Isaiah · Chapter 7

[ edit] And it is don in þe daȝes of Achaz, ſone of Joaþan, ſone of Oſie, king of Juda, þer ſteȝede vp Raſyn, king of Cyrie, and Faſcee, þe ſone of Romelie, king of Irael, in to Jeruſalem, to fiȝte aȝen hym; and þei myȝte not ouercome it. And þei tolden to þe hous of Dauid, ſeiende, Siria reſtede vp on Effraym, and to-moued is his herte and þe herte of his puple, as ben moued þe trees of wodis fro þe face of þe wynd. And þe Lord ſeide to Iſaie, Go out in to aȝencomyng of Achaz, þou, and þat is laft, Jaſub, þi ſone, to þe ende of þe water condute of þe ouere pond, in þe weie of þe feeld of þe fullere.

And þou ſhalt ſey to hym, See, þat þou holde þi pes; wile þou not dreden, and þin herte be not ferd of þe two tailes of þeſe ſmokende fyr brondis in to þe wraþe of þe wodneſſe, of Raſyn, king of Sirie, and ſone of Romelie. For þi þat euel counſeil he wente in aȝen þee, Ciria, and Effraym, and þe ſone of Romelye, ſeiende, Steȝe wee vp to Judam, and rere wee hym, and pulle wee hym vp to vs; and putte wee a king in his myddel, þe ſone of Thabel.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þis ſhal not be, and ſhal not ſtonde; but þe hed of Sirie Damaſch, and þe hed of Damaſch Raſyn; and ȝit ſixti and fyue ȝer, and Effraym ſhal ceſe to ben a puple; and þe hed of Effraym Samarie, and þe hed of Samarie, þe ſone of Romelie. If ȝee ſhul not leeuen, ȝee ſhul not abide ſtylle. And þe Lord leide to to ſpeke to Achaz, ſeyende, Aſke to þee a tokne fro þe Lord þi God, in to þe depþe of helle, or in to heiȝte aboue. And Achaz ſeide, I ſhal not aſke, and I ſhal not tempte þe Lord. And he ſeyde, Hereþ þanne, ȝee þe hous of Dauid; wheþer litil to ȝou is to ben greuous to men, for ȝee ben greuous and to my God? For þat he þe Lord ſhal ȝyue to ȝou a tocne.

Lo! a mayde ſhal conceyue, and bern a ſone; and þou ſhalt clepe his name Emanuel. Butter and hony he ſhal ete, þat he kunne repreuen euel, and cheſen good. For er þe child kunne repreuen euel, and cheſen good, þe lond ſhal be forſaken, þe whiche þou haſt abhominacioun of, fro þe face of þer two kingus. Þe Lord ſhal bringe to vp on þee, and vp on þi puple, and vp on þe hous of þi fader, daȝes þat camen not fro þe daȝes of þe ſeueryng of Effraym fro Juda, wiþ þe king of Aſſiries.

And it ſhal be, in þat day þe Lord ſhal whiſtle to þe fleȝe, þat is in þe vtmoſtes of þe flodus of Egipt; and to þe bee, þat is in þe lond of Aſſur; and þei alle ſhuln come, and reſten in þe ſtremes of valeys, and caues of ſtones, and in alle buſſhi places, and in alle holis. In þat dai þe Lord ſhal ſhauen in a ſharp raſour in hem, þat beȝunde þe flood ben, in þe king of Aſſiries, hed, and þe heres of feet, and eche berd. And it ſhal be, in þat day a man ſhal nurſhen a cow of oxen, and two ſhep, and for plente of mylc he ſhal eten butter; butter and hony ſhal ete eche man, þat ſhal be laft in þe myddel of þe lond.

And it ſhal be, in þat day eche place wher ſhul be a þouſend vynes for a þouſend ſyluer penys, and in to þornes and in to breres þey ſhul be, wiþ arwes and bowe þei ſhul go in þider; forſoþe breres and þornes ſhul be in al þe lond. And alle hilles þat in a wode bil ſhul be purgid, or kytt off, þer ſhal not come þider ferd of þornes and of breres; and it ſhal be in to oxe leſwe, and in treding of feld beſte.