Ezekiel · Chapter 37

[ edit] The hond of þe Lord is maad vpon me, and he ledde me out in þe ſpirit of þe Lord, and lefte me in þe mydil of a feeld þat was ful of boones; and he ledde me aboute bi hem in cumpas. Forſoþe þere were ful manye vpon þe face of þe erþe, and gretely drye. And he ſaide to me, Sone of man, geſſiſt þou, wher þeſe boones ſhuln lyue? And I ſaide, Lord God, þou haſt knowe. And he ſaide to me, Prophecie þou of þeſe boonys; and þou ſhalt ſaye to hem, Drie boones, heer ȝe þe word of þe Lord. Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God to þeſe bonys, Loo! I ſhal wiþ ynne ſend in to ȝou a ſpirit, and ȝe ſhuln lyue.

And I ſhal ȝeue ſynewys vpon ȝou, and I ſhal make fleſhis for to wexe vpon ȝou, and I ſhal aboue ſtrecche ſkyn in ȝou, and I ſhal ȝeue to ȝou a ſpirit, and ȝe ſhuln lyue; and ȝe ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord. And I prophecied, as he comaundide to me; forſoþe me prophecyinge a ſoun is maad, and loo! a ſtyryng to gydre, and bones wenten to boones, eche to his ioynture. And I ſawe, and loo! vpon hem ſynewis and fleſhis ſteiȝiden vp to hem, and ſkyn is ſtrechid forþ aboue, and þei hadden no ſpirit.

And he ſaide to me, Prophecie þou to þe ſpirit, ſone of man, prophecie þou; and þou ſhalt ſaye to þe ſpirit, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Fro four wyndys cum, þou ſpirit, and blowe yn vpon þeſe ſlayn men, and lyue þei aȝein. And I prophecied, as he comaundide to me; and þe ſpirit wente in to hem, and þei lyuyden, and ſtoden vpon her feet, a ful greet ooſt. And þe Lord ſaide to me, Sone of man, alle þeſe boones is þe hous of Yrael; þei ſayen, Oure boons dryeden, and our hoope peryſhide, and we ben kit awey. Þerfore prophecie þou, and þou ſhalt ſaye to hem, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Loo!

I ſhal open ȝour biriels, and ſhal leede ȝou out of ȝour ſepulcris, my peple, and I ſhal leed ȝou in to ȝour lond of Yrael. And ȝe ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord, whan I ſhall opyn ȝour ſepulcris, and ſhal leede ȝou out of ȝour biriels, my peple; and ſhal ȝeue my ſpirit in ȝou, and ȝe ſhuln lyue. And I ſhal make ȝou for to reſt vpon ȝour lond; and ȝe ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord ſpake, and haue don, ſaiþ þe Lord God. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſayinge, And þou, ſone of man, take to þee oo tree, and wryte vpon it, Of Juda, and þe ſonys of Yrael, wiþ his felawis. And take þou an oþer tree, and write vpon it, Of Joſeph, and þe tree of Effraym, and of al þe hous of Yrael, and his felawis.

And ioyne hem þe toon to þe toþer to þee into oo tree; and þei ſhuln be in to oonyng in þin hond. Forſoþ whan þe ſonys of þi peplis ſhuln ſaye to þee, ſpekynge, Wher þou ſhewiſt not to vs, what þou wolt in þeſe þingis to þee? þou ſhalt ſpeke to hem, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord, Loo! I ſhal take to þe tree of Joſeph, þat is in þe hond of Effraym, and þe kynredis of Yrael, þat ben ioyned to hym, and I ſhal ȝeue hem to gydre wiþ þe tree of Juda; and I ſhal make hem in to oo tree, and þei ſhuln be oon in his hond. Forſoþe þe trees, vpon whom þou haſt writen, ſhuln be in þin hond in þe eeȝen of hem. And þou ſhalt ſaye to hem, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Loo!

I ſhall take to þe ſones of Yrael of þe mydil of naciouns, to whom þei wenten awey; and I ſhal gadere hem on eche ſyde. And I ſhal bringe hem to her erþe, and I ſhal make hem oo folk in þe lond, in hillis of Yrael, and oo kyng ſhal be comaundynge to alle; and þei ſhuln na more be two folkis, neyþer þei ſhuln more be departid in to two rewmes. Neþer þei ſhuln be defoulid more ouer in her ydols, and her abomynaciouns, and in alle her wickidneſſis. And I ſhal make hem ſaaf of alle her ſetis, in whiche þei ſynneden, and I ſhal clenſe hem; and þei ſhuln be to me a peple, and I ſhal be God to hem.

And my ſeruaunt kyng Dauyd vpon hem, and oo ſheperd ſhal be of hem alle; þei ſhuln walke in my domys, and þei ſhuln kepe my comaundementis, and ſhuln do hem. And þei ſhuln dwelle vpon þe lond, whiche Y ȝaue to my ſeruaunt Jacob, in whiche ȝour faderis dwelliden; and þei ſhuln dwelle vpon it, þei, and þe ſones of hem, and þe ſonys of her ſones, til in to wiþ outen eende; and Dauyþ, my ſeruaunt, prince of hem in to wiþ oute eende. And I ſhal ſmyte to hem a couenaunt of pees; a couenaunte euerlaſtynge ſhal be to hem, and I ſhal founde hem, and ſhal multiplie. And I ſhal be to hem God, and þei ſhuln be to me peple.

And heiþen men ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord, halewer of Yrael, whan my halewyng ſhal be in þe mydil of hem in to wiþ oute eende.