Isaiah · Chapter 10

[ edit] Wo þat maken ſhreude lawes, and wrytende vnriȝtwiſneſſe writen, þat þei oppreſſeden in dom pore men, and violence diden to þe cauſe of meke men of my puple; þat widewes were þe prei of hem, and faderles childer þei deſtroȝeden. What ſhul ȝee do in þe day off viſiting, and of wrecchidneſſe fro a ferr comende? To whos helpe ſhul ȝee flee? and wher ſhul ȝee lefe ȝoure glorie, leſt ȝee bowid vnder bond, and wiþ ſlayn men falleþ? Vp on alle þeſe þingus is not turned awei his wodneſſe, but ȝit his hond ſtraȝt out. Wo to Aſſur, þe ȝerde of my wodneſſe, and a ſtaf he is; in þe hond of hem, myn indignacioun.

To a folc gileſum I ſhal ſenden hym, and aȝen þe puple of my wodneſſe I ſhal bidde to hym; þat he take awei ſpoiles, and deuyde prey, and poote it in to tredyng, as þe cley of ſtretes. He forſoþe not ſo ſhal demen, and his herte not ſo ſhal eymen, but to to-treden ſhal ben his herte, and to ſleyng of folc not fewe. Forſoþe he ſhal ſey, Wheþer not my princes togidere kingis ben? Wheþir not as Karchamys, ſo Chalanno; and as Arfaþ, ſo Emaþ? wheþir not as Damaſch, ſo Samarie? What maner myn hond fond þe reumes of mawmet, ſo and þe ſymulacris of hem of Jeruſalem and of Samarie. Wheþir not as I dide to Samarie, and his maumetes, ſo I ſhal do to Jeruſalem, and his ſymulacris?

And it ſhal be, whan þe Lord ſhall fulfelle alle his werkis in þe mount of Sion and in Jeruſalem, I ſhal viſite vp on þe fruyt of þe gret doende herte of þe king of Aſſur, and vp on þe glorie of þe heiȝte of his eȝen. Forſoþe he ſeide, In þe ſtrengþe of myn hond I dide, and in my wiſdam I vnderſtod; and I toc awei þe termes of puples, and þe princes of þem I robbede, and I droȝ awey as myȝti þe ſittende men in heeȝ. And myn hond fond as a neſt þe ſtrengþe of puples, and as ben gedered eren þat ben laft, ſo al þe lond I gederede; and þer was not þat mouede a federe, and openede mouþ, and berkyd.

Wheþir ſhal glorien þe ax aȝen hym þat hewiþ in it? or ſhal ben enhauncid þe ſawe aȝen hym of whom it is drawen? what maner wiſe if be rered a ȝerde aȝen þe rerende it, and be hauncyd a ſtaf, þat forſoþe is a tree. For þat ſhal ſende þe lordſhepere, Lord of oſtes, in his fatte þyngus þynneſſe, and vnder his glorie brend ſhal brenne as brennyng of fyr. And þer ſhal be þe liȝt of Irael in fyr, and his hoeli in flaume; and ſhal be brend out and deuoured his þorn and breres in o day. And þe glorie of his wilde wode and of his Carmel, fro þe ſoule vn to þe fleſh he ſhall be waſtid; and he ſhal be for ferd ferr fleende.

And þe releef of þe wode of þe wilde wode for feweneſſe ſhul be noumbred, and a child ſhal write þem. And it ſhal be in þat dai, ſhal not ley to þe remnaunt of Irael, and þeſe þat ſhul flee fro þe hous of Jacob, to leuen vp on hym þat ſmytiþ hem; but it ſhal leue vp on þe Lord, hoeli of Irael, in treuþe. Þe remnaunt ſhul be conuertid, þe remnaunt forſoþe of Jacob, to þe ſtronge Lord. If forſoþe ſhul ben þi puple, Irael, as þe grauel of þe ſe, þe remnaunt ſhul be conuertyd of it; ending abreggid ſhal flowe riȝtwiſneſſe. Ending forſoþe and abreggyng þe Lord God of oſtes ſhal make in þe myddel of al erþe.

For þat þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God of oſtes, Wile þou not drede, my puple, dwellere of Sion, of Aſſur, in a ȝerde forſoþe he ſhal ſmyte þee, and his ſtaf he ſhal reren vp on þee in þe weie of Egipt. Ȝit forſoþe a litil while, and a litil, and ſhal be ful endid myn indignacioun and myn wodneſſe vp on þe hidous gilte of hem. And þe Lord of oſtes ſhal reren vp on it a ſcourge aftir þe veniaunce of Madyan in þe ſton of Oreb, and his ȝerde vp on þe ſe; and he ſhal reren it þe weie of Egipt. And it ſhal be in þat dai, ſhal be don awey his berþene fro þi ſhulder, and his ȝoc fro þi necke; and þe ȝoc ſhal waxen al roten fro þe face of oile.

It ſhal come in Ayot, it ſhal paſſe in Magron, anent Magmas it ſhal commende his veſſeles. Þei wenten a cours, Gaba oure ſeete, Rama was ſtonyed, Gaba of Saul fleiȝ. Neȝe wiþ þi vois, þou doȝter of Galyn; tac heed, Laiſa, þou porelet Anaþot. Wente forþ Medemena; ȝee dwelleris of Jebyn, takeþ coumfort. Ȝit dai is, þat in Nobe me ſtonde; he ſhal ſhake his hond vpon þe mount of þe doȝter of Sion, hil of Jeruſalem. Lo! þe lordſhepere, Lord of oſtes, ſhal tobreke þe litil wyn veſſel in ferd, and þe heeȝe men in ſtature ſhul ben hewe doun. And þe ful heeȝe ſhul be lowed, and þe þicke þingus of þe wilde wode ſhul ben turned vpſodoun wiþ iren; and Liban wiþ heeȝe þing ſhall falle.