Jeremiah · Chapter 30

[ edit] This is þe wrd, þat is don to Jeremye fro þe Lord, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God of Irael, ſeiende, Writ to þee alle þeſe wrdus þat Y ſpac to þee, in þe boc. Loo! forſoþe daȝes comen, ſeiþ þe Lord, and Y ſhal turne þe conuerting of my puple of Irael and of Juda, ſeiþ þe Lord; and Y ſhal turne þem to þe lond þat Y ȝaf to þe fadris of þem, and þei ſhul welde it. And þeſe þe wrdus, þat þe Lord ſpac to Irael, and to Juda. For þes þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Voys of huge drede wee han herd; ferd, and þer ys not pes. Aſkeþ, and ſeeþ, if þe male geteþ; whi þanne ſaȝ Y of eche man þe hond vpon his leende, as of þe trauailende wiþ childe, and turned ben alle þer faces in to ȝelȝ?

Wo! for gret þat day, ne þer is his lyc; and tyme of tribulacioun is to Jacob, and of it he ſhal ben ſaued. And it ſhal be, in þat dai, ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, Y ſhal to-broſe his ȝoc fro þi necke, and his bondus Y ſhal tobreke; and no mor ſhul lordſhipen to hym alienus, but þei ſhul ſerue to þe Lord, þer God, and to Dauid, þer king, whom Y ſhal rere to þem. Þou þerfore ne drede þou, my ſeruaunt Jacob, ſeiþ þe Lord, ne inwardly drede þou, Irael; for lo! Y ſhal ſaue þee fro a ferr lond, and þi ſeed fro þe lond of þe caitifte of þem. And turned ſhal ben aȝeen Jacob, and reſten, and wiþ alle goodus flowen; and þer ſhal not be whom he ſhal dreden. For Y wiþ þee am, ſeiþ þe Lord, þat Y ſaue þee.

Forſoþe Y ſhal don ful ending in alle Jentiles, in which Y ſcaterede þee; þee forſoþe Y ſchal not make in to ful ending, but Y ſhal chaſtiſe þee in dom, þat þou be not ſeen to þee gilteles. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Vnheleable þi broſure, werſt þi wounde. Þer is not, þat deme þi dom to bynde to; of curingus ys not profit to þee. Alle þi loueres forȝeeten þee, þee ſhul not ſechen; wiþ þe wounde forſoþe of þe enemy Y ſmot þee, by cruel chaſtiſing; for þe multitude of þi wyckeneſſe, hard ben mad þi ſynnes. What crieſt þou vp on þi to-treding? vnheleable is þi ſorewe; for þe multitude of þi wickidneſſe, and for þin harde ſynnes, Y dide þeſe þingus to þee.

Þerfore alle þat eten þee, ſhul ben deuoured, and alle þin enemyes in to caityfte ſhul be lad; and þat þee waſten, ſhuln ben waſted, and alle þi robberes Y ſhal ȝyue in to prei. Forſoþe Y ſhal helen parfitly þi felle wounde to þee, and of þi woundus Y ſhal hele þee, ſeiþ þe Lord; for caſt awei þei clepeden þee, Sion; þis is ſhe þat hadde not aȝeen ſerchere. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! I ſhal conuerte þe conuerting of þe tabernacles of Jacob, and to his rooues Y ſhal han mercy; and bild vp ſhal be þe cite in his heiȝte, and þe temple after his order ſhal be foundid.

And gon out ſhal preiſing of hem and vois of pleieres, and Y ſhal multeplie þem, and þei ſhul not ben laſſid; and Y ſhal glorifie þem, and þei ſhuln not be þynned. And þe ſonus of it ſhul ben as fro þe bygynnyng, and þe cumpanye of it before me ſhal abide ſtille; and I ſhal viſete aȝen alle þat troblen hym. And þer ſhal ben his duke of hym, and a prince from his myddel ſhal be broȝt forþ; and Y ſhal preſenten hym, and he ſhal neȝhe to me; who forſoþe is þis, þat leye to his herte, þat he neȝhe to me? ſeiþ þe Lord. And ȝee ſhul be to me in to puple, and Y ſhal be to ȝou in to God.

Lo! in Jentilis þe whirlewind of þe Lord, wodenes goende out, tempeſt fallende, in þe hed of vnpitous men þei ſhul alle togidere reſten. Shal not turne awei þe wraþe of indignacioun þe Lord, to þe tyme he do, and fulfille þe þenking of his herte; in þe laſte of daȝes ȝee ſhul vndurſtonden þoe þynges.