Jeremiah · Chapter 17

[ edit] The ſynne of Jude writen is wiþ an irene pointel, in an adamantyne nail, grauen out vp on þe brede of þer herte, and in þe hornes of þeir auteres. Whan recorde ſhul þe ſonus of þem of þer auteres, and of þer maumet wodus, and of þer braunching trees in heeȝe mounteynes, ſacrifiende in þe feld, þi ſtrengþe and alle þi treſores in to taking awei Y ſhal ȝyue, þin heeȝe þingus for þe ſynnes in alle þi coeſtes. And þou ſhalt be forſake alone of þin eritage þat Y ȝaf to þee; and to ſeruen Y ſhal make þee to þin enemys, in þe lond þat þou kneweſt not; for fyr þou brendiſt vp in my wodneſſe, vnto euermor it ſhal brenne.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Curſid þe man þat troſtiþ in man, and putteþ fleſh his arm, and fro þe Lord his herte goþ awei. Forſoþe it ſhal ben as iencian trees in deſert, and he ſhal not ſee, whan ſhal come good; but he ſhal dwelle in droȝte in deſert, in þe lond of briyn, and vnabitable. Bleſſid þe man þat troſteþ in þe Lord, and þe Lord ſhal ben his troſt. And he ſhal be as a tree, þat is ouer plauntid vp on watris, þat at þe humour ſendiþ his rootes; and he ſhal not drede, whan ſhal come gret hete; and his lef ſhal be grene, and in tyme of droȝte ſhal not be byſy, ne any tyme ſhal ceſe to make frut. Shreude is þe herte of man, and vnſerchable; who ſhal knowen it?

I þe Lord ſerchende herte, and prouende reenes, þat ȝyue to eche man after his weie, and after þe frut of his findingus. Þe partrich nurſhede þat ſhe bar not, made richeſſes, and not in dom; in þe myddil of þer daȝes ſhe ſhal forſake þem, and in hir laſte ſhe ſhal ben vnwis. Þe dignete ſee of glorie of heiȝte fro þe bygynnyng, place of oure halewing, abiding of Irael. Lord, alle þat þee forſaken, ſhul be confoundid; goende awei fro þee in þe erþe ſhul be writen, for þei forſoken þe veyne of lyuyng watris, þe Lord. Hele me, Lord, and Y ſhal ben helid; ſaf mac me and Y ſhal be ſaf; for my preiſing þou art. Lo! þei ſeyn to me, Wher is þe wrd of þe Lord? come it.

And Y am not diſturbid, þee ſhepperde folewende, and þe dai of man I diſirede not, þou woſt. Þat þat is gon out fro my lippis riȝt in þi ſiȝte was. Be þou not to me to ferd; myn hope þou in þe dai of tormenting. Be þei confoundid, þat me purſuen, and confoundid be not Y; inwardly drede þei, and inwardly drede not Y; bring in vp on hem dai of tormenting, and wiþ double to-treding to-tred hem. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God to me, Go, and ſtond in þe ȝate of þe ſonus of þe puple, bi whiche gon in kingus of Juda and gon out, and in alle þe ȝatus of Jeruſalem.

And þou ſhalt ſei to þem, Hereþ þe wrd of þe Lord, ȝee kingus of Juda, and al Jewerie, and alle þe dwelleris of Jeruſalem, þat gon in bi þeſe ȝatus. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, Kepeþ ȝoure ſoules, and wiliþ not berþenus bern in þe dai of ſabat, ne bringe ȝee in bi þe ȝatus of Jeruſalem. And wileþ not caſte out burþenus fro ȝoure houſes in þe dai of ſabat, and eche werc ȝee ſhul not do; halewiþ þe day of ſabat, as Y comaunde to ȝoure fadris. And þei herden not, ne boweden in þer ere, but inwardly hardeden þer nol, leſt þei herde me, and leſt þei toke diſcyplyne.

And it ſhal be, if ȝee ſhul heren me, ſeiþ þe Lord, þat ȝee bringe not in birþenus bi þe ȝatus of þis cite in þe day of ſabat, and if ȝee halewe þe dai of ſabat, þat ȝee don not in it alle werc, gon in ſhul bi þe ȝates of þis cite kingus and princes ſittende vpon þe ſee of Dauid, and ſteȝende vp in chares and hors; þei, and þe princes of þem, men of Juda, and þe dwelleris of Jeruſalem; and dwellid ſhal be þis cite in to euermor.

And comen ſhul fro þe cite of Juda, and fro þe cumpas of Jeruſalem, and fro þe lond of Beniamyn, and fro þe wilde feldus, and fro þe mountuous places, and from þe ſouþ, berende brent ſacrifiſe, and ſlayn offring, and ſacrifiſe, and encens; and þei ſhul bringe in offring in to þe hous of þe Lord. If forſoþe ȝee ſhul not here me, þat ȝee halewe þe day of ſabat, and þat ȝee bere not berþene, and ne bringe in bi þe ȝatus of Jeruſalem in þe dai of ſabat, Y ſhal tende vp fyr in his ȝatus; and it ſhal deuoure þe houſys of Jeruſalem, and ſhal not be quenchid.