Isaiah · Chapter 17

[ edit] The charge of Damaſch. Lo! Damaſch ſhal ceſen to ben a cite, and it ſhal be as an hypil of ſtones in falling. Þe forſaken citees of Aroer to flockes ſhul be; and þei ſhul reſten þere, and þer ſhal not be þat afere awey. And þer ſhal ceſen helpe fro Effraym, and rewme fro Damaſch; and þe relikes of Cirie as þe glorie of þe ſonus of Irael ſhul be, ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus. And it ſhal be, in þat day ſhal be maad þynne þe glorie of Jacob, and þe fatnes of his fleſh ſhal become welewid awey. And he ſhal be as þe gederere in rip þat is laft, and his arm eres ſhal gedere, and he ſhal be as ſechende eres in þe valey of Rafaym.

And þer ſhal ben laft in it as þe braunche of a cluſter, and as þe ſhaking out of þe oile berie, as of two or of þre olyues in þe cop of þe braunch, or of foure or of fyue; in þe coppis of it his frutes, ſeiþ þe Lord God of Irael. In þat dai ſhal ben bowid a man to his makere, and his eȝen to þe hoeli of Irael ſhul beholden. And he ſhal not be bowid to þe auteres, þat his hondis maden, and þat his fyngris ywrouȝten; he ſhal not biholden maumet wodes, and þe waſſhing templis. In þat dai þe citees of his ſtrengþe ſhul be forſaken as plowes, and þe tilþis þat ben laft fro þe face of þe ſonus of Irael; and þou ſhalt ben deſert.

For þou forȝete of þe God, þi ſaueour, and of þe ſtronge, þin helpere, þou art not recordid; þerfor þou ſhalt plaunten a feiþful plaunting, and alien buriounyng þou ſhalt ſowen. In þe dai of þi plaunting bareyne vynes, and erli þi ſed ſhal flouren; don awei is þe rip in þe dai of eritage, and he ſhal weilen greuouſly. Wo to þe multitude of many puples, as þe multitude of þe ſe ſoundende, and þe nois of cumpanyes as þe ſoun of manye watris. Puplis ſchulen ſownen as þe ſown of flowyng watris, and he ſhal blame it; and aferr it ſhal flee, and it ſhal be raueſhid as þe pouder of mounteynes fro þe face of þe wynd, and as a whirlewynd bifor þe tempeſt.

In tyme of euen, and lo! diſturbing; in þe morutid, and he ſhal not ſtonde ſtille. Þis is þe part of hem þat waſteden vs, and þe lot of men tobrekende vs.