Ezekiel · Chapter 38

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is made to me, ſayinge, Sone of man, putte þi face aȝeins Gog, and þe lond of Magog, prince of þe hed of Moſoch and Tubal; and prophecie þou of hym. And þou ſhalt ſaye to hym, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Loo! I to þee Gog, prince of þe hed of Moſoch and Tubal; and I ſhal leede þee aboute, and I ſhal putte a brydil in þi cheekis, and ſhal leede þee out, and al þin ooſt, horſis, and horſmen, alle cloþed wiþ hauberiouns, a greet multitude of men, takynge ſhaft, and ſheeld, and ſwerd. Men of Perſis, Eþiopiens, and Libiens wiþ hem, alle ſheeldid and helmyd.

Gomer, and alle his cumpanyes, þe hous of Togorma, ſydis of þe norþ, and al þe ſtrengþe of hym, and many peplis wiþ þee. Diȝte, and make þee redy, and alle þi multitude þat is gadred to þee, be þou to hem in to comaundement. After many dayes þou ſhalt be viſitid, in þe laſt of ȝeeris þou ſhalt cum to erþe, whiche is turnyd aȝein fro ſwerd, and is gadrid of many peplis, to þe hillis of Yrael þat weren deſert laſtyngly; þis is led out of peplis, and alle dwelten in it triſtili. Forſoþe þou ſteiȝinge vp as a tempeſt ſhalt cum, and as a cloude, þat þou hill þe erþe, þou and alle þi cumpaignyes, and many peplis wiþ þee.

Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, In þat day wordis ſhuln ſtye vp vpon þin herte, and þou ſhalt þenke þe warſt þouȝt; and ſhalt ſaye, I ſhal ſtiȝe vp to þe lond wiþ oute wall, I ſhal cum to men reſtynge and dwellynge ſykirly; alle þeſe dwellen wiþ outen wall, barris, or lockis, and ȝatis ben not to hem; þat þou rauyſhe ſpuilis, and aſſaile pray; þat þou ȝeue þin hond vpon hem þat weren deſert, and afterward reſtoryd, and vpon þe peple whiche is gadrid of folkis, whiche bygan for to weelde, and for to be dweller of þe naule, or mydil, of þe erþe. Saba, and Dedan, and marchauntis of Tharſis, and alle lyouns þerof ſhuln ſaye to þee, Wher þou cummeſt for to take ſpuylis?

Loo! for to rauyſhe pray þou gadereſt þi multitude, þat þou take gold and ſyluer, and take awey, and take portenaunce of houſhold and ſubſtaunce, and rauyſhe ſpuylis wiþ outen noumbre. Þerfore, ſone of man, prophecie þou; and þou ſhalt ſaye to Gog, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Wher not in þat day, whan my peple of Yrael ſhal dwelle triſtili, þou ſhalt wite; and ſhalt cum of þi place, fro ſydis of þe norþe, þou, and many peplis wiþ þee, alle ſtyers of horſis, a greet cumpignye, and greet ooſt; and ſtyeinge vp on my peple Yrael, as a cloude, þat þou hille þe erþe?

In þe laſt dayes þou ſhalt be, and I ſhal leede þee to vp on my lond, þat my folkis wite, whan I ſhal be halewid in þee, in þe eeȝen of hem, þou Gog. Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Þerfore þou art he of whom I ſpak in olde dayes, in þe hond of my ſeruauntis, prophetis of Yrael, þat prophecied in þe days of tymes, þat I ſhulde leede þee to vpon hem. And it ſhal be, in þat day, in þe day of þe cummyng of Gog vpon þe lond of Yrael, ſaiþ þe Lord God, myn indignacioun ſhal ſtye vp in my wodeneſſe, and in my wraþ; in þe fijre of my wraþ I ſpac.

For in þat day ſhal be greet mouynge to gydre vpon þe lond of Yrael; and fiſhis of þe ſe ſhuln be moued to gydre fro my face, and beeſtis of þe feeld, and briddis of heuen, and eche crepynge þing þat is moued vpon erþe, and alle men þat ben vpon þe face of þe erþe; and hillis ſhuln be vndirtournyd, and heggis ſhuln falle, and eche wall ſhal falle to gidre to erþe. And I ſhal clepe to gydre aȝeins hym a ſwerd in alle my mounteyns, ſaiþ þe Lord; þe ſwerd of eche man ſhal be dreſſid in to his broþer. And þan I ſhal deeme hym by peſtilence, and blood, and reyn ful greet, and greete ſtoons; Y ſhal reyne vpon hym fyre and bronſton, and vpon his ooſt, and vpon many peplis þat ben wiþ hym.

And I ſhal be magnyfyed and halewid, and I ſhal be knowen in þe eeȝen of many folkis; and þei ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord.