Jeremiah · Chapter 43

[ edit] Don is forſoþe, whan fulfild hadde Jeremye ſpekende to þe puple alle þe wrdus of þe Lord God of hem, for whiche ſente hadde hym þe Lord God of hem to þem, alle þeſe wrdis, ſeide Azarye, ſone of Joſie, and Johanna, ſone of Carae, and alle þe proude men, ſeiende to Jeremye, Leſing þou ſpekeſt; ſente not þee þe Lord oure God, ſeiende, Ne go ȝee in to Egipt, þat ȝee dwelle þere; but Baruch, þe ſone of Neri, ſtireþ þee aȝen vs, þat he take vs in þe hondus of Caldeis, þat þei ſle vs, and make to ben ouerlad into Babiloyne. And herde not Johanna, ſone of Carae, and alle þe princes of fiȝteres, and al þe puple, þe vois of þe Lord, þat þei ſhulden dwelle in þe lond of Juda.

But takende Johanna, ſone of Carae, and alle þe princes of fiȝteres, alle þe men of þe remnauntis of Juda, þat weren turned aȝeen fro alle Jentiles, to whiche þei weren befor ſcatered, þat þei ſhulde dwelle in þe lond of Juda; men, and wymmen, and litil childer, and þe doȝtris of þe king, and eche ſoule, þat laft hadde Nabuſardan, prince of þe chyualrie, wiþ Godolie, ſone of Aicham, ſone of Safan; and toc Jeremye, þe profete, and Baruch, þe ſone of Neri, and wenten in to þe lond of Egipt; for þei obeſhiden not to þe vois of þe Lord, and camen in to Tapnys.

Don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye in Tapnys, ſeiende, Tac to þee in þin hond grete ſtones, and hyd hem in þe caue, þat is vnder þe tily wal, in þe ȝate of þe hous of Farao, in Tapnys, byholdende þe men Jewis. And þou ſhalt ſei to þem, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Lo! Y ſhal ſende, and take Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, my ſeruaunt, and ſetten his trone vp on þeſe ſtonus, þat Y haue hid; and he ſhal ſette his ſee vp on hem. And comende he ſhal ſmyte þe lond of Egipt, whom in deþ in to deþ, and whom in caitifte in to caitifte, and whom in ſwerd in to ſwerd.

And he ſhal teende fyr in þe waſhing templis of þe godus of Egipt, and to-brenne þem, and caitif he ſhal lede þem; and ſhal ben coouered þe lond of Egipt, as is coouered a ſhepherde wiþ his mantil; and he ſhal gon oute þennus in pes. And he ſhal altobroſe þe ymages of þe hous of þe ſunne, þat ben in þe lond of Egipt; and þe waſſhing templis of þe godus of Egipt he ſhal to-brenne wiþ fyr.