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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 13:1 | Moreouer, thus sayde the Lorde vnto me: go thy waye, and gett the a lynen breche, and gyrde it aboute thy loynes, and let it not be wet. |
| 13:2 | Then I got me a breche, accordynge to the commaundement of the Lorde, and put it about my loynes. |
| 13:3 | After this, the Lord spake vnto me agayn: |
| 13:4 | Take the breche that thou hast prepared and put aboute the, and gett the vp, and go vnto Euphrates, and hyde it in a hole of the rock. |
| 13:5 | So went I, and hydde it, as the Lorde commaunded me. |
| 13:6 | And it happened longe after this, that the Lorde spake vnto me: Vp, and get the to Euphrates, and fet the breche from thence, which I commaunded the to hyde there. |
| 13:7 | Then went I to Euphrates, & dygged vp, & toke the breche from the place where I had hyd it: & beholde, the breche was corrupt, so that it was profytable for nothinge. |
| 13:8 | Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: |
| 13:9 | Thus sayeth the Lord: Euen so wyll I corrupte the pryde of Iuda, & the hye mynde of Ierusalem. |
| 13:10 | This people is a wycked people, they wyll not heare my worde, they folowe the wicked ymagynacyons of their owne herte, & hange vpon straunge Goddes, them haue they serued & worshypped: & therfore they shalbe as this breche, that serueth for nothynge. |
| 13:11 | For as straytelye as a breche lyeth vpon a mans loynes, so strately dyd I bynde the whol house of Israell, and the whole house of Iuda vnto me, sayeth the Lorde: that they myght be my people: that they myght haue a gloryous name: that they myght be in honoure: but they wolde not obeye me. |
| 13:12 | Therfore laye thys rydle before them, and saye: Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel: Euery pot shalbe fylled with wyne. And they shall saye: thinckest thou we knowe not, that euery pot shalbe fylled with wyne? |
| 13:13 | Then shalt thou saye vnto them: Thus sayeth the Lorde: Beholde: I shall fyll all the inhabytours of this lande with dronckennes, the Kynges that syt vpon Dauids stole, the Prestes and Prophetes, with all that dwell at Ierusalem. |
| 13:14 | And I wyll shute them one agaynst another, yee the fathers agaynst the sonnes, sayeth the Lorde. I wyll not pardon them, I will not spare them, ner haue pytye vpon them: but destroye them. |
| 13:15 | Be obedient, geue are, take no dysdayne at it, for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh. |
| 13:16 | Honoure the Lorde youre God herein, or he take hys lyght from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darcknesse at the hylle lest when ye loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death. |
| 13:17 | But yf ye wyll not heare me, that geue you secrete warnyng, I will mourne fro my whole hert for youre stubburnesse. Pyteouslye wyll I wepe, and the teares shall gusshe out of myne eyes. For the Lordes flocke shall be caryed awaye captyue. |
| 13:18 | Tell the kynge and the rulers: Humble youre selues, sett you downe lowe, for the crowne of youre glory shall fall from your head. |
| 13:19 | The cities towarde the south shalbe shut vp, and no man shall open them. All Iuda shalbe caried away captyue, so that none shall remayne. |
| 13:20 | Lyft vp youre eyes, and beholde them, that come from the North: Lyke a fat flocke shall they fall vpon the. |
| 13:21 | To whom wylt thou make thy mone, when they come vpon the? for thou hast taught them thy selfe, and made them maysters ouer the. Shall not sorowe come vpon the, as on a woman trauaylinge with childe: |
| 13:22 | And yf thou woldest saye then in thyne herte: Wherfore come these thinges vpon me? Euen for the multitude of thy blasphemyes, shall thy hinder partes and thy fete be discouered. |
| 13:23 | For lyke as the man of Iude maye chaunge hys skyne, and the cat of the mountayne her spottes: so maye ye that be exercysed in euell, do good. |
| 13:24 | Therfore will I scatre you, lyke as the stobble that is taken awaye with the south wynde. |
| 13:25 | This shall be youre porcyon, and the porcyon of youre measure, wher with ye shal be rewarded of me, sayeth the Lorde: because ye haue forgotten me, and put youre trust in disceytfull thinges. |
| 13:26 | Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy head, and discouer thy thyghes, that thy preuities maye be sene, |
| 13:27 | thy aduoutrye, thy deedly malice, thy beastlinesse and thy shamefull whordome. For vpon the feldes and hylles I haue sene thy abhominacions. Wo be vnto the (O Ierusalem) when wylt thou euer be clensed eny more? |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.