Jeremiah · Chapter 47

[ edit] Þat don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, profete, aȝen Paleſtynus, er Farao ſhulde ſmyte Gaſam. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! watris ſhul ſteȝen vp fro þe norþ, and ben ſhul as a ſtyff ſtrem flowende, and couere ſhul þe lond, and his plente, þe chef cite and his dwelleris. Crie ſhul men, and ȝelle ſhul alle þe dwelleris of þe lond, fro þe noiſe of þe boſt of þe armede men, and of his fiȝteres, and fro þe ſtiring of his foure horſid carres, and fro þe multitude of his whelis. Beheelden not þe fadris þe ſonus wiþ hondus loſid atwynne, for þe comyng of þe dai in whiche ſhul be waſtid alle Filiſteis; and ben ſcatered Tirus and Sidon, wiþ alle his oþere helpes.

Þe Lord forſoþe deſtroȝede Paleſtynes, þe remnauns of þe yle of Capadoche. Þer cam ballidneſſe vp on Gaſam; al ſtille was Aſcalon, and þe remnauns of þe valei of hem. Hou longe þou ſhalt be þrowe doun, O! þou ſwerd of þe Lord, hou longe ſhalt þou not reſte? Go in to þi ſheþe, be þou refreſhid, and be ſtille. What maner ſhal it reſte, whan þe Lord ſhal comaunde to it aȝen Aſcalon, and aȝen his regiouns nyȝ þe ſe, and þere he ſhal wiþſei to it?