Ezekiel · Chapter 4

[ edit] And þou, ſone of man, take to þee a tijl ſtoon; and þou ſhalt putte it before þee, and þou ſhalt diſcriue in it þe citee of Jeruſalem. And þou ſhalt ordeyne aȝens it a biſegynge; and þou ſhalt bilde waardingis, þou ſhalt bere togidre an heep of erþe, and þou ſhalt ȝyue aȝens it caſtels, or ooſtis, and þou ſhalt putte engynes in compas. And take þou to þee an yren panne; and þou ſhalt putte it in to an yren wal bitwix þee and bitwix þe citee; and þou ſhalt vpon alle ſidis ſtable þi face to it, and it ſhal be in to biſegynge, and þou ſhalt about ȝyue it, or cumpas; it is a tokne to þe hows of Iſrael.

And þou ſhalt ſlepe vpon þi left ſijde, and þou ſhalt putte þe wickidneſſis of þe hows of Iſrael vpon it in þe noumbre of dais, in whiche þou ſhalt ſlepe on it, and þou ſhalt take to þe wickidnes of hem. Forſoþe Y ȝaue to þee ȝeeris of þe wickidnes of hem, in noumbre of þre hundrid dais and nynti dais; and þou ſhalt bere þe wickidnes of þe hows of Iſrael. And whanne þou ſhalt fulfille þes þingis, þou ſhalt ſleepe vpon þi riȝt ſyde þe ſecounde tyme. And þou ſhalt take to þe wickidnes of þe hows of Juda fourty dais, a dai for a ȝeer, ſoþeli Y ȝaue to þee a dai for a ȝeer.

And to þe biſegynge of Jeruſalem þou ſhalt turne þi face; and þin arm ſhal be ſtrauȝt forþ, and þou ſhalt prophecie aȝens it. Loo! Y ȝaue about, or cumpaſide, þee wiþ boondis, and þou ſhalt not conuerte þee fro þi ſide in to þe toþer ſide, til þou fulfille þe dais of þi ſegynge. And take þou to þee whete, and barli, and bene, and lent, and mylie, and vetche; and þou ſhalt ſende hem in to a veſſel. And þou ſhalt make to þee looues in noumbre of dais, whiche þou ſhalt ſleepe vpon þi ſide; þre hundrid and nynti dais þou ſhalt ete it. Forſoþe þi meet, which þou ſhalt ete, ſhal be in weiȝt twenti ſtateris, þat is, ten owncis, in þe dai; fro tyme vn to tyme þou ſhalt ete it.

And þou ſhalt drynke water in meſure þe ſixt part of hyn; fro tyme vn to tyme þou ſhalt drynke it. And þou ſhalt ete it as a barly loof bakyn vndir aſſhen; and þou ſhalt hille it wiþ a toord þat goþ out of a man, in þe eyen, or ſiȝt, of hem. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord, So þe ſones of Iſrael ſhulen ete her breed defoulid among heiþen men, to whom Y ſhal caſte hem out. And I ſeide, A! A! A! Lord God, loo! my ſoule is not defoulid, and fro my childhed til now Y ete not deed careyn, and to-drawyn of beeſtis; and al vnclene fleſh entride not in to my mouþe. And he ſeide to me, Loo! I ȝaue to þee dunge of oxen for mannus toordis; and þou ſhalt make þi breed in it. And he ſeide to me, Loo!

Y ſhal defoule þe ſtaf of breed in Jeruſalem, and þei ſhulen ete her breed in weiȝt and in biſynes, and þei ſhulen drynke watir in meſure and in anguyſh; þat water and breed failynge eche man falle doun to his broþer, and waxe rotyn to gidre in her wickidneſſis.