Jeremiah · Chapter 49

[ edit] Alſo to þe ſonus of Amon þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord. Wheþer ben not þe ſonus of Irael, or eir is not to it? whi þanne þe eritage weldiþ Melchon Gad, and his puple in his cheef cites dwellide? Þerfore lo! daȝes comen in þee, ſeiþ þe Lord, and herd Y ſhal make vp on Rabaþ of þe ſonus of Amon þe gnaſting of bataile; and he ſhal be in to noyſe ſcatered, and his doȝtris wiþ fyr ſhal be brend, and Irael ſhal welde his welderes, ſeiþ þe Lord. Ȝelle þou, Eſebon, for waſtid is Hai; crieþ, ȝee doȝtris of Rabaþ, girdeþ ȝou wiþ heires, weileþ, and goþ aboute bi hegges; for Melchon in to tranſmygracioun ſhal be broȝt, his preſtus and his princes togidere. What glorieſt þou in valeis?

Flowede doun þi valei, þou doȝter delicat, þat troſtediſt in þi treſores, and ſeidiſt, Who ſhal come to me? Lo! Y ſhal bringen in ferd vp on þee, ſeiþ þe Lord God of oſtus, God of Irael, of alle þat ben in þi cumpas; and ȝee ſhul be ſcatered, eche fro ȝoure ſiȝt, ne ſhal be, þat gedere þe fleeres. And after þeſe þingus Y ſhal make to turne aȝeen þe fleeres and þe caitifes of þe ſonus of Amon, ſeiþ þe Lord. To Idume þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God of oſtus. Wheþer no mor is wiſdam in Theman? Perſhede counſeil fro ſonus, vnprofitable mad is þe wiſdam of hem.

Fleeþ, and turneþ backus; goþ doun in to a ſwolewe, ȝee dwelleres of Dedan, for þe perdicioun of Eſau Y haue broȝt vp on hym, tyme of his viſiting. Yf grape kutteres hadden come, vp on þee þei ſhulden han laft a cluſter braunch; if þeues in nyȝt hadden ſtoln, þat ſhulde han ſuffiſid to þem. I forſoþe diſcouerede Eſau, and openede his hid þingus, and he ſhal not moun be coouered; waſtid is his ſeed, and his breþern, and his neȝhebores, and he ſhal not be. Lef þi faderles childer, and Y ſhal make þem to lyue, and þi widewis in me ſhul hope.

For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Lo! to whom was not dom, þat þei ſhulde drinke chalis, drinkende þei ſhul drinke; and þou as innocent ſhalt be laft? þou ſhalt not be innocent, but drinkende þou ſhalt drinke. For bi myſelf Y ſwor, ſeiþ þe Lord, for in to wilderneſſe and in to repref, and in to deſert, and in to curſing ſhal be Boſra; and alle his cites ſhul ben in to euere laſtende wilderneſſis. Herd þing Y herde of þe Lord, and a legat to Jentilis is ſent; beþ gedered, and comeþ aȝen it, and riſe wee togidere to bataile. Lo! forſoþe a litil child Y ȝaf þee in Jentilis, deſpiſable among men.

Þin owne hauncyng deſceyuede þee, and þe pride of þin herte, þat dwelliſt in cauys of þe ſton, and to cacche forceſt þe heiȝte of þe hil; whan þou ſhalt enhaunce as an egle þi neſt, þennus Y ſhal drawe þee, ſeiþ þe Lord. And be ſhal Idume deſert; eche þat ſhal paſſe bi it, ſhal ſtoneyn, and whiſtle vp on alle his veniaunces; as turned vp ſo doun is Sodom and Gomor, and his nyȝ wonyngus, ſeiþ þe Lord. Þer ſhal not dwelle þere a man, and þer ſhal not tiln it þe ſone of man. Lo! as a leoun he ſhal ſteȝe vp, and of þe pride of Jordan to a ſtalwrþe fairneſſe; for ſodeynli to renne Y ſhal make hym to it; and who ſhal be þe choſen, whom Y ſhal bifor pute to hym?

Who forſoþe lic me, and who ſhall ſuſteyne me, and who is þis ſhepperde, þat wiþſtant to my chere? Þerfore hereþ þe counſeil of þe Lord, þat he wente in of Edom, and his þoȝtus, þat he þoȝte of þe dwelleres of Theman. Yf þe litle childer of þe floc ſhul not þrowe þem doun, no but þey ſhuln ſcatere wiþ þem þer dwelling. Fro þe vois of þe falling of hem to-ſtirid is þe erþe; cry in þe rede ſe is herd of his vois. Lo! as an egle he ſhal ſteȝen vp, and fleen awei, and he ſhall ſpreden out his wengus vp on Boſra; and ſhal ben þe herte of ſtronge men of Idume in þat dai, as þe herte of a womman trauailende wiþ childe. To Damaſch.

Confoundid is Emaþ and Arfaþ, for werſt heering þei herden; þei ben diſturbid in þe ſe, for biſyneſſe þei myȝten not reſte. Loſid atwynne is Damaſch, turned is in to fliȝt; trembling caȝte it, anguyſſhes and ſorewis heelden it, as a trauailende wiþ childe. Hou þei forſoke þe preiſable cyte, þe chef cite of gladneſſe? Þerfore fallen ſhul his ȝunge men in his ſtretes, and alle þe men of bataile ſhul become ſtille in þat dai, ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus. And Y ſhal teende vp fyr in þe wal of Damaſch, and deuoure þe wallis of Benadab. To Cedar, and to þe reumys of Aſor, þat Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, ſmot, þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord. Riſeþ, and ſteȝeþ vp to Cedar, and waſteþ þe ſonus of þe eſt.

Þer tabernaclis and þer flockes þei ſhul taken; þer ſkynnus, and alle þer veſſeles, and þer camailes þei ſhul gedere to þem; and þei ſhul clepe vp on hem ferd in his cumpas. Fleeþ, goþ awei hugeli in ſwolewes, ſitteþ, þat dwellen Aſor, ſeiþ þe Lord. Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, wente in forſoþe aȝen ȝou conſeil, and þoȝte aȝen ȝow þoȝtis. Riſeþ, and ſteȝeþ vp to a quyete folc of kinde, and dwellende troſtili, ſeiþ þe Lord; not dores ne his barres, alone dwellen. And ben ſhul þer camailes in to reuyng, and þe multitude of beſtus in to prei; and Y ſhal ſcatere þem in to eche wind, þat ben dodded in to þe her, and of eche coeſt of hem Y ſhal bringe deþ vp on hem, ſeiþ þe Lord.

And Aſor ſhal be in to dwelling of dragounus, deſert vnto wiþoute ende; þer ſhal not dwelle þere a man, ne tiln it þe ſone of man. Þat don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, þe profete, aȝen Elam, in þe bigynnyng of þe regne of Sedechie, king of Juda, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, God of Irael, Lo! I ſhal to-breke þe bowe of Elam, and take þer ſtrengþe. And Y ſhal bringe in vp on Elam foure wyndus fro þe foure coeſtus of heuene, and Y ſhal wynewe þem in to alle þeſe windus; and þer ſhal not be folc of kinde, to whiche come not þe ferr fleende of Elam.

And Y ſhal make Elam to dreden biforn alle his enemys, and in þe ſiȝte of men ſechende þe ſoule of hem; and Y ſhal bringe in vp on hem euel, þe wraþe of my wodneſſe, ſeiþ þe Lord, and Y ſhal ſende vp on hem ſwerd, to þe tyme þat Y to-waſte þem. And Y ſhal ſette my ſee in Elam, and leeſe þennus kingus and princes, ſeiþ þe Lord. In þe laſte forſoþe daȝes Y ſhal make to be turned aȝeen þe caitifes of Elam, ſeiþ þe Lord.