Isaiah · Chapter 2

[ edit] The wrd þat ſaȝ Iſaie, þe ſone of Amos, vp on Judam and Jeruſalem. And þer ſhal be in þe laſte daȝes beforn mad redi þe mount of þe hous of þe Lord in þe cop of mounteynes, and it ſhal be rered out vp on hillys. And þer ſhul flowe to it alle Jentilis; and þer ſhul go many puples, and ſeyn, Comeþ, ſteȝe wee vp to þe mount of þe Lord, and to þe hous of God of Jacob; and he ſhal teche vs his weyes, and wee ſhul go in his ſties, or paþes. For fro Sion ſhall go out þe lawe, and þe wrd of þe Lord fro Jeruſalem.

And he ſhal deme Jentiles, and vndernymen many puples; and þei ſhul bete togidere þeir ſwerdes in to ſhares, and þer ſperes in to ſiþes; þer ſhal not reren folc aȝen folc a ſwerd, ne þei ſhul ben enhauntid more to bataile. Ȝee hous of Jacob, comeþ, and go wee in þe liȝt of þe Lord oure God. Forſoþe þou haſt þrowen afer þi puple, þe hous of Jacob, for þei ben fulfild as ſum tyme; and deuynoures þei hadden, as Filiſteis, and to alien childre þei cleueden. Fulfild is þe erþe of ſiluer and gold, and þer is noon ende of þe treſores of it; and fulfild is his lond wiþ hors, and vnnoumbreable þe foure horſid carres of it.

And fulfild is his lond wiþ maumetes, þe werk of þer hondis þei honoureden, þat þer fingris maden; and a man bowede hymſelf, and meekid is þe ſtronge man. Þanne ne forȝyue þou to þem. Go in to þe ſton, be þou hid in a dich wiþ erþe, fro þe face of þe dreede of þe Lord, and fro þe glorie of his mageſte. Þe eȝen of þe heȝe man ben meekid, and þer ſhal ben inwardly crookid þe heiȝte of ſtronge men; forſoþe þe Lord alone ſhal ben enhauncid in þat dai.

For þe dai of þe Lord of oſtes vp on eche proud man and heeȝ, and vp on eche enhauncende hymſelf, and he ſhal be mekid; and vp on alle þe cedres of Liban heȝe and vpriȝt, and vp on alle þe oekis of Baſan, and vp on alle þe heȝe mounteynes, and vp on alle þe rered vp hilles; and vp on eche heȝ tour, and vp on eche ſtrengþyd wal; and vp on alle þe ſhipis of Thars, and vp on alle þing þat is fair in ſiȝt. And þer ſhal be inwardly bowid al þe heiȝneſſe of men, and þer ſhal be meekid þe heiȝte of ſtronge men; and þer ſhal be rered vp þe Lord alone in þat day, and þe maumetes hoelly ſhul be to-broſid.

And þei ſhul go in to dennes of ſtones, and in to ſwolewes of þe erþe, fro þe face of þe drede of þe Lord, and fro þe glorie of his mageſte, whan he ſhal riſe to ſmyten þe erþe. In þat day ſhal a man þrowe awey þe maumetes of his ſiluer, and þe ſymulacris of his gold, þat he hadde mad to hym, þat he ſhulde honoure moldewerpes and reremees. And he ſhal go in to þe chynes, or creueſſis, of ſtones, and in to þe dennes of huge ſtones, fro þe face of þe drede of þe Lord, and fro þe glorie of his mageſte, whan he ſhal riſen to ſmyte þe erþe. Reſteþ þanne fro a man, whos ſpirit is in his noſe þerles, for heiȝ holden is he.