Ezekiel · Chapter 30

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, prophecy þou, and ſey, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Gowle ȝe, Woo! woo! to þe dai, for þe dai is nyȝ; and þe dai of þe Lord neiȝeþ, a dai of cloude. Þe tyme of heþen men ſhal be; and ſwerd ſhal come in to Egipt, and dreed ſhal be in Eþiope, whanne men woundid ſhulen falle doun in Egipt, and þe multitude þerof ſhal be taken awei, and þe foundementis þerof deſtryed. Eþiope, and Libie, and Lidij, and al oþer comoun puple, and Chub, or Arabie, and þe ſones of boond of pees wiþ hem bi ſwerd ſhulen falle.

Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, And men vndir ſettynge Egipt ſhulen togidre falle doun, and pryde of lordſhip þerof ſhal be diſtruyed; fro þe tour of Syenes by ſwerd þei ſhulen falle doun þer yn, þe Lord of ooſtis ſeiþ. And þei ſhulen be ſcatered in mydil of loondis deſolatid, and þe cytees þerof ſhulen be in þe mydil of deſeert cytees. And þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord God, whanne Y ſhal ȝyue fier in Egipt, and alle þe helpers þerof ſhulen be defoulid. In þat dai meſſageris ſhulen go out fro my face in greet ſhippis, for to defoule, or deſtruye, þe truſt of Eþiope; and dreed ſhal be in hem in þe dai of Egipt, for wiþ outen doute it ſhal come.

Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, And Y ſhal make þe multitude of Egipt for to ceeſſe in þe hoond of Nabugodonoſor, kyng of Babiloyne. He and his puple wiþ hym, þe ſtrongeſt of folkis, ſhulen be led to, for to leeſe þe loond; and þei ſhulen drawe out her ſwerdis on Egipt, and þei ſhulen fulfille þee wiþ ſlayn men. And Y ſhal make þe botmes of floodis drye, and Y ſhal bitake þe loond in þe hoond of werſte men; and Y ſhal leeſe þe loond, and þe plente þerof in þe hoond of alienys; Y þe Lord ſpak. Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, And Y ſhal deſtrye ſimulacris, and Y ſhal make þe ydols of Memphis to ceeſſe, and duyk of þe loond of Egipt ſhal namore be.

And Y ſhal ȝyue dreed in þe loond of Egipt, and Y ſhal ſcatere, or deſtrie, þe loond of Phatures. And Y ſhal ȝyue fier in Thapnys, and Y ſhal make my domys in Aliſaundre. And Y ſhal helde out myn indignacioun on Peluſium, þe ſtrengþ of Egipt; and I ſchal ſlea þe multitude of Aliſaundre, and I ſchal ȝeue fijr in Egipt. As a womman beringe child, Peluſie ſhal ſorewe, and Aliſaundre ſhal be deſtruyed, and in Memphis eche dais anguyſhis. Þe ȝonge men of Heliopoleos and Bubaſti ſhulen falle bi ſwerd, and þei ſhulen be lad caytifis. And in Taphnys þe dai ſhal wexe blac, whanne Y ſhal debriſſe þere þe ceptris of Egipt, and þe pride of power þerof ſhal faile in it.

A clowde ſhal hile it; forſoþe þe douȝters þerof ſhulen be led in to caitiftee, and Y ſhal make domes in Egipt; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord. And it is don in þe elleuenþe ȝeer, in þe firſt moneþ, in þe ſeuenþe dai of þe moneþ, þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Sone of man, Y brak togidre þe arm of Pharao, kyng of Egipt; and loo! it is not wlappid about, þat helþe ſhulde be reſtorid to it, þat it were boundyn in cloþis, and faſtid, or boundyn, wiþ ſmale lynnen cloþis, and, ſtrengþ taken aȝen, he miȝte holde ſwerd. Þerfor þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, Loo!

Y to Pharao, kyng of Egipt; and Y ſhal make litil his ſtronge arm but broken togidre, and Y ſhal caſte doun þe ſwerd of his hoond. And Y ſhal ſcatere Egipt in folkis, and Y ſhal wyndewe hem in loondis. And Y ſhal coumforte þe armys of þe kynge of Babiloyne, and Y ſhal ȝyue my ſwerd in his hoond; and Y ſhal breke togidre þe armes of Pharao, and þei ſhulen weile wiþ weilyngis of a ſlayn man before þe face of hym. And Y ſhal coumforte þe armes of þe kyng of Babiloyne, and þe armes of Pharao ſhulen falle doun togidre. And þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord, whanne I ſhal ȝyue my ſwerd in þe hoond of þe kyng of Babiloyne; and he ſhal ſtretche it out vpon þe loond of Egipt.

And I ſhal ſcatere Egipt in to naciouns, and I ſhal wyndewe hem in to loondis; and þei ſhulen wite, for Y þe Lord.