Ezekiel · Chapter 16

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, mak þou knowyn to Jeruſalem her abomynaciouns; and þou ſhalt ſeie, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God. Jeruſalem, þi roote and þi generacioun, of þe loond of Chanaan; þi fader Amorrei, and þi moder Ceþei. And whanne þou art born, in þe dai of þi birþ þi naule is not before kit, and in water þou art not waſſhen in to helþ, neþer bi ſalt ſaltid, neþer wlappid in cloþis. Myn eye ſparide not vpon þee, þat I ſhulde doo to þee oon of þes þingis, Y hauynge mercie of þee; but þou art caſt forþ vpon þe face of erþe, in þe caſtynge a wei of þi ſoule, in þe dai in which þou art born.

Forſoþe Y paſſinge bi þee, ſawȝ þee for to be defoulid in þi blood; and I ſeide to þee, whanne þou were in þi blood, Lyue þou; ſoþeli Y ſeide to þee in þi blood, Lyue þou. And I ȝaue þee multipliede as buriounynge, or ſeed, of þe feeld, and þou art multiplied, and maad greet; and þou wentiſt in, and þou parfietli cameſt to wommanus aparaile; þi breeſtis, or teetis, waxeden greete, and þin heer buriounede; and þou was nakid, and ful of confuſioun. And I paſſide bi þee, and Y ſeeȝ þee, and loo! þi tyme, þe tyme of louers; and Y ſtretchide forþ my cloþinge vpon þee, and Y hilide þi ſhame. And Y ſwore to þee, and Y entride in couenaunt wiþ þee, ſeiþ þe Lord God, and þou art maad boundyn to me.

And I waſſhide þee in water, and Y clenſide þi blood of þee, and anoyntide þee wiþ oyle. And I cloþide þee wiþ cloþis of dyuerſe colours, and ſhodde þee wiþ iaſynct; and I girde þee wiþ bijs, or whijt ſilk; and I cloþide þee wiþ ſotil þingis, and Y ournede þee wiþ ournementis. And I ȝaf ryngis in þin hoondis, and a bee about þi necke; and I ȝaue a reng vpon þi mouþ, and ceerclis to þin eeris, and a coroun of fayrnes in þi heed. And þou art ourned wiþ gold and ſiluer, and þou art cloþid wiþ bijs and wiþ clooþ many foold ſteyned wiþ rounde ymagis, and wiþ manye colours.

Þou haſt etyn flour, and hony, and oyle, and myche þou art maad fayr; and þou profitidiſt in to a rewme, and þi name is gon out in to heþen men for þi fairnes; and þou waſt perfit in my fairnes, which Y hadde putte vpon þee, ſeiþ þe Lord. And þou hauynge truſt in þi fairnes, haſt don fornycacioun in þi name; and þou haſt putte þi fornycacioun to eche man paſſynge, þat þou were maad his. And þou takynge of my cloþingis, madiſt to þee heiȝ þingis, on eche ſide ſewide togidre; and þou haſt don fornicacoun vpon hem, as it was not don bifore, neþer is to beynge.

And þou tokiſt þe veſſels of þi fairnes, of my gold and of my ſiluer, whiche Y ȝaue to þee; and þou madiſt to þee ymagis of men, and didiſt fornycacioun in hem. And þou tokiſt þi cloþingis of manye colours, and þou was cloþid in hem; and þou puttidiſt myn oyle and my tymyame, or encenſe, in þe ſiȝt of hem. And my breed, which I ȝaue to þee, flour, and oyle, and honye, wiþ whiche Y nurſhide þee, þou puttidiſt in þe ſiȝte of hem, in to odour of ſwetnes; and it is don, ſeiþ þe Lord God. And þou tokiſt þi ſones and douȝtris, whom þou gendrediſt to me, and offrediſt to hem, for to be deuourid. Wheþer þi fornycacioun is litil? Þou offrediſt my ſones, and ȝaueſt hem, togider halewynge to hem.

And after alle þin abomynaciouns and fornycaciouns, þou haſt not mynde of þe dais of þi ȝongþ, whanne þou was nakid, and ful of confuſioun, þou was defoulid in þi blood. And woo, woo bifelle to þee, after al þi malice, ſeiþ þe Lord God. And þou haſt bildid to þee a bordel hous, and madiſt to þee hordom in alle ſtretis. At eche heed of weie þou bildidiſt a tokne of þi hordom, and madiſt þi fayrnes abomynable; and departidiſt þi feet to eche man paſſynge, and multipliediſt alle þi fornycaciouns. And þou didiſt fornycacioun wiþ ſones of Egipt, þi neiȝboris of grete fleſſhis, and multipliediſt þi fornycacioun, for to terre me to wraþþe. Loo!

Y ſhal hoolde forþ myn hoond vpon þee, and Y ſhal take awey þi iuſtifiynge; and Y ſhal ȝyue þee in to þe hoondis of þe hatynge þee, of þe douȝtris of Paleſtyn, þat ſhamen in þi curſid weie. And þou haſt don fornycacioun in þe ſones of Aſſiriens, for þat þou was not ȝit fulfillid; and after þat þou didiſt fornycacioun, neþer ſo þou art ſwagid. And þou multipliediſt þi fornycacioun in þe loond of Canaan wiþ Caldeis, and neþer ſo þou art fulfillid. In what þing ſhal Y clenſe þin herte, ſeiþ þe Lord God, whanne þou doſt alle þes werkis of a womman hoore, and bold to hordom?

For þou haſt forgid þi bordel hous in þe heed of eche weie, and þou madiſt þin heiȝe þingis in eche ſtrete; neþer þou art maad as an hoore anoyed, or ful of werynes, encreſynge prijs, but as a womman auowtreſſe, þe whiche lediþ in aliens vpon hir huſboond. To alle hooris hijris ben ȝouen, forſoþe þou haſt ȝouun hijre, or mede, to alle þi loueris; and þou ȝauiſt to hem, þat þei ſhulden entre to þee on eche ſide, for to doo fornycacioun wiþ þee. And it is don in þee aȝen þe cuſtom of wymmen in þi fornycaciouns, and after þee ſhal not be fornycacioun; forſoþe in þat þing þat þou ȝaueſt hijris, and reſſeyuediſt not hijris, þe contrarie is don in þee. Þerfor, þou hoore, here þe word of þe Lord.

Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For þi monee is ſhed out, and þin euyl fame is ſhewid in þi fornycaciouns vpon þi loueris and vpon þin idolis of þin abomynaciouns, in þe blood of þi ſones, whom þou haſt ȝouen to hem; loo! Y ſhal gedre alle þi loueris, wiþ whom þou art meynd, and alle men whom þou louediſt, wiþ alle men whom þou hatidiſt; and Y ſhal gadre hem vpon þee on eche ſide, and Y ſhal make nakid þin yuel fame before hem, and alle ſhulen ſee þi filþ. And I ſhal deme þee wiþ domes of auoutreſſis, and of ſhedynge blood; and Y ſhal ȝyue þee in to blood of woodneſſe, and enuye.

And Y ſhal ȝeue þee in to þe hoondis of hem, and þei ſhulen diſtruye þi bordel hous, and þei ſhulen diſtruye þin hoore hous; and þei ſhulen make þee nakid fro þi cloþis, and ſhulen take awei þe veſſelis of þi feirnes, and þei ſhulen forſake þee nakid, and ful of yuel fame. And þei ſhulen lede to vpon þee a multitude, and þei ſhulen ſtoone þee wiþ ſtoonus, and þei ſhulen ſlee þee wiþ her ſwerdis. And þei ſhulen togider brenne þin houſis in fier, and þei ſhulen doo domys in þee, in þe eyen of ful manye wymmen; and þou ſhalt faile, or ceeſe, for to do fornycacioun, and þou ſhalt namore ȝyue hijris.

And myn indignacioun ſhal reſte in þee, and my loue ſhal be takyn awei fro þee; and I ſhal reſte, neþer Y ſhal be wrooþ more, for þat þat þou haddiſt not mynde of þe dais of þi ȝongþ, and haſt terrid me to wraþþe in alle þeſe þingis. Wherfor and Y haue ȝouen þi weies in þin heed, ſeiþ þe Lord God, and Y dide not after þi greet treſpaſſis, in alle þin abomynaciouns. Loo! eche man þat ſeiþ euery where, or comounli, a prouerbe in þee, ſhal take it to, ſeiynge, As þe modir, ſo and hir douȝter. Þou art þe doȝter of þi modir, which caſtide awei hir huſboond and hir ſones; and þe ſiſter of þi ſiſtris, whiche caſtiden awey her huſbondis and her ſones.

Þi modir Ceþei, and þi fader Ammorrei; and þi more ſiſter Samarie, ſhe and hir douȝtris, þat dwellen at þi left ſide. Forſoþe þi ſiſter laſſe þan þou, þat dwelliþ at þi riȝt half, Sodom and hir douȝtris. But neþer þou haſt gon in þe weies of hem, neþer þou haſt don after her grete treſpaſſis; almeſt a litil leſſe gretter treſpaſſis þou haſt don þan þei, in alle þi weies. Y lyue, ſeiþ þe Lord God, for Sodom, þi ſiſter, dide not, ſhe and hir douȝtris, as þou didiſt and þi douȝtris. Loo! þis was þe wickidnes of Sodom, þi ſiſter, prijde, and fulnes of breed, or glotonye, and aboundaunce, or plente, and idilnes of hir, and hir douȝtris; and þei dreſſiden not þe hoond to þe nedi and pore.

And þei ben lift an heiȝ, and diden oþer abomynaciouns before me; and Y dide hem a wei, as þou haſt ſeen. And Samarie ſynnede not þe half of þi ſynnes, but þou haſt ouercomen hem in grete treſpaſſis, and haſt iuſtified þi ſiſtris in alle þin abomynaciouns, whiche þou wrouȝtiſt. Þerfor and þou bere þi confuſioun, which haſt ouercomyn þi ſiſtris wiþ þi ſynnes, doynge more curſidli þan þei; forſoþe þei ben iuſtified of þee. Þerfor and þou be confoundid, and ber þou þin yuel fame, þe which haſt iuſtifiede þi ſiſtris.

And Y reſtorynge ſhal conuerte hem wiþ þe turnynge togidre of Sodom and hir douȝtris; and Y ſhal conuerte þi turnynge aȝen in þe mydil of hem, þat þou bere þin yuel fame, and be confoundid in alle þingis whiche þou didiſt, coumfortynge hem. And þi ſiſter Sodom and hir douȝtris ſhulen turne aȝen to her oldenes; and Samarie and hir douȝtris ſhulen turne aȝen to her oldenes; and þou and þi douȝtris turne aȝen to ȝour oldenes. Forſoþe Sodom, þi ſiſter, was not herde in þi mouþ, in þe dai of þi pride, before þat þi malice was ſhewid, as in þis tyme, in to þe ſhenſhip of douȝtris of Sirie, and of alle douȝters of Paleſtyn in þi cumpas, þat gon about þee bi enuyroun.

Þou haſt born þi greet treſpas, and þin yuel fame, ſeiþ þe Lord God. For þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, And I ſhal doo to þee as þou diſpiſediſt þe ooþ, þat þou madiſt þe couenaunt voyd; and Y ſhal haue mynde of my couenaunt wiþ þee in þe dais of þi ȝongþ, and I ſhal reiſe to þee couenaunt euerlaſtynge. And þou ſhalt haue mynde of þi weies, and þou ſhalt be confoundid, whanne þou ſhalt reſſeyue þi ſiſtris more þan þou, wiþ þi leſſe; and Y ſhal ȝyue hem to þee in to douȝtris, and not of þi couenaunt.

And Y ſhal reiſe my couenaunt wiþ þee, and þou ſhalt wite, for I þe Lord, þat þou haue mynde, and be confoundid; and þat it be namore to þee for to opyn þe mouþ, for þi confuſioun, whanne Y ſhal be pleſid to þee in alle þingis whiche þou haſt don, ſeiþ þe Lord God.