Ezekiel · Chapter 11

[ edit] And þe ſpirit lifte me vp, and ledde me in at þe eſt ȝate of þe hous of þe Lord, which biholdiþ þe ryſynge of þe ſunne. And loo! in þe entre of þe ȝate weren fyue and twenti men; and Y ſeeȝ in þe mydil of hem Jeconye, þe ſone of Aſur, and Pheltia, þe ſone of Banaye, pryncis of puple. And he ſeide to me, Sone of man, þes men þat þenken wickidnes, and treten þe worſt counſeil in þis citee, ſeiynge, Wheþer not a litil while gon ben houſis bildid? þis is þe caudrun, forſoþe we fleſſhes. Þerfor prophecy þou of hem, prophecy þou, ſone of man.

And þe Spyrit of þe Lord felle in to me, and ſeide to me, Spek þou, Þe Lord ſeiþ þes þingis, Þus, hows of Iſrael, ȝe ſpaken, and Y knewȝ þe þouȝtis of ȝour hertis; ȝe ſlewen ful manye in þis cytee, and ȝe fulfilliden þe weies of it wiþ ſlayn men. Þerfor þe Lord ſeiþ þes þingis, Ȝour ſlayn men, whom ȝe han put in mydil of it, þes ben fleſh, and þis is þe caudrun; and Y ſhal lede ȝou out of þe mydil of it. Ȝe dredden ſwerd, and I ſhal in lede ſwerd vpon ȝou, ſeiþ þe Lord God. And I ſhal caſte ȝou out of þe mydil of it, and Y ſhal ȝyue ȝou in to þe hoond of enemyes, and Y ſhal make domys in ȝou. Ȝe ſhulen falle bi ſwerd, in þe endis of Iſrael Y ſhal deme ȝou; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord.

Þis ſhal not be to ȝou in to a caudrun, and ȝe ſhulen not be in to fleſſhis in þe mydil of it; in þe endis of Iſrael Y ſhal deme ȝou, and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. For ȝe walkiden not in myn heeſtis, and ȝe diden not my domes, but ȝe wrouȝten after þe domes of heþen men, þat ben in ȝour cumpas. And it is don, whanne Y propheciede, Pheltia, þe ſone of Banaye, is deed; and Y felle doun in to my face, criynge wiþ greet voys, and ſeide, Allas! allas! allas! Lord God, þou makiſt an eendynge of þe relikis of Iſrael.

And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, þi breþeren, and þi neiȝ men, and al þe hows of Iſrael, and alle men, to whom dwellers of Jeruſalem ſeiden, Goo ȝe a wey fer fro þe Lord, þe loond is ȝouen to vs in to poſſeſſioun. Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord, For Y made hem fer in heiþen men, and for I ſcatride hem in loondis, Y ſhal be to hem in to a litil halewinge, in loondis to whom þei camen. Þerfor ſpek þou, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Y ſhal gadre ȝou fro puplis, and Y ſhal gadre ȝou fro loondis, in whiche ȝe ben ſcatered; and Y ſhal ȝyue to ȝou þe loond of Iſrael.

And þei ſhulen go in þidir, and þei ſhulen doo awei alle offenſiouns, or greuyngis, and alle abomynaciouns of it in þe ilk day. And Y ſhal ȝeue to hem a newe herte, and I ſchal ȝeue a new ſpirit in þe entrails of hem; and Y ſhal take awey a ſtonen herte of þe fleſhe of hem, and Y ſhal ȝyue to hem an herte of fleſh; þat þei walken in myn heeſtis, and kepen my domys, and doo hem, and be to me in to puple, and I be to hem in to God. Forſoþe þe herte of whom goþ after her offendyngis and abomynaciouns, Y ſhal putte þe weie of hem in her heed, þe Lord God ſeiþ. And cherubyns liftiden vp her weengis, and þe wheelis wiþ hem, and þe glorie of God of Iſrael was vpon hem.

And þe glorie of þe Lord ſtiede vp of þe mydil of þe citee, and ſtode vpon þe hille, þat is at þe eeſt of þe citee. And þe ſpirit reiſide me, and ledde me in to Caldea, to tranſmygracioun, in a viſioun in þe ſpirit of God; and þe viſioun which Y ſeeȝ, is takyn a wey fro me. And Y ſpak to þe tranſmygracioun, or to þe puple led out of her loond, alle þe wordis of þe Lord, whiche he ſhewide to me.