Isaiah · Chapter 60

[ edit] Rys, be þou liȝtid, Jeruſalem, for comen is þi liȝt, and þe glorie of þe Lord vp on þee is ſprunge. For lo! dercneſſes ſhul coueren þe erþe, and myſtineſſe puples; vp on þee forſoþe ſhal ſpringe þe Lord, and his glorie in þee ſhal be ſeen. And gon ſhul Gentiles in þi liȝt, and kingus in þe ſhynyng of þi riſing. Rere in cumpas þin eȝen, and ſee; alle þeſe ben gedered togidere, camen to þee; þi ſonis fro aferr ſhul come, and þi doȝtris fro a ſyde ſhul riſe.

Þanne þou ſhalt ſeen, and haue plente; and merueilen, and ben ſpred abrod ſhal þin herte, whan conuertid ſhal be to þee þe multitude of þe ſe, þe ſtrengþe of Jentiles ſhal come to þee; þe flowyng of camailes ſhal couere þee, dromedaries of Madian and Effa; alle fro Saba ſhul come, gold and encens bringende, and preiſing to þe Lord tellende. Eche beſte of Cedar ſhal be gedered to þee, weþeres of Nabaioþ ſhuln ſerue to þee; þei ſhul ben offrid vpon my pleſable auter, and þe hous of my mageſte I ſhal glorifien. Who ben þeſe, þat as cloudus fleen, and as culueres to þer wyndowes?

Me forſoþe abijden iles, and ſhipes of þe ſe in þe bigynnyng; þat I bringe þi ſonus fro aferr, þe ſeluer of þem, and þe gold of hem wiþ þem, to þe name of þe Lord þi God, and to þe hoeli of Irael; for he ſhal glorifien þee. And bilden ſhul ſonus of pilgrimes þi wallis, and þe kingus of hem ſerue ſhul to þee. In myn indignacioun forſoþe I ſmot þee, and in my recounſiling I hadde reuþe of þee. And opened ſhul be þi ȝates contynueli, dai and nyȝt þei ſhul not be cloſid; þat born be to þee þe ſtrengþe of Jentilis, and þe kingus of þem be lad to. Forſoþe þe folc of kinde and reume þat ſhal not ſerue to þee, ſhal perſhe, and Jentiles in wilderneſſe ſhul be waſtid.

Þe glorie of Liban to þee ſhal come, þe fyrr tree, and box, and pyne tree togidere, to enourne þe place of myn halewyng; and þe place of my feet I ſhal glorifien. And come ſhul to þee þe ſonus of hem bowid, þat mekeden þee, and honoure ſhul þe ſteppis of þi feet, alle þat bacbiteden to þee; and clepen ſhul þee Þe cite of þe Lord, Sion of þe hoeli of Irael. Forþi þat þou were forſaken, and to hate had, and þer was not þat bi þee ſhulde paſſe, I ſhal putte þee in to þe pride of worldus, ioȝe in ieneracioun and ieneracioun.

And þou ſhalt ſouke þe mylc of Jentiles, and wiþ þe tete of kingis þou ſhalt be mylkid; and þou ſhalt wite for I þe Lord, ſauende þee, and þin aȝeen biere, þe ſtrong of Jacob. For metal I ſhal bringe to gold, and for iren I ſhal bringe to ſeluer; and for trees metal, and for ſtones iren; and I ſhal putte þi viſitinge pes, and þi prouoſtes riȝtwiſneſſe. Þer ſhal no mor ben herd wickidneſſe in þi lond, ne waſtite and to-treding in þi termes; and ocupie ſhal helþe þi wallis, and þi ȝates preiſing. Þer ſhal ben no more to þee þe ſunne to liȝten bi dai, ne þe ſhynyng of þe moone liȝten ſhal þee; but ſhal be to þee þe Lord in to euerlaſtende liȝt, and þi God in to þi glorie.

Go doun no mor ſhal þy ſunne, and þi moone ſhal not be mynuſht; for þe Lord ſhal be in to euerlaſtende liȝt, and fulfild ſhul be þe daȝes of þi weiling. Þi puple forſoþe alle riȝtwiſe, in to euermor þei ſhul eritagen þe erþe, buriownyng of my plaunting, werc of myn hond to glorien. Þe leſte ſhal be in to a þouſend, and þe litle child in to a folc of kinde moſt ſtrong. I, þe Lord, in his time ſodeynli ſhal do þis.