Jeremiah · Chapter 48

[ edit] To Moab þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael. Wo vp on Nabo, for waſtid ſhe is, and confoundid; taken is Cariaþiarym, confoundid is þe ſtronge, and tremblede; and þer is no mor ful out ioȝing in Moab, aȝen Eſebon þei þoȝten euel. Comeþ, and ſcatere wee it fro þe folc of kynde. Þerfore ſtille þou ſhalt be ſtille, and ſwerd ſhal folewe þee; vois of þe cry fro Oronaym, waſtite, and gret to-treding. To-treden is Moab, telleþ out þe cry to his litil childer. Bi þe ſteȝing vp forſoþe Luyþ wepende ſteȝede vp in weping, for in þe going doun of Oronaym þe enemys þe ȝelling of to-treding herden.

Fleeþ, ſaueþ ȝoure ſoulis; and ȝee ſhul be as iencian trees in deſert; for þi forſoþe þat þou hadde troſt in þi ſtrengþingus, and in þi treſores, þou alſo ſhalt ben take. And Camos ſhal go in to tranſmygracioun, his preſtus and his princes togidere; and þe robbere ſhal come to eche cheef cite, and no cheef cyte ſhal be ſaued; and perſhen ſhul valeys, and waſtid ſhul be wilde feldis, for þe Lord ſeyde. Ȝyueþ flour to Moab, for flourende he ſhal gon out; and his cites ſhul be deſert, and vnhabitable. Curſid þat doþ þe werc of God gilendeli; and curſid, þat forfendeþ his ſwerd fro blod, or repreuynge of ſynne.

Fructuous was Moab fro his waxende ȝouþe, and he reſtede in his dreſtis, ne is ouerheld fro veſſel in to veſſel, and in to tranſmygracioun he ȝide not; þerfore abod ſtille his taſt in hym, and his ſmel is not chaungid. Þerfore lo! daȝes comen, ſeiþ þe Lord, and Y ſhal ſende to hym ordeyneres, and araieres of litle wyn veſſelus; and þei ſhul araien hym, and his veſſeles heelden out, and þe litil wyn veſſelis of hem hurtlen togidere. And confoundid ſhal be Moab fro Camos, as confoundid is þe hous of Irael of Beþel, in whiche it hadde troſt. What maner ſey ȝee, Stronge men wee ben, and ſtalwrþe men to fiȝte?

Waſtid is Moab, and his cites þei brenden vp, and hys choſen ȝunge men wente doun in to ſlaȝter, ſeiþ þe king, Lord of oſtus his name. Nyȝ is þe deþ of Moab, þat it come, and his euel ſwiftli comeþ nyȝ ful myche. Coumforteþ hym, alle ȝee þat ben in his cumpas; alle ȝee þat witen his name, ſeiþ, What maner is to-broke þe ſtronge ȝerde, þe glorious ſtaf? Cum doun fro glorie, ſit in þriſt, þou dwelling o f þe doȝter of Dibon; for þe waſtere of Moab ſhal ſteȝe vp to þee, ſhal ſcatere þi ſtrengþingus. In þe weie ſtond, and bihold þou þe dwelling of Aroer; aſke hym fleende þat ſcapede; ſei, What fel? Confoundid is Moab, for he is ouercome; ȝelleþ, and crieþ; telleþ in Arnon, for waſtid is Moab.

And dom cam to þe feldi lond, vp on Elon, and vp on Jeſa, and vp on Mefaþ, and vp on Dibon, and vp on Nabo, and vp on þe hous of Debalþaym, and vp on Cariaþiarym, and vp on Beþgamul, and vp on Beþmaon, and vp on Scarioþ, and vp on Boſra, and vp on alle þe cites of þe lond of Moab, þat aferr and þat nyȝ ben. Kut awei is þe horn of Moab, and his armes tobroſid, ſeiþ þe Lord. Drunkneþ hym wiþ þe chalus of þe wraþe of þe Lord, for aȝen þe Lord he is rered out; and he ſhal hurtle þe hond of Moab in his vomyng, and be ſhal in to ſcornyng and he. Forſoþe he was in to ſcornyng to þee, Irael, as among þeues þou ſhuldiſt han founde hym; þerfore for þi wrdus þat aȝen hym þou ſpeeke, caitif þou art lad.

Lefeþ cites, and dwelleþ in a ſton, ȝee dwelleris of Moab, and beþ as a culuer bildende in þe ouereſt mouþ of þe hole. Wee han herd þe pride of Moab; proud he is gretli; his heiȝte forſoþe, and his owne enhaunſyng, and pride, and þe heiȝte of his herte, Y wot, ſeiþ þe Lord; his boſt, and his owne enhauncing, and þat þer is not biſide it his vertue, ne after þat he myȝte, it forcede to do. Þerfore vp on Moab I ſhal weile, and to al Moab Y ſhal crien, to þe men of þe britil wal weilende. Of þe weiling of Jaſer Y ſhal wepe to þee, þou vyne of Sabama; þi railingus paſſeden þe ſe; vn to þe ſe of Jaſer þei ful camen vp on þi rep, and þi vyndage þi reuere fel.

Don awei is ful out ioȝing and glading fro Carmel, and fro þe lond of Moab, and wyn fro þe preſſes Y toc doun; þe tredere of þe grape þe wont myrie ſong ſhal not ſynge. Of þe cri of Eſebon vnto Eleale and Jeeſa ȝeeuen þer vois, fro Segor vnto Oronaym þe ſtoneid ſhe calf; þe watris forſoþe of Nemrym ſhul be werſt. And Y ſhal take awey fro Moab, ſeiþ þe Lord, þe offrende in heeȝe þingus, and þe ſacrifiende to his godus. Þerfore myn herte to Moab as a trumpe of bras ſhal ſowne, and myn herte to þe men of þe tili wal ſhal ȝyue ſoun of trumpis; for more he dide þan he myȝte, þerfore þei perſheden.

Eche forſoþe hed ballidneſſe, and eche berd ſhauen ſhal be; in alle hondus þe binding togidere, and vp on eche bac heire. And vp on alle þe rooues of Moab, and in alle his ſtretus alle weiling, for he to-broſede Moab as a veſſel vnprofetable, ſeiþ þe Lord. What maner ſhe is ouer come, and þei ȝelleden? hou Moab þreȝ doun þe noll, and is confoundid? And Moab ſhal be in to ſcornyng, and in to exſaumple to alle men in his cumpas. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! as an egle he ſhall fleen out, and ſtrecchen out his wengus to Moab. Taken is Carioþ, and ſtrengþingus ben caȝte; and ben ſhal þe herte of ſtronge men in þat dai, as þe herte of a womman trauailende wiþ child.

And ceſe ſhal Moab to ben a puple, for aȝen þe Lord it gloriede. Inward ferd, and dich, and grene vp on þee, O! dwellere of Moab, ſeiþ þe Lord. Who ſhal flee fro þe face of þe ferd, ſhal falle in to þe dich; and who ſhul ſteȝe vp fro þe dich, ſhul be take wiþ grene. Y ſhal bringe to forſoþe vp on Moab þe ȝer of viſiting of hem, ſeiþ þe Lord. In þe ſhadewe of Eſebon ſtode þei fro þe grene fleende, for fyr wente out fro Eſebon, and flaume from þe myddel of Sion; and deuoure it ſhal þe parte of Moab, and þe top of þe ſonus of noiſe. Wo to þee, Moab; perſhediſt, þou puple of Camos, for caȝt ben þi ſonus, and þi doȝtris in to caitifte ſhul be lad.

And Y ſhal turne þe caitifte of Moab in þe laſt daȝes, ſeiþ þe Lord. Hyderto þe domes of Moab.