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Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou seene what the ancients of the house of Israel doe in the darke, euery man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth vs not, the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.9.

Which say, It is not neere, let vs build houses: this citie is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

1611 marginal noteOr, it is not for vs to build houses neere.

1611 marginal note2.Pet.3.4.

Sonne of man, thy brethren, euen thy brethren, the men of thy kinred, and all the house of Israel wholly are they, vnto whom the inhabitants of Ierusalem haue sayd; Get yee farre from the LORD: vnto vs is this land giuen in possession.

¶ And the people said vnto me; Wilt thou not tell vs what these things are to vs, that thou doest so?

Therefore, O thou sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israel, Thus ye speake, saying, If our transgressions and our sinnes be vpon vs, & we pine away in them, how should we then liue?

Sonne of man, they that inhabite those wastes of the land of Israel, speake, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many, the land is giuen vs for inheritance.

And thou shalt know, that I am the LORD, and that I haue heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel, saying; They are layed desolate, they are giuen vs to consume.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to deuoure.

¶ And when the children of thy people shall speake vnto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew vs what thou meanest by these?