Isaiah · Chapter 35

[ edit] Gladen ſhal deſert, and þe wiþ oute weie, and ful out ſhal ioȝen þe wilderneſſe, and flouren as a lilie. Buriownynge it ſhal burioune, and ful out ioȝen, ioȝeful and preiſing. Þe glorie of Liban is ȝoue to it, þe fairneſſe of Carmel and of Saron; þei ſhul ſee þe glorie of þe Lord, and þe fairneſſe of oure God. Coumforteþ þe hondes looſid atwynne, and þe feble knees ſtrengþeþ. Seiþ, Ȝee of litil corage, takeþ coumfort, and wileþ not dreden; lo! oure God veniaunce of ȝelding ſhal bringe, God he ſhal come, and ſauen vs. Þanne ſhul ben opened þe eȝen of blynde men, and eres of deue men ſhul ben opened.

Þanne ſhal lepe as an hert þe halte, and opened ſhal be þe tunge of doumbe men; for kut ben in deſert watris, and ſtremes in wilderneſſe. And þat was drie in to a pond, and þe þriſtende in to welles of watris. In þe couches, in þe whiche biforn dwelten dragounes, ſhal ſpringe þe greneneſſe of þe reed, and of þe reſſhe. And it ſhal be þere in þe ſty, and in þe weie, and an hoely weie it ſhal be clepid, paſſe ſhal not bi it a defoulid; and þis ſhal be to you a ſtraȝt riȝt weie, ſo þat foolys erre not by it. Þer ſhal not be þere a leoun, and euel beſte ſhal not ſteȝen vp bi it, ne be founden þere.

And gon ſhul þei þat ſhul ben delyuered; and þe boȝt of þe Lord ſhul be conuertid, and comen in to Sion wiþ preiſing; and euere durende gladneſſe vp on þe hed of hem; ioȝe and gladneſſe þei ſhul welde, and flee ſhal ſorewe and weiling.