Jeremiah · Chapter 52

[ edit] The ſone of oon and twenti ȝer was Sedechie, whan he to regnen hadde bigunne, and elleuene ȝer he regnede in Jeruſalem; and name of his moder Amycal, doȝter of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dide in þe eȝen of þe Lord euelis, after alle þinges þat don hadde Joachym. For þe wodneſſe of þe Lord was in Jeruſalem, and in Juda, for to þat he ſhulde aferr þrowe þem fro hys face. And Sedechye wente awei fro þe king of Babiloyne. Don is forſoþe in þe nynþe ȝer of his regne, in þe tenþe moneþ, þe tenþe dai of þe moneþ, cam Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, he and al his oſt, aȝen Jeruſalem; and beſegeden it, and bilden aȝen it ſtrengþingus in cumpas.

And þe cite was beſegid, vnto þe elleuenþe ȝer of þe regne of Sedechie. Þe ferþe forſoþe monyþ, þe nynþe dai of þe moneþ, hunger wiþheeld þe cite; and þer were not foodis to þe puple of þe lond. And broken is þe cyte, and alle his men fiȝteres floun; and þei wenten out of þe cite þe nyȝt, bi þe weie of þe ȝate, þat is betwen two wallis, and ledeþ to þe gardyn of þe king, þe Caldeis beſegende þe cite in cumpas; and þei wenten awei bi þe wey þat ledeþ in to wilderneſſe. Forſoþe þe oſt of Caldeis purſueden þe king, and caȝten Sedechie in deſert, þat is biſide Jericho; and al his oſt fleiȝ awei fro hym.

And whan þei hadden take þe king, þei broȝten hym to þe king of Babiloyne in Reblaþa, þat is in þe lond of Emaþ; and he ſpac to hym domus. And þe king of Babiloyne kutte þe þrotus of þe ſonus of Sedechie in his eȝen; but and al þe princes of Jude he ſloȝ in Reblaþa. And þe eȝen of Sedechie he putte out, and bond hym in gyues; and þe king of Babiloyne broȝt hym in to Babiloyne, and putte hym in to þe hous of þe priſoun, vnto þe dai of his deþ. In þe fifte forſoþe moneþ, in þe tenþe dai of þe moneþ, it is þe nyntenþe ȝer of Nabugodonoſor, king of Babiloyne, cam Nabuſardan, prince of þe chyualrie, þat ſtod bifor þe king of Babiloyne, in to Jeruſalem.

And he brende vp þe hous of þe Lord, and þe hous of þe king, and alle þe houſes of Jeruſalem; and eche gret hous wiþ fyr he brente. And al þe oſt of Caldeis, þat was wiþ þe maiſter of chyualrie, deſtroȝede al þe wal of Jeruſalem bi enuyroun. Of þe pore men forſoþe of þe puple, and of þe toþer comun, þat hadde abiden in þe cite, and of þe fugitifes, þat floun to þe king of Babilon, and þe toþere of þe multytude, tranſlatede Nabuſardan, prince of þe chyualrie. Of þe pore men forſoþe of þe lond, lafte Nabuſardan, þe prince of þe chyualrie, in to vyne tilieres, and in to feld tilieres.

Alſo þe braſene pileeres, þat weren in þe hous of þe Lord, and þe feet, and þe braſene ſe, þat was in þe hous of þe Lord, Caldeis to-breeken; and token al þe bras of hem in to Babiloyne; and cawdrones, and fleſhokes, and ſautrees, and violis, and litil morteres, and alle þe braſene veſſelis, þat weren in ſeruyſe; and þei toke þe ſtenes, and þe ſenſe veſſelis, and þe water veſſelis, and bacynes, and candilſtickes, and litil morteres, and cuppes; hou fele goldene, goldene, and hou fele ſiluerene, ſiluerene. Toc þe maiſter of chyualrie two pileres, and o ſe, and þe twelue braſene calues þat weren vnder þe feet, þat king Salamon hadde mad in þe hous of þe Lord.

Þer was no peis of þe bras of alle þes veſſelus. Of þe pileres forſoþe, eiȝtetene cubitis of heiȝte weren in þe o piler, and a litil corde of twelue cubitus wente aboute it; but his gretneſſe of foure fingris, and wiþ ynne forþ it was holȝ. And þe hedus vp on eiþer braȝene; and þe heȝte of oen hed of fyue cubitus; and þe litil nettus and þe poumgarnetus vp on þe crowne in cumpas, al was braſene. Lic maner was þe ſecounde piler, and þe poumgarnetus; and þer weren vp on þe hed in cumpas alle braſene, lic maner of þe toþer piler. And þer weren nynty poumgarnetes and ſixe hangende, and alle þe poumgarnetus weren cumpaſſid wiþ an hundrid litil nettus.

And þe maiſter of chyualrie toc Saraiam, þe firſt preſt, and Sofonyam, þe ſecounde preſt, and þe þre keperes of þe veſtiarie. And of þe cite he toc o gelding, þat was prouoſt vp on þe men fiȝteres; and þe ſeuen men of hem þat ſeȝen þe face of þe king, þat ben founde in þe cite; and þe ſcribe, prince of þe knyȝtus, þat proueden þe newe maad knyȝtus; and þe ſixti men of þe puple of þe lond, þat ben founde in þe myddel of þe cite. Toc forſoþe þem Nabuſardan, maiſter of þe chyualrie, and broȝte hem to þe king of Babiloyne in Reblaþa. And ſmot hem þe king of Babiloyne, and ſloȝ hem in Reblaþa, in þe lond of Emaþ; and tranſlatede is Juda fro his lond.

Þis is þe puple, whom tranſlatede Nabugodonoſor, in þe ſeuenþe ȝer; Jewis, þre þouſend and þre and twenty. In þe eiȝtetenþe ȝer, Nabugodonoſor tranſlatede fro Jeruſalem eiȝte hundrid lyues and two and þretty. Þe þre and twentiþe ȝer of Nabugodonoſor, tranſlatide Nabuſardan, maiſter of þe chyualrie, of Jewes ſeuene hundrid lyues and fyue and fourty. Alle þanne þe lyues foure þouſend and ſixe hundred.

And don is, in þe ſeuene and þrettiþe ȝeer of þe tranſmygracioun of Joachym, king of Juda, þe twelfþe moneþ, þe fyue and twentiþe dai of þe moneþ, rerede vp Euilmeredoc, king of Babiloyne, þat ȝer of his regne þe hed of Joachym, king of Juda; and broȝte hym out of þe hous of þe priſoun, and ſpac wiþ hym goode þingus; and putte his trone vpon þe tronus of kingis, þat weren after hym in Babiloyne, and chaungede þe cloþis of his priſoun; and eet bred bifor hym euermor, alle daȝes of his lif. And his metus, metus perpetuel weren ȝoue to hym of þe king of Babilon, ordeyned bi daȝes arewe, vnto þe dai of his deþ, alle þe daȝes of his lif.

And don is, after þat in to caitifte is broȝt Irael, and Jeruſalem is deſtroȝed, ſat Jeremye, þe profete, wepende, and weilede wiþ þis lamentacioun Jeruſalem; and wiþ bitter inwit ſiȝhende, and criende Weile awei! ſeide.