Ezekiel · Chapter 5

[ edit] And þou, ſone of man, take to þee a ſharp ſwerd, or raſour, ſhauynge heeris; and þou ſhalt take it to, and þou ſhalt lede it bi þin heed, and bi þi beerd. And þou ſhalt take to þee a balaunce of weiȝt, and þou ſhalt departe hem. And þou ſhalt brenne þe þridde part in fier in þe mydil of þe citee, beſidis þe fulfilling of dais of ſegynge. And þou takynge to þe þridde part, ſhalt to gidir kitte bi ſwerd in cumpas of it. Soþeli þou ſhalt ſcatere in to wynd þe toþer þridde part; and Y ſhal make nakid, or vnſheþe, þe ſwerd after hem. And þou ſhalt take þerof a litil noumbre, and þou ſhalt bynde hem in þe heiȝt of þin ouermoſt clooþ.

And eftſoone þou ſhalt take of hem, and þou ſhalt caſte hem in to þe mydil of fier. And þou ſhalt brenne hem in fier; and of it fier ſhal gon out in to al þe hous of Iſrael. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þis is Jeruſalem; in þe mydil of heiþen men Y haue putte it, and loondis in þe cumpas of it. And it diſpiſide my domys, þat it were more vnpitous þan heiþen men; and my maundementis more þan loondis þat ben in compas of it. Forſoþe þei han caſte a wei my domys, and þei walkeden not in my preceptis, or heeſtis.

Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For ȝe han ouerpaſſide, or ouercomyn, heiþen men þat ben in ȝour cumpas, and ȝe walkeden not in myn heeſtis, and my domys ȝe han not doo, and ȝe han not wrouȝte aftir þe domys of heiþen men þat ben in ȝour cumpas; þerfor ſeiþ þe Lord þes þingis, Loo! Y to þee, and Y my ſilf in þe mydil of þee ſhal make domys in þe eyen, or ſiȝt, of heiþen men; and I ſhal doo in þe whiche þingis I dide not, and to whiche I ſhal namore make lijc þingis, for alle þin abhomynaciouns. Þerfor faders ſhulen eete ſones in þe mydil of þee, and ſones ſhulen eete her faders; and in þee I ſhal make domys, and I ſhal wyndewe alle þi relikis in to eche wynd.

Þerfor I lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord God, no but for þat þat þou defoulidiſt myn hooli þing in alle þin offenciouns, and in alle þin abhomynaciouns; and I ſhal breke togider, and myn eye ſhal not ſpare, and Y ſhal not haue mercie. Þe þridde part of þee ſhal die bi peſtilence, and in hungre ſhal be waſtid in þe mydil of þee; and þe þridde part of þee ſhal falle doun bi ſwerd in þi compas; ſoþeli I ſhal ſcatere þi þridde part in to eche wynd, and I ſhal drawe out a ſwerd after hem. And I ſhal fulfille my woodnes, and Y ſhal make myn indignacioun for to reſte in hem, and Y ſhal be coumfortid. And þei ſhulen wite, for I þe Lord ſpake in my feruent wraþþe, whanne Y ſhal fulfille myn indignacioun in hem.

And Y ſhal ȝeue þee in to ſcornynge and ſhenſhip to heiþen men þat ben in þi compas, in þe ſiȝt of eche man paſſynge forþ. And þou ſhalt be ſhenſhip and blasfemye, enſaumple and greet wondrynge, in heiþen men þat ben in þi compas, whanne Y ſhal doo in þee domys in woodnes, and in indignacioun, and in blamyngis of wraþþe. Y þe Lord; whanne Y ſhal ſende þe werſt arewis of hungre in to hem, whiche ſhulen be deedly; and whom Y ſhal ſende, þat I ſcatere ȝou. And I ſhal gedre hungre vp on ȝou, and Y ſhal defoule in ȝou þe ſtaf of breed.

And I ſhal ſende in to ȝou hungre, and werſte beeſtis, vn to deeþ; and peſtilence and blood ſhulen paſſe bi þee, and Y ſhal lede in a ſwerd vpon þee; I þe Lord haue ſpokyn.