Ezekiel · Chapter 6

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, put þi face to þe hillis of Iſrael; and þou ſhalt prophecie to hem, and þou ſhalt ſeye, Hillis of Iſrael, here ȝe þe word of þe Lord God. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God to mounteyns, and reiſyngis of hillis, to rochis, and valeys, Loo! I ſhal lede to on ȝou a ſwerd, and I ſhal ſcatere ȝour heiȝe þingis. And I ſhal diſtruye ȝour auters, and ȝour ſymulacrys ſhulen be brokyn to gidre; and Y ſhal caſt doun ȝour ſlayn men before ȝour ydolis. And Y ſhal ȝeue þe deed careyns of þe ſones of Iſrael before þe face of ȝour ſymulacris, and Y ſhal ſcatere ȝoure boonus about ȝoure autres, in alle ȝour dwellyngis.

Cytees ſhulen be deſeert, and heiȝe þingis ſhulen be diſtruyid, and ſhulen be diſparplid; and ȝour auters ſhulen periſhe, and ſhulen be brokyn togidre. And ȝoure ydolis ſhulen ceeſe, and ȝour wode maumentis ſhulen be troden togidre, and ȝour werkis ſhulen be don a wei. And a ſlayn man ſhal falle doun in þe mydil of ȝou; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y am Lord. And Y ſhal leeue in ȝou hem þat han fledde þe ſwerd in heiþen men, whanne I ſchal ſcatere ȝou in to londis. And ȝoure delyuered men ſchulen beþenke of me in heþen men, to whom þei ben lad caitifs; for Y haue defoulide þe herte of hem doynge fornycacioun, and goynge awey fro me, and þe eyen of hem doynge fornicacioun after her ydolis.

And þei ſhulen diſpleſe to hem ſelf vp on þe yuel þingis, whiche þei diden in alle her abomynaciouns. And þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord ſpake not veynli, þat Y ſhulde doo to hem þis yuel þing. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Smyte þin hoond, and hurtle to gidre þi foot, and ſey, Allas! to alle abomynaciouns of yuel þingis of þe hows of Iſrael, þat ben to fallynge bi ſwerd, hungre, and peſtilence. Forſoþe he þat is nyȝ, ſhal falle bi ſwerd. And he þat ſhal be laft and be biſegid, ſhal die bi hungre. And Y ſhal fulfille myn indignacioun in hem.

And ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord, whanne ȝour ſlayn men ſhulen be in þe mydil of ȝour ydolis, in þe cumpas of ȝour auters, in eche heiȝ litle hil, and in alle heiȝþis of mounteyns, and vnder eche tree ful of wode, or bouwis, and vndir eche ook ful of bouwis, þat is to ſeye, a place where þei brenten encenſis ſwete ſauerynge to alle her ydolis. And I ſhal holde forþ myn hoond vpon hem, and Y ſhal make þe loond of hem deſolat, and deſtitute, or forſakyn, fro deſeert Deblaþa, in alle þe dwellingis of hem; and þei ſhulen wite, for I a Lord.