Isaiah · Chapter 18

[ edit] Wo to þe lond, cymbal of weengus, þat is beȝunde þe flod of Eþeope; þat ſendeþ in þe ſe meſſageres, and in reſſhi veſſeles vp on watris. Goþ, ȝee ſwift aungeles, to þe folc al to-pullid and torn; to a ferful puple, after whyche is not an oþer; folc abidende and totroden, whos flodes raueſheden awei his lond; to þe mount of þe name of þe Lord of oſtus, mount of Sion. Alle ȝee dwelleris of þe world, þat dwellen in erþe, whan ſhal ben rered vp a tokne in mounteynes, ȝee ſhuln ſeen, and þe noiſe of þe trumpe ȝee ſhul heren. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord to me, I ſhal reſten, and beholden in my place, as þe mydday liȝt is cleer, and as þe cloude of dew in þe day of rip.

Bifor rip forſoþe al flourede out, and vnriyp perfeccioun buriownede; and þer ſhul ben hewe doun þe litle braunches of it wiþ ſiþis, and þat weren laft, ſhul be kut awey. Þei ſhul ben ſhaken out, and forſaken togidere to þe briddes of mounteynes, and to þe beſtes of erþe; and in euerelaſtende ſomer ſhul ben vp on hym foules, and alle þe beſtes of erþe vp on hym ſhul dwelle al wynter. In þat tyme ſhal be broȝt ȝifte to þe Lord of oſtes, fro þe puple to-pullid and to-torn; fro þe ferful puple, after whom was not an oþer; fro þe folc abidende and to-troden, whos flodus raueſheden awei his lond; to þe place of þe name of þe Lord of oſtus, mount of Sion.