Ezekiel · Chapter 28

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, ſey þou to þe prince of Tyre, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For þat þat þin herte is lift vp, and þou ſeidiſt, Y am God, and Y ſatte in þe chaier of God, in þe herte of þe ſee, whanne þou art man and not God, and haſt ȝouen þin herte as þe herte of God; loo! þou art wyſer þan Danyel, eche priue þing is not hid fro þee; in þi wiſdam and prudence þou madiſt to þee ſtrengþ, and haſt wonne to þee gold and ſiluer in þi treſours; in multitude of þi wiſdam, and in þi marchaundiſe þou multepliediſt to þee ſtrengþ, and þin herte is lift vp in þi ſtrengþ; þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, For þat þin herte is reiſid vp as þe herte of God, þerfor loo!

Y ſhal lede to þee aliens, mooſt ſtronge of folkis. And þei ſhulen make nakid her ſwerdis on þe fairnes of þi wiſdam, and ſhulen defoule þi feyrnes. Þei ſhulen ſlee, and drawe doun þee; and þou ſhalt die in þe periſhynge of ſlayn men, in þe herte of þe ſe. Wheþer þou ſeiynge ſhalt ſpeke, Y am God, before men ſleynge þee, whanne þou art man, and not God? In þe hoond of men ſleynge þee, in deeþ of vncircumcydid men, þou ſhalt die in þe hoond of aliens; for Y ſpak, ſeiþ þe Lord God.

And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, reys weilynge vpon þe kyng of Tyre; and þou ſhalt ſey to him, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Þou a ſignet of liknes, ful of wiſdam, perfijt in fayrnes, was in delicis of paradiſe of God. Eche precious ſtoon þi keuerynge, ſardius, topacius, and iaſpis, criſolitus, and onix, and berillus, ſaphirus, and carbuncle, and ſmaragd; and gold þe werk of þi fairnes, and þin hoolis ben maad redy, in þe day in which þou art maad. Þou cherub ſtreiȝt forþ, and keuerynge; and I putte þee in þe hooli hil of God. In þe mydil of fijry ſtoonus þou walkidiſt, perfijt in þi weies fro þe dai of þi makynge, til wickidnes is foundyn in þee.

In þe multitude of þi marchaundiſe þin entrailis ben fulfillid wiþ wickidneſſe, and þou ſynnediſt; and Y keſte þee out of þe hil of God, and I loſt þee, þou cherub keuerynge, of þe mydil of firy ſtoonus. And þin herte is reyſid vp in þi fairnes, þou loſtiſt þi wiſdam in þi fayrenes. Y keſte þee doun in to erþe, Y ȝaue þee before þe face of kyngis, þat þei ſhulden ſee þee. In multitude of þi wickidneſſis, and in wickidnes of þi marchaundiſe þou defoulediſt þin halewynge; þerfor Y ſhal brynge forþ fier fro þe mydil of þee, which ſhal ete þee; and Y ſhal ȝyue þee in to aſſhe on þe erþe, in ſiȝte of alle men ſeynge þee.

Alle men þat ſhulen ſee þee in folkis, ſhulen wondre greetli vpon þee; þou art maad nouȝt, and þou ſhalt not be in to wiþ outen ende. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, put þi face aȝens Sidon, and þou ſhalt prophecie of it; and þou ſhalt ſeie, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Loo! Y to þee, Sydon, and Y ſhal be glorified in þe mydyl of þee; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord, whanne I ſhal doo in it domys, and Y ſhal be halewid in it. And Y ſhal ſende to it peſtilence and blood in þe ſtretis þerof, and men ſlayn ſhulen falle in þe mydil þerof bi ſwerd bi cumpas; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord God.

And it ſhal no more be to þe hows of Iſrael hirtynge of bitternes, and a þorn brengynge in ſorewe on eche ſide bi cumpas of hem þat ben aduerſaries to hem; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord God. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Whanne I ſhal gadre þe hows of Iſrael of puplis, in whiche þei ben ſcaterid, Y ſhal be halewid in hem before folkis. And þei ſhulen dwelle in her loond, which Y ȝaue to my ſeruaunt Jacob. And þei ſhulen dwelle ſikir in it, and ſhulen bilde houſis, and ſhulen plaunte viyn ȝerdis, and þei ſhulen dwelle triſtili, whanne Y ſhal doo domys in alle men þat ben aduerſaries to hem bi cumpas; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord God of hem.