Isaiah · Chapter 66

[ edit] Theſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Heuene my ſete, and erþe þe ſtonding vp place of my feet. What is þis hous, þat ȝee ſhul bilde to me, and what is þis place of my reſte? Alle þeſe þingus myn hond dide, and mad ben alle þeſe þingus, ſeiþ þe Lord; to whom forſoþe ſhall I beholde, but to my porelet and contrit in ſpirit, and tremblende my wrdis? Þat offreþ an oxe, as þat ſle a man; þat ſleþ a beſte, as þat brayne a dogge; þat offreþ offring, as þat ſouwe blod he offre; þat recordeþ of encens, as þat bliſſe to þe mawmet; alle þeſe þei choſen in þer weies, and in þer abominaciouns þe ſoule of þem delitede.

Wherfore and I ſhal cheſen þe illuſiouns of hem, and þat þei dredden I ſhal brenge to þem; for I clepede, and þer was not þat ſhulde anſwern; I ſpac, and þei herden not; and þei diden euel in myn eȝen, and þat I wolde not, þei choſen. Hereþ þe wrd of þe Lord, þat tremblen at his wrd; ȝoure breþern ſeiden hatende ȝou, and caſtende awei for my name, Glorified be þe Lord, and wee ſhul ſee in ȝoure gladneſſe; þei forſoþe ſhul be confoundid. Vois of þe puple fro þe cite, vois fro þe temple, vois of þe Lord ȝeldende ȝelding to his enemys. Er ſche trauelide wiþ peyne as wymmen don, ſche bar wiþoute; er ſhulde come his birþe wyþ peyne, ſche bar a male child.

Who herde euere ſuch a þing, and who ſaȝ to þis lic? Wheþer ſhal wiþ ynne bern þe erþe in o dai, or ſhal be born a folc of kinde togidere? For wiþ ynne bar and wiþoute bar Sion his ſones. Wheþer I þat oþere men make to bern child, I my ſelf ſhal not bern? ſeiþ þe Lord. If I þat ieneracioun to oþere men ȝyue, bareyn ſhal be? ſeiþ þe Lord þi God. Gladeþ wiþ Jeruſalem, and ful out ioȝeþ in it, alle þat louen it; ioȝeþ wiþ it wiþ ioȝe, alle þat weilen vp on it; þat and ȝee ſouke, and be fulfild of þe tetes of his coumforting, þat ȝee mylke, and wiþ delices flowen, of alle maner glorie of hym. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo!

I ſhal bowe doun vp on it, as þe flod of pes, and as ſtrem flowende þe glorie of Jentilis, þat ȝee ſhul ſouke; to þe tetes ȝee ſhul be born, and vp on þe knes men ſhul daunte ȝou. What maner if to whom a moder daunte, ſo I ſhal coumforte ȝou, and in Jeruſalem ȝee ſhul be coumfortid. Ȝee ſhul ſeen, and ioȝen ſhal ȝoure herte, and ȝoure boenes as an erbe ſhul buriowne. And knowe ſhal ben þe hond of þe Lord in his ſeruauns, and endeyne he ſhal to his enemys. For lo! þe Lord in fyr ſhal come, and as a whirlewynd his foure horſid carres, to ȝelde in to indignacioun his wodneſſe, and his blamyng in a flawme of fyr.

For in a fyr þe Lord ſhal be dyuerſly demed, and in his ſwerd to alle fleſh; and multeplied ſhul be þe ſlayne of þe Lord, þat weren halewid, and cleene weeneden þemſelf, in gardynes bihynde þe firſte tree, or þe ȝate, wiþ ynne forþ; þat eeten ſouwe fleſh, and abominacioun, and a mous, togidere ſhuln ben waſtid, ſeiþ þe Lord. I forſoþe þe werkys of hem and þe þoȝtus of hem, come þat I gedere, wiþ alle folkis and tungus; and þei ſhul comen, and ſeen my glorie.

And I ſhal putte in þem a tocne, and ſenden of hem þat ſhul be ſaf to þe Jentiles, in to þe ſe, in to Affrich, and in to Liddiam, men holdende an arwe, in to Italie, and Grece, to iles aferr, to hem þat herden not of me, and ſeȝen not my glorie. And þei ſhul tellen out my glorie to Jentilis, and bringen alle ȝoure breþern fro alle Jentilis a free ȝifte to þe Lord, in hors, and in foure horſid carres, and in literes, and in mulys, and in cartus, to myn hoeli mounteyn, Jeruſalem, ſeiþ þe Lord; as if þe ſonus of Irael bringen in a ȝifte in a clene veſſel in to þe hous of þe Lord. And I ſhal taken of þem in to preſtus and Leuytus, ſeiþ þe Lord.

For as newe heuenus and newe erþe, whiche I make to ſtonde bifor me, ſeiþ þe Lord, ſo ſtonde ſhal ȝoure ſed, and ȝoure name. And þer ſhal be monyþ of monyþ, and ſabot of ſaboþ; comen ſhal eche fleſh to honoure byfor my face, ſeiþ þe Lord. And gon out ſhuln, and ſeen þe careynes of men, þat treſpaſiden aȝen me; þe werm of þem ſhal not die, and þe fir of hem ſhal not be quenchid; and þei ſhul be in to filling of ſiȝt to alle fleſh. Here endiþ þe boke of Yſaie, and now begynneþ þe prolog of Jeremye.