Isaiah · Chapter 19

[ edit] The charge of Egipt. Lo! þe Lord ſhal ſteȝe vp vp on a liȝt cloude, and gon in to Egipt; and þer ſhul be moued þe ſymulacris of Egipt fro þe face of hym, and þe herte of Egipt ſhal wane in þe myddel of hym. And to meete togidere I ſhal make Egipcienus aȝen Egipcienus, and fiȝte ſhal a man aȝen his broþer, and a man aȝen his frend, cite aȝen cite, and reume aȝen reume. And to-broken ſhal be þe ſpirit of Egipt in his boweles, and his counſeil I ſhall ſtumble doun; and þei ſhul aſke þer ſymulacris, and þer deuynoures, and þer deuel cleperes, and þer deuel ſacrifieres. And I ſhal take Egipt in to þe hond of cruel lordis, and a ſtrong king ſhal lordſhipen of hem, ſeiþ þe Lord God of oſtes.

And þe water ſhal waxe drie fro þe ſe, and þe flod ſhal be deſolat, and dried. And faile ſhul þe flodes, and þynned and dried ſhul be þe ryueres of water hepes; þe reed and þe reſſhe ſhal welewen. Nakened ſhal be þe flod wombe, and þe ryueres fro þer welle; and of eche ſowende þe watri place ſhal be dried, and welewen, and it ſhal not be. And mowrne ſhul þe fiſſheres, and weilen alle into þe flod puttende þe angil hoc; and ſpredende out þe net vpon þe face of watris, ſhul waxe feble. And confoundid ſhul ben, þat wroȝten flax, plattende and weuende ſotile þingus. And þer ſhul ben his watri placis driende; alle þat maden pondis to be caȝt fiſſhes.

Fooles þe princes of Thaneos, wiſe counſeileres of Farao ȝeeuen vnwys counſeil; what maner ſhul ȝee ſeyn to Farao, I þe ſone of wiſe men, þe ſone of olde kingys? Where now ben þi wiſe men? Telle þei to þee, and ſhewe, what þoȝte þe Lord of oſtus vp on Egipt. Fooles ben mad þe princes of Thaneos; gretli languyſſheden þe princes of Memfeos; begileden Egipt, þe corner of his puples. Þe Lord mengde in his myddel þe ſpirit of turnegidy; and to erren þei maden Egipt in al his werk, as erreþ a drunke man and a vomende. And þer ſhal not be to Egipt werke, þat it make hed and tail in boowing and refreynyng.

In þat dai Egipt ſhal be as wymmen, and þei ſhul ſtoneȝen, and dreden fro þe face of þe ſtering togidere of þe hond of þe Lord of oſtes, þat he mouede vp on it. And ſhal be þe lond of Juda to Egipt in to inward ferd; eche þat of it recordede, ſhal inwardly dreden fro þe face of þe counſeil of þe Lord of oſtes, þat he þoȝte vp on it. In þat dai ſhul be fyue citees in þe lond of Egipt, ſpekende Canane tunge, and ſwerende bi þe Lord of oſtes; þe cyte of þe ſunne ſhal ben clepid oon. In þat day ſhal ben þe auter of þe Lord in þe myddel of þe lond off Egipt, and þe title of þe Lord biſide his terme; and þei ſhul be in to tocne and to witneſſing to þe Lord of oſtes, in þe lond of Egipt.

Þey ſhul crien to þe Lord fro þe face of þe trublere, and he ſhal ſende to þem a ſaueour, and a forfiȝtere, þat delyuere þem. And þe Lord ſhal ben knowen of Egipt, and knowen ſhuln þe Egipcienus þe Lord in þat day; and þei ſhul herien hym in oſtes and ȝiftes, and þei ſhul vouwe vouwes to þe Lord, and ȝeelde. And ſmyte ſhal þe Lord Egipt wiþ a veniaunce, and helen it; and turnen aȝeen ſhuln þe Egipcienus to þe Lord, and he ſhal be pleſid to þem, and helen hem. In þat day ſhal ben a weie fro Egipt in to Aſſiries, and ſeruen ſhul þe Egipcienus to Aſſur; and entren ſhal Aſſirie Egipt, and Egipt in to Aſſiries.

In þat day ſhal ben Irael þe þridde to Egipt and to Aſſirie, bleſſing in þe middel of þe erþe; to whom bliſſede þe Lord of oſtus, ſeiende, Bliſſid my puple of Egipt, and þe werk of myn hondis to Aſſirie; be forſoþe myn eritage Iſrael.