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,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,micheas         
,,micheas1 of ,morasti1 a little town in
 the tribe of ,,juda1 was  contemporary 
with the prophet ,,isaias3 whom he      
resembles both in his  spirit and his   
style4 ,he is different from the prophet

 ,,micheas mentioned  in the third book 
of ,kings1 chap4 #bb4 ,for that         
,,micheas lived in the days  of king    
,,achab1 one hundred and fifty years    
before the time of ,,ezechias1  under   
whom this ,,micheas prophesied4         
,micheas ,chapter #a    ,samaria for her
 sins shall be destroyed by the         
,assyrians2 they shall  also invade     
,juda and ,jerusalem4    #a3a4 ,the word
 of the ,lord1 that came to ,micheas1   
the ,morasthite1 in the  days of        
,joathan1 ,achaz1 and ,ezechias1 kings  
of ,juda3 which he saw  concerning      
,samaria and ,jerusalem4    #a3b4 ,hear1
 all ye people3 and let the earth give  
ear1 and all that is  therein3 and let  
the ,lord ,god be a witness to you1 the 
,lord from his  holy temple4    #a3c4   
,for behold the ,lord will come forth   
out of his place3 and he will  come     
down1 and will tread upon the high      
places of the earth4    #a3d4 ,and the  
mountains shall be melted under him3 and
 the valleys shall  be cleft1 as wax    

before the fire1 and as waters that run 
down a steep  place4    #a3e4 ,for the  
wickedness of ,jacob is all this1 and   
for the sins of the  house of ,israel4  
,what is the wickedness of ,jacob8 is it
 not ,samaria8 and  what are the high   
places of ,juda8 are they not           
,jerusalem8    #a3f4 ,and ,i will make  
,samaria as a heap of stones in the     
field when a  vineyard is planted3 and  
,i will bring down the stones thereof   
into the  valley1 and will lay her      
foundations bare4    #a3g4 ,and all her 
graven things shall be cut in pieces1   
and all her wages  shall be burnt with  
fire1 and ,i will bring to destruction  
all her idols3  for they were gathered  
together of the hire of a harlot1 and   
unto the  hire of a harlot they shall   
return4    ,her wages444 ,that is1 her  
donaries or presents offered to her     
idols3 or  the hire of all her traffic  
and labour4 ,ibid4 ,of the hire of a    
harlot1  etc444 ,they were gathered     
together by one idolatrous city1 viz41  

,samaria3 and they shall be carried away
 to another idolatrous city1  viz41     
,ninive4    #a3h4 ,therefore will ,i    
lament1 and howl3 ,i will go stript and 
naked3 ,i  will make a wailing like the 
dragons1 and a mourning like the        
ostriches4    #a3i4 ,because her wound  
is desperate1 because it is come even to
 ,juda1 it  hath touched the gate of my 
people1 even to ,jerusalem4    ,it hath 
touched the gate1 etc444 ,that is1 the  
destruction of ,samaria  shall be       
followed by the invasion of my people of
 ,juda1 and the  ,assyrians shall come  
and lay all waste even to the confines  
of  ,jerusalem4    #a3aj4 ,declare ye it
 not in ,geth1 weep ye not with tears3  
in the house of  ,dust sprinkle         
yourselves with dust4    ,declare ye it 
not in ,geth444 ,viz41 amongst the      
,philistines1 lest they  rejoice at your
 calamity4-,ibid4 ,weep ye not1 etc444  
,keep in your tears1  that you may not  
give your enemies an occasion of        
insulting over you2  but in your own    

houses1 or in your house of dust1 your  
earthly  habitation1 sprinkle yourselves
 with dust1 and put on the habit of     
penitents4 ,some take the house of dust 
7in ,hebrew1 ,aphrah7 to be the  proper 
name of a city4    #a3aa4 ,and pass     
away1 ,o thou that dwellest in the      
beautiful place1  covered with thy      
shame3 she went not forth that dwelleth 
in the  confines3 the house adjoining   
shall receive mourning from you1 which  
stood by herself4    ,thou that dwellest
 in the ,beautiful place1 viz41 in      
,samaria4 ,in the  ,hebrew the          
,beautiful place is expressed by the    
word ,sapir1 which some  take for the   
proper name of a city4--,ibid4 ,she went
 not forth1 etc444  that is1 they that  
dwelt in the confines came not forth1   
but kept  themselves within1 for        
fear4--,ibid4 ,the house                
adjoining1etc444 ,viz41  ,judea and     
,jerusalem1 neighbours to ,samaria1 and 
partners in her sins1  shall share also 
in her mourning and calamity2 though    

they have  pretended to stand by        
themselves1 trusting in their strength4 
#a3ab4 ,for she is become weak unto good
 that dwelleth in bitterness3 for  evil 
is come down from the ,lord into the    
gate of ,jerusalem4    ,she is become   
weak1 etc444 ,jerusalem is become weak  
unto any good2  because she dwells in   
the bitterness of sin4    #a3ac4 ,a     
tumult of chariots hath astonished the  
inhabitants of ,lachis3 it  is the      
beginning of sin to the daughter of     
,sion for in thee were found  the crimes
 of ,israel4    ,it is the beginning1   
etc444 ,that is1 ,lachis was the first  
city of ,juda  that learned from        
,samaria the worship of idols1 and      
communicated it to  ,jerusalem4         
#a3ad4 ,therefore shall she send        
messengers to the inheritance of ,geth3 
the houses of lying to deceive the kings
 of ,israel4    ,therefore shall she    
send1 etc444 ,lachis shall send to ,geth
 for help3 but  in vain3 for ,geth1     
instead of helping1 shall be found to be

 a house of  lying and deceit to        
,israel4    #a3ae4 ,yet will ,i bring an
 heir to thee that dwellest in ,maresa3 
even to  ,odollam shall the glory of    
,israel come4    ,an heir1 etc444       
,maresa 7which was the name of a city of
 ,juda7 signifies  inheritance3 but here
 ,god by his prophet tells the ,jews1   
that he will  bring them an heir to take
 possession of their inheritance3 and   
that the  glory of ,israel shall be     
obliged to give place1 and to retire    
even to  ,odollam1 a city in the        
extremity of their dominions4 ,and      
therefore he  exhorts them to penance in
 the following verse4    #a3af4 ,make   
thee bald1 and be polled for thy        
delicate children3 enlarge  thy baldness
 as the eagle3 for they are carried into
 captivity from  thee4    ,micheas      
,chapter #b    ,the ,israelites by their
 crying injustices provoke ,god to      
punish them4 ,he  shall at last restore 
,jacob4    #b3a4 ,woe to you that devise
 that which is unprofitable1 and work   

evil in  your beds3 in the morning light
 they execute it1 because their hand is 
against ,god4    #b3b4 ,and they have   
coveted fields1 and taken them by       
violence1 and  houses they have forcibly
 taken away3 and oppressed a man and his
 house1  a man and his inheritance4     
#b3c4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  
,behold ,i devise an evil against this  
family3 from which you shall not        
withdraw your necks1 and you shall not  
walk haughtily1 for this is a very evil 
time4    #b3d4 ,in that day a parable   
shall be taken up upon you1 and a song  
shall  be sung with melody by them that 
say3 ,we are laid waste and spoiled3 the
  portion of my people is changed3 how  
shall he depart from me1 whereas he  is 
returning that will divide our land8    
,how shall he depart1 etc444 ,how do you
 pretend to say that the ,assyrian  is  
departing2 when indeed he is coming to  
divide our lands amongst his  subjects8 
#b3e4 ,therefore thou shalt have none   
that shall cast the cord of a lot in    

the assembly of the ,lord4    ,thou     
shalt have none1 etc444 ,thou shalt have
 no longer any lot or  inheritance in   
the land of the people of the ,lord4    
#b3f4 ,speak ye not1 saying3 ,it shall  
not drop upon these1 confusion shall    
not take them4    ,it shall not drop1   
etc444 ,that is1 the prophecy shall not 
come upon  these4 ,such were the        
sentiments of the people that were      
unwilling to  believe the threats of the
 prophets4    #b3g4 ,the house of ,jacob
 saith3 ,is the ,spirit of the ,lord    
straitened or  are these his thoughts8  
,are not my words good to him that      
walketh  uprightly8    #b3h4 ,but my    
people1 on the contrary1 are risen up as
 an enemy3 you have  taken away the     
cloak off from the coat3 and them that  
passed harmless  you have turned to war4
    ,you have taken away1 etc444 ,you   
have even stripped people of their      
necessary garments3 and have treated    
such as were innocently passing on  the 
way1 as if they were at war with you4   

#b3i4 ,you have cast out the women of my
 people from their houses1 in  which    
they took delight3 you have taken my    
praise forever from their  children4    
,you have cast out1 etc444 either by    
depriving them of their houses3 or1  by 
your crimes1 given occasion to their    
being carried away captives1 and  their 
children1 by that means1 never learning 
to praise the ,lord4    #b3aj4 ,arise   
ye1 and depart1 for there is no rest    
here for you4 ,for that  uncleanness of 
the land1 it shall be corrupted with a  
grievous  corruption4    #b3aa4 ,would  
,god ,i were not a man that hath the    
spirit1 and that ,i rather  spoke a lie3
 ,i will let drop to thee of wine1 and  
of drunkeness3 and it  shall be this    
people upon whom it shall drop4         
,would ,god1 etc444 ,the prophet could  
have wished1 out of his love to his     
people1 that he might be deceived in    
denouncing to them these evils that     
were to fall upon them3 but by          
conforming himself to the will of ,god1 

he  declares to them1 that he is sent to
 prophesy1 literally to let drop  upon  
them1 the wine of ,god's indignation1   
with which they should be made  drunk2  
that is1 stupified and cast down4       
#b3ab4 ,i will assemble and gather      
together all of thee1 ,o ,jacob3 ,i will
  bring together the remnant of ,israel1
 ,i will put them together as a  flock  
in the fold1 as sheep in the midst of   
the sheepcotes1 they shall  make a      
tumult by reason of the multitude of    
men4    #b3ac4 ,for he shall go up that 
shall open the way before them3 they    
shall  divide and pass through the gate1
 and shall come in by it3 and their     
king shall pass before them1 and the    
,lord at the head of them4    ,micheas  
,chapter #c    ,for the sins of the rich
 oppressing the poor1 of false prophets 
flattering for lucre1 and of judges     
perverting justice1 ,jerusalem and  the 
temple shall be destroyed4    #c3a4 ,and
 ,i said3 ,hear1 ,o ye princes of       
,jacob1 and ye chiefs of the house  of  

,israel3 ,is it not your part to know   
judgment1    #c3b4 ,you that hate good1 
and love evil3 that violently pluck off 
their  skins from them and their flesh  
from their bones8    #c3c4 ,who have    
eaten the flesh of my people1 and have  
flayed their skin  off them3 and have   
broken1 and chopped their bones as for  
the kettle1  and as flesh in the midst  
of the pot4    #c3d4 ,then shall they   
cry to the ,lord1 and he will not hear  
them3 and he  will hide his face from   
them at that time1 as they have behaved 
wickedly  in their devices4    #c3e4    
,thus saith the ,lord concerning the    
prophets that make my people  err3 that 
bite with their teeth1 and preach peace3
 and if a man give not  something into  
their mouth1 they prepare war against   
him4    #c3f4 ,therefore night shall be 
to you instead of vision1 and darkness  
to  you instead of divination3 and the  
sun shall go down upon the prophets1    
and the day shall be darkened over them4
    #c3g4 ,and they shall be confounded 

that see visions1 and the diviners      
shall be confounded3 and they shall all 
cover their faces1 because there  is no 
answer of ,god4    #c3h4 ,but yet ,i am 
filled with the strength of the spirit  
of the ,lord1  with judgment and power3 
to declare unto ,jacob his wickedness   
and to  ,israel his sin4    #c3i4 ,hear 
this1 ye princes of the house of ,jacob1
 and ye judges of the  house of ,israel3
 you that abhor judgment and pervert all
 that is right4    #c3aj4 ,you that     
build up ,sion with blood1 and          
,jerusalem with iniquity4    #c3aa4 ,her
 princes have judged for bribes3 and her
 priests have taught  for hire1 and her 
prophets divined for money3 and they    
leaned upon the  ,lord1 saying3 ,is not 
the ,lord in the midst of us8 no evil   
shall come  among us4    #c3ab4         
,therefore because of you1 ,sion shall  
be ploughed as a field1 and  ,jerusalem 
shall be as a heap of stones1 and the   
mountain of the temple  as the high     
places of the forests4    ,micheas      

,chapter #d    ,the glory of the church 
of ,christ1 by the conversion of the    
,gentiles4  ,the ,jews shall be carried 
captives to ,babylon1 and be delivered  
again4    #d3a4 ,and it shall come to   
pass in the last days1 that the mountain
 of  the house of the ,lord shall be    
prepared in the top of the mountains1   
and  high above the hills3 and people   
shall flow to it4    #d3b4 ,and many    
nations shall come in haste1 and say3   
,come1 let us go up  to the mountain of 
the ,lord1 and to the house of the ,god 
of ,jacob3 and  he will teach us of his 
ways1 and we will walk in his paths3 for
 the law  shall go forth out of ,sion1  
and the word of the ,lord out of        
,jerusalem4    #d3c4 ,and he shall judge
 among many people1 and rebuke strong   
nations  afar off3 and they shall beat  
their swords into ploughshares1 and     
their  spears into spades3 nation shall 
not take sword against nation3 neither  
shall they learn war anymore4           
,neither shall they learn1 etc444 ,the  

law of ,christ is a law of peace2  and  
all his true subjects1 as much as lies  
in them love and keep peace  with all   
the world4    #d3d4 ,and every man shall
 sit under his vine1 and under his fig  
tree1 and  there shall be none to make  
them afraid1 for the mouth of the ,lord 
of  hosts hath spoken4    #d3e4 ,for all
 people will walk every one in the name 
of his god3 but we  will walk in the    
name of the ,lord1 our ,god1 for ever   
and ever4    #d3f4 ,in that day1 saith  
the ,lord1 ,i will gather up her that   
halteth3 and  her that ,i had cast out1 
,i will gather up3 and her whom ,i had  
afflicted4    #d3g4 ,and ,i will make   
her that halted1 a remnant3 and her that
 had been  afflicted1 a mighty nation3  
and the ,lord will reign over them in   
,mount  ,sion1 from this time now and   
forever4    #d3h4 ,and thou1 ,o cloudy  
tower of the flock1 of the daughter of  
,sion1  unto thee shall it come3 yea the
 first power shall come1 the kingdom to 
the daughter of ,jerusalem4    #d3i4    

,now1 why art thou drawn together with  
grief8 ,hast thou no king in  thee1 or  
is thy counselor perished1 because      
sorrow hath taken thee as a  woman in   
labour4    #d3aj4 ,be in pain and       
labour1 ,o daughter of ,sion1 as a woman
 that  bringeth forth3 for now shalt    
thou go out of the city1 and shalt dwell
  in the country1 and shalt come even to
 ,babylon1 there thou shalt be          
delivered3 there the ,lord will redeem  
thee out of the hand of thy  enemies4   
#d3aa4 ,and now many nations are        
gathered together against thee1 and they
  say3 ,let her be stoned3 and let our  
eye look upon ,sion4    #d3ab4 ,but they
 have not known the thoughts of the     
,lord1 and have not  understood his     
counsel3 because he hath gathered them  
together as the  hay of the floor4      
#d3ac4 ,arise1 and tread1 ,o daughter of
 ,sion3 for ,i will make thy horn  iron1
 and thy hoofs ,i will make brass3 and  
thou shalt beat in pieces  many peoples1
 and shalt immolate the spoils of them  

to the ,lord1 and  their strength to the
 ,lord of the whole earth4    ,micheas  
,chapter #e    ,the birth of ,christ in 
,bethlehem3 his reign and spiritual     
conquests4    #e3a4 ,now shalt thou be  
laid waste1 ,o daughter of the robber3  
they have  laid siege against us1 with a
 rod shall they strike the cheek of the 
judge of ,israel4    ,daughter of the   
robber444 ,some understand this of      
,babylon2 which robbed  and pillaged the
 temple of ,god3 others understand it of
 ,jerusalem2 by  reason of the many     
rapines and oppressions committed there4
    #e3b4 ,and thou ,bethlehem ,ephrata1
 art a little one among the thousands of
  ,juda1 out of thee shall he come forth
 unto me that is to be the ruler in     
,israel3 and his going forth is from the
 beginning1 from the days of  eternity4 
,his going forth1 etc444 ,that is1 he   
who as man shall be born in thee1 as    
,god was born of his ,father from all   
eternity4    #e3c4 ,therefore will he   
give them up even till the time wherein 

she that  travaileth shall bring forth3 
and the remnant of his brethren shall be
  converted to the children of ,israel4 
#e3d4 ,and he shall stand1 and feed in  
the strength of the ,lord1 in the       
height of the name of the ,lord1 his    
,god3 and they shall be converted1  for 
now shall he be magnified even to the   
ends of the earth4    #e3e4 ,and this   
man shall be our peace1 when the        
,assyrian shall come into  our land1 and
 when he shall set his foot in our      
houses3 and we shall  raise against him 
seven shepherds1 and eight principal    
men4    ,the ,assyrian444 ,that is1 the 
persecutors of the church3 who are here 
called ,assyrians by the prophet3       
because the ,assyrians were at that time
  the chief enemies and persecutors of  
the people of ,god4-,ibid4 ,seven       
shepherds1 etc444 ,viz41 the pastors of 
,god's church1 and the defenders  of the
 faith4 ,the number seven in scripture  
is taken to signify many3  and when     
eight is joined with it1 we are to      

understand that the number  will be very
 great4    #e3f4 ,and they shall feed   
the land of ,assyria with the sword1 and
 the  land of ,nemrod with the spears   
thereof3 and he shall deliver us from   
the  ,assyrian when he shall come into  
our land1 and when he shall tread in    
our borders4    ,they shall feed1 etc444
 ,they shall make spiritual conquests in
 the lands  of their persecutors1 with  
the word of the spirit1 which is the    
word of  ,god4 ,eph4 #f4ag4    #e3g4    
,and the remnant of ,jacob shall be in  
the midst of many peoples1 as  a dew    
from the ,lord1 and as drops upon the   
grass1 which waiteth not for  man1 nor  
tarrieth for the children of men4       
,the remnant of ,jacob444 ,viz41 the    
apostles1 and the first preachers of    
the ,jewish nation2 whose doctrine1 like
 dew1 shall make the plants of  the     
converted ,gentiles grow up1 without    
waiting for any man to cultivate  them  
by human learning4    #e3h4 ,and the    
remnant of ,jacob shall be among the    

,gentiles1 in the midst  of many        
peoples1 as a lion among the beasts of  
the forests1 and as a  young lion among 
the flocks of sheep3 who1 when he shall 
go through1 and  tread down1 and take   
there is none to deliver4    ,as a lion1
 etc444 ,this denotes the fortitude of  
these first preachers2  and their       
success in their spiritual enterprises4 
#e3i4 ,thy hand shall be lifted up over 
thy enemies1 and all thy enemies  shall 
be cut off4    #e3aj4 ,and it shall come
 to pass in that day1 saith the ,lord1  
that ,i will  take away thy horses out  
of the midst of thee1 and will destroy  
thy  chariots4    ,i will take away thy 
horses1 etc444 ,some understand this1   
and all that  follows to the end of the 
chapter1 as addressed to the enemies of 
the  church4 ,but it may as well be     
understood of the converts to the       
church3  who should no longer put their 
trust in any of these things4    #e3aa4 
,and ,i will destroy the cities of thy  
land1 and will throw down all  thy      

strong holds1 and ,i will take away     
sorceries out of thy hand1 and  there   
shall be no divinations in thee4        
#e3ab4 ,and ,i will destroy thy graven  
things1 and thy statues1 out of the     
midst of thee3 and thou shalt no more   
adore the works of thy hands4    #e3ac4 
,and ,i will pluck up thy groves out of 
the midst of thee3 and will  crush thy  
cities4    #e3ad4 ,and ,i will execute  
vengeance in wrath1 and in indignation1 
among  all the nations that have not    
given ear4    ,micheas ,chapter #f      
,god expostulates with the ,jews for    
their ingratitude and sins3 for which   
they shall be punished4    #f3a4 ,hear  
ye what the ,lord saith3 ,arise1 contend
 thou in judgment  against the          
mountains1 and let the hills hear thy   
voice4    ,the mountains1 etc444 ,that  
is1 the great ones1 the princes of the  
people4    #f3b4 ,let the mountains hear
 the judgment of the ,lord1 and the     
strong  foundations of the earth3 for   
the ,lord will enter into judgment with 

his  people1 and he will plead against  
,israel4    #f3c4 ,o my people1 what    
have ,i done to thee1 or in what have ,i
 molested  thee8 answer thou me4        
#f3d4 ,for ,i brought thee up out of the
 land of ,egypt1 and delivered thee  out
 of the house of slaves3 and ,i sent    
before thy face ,moses1 and ,aaron1  and
 ,mary4    #f3e4 ,o my people1 remember1
 ,i pray thee1 what ,balach1 the king of
 ,moab1  purposed3 and what ,balaam1 the
 son of ,beor1 answered him1 from ,setim
 to  ,galgal1 that thou mightest know   
the justice of the ,lord4    ,from      
,setim to ,galgal444 ,he puts them in   
mind of the favour he did them1  in not 
suffering them to be quite destroyed by 
the evil purpose of  ,balach1 and the   
wicked counsel of ,balaam3 and then     
gives them a hint of  the wonders he    
wrought1 in order to bring them into the
 land of ,promise1  by stopping the     
course of the ,jordan1 in their march   
from ,setim to  ,galgal4    #f3f4 ,what 
shall ,i offer to the ,lord that is     

worthy8 wherewith shall ,i  kneel before
 the high ,god8 shall ,i offer          
holocausts unto him1 and calves  of a   
year old8    ,what shall ,i offer1      
etc444 ,this is spoken in the person of 
the people1  desiring to be informed    
what they are to do to please ,god4     
#f3g4 ,may the ,lord be appeased with   
thousands of rams1 or with many         
thousands of fat he goats8 shall ,i give
 my firstborn for my wickedness1  the   
fruit of my body for the sin of my soul8
    #f3h4 ,i will shew thee1 ,o man1    
what is good1 and what the ,lord        
requireth  of thee3 ,verily to do       
judgment1 and to love mercy1 and to walk
  solicitous with thy ,god4    #f3i4    
,the voice of the ,lord crieth to the   
city1 and salvation shall be to  them   
that fear thy name3 hear ,o ye tribes1  
and who shall approve it8    #f3aj4 ,as 
yet there is a fire in the house of the 
wicked1 the treasures  of iniquity1 and 
a scant measure full of wrath4    ,full 
of wrath1 etc444 ,that is1 highly       

provoking in the sight of ,god4         
#f3aa4 ,shall ,i justify wicked         
balances1 and the deceitful weights of  
the  bag8    #f3ab4 ,by which her rich  
men were filled with iniquity1 and the  
inhabitants thereof have spoken lies1   
and their tongue was deceitful in  their
 mouth4    #f3ac4 ,and ,i therefore     
began to strike thee with desolation for
 thy sins4    #f3ad4 ,thou shalt eat1   
but shalt not be filled3 and thy        
humiliation shall  be in the midst of   
thee3 and thou shalt take hold1 but     
shalt not save3  and those whom thou    
shalt save1 ,i will give up to the      
sword4    #f3ae4 ,thou shalt sow1 but   
shalt not reap3 thou shalt tread the    
olives1  but shalt not be anointed with 
oil3 and the new wine1 but shalt not    
drink the wine4    #f3af4 ,for thou hast
 kept the statutes of ,amri1 and all the
 works of the  house of ,achab3 and thou
 hast walked according their wills1 that
 ,i  should make thee a desolation1 and 
the inhabitants thereof a hissing1  and 

you shall bear the reproach of my       
people4    ,the statutes of ,amri1      
etc444 ,the wicked ways of ,amri and    
,achab1  idolatrous kings4    ,micheas  
,chapter #g    ,the prophet laments1    
that notwithstanding all his preaching1 
the  generality are still corrupt in    
their manners3 therefore their          
desolation is at hand3 but they shall be
 restored again and prosper2 and  all   
mankind shall be redeemed by ,christ4   
#g3a4 ,woe is me1 for ,i am become as   
one that gleaneth in autumn the  grapes 
of the vintage3 there is no cluster to  
eat1 my soul desired the  first ripe    
figs4    #g3b4 ,the holy man is perished
 out of the earth1 and there is none    
upright among men3 they all lie in wait 
for blood1 every one hunteth his        
brother to death4    #g3c4 ,the evil of 
their hands they call good3 the prince  
requireth1 and  the judge is for giving3
 and the great man hath uttered the     
desire of  his soul1 and they have      
troubled it4    #g3d4 ,he that is best  

among them1 is as a brier1 and he that  
is  righteous1 as the thorn of the      
hedge4 ,the day of thy inspection1 thy  
visitation cometh3 now shall be their   
destruction4    #g3e4 ,believe not a    
friend1 and trust not in a prince3 keep 
the doors of  thy mouth from her that   
sleepeth in thy bosom4    #g3f4 ,for the
 son dishonoureth the father1 and the   
daughter riseth up  against her mother1 
the daughter in law against her mother  
in law3 and a  man's enemies are they of
 his own household4    #g3g4 ,but ,i    
will look towards the ,lord1 ,i will    
wait for ,god1 my saviour3  my ,god will
 hear me4    #g3h4 ,rejoice not1 thou my
 enemy1 over me1 because ,i am fallen3  
,i shall  arise1 when ,i sit in         
darkness1 the ,lord is my light4        
#g3i4 ,i will bear the wrath of the     
,lord1 because ,i have sinned against   
him3 until he judge my cause1 and       
execute judgement for me3 he will  bring
 me forth into the light1 ,i shall      
behold his justice4    #g3aj4 ,and my   

enemy shall behold1 and she shall be    
covered with shame1  who saith to me3   
,where is the ,lord thy ,god8 my eyes   
shall look down upon  her3 now shall she
 be trodden under foot as the mire of   
the streets4    ,she shall be covered1  
etc444 ,viz41 ,babylon my enemy4        
#g3aa4 ,the day shall come1 that thy    
walls may be built up3 in that day      
shall the law be far removed4    ,the   
law444 ,viz41 of thy enemies1 who have  
tyrannized over thee4    #g3ab4 ,in that
 day they shall come even from ,assyria 
to thee1 and to the  fortified cities3  
and from the fortified cities even to   
the river1 and  from sea to sea1 and    
from mountain to mountain4    #g3ac4    
,and the land shall be made desolate    
because of the inhabitants  thereof1 and
 for the fruit of their devices4    ,the
 land1 etc444 ,viz41 of ,babylon4       
#g3ad4 ,feed thy people with thy rod1   
the flock of thy inheritance1 them  that
 dwell alone in the forest1 in the midst
 of ,carmel3 they shall feed  in ,basan 

and ,galaad1 according to the days of   
old4    #g3ae4 ,according to the days of
 thy coming out of the land of ,egypt1  
,i  will shew him wonders4    #g3af4    
,the nations shall see1 and shall be    
confounded at all their  strength3 they 
shall put the hand upon the mouth1 their
 ears shall be  deaf4    #g3ag4 ,they   
shall lick the dust like serpents1 as   
the creeping things of  the earth1 they 
shall be disturbed in their houses3 they
 shall dread the  ,lord1 our ,god1 and  
shall fear thee4    #g3ah4 ,who is a    
,god like to thee1 who takest away      
iniquity1 and passest  by the sin of the
 remnant of thy inheritance8 he will    
send his fury in  no more1 because he   
delighteth in mercy4    #g3ai4 ,he will 
turn again1 and have mercy on us3 he    
will put away our  iniquities3 and he   
will cast all our sins into the bottom  
of the sea4    #g3bj4 ,thou wilt perform
 the truth to ,jacob1 the mercy to      
,abraham3 which  thou hast sworn to our 
fathers from the days of old4