Ezekiel · Chapter 26

[ edit] And it is doon in þe elleuenþe ȝeer, in þe firſt of þe moneþ, þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, for þat þat Tyrus ſeide of Jeruſalem, Wew! or ioye, þe ȝatis of puplis ben togidre broken, it is conuertid to me; Y ſhal be fulfillid, it is deſeert; þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Loo! Y vpon þee, Tyre; and Y ſhal make many folkis for to ſtie vp to þee, as þe ſee flowynge ſtieþ vp. And þei ſhulen ſcatere þe wallis of Tyre, and þei ſhulen diſtruye þe touris þerof; and I ſhal ſhaue þe duſt of it fro it, and Y ſhal ȝyue it in to a mooſt cleer ſtoon. Driyng of nettis it ſhal be in þe mydil of þe ſee, for Y ſpak, ſeiþ þe Lord God.

And it ſhal be in to rauyſhynge to folkis. And þe douȝters þerof þat ben in þe feeld, ſhulen be ſlayn wiþ ſwerd; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. For þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Lo! I ſhal brynge to Tyre Nabugodonoſor, kyng of Babiloyne, fro þe norþ, kyng of kyngis, wiþ horſis, and charis, and horſmen, and cumpanye, and greet puple. He ſhal ſlee bi ſwerd þi douȝtris þat ben in þe feeld; and he ſhal enuyroune þee wiþ waardyngis, and he ſhal brynge togider þe heepe of erþe in cumpas, and he ſhal reiſe vp aȝens þee a ſheld. And he ſhal tempre engynes in maner of vynes, and engynes in maner of weþeres in to þi wallis; and he ſhal deſtruye þi touris in his aarmer.

Wiþ ynne flowynge of his horſis, þe duſt of hem ſhal keuere þee; of þe ſowne of horſmen, and wheelis, and charis þi wallis ſhulen be moued; whanne he ſhal goo in þe ȝatis, as bi entryngis of þe citee diſtruyed, or ſcatered, wiþ þe feet of his horſis he ſhal defoule alle þi ſtretis. He ſhal ſle bi ſwerd þi puple, and þi noble ymagis ſhulen falle in to erþe. Þei ſhulen waaſte þi riȝtcheſſis, and þei ſhulen rauyſhe þi marchaundiſis; and þei ſhulen diſtruye þi wallis, and þei ſhulen vndir-turne þi ful clere houſis, and þei ſhulen putte þi ſtoonus, and þi trees, and þi poudre in þe mydil of watris.

And Y ſhal make þe multitude of þi ſongſters for to reſte, and þe ſown of þin harpis ſhal namore be herd; and Y ſhal ȝyue þee in to a mooſt cleer ſtoon. Þou ſhalt be driynge of nettis in þe mydil ſee, neþer þou ſhalt more be bildid, for Y þe Lord ſpak, ſeiþ þe Lord God. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God to Tire, Wheþer not of þe ſoun of þi fallynge, and of þe ſorewynge of þi ſlayn men, whanne þei ſhulen be ſlayn in þe mydil of þee, ylys ſhulen be moued to gider? And alle princis of þe ſee ſhulen cum doun fro her ſeetis, and þei ſhulen doo awei her ſpuylis, and þei ſhulen caſte awei her dyuerſe cloþingis, and þei ſhulen be cloþid wiþ greet dreed.

In þe erþe þei ſhulen ſitte, and þei aſtonyed vpon þi ſodeyn fal ſhulen wondre. And þei takynge to vpon þee lamentacioun, ſhulen ſeie to þee, How perſhidiſt þou, noble citee, þat dwelliſt in þe ſee, which was ſtroong in þe ſee wiþ þi dwellers, whom alle men dredden? Now ſhippis ſhulen wondre in þe day of þi dreed, and ylis in þe ſee ſhulen be ſturblid, for þat þat no man goþ out of þee. For þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Whanne Y ſhal ȝyue þee a citee deſolat, as cytees þat ben not enhabitid, and Y ſhal leede to vpon þee þe depnes, or þe ſee, and manye watris ſhulen hille þee.

And Y ſhal drawe þee doun wiþ þes þat gon doun in to þe lake, to puple euerlaſtynge; and Y ſhal togidre ſette þee in þe laſt loond, as old wildirnes, wiþ þes þat ben lad forþ in to þe lake, þat þou be not enhabited. Soþeli whanne I ſhal ȝyue glorye in þe loond of men lyuynge, I ſhal dryue þee in to nouȝt, and þou ſhalt not be; þou ſowȝt aȝen ſhalt namore be foundyn in to wiþ outen ende, ſeiþ þe Lord God.