Isaiah · Chapter 34

[ edit] Neȝheþ, ȝee Jentiles, and hereþ; takeþ heed, ȝee puples; here þe lond, and his fulneſſe, þe world, and al his buriownyng. For þe indignacioun of þe Lord vp on alle Jentiles, and wodneſſe vp on al þe chyualrie of hem; he ſloȝ hem, and ȝaf þem in to ſlaȝter. Þe ſlayne of hem ſhul be þrowe afer, and of þe careynes of hem ſhal ſteȝen vp ſtinc; whlaten ſhul mounteynes of þe blod of hem. And wlate ſhal al þe knyȝþed of heuenes, and heuenes ſhulen be foldid togidere as a boc, and al þe knyȝþed of hem ſhal fade, as fadeþ awey a lef of þe vyne and of þe fige tree. For inwardli drunken is in heuene my ſwerd; lo! vp on Ydume it ſhal come doun, and vp on þe puple of my ſleyng, to dom.

Þe ſwerd of þe Lord fulfild is of blod, innerly fattid it is wiþ talȝ of blod of lombis and of get, of þe blod of merewi weþeres; forſoþe victorie ſacrifiſes of þe Lord in Boſra, and gret ſlaȝter in þe lond of Edom. And doun ſhul come vnycornes wiþ hem, and booles wiþ þe myȝty; inwardli drunken ſhal be þe lond of hem wiþ blod, and þe loewe erþe of hem wiþ talȝ of fatte þingis; for þe dai of þe veniaunce of þe Lord, ȝer of ȝeelding of þe dom of Sion. And turned ſhuln ben his ſtremes in to pich, and his loewȝ erþe in to brunſton; and his erþe ſhal be in to brennende pich, nyȝt and day.

It ſhal not be queynt in to euermor, his ſmoke ſhal ſteȝen vp fro ieneracioun in to ieneracioun, and deſolat ſhal be in to worldus of worldis; þer ſhal not ben a paſſere þurȝ it. And welden ſhul it þe foul in face lic an aſſe, and þe irchoun; and þe ſnyte, and þe crowe dwelle ſhul in it; and ſtraȝt out vp on it ſhal ben a meſure, þat it be broȝt to noȝt, and a lyne euene doun piȝt in to deſolacioun. His noble men ſhul not be þere; þe king more þei ſhul inwardly clepen, and ben ſhuln alle his princes in to noȝt. And þer ſhul ſpringe in his houſes þornes and netles, and taſil in þe ſtrengþis of it; and it ſhal be þe bed place of dragownes, and þe leſwe of oſtriches.

And aȝen come ſhul deueles, þe beſte party an aſſe and a party a man, and þe wodewoſe; þe toþir ſhal crie to þe toþer. Þere ſhal lyn lamya, þat is, a þirs, or a beſte hauende þe bodi lic a womman and horſe feet; and he fyndeþ to himſelf reſte; þere hadde diches þe yrchoun, and nurſhede out litle chittes, and aboute dalf, and nurſhede in his ſhadewe; þere ben gedered kites, þe toþer to þe toþer. Secheþ beſily in þe boc of þe Lord, and redeþ; oon of hem failyde not, þe toþer at þe toþer ſoȝte not; for þat of my mouþ ȝide forþ, he comaundide, and his ſpirit he gederede þo þingus.

And he ſente to þem lot, and his hond deuydede it to þem in to meſure; vnto euermore þei ſhul welden it, in ieneracioun and ieneracioun þei ſhul dwellen it.