Isaiah · Chapter 52

[ edit] Rys, ris, be clad, þou Sion, wiþ þi ſtrengþe; be þou clad wiþ þe cloþis of þi glorie, þou Jeruſalem, cite of þe hoeli; for he ſhal not lei to more, þat þer paſſe bi þee an vncircumcidid and vnclene. Be þou ſhaken out of þe pouder; ris, ſit þou, Jeruſalem; looſe þe bondis of þi necke, þou caitif doȝtir of Sion. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Freeli ȝee ben ſold, and wiþoute ſiluer ȝee ſhul be aȝeen boȝt. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, In to Egipt cam doun my puple in þe bigynnyng, as a comeling tiliere he was þere, and Aſſur wiþoute any cauſe chalengede hym.

And now what to me is þis? ſeiþ þe Lord; for taken awei is my puple wiþoute cauſe; his lordſhiperes wickidli diden, ſeiþ þe Lord, and biſili al dai my name is blasfemed. For þat wite ſhal my puple my name in þat dai, for I þe ſelue þat ſpac, lo! I am nyȝ. Hou faire vp on mounteynes þe feet of þe tellende, and prechende pes, tellende good, prechende helþe, ſeiende, Sion, regnen ſhal þi God. Þe vois of þi tooteres; þei rereden a vois, togidere þei ſhul preiſen; for wiþ eȝe to eȝe þei ſhul ſee, whan conuerte ſhal þe Lord Sion. Ioȝeþ, and preiſeþ togidere, ȝee deſertes of Jeruſalem; for coumfortid haþ þe Lord his puple, aȝeenboȝt he haþ Jeruſalem.

Redi made þe Lord his hoeli arm in þe eȝen of alle Jentiles, and ſeen ſhul alle coeſtes of erþe þe helþe ȝyuere of oure God. Goþ awei, goþ awei, goþ out þennes; þe defoulid þing wileþ not touche, goþ out fro þe myddel of it; be ȝe clenſid, þat bern þe veſſeles of þe Lord. For not in noiſe ȝee ſhul gon out, ne in fliȝt ȝee ſhul gon forþ; forſoþe gon bifor ȝou ſhal þe Lord, and gedere togidere ȝou ſhal þe God of Irael. Lo! vnderſtonde ſhal my ſeruaunt, and ben enhauncid, and rered, and ful heeȝ he ſhal be gretly. As ſtoneȝeden vp on hym manye, ſo vnglorious ſhal ben among men his ſiȝte, and þe foorme of hym among þe ſonus of men.

He ſhal ſpringe manye Jentiles; vp on hym togidere holden ſhuln kingis þer mouþ; for to whom is not told of hym, ſhul ſee, and þat herden not, beheelden.