Isaiah · Chapter 16

[ edit] Send out, Lord, þe lomb, lordſhipere of þe erþe, fro þe ſton of deſert to þe mount of þe doȝter of Sion. And he ſhal ben as a brid fleende, and ȝunge briddes fro þe neſt fleende to, ſo ſhul be þe doȝtris of Moab in þe ouerſteȝyng of Arnon. Go in counſeil, conſtreyne counſeil; put as nyȝt þi ſhadewe in mydday, hide þou þe men fleende, and þe vagaunt ne betraȝe þou. Þer ſhul dwelle anent þee my ferr fugityues. Moab, be þou þe lurkyng place of hem fro þe face of þe waſtere. Endid is forſoþe þe pouder, ful endid is þe wrecche; failide þat to-trad þe lond.

And þer ſhal be befor mad redy in mercy þe ſee, and he ſhal ſitte vpon it in treuþe, in þe tabernacle of Dauid, demende, and ſechende dom, and ſwiftli ȝeldende þat is riȝtwis. Wee han herd þe pride of Moab, proud he is gretli; his pride, and þe proude enhauncing of hym, and alſo his indignacioun more þan his ſtrengþe. Þerfore ſhall ȝelle Moab to Moab, al ſhal ȝelle to hem þat gladen vp on þe walles of anelid tyil; ſpekeþ þer veniaunces. For þe ſuburbes of Eſebon ben deſert, and þe vyneȝerd of Sabama. Þe lordis of Jentiles hewen doun his ſcourges; vnto Jaſer þei ful camen, þei errede in deſert. His railing braunches ben forſaken, þei paſſeden þe ſe.

Vp on þis I ſhal weepen in wepyng Jaſer, and þe vyneȝerd of Sabama. I ſhal drunkne þee wiþ my tere, Eſebon and Eleale, for vp on þi vyntage, and vp on þi rep þe vois of men tredende fel on. And þer ſhal be don awey gladneſſe and ful out ioȝing fro Carmel; and in vyneȝerdis he ſhal not ful out ioȝen, ne inwardli ioȝen. Wyn in þe preſſe he ſhal not trede, þat to treden was wont; þe vois of þe trederes I toc awey. Vp on þis my wombe to Moab as an harpe ſhal ſounen, and my boweles to þe wal of þe anelid tyl. And it ſhal be, whan he ſhal apere, þat trauailede Moab vp on his heeȝe þingus, he ſhal go in to his hoeli places, þat he inwardly beſeche, and he ſhal not moun.

Þis þe wrd þat þe Lord ſpac to Moab fro þennys. And now ſpac þe Lord, ſeiende, In þre ȝer as þe ȝeres of an hirid man, ſhal be don awei þe glorie of Moab vpon eche myche puple; and þer ſhal be lafte in it as a litil branch of a cluſter of grapes, and fewe, not fele.