Jeremiah · Chapter 29

[ edit] And þeſe ben þe wrdus of þe boc, þat ſente Jeremye, þe profete, fro Jeruſalem to þe remnaunt of þe elderes of þe tranſmygracioun, and to þe preſtus, and to þe profetes, and to al þe puple, whom ouerlad hadde Nabugodonoſor fro Jeruſalem in to Babiloyne, after þat wente out Jechonye, þe king, and þe lady, and þe geldingus, and þe princes of Juda, out of Jeruſalem, and þe ſmyþ, and þe iueler fro Jeruſalem, in þe hond of Elaaſa, ſone of Safan, and of Gamaliel, ſone of Elchie, whom ſent Sedechie, king of Juda, to Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, in to Babiloyne, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, to al þe tranſmygracyoun, þat Y tranſlatede fro Jeruſalem in to Babiloyne, Bildeþ vp houſes, and dwelleþ, and plaunteþ gardynes, and eteþ þe frute of hem; takeþ wyues, and geteþ ſonus and doȝtris, and ȝyueþ to ȝoure ſonus wyues, and ȝoure doȝtris ȝyueþ to men, and bere þei ſonus and doȝtris; and be ȝee multeplied þere, and wileþ not be fewe in noumbre.

And ſecheþ þe pes of þe cyte, to þe whiche Y made ȝow gon ouer; and preȝeþ for it þe Lord, for in his pes ſhal be pes to ȝou. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Bigile not ȝou ȝoure profetus, þat ben in þe myddel of ȝou, and ȝoure dyuynours; and ne takeþ heed to ȝoure ſweuenes, þat ȝee ſweuenen; for þei falſly profecien to ȝou in my name, and Y ſente þem not, ſeiþ þe Lord. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Whan ſchal bigynne to be fulfilid in Babiloyne ſeuenti ȝeer, Y ſhal viſite ȝou, and reren vp ȝou my good wrd, and bringe ȝou aȝeen to þis place. I forſoþe wot þe þoȝtus þat Y þenke vp on ȝou, ſeiþ þe Lord, þoȝtus of pes, and not of tormenting, þat Y ȝyue to ȝou ende and pacience.

And ȝee ſhul inwardly clepe me, and gon, and honoure me, and Y ſhall ful out here ȝou; ȝee ſhul ſeche me, and finden, whan ȝee han ſoȝt me in al ȝoure herte. And Y ſhal be founde of ȝou, ſeiþ þe Lord, and Y ſhall bringe aȝeen ȝoure caitifte, and gedere ȝou fro alle Jentiles, and fro alle places, to whiche I putte ȝou out, ſeiþ þe Lord; and to turne aȝeen I ſhal make ȝou fro þe place, to whiche Y made ȝou to gon ouer. For ȝee ſeiden, Reren ſhal to vs þe Lord profetus in Babiloyne.

For þeſe þingys ſeiþ þe Lord to þe king, þat ſit vp on þe ſee of Dauid, and to al þe puple, dwellere of þis cyte, to ȝoure breþern, þat ben not gon out wiþ ȝou in to tranſmygracioun, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, Lo! Y ſhal ſende in hem ſwerd, and hunger, and peſtilence; and putten hem as þe euel figus, þat moun not ben ete, for þi þat þey ben werſt. And Y ſhal purſue þem in ſwerd, and in hunger, and in peſtilence; and Y ſhal ȝyue þem in to wery trauailing to alle rewmes of erþe, in to curſing, and in to ſtoneyng, and in to whiſtling, and in to repref to alle Jentilis, to whiche I caſte hem out.

For þi þat þey herden not my wrdys, ſeiþ þe Lord, whiche Y ſente to þem by my ſeruauns, profetes, fro nyȝt riſende, and ſendende, and ȝee herden not, ſeiþ þe Lord. Ȝee þerfore hereþ þe wrd of þe Lord, al tranſmygracioun, þat Y ſente out fro Jeruſalem in to Babiloyne. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtys, God of Irael, to Achab, ſone of Cholie, and to Sedechie, ſone of Maaſie, þat profeſien to ȝou in my name leſinge, Lo! Y ſhal taken hem in þe hond of Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, and he ſhal ſmyte þem in ȝoure eȝen.

And þer ſhul ben taken of þem curſing to al þe tranſmygracioun of Jude, þat is in Babiloyne, of men ſeiende, Putte þee þe Lord as Sedechie, and as Achab, whom friede þe king of Babiloyne in fyr, for þi þat þei diden folie in Irael, and diden auoutre in to þe wyues of þer frendus; and ſpeeken wrd in my name liendely, þat Y comaundide not to þem; I am domeſman and witneſſe, ſeiþ þe Lord.

And to Semeiam Neelamytem þou ſhalt ſeyn, Þeſe þyngus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, For þi þat þou ſenteſt bokes in my name to al þe puple þat is in Jeruſalem, and to Sofonye, ſone of Maaſie, preſt, and to alle þe preſtus, ſeiende, Þe Lord ȝaf þee preſt for Joiade, preſt, þat þou be a duke in þe hous of þe Lord vp on eche man caȝt wiþ wodneſſe, and profeciende, þat þou ſende hym in to þe ſtockus, and in to priſoun. And now whi blameſt þou not Jeremye of Anatoþ, þat profecyeþ to ȝou? For vpon þis he ſente to vs in to Babiloyne, ſeiende, Longe it is; bildeþ out houſes, and dwelleþ, and plaunteþ gardynes, and eteþ þe frute of þem.

Radde þanne Sofonye, þe preſt, þis boc in þe eres of Jeremye, þe profete. And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, ſeiende, Sendeþ to al þe tranſmygracyoun, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord to Semeie Neelamyte, For þi þat profeciede to ȝou Semeie, and Y ſente hym not, and made ȝou to troſten in leſing; þerfore þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! Y ſhal viſite vp on Semeie Neelamyte, and vp on his ſed; þer ſhal not be to hym a man ſittende in þe myddel of þis puple; and he ſhal not ſeen þe good, þat Y ſhal do to my puple, ſeiþ þe Lord, for lawe breking he ſpac aȝen þe Lord.