Isaiah · Chapter 3

[ edit] Loo! forſoþe þe lordſhepere, Lord of oeſtes, ſhal do awei fro Jeruſalem and fro Juda þe ſtalwrþe, and þe ſtronge, and al þe ſtrengþe of bred, and al þe ſtrengþe of water; þe ſtronge, and þe man fiȝtere, and domeſman, and profete, and deuynour, and þe olde prince vp on fifty, and þe wrſhepeful in cheere, and counſeilor, and wis man of cheef crafty þingus, and þe prudent of priue ſpeche. And I ſhal ȝyue childer þe princes of hem, and þe mad wommanyſh men ſhuln lordſhipen to þem. And þe puple ſhal falle, man to man, eche to his neȝhebore; þer ſhal ſtriue þe child aȝen þe old man, and þe vnnoble aȝen þe noble.

A man forſoþe ſhal take his broþer, þe homli man of his fadir, and ſeyn, Cloþing is to þee, oure prince be þou; þis forſoþe falling vnder þin hond. And he ſhal anſwern in þat day, ſeiende, I am not a leche, and in myn hous is not bred, ne cloþing; wileþ not ſette me prince of þe puple. Þer fel doun forſoþe Jeruſalem, and Juda fel wiþ; for þe tunge of þem, and þe findingus of hem aȝen þe Lord, þat þei ſhulden terre þe eȝen of his mageſte. Þe knowing of þer chere ſhal anſwere to þem; and þer ſynne as Sodom þei precheden, and hidden not. Wo to þe ſoule of hem, for ȝolden ben to þem eueles. Seiþ to þe riȝtwis, for weel; for þe frute of hys fyndyngus he ſhal ete.

Wo to þe vnpytous man in to euel; ȝelding forſoþe of his hondis ſhal be do to hym. My puple his pleteres, or wrong axers, ſpoileden, and wymmen lordſhipeden of it. My puple, þat blisful þee ſeyn, þee þei diſceyuen, and þe weie of þi goyngus ſcateren. Þe Lord ſtant to deme, and he ſtant to þe puples to be demed; þe Lord to þe dom ſhal come, wiþ þe elderes of his puple, and wiþ his princes. Ȝee forſoþe han diſtroȝed my vyneȝerd; and þe raueyn of þe pore in ȝoure hous. Whi to-broſe ȝee my puple, and þe faces of pore men ȝee confounden? ſeiþ þe Lord God of oſtes.

And þe Lord God ſeide, For þi þat arered ben þe doȝtris of Sion, and þei wenten wiþ ſtraȝt out necke, and in beckes of eȝen ȝiden, and flappeden wiþ hondis for ioȝe, and ȝiden, and wiþ þer feet in curious goyng ȝiden, þe Lord ſhal fully maken ballid þe top of þe doȝtris of Syon, and þe Lord þe her of hem ſhal nakenen; and for ournement ſhal be ſhenſhipe.

In þat dai þe Lord ſhal don awei þe ournement of ſhon, and boces, and beȝes, and brooches, and armcercles, and mytris, and combys, and ribanes, and reuerſes at þe hemmis, and oynement boxes, and ere ringus, and ryngus, and iemmes in þe frount hangende, and chaunging cloþis, and litil palles, and ſhetes, and pynnes, and ſheweres, and necke couercheues, and filetes, and roketes. And þer ſhal be for ſwote ſmel ſtync, and for girdil a litil corde; and for criſp her ballidneſſe, and for þe breſt bond an heire. Alſo þi moſt faire men wiþ ſwerd ſhuln falle, and þi ſtronge men in bataile. And þei ſhuln ſorewen, and weilen ſhuln hir ȝates; and deſolat in þe erþe ſhe ſhal ſitten.