43 Zechariah

Zechariah, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The prophecy of Zacharias (Zechariah). This is Zechariah as it stands in the second tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes.

THE PROPHECIE OF ZACHARIAS.

ZACHARIAS the ſonne of Barachias, and nephew of Addo, beginning [Margin: Zacharie begane to prophecie but two monethes after Aggeus.] two monethes after Aggeus, exhorteth alſo to reedifie the Temple: and sheweth by diuers viſions, that the Church shal floorish, partly in that time of the old Synagog, but much more after Chriſts coming: whoſe firſt and chiefe promulgators of his Gospel, shal be of the Iewish nation: but the [Margin: S. Ierom. Epiſt ad Paulin.] farre greatter number shal be of the Gentiles, the Iewes for their obſtinacie reiected. Yet they alſo in the end shal returne to Chriſt.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. The prophet exhorteth the people to conuert to God, and not to imitate the euil examples of their fathers. 7. by a viſion of an horſeman, and diuers colored horſes, he prophecieth bitter times: 18. confirming the ſame by an other viſion of foure hornes.

1–2 IN THE eight moneth in the ſecond yeare of king Darius the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie the ſonne of Barachias, the ſonne of Addo, the prophet, ſaying: Our Lord hath bene wrath vpon your fathers with wrath.

3 And thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts: [a] Conuert to me, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: and I wil conuert to you, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

4 Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, ſaying: Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts: Conuert from your euil wayes, & from your moſt wicked thoughts: and they heard not, neither attended to me, ſayth our Lord.

5 Your fathers where are they? and the prophets shal they liue for euer?

6 But yet my wordes, & mine ordinances, which I gaue in commandment to my ſeruants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they conuerted, & ſayd: As the Lord of hoſts thought to do to vs according to our wayes, & according to our inuentions, he hath done to vs.

7 In the foure & twentith day of the eleuenth moneth Sabath: in the ſecond yeare of Darius, the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie the ſonne of Barachias, the ſonne of Addo, the prophet, ſaying:

8 I ſaw by night, and behold [b] a man mounting vpon a red horſe, & he ſtood among[c] the myrtletrees, that were in the botome: and after him horſes red, ſpeckled, and white.

9 And I ſayd: What are theſe, my Lord? and the Angel that ſpake in me, ſayd to me: I wil shew thee what theſe thinges are.

10 And the man, that ſtood among the myrtle trees anſwered, & ſayd: Theſe are they, whom our Lord ſent to walke through the earth.

11 And they anſwered to the Angel of our Lord, which ſtood among the mirtle trees, & ſayd: We haue walked through the earth, and loe al the earth is inhabited, and at reſt.

12 And the Angel of our Lord anſwered, and ſayd: ô Lord of hoſts, how long wilt thou not haue mercie on Ieruſalem, and on the cities of Iuda, with which thou haſt bene angrie? this now is c the ſeuentith yeare.

13 And our Lord anſwered the Angel, that ſpake in me, good wordes, comfortable wordes.

14 And the Angel that ſpake in me, ſayd to me: Crie, ſaying: Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: I haue bene zelous for Ieruſalem, and Sion with great zele.

15 And with great anger am I angrie vpon the welthie nations: becauſe I was angrie a litle, but they helped toward the euil.

16 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord: I wil returne to Ieruſalem in mercies: my houſe shal be built in it, ſaith the Lord of hoſts: & the plumme line shal be ſtretched forth vpon Ieruſalem.

17 As yet crie thou ſaying: Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts: As yet shal my cities flow with good thinges: and the Lord wil yet comfort Sion, and he wil yet chooſe Ieruſalem.

18 And I lifted vp mine eyes, and ſaw: and behold [d] foure hornes.

19 And I ſayd to the Angel, that ſpake in me: What are theſe: And he ſayd to me: Theſe are the hornes that haue ſcattered Iuda, and Iſrael, and Ieruſalem.

20 And our Lord shewed me foure [*] artificers.

21 And I ſayd: What come theſe to doe? Who ſpake ſaying: Theſe are the hornes, that ſcattered Iuda euerie man a part, & none of them lifted his head: and theſe are come to fray them, to caſt downe the hornes of the nations, that haue lifted the horne vpon the land of Iuda to ſcatter it.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

3 Mal. 3. Iſa. 21. Iere. 3. Ezec. 18. & 20. Oſe. 14. Ioel▪ 2.
3 [a] VVhen God in the holie Scriptures ſayth: Conuert to me, and I vvil conuert to you. VVe are admoniſhed that vve haue freewil. And when vve anſvver: Conuert vs o Lord to thee, and vve shal be conuerted, we confeſſe that Gods grace preuenteth vs. Conc. Trid. ſeſſ. 6. c. 5.
8 [b] That this was an Angel in the ſhape of a man is manifeſt. v 11.
8 [c] Seuentie yeares from the tranſmigration of Ioachin vvere complet in the firſt of Cytus. Dan 9. Seuentie yeares were alſo complet from the deſtructiō of the temple in the ſecond of Darius Hiſtaſpis and therfore the prophet novv prayeth God to inſpire ſuch as vvere able, that they would build the temple againe.
14 Zach. 8▪
18 [d] From foure partes of the world, to wite, the Moabites & Ammonites on the eaſt of Iurie; The Idumeans and Aegyptians on the ſouth; the Philiſthims on the vveaſt▪ & the Aſſirians & Chaldees on the North ſide had much moleſted the Ievves; al vvhich vvere therfore plaged & puniſhed for the ſame.
20 [*] fabros.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Ʋnder the name of Ieruſalem, he prophecieth the progreſſe of the Church of Chriſt: 6. by the conuerſion of ſome Iewes, 8. and manie Gentiles.

1 AND I lifted vp mine eyes, and ſaw: and loe a man, and in his hand a corde of meaſurers.

2 And I ſayd: Whither goeſt thou? And he ſayd to me: To meaſure [a] Ieruſalem, and to ſee how great the breadth therof is, and how great the length therof.

3 And behold the Angel that ſpake in me, came forth, and an other Angel went out to meete him.

4 And he ſayd to him: Runne, ſpeake to this yongman ſaying: Without wal shal Ieruſalem be inhabited for the multitude of men, and of beaſts in the middes therof.

5 And I wil be to it, ſayth our Lord, a wal of fire round about: and I wil be in glorie in the middes therof.

6 O b flee ye out of the land of the North, ſaith our Lord, becauſe into the foure windes of heauen haue I diſperſed you, ſayth our Lord.

7 O c Sion, flee thou that dwelleſt with the daughter of Babylon:

8 becauſe thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: After glorie he ſent me to the nations, that haue ſpoiled you: for he that shal touch you, toucheth the[b] apple of myne eye:

9 becauſe loe I lift vp my hand vpon them, and they shal be a praye to thoſe that ſerued them: and you shal know that the Lord of hoſts ſent me.

10 Prayſe, and reioyce ô daughter of Sion: becauſe loe I come, and wil dwel in the middes of thee, ſayth our Lord.

11 And manie nations shal [c] be ioyned to our Lord in that day, and they shal be my people, and I wil dwel in the middes of thee: and thou shal know that the Lord of hoſts hath ſent me to thee.

12 And our Lord wil poſſeſſe Iuda his portion in the ſanctified land: and he wil yet chooſe Ieruſalem.

13 Let al flesh be ſilent at the preſence of our Lord: becauſe he is riſen vp out of his holie habitation.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

2 [a] According to S Auguſtins rule in Pſal. 71. vvhen greater thinges are ſayd then can be verified as the letter ſoundeth, the ſame is literally to be vnderſtood of the thing preſigured. And ſo this prophecie perteyneth to the Church of Chriſt rather then to the citie of Ieruſalem.
8 [b] O ye Gentiles that remaine in confuſed Babylon of this world, flee from it into the Church.
11 [c] And ye Iewes that haue feloſhip vvith Babylon, leaue it, and ſerue God ſincerely.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. In a viſion the diuel appeareth accuſing the hiegh Prieſt. 4. He is clenſed from his ſinnes. 8. Chriſt is promiſed, and great fruite of his paſſion.

1 AND our Lord shewed me [a] Ieſus the grand prieſt ſtanding before the Angel of our Lord: and Satan ſtood on his right hand, to be his aduerſarie.

2 And our Lord ſayd to Satan: The Lord geue rebuke on thee Satan: and the Lord that choſe Ieruſalem geue rebuke on thee: Why, is not this a firebrand, taken out of the fire?

3 And Ieſus was clothed [b] with filthie garments: and he ſtood before the face of the Angel.

4 Who anſwered, and ſayd to them that ſtood before him, ſaying: Take away the filthie garments from him. And he ſayd to him: Behold I haue taken away thine iniquitie, and haue clothed thee with change of garments.

5 And he ſaid: Put a cleane mitre vpon his head: & they put a cleane mitre vpon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the Angel of our Lord ſtood.

6 And the Angel of our Lord conteſted Ieſus, ſaying:

7 Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts: If you wil walke in my wayes, and keepe my watch, thou alſo shalt iudge my houſe, and shalt keepe my courts, and I [c] wil geue thee walkers of them that now aſſiſt here.

8 Heare ô Ieſus thou grand prieſt, thou and thy frendes that dwel before thee, becauſe they are portending men: for behold I WIL BRING [d] MY SERVANT THE ORIENT.

9 Becauſe loe the ſtone that I layd before Ieſus: vpon one ſtone there be ſeuen eyes, behold I wil graue the grauing therof, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: & I wil take away the iniquitie of that land in one day.

10 In that day, ſayth the Lord of hoſts, euerie man shal cal his frende vnder the vine and vnder the figtree.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

1 [a] Literally this viſion perteyned to the hiegh prieſt of tha⟨illegible⟩ time:
3 [b] Vvhoſe fault is here taxed, for that he admoniſhed not the people to build the temple; and to abſtaine from marying vvemen of ſtrange nations, as. 1. ⟨illegible⟩ſd. 8 9 10.
7 [c] Angels are promiſed to aſſiſt the Prelates of the Church
8 [d] Chriſt according to his manh⟨illegible⟩od is the ſeruant of God. Of vvhó S Luke expoundeth this prophecie.
9 Luc. 1. ⟨illegible⟩. 78.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. In a viſion of a candleſtike and candles, 3. and of two oliue trees is prophecied the vocation of the Gentils, 11. and laſtly of the Iewes.

1 AND the Angel returned that ſpake in me: and he rayſed me vp, as a man that is rayſed out of his ſleepe.

2 And he ſayd to me: What ſeeſt thou? And I ſayd: I ſaw, and [a] loe [b] a candleſticke al of gold, and [c] the lampe therof vpon the head of it: and the [d] ſeuen lights therof vpon it: and ſeuen funnels for the lights, that were vpon the head therof.

3 And [e] tow oliue trees vpon it: one on the right hand of the lampe, and one on the left hand therof.

4 And I anſwered, and I ſayd to the Angel that ſpake in me, ſaying: What are theſe thinges, my Lord?

5 And the Angel that ſpake in me anſwered, and ſayd to me: Why, knoweſt thou not what theſe thinges are? And I ſayd: No, my Lord.

6 And he anſwered, and ſayd to me, ſaying: This is the word of our Lord [f] to Zorobabel, ſaying: Not in an hoſt, nor in ſtrength: but in my ſpirit, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

7 Who art thou ô great mountayne before Zorobabel? into a plaine: and he wil bring forth the principal ſtone, and wil make grace equal to the grace therof.

8 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

9 The handes of Zorobabel haue founded this houſe, and his handes shal perfite it: and you shal know that the Lord of hoſts hath ſent me to you.

10 For who hath deſpiſed litle dayes? and they shal reioyce, and shal ſee the ſtone of tinne in the hand of Zorobabel. Theſe are the ſeuen eyes of our Lord, that runne through out the whole earth.

11 And I anſwered, and ſayd to him: What are theſe two oliuetrees on the right hand of the candleſtike, and on the left hand therof?

12 And I anſwered the ſecond time, and ſayd to him: What are the [g] two branches of oliuetrees, that are beſide the two beaks of gold, in which are the funnels of gold?

13 And he ſayd to me, ſaying: Why, knoweſt thou not what theſe are? And I ſayd: No, my Lord.

14 And he ſayd: Theſe are two ſonnes of oyle which aſſiſt the dominatour of the whole earth.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

2 [a] Moſt Hebrevv Doctors & ſome Chriſtian expound this viſion of the temple, & the old ſynagog, but moſt others vnderſtand it literally of Chriſt & his Church.
2 [b] The candleſticke Metaphorically ſignifieth Chriſts Church.
2 [c] The lampe or light Chriſt.
2 [d] ſeuen lightes al the paſtores of the Church.
3 [e] Tvvo oliues Enoch and Elias. Apoc. 11.
6 [f] VVhich viſion vvas to be declared to Zorobabel, for his conſolation that he might knovv, that God vvould proteſt his Church.
12 [g] Tvvo branches the diuine and humane natures of Chriſt.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. In a viſion of a flying booke theeues, and ſweares are threatned: 5. in an other viſion is foreshewed that the Iewes shal be blind, and obdurate.

1 AND I turned and lifted vp myne eyes: and I ſaw, and [a] behold a volume [b] flying.

2 And he ſayd to me: What ſeeſt thou? And I ſayd: I ſee a volume flying: the length therof of twentie cubits, and the breadth therof of ten cubits.

3 And he ſayd to me: This is the malediction, that goeth forth vpon the face of the earth: becauſe euerie theefe, as is there written, shal be iudged: and euerie ſwearer, by it in like maner shal be iudged.

4 I wil bring it forth, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: and it shal come to the houſe of the theefe, and to the houſe of him that ſweareth by my name falſly: & it shal abide in the middes of his houſe, and shal conſume it, and the timber therof, and the ſtones therof.

5 And the Angel went out that ſpake in me: and he ſayd to me: Lift vp thine eyes, and ſee what is this, that goeth forth.

6 And I ſayd: What is it? And he ſayd: This is an amphore going forth. And he ſayd: This is their eye in al the earth.

7 And behold a talent of lead was caried, and loe one woman ſitting in the middes of the amphore.

8 And he ſayd: This is impietie. And he threw her in the middes of the amphore, and caſt a lumpe of lead vpon the mouth therof.

9 And I lifted vp mine eyes, and ſaw: and behold [c] two wemen coming forth, and ſpirit in the winges of them, and they had winges as the winges of a kite: and they lifted vp the amphore betwen the earth and the heauen.

10 And I ſayd to the Angel that ſpake in me: Whither do theſe carie the amphore?

11 And he ſayd to me: That a houſe may be built for it in the land [d] of Sennaar, and it may be eſtablished, and ſet there vpon the foundation therof.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

1 [a] In this booke or roll of papers were writen the ſinnes of the people, and deſigned puniſhment.
1 [b] It appeared flying to ſignific that this decree of puniſhment came from heauen. S. Chryſoſt. ho. 27. ad popul.
9 [c] Excecation & obduration fel vpon the Iewes for their auarice, and periurie.
11 [d] Antichriſt ſhal beginne his reigne vvhere Babylon vvas firſt built. Gen. 11.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. In a viſion of chariots is foreshewed the ſucceſſion of foure monarchies. 11. In crownes ſet on the high prieſts head, the Kingdom, and Prieſthood of Chriſt: 15. and the rewards of them that receiue him.

1 AND I turned, and lifted vp mine eyes, and ſaw: and behold [a] foure chariots coming forth from the middes of two mountaines: & the mountaines, mountaines of braſſe.

2 In the firſt chariot red horſes, & in the ſecond chariot blacke horſes,

3 and in the third chariot white horſes, and in the fourth chariot ſpeckled horſes, & ſtrong.

4 And I anſwered, and ſayd to the Angel, that ſpake in me: What are theſe thinges, my Lord?

5 And the Angel anſwered, and ſayd to me: Theſe are the foure windes of heauen, which goeforth to ſtand before the Dominatour of al the earth.

6 That, in which were the blacke horſes went forth into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them: and the ſpeckled went forth to the land of the South.

7 But they that were ſtrongeſt, went out, and ſought to goe, and to runne about through out al the earth. And he ſayd: Goe walke through out the earth: and they walked through out the earth.

8 And he called me, and ſpake to me, ſaying: Behold, they that goe forth into the land of the North, haue made my ſpirit to reſt in the land of the North.

9 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

10 Take of the tranſmigration of Holdai, and of Tobias, and of Idaias: and thou shalt come in that day, and shalt enter into the houſe of Ioſias, the ſonne of Sophonias, who came out of Babylon.

11 And thou shalt take gold and ſiluer: & shalt make crownes, and thou shalt ſet on the head of Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec the grand prieſt,

12 and thou shalt ſpeake to him, ſaying: Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts, [b] ſaying: BEHOLD A MAN ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and vnder him shal ſpring vp, and shal build a temple to our Lord.

13 And he shal build a temple to our Lord: and shal beare glorie, and shal ſit, and rule vpon his throne: and he shal be a prieſt vpon his throne, and the counſel of peace shal be betwen them two.

14 And the crownes shal be to Helem, and Tobias, and Idaias, and Hem, the ſonne of Sophonias, a memorial in the temple of our Lord.

15 And they that are far, shal come, and shal build in the temple of our Lord: and you shal know that the Lord of hoſts ſent me to you. But this shal be, if hearing you wil heare the voice of our Lord your God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

1 [a] Foure Monarchies of the Chaldees, the Medes and Perſians, the Grecians, and the Romanes. Dan. 2.
12 [b] VVhen the prophet ſet the crovvne on the high prieſts head, that he might withal ſignifie that it perteyned not him, but as in figure of Chriſt, he explicateth, that God reueled this myſterie, ſaying: Behold a man vvho is alſo God, called Orient, that is Raiſing vp & eſtabliſhing the kingdom vvhich vvas promiſed to Dauid. S. Iero. is bunc locum.
12 Luc. 1. r, 78.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. The faſt of the fift and ſeuenth moneth obſerued in the captiuitie, being good, 5. was vnperfect, 8. faſting from ſinne is alwayes more neceſſarie.

1 AND it came to paſſe in the fourth yeare of Darius the king, the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie, in the fourth of the ninth moneth, which is Caſleu.

2–3 And Saraſar, and Rogommelech, and the men that were with him, ſent to the houſe of God, to beſech the face of our Lord: that they should ſay to the prieſts of the houſe of the Lord of hoſts, and to the prophets, ſaying: Muſt I weepe in [a] the fifth moneth, or muſt I ſan ctifie myſelf as now I haue done manie yeares?

4–5 And the word of the Lord of hoſts was made to me, ſaying: Speake to al the people of the land, and to the prieſts, ſaying: when you faſted, and mourned in the fifth and the ſeuenth for theſe ſeuentie yeares: [b] did you faſt a faſt vnto me?

6 and when you did eate and drinke, did you not eate for your ſelues, and drinke for your ſelues?

7 Why, are they not the wordes, which our Lord ſpake in the hand of the former prophets, when Ieruſalem as yet was inhabited, and was welthie, it ſelf and the cities round about it, and toward the South, and in the champine there was dwelling?

8 And the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie, ſaying:

9 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts, ſaying: [c] Iudge ye true Iudgement, and doe ye mercie, & miſerations euerie man with his brother.

10 And the widow, and the pupil, and the ſtranger, and the poore doe not calumniate: and let not a man thinke in his hart euil to his brother.

11 And they would not attend, and they turned away the shoulder departing: and they aggrauated their eares; not to heare.

12 And they made their hart as the adamant, leſt they should heare the law, & the wordes which the Lord ſent in his ſpirit by the hand of the former prophetes: and there was great indignation made from the Lord of hoſts.

13 And it came to paſſe as he ſpake, and they heard not: ſo shal they crie, & I wil not heare, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

14 And I diſperſed them through out al kingdoms, which they know not: and the land was left deſolate of them, for that there was none paſſing & returning: and the land to be deſired they layd into a deſert.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

2–3 [a] Becauſe the temple vvas burned in the fift moneth, & Godolias ſlaine in the ſeuenth; 4. Reg. 25. v. 8. 15 the Ievves faſted in thoſe two monethes al the time of their captiuitie.
4–5 Iſa. 58.
4–5 [b] VVhich faſt vvas good, but vnperfect, wan ting vvorkes of mercie, moſt eſpecially required in faſtes. Iſa. 58 S. Greg. p. 3 paſt. curae admonie. 20. & ho 16. in Euang.
9 [c] And therfote the prophet admoniſheth to faſt from al ſinnes.
10 Exo. 22. Iſa. 1. Iere. 5.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. God wil geue abundance of ſpiritual benefites to al nations by Chriſt: 7. to whom shal be conuerted 13. manie Iewes, 20. but manie more Gentiles.

1 AND the word of the Lord of hoſts was made, ſaying:

2 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſtes: I haue bene ielous for Sion with great zeale, and with great indignation haue I bene ielous for it.

3 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: [a] I am returned to Sion, and I wil dwel in the middes of Ieruſalem: and Ieruſalem shal be called the Citie of truth, & the Mount of the Lord of hoſts, the ſanctified mount.

4 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: As yet shal old men dwel, and old wemen in the ſtreets of Ieruſalem: and euerie mans ſtafe in his hand for multitude of yeares.

5 And the ſtreets of the citie shal be filled with infantes, and girles playing in the ſtreets therof.

6 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: If it shal ſeme hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in thoſe dayes: Why, shal it be hard in mine eyes, ſayth the Lord of hoſts?

7 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: Behold I wil ſaue my people from the land of [b] the Eaſt, and from the land of the Going downe of the ſunne.

8 And I wil bring them, and they shal dwel in the middes of Ieruſalem: and they shal be my people, and I wil be their God in truth and in iuſtice.

9 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: Let your handes be ſtrengthned, you that heare in theſe dayes theſe words by the mouth of the prophets in the day, that the houſe of the Lord of hoſts was founded, that the temple might be built.

10 For before thoſe dayes there was no hyre for men, neither was there hyre for beaſts, neither was there peace to the comer in, nor goer out for tribulation: and I did let goe al men, euerie one againſt his neighbour.

11 But now not according to the former dayes wil I doe to the remnant of this people, ſayth the Lord of hoſts,

12 but the ſeede of peace shal be: the vine shal geue his fruite, and the earth shal geue her ſpring, and the heauens shal geue their dew: and I wil make the remnant of this people to poſſeſſe al theſe thinges.

13 And it shal be: as you were a malediction among the Gentils, ô houſe of Iuda, & houſe of Iſrael: ſo wil I ſaue you, and you shal be a benediction: feare not, let your handes be ſtrengthned.

14 Becauſe thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: As I purpoſed to afflict you, when your fathers had prouoked me to wrath, ſayth our Lord,

15 and I had no mercie: ſo conuerting I haue meant in theſe dayes to doe good to the houſe of Iuda, and Ieruſalem: feare not.

16 Theſe then are the wordes, which you shal doe: Speake ye truth, euerie one with his neighbour: truth and iudgement of peace iudge ye in your gates.

17 And thinke ye not euerie man in your hart euil againſt his frend: & lying othe loue ye not: for al theſe things are ſuch as I hate, ſayth our Lord.

18 And the word of our Lord of hoſts was made to me, ſaying:

19 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: The faſt [::] of the fourth, and the faſt of the fifth, and the faſt of the ſeuenth, and the faſt of the tenth shal be to the houſe of Iuda into ioy, and gladnes, & into goodlie ſolemnities: truth onlie, and peace loue ye.

20 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts, vntil peoples come, & dwel in manie cities,

21 and the inhabitants goe, one to an other, ſaying: Let vs goe, and beſech the face of our Lord, and let vs ſeeke the Lord of hoſts: I alſo wil goe.

22 And manie peoples shal come, and ſtrong nations to ſeeke the Lord of hoſts in Ieruſalem, & to beſech the face of our Lord.

23 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: In thoſe dayes, wherein ten men of al the tongue of the Gentils shal take hold, and they shal take hold of the skirt of a man that is a Iewe, ſaying: We wil goe with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

3 [a] Theſe benefites here prophecied are greater then euer vvere beſtovved vpon the Ievves before Chriſt came, & therfore are rather to be vnderſtood of the graces of the nevv teſtament.
3 Zach. 1. v. 14.
7 [b] The tenne tribes vvere caried captiue into Aſſiria, & the two tribes into Babylon: both vvhich are northward: not into the eaſt nor vveaſt. And therfore this prophecie is of al nations Iewes & Gentils to be called to Chriſt fromal partes.
16 Epheſ 4. v. 25.
19 [::] Not only the faſt of the fift, and ſeuenth monethes (vvherof the queſtion vvas propoſed ch. 7. v. 3.) but alſo of the fourth & tenth, were to be leaft of in the times of ioy and feſtinitie.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. The bordering enimies of the Iewes shal beleue in Chriſt. 9. who wil firſt come to the Iewes in mekenes, yet in ſolemnitie riding on an aſſe: 11. deliuer the godlie from the lake, 12. geue great thinges to the faithful, 17. and one moſt excellent thing aboue the reſt.

1 THE [a] burden of the word of our Lord in the land of [*] Hadrach, & Damaſcus his reſt: becauſe our Lord is the eye of man, and of al the tribes of Iſrael.

2 Emath alſo in the borders therof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they haue taken to themſelues wiſedom excedingly.

3 And Tyre hath built her munition, and heaped together ſiluer as earth, and gold as the myre of the ſtreets.

4 Behold our Lord shal poſſeſſe her, and shal ſtrike her ſtrength in the ſea, and she shal be deuoured with fyre.

5 Aſcalon shal ſee, and shal feare, and Gaza, and shal be ſorie excedingly: & Accaron, becauſe her hope is confounded: and the king shal perish out of Gaza, & Aſcalon shal not be inhabited.

6 And the ſeperatour shal ſit in Azotus, and I wil deſtroy the pride of the Philiſthims.

7 And I wil take away his bloud out of his mouth, and his abominations out of the middes of his teeth: and he alſo shal be left to our God, and he shal be as a duke in Iuda, and Accaron as a Iebuſeite.

8 And I wil enuiron my houſe of them, that ſerue me in warfayre going and returning, and the exactour shal no more paſſe ouer them: becauſe now I haue ſene with myne eyes.

9 Reioyce greatly ô daughter of Sion, make iubilation ô daughter of Ieruſalem: BEHOLD THY KING [b] wil come to thee, the iuſt and ſauiour: himſelf poore, and ryding vpon an aſſe, and vpon a colt the fole of an aſſe.

10 And I wil deſtroy chariot out of Ephraim, and horſe out of Ieruſalem, and the bow of warre shal be diſſipated: and he ſhal ſpeake peace to the Gentils, and his power from ſea euen to ſea, and from the riuers euen to the end of the earth.

11 Thou alſo in the bloud of thy teſtament haſt let forth thy priſoners out of [c] the lake, wherin is no water.

12 Conuert to the munition ye priſoners of hope, to day alſo declaring I wil render thee duble.

13 Becauſe I haue bent Iuda for me as a bow, I haue filled Ephraim: and I wil rayſe vp thy ſonnes ô Sion vpon thy ſonnes ô Greece, & I wil make thee as the ſword of the ſtrong.

14 And our Lord God shal be ſeene ouer them, and his dart shal goe forth as lightning: & our Lord God▪ wil ſound with trumpet, and wil goe in the whirle wind of the South.

15 The Lord of hoſts wil protect them: and they shal deuoure, and ſubdew with the ſtones of the ſling: and drinking they shal be drunke as it were of wine, & they shal be filled as phials, and as the hornes of the altar.

16 And our Lord their God wil ſaue them in that day, as the flocke of his people: becauſe holie ſtones shal be eleuated ouer his land.

17 For what is his good thing, and what is his beautiful thing, but [d] the corne of the elect, and wine ſpringing virgins?

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

1 [a] Preaching of true doctrine is at firſt vngratful to ſome hearers, and ſtil to the incredulous, but this burden becometh light to the faithful.
1 [*] acitie of Syria.
9 Iſa. 62. Mat 21. v. 5. Ioan. 1. v. 15.
9 [b] Chriſt came often into Ieruſalē but this laſt coming excelled al the reſt, vvhen he came to dye for redemption of mankinde.
11 [c] S. Ierom, S. Cyril & other fathers vnderſtand this lake to be Limbus patrum from whence Chriſt deliuered the Sainctes of the old teſtaments.
17 [d] Chriſt is the grane of vvheat vvhich dying bringeth much fruite Ioan. 12. And of this vvheat that bread is made that came from heauen Ioan. 6. ⟨illegible⟩ Ierom in hunc locum.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. The Iewes are exhorted to aske good thinges of God: 4. of their nation cometh the Redemer of al men, 5. and of the ſame are the Apoſtles, ſpiritual maſters of the whole world. 6. The whole nation shal at laſt be conuerted.

1 ASKE of our Lord rayne in [a] the lateward time, and our Lord wil make ſnowes, and wil geue them rayne of showers, to euerie one graſſe in the filde.

2 Becauſe the idols ſpake that which was vnprofitable, and the deuiners ſaw a lie, & the dreamers ſpake in vayne: they comforted vaynely: therfore are they led away as a flock: they shal be afflicted, becauſe they haue no paſtour.

3 Vpon the paſtours my furie is wrath, and vpon the buckgoates I wil viſite: becauſe the Lord of hoſts hath viſited his flocke, the houſe of Iuda, and hath made them as the horſe of his glorie in the battel,

4 Of him the corner, of him the pinne, of him the bow of battel, of him shal come forth euerie exactour together.

5 And they shal be as valients, treading the myre of the wayes in battel: and they shal fight, becauſe our Lord is with them: and the riders of horſes shal be confounded.

6 And I wil ſtrengthen the houſe [b] of Iuda, and the houſe [c] of Ioſeph I wil ſaue: and I wil conuert them, becauſe I wil haue mercie on them: and they shal be as they were when I had not caſt them of, for I am the Lord their God, and wil heare them.

7 And they shal be as the valients of Ephraim, & their hart shal reioyce as it were of wine: and their children shal ſee, and shal reioyce, & their hart shal be ioyful in our Lord.

8 I [d] wil hiſſe to them, and wil gather them together, becauſe I haue redemed them: and I wil multiplie them as they were multiplied before.

9 And I wil ſaw them among peoples, and from a far they shal remember me: and they shal liue with their children, and shal returne.

10 And I wil bring them backe out of the Land of Aegypt, and out of the Aſſyrians I wil gather them: and to the Land of Galaad, & Libanus I wil bring them, and there shal not be found place for them.

11 And he shal paſſe ouer in the ſtrayte of the ſea, and shal ſtrike the waues in the ſea, and al the depths of the riuer shal be confounded, and [e] the pride of Aſſur shal be humbled, and the ſcepter of Aegypt shal depart.

12 I wil ſtrengthen them in the Lord, and in his name they shal walke: ſayth our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

1 [a] Latevvard time is vvhen fruite vvaxeth ripe, and ſo is here taken for the time of grace vvhich S. Paul calleth the acceptable time: & therfore this prophet exhorteth to aske this grace; and al ſpiritual benefites of God.
6 [b] Not only the tvvo tribes,
6 [c] but alſo the tenne ſhal be conuerted at laſt to Chriſt.
8 [d] Chriſtians are ſvvetely dravvne by internal inſpiration vvithout clamorus, and violent perſvvaſion of vvordes. S. Cyril.
10 Iſa. 11.
11 [e] VVhen the faithful are multiplied & confirmed in religion, their enimies can not hurt them.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Ieruſalem shal be againe moſt miſerably deſtroyed, 4. the Iewish nation reiected and diſperſed, 12. becauſe Chriſt was ſold by them to the Gentils for thirtie pence. 16. They wil receiue Antichriſt, who shal be finally deſtroyed.

1 OPEN thy gates [a] ô Libanus, and let fyre deuoure thy ceders.

2 Howle thou firre tree, becauſe the ceder is fallen, becauſe the magnifical are waſted: howle ye okes of Baſan, becauſe the fenſed forreſt is cut downe.

3 The voice of the howling of paſtours, becauſe their magnificence is waſted: the voice of the roaring of lions, becauſe the pride of Iordan is waſted.

4 Thus ſayth our Lord my God: Feede thou the cattel of ſlaughter,

5 which they that poſſeſſed, ſlew, and were not ſorie, and they ſold them, ſaying: Bleſſed be our Lord, we are become rich: and their paſtours ſpared them not.

6 And I wil ſpare no more vpon the inhabitants of the earth, ſayth our Lord: behold I wil deliuer men, euerie one in his neighbours hand, and in the hand of his king: and they shal cut the land in peeces, and I wil not deliuer it out of their hand.

7 And I wil feede the cattel of ſlaughter for this, ô ye poore of the flocke: and I tooke vnto me two roddes, one I called [b] Beautie, and the other I called c Corde: and I fed the flocke.

8 And I cut of three paſtours in one moneth, and my ſoule shrunke together at them: for their ſoule alſo varied on me.

9 And I ſayd: I wil not feede you: that which dieth, let it dye: and that which is cut of, be it cut of: and let the reſt deuoure euerie one his neighbours flesh.

10 & I tooke my rod that was called beautie, and I cut it of to make voyd my couenant, which I made with al peoples.

11 And it was made voyd in that day: and ſo the poore of the ſlocke that keepe for me, vnderſtood, that it is the word of the Lord

12 And I ſayd to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my hyre: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed my hyre thirtie peeces of ſiluer.

13 And our Lord ſayd to me, caſt it forth to the ſtatuarie, a goodlie price, that I was priced at by them. And I tooke [d] the thirtie peeces of ſiluer: & I threw them into the houſe of our Lord to the ſtatuarie.

14 And I [e] cut of my ſecond rod, that was called Corde, that I might diſſolue the brotherhood betwen Iuda and Iſrael.

15 And our Lord ſayd to me: As yet take to thee the [*] veſſels of a foolish paſtour.

16 Becauſe loe [f] I wil rayſe vp a paſtour in the land, which shal not viſite thinges forſaken, the thing diſperſed he shal not ſeeke, and the broken he shal not heale, & that which ſtandeth he shal not nourish, and he shal eate the flesh of the fat ones, and their hoofes he shal diſſolue.

17 O paſtour, and idol, leauing the flocke: [g] the ſword vpon his arme, & vpon his right eye: his arme shal be dried with withering, and his right eye waxing darke shal be obſcured.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

1 [a] Ieruſalem is called Libanus, Iſa. 10. v. 34. & in other places, for the great beautie therof: likewiſe the temple, & becauſe it vvas built of the trees of Libanus, as S. Ierom here, & Ezech. 17. expoundeth. And ſo by this metaphore the deſtruction of the citie and temple by Titus is here prophecied. The ceders alſo ſignifie the principal men of the Iewes.
7 [b] God the cretor and gouernor of al men, calleth his general gouernmēt beautie: becauſe it is moſt ſemelie that al be vnder his rod. And his peculiar gouernment of the Ievves he calleth a Cord, becauſe it is limited to one people.
9 Iere. 15. v. 2.
13 [d] Chriſt bought and ſold for 30. pence.
14 Mat. 2⟨illegible⟩.
14 [e] The Ievves are reiected:
15 [*] vnap⟨illegible⟩ inſtruments.
16 [f] Antichriſt a deſtroyer,
17 [g] ſhal be deſtroyed.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. The Iewes perſecuting Chriſt and his Church, shal be ſore afflicted. 6. The Church stil proſpering: 11. the incredulous shal be condemned.

1 THE burden of the word of our Lord vpon [a] Iſrael. Sayth our Lord extending the heauen, & founding the earth, & forming the ſpirit of man in him:

2 Behold I wil make Ieruſalem a lintel of ſurfet to al peoples round about: yea & [b] Iuda shal be in the ſiege againſt Ieruſalem.

3 And it shal be: In that day I wil make Ieruſalem a ſtone of burden to al peoples: al that shal lift it, shal be torne with tearing: and al the kingdoms of the earth shal de gathered agaynſt her.

4 In that day, ſayth our Lord, I wil ſtrike euerie horſe into aſtonishment, and his rider into madnes: and vpon the houſe of Iuda I wil open mine eyes, and euerie horſe of the peoples I wil ſtrike with blindnes.

5 And the dukes of Iuda shal ſay in their hart: Let the inhabitants of Ieruſalem be ſtrengthened for me in the Lord of hoſts their God.

6 In that day I wil make the dukes of Iuda as a furnace of fyre amongſt ſtickes, and as a brand of fire in hay: and they shal deuoure to the right hand, & to the left al people round about: and Ieruſalem shal be inhabited agayne in her place in Ieruſalem.

7 And our Lord shal ſaue the tabernacles of Iuda, as in the begynning: that the houſe of Dauid glorie not magnifically, and the glorie of them that inhabite Ieruſalem agaynſt Iuda.

8 In that day shal our Lord protect the inhabitants of Ieruſalem, and he that offended of them in that day shal be as Dauid: and the houſe of Dauid, as of God, as an Angel of our Lord in their ſight.

9 And it shal be in that day: I wil ſeeke to deſtroy al Nations, that come againſt Ieruſalem.

10 And I wil powre out vpon the houſe of Dauid, & vpon the inhabitants of Ieruſalem the ſpirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shal looke toward me, whom they pearced: and they shal lament him with lamentation as it were vpon an only begotten, and they shal ſorow vpon him, as the maner is to be ſorowful in the death of the firſt begotten.

11 In that day shal be great lamentation in Ieruſalem, as the lamentation of [c] Adadremmon in the filde of Mageddon.

12 And the land shal lament: families and families apart: the families of the houſe of Dauid apart, and their wemen apart:

13 the families of the houſe of Nathan apart, and their wemen apart: the families of the houſe of Leui apart, and their wemen apart: the families of Semei apart, and their wemen apart.

14 Al the reſt of the families, families and families apart, and their wemen apart.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

1 [a] VVhen the Church of Chriſt beganne in Ieruſalem, proceeding to al Iurie, and Samaria, and to other nations, the other Ievves moſt earneſtly perſecuted Chriſtians. Act. 4. 5. &c.
2 [b] Iuda beſieged Ieruſalem when Ievves remayning in Iudaiſme perſecuted other Ievves beleuing in Chriſt, for then brother deliuered brother to death, the father the ſonne &c. Mat. 10. v 21.
10 Ioan. 19. v. 3.
11 [c] A towne nere to Iezrahel in the countrie of Mageddon, vvhere Ioſas vvas ſlaine. 2. Baral. 35. and great lamentation vvas made for him, vvhich vvas a figure of the miſerable calamitie of the obſtinate in the day of iudgement, S. Iero⟨illegible⟩.
11 2. Par. 35.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. In the Church of Chriſt al idolatrie shal be abolished. 6. In his paſſion his Apoſtles shal be disperſed, and they and others shal be proued by tribulations.

1 IN [a] that day shal be a fountayne lying open to the houſe of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ieruſalem: for the ablution of the ſinner, and of the menſtruous woman.

2 And it shal be in that day, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: I wil deſtroy the names of idols our of the earth, & they shal be remembred no more: and the falſe prophetes, and the vncleane ſpirit I wil take away out of the earth.

3 And it shal be when any man shal prophecie any more, his father & his mother that begot him, shal ſay to him: Thou [b] shalt not liue: becauſe thou haſt ſpoken a lie in the name of our Lord. And his father, & his mother his parents shal ſtrike him, when he shal prophecie.

4 And it shal be: in that day, the prophets shal be confounded euerie one by his owne viſion, when he shal prophecie, neither shal they be couered with cloke of ſackcloth, to lie:

5 But he shal ſay: I am no prophet, an husbandman am I: becauſe Adam my example from my youth.

6 And it shal be ſayd to him: What are theſe wounds in the middes of thy handes? And he shal ſay: With theſe was I wounded in the houſe of them, that loued me.

7 [c] Sword be thou rayſed vp vpon my paſtour, and vpon the man that cleaueth to me, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: Strike the paſtour, and the sheepe shal be diſperſed: and I [d] wil turne my hand to the litle ones.

8 And there shal be in al the earth, ſayth our Lord: two parts in it shal be deſtroyed, and shal fayle: and [e] the third part shal be left in it.

9 And I wil bring the third part through fyre, and wil burne them as ſiluer is burnt: and I wil trie them as gold is tried. They shal cal my name, and I wil heare them. I wil ſay: Thou art my people; and they shal ſay: Our Lord my God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

1 [a] In the time of the new teſtament Chriſt is made an open fountaine of grace by his Incarnation. Ioa. 4. v. 13. S. Greg h⟨illegible⟩. 20. in Ezec & li. 6. epiſt. 186.
2 Ezec. 3⟨illegible⟩.
3 [b] Falſe doctrine as idolatrie and hereſie, are puniſhable by death in the law of Chriſt.
7 [c] By ſvvord is vnderſtood al ſortes of perſecution that fel vpon our Sauiour.
7 Mat. 26. Mar. 14.
7 [d] The Apoſtles fleīg God recalled them, and ſtreingthned them with fortitude.
8 [e] Neither Ievves nor Gentiles, remayning in their proper profeſſions can be ſaued, but Chriſtian Catholikes liuing iuſtly, which are Gods proper people diſtinct from the reſt by his grace.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Ieruſalem shal be deſtroyed, manie Iewes ſlaine, the reſt made captiues: 3. Chriſts Church shal florish, 8. eſpecially in the Gentils. 12. Perſecuters shal be finally punished: 20. and the godlie procede in grace.

1 BEHOLD the dayes of our Lord shal come, and thy ſpoyles shal be diuided in the middes of thee.

2 And I [a] wil gather together al nations to Ieruſalem into battel, and the citie shal be taken, and the houſes shal be waſted, and the wemen shal be defiled: and the halfe part of the citie shal goe forth into captiuitie, and the reſt of the people shal not be taken away out of the citie.

3 And our Lord wil goe forth, and wil fight againſt thoſe nations, as he fought in the day of conflict.

4 And his feete shal ſtand in that day vpon the mount of oliues, which is againſt Ieruſalem toward the Eaſt: and the mount of oliues shal be clouen by the halfe part therof to the Eaſt, & to the Weaſt with a ſtiepe rupture exceding great, and halfe of the mountayne shal be ſeperated to the North, & halfe therof to the South.

5 And you shal flie to the valley of thoſe mountaynes, becauſe the valley of the mountaynes shal be ioyned euen to the next, and you shal flee as you fled from the face [b] of the earthquake in the dayes of Ozias king of Iuda: and our Lord my God shal come, and al the ſaintes with him.

6 And it shal be in that day: there shal be no light, but cold and froſt.

7 And there shal be one day, which is knowen to our Lord, not day nor night: & in the time of the euening there shal be light.

8 And it shal be in that day: [c] liuing waters shal iſſue forth out of Ieruſalem: halfe of them to [d] the Eaſt ſea, and halfe of them to the laſt ſea: in [e] ſummer & in winter shal they be.

9 And our Lord shal be king ouer al the earth: in that day there shal be one Lord, & his name shal be one.

10 And al the land shal returne euen to the deſert, from the hil of Remmon to the South of Ieruſalem: and it shal be exalted, and shal dwel in her place, from the gate of Beniamin euen to the place of the former gate, and euen to the gate of the corners: & from the towre of Hananeel euen to the kings preſſes.

11 And they shal dwel in it, and there shal be anathema no more: but Ieruſalem shal ſit ſecure.

12 And this shal be the plague, wherwith our Lord shal ſtrike al nations, that haue fought againſt Ieruſalem: [f] the flesh shal pine away of euerie one ſtanding vpon his feete, and his eyes shal weare away in their holes, & their tongue shal conſume away in their mouth.

13 In that day there shal be a great tumult of our Lord among them: and a man shal take the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shal be claſped vpon his neighbours hand.

14 Yea and Iudas shal fight agaynſt Ieruſalem: and the riches of al nations round about shal be gathered together, gold, and ſiluer, and garments exceding manie.

15 And ſo shal there be ruine of horſe, and mule, and camel, and aſſe, and of al the beaſts, that shal be in thoſe tents, as is this ruine.

16 And al [g] that shal be left of al Nations, that came againſt Ieruſalem, shal goe vp from yeare to yeare, to adore the King, the Lord of hoſts, and to celebrate the feſtiuitie of tabernacles.

17 And it shal be: he [h] that shal not aſcend of the families of the land to Ieruſalem, to adore the King, the Lord of hoſts, there shal be no showre vpon them.

18 Yea and if the familie of Aegypt shal not aſcend, and shal not come: neither vpon them shal it be, but ruine shal be, wherwith our Lord wil ſtrike al Nations that wil not aſcend to celebrate the feſtiuitie of tabernacles.

19 This shal be the ſinne of Aegypt, and this the ſinne of al Nations, that wil not aſcend to celebrate the feſtiuitie of tabernacles.

20 In that day ſhal that which is vpon the bridle of the horſe be holie to our Lord: and the caudrons in the houſe of our Lord shal be as the phials before the altar.

21 And euerie caudron in Ieruſalem, and Iuda shal be ſanctified to the Lord of hoſts: and al that immolate, shal come, and take of them, and shal ſethe in them: & there shal be merchant no more in the houſe of the Lord of hoſts in that day.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

2 [a] In the armie of the Romaines were ſouldiars of manie nations at the laſt deſtructiō of Ieruſalem.
3 E⟨illegible⟩. 14.
5 [b] Amos. ch. 1. maketh alſo mention of this earthquake, and Ioſephus li. 9. c. 11 Antiq. though it be not in the bookes of the Kinges nor Paralipomenon.
5 Amos. ⟨illegible⟩. v. 1.
8 [c] Chriſtian doctrine of the Catholique Church vniuerſal in al
8 [d] places and
8 [e] al times.
12 [f] It partly appeared already (as. S. Ierom noteth) in the perſecuting Emperors, & ſince in other examples, but ſpecially theſe calamities vvil fal vpon the vvicked nere the day of Iudgement. as Luc. 21 v. 26.
16 [g] In the meane time ſuch as before perſecuted the Church ſhal be conuerted, & vvith great deuotion vvil celebrate the feſtiuities, and exerciſe religious rites to Gods honour: and ſhal merite great revvardes.
17 [h] And the obſtinate incredulous ſhal remaine barren vvithout grace, and voide of eternal glorie.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The second tome (Psalms to 2 Machabees, with the Prayer of Manasses and the third and fourth books of Esdras), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (12 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

In 3 places on this page the transcription has no verse cross between two numbered verses; there both numbers head a single paragraph (for example “12–13”) rather than cutting the text by guesswork.

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