Isaiah · Chapter 55

[ edit] Alle ȝee þriſtende, comeþ to watris, and ȝee þat han not ſiluer, goþ forþ, bieþ, and eteþ; comeþ, bieþ, wiþoute ſiluer and wiþoute any chaffaring, wyn and mylc. Whi poote ȝee vp ſiluer, not in loeues, and ȝoure trauailing, not in filling? Hereþ ȝee herende me, and eteþ good þing, and delite ſhal in fatneſſe ȝoure ſoule. Bowiþ in ȝoure ere, and comeþ to me; hereþ, and lyuen ſhal ȝoure ſoule; and I ſhal ſmyte wiþ ȝou euere laſtende couenaunt, þe feiþful mercies of Dauid. Lo! witneſſe I ȝaf hym to puples, duke and comaundere to Jentiles.

Lo! þe folc of kinde, þat þou knewe not, þou ſhalt clepen; and þe folc of kinde, þat þee kneȝ not, to þee ſhul rennen; for þe Lord þy God, and þe hoeli of Iſrael, for he glorifiede þee. Secheþ þe Lord, whil he mai be founde; inwardli clepeþ hym, whil he is nyȝ. Forſake þe vnpitous his weie, and þe wicke man his þoȝtes; and turne aȝeen to þe Lord, and he ſhal haue mercy of hym, and to oure God, for myche he is to forȝyue. Forſoþe not my þenkingus ȝoure þenkingus, ne my weies ȝoure weies, ſeiþ þe Lord. For as enhauncid ben heuenus fro erþe, ſo enhauncid ben my weies fro ȝoure weyes, and my þoȝtus fro ȝoure þoȝtus.

And what maner comeþ doun weder and ſnoȝ fro heuene, and þider no mor is turned aȝeen, but drunkneþ þe erþe, and heeldeþ in to it, and to buriowne makeþ it, and ȝyueþ ſed to þe ſowere, and bred to þe etere, ſo ſhal be my wrd, þat ſhal gon out of my mouþ. It ſhal not be turned aȝeen voide to me, but ſhal do what euere þingus I wolde, and ſhal be welſum in þo þingus to whiche I ſende it; for in gladneſſe ȝee ſhul gon oute, and in pes ȝee ſhul be lad þennus. Mounteynes and hilles ſhul ſinge bifor ȝou preiſing, and alle þe trees of þe regioun ſhal flappe for ioȝe wiþ hond.

For þe þorny erbe þat is clepid ſaliunka, ſhal ſteeȝen vp a firr tree, and for þe nettle ſhal growe þe tre þat is clepid myrt; and þe Lord ſhal be nemned in to an euer laſtende tocne, þat ſhal not ben don awei.