Isaiah · Chapter 65

[ edit] Thei ſoȝten me, þat biforn aſkeden not; þei founden þat ſoȝten not me. I ſeide, Lo! I, lo! Y, to þe Jentilis þat knewe not me, and þat inwardli clepeden not my name. I ſpredde out myn hondis al dai to a puple myſtrouful, þat goþ in a wei not good, after þer þenkingus. Þe puple þat to wraþe terreþ me, bifor my face euermor; þat offren in gardynes, and ſacrifien vp on tyles; þat dwellen in ſepulcris, and in waſſhing temples of mawmetis ſlepen; þat eten ſouwe fleſh, and curſid broþ in þe veſſeles of hem; þat ſeyn, Go awei fro me, neȝhe þou not to me, for þou art vnclene; þeſe ſmoke ſhul ben in my wodneſſe, fyr brennende all dai.

Lo! it is write befor me; I ſhal not be ſtille, but I ſhal ȝelde, and quyte in to þe boſum of þem þer wickidneſſes, and þe wickidneſſes of ȝoure fader togidere, ſeiþ þe Lord, þat ſacrifieden vp on mounteynes, and vp on hilles repreueden to me; and I ſhal aȝeen meſuren þe werc of hem firſt in þe boſum of hem. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, What maner if þer be founde a corn in þe cluſter, and be ſeid, Ne ſcatere þou it, for bliſſing it is; ſo I ſhal do for my ſeruauns, þat I ſcatere not al. And I ſhal leden out fro Jacob ſed, and of Juda þe weldende myn hoeli mounteynes; and eritagen it ſhul my choſene, and my ſeruauns dwelle þere.

And ben ſhul þe wilde feeldis in to foldys of flockis, and þe valei of Achor in to þe couche of droues, to my puple þat aȝeen ſoȝten me. And ȝee þat forſoken þe Lord, þat forȝeeten myn hoely mounteyn, þat putten þe bord of fortune, and offren licoures vp on it, I ſhal noumbre ȝou in ſwerd, and alle in ſlaȝter ȝee ſhul falle; for þi þat I clepede, and ȝee anſwerden not; I ſpac, and ȝee herden not; and ȝee diden euel in myn eȝen, and þat I wolde not, ȝee choſen.

For þeſe þingus, ſeiþ þe Lord God, lo! my ſeruauntis ſhuln ete, and ȝee ſhul hungren; lo! my ſeruauns ſhul drinke, and ȝee ſhul þriſten; lo! my ſeruauns ſhul gladen, and ȝee ſhul be confoundid; lo! my ſeruauns ſhul preiſe, for ful out ioȝinge of herte, and ȝee ſhul crien, for ſorewe of herte, and for þe totreding doun of ſpirit ȝee ſhul ȝelle. And ȝee ſhul leue ȝoure name in to oþ to my choſene; and ſle ſhal þee þe Lord God, and his ſeruauns he ſhal clepe bi an oþer name. In whiche who ſo is bliſſid vp on erþe, ſhal ben bliſſid in God amen; and who ſwerþ in erþe, ſhal ſwern in God amen; for to forȝeting ben take þe raþere anguyſhes, and for hid þei ben fro oure eȝen.

Lo! forſoþe I ſhape newe heuenus and newe erþe, and ben ſhul not in mynde þe raþere, and ſteȝen ſhul þei not vp vp on herte. But ȝee ſhul ioȝen, and ful out ioȝen vnto euermor, in þeſe þingus þat I ſhape; for lo! I ſhape Jeruſalem ful out glading, and his puple ioȝe. And I ſhal ful out gladen in Jeruſalem, and ioȝen in my puple; and þer ſhal ben herd in it no more vois of weping and vois of cri. And þer ſhal no mor be þe faunt of daȝes, and þe olde þat fulfilliþ not his daȝes; for þe child of an hundrid ȝer ſhal dien, and þe ſynnere of an hundrid ȝer ſhal be curſid. And þei ſhul bilden vp houſes, and dwellen in, and plaunte vyne ȝerdis, and ete þe frute of hem.

Þei ſhul not bilden vp houſes, and an oþer dwelle, ne plaunten, and an oþer ete; after þe daȝes forſoþe of þe tree ſhul be þe daȝes of my puple, and þe werkes of þer hondus. My choſen vnto ful eelde ſhal vſe; þei ſhul not trauaile in veyn, ne ben gendrid in diſturbing; for þe ſed of þe bliſſid men of þe Lord it is, and þe coſynes of hem wiþ hem. And it ſhal be, er þei crien, I ſhal ful out heren; ȝit hem ſpekende, I ſhal ful out heren. Þe wlf and þe lomb ſhul be fed togidere, and þe leoun and þe oxe ſhuln ete chaf, and to þe ſerpent pouder his bred; þei ſhul not noȝen, ne ſlen, in al myn hoeli mounteyn, ſeiþ þe Lord.