Isaiah · Chapter 61

[ edit] The ſpirit of þe Lord vp on me, for þat enoyntede me þe Lord; to tellen out to debonere men he ſente me, þat I ſhulde leche þe contrit men in herte, and prechen to caitif men forȝyueneſſe, and to cloſid men openyng; and prechen a ȝer pleſable to þe Lord, and a dai of veniaunce to oure God; þat I ſhulde coumforten alle weilende men; þat I ſhulde putte coumforting to þe weilende men of Sion, and ȝyue to þem a crowne for aſkes, oile of ioȝe for weiling, a mantil of preiſing for þe ſpirit of mornyng. And þer ſhul be clepid in it ſtronge men of riȝtwiſneſſe, plaunting of þe Lord to glorifien.

And þei ſhul bilden vp þe deſertus fro þe world, and olde fallingus þei ſhul rere, and þei ſhul reſtore cites forſaken and ſcatered, in to ieneracioun and ieneracioun. And ſtonde ſhul alienus, and fede ȝoure beſtus; and þe ſonus of pilgrimes erþe tilieres and ȝoure vyne wercheres ſhul be. Ȝee forſoþe preſtus of þe Lord ſhul ben clepid; Seruauns of ȝoure God, it ſhal ben ſeid to ȝou. Þe ſtrengþe of Jentiles ȝee ſhuln ete, and in þe glorie of þem ȝee ſhul ben proud. For ȝoure double confuſioun and ſhame preiſe ſhul þei þer part; for þat in þer lond double fold þingus þei ſhul welden, euermor gladneſſe ſhal be to þem. For I þe Lord, louende dom, and to hate hauende raueyn in to brent ſacrifiſe.

And I ſhal ȝyue þe werk of hem in treuþe, and pes couenaunt euere durende I ſhal ſmyte wiþ þem. And ſhal be wiſt in Jentilis þe ſed of hem, and þe buriownyng of þem in þe myddel of puples. Alle þat ſhul ſeen hem, ſhul knowe þem, for þeſe ben þe ſed, to whom bliſſide þe Lord. Ioȝende I ſhal ioȝen in þe Lord, and ful out ioȝen ſhal my ſoule in my God. For he cloþide me wiþ þe cloþing of helþe, and wiþ þe cloþing of riȝtwiſneſſe he cumpaſſede me, as an huſbonde wrſhipid wiþ a crowne, and as a wif enourned wiþ hir broches. As forſoþe þe erþe bringeþ forþ his buriownyng, and as a gardyn his ſed buriowneþ, ſo þe Lord God ſhal buriowne riȝtwiſneſſe, and preiſing bifor alle folc of kinde.