Jeremiah · Chapter 26

[ edit] In þe bigynnyng of þe regne of Joachym, ſone of Joſie, king of Juda, don is þis wrd fro þe Lord, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Stond in þe porche of þe hous of þe Lord, and þou ſhalt ſpeke to alle þe cites of Juda, whiche comen þat þei honoure in þe hous of þe Lord, alle wrdus þat I comaunde to þee, þat þou ſpeke to þem; wile þou not wiþdrawen a wrd; if par auenture þei here, and be conuertid, eche fro his euel weie, and it oþenke me of þe euel þat I þoȝte to do to þem for þe malices of þer ſtudies.

And þou ſhalt ſei to þem, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, If ȝee ſhul not here me, þat ȝe go in my lawe þat Y ȝaf to ȝou, þat ȝee here þe ſermounus of my ſeruauns, profetus, þat Y ſente to ȝou, þe nyȝt riſende, and riȝt reulende, and ȝee herde not; Y ſhal ȝyuen þis hous as Cilo, and þis cite I ſhal ȝyue in to curſing to alle folkus of erþe. And þer herden þe preſtus, and profetus, and al þe puple Jeremye ſpekende þeſe wrdus in þe hous of þe Lord.

And whan fulfild hadde Jeremye ſpekende alle þeſe þingus, þat comaundid hadde to hym þe Lord, þat he ſhulde ſpeke to al þe puple, token hym þe preſtus, and þe falſe profetus, and al þe puple, ſeiende, Bi deþ die he; whi profeciede he in þe name of þe Lord, ſeiende, As Cylo ſhal be þis hous, and þis cite ſhal be deſolat, for þi þat þer is not a dwellere? And gedered is al þe puple aȝen Jeremye, in þe hous of þe Lord. And herden þe princes of Juda alle þeſe wrdis; and þei ſteȝeden vp fro þe hous of þe king in to þe hous of þe Lord, and þei ſeeten in þe entre of þe newe ȝate of þe hous of þe Lord.

And ſpeeken þe preſtus and þe profetus to þe princes, and to al þe puple, ſeiende, Dom of deþ is to þis man, for he profeciede aȝen þis cite, as ȝee han herd wiþ ȝoure eres. And Jeremye ſeiþ to alle þe princes, and to al þe puple, ſeiende, Þe Lord ſente me, þat Y ſhulde profecien to þis hous, and to þis cite, alle þe wrdus þat ȝee han herd. Now þanne goode makeþ ȝoure weies, and ȝoure ſtudies, and hereþ þe voys of þe Lord ȝoure God; and it ſhal oþinke þe Lord of þe euel þat he ſpac aȝen ȝou. I forſoþe lo! in ȝoure hondis am; doþ to me þat good is and riȝt in ȝoure eȝen.

Nerþelatere witeþ, and wel knowiþ, þat if ȝee ſhul ſle me, an ynnocent blod ȝee ſhul betraȝe aȝen ȝou ſelf, and aȝen þis cite, and his dwelleris; in treuþe forſoþe ſente me þe Lord to ȝou, þat Y ſhulde ſpeke in ȝoure eres alle þeſe wrdus. And ſeiden þe princes and al þe puple to þe preſtys and profetus, Þer is not to þis man dom of deþ; for in þe name of þe Lord oure God he ſpac to vs.

Riſen þanne þe men of þe elderes of þe lond, and ſeiden to al þe cumpanye of þe puple, ſpekende, Michie of Moraſten was a profete in þe daȝes of Ezechie, king of Jude; and he ſeiþ to al þe puple of Jude, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, Sion as a feeld ſhal ben ered, and Jeruſalem in to an hep of ſtonus ſhal be, and þe mount of þe hous of þe Lord in to heiȝtus of wodus. Wheþer bi deþ condempnede hym Ezechie, king of Juda, and al Juda? Wheþer not þei dredden þe Lord, and louli preȝeden þe face of þe Lord, and it oþoȝte þe Lord of þe euel þat he hadde ſpoke aȝen hem? And ſo do we not gret euel aȝen oure ſoules.

Alſo þer was a man profeciende in þe name of þe Lord, Vrias, þe ſone of Semmei, of Cariaþiarym; and he profeciede aȝen þis cite, and aȝen þis lond, aftir alle þe wrdis of Jeremye. And herde king Joachym, and alle þe myȝti men, and his princes þeſe wrdus; and þe king ſoȝte to ſlen hym; and Vrie herde, and dredde, and fleiȝ, and wente in to Egipt. And king Joachym ſente men in to Egipt, Elnaþan, þe ſone of Achabor, and men wiþ him, in to Egipt; and broȝten out Vrie fro Egipt, and broȝten hym to king Joachym; and he ſmot hym wiþ ſwerd, and þreȝ aferr his careyne in ſepulcris of þe vnnoble comun.

Þerfore þe hond of Aicham, ſone of Safan, was wiþ Jeremye, þat he ſhulde not be take in to þe hondus of þe puple, and it ſchulde ſlen hym.