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The Great Bible 1539
| 11:1 | When Israell was younge, I loued him: & called my sonne oute of the lande of Egypt. |
| 11:2 | But the more they were called, the more they went backe, offringe vnto Idols of Baal, & censynge Images. |
| 11:3 | I lerned Ephraim to go, & bare them in myne armes, but they regarded not me, that wolde haue helped them. |
| 11:4 | I led them with coardes of frendshyppe, and with bandes of loue. I was euen he, that layed the yocke vpon their neckes. I gaue their foder my self |
| 11:5 | that they shulde not go agayne into Egypt. And nowe is Assur theyr kynge. For they wolde not turne vnto me. |
| 11:6 | Therfore shall the swearde begynne in their cyties, the stoare that they haue layed vp, shalbe destroyed and eaten: and that because of their awne ymaginacyons. |
| 11:7 | And my people shall stonde in a doubte whether to torne them, for when the prophetes called them to the most hiest, not one yet wolde gyue him his glory. |
| 11:8 | What greate thynges haue I geuen the, O Ephraim? howe faythfully haue I defended the, O Israel? haue I dealt with the as with Adama? or haue I intreated the lyke Seboim? No, my hert is other wise mynded. Yee, my mercy is to feruent: |
| 11:9 | therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothfull displeasure. For I am God and no man, I am euen that holy one in the middest of the, though I came not within the cytie. |
| 11:10 | The Lorde roareth lyke a lyon, that they maye folowe hym: yee, as a lyon roareth he, that they maye be afrayed lyke the chyldren of the see: |
| 11:11 | that they maye be scatred awaye from Egypt, as men scarre byrdes: & frayed awaye (as doues vse to be) from the Assyrians lande: and that because I wolde haue them tary at home, sayeth the Lorde. |
| 11:12 | But Ephraim goeth aboute me with lyes, and the house of Israell dissembleth. Only Iuda holdeth hym with God, and with the true holy thynges. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."