordes and councels are agaynst the LORDE, they prouoke the presence of his magesty vnto anger.

9The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them, yee they declare their owne synnes them selues, as the Sodomites, & hyde the not. Wo be vnto their soules, for they shalbe heuely rewarded.

10Then shal they saye: O happie are the godly, for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies.

11But wo be to ye vngodly and vnrightuous for they shalbe rewarded after their workes.

12O my people, rybaudes oppresse ye, and women haue rule of the. O my people, thy leders deceaue the, and treade out the waye of thy footsteppes.

13The LORDE is here to comon of the matter, and stondeth to geue iudgment with the people.

14The LORDE shal come forth to reason with the Senatours and prynces of his people, and shal saye thus vnto them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vynyearde, the robbery of the poore is in youre house.

15Wherfore do ye oppresse my people, and marre ye faces of the innocentes? thus shal the God of hoostes reuyle them.

A Warning to the Daughters of Zion

16Morouer thus saieth ye LORDE: Seinge the doughters of Sion are become so proude, and come in with stretched out neckes, and with vayne wanton eyes: seinge they come in trippinge so nycely with their fete:

17Therfore shal the LORDE shaue the heades of the doughters of Sion, and make their bewtie bare in that daye.

18In that daye shal the LORDE take awaye the gorgiousnes of their apparel, and spanges, cheynes, partlettes, 19and colares, bracelettes and hooues, 20ye goodly floured, wyde and broderd raymet, brusshes and headbandes, 21rynges and garlades, 22holy daye clothes and vales, kerchues and pynnes, 23glasses and smockes, bonettes and taches.

24And in steade of good smell there shalbe stynck amonge them. And for their gyrdles there shalbe lowse bondes. And for wellset hayre there shalbe baldnesse. In steade of a stomacher, a sack cloth, and for their bewty wythrednesse and sonneburnynge.

25Their husbondes and their mightie men shall perish with the swerde in batell.

26At that tyme shall their gates mourne and complayne, and they shal syt as desolate folck vpon the earth.