Jeremiah · Chapter 22

[ edit] Theſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Cum doun in to þe hous of þe king of Juda, and þou ſhalt ſpeke þere þis wrd, and ſeyn, Here þou þe wrd of þe Lord, þou king of Juda, þat ſitteſt vp on þe ſee of Dauid, þou, and þi ſeruauntis, and þi puple, þat gon in bi þeſe ȝatus. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Doþ dom, and riȝtwiſneſſe, and delyuereþ þe opreſſid bi force fro þe hond of þe wrong chalengere; and þe comeling, and faderles child, and þe widewe wileþ not ſorewen, ne opreſſeþ wickeli, and þe innocent blod ne ſhedeþ out in þis place.

If forſoþe doende ȝee ſhul do þis wrd, gon in ſhul bi þe ȝatus of þis hous kingus ſittende of þe kinrede of Dauid vp on his trone, and þe ſteȝing men vp chares and hors, þei, and ſeruauns, and þe puples of þem. Þat if ȝee ſhul not here þeſe wrdus, in myſelf Y ſwor, ſeiþ þe Lord, for in to wilderneſſe ſhal be þis hous. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord vp on þe ſee of þe king of Juda, Galaad, þou to me hed of Liban; yf Y ſhal not ſette forþ þee wilderneſſe, cheef citees vnabitable. And Y ſhal halewe vp on þee þe ſleende man, and his armes; and þei ſhul kutte doun þi choſen cedris, and þrowe doun in to fyr.

And paſſen ſhul manye Jentiles þurȝ þis cite, and ſei ſhal eche to his neȝhebore, Whi dide þe Lord þus to þis grete cite? And þei ſhul anſwern, For þi þat þei forſoke þe couenaunt of þe Lord þer God, and honoureden alien godis, and ſerueden to þem. Wileþ not wepe þe deade, ne weilen vp on hym wiþ weping; weileþ hym þat goþ out, for he ſhal no mor be turned aȝeen, ne ſeen he ſhal þe lond of his birþe. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord to Sellum, ſone of Joſie, king of Juda, þat regnede for Joſie, his fader, Þat is gon out fro þis place, he ſhal not turne aȝeen hider more; but in þe place to þe whiche Y tranſlatide hym, þere he ſhal die, and þis lond he ſhal ſee no more.

Wo þat bildeþ vp his hous in vnriȝtwiſnes, and his ſouping places not in dom; his frend he ſhal opreſſe in veyn, and his meede he ſhal not ȝelde to hym. Þe whiche ſeiþ, I ſhal bilde vp to me a large hous, and ſpacious ſouping places; þat openeþ to hym wyndowes, and makeþ cedre couples, and peynteþ wiþ cynoper. Wheþer ſhalt þou regne, for þou licneſt þee to a ceder? þi fader, wheþer he eet not, and dranc, and dide dom and riȝtwiſneſſe, þanne whan wel it was to hym? He demede þe cauſe of þe pore, and of þe helpeles, in to his good; wheþer not þerfor for he kneȝ me? ſeiþ þe Lord.

Þine forſoþe eȝen and herte to auarice, and to innocent blod to be ſhed, and to wronge chalenge, and to þe ending of euel werc. Þerfore þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord to Joachym, ſone of Joſie, king of Juda, Þei ſhul not weilen hym, Wo broþer! and wo ſiſter! þei ſhul not togidere trumpe to hym, Wo lord! and wo glorious! In þe biriyng of an aſſe he ſhal be biried, roten, and þrowen aferr out of þe ȝatis of Jeruſalem. Steȝ þou vp Liban, and crye, and in to Baſan ȝif þi vois, and crie to þe paſſeres, for to-trode ben alle þi loueres. I ſpac to þee in þi plenteuouſneſſe, and þou ſeidiſt, I ſhal not heren; þis is þi weie fro þi waxende ȝouþ, for þou herdiſt not my vois.

Alle þi ſhepperdus wind ſhal fede, and þi loueres in to caitifte ſhul go; and þanne þou ſhalt be confoundyd, and ſhamen of al þi malice, þat ſittiſt in Liban, and neſtliſt in cedris. Hou togidere weilediſt þou, whan comen hadde to þee ſorewes, as ſorewis of þe trauailende wiþ childe? I lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord, for if ſhul be Jeconyas, þe ſone of Joachym, king of Juda, a ring in my riȝt hond, þennus I ſhal pullen hym awey. And Y ſhal ȝyue þee in þe hond of men ſechende þi ſoule, and in þe hond of hem whos face þou drediſt, and in þe hond of Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, and in þe hond of Caldeis.

And Y ſhal ſende þee, and þi moder þat gat þee, in to an alien lond, in whiche ȝee ben not born, and þere ȝee ſhul die; and in to þe lond to whiche þei reren þer ſoule, þat þei turne aȝeen þider, and þei turne aȝeen ſhul not. Wheþer a britil veſſel and a broſid þis man Jeconyas? wheþer a veſſel wiþoute al voluptuouſte? Whi þrowen awei ben he and his ſed, and caſt aferr in to þe lond þat þei knewe not? Erþe, erþe, erþe, here þe ſermoun of þe Lord. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Writ þis man a bareyn man, þat in his daȝes ſhal not be welſum; ne forſoþe ben ſhal of his ſed a man, þat ſitte vp on þe ſee of Dauid, and power haue more yn Juda.