Jeremiah · Chapter 19

[ edit] Theſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Go, and tac þe erþene litil wyn veſſel of þe crockere, and fro þe elderes of þe puple, and fro þe elderes of þe preſtus. And go out to þe valei of þe ſonus of Ennon, þat is biſide þe entre of þe britil ȝate; and þou ſhalt preche þere wrdys þat Y ſhal ſpeke to þee; and ſeyn, Hereþ þe wrd of þe Lord, ȝee kingus of Juda, and dwelleris of Jeruſalem. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Lo! Y ſhal bringe in tormenting vp on þis place, ſo þat eche þat ſhal heren it, tyncle hys eres.

For þi þat þei forſoke me, and alien maden þis place, and offreden to alien godis, in þat þat knewen not þei, and þer faders, and þe kingis of Juda; and fulfilden þis place wiþ blod of innocentus, and bilden vp þe heȝe þingus of Baalym, to ben brent þer ſonus wiþ fyr, in to brent ſacrifiſe to Balim; whiche þingus Y comaundide not, ne ſpac, ne ſteȝede vp in to myn herte. Þerfor ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! daȝes comen, and clepid ſhal no mor be þis place Tofeþ, and þe valei of þe ſone of Ennon, but þe valei of ſlaȝter.

And Y ſhal ſcatere þe counſeil of Jude and of Jeruſalem in þis place, and Y ſhal turne þem vpſodoun wiþ ſwerd, in ſiȝte of þer enemys, and in þe hond of men ſechende þer lyues; and Y ſhal ȝyue þe careynes of þem mete to þe foules of heuene, and to þe beſtus of erþe. And Y ſhal ſette þis cite in to ſtoneyng, and in to whiſtling; and eche þat ſhal paſſe by it, ſhal ſtoneyn, and whiſtlen vp on al þe veniaunce of it. And Y ſhal fede þem wiþ þe fleſh of þer ſonus, and wiþ þe fleſh of þer doȝtris; and eche þe fleſh of his frend ſhal ete in ſegyng and in anguyſh, in whyche cloſe þem ſhul þer enemys, and þat ſechen þeir lyues.

And þou ſhalt to-broſe þe litle wyn veſſel in þe eȝen of þe men, þat ſhul go wiþ þee. And þou ſhalt ſei to þem, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, Þus Y ſhal tobroſe þis puple, and þis cyte, as is tobroſid þe veſſel of þe crockere, þat mai no more be reſtored; and in Tofeþ þei ſhul ben biried, for þer is not oþer place to birie in. So Y ſhal do to þis place, ſeiþ þe Lord, and to his dwelleris, þat Y ſette þis cite as Tofeþ. And ben ſhul þe houſes of Jeruſalem, and þe houſes of þe kingus of Juda, as þe place Tofeþ; vnclene alle þe houſes, in whos rooues þei ſacrifieden to al þe knyȝþed of heuene, and offreden ſacrifiſe of licoures to alien godus.

Cam forſoþe Jeremye fro Tofeþ, whider hadde ſent hym þe Lord to profecien; and ſtod in þe porche of þe hous of þe Lord, and ſeide to al þe puple, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtes, God of Irael, Lo! Y ſhal bringen in vp on þis cite, and vp on alle his cheef citees, alle þe euelis þat Y ſpac aȝen it; for þei inwardly hardeden þer nolles, and herde not my ſermouns.