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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 5:1 | O ye priestes: hear this, take hede o thou houshold of Israel: geue eare, O thou kyngly house: for thys punyshemente will come vpon you, that are become a snare vnto Myzphah, and a spred net to the mount of Thabor. |
| 5:2 | They kyl sacryfyces by heapes to begyle the people therwith: therfore wyll I punyshe them al. |
| 5:3 | I know Ephraim well ynough, and Israel is not hyd from me: for Ephraim is become an harlot: and Israel is defiled. |
| 5:4 | They are not minded to turne vnto their God, for they haue an whoryshe herte, so that they can not know the Lorde. |
| 5:5 | But the pryde of Israell will be rewarded him in his fate, yea bothe Israel & Ephraim shal fal for their wyckednesse, and Iuda with them also. |
| 5:6 | They shall come with their shepe & bullockes to seke the Lorde, but they shall not fynde him, for he is gone from them. |
| 5:7 | As for the Lorde, they haue refused him, & broughte vp bastarde children: a moneth: therfore shall deuoure them wt their porcyons. |
| 5:8 | Blowe wt the shawmes at Gabea, & with the trompet in Ramah, crye out at Bethaueu vpon the yonsyde of BenIamin. |
| 5:9 | In the tyme of the plage shall Ephraim be layd wast, therfore did I faythfully warne the trybes of Israell. |
| 5:10 | Yet are the princes of Iuda become lyke them, that remoue the landemarckes, therfore will I poure oute my wrath vpon them lyke water. |
| 5:11 | Ephraim is oppressed, and can haue no right of the lawe: for why? they folowe the doctrynes of men. |
| 5:12 | Therfore wyl I be vnto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Iuda as a caterpyller. |
| 5:13 | When Ephraim saw his syckenesse, and Iuda hys dysease: Ephraim wente vnto Assur, and sent vnto kinge Iareb: yet coulde not he helpe you, nor ease you of youre payne. |
| 5:14 | I am vnto Ephraim as a lyon, and as a lyons whelpe to the house of Iuda. Euen I, I wyll spoyle them, and go my way. I will take them with me, & no man shall rescue them. |
| 5:15 | I wyll go, and returne to my place, tyll they waxe faynt and seke my. |
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.