Isaiah · Chapter 43

[ edit] And now þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, ſhapende þee, Jacob, and foormende þee, Irael, Wile þou not drede, for I haue aȝeenboȝt þee, and I clepede þee bi þi name; my ſeruaunt þou art. Whan þou ſhalt paſſe by watris, wiþ þee I ſhal be, and flodus ſhul not couere þee; whan þou ſhalt go in fyr, þou ſhalt not be brent, and flaume ſhal not brenne in þee. For I þe Lord þi God, hoeli of Irael, þi ſaueour. I ȝaf þin helping Egipt; and Eþeope and Saba for þee. Siþen wrſhepeful þou art mad in myn eȝen, and glorious; I louede þee, and I ſhall ȝyue men for þee, and puples for þi ſoule.

Wile þou not drede, for I am wiþ þee; fro þe eſt I ſhal bringe to þi ſed, and fro þe weſt I ſhal togidere gedere þee. I ſhal ſei to þe norþ, Ȝif, and to þe ſouþ, Wile þou not forfende; bring to my ſones fro aferr, and my doȝtris fro þe vtmoſtus of þe erþe. And eche þat inwardli clepeþ my name, in to my glorie I ſhop hym, foormede hym, and maad hym. Bring outforþ þe blinde puple, and þe hauende eȝen; def, and eres ben to hym. Alle Jentilis ben gedered togidere, and gedered ben lynagus. Who in ȝou ſhal telle þis, and þat firſt þingus ben to here ȝou ſhal make? ȝiue þei þe witneſſes of hem, and be þei iuſtefied, and heren, and ſei þei.

Vereli ȝee my witneſſes, ſeiþ þe Lord, and my ſeruaunt, whom I ches; þat ȝee wite, and leeuen to me, and vnderſtonde, for I þe ſelue am; biforn me is not foormed God, and aftir me ſhal not be. I am, I am þe Lord, and þer is not wiþoute me a ſaueour. I tolde, and ſauede; herd I made, and þer was not in ȝou an alien. Ȝee my witneſſes, ſeiþ þe Lord; and I God fro þe bigynnyng, I þe ſelue, and þer ys not þat of myn hond delyuere; I ſhal werchen, and who ſhal turnen awei it? Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, ȝoure aȝeenbiere, hoeli of Irael, For ȝou I ſente out in to Babilone, and to-droȝ alle þe barres, and þe Caldeis in þer hondis gloriende. I þe Lord, ȝoure hoeli, ſhapere of Irael, ȝoure king.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, þat ȝaf in þe ſee a weie, and in watris ſwiftli rennende a ſty; þat broȝte out þe foure horſid carre, and þe hors, þe cumpany, and þe ſtalwrþe; togidere þei aboute ſlepten, and ſhul not riſe; þei ben to-treden as flax, and ben ful out queynt. Ne han ȝee mynde of þe raþere, and olde þingis ne beholde ȝee. Lo! I do newe þingus, and now ſhul ſpringe; alſo ȝee ſhul knowe þem. I ſhal putte in deſert a weie, and in þe wiþoute weye flodus. And glorifien me ſhal þe beſte of þe feeld, dragounus, and oſtricches; for I ȝaf in deſert watris, and flodis in þe wiþoute weie, þat I ȝyue drinc to my puple, my choſene. Þis puple I foormede to me, my preiſing it ſhal telle.

Not me þou inwardly clepediſt, Jacob; ne trauailedeſt in me, Irael. Þou offerediſt not to me þe weþer of þi brent ſacrifiſe, and in þi victorie ſacrifiſes þou glorefiedeſt not me. Not þee to ſeruen I made in offring, ne trauaile I ȝaf in cens. Þou boȝteſt not to me wiþ ſiluer a reed, and wiþ þe talȝ of þi victorie ſacrifiſes þou inwardly drunkedeſt not me; nerþelatere to ſerue me þou madeſt in þi ſynnes, þou ȝeue to me trauaile in þi wickidneſſes. I am, I am he, þat do awei þi wickidneſſe for me, and of þi ſynnes I ſhal not recorde. Bring me in to þi mynde, and be wee demed togidere; tel, if any þing þou haſt, þat þou be iuſtefied.

Þi firſte fader ſynnede, and þi remenoures breeken þe lawe aȝen me. And I defoulede hoeli princes, I ȝaf to ſlaȝter Jacob, and Iſrael in to blasfemye.