Isaiah · Chapter 37

[ edit] And it is do, whan hadde herd king Ezechie, he kutte his cloþis, and wrappid is wiþ a ſac, and wente in to þe hous of þe Lord. And he ſente Eleachym, þat was vp on þe hous, and Sobnam, ſcribe, and þe elderes of þe preeſtus, coouered wiþ ſackus, to Iſaie, þe ſone of Amos, profete. And þei ſeiden to hym, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ Ezechie, Þe dai of tribulacioun, and of anguyſh, and of correccioun, and of blasfemye, þis day; for þer camen ſones to þe berþe, and vertue was not of bering.

If any maner here þe Lord þi God þe wrdus of Rapſaces, whom ſente þe king of Aſſiries, his lord, to blasfemen þe God lyuende, and to repreue wiþ wrdis, whiche herde þe Lord þi God, rere vp þanne oriſoun for þe relikes þat ben founde. And þer camen ſeruauns of king Eſechie to Iſaie; and Iſaie ſeide to þem, Þeſe þingus ȝee ſhul ſeyn to ȝoure lord, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Ne drede þou of þe face of þe wrdus þat þou haſt herd, wiþ whiche blasfemeden þe childer of þe king of Aſſiries me. Lo! I ſhal ȝyue to hym a ſpirit, and he ſhal heren a meſſager; and he ſhal be turned aȝeen to his lond, and to fallen I ſhal maken hym wiþ ſwerd in his lond.

Rapſaces forſoþe is turned aȝeen, and he fond þe king of Aſſiries fiȝtende aȝen Lobnam; forſoþe he hadde herd, for he was go fro Lachis. And he herde of Theracha, king of Eþiope, ſeiende, He wente out, þat he fiȝte aȝen þee. Þe whiche þing whan he hadde herd, he ſente meſſageres to Eſechie, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ȝee ſhul ſey to Eſechie, king of Jude, ſpekende, Not þee diſceyue þi God, in whiche þou troſteſt, ſeiende, Jeruſalem ſhal not be ȝyue in þe hond of þe king of Aſſiries. Lo! þou haſt herd what dide alle þe kingus of Aſſiries to alle londes þat þei turneden vpſo doun; and ſhalt þou moun be delyuered?

Wheþer delyuereden hem þe godis of Jentiles, whom turneden vpſo doun my fadris; Goſam, and Aran, and Reſef, and þe ſones Eden, þat weren in Thalaſar? Wher is þe king of Emaþ, and þe king of Arfaþ, and þe king of þe huge cite Cefaruaym, and Ana, and Aua? And Eſechie toc þe bokes of þe hond of þe meſſager, and radde þem; and he ſteȝede vp in to þe hous of þe Lord, and ſpredde out hem bifor þe Lord; and preȝede þe Lord, ſeiende, Lord of oſtes, God of Irael, þat ſittiſt vp on cherubyn, þou art God alone of alle þe reumes of erþe; þou madiſt heuene and erþe.

Boowe doun, Lord, þin ere, and here; opene þin eȝen, Lord, and ſee; and here alle þe wrdus of Senacherub, þat he ſente to blasfemen God lyuende. Verely forſoþe, Lord, deſert maden þe kingis of Aſſiries londus, and þe regiouns of þem, and ȝeuen þe goddis of hem to fyr; forſoþe þei weren not goddus, but werc of þe hondus of men, tree and ſtonus; and þei to-mynuſhten hem. And now, Lord oure God, ſaue vs fro þe hond of hym; and knowen alle þe reumes of erþe, for þou art Lord God alone.

And Iſaie, þe ſone of Amos, ſente to Eſechie, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God of Irael, For þe whiche þou preȝedeſt me of Senacherub, king of Aſſiries, þis is þe wrd þat þe Lord ſpac vp on hym, He diſpiſide þee, he vndermouwede þee, þou maiden doȝtir of Sion; aftir þee þe hed he mouede, þou maide doȝter of Jeruſalem. To whom haſt þou repreued, and whom haſt þou blasfemed? and vp on whom haſt þou rered þi vois, and haſt rered þe heiȝte of þin eȝen? To þe hoeli of Irael.

In þe hond of þi ſeruauns þou haſt repreued to þe Lord, and ſeidiſt, In þe multitude of my foure horſed carres I ſteȝede vp þe heiȝtus of mounteynes, ȝokes of Liban; and I ſhal tohewen þe heȝe þingus of his cedris, and þe choſene firres of it; and I ſhal go in to þe heiȝte of his cop, þe wilde wode of þe Carmel of it. I dalf, and drank þe water of it; and I driede wiþ þe ſtep of my foot alle þe ryueres of þe waterhepes. Wheþer þou haſt not herd what þingus ſum tyme I dide to hym? Of olde daȝes I foormede it, and now I haue broȝt to; and it is do in to þe drawing out bi þe roote of hilles togidere fiȝtende, and of ſtrengþid cites.

Þe dwelleris of þem wiþ an hond ſhortid togidere trembleden, and ben confoundid; þei ben mad as hei of þe feld, and corn of þe leſwe, and erbe of rooues, þat out driede er it wex ryp. Þi dwelling, and þin entre, and þi going out Y knew, and þi wodneſſe aȝen me. Whan þou were wod aȝen me, þi pride ſteȝede vp in to myn eres; I ſhal putte þanne a cercle in þi noſe þirles, and a bridil in þi lippis; and I ſhal bringe aȝeen þee in to þe weie, bi þe whiche þou came. To þee forſoþe þis ſhall ben a tocne; et þis ȝer þat freeli ben ſprunge, and in þe ſecunde ȝer et appelis; in þe þridde forſoþe ȝer ſoweþ, and repiþ, and plaunteþ vynes, and eteþ þe frut of hem.

And he ſhall putte it, þat were ſaued of þe hous of Juda, and þat is laft ſetten þe roote beneþe, and ſhal make frute aboue; for fro Jeruſalem ſhul gon out relikes, and ſaluacioun fro þe mount of Sion; þe inward loue of þe Lord of oſtes ſhal do þis. Þerfore þeſe þinges ſeiþ þe Lord, of þe king of Aſſiries, He ſhal not go in to þis cite, and he ſhal not þrowe þere an arwe; and þer ſhal not ocupie it a ſheld, and he ſhal not putte in his enuyroun an hep of erþe. In þe weie þat he cam, bi it he ſhal be turned aȝeen; and þis cite he ſhal not gon in, ſeiþ þe Lord. And I ſhal defende þis cite, þat I ſaue it, for me, and for Dauid, my ſeruaunt.

Wente out forſoþe þe aungil of þe Lord, and ſmot in þe tentus of Aſſiries an hundrid and fyue and eiȝteti þouſend; and þei riſen erli, and lo! alle þe careynes of þe deade men. And he wente out, and ȝide awei. And turned aȝeen is Senacherub, king of Aſſiries, and dwelte in Nynyue. And don is, whan he ſhulde honoure in þe temple of Meſrach, his god, Aramalech and Sarazer, his ſones, ſmyten hym wiþ ſwerd, and floun in to þe lond of Araraþ; and regnede for hym Aſaradon, his ſone.