Isaiah · Chapter 6

[ edit] In þe ȝer in which diede king Oſias, I ſaȝ þe Lord ſittende vp on an heiȝ ſete, and rered vp; and ful was þe hous of his mageſte, and þo þingus þat vnder hym weren, fulfilden þe temple. Serafyn ſtoden vp on it, ſixe wenges to þe oon, and ſixe to þe oþer; wiþ two þey couereden þe face of hym, and wiþ two þei couereden þe feet of hym, and wiþ two þei flown. And þei crieden þe toþer to þe toþer, and ſeiden, Hoeli, hoely, hoeli, Lord God of oſtes; ful is al þe erþe of þe glorie of hym. And to-moued ben þe þreſholdes of þe heenglis fro þe vois of þe criende, and þe hous fullfild is wiþ ſmoke.

And I ſeide, Wo to me, for I heeld my pes; for a man defoulid in lippis I am, and in þe myddel of þe puple defoulid lippes hauende I dwelle, and þe king Lord of oſtes I ſaȝ wiþ myn eȝen. And þer fleiȝ to me oon of þe ſerafyn, and in his hond a cole, þat wiþ þe toenge he toc fro þe auter. And he touchede my mouþ, and ſeide, Lo! I haue touchid wiþ þis þi lippes, and þer ſhal be don awei þi wickydneſſe, and þi ſynne ſhal be clenſid. And I herde þe vois of þe Lord, ſeiende, Whom ſhal I ſende, and who ſhal go to ȝou? And I ſeide, Lo! I am; ſend me. And he ſeide, Go, and þou ſhalt ſey to þis puple, Hereþ herende, and wileþ not vnderſtonde; and ſeeþ a viſeoun, and wileþ not knowen.

Blynde out þe herte of þis puple, and his eres agregge, and his eȝen cloſe; leſt par auenture he ſee wiþ his eȝen, and wiþ his eres here, and wiþ his herte vndyrſtonde, and be conuertid, and I hele hym. And I ſeyde, Hou longe, Lord? And he ſeide, To þe tyme þat ben deſolat þe citees wiþ oute dwellere, and houſes wiþ oute man. And þe lond ſhal be laft deſert, and aferr ſhal make þe Lord men. And þer ſhal be multeplied þat was laft in þe myddel of þe erþe, and ȝit in it tiþing; and it ſhal be conuertid, and it ſhal be in to ſhewyng as a terebynt, and as an oek, þat ſpredeþ out his braunches; hoely ſed it ſhal ben, þat þat ſhal ſtonden in it.