Ezekiel · Chapter 19

[ edit] And þou, ſone of man, take to þee weilynge vpon þe princis of Iſrael; and þou ſhalt ſeie, Whi þi modir, a liouneſſe, laie amonge lyouns? In þe mydil of ſmale liouns ſhe nurſhide hir whelpis, and ledde out oon of her litil liouns; he is maad a lioun, and lerned for to take pray, and for to ete man. And heiþen men herden of hym, and not wiþ outen his woundis þei tokyn hym; and ladden hym in cheynes in to þe loond of Egipt. Which whanne ſhe ſeeȝ, for ſhe is maad ſijk, and abidynge of hym periſhide, took oon of hir litil lyouns, ordeynde hym a lyoun. And he lernede for to take pray, and for to deuoure men.

He lernede for to make wydewis, and for to brynge citees in to deſeert; and þe loond is deſolat and þe plente of it, of þe vois of his rorynge. And heiþen men camen togidre aȝens hym on eche ſyde fro prouyncis, and ſtretchiden out her net vpon hym; in þe woundis of hem he is takyn. And þei ſenten hym in to a caue in cheynes, and þei ledden hym forþ to þe kyng of Babiloyne; and þei ſenten hym in to priſoun, leſt his vois were herd more vpon þe hillis of Iſrael. Þi modir as a vynȝerd in þi blood vpon water is plauntid; þe fruytis of it and bouwis of it wexeden of many watris.

And ſad ȝeerdis ben maad to it in to ſeptris of men hauynge lordſhip, and þe ſtature of it is enhaunſid among bouwis; and it ſeeȝ his heiȝnes in þe multitude of his ſiouns. And it is drawyn vp in wraþþe, and caſte in to þe erþe; and a brennynge wynd driede þe fruyte of it, þe ȝerdes of his ſtrengþ welewiden, and ben maad drie, fier ete it. And now it is plauntid ouere in deſeert, in loond not wayed, or not hauntid, and þriſtie. And fier wente out of þe ȝerde of his braunchis, which ete þe fruyte of it. And a ſtronge ȝerde, a ceptre, or kyngis ȝerde, of men hauynge lordſhip, was not in it. Weilynge is, and ſhal be in to weilynge.