Jeremiah · Chapter 39

[ edit] The nynþe ȝer of Sedechie, king of Jude, þe tenþe moneþ, cam Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, and al his oſt to Jeruſalem, and þei beſegeden it. Þe elleuenþe ȝer forſoþe of Sedechie, þe ferþe moneþ, þe fifte dai of þe moneþ, opened is þe cite; and wenten in alle þe princes of þe king of Babiloyne, and ſeeten in þe myddel ȝate, Neregel, Fererer, Semegar, Nabuſarrachym, Rapſaces, Neregel, Ferezer, Rebynag, and alle þe oþere princes of þe king of Babiloyne. And whan hadde ſeen hem Sedechie, king of Juda, and alle þe men fiȝteres floun, and wenten out þe nyȝt fro þe cite, bi þe weie of þe gardyn of þe king, and bi þe ȝate þat was betwe two wallis; and þei wenten out to þe weie of deſert.

Forſoþe purſuede þem þe oſt of Caldeis, and toke Sedechye in þe feld of wilderneſſe of þe kuntre of Jerichon; and taken þei broȝten to Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, in to Reblaþa, þat is in þe lond of Emaþ; and he ſpac to hym domes. And þe king of Babiloyne ſloȝ þe ſonus of Sedechie in Reblaþa, in his eȝen; and alle þe noble men of Juda ſloȝ þe king of Babiloyne. Alſo þe eȝen of Sedechie he pullide out, and bond hym in gyues, þat he ſhulde be ladde in to Babiloyne. Þe hous alſo of þe king and þe hous of þe comun brenden vp þe Caldeis wiþ fyr, and þe wal of Jeruſalem þei turneden vpſodoun.

And þe remnaunt of þe puple, þat abiden in þe cite, and þe ferr floun, þat hadden ouerfloun to hym, and þe waſt of þe comun, þat hadde abiden, Nabuſardan, maiſter of knyȝtes, tranſlatede in to Babiloyne. And of þe folc of pore men, þat no þing vnneþe hadde, Nabuſardan, þe maiſter of knyȝtus, lafte in þe lond of Juda, and ȝaf to þem vynes and ceſternes in þat dai. Forſoþe Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, of Jeremye hadde comaundid to Nabuſardan, maiſter of þe chyalrie, ſeiende, Tac hym, and put vp on hym þin eȝen, and no þing of euel to hym do þou; but as he ſhal wiln, ſo do þou to hym.

Sente þanne Nabuſardan, prince of þe chyualrie, and Leſban, and Rapſaces, and Meregel, and Sereſel, and Rebynag, and alle þe beſte of þe king of Babiloyne, ſenten, and toke Jeremye fro þe veſtiarie of þe priſoun, and token hym to Godolie, ſone of Aicham, ſone of Safan, þat he ſhulde gon in to þe hous, and dwelle in þe puple. To Jeremye forſoþe don is þe wrd of þe Lord, whan he was cloſid in þe veſtiarie of þe priſoun, ſeiende, Go, and ſey to Abdemalech Eþiope, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Lo! Y ſhal bringe in my wrdus vp on þis cite in to euel, and not in to good; and þei ſhul be in þi ſiȝt in þat dai.

And Y ſhal delyuere þee in þat dai, ſeiþ þe Lord, and þow ſhalt not be take in to þe hondus of þe men, þat þou drediſt; but delyuerende Y ſhal delyuere þee, and bi ſwerd þou ſhalt not falle; but ſhal ben to þee þi ſoule in to helþe, for in me þou haddeſt troſt, ſeiþ þe Lord.