Many Gentiles shall believe in Christ: 6. and lastly the multitude of Jews. 8. In the meantime the two tribes shall be carried into captivity, and be delivered again.Manie Gentiles shal beleue in Christ: 6. and lastly the multitude of Iewes. 8. In the meane time the two tribes shal be caried into captiuitie, and be deliuered againe.✦

And it shall be: In the later end of days there shall be the mount of the house of our Lord prepared in the top of mountains, and high above the hills: and peoples shall flow to it.AND it shal be: In a the later end of dayes there shal be the mount of the house of our Lord prepared in the toppe of mountaines, and high aboue the hilles: and peoples shal flow to it.✦Et erit : in novissimo dierum erit mons domus Domini præparatus in vertice montium, et sublimis super colles : et fluent ad eum populi,

1609 marginThe Jews confess this prophecy to be of Christ the promised Messias: but deny it to be of our Saviour Jesus of Nazareth, framing for their purpose divers arguments, which the learned may see very well confuted by Doct. Franc. Ribera, in this place. The later days are this whole time from Christ to the end of the world, which is the last time or state, after which shall be no other state of time, but eternity. Though in some places, the later days, or last days, signify the time that followeth after the thing then mentioned. as: Isa. 9. v. 1. 2 Tim. 3. v. 1. · Isa. 2.The Iewes confesse this prophecie to be of Christ the promised Messias: but denie it to be of our Sauiour Iesus of Nazareth, framing for their purpose diuers arguments, which the lerned may see very wel confuted by Doct. Franc. Ribera, in this place. The later dayes are this whole time from Christ to the end of the world, which is the last time or state, after which shal be no other state of time, but eternitie. Though in some places, the later dayes, or last dayes, signifie the time that followeth after the thing then mentioned. as: Isa. 9. v. 1. 2 Tim. 3. v. 1.

2And many nations shall hasten, and shall say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of our Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we shall go in his paths: because out of Sion shall the law go forth, and the word of our Lord out of Jerusalem.And manie nations shal hasten, & shal say: Come, let vs goe vp to the mountaine of our Lord, & to the house of the God of Iacob: & he wil teach vs of his wayes, and we shal goe in this pathes: because out of Sion shal the law goe forth, and the word of our Lord out of Ierusalem.✦et properabunt gentes multæ, et dicent : Venite, ascendamus ad montem Domini, et ad domum Dei Jacob : et docebit nos de viis suis, et ibimus in semitis ejus, quia de Sion egredietur lex, et verbum Domini de Jerusalem.

3And he shall judge between many peoples, and he shall rebuke strong nations unto a far off: and they shall cut their swords into , and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: and they shall no more learn to make battle.And he shal iudge betwen manie peoples, and he shal rebuke strong nations vnto a far of: and they ^b shal cut their swordes into culters, and their speares into spades: nation shal not take sword against nation: and they shal no more learne to make battel.✦Et judicabit inter populos multos, et corripiet gentes fortes usque in longinquum : et concident gladios suos in vomeres, et hastas suas in ligones : non sumet gens adversus gentem gladium, et non discent ultra belligerare.

4And every man shall sit under his vine, and under his fig tree, and there shall be none to make them afraid: because the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.And euerie man shal sitte vnder his vine, & vnder his figtree, and there shal be none to make them afrayd: because the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.✦Et sedebit vir subtus vitem suam et subtus ficum suam, et non erit qui deterreat, quia os Domini exercituum locutum est.

5Because all peoples will walk every one in the name of his God: but we shall walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.Because ^c al peoples wil walke euerie one in the name of his God: but we shal walke in the name of the Lord our God for euer and euer.✦Quia omnes populi ambulabunt unusquisque in nomine dei sui ; nos autem ambulabimus in nomine Domini Dei nostri, in æternum et ultra.

6In that day, saith our Lord; I will gather her that : and her that I had cast out, I will gather up, and her whom I had afflicted.In that day, saith our Lord; ^d I wil gather her that halteth: and her that I had cast out, I wil gather vp, & her whom I had afflicted.✦In die illa, dicit Dominus, congregabo claudicantem, et eam quam ejeceram colligam, et quam afflixeram :

7And I will make her that halted into a remnant: and her that had laboured into a mighty nation: and our Lord will reign over them in mount Sion, from this time now and for ever.And I wil make her that halted into a remnant: and her that had laboured into a mightie nation: and our Lord wil reigne ouer them in mount Sion, from this time now and for euer.✦et ponam claudicantem in reliquias, et eam quæ laboraverat, in gentem robustam : et regnabit Dominus super eos in monte Sion, ex hoc nunc et usque in æternum.

8And thou the tower of flock, cloudy of the daughter of Sion shall come to thee: and the first power shall come the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.And thou ^e the towre of flocke, clowdie of the daughter of Sion shal come to thee: and the first powre shal come the kingdom to the daughter of Ierusalem.✦Et tu, turris gregis nebulosa filiæ Sion, usque ad te veniet, et veniet potestas prima, regnum filiæ Jerusalem.

9Now why art thou drawn together with ? why, is there not a king to thee, or is thy counselor perished, because sorrow hath apprehended thee as a woman in ?Now why art thou drawne together with pensifnes? why, is there not a king to thee, or is thy counselor perished, because sorow hath apprehended thee as a woman in trauel?✦Nunc quare mœrore contraheris ? numquid rex non est tibi, aut consiliarius tuus periit, quia comprehendit te dolor sicut parturientem ?

10Sorrow thou and labour O daughter of Sion as a woman in travail: because now shalt thou go out of the city, and shalt dwell in the country, and shalt come even to Babylon, there thou shalt be delivered: there our Lord will redeem thee out of the hand of thine enemies.Sorow thou & labour ô daughter of Sion as a woman in trauel: because now shalt thou goe out of the citie, and shalt dwel in the countrie, and shalt come euen to Babylon, there thou shalt be deliuered: there our Lord wil redeme thee out of the hand of thine enemies.✦Dole et satage, filia Sion, quasi parturiens, quia nunc egredieris de civitate, et habitabis in regione, et venies usque ad Babylonem : ibi liberaberis, ibi redimet te Dominus de manu inimicorum tuorum.

11And now many nations are gathered together upon thee, which say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.And now manie nations are gathered together vpon thee, which say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye looke vpon Sion.✦Et nunc congregatæ sunt super te gentes multæ, quæ dicunt : Lapidetur, et aspiciat in Sion oculus noster.

12But they have not known the of our Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor.^f But they haue not knowne the cogitations of our Lord, and haue not vnderstood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the haye of the floore.✦Ipsi autem non cognoverunt cogitationes Domini, et non intellexerunt consilium ejus, quia congregavit eos quasi fœnum areæ.

13Arise, and thresh O daughter of Sion: because I will make thy horn of iron, and thy hoofs I will make of brass: and thou shalt break in pieces many peoples, and shalt kill the of them to our Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.Arise, and thresh ô daughter of Sion: because I wil make thy horne of yron, and thy hoofes I wil make of brasse: & thou shalt breake in peeces manie peoples, and shalt kil the spoiles of them to our Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.✦Surge, et tritura, filia Sion, quia cornu tuum ponam ferreum, et ungulas tuas ponam æreas ; et comminues populos multos, et interficies Domino rapinas eorum, et fortitudinem eorum Domino universæ terræ.

The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.

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