Ezekiel · Chapter 7

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, And þou, ſone of man, þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God to þe loond of Iſrael, Ende comeþ, ende comeþ, vp on þe foure plagis, or parties, of þe erþe. Now ende vpon þee, and I ſhal ſende my woodnes in to þee, and Y ſhal deme þee after þi weies, and I ſhal putte aȝen þee alle þin abomynaciouns. And myn eye ſhal not ſpare vpon þee, and Y ſhal not haue mercye. But Y ſhal putte þi weies vpon þee, and þin abomynaciouns ſhulen be in þe mydil of þee; and ȝe ſhulen wyte, for I þe Lord. Þeſe þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Oon affliccioun, or tourment, loo! affliccioun comeþ; þe ende comeþ, þe ende comeþ; it ſhal wake out aȝens þee; loo! yt comeþ.

Contricioun, or tredynge to gider, comeþ vpon þee, þat dwelliſt in erþe; tyme comeþ, þe dai of ſleinge is nyȝ, and not of glorie of hillis. Now of nyȝ Y ſhal heelde out my wraþþe vpon þee, and I ſhal fulfille my woodnes in þee; and I ſhal deme þee after þi weies, and Y ſhal putte to þee alle þi greet treſpaſſis. And myn eye ſhal not ſpare, neþer Y ſhal haue mercie; but þi weies Y ſhal putte to þee, and þin abomynaciouns ſhulen be in þe mydil of þee; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y am þe Lord ſmytynge. Loo! þe day, loo! it comeþ; contricioun, or defoulynge to gidir, is gon out.

Þe ȝerde floriſhide, priyd buriounede, wickidnes roos in þe ȝerde of vnpitee; not of hem, and not of þe puple, neþer of þe ſown of hem, and reſte ſhal not be in hem. Tyme comeþ, þe dai neiȝede; he þat bieþ, glade not, and he þat ſelliþ, mourne not; for wraþþe vpon al þe puple of it. For he þat ſoulde, ſhal not turne aȝen to þat þing þat he ſoulde, and ȝit in men lyuynge þe lijf of hem; forſoþe a viſioun, or prophecie, ſhal not goo aȝen to al þe multitude of it, and a man ſhal not be coumfortid in þe wickidnes of his lijf. Synge ȝe wiþ trumpe, and be alle men maad redie, and þere is not þat ſhal goo to bateile; forſoþe my wraþþe vpon al þe puple of hym.

Swerd wiþ out forþ, peſtilence, and hungre wiþ inforþ; he þat is in þe feeld, ſhal die bi ſwerde; and þei þat ben in þe citee, ſhulen be deuouride bi peſtilence and hungre. And þei of hem þat ſhulen flee, ſhulen be ſaued; and þei ſhulen be in mounteyns as culueres of euyn valeys, alle dreedful, eche in his wickidnes. Alle hoondis ſhulen be vndon, and alle knees ſhulen flowe wiþ waters. And þei ſhulen girde hem wiþ heiris, and inward dreed ſhal hille hem to gidre; and in eche face confuſioun, and in alle þe heedis of hem ballidnes.

Þe ſiluere of hem ſhal be caſt fer wiþ outforþ, and þe gold of hem ſhal be in to dungehil; þe ſiluer of hem and þe gold of hem ſhal not mowe deliuere hem in þe dai of þe woodnes of þe Lord. Þei ſhulen not fulfille her ſoule, or lijf, and þe wombis of hem ſhulen not be fulfillid; for it is maad þe ſclaundre of wickidnes of hem. And þei puttiden þe ournement of her brochis in to pride; and þei maden of it þe ymagis of her abomynaciouns and ſymulacris. For þis þing Y ȝaue it to hem, in to vnclennes. And Y ſhal ȝyue it in to þe hoondis of alienys, for to take a wey, and to vnpitouſe men of erþe in to praye, and þei ſhulen defoule it.

And I ſhal turne awey my face fro hem, and þei ſhulen defoule my priue þing; and foule men, or renners, ſhulen entre in to it, and ſhulen defoule it. Mak þou concluſioun, or ende; for þe erþe is ful of doom of bloodis, and þe citee ful of wickidnes. And I ſhal brynge þe werſt men of folk of kynde, and þei ſhulen weelde þe howſis of hem; and Y ſhal make þe pride of myȝti men for to reſte, and þei ſhulen weelde þe ſeyntuaries of hem. Anguyſh comynge vpon, þei ſhulen aȝen ſeche pees, and it ſhal not be. Trublynge to gidre ſhal come vpon trublyng to gidre, and herynge vpon herynge; and þei ſhulen ſeche a viſioun of þe prophete, and lawe ſhal periſhe fro preeſt, and counſeil fro eldre men.

Þe kyng ſhal mourne, and þe prince ſhal be cloþid wiþ inward ſorew, and þe hoondis of puple of þe loond ſhulen be trublid togidir; after þe weie of hem Y ſhal do to hem, and after þe domes of hem Y ſhal deme hem; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord.