Jeremiah · Chapter 21

[ edit] The wrd þat don is to Jeremye fro þe Lord, whan ſente to hym king Sedechie Faſſur, þe ſone of Melchie, and Sofonye, þe ſone of Maſie, preſt, ſeiende, Aſke for vs þe Lord, for Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, fiȝteþ aȝen vs; if par auenture þe Lord do wiþ vs after alle his merueyles, and he go awei fro vs. And Jeremye ſeide to þem, Þus ȝee ſhul ſey to Sedechie, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, Lo! Y ſhal turne þe veſſelis of þe bataile þat in ȝoure hondus ben, and wiþ whom ȝee fiȝten, aȝen þe king of Babiloyne, and Caldeis, þat beſegen ȝou in cumpas of þe wallis; and Y ſhal gedere þem in þe myddes of þis cite.

And Y ſhal ouercome ȝou in a ſtraȝt out hond, and in a ſtrong arm, and in wodneſſe, and in indignacioun, and in gret wraþe; I ſhal ſmyte þe dwelleris of þis cite, men and beſtus wiþ gret peſtylence ſhul dien. And after þeſe þingus, ſeiþ þe Lord, Y ſhal ȝyue Sedechie, king of Juda, and his ſeruauns, and his puple, and þat ben laft in þis cite of peſtylence, and ſwerd, and hunger, in þe hond of Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, and in þe hond of þer enemys, and in þe hond of men ſechende þer lif; and he ſhal ſmyte þem in mouþ of ſwerd; and he ſhal not be bowid, ne ſparen, ne han reuþe. And to þis puple þou ſhalt ſey, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God, Lo!

Y ȝyue bifor ȝou weie of lif, and weie of deþ. Who ſhal dwelle in þis cite, ſhal die wiþ ſwerd, and hunger, and peſtilence; who forſoþe ſhul go out, and flee to þe Caldeis þat beſegen ȝou, ſhal lyue, and be ſhal to hym his ſoule as ſpoile. Forſoþe Y haue ſet my face vp on þis cite in to euel, and not in to good, ſeiþ þe Lord; in þe hond of þe king of Babiloyne it ſhal be ȝoue, and brenne it out he ſhal wiþ fyr, and þe hous of þe king of Juda. Hereþ þe wrd of þe Lord, ȝe þe hous of Dauid.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Demeþ erli dom, and delyuereþ out þe oppreſſed wiþ force fro þe hond of þe wrong chalengere; leſt par auenture go out as fir myn indignacioun, and be tend vp, and be not þat quenche, for þe malice of ȝoure ſtudies. Lo! Y to þee, dwellereſſe of þe ſadde valey and wilde feld, ſeiþ þe Lord, ȝee þat ſeyn, Who ſhal ſmyten vs, and who ſhal go in to oure houſes? And Y ſhal viſite vp on ȝou after þe frute of ȝoure ſtudies, ſeiþ þe Lord; and Y ſhal tende vp fyr in his wilde wode, and deuoure it ſhal alle þingus in his cumpas.