Isaiah · Chapter 11

[ edit] And þer ſhal gon out a ȝerde fro þe roote of Jeſſe, and a flour of his roote ſhal ſteȝen vp. And þer ſhal reſten vp on hym þe Spirit of þe Lord, ſpirit of wiſdam and of vnderſtondyng, ſpirit of counſeil and of ſtrengþe, ſpirit of kunnyng and of pite; and ſhal fulfille hym þe ſpirit of drede of þe Lord. Not aftir þe ſeyng of eȝen he ſhal deme, ne after þe heering of eres he ſhal vndernyme; but he ſhal deme in riȝtwiſneſſe pore men, and vndernymen in equyte, for þe debonere of þe erþe. And he ſhal ſmyte þe erþe wiþ þe ȝerde of his mouþ, and wiþ þe ſpirit of his mouþ he ſhal ſle þe vnpitous. And þer ſhal be riȝtwiſneſſe þe litil girdil of his lendes, and feiþ þe girdil of his reenes.

Þer ſhal dwelle þe wlf wiþ þe lome, and þe parde wiþ þe kide ſhal leyn; þe calf, and þe leoun, and þe ſhep togidere ſhul dwelle, and a lytil child ſhal dryue þem. Þe calf and þe bere ſhul be fed togidere; þer ſhul reſten þe whelpus of hem, and a leoun as an oxe ſhal ete chaf. And þe faunt, or a ſoukande childe, ſhal deliten of þe tete vp on þe hole of þe eddere, and in þe caue of þe kokatrice þat ſhal be taken awei fro ſok, or wenyd, he ſhal putte his hond. Þei ſhuln not noȝen, and þei ſhuln not ſleyn in al myn hoeli mounteyn; for fulfild is þe erþe of þe kunnyng of þe Lord, as þe watir of þe ſe couerende.

In þat dai þe roote of Jeſſe, þat ſtant in to tocne of puples; hym Jentiles ſhuln louli preȝen, and ſhal be þe ſepulcre of hym glorious. And it ſhal be in þat dai, þe Lord þe ſecunde tyme ſhal ley to his hond to welde þe reſidue of his puple þat ſhal be lafte, of þe Aſſiries, and of Egipt, and of Fecros, and of Eþeope, and of Elan, and of Sennar, and of Emaþ, and of þe iſlis of þe ſe. And he ſhal reren a tocne in to naciouns, and gedere togidere þe ferr floun of Irael; and þe to-ſcatered of Juda he ſhal gedere fro þe foure coeſtes of þe erþe. And þer ſhal be taken awey þe enuye of Effraym, and þe enemys of Juda ſhul perſhe; Effraym ſhal not enuyen Judam, and Juda ſhal not fiȝte aȝen Effraym.

And þei ſhul flee in to þe ſhuldres of Filiſteys, bi þe ſe togidere þei ſhul robbe þe ſonus of þe eſt; Ydume and Moab þe heſte of þe hond of hem, and þe ſonus of Amon obeiſaunt ſhul be. And þe Lord ſhal make deſolat þe tunge of þe ſe of Egipt, and he ſhal rere his hond vpon þe flod in þe ſtrengþe of his ſpirit; and he ſhal ſmyte hym in ſeuene ryueres, ſo þat þei paſſe þurȝ hym ſhod men. And þer ſhal be a weye to my reſidue puple þat ſhal be lafte, of þe Aſſiries, as was to Irael, in þe dai þat he ſteȝede vp from þe lond of Egipt.