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Dedanim. 14 O inhabitants of the lande of Tema, 15 Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes, Goe, get
bring foorth water to meete the thirstie, and thee to that treasurer, to Shebna, the steward of
preuent him that fleeth with his bread. 15 For the house, and say, 16 What haste thou to doe
they flee from the drawen swords, euen from the here? and whome hast thou here? that thou
drawen sword, and from the bent bowe, and from shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he
the grieuousnesse of warre. 16 For thus hath the that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place,
Lord sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a
yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar rocke? 17 Beholde, the Lord wil carie thee away
shall faile. 17 And the residue of the nomber of with a great captiuitie, and will surely couer thee.
ye strong archers of the sonnes of Kedar shall be 18 He wil surely rolle and turne thee like a bal
fewe: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it. in a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and
there the charets of thy glory shalbe the shame
22 of thy lordes house. 19 And I wil driue thee
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What from thy station, and out of thy dwelling will
aileth thee nowe that thou art wholy gone vp he destroy thee. 20 And in that day will I call
vnto the house toppes? 2 Thou that art full of my seruant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, 21 And
noise, a citie full of brute, a ioyous citie: thy with thy garments will I clothe him, and with thy
slaine men shall not bee slaine with sworde, nor girdle will I strengthen him: thy power also will
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die in battell. All thy princes shall flee together I commit into his hande, and hee shalbe a father
from the bowe: they shalbe bound: all that shall of the inhabitats of Ierusalem, and of the house
be found in thee, shall be bound together, which of Iudah. 22 And the key of the house of Dauid
haue fled from farre. 4 Therefore said I, Turne will I lay vpon his shoulder: so hee shall open,
away from me: I wil weepe bitterly: labour not to and no man shall shut: and he shall shut, and no
comfort mee for the destruction of the daughter man shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as a naile
of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble, and in a sure place, and hee shall be for the throne of
of ruine, and of perplexitie by the Lord God of glorie to his fathers house. 24 And they shall hang
hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe vpon him all the glorie of his fathers house, euen
the citie: and a crying vnto the mountaines. of the nephewes and posteritie all small vessels,
6 And Elam bare the quiuer in a mans charet from the vessels of the cuppes, euen to all the
with horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield. instruments of musike. 25 In that day, sayeth the
7 And thy chiefe valleis were full of charets, and Lord of hostes, shall the naile, that is fastned in
the horsemen set themselues in aray against the sure place, depart and shall be broken, and
the gate. 8 And hee discouered the couering of fall: and the burden, that was vpon it, shall bee
Iudah: and thou didest looke in that day to the cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
armour of the house of the forest. And ye haue 23
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seene the breaches of the citie of Dauid: for they 1 The burden of Tyrus. Howle, yee shippes of
were many, and ye gathered the waters of the Tarshish: for it is destroied, so that there is none
lower poole. 10 And yee nombred the houses house: none shall come from the lande of Chit-
of Ierusalem, and the houses haue yee broken tim: it is reueiled vnto them. 2 Be still, yee that
downe to fortifie the wall, 11 And haue also made dwell in the yles: the marchantes of Zidon, and
a ditche betweene the two walles, for the waters such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.
of the olde poole, and haue not looked vnto the 3 The seede of Nilus growing by the abundance
maker thereof, neither had respect vnto him that of waters, and the haruest of the riuer was her
formed it of olde. 12 And in that day did the reuenues, and she was a marte of the nations. Be
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Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourn- ashamed, thou Zidon: for the sea hath spoken,
ing, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth. euen the strength of the sea, saying, I haue not
13 And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and trauailed, nor brought forth children, neither
killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, nourished yong men, nor brought vp virgins.
eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die. 5 When the fame commeth to the Egyptians, they
14 And it was declared in ye eares of the Lord of shall be sorie, concerning the rumour of Tyrus.
hostes. Surely this iniquitie shall not be purged 6 Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell
from you, til ye die, saith the Lord God of hostes. in the yles. Is not this that your glorious citie?
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