Ezekiel · Chapter 12

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, þou dwelliſt in mydil of an hous terrynge to wraþþe, whiche han eyen for to ſee, and ſeen not, and eris for to here, and heren not; for it is an hous terrynge to wraþþe. Þerfor þou, ſone of man, mak to þee veſſels of tranſmygracioun, or paſſyng ouer, and þou ſhalt paſſe ouer bifore hem bi dai; forſoþe þou ſhalt paſſe ouer fro þi place to anoþer place, in þe ſiȝt of hem, if perauenture þei biholden, for it is an hows terrynge to wraþþe. And þou ſhalt bere out þi veſſelis, as veſſelis of a man paſſynge ouer bi dai, in þe ſiȝt of hem; forſoþe þou ſhalt gon out in þe euenynge before hem, as a man paſſynge ouer goþ out.

Before þe eyen of hem dig to þee a wal, and þou ſhalt gon out bi it in þe ſiȝt of hem. In ſhulders þou ſhalt be born, in derkneſſis þou ſhalt be born out; þou ſhalt hide þi face, and þou ſhalt not ſee þe erþe, for Y ȝaue þee a wondrynge, ſignyfiynge þing to comynge after to þe hous of Iſrael. Þerfor Y dide as þe Lord comaundide me; Y brouȝte forþ my veſſelis, as veſſelis of a man paſſynge ouer bi dai, and in þe euenynge I diggide a wal wiþ hoond; in derknes Y wente out, and in ſhuldris Y am born, in þe ſiȝt of hem. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me erli, ſeiynge, Sone of man, wheþer þe hous of Iſrael ſeide not to þee, an hous terrynge to wraþþe, What doſt þou?

Sey þou to hem, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þis charge vpon þe duyk, which is in Jeruſalem, and vpon alle þe hows of Iſrael, þat is in þe mydil of hem. Þerfor ſey þou, Y ȝour wondrynge; as Y dide, ſo it ſhal be don to hem; þei ſhulen goo in to tranſmygracioun, and in to caitiftee. And þe duyk þat is in þe mydil of hem, ſhal be born in ſhuldris, and ſhul goo out in derknes; þei ſhulen digge þe wal, for to lede out hym; þe face of hym ſhal be couered, þat he ſee not wiþ eye þe erþe. And Y ſhal ſtretche out my nette vpon hym, and he ſhal be takyn in my nette; and I ſhal lede hym in to Babiloyne, in to þe loond of Caldeis, and he ſhal not ſee it, and he ſhal dye þere.

And Y ſhal diſparple in to eche wynd alle þat ben about hym, his helpe, and his cumpanyes; and Y ſhal drawe out a ſwerd after hem. And þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord, whanne Y ſhal ſcatere hem in heiþen men, and I ſhal ſowe hem abrood in loondis. And I ſhal leeue of hem a fewe men fro ſwerd, and hungre, and peſtilence, þat þei telle out alle þe greete treſpaſſys of hem in heiþen men, to whom þei ſhulen entre; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, ete þou þi breed in trublynge to gidir, but and drynke þi water in haſt and mournynge.

And þou ſhalt ſeie to þe puple of þe loond, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God to hem þat dwellen in Jeruſalem, in þe loond of Iſrael, Þei ſhulen eete her breed in biſynes, and þei ſhulen drynke her water in diſcoumfort; þat þe loond be deſolatid fro his multitude, for þe wickidnes of alle men þat dwellen in it. And þe citees þat ben now enhabitid, ſhulen be deſolat, and þe loond deſeert, and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, what is þis prouerbe, or enſaumple, to ȝou in þe loond of Iſrael, of men ſeiynge, Dais ſhulen be differrid, or drawen, in to loong, and eche viſioun, or prophecie, ſhal periſhe?

Þerfor ſey þou to hem, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Y ſhal make þis prouerbe for to reſte, neþer opynli, or euery where, it ſhal be ſeide ouer in Iſrael; and ſpek þou to hem, for dais han neiȝede, and þe word of eche viſioun. Forſoþe not eche viſioun ſhal be void, neþer dyuynacoun douty in þe mydil of þe ſones of Iſrael; for Y þe Lord ſhal ſpeke what euere word Y ſhal ſpeke, and it ſhal be don; it ſhal namore be drawen along, but in ȝour dais, ȝe hous terrynge to wraþþe, I ſhal ſpeke a word, and I ſhal doo it, þe Lord God ſeiþ.

And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, loo! þe hous of Iſrael, of men ſeiynge, Þe viſioun which þis ſeeþ, þis prophecieþ in to manye dais, and in to loonge tymes. Þerfor ſey þou to hem, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Eche my word ſhal not be drawen alonge; þe word þat I ſhal ſpeke, ſhal be fulfillid, þe Lord God ſeiþ.