Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 8:1 | Set the horne to thy mouth, and blowe: swyftly (as an Aegle) shall the enemye come against the house of the Lorde: for they haue broken my couenaunt, & transgressed my lawe. |
| 8:2 | Israel shulde haue sayde vnto me: thou art my God, we knowe the: |
| 8:3 | but he hath refused the thyng that is good, therfore shall the enemy folowe vpon hym. |
| 8:4 | They haue ordened kynges, but not thorow me: they haue made princes, & I must not knowe of it. Of their syluer & golde haue they made them Images, to brynge them selues to destruccyon. |
| 8:5 | Thy calf, O Samaria, shalbe taken awaye, for my wrothfull indignacyon is gone forth agaynst the. Howe longe will it be, or they can be clensed. |
| 8:6 | For the calfe came from Israel, the worke man made it, therfore can it be no God, but euen in peaces shall the calfe of Samaria be broken. |
| 8:7 | They haue sowne wynde, therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shall beare no corne, there shall no meale be made of theyr increase: though they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp. |
| 8:8 | Israel shall perish, the Gentiles shall intreate him as a foule vessell. |
| 8:9 | Sence they went vp to the Assyrians, they are become lyke a wylde asse in the deserte. Ephraim geueth rewardes to get louer |
| 8:10 | and though they hyre them amonge the hethen yet nowe wyll I gather them vp. They shall begynne to be weeryed wyth the burthen of kynges and prynces. |
| 8:11 | Ephraim hath made many aulters to do wyckednes, hys aulters (I saye) he had to his sinne. |
| 8:12 | Though I shewe them my lawe neuer so moch, they counte it but straunge doctryne. |
| 8:13 | Where as they do sacrifyce, offerynge the flesshe and eatinge it: the Lorde wyll haue no pleasure therin: but wyll remembre theyr wickednes, & punishe their synnes. Israel turneth agayne into Egipt, |
| 8:14 | they haue forgotten him that made them, they buylde fayre palaces, and Iuda maketh many stronge cyties: therfore will I sende a fyre into theyr cyties, and it shall consume their places. |
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."