Jeremiah · Chapter 24

[ edit] The Lord ſhewede to me, and lo! two baſketus ful of figus put bifor þe temple of þe Lord, aftir þat Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, tranſlatede Jeconye, þe ſone of Joachym, king of Juda, and his princes, and þe ſmyþ, and his iueler fro Jeruſalem, and broȝte þem in to Babiloyne. And oe fraiel hadde good figus ful myche, as ben wont figys to be of þe firſte tyme; and þe oe fraiel hadde euele figis ful myche, þat myȝten not ben ete, for þi þat þei weren euele. And þe Lord ſeide to me, What ſeeſt þou, Jeremye? And Y ſeide, Figis, figes goode, goode gretli, and euele, euele gretly, þat moun not be ete, forþi þat þei ben euele.

And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to me, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, God of Irael, As þeſe figis goode, ſo Y ſhal knowe þe tranſmygracioun of Juda, þat I ſente fro þis place in to þe lond of Caldeis, in to good. And Y ſhal putte myn eȝen vp on hem to pleſen, and Y ſhal bringe þem aȝeen in to þis lond; and Y ſhal bilde þem vp, and not deſtroȝe, and plaunte þem, and not pullen awei. And Y ſhal ȝyue to þem an herte, þat þei knowe me, for Y am a Lord; and þei ſhul be to me in to puple, and Y ſhal be to þem in to a God, for þei ſhul turne aȝeen to me in al þer herte.

And as þe werſt figus, þat moun not ben ete, forþi þat þei ben euele, þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, So Y ſhal ȝyue Sedechie, king of Juda, and his princes, and þe remnaunt of Jeruſalem, þat abiden in þis cite, and þat dwellen in þe lond of Egipt. And Y ſhal ȝyue þem in to weri trauailing and tormenting to alle rewmes of erþe, in to repref, and in to parable, and in to prouerbe, and in to curſing, in alle places to whiche I caſte out þem. And I ſhal ſende in hem ſwerd, and hunger, and peſtilence, to þe tyme þei be waſtid from þe lond þat I ȝaf to þem, and to þeir fadres.