Ezekiel · Chapter 15

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, what ſhal be don to tree of þe viyn, of alle trees of þe wodis, þat ben among þe trees of woodis? Wheþer a tree ſhal be takyn of it, þat werk be maad? or a litil paal ſhal be forchid of it, þat eny maner veſſel hange in it? Lo! it is ȝouun to þe fier in to meet; þe fier haþ waaſtid eche eiþer parti of it, and þe mydil of it is brouȝt in to a deed broond; wheþer it ſhal be profitable to werk? Ȝhe, whanne it was hool, it was not able to werk; hou myche more whanne fier haþ deuouride and brende to gidre, no þing of werk ſhal be maad of it?

Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Hou þe tree of viyn amonge þe trees of woodis, whom I ȝaue to fier for to deuoure, ſo Y ſhal bitake þe dwellers of Jeruſalem, and I ſhal putte my face in to hem. Þei ſhulen gon out of þe fier, and þe fier ſhal waaſte hem; and ȝe ſhulen wite, for I þe Lord, whanne Y ſhal putte my face in hem, and ſhal ȝyue þe loond vnwaied and deſolat, for þat þat þei weren treſpaſſours, ſeiþ þe Lord God.