Isaiah · Chapter 30

[ edit] Wo! ȝee ſonus forſakeres, ſeiþ þe Lord, þat ȝee ſchulden do counſeil, and not of me; and wefen a web, and not bi my ſpirit, þat ȝee adde ſynne vp on ſynne. Þe whiche gon, þat ȝee deſcende in to Egipt, and my mouþ ȝee han not aſkid; hopende helpe in þe ſtrengþe of Farao, and hauende troſt in þe ſhadewe of Egipt. And ſhal be to ȝou þe ſtrengþe of Farao in to confuſioun, and þe troſt of þe vmbre of Egipt in to ſhenſhepe. Wenten forſoþe in Thampnys þi princes, and þi meſſageres vnto Anes cite ful camen. Alle þei ben confoundid vp on þe puple, þat to hem myȝte no þan profited; þei weren not in to helpe, and in to any profit, but in to confuſioun and repref.

Þe charge of þe beſtes of þe ſouþ. In þe lond of tribulacioun and of anguyſh, a leouneſſe, and a leoun, of hem a violent eddere, and a kokatrice fleende; berende vp on þe ſhuldris of beſtes þer richeſſes, and vp on þe bocche of camailes þer treſores, to þe puple þat to þem myȝte not han profited. Egipt forſoþe waſtli, and in veyn ſhal helpen. Þerfore I criede vp on þis, Pride onli it is; reſte þou. Now þanne gon in, wryt to it vp on a box table, and in a boc biſili graue it; and it ſhal be in þe laſte day in to witneſſyng, vn to euermore. Þe puple forſoþe to wraþe ys terrende, and ſones lieres, ſones not willende to heren þe lawe of God.

Þat ſeyn to men ſeende, Wileþ not ſee; and to men biholdende, Wileþ not biholde to vs þo þingus þat ben riȝte; ſpekeþ to vs pleſaunt þingus, ſeeþ to vs erroures. Doþ awei fro me þe weie, bowiþ doun fro me þe ſty; ceſe fro oure face þe hoeli Irael. Þerfore þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe hoeli of Irael, For þi þat ȝee han repreued þis wrd, and han hopid in to wronge chaleng, and in to noiſe, and han lened vp on it, þerfore ſhal be to ȝou þis wickidneſſe as betwe broſure fallende, and aȝeen ſoȝt in an heeȝ wal; for ſodeynly whil me hopeþ not, ſhal come þe to-broſing of it.

And ſhal be tomynuſht, as is to-broſid þe galoun of þe crockere wiþ ful ſtrong to-broſyng; and þer ſhal not be founde of his broſingus a ſhord, in whiche be born a litil fyr fro þe brennyng, or be drawe a litil of water fro þe dich. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, hoeli of Irael, If ȝee turnen aȝeen, and reſten, ȝee ſhul be ſaaf; in ſcilence and in hope ſhal be ȝoure ſtrengþe. And ȝee wolden not. And ȝee ſeiden, Nai, but to hors we ſhul flee; þerfor ȝee ſhul flee. And vp on ſwift wee ſhul ſteȝen vp; þerfor more ſwift ſhul be, þat ſhul purſue ȝou.

A þouſend men fro þe face of þe ferd of oon; and fro þe ferd of þe face of fyue ȝee ſhul fleen, to þe tyme þat ȝee be laft as þe maſt of a ſhip in þe cop of a mounteyn, and as tocne vp on an hil. Þerfor abideþ þe Lord, þat he haue mercy of ȝou, and þerfore ſhal ben enhauncid þe ſparende to ȝou; for God of dom þe Lord, blisful alle þat abijden hym. Þe puple forſoþe of Sion ſhal dwelle in Jeruſalem; wepende þou ſhalt not wepe, rewende, or doyng mercy, he ſhal han mercy of þee; at þe vois of þi cry, anoen as he hereþ, he ſhal anſwern to þee.

And þe Lord ſhal ȝyue to þee ſtreit bred, and ſhort water, and he ſhal not make to fleen awey fro þee more þi techere; and þin eȝen ſhul be ſeende þi comaundere, and þin eres ſhuln heren þe wrd bihinde þe bac of þe moneſtere; Þis þe weie, goþ in it, nouþer to þe riȝt ne to þe lyft. And þou ſhalt al to-foule þe plates of þe grauen þing of þi ſiluer, and þe cloþing of þi ȝoten gold; and þou ſhalt diſtroȝe þem, as þe vnclenneſſe of þe blod flux of wymmen; Go out, and þou ſhalt ſey to it.

And þer ſhal be ȝoue reyn to þi ſed, wher euere þou ſhalt ſowe in þe erþe, and þe bred of þe frutus of þe erþe ſhal be moſt plenteuous and fatt; þer ſhul be fed in þi poſſeſſioun in þat day þe lomb ſpaciouſly, or largly. And þi bolis and þin aſſe coltes, þat werken þe erþe, mengd barly þei ſhul ete, as in þe cornflor it is wynewid. And þer ſhul be vp on alle heeȝ mounteyn, and vp on alle rered hil, ryueres of rennende watris, and in þe dai of ſlaȝtir of manye, whan ſhul falle toures.

And þe liȝt of þe moone ſhal be as þe liȝt of þe ſunne, and þe liȝt of þe ſunne ſhal be ſeuene fold, as þe liȝt of ſeuene daȝes, in þe dai þat þe Lord ſhal bynde þe wounde of his puple, and þe ſmyting of his wounde ſhal helen. Lo! þe name of þe Lord cam fro afer; his wodneſſe brennende and heuy to bern; his lippis ben fulfild wiþ indignacioun, and his tunge as fyr deuourende. His ſpirit as a ſwift ſtrem, flowende vnto þe myddel of þe hyl, to be loſt Jentiles in to noȝt, and þe bridil of errour, þat was in þe chekes of puples.

A ſong ſhal be to ȝou, as þe vois of þe halewid ſolempnete; and þe gladneſſe of herte, as he þat goþ wiþ a trumpe, þat he entre in to þe hil of þe Lord, to þe ſtronge of Irael. And herd þe Lord ſhal make þe glorie of his vois, and þe ferd of his arm he ſhal ſhewe in þreting of wodneſſe, and in flaume of fyr deuourende; he ſhal hurtle in whirlewind, and in þe ſton of hail. Fro þe vois forſoþe of þe Lord ſhal dreden Aſſur ſmyte wiþ a ȝerde; and þe paſſing of þe ȝerde ſhal be founded, þat þe Lord ſhal make to reſten vp on hym. In tymbris, and harpis, and in cheef batailis he ſhal ouercome þem.

Greiþid is forſoþe fro ȝiſtai Tofeþ, fro þe kyng greiþid; his nurſhemens deep and ſpred, fyr and myche wode; þe blaſt of þe Lord as a ſtrem of brunſton vp brennende it.