Isaiah · Chapter 23

[ edit] The charge of Tyry. Ȝelleþ, ȝee ſhippes of þe ſe, for waſtid is þe hous, whennus to comen þei weren wont; fro þe lond of Seþym it is opened to þem. Beþ ſtylle, ȝee þat dwellen in þe ile, þe chaffaring of Sidon; þe men ſeilende ouer þe ſe fulfilden þee wiþ manye watris; þe ſed of Nyli, þe rip of þe flod his frutes, and mad is þe chaffare of Jentiles. Aſhame þou, Sidon, ſeiþ þe ſe, þe ſtrengþe of þe ſe, ſeiende, I trauailide not wiþ child, and bar not, and nurſhede not out ȝung childer, ne to ful waxing broȝte forþ maidenes. Whan herd it ſhal be in Egipt, þei ſhuln ſorewen, whan þei ſhuln heren of Tiro. Paſſeþ þe ſes; ȝelleþ, þat dwellen in þe ile.

Wheþer not þis ȝoure is, þat gloriede fro þe raþere daȝes in his eelde? leden ſhuln it aferr hir feet to pilgrymagen. Who þoȝte þis vp on Tirun ſum tyme crouned, whos nededoeres princes, his marchaundus noble men of þe erþe? Þe Lord of oſtes þoȝte þis, þat he drawe doun þe pride of alle glorie, and to ſhenſhipe bringe doun alle þe noble men of erþe. Paſſe ouer þi lond as þe flod, þou doȝter of þe ſe; þer is no more girdil to þee. His hond ouer þe ſe he ſtrecchide, and diſturbede reumes. Þe Lord ſente aȝen Canaan, þat he totrede his ſtronge men; and ſeide, Þou ſhalt no mor leyn to, þat þou glorie, chalengis ſuſtenende, þou maden doȝter of Sidon.

In Sichym riſende ouerſeile þou; þere forſoþe ſhal not ben reſte to þee. Lo! þe lond of Caldeis ſuch a puple was not; Aſſur foundide it; in to caitifte þei ouerladden þe ſtalwrþe men of it; þei vnderdoluen his houſes, þei putten it in to falling. Ȝelleþ, ȝee ſhipes of þe ſe, for doun waſtid is ȝoure ſtrengþe. And it ſhal be, in þat dai in forȝeting þou ſhalt be, O! Tire, ſeuenti ȝer, as þe daȝes of o king; after ſeuenti ȝer forſoþe to Tiro ſhal be as a ſong of a ſtrumpet. Tac harpe, go aboute þe cite, þou ſtrumpet, to forȝeting taken; weel ſyng, ofte vſe ſong, þat mynde of þee be.

And it ſhal be, after ſeuenti ȝer, þe Lord ſhal viſite Tirum, and bringen it aȝeen to his meedes; and eft it ſhal ben, whan it ſhal do fornycacioun wiþ alle þe reumes of þe erþe, vp on þe face of þe erþe. And his nede doyngus and his meedus ſhuln ben halewid to þe Lord; þei ſhuln not ben hid, ne leid vp; for to þem þat dwellede bifor þe Lord ſhal be his nede doyng, þat þei ete into fulneſſe, and be clad vn to oldneſſe.