Ezekiel · Chapter 13

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, prophecy þou to þe prophetis of Iſrael þat prophecien; and þou ſhalt ſey to men propheciynge of her herte, Here ȝe þe word of þe Lord. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Woo to vnwiſe prophetis, þat ſuen her ſpirit, and ſeen no þing; as foxes in deſeertis, Iſrael, þi prophetis weren. Ȝe ſtieden not vp forn aȝens, neþer ȝe aȝen puttiden a wal for þe hous of Iſrael, þat ȝe ſtoden in bataile in dai of þe Lord. Þei ſeen veyn þingis, and deuynen leeſynge, ſeiynge, Þe Lord ſeiþ, whanne he ſente not hem; and þei laſtiden for to confeerme þe word.

Wheþer ȝe ſawen not a veyn viſioun, and ȝe ſpaken a fals dyuynynge, and ſeiden, Þe Lord ſeiþ, whanne Y ſpak not? Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For ȝe ſpaken veyn þingis, and ȝe ſawen leſynge, þerfor loo! Y to ȝou, ſeiþ þe Lord God. And myn hoond ſhal be vpon þe prophetis þat ſeen veyn þingis, and deuynen leeſynge; þei ſhulen not be in þe counſeyl of my puple, and þei ſhulen not be writyn in þe writynge of þe hous of Iſrael, neþer þei ſhulen entre in to þe loond of Iſrael; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for I þe Lord God. For þat þei diſſeyueden my puple, ſeiynge, Pees, pees, and pees is not; and he bildide a wal, forſoþe þei dawbeden, or pargetiden, it wiþ fen wiþ outen chaffis.

Sey þou to hem þat dawben, or leyn morter, wiþ outen temperynge, þat it is to fallynge doun; forſoþe a reyn flowynge ſhal be, and Y ſhal ȝyue ful grete ſtoonus fallynge doun fro aboue, and a wynde of tempeſt diſtruyinge. Forſoþe loo! þe wal felle doun. Wheþer it ſhal not be ſeid to ȝou, Wher is þe dawbynge, þat ȝe dawbiden? Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, And Y ſhal make a ſpirit of tempeſtis for to breke out in myn indignacioun, and a reyn flowynge ſhal be in my woodnes, and grete ſtoonus in my wraþþe in to waſtynge.

And Y ſhal diſtruye þe wal, whom ȝe daubiden wiþ outen temperynge, and I ſhal make it euen to þe erþe; and þe foundement of it ſhal be ſhewid, and it ſhal falle doun, and it ſhal be waſtid in þe mydil of it; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y am þe Lord. And Y ſhal fulfille myn indignacioun in þe wal, and in hem þat dauben it wiþ outen temperynge; and Y ſhal ſeye to ȝou, Þe wal is not, and þe prophetis of Iſrael þat dauben it, ben not, whiche prophecien to Jeruſalem, and ſeen to it a viſioun of pees, and pees is not, þe Lord God ſeiþ.

And þou, ſone of man, put þi face aȝens þe douȝtris of þi puple, whiche prophecien of her herte; and prophecie þou of hem, and ſey, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Woo to hem þat ſewen to gidre cuſſhens vndir eche cubit of hoond, and maken pilewis vnder þe heed of eche age, for to take, or diſſeyue, ſoulis; and whanne þei token þe ſoulis of my puple, þei quyckeneden þe ſoulis of hem. And þei defouliden me to my puple, for an handful of barli, and a gobet of breed, þat þei ſlewen ſoulis whiche dien not, and quikeneden ſoulis whiche lyuen not, liynge to my puple, byleeuynge to leeſyngis. For þis þing þe Lord God ſeiþ, Loo!

Y to ȝoure cuſſhens, bi whom ȝe taken ſoulis fleynge; and Y ſhal al tobreke hem of ȝour armes, and Y ſhal diſmytte, or delyuere, þe ſoulis for to flee, whom ȝe taken. And Y ſhal breke ȝour pilewis, and Y ſhal delyuere my puple fro ȝour hoond; neþer þei ſhulen be ouer in ȝour hoondis, for to be robbid; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. For þat þat ȝe maden leeiȝyngli þe herte of þe iuſt man for to mourne, whom Y made not ſorewful; and ȝe coumfortiden þe hoondis of þe vnpitous man, þat he ſhulde not turne aȝen fro hys yuel weie, and ſhulde lyue.

Þerfor ȝe ſhulen not ſee veyn þingis, and ȝe ſhulen namore deuyne dyuynacions; and I ſhal delyuere my puple fro ȝoure hoond, and ȝe ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord.