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| [1]Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp. |
[1]Then stoode vp Elias the prophete as a fyre, and his worde brent lyke a cresset. |
| [2]He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number. |
[2]He brought an hunger vpon them, and in his zeale he made the fewe in number: for they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde. |
| [3]By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire. |
[3]Through the worde of the Lorde he shut the heauen, & three times brought he the fire downe. |
| [4]O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and who may glory like unto thee! |
[4]O Elias, howe honorable art thou in thy wonderons deedes? who may make his hoast to be lyke thee? |
| [5]Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High: |
[5]One that was dead thou raysedst vp from death, and in the worde of the hyest thou broughtest him out of the graue againe. |
| [6]Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from their bed: |
[6]Thou hast cast downe kinges and destroyed them, and the honorable from their seate. |
| [7]Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance: |
[7]Upon the mount Sina thou heardest the iudgement, & vpon Horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce. |
| [8]Who annointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed after him: |
[8]Which diddest annoynt kinges to recompence, and ordaynedst prophetes after thee. |
| [9]Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses: |
[9]Thou wast taken vp in the storme of fire, in a charet of firie horses. |
| [10]Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. |
[10]Thou wast ordayned in the reproouinges in time, to pacifie the wrath of the Lorde before it raged, to turne the heartes of the fathers vnto the children, & to set vp the tribes of Iacob againe. |
| [11]Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we shall surely live. |
[11]Blessed were they that sawe thee, and were garnished in loue, for we lyue in lyfe: but after death we shall haue no such name. |
| [12]Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection. |
[12]Elias was couered in the storme, but Elizeus was filled with his spirite: while he lyued he was afrayde of no prince, and no man might ouercome him. |
| [13]No word could overcome him; and after his death his body prophesied. |
[13]There coulde no worde deceaue him, and after his death his body prophecied. |
| [14]He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works marvellous. |
[14]He did wonders in his lyfe, & in death were his workes maruaylous. |
| [15]For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David: |
[15]For all this the people amended not, neither departed they from their sinnes, tyll they were caryed away prisoners out of the lande, and were scattered abrode in all countries, so that of them there remayned but a very litle people, and a prince vnto the house of Dauid. |
| [16]Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God, and some multiplied sins. |
[16]Howbeit some of them did right, and some heaped vp vngodlynes. |
| [17]Ezekias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells for waters. |
[17]Ezechias made his citie strong, conueyed water into it, digged through the stony rocke with iron, and made vp a wall by the water side. |
| [18]In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly. |
[18]In his time came Sennacherib vp, and sent Rabsakes, lyft vp his hande against Sion, & defied them with great pride. |
| [19]Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as women in travail. |
[19]Then trembled their heartes and handes, so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauayling with childe. |
| [20]But they called upon the Lord which is merciful, and stretched out their hands toward him: and immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven, and delivered them by the ministry of Esay. |
[20]So they called vpon the Lord which is mercifull, and lyft vp their handes before him, immediately the Lorde heard them out of heauen. |
| [21]He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them. |
[21]He thought no more vpon their sinnes, nor gaue them ouer to their enemies: but deliuered them by the hande of Esaias. |
| [22]For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him. |
[22]He smote the hoast of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them. |
| [23]In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life. |
[23]For Ezechias had done the thing that pleased the Lorde, and remayned stedfastly in the way of Dauid his father, as Esaias the great & faithfull prophete in the sight of God had commaunded him. |
| [24]He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion. |
[24]In his time the sunne went backward, and he lengthened the kinges lyfe. |
| [25]He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things or ever they came. |
[25]With a right spirite prophecied he what shoulde come to passe at the last: and to such as were sorowfull in Sion, he gaue consolation, wherewith they might comfort them selues for euermore. |
| [26]He shewed thinges that were for to come and secrete, or euer they come to passe. |