Isaiah · Chapter 31

[ edit] Wo! þat gon doun in to Egipt to helpe, in hors hopende, and hauende troſt vpon foure horſid carres, for þei ben manye, and vp on hors men, for bifor ſtalwrþe þei ben ful myche; and þei han not troſted vp on þe hoely of Irael, and þe Lord þei han not out ſoȝt. He forſoþe wijs, broȝte to euel, and his wrdis he toc not awey; and he ſhal riſe aȝen þe hous of þe werſte men, and aȝen þe helpe of men wirkende wickidneſſe. Egipt a man, and not God; and his hors fleſh, and not ſpirit; and þe Lord ſhal boowen his hond, and togidere falle ſhal þe helpere, and falle ſhal he, to whom men ȝyueþ helpe, and alle togidere ſhul be waſtid.

For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord to me, What maner if a leoun rore, and þe whelp of a leoun vp on his prey, whan aȝen comeþ to hym þe multitude of ſhepperdus, fro þe vois of hem he ſhal not drede, and of þe multitude of hem he ſhal not inwardly ben aferd; ſo ſhal come doun þe Lord of oſtus, þat he fiȝte vp on þe mount of Sion, and vp on his hilles. As briddes fleende, ſo defende ſhal þe Lord of oſtus Jeruſalem; defendende and delyuerende, paſſende and ſauende. Beþ conuertid, as in to depþe wenten awei, ȝee ſonus of Irael. In þat dai forſoþe caſten awey ſhal a man þe maumetes of hys ſiluer, and þe maumetes of his gold, þat maden to ȝou ȝoure hondus in to ſynne.

And falle ſhal Aſſur in ſwerd, not of a man, and þe ſwerd, not of a man, ſhal deuoure hym; and he ſhal flee, not fro þe face of þe ſwerd, and his ȝunge men ſhul be tributaries; and his ſtrengþe of þe ferd ſhal paſſe, and inwardly dreden ſhul his princes fleende. Þe Lord ſeide, whos fyr is in Syon, and hys chymne in Jeruſalem.