Ezekiel · Chapter 39

[ edit] Forſoþe þou, ſone of man, prophecie aȝeins Gog; and þou ſhalt ſaye, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Loo! I vpon þee, Gog, prince of þe hed of Moſoch and Tubal. And I ſhal leede þee aboute, and I ſhal diſceyue þee, and make þee for to ſtey vp of ſydis of þe norþ, and I ſhal bryng þee on þe hillis of Yrael. And I ſhal ſmyte þi bouwe in þi left half, and I ſhal caſt doun þin arowis of þi riȝt hond. Vpon þe mounteyns of Yrael þou ſhalt falle, þou, and alle þi cumpanyes, and peplis þat ben wiþ þee; to wylde beeſtis, briddis and eche volatile, and beeſtis of erþe I ȝaue þee for to be deuoured. Vpon þe face of feeld þou ſhalt falle; for I þe Lord ſpac, ſaiþ þe Lord God.

And I ſhal ſende out fijr in to Magog, and in hem þat dwellen in ijlis triſtily; and þei ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord God of Yrael. And I ſhal make myn holy name knowen in þe mydil of my peple of Yrael, and I ſhal na more defoule myn holy name; and folkis ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord, holy God of Yrael. Loo! it cummeþ, and it is maad, ſaiþ þe Lord God. Þis is þe day of whiche I ſpac. And dwellers of þe cytees of Yrael ſhuln go out, and kyndlen and brenne to gydre armeris, ſheeld and ſhaft, bowe and arowis, and ſtafs of hond, and dartis; and þei ſhuln priuely brenne hem by fijr ſeuen ȝeeris.

And þei ſhuln not bere trees of cuntrees, neþer þei ſhuln priuely brenne of wijld wodis, for þei ſhuln priuely brenne armers in fijr; and þei ſhuln robbe hem, to whom prayes weren, and þei ſhuln rauyſhe her waaſters, or diſtruyers, ſaiþ þe Lord God. And it ſhal be in þat day, Y ſhal ȝeue Gog a place named, ſepulcre in Yrael, þe valey of way goers to þe eeſt of þe ſe, þat makiþ men paſſynge for to be agaſt; and þer þei ſhuln byryen Gog, and al þe multitude of hym, and it ſhal be clepid þe valey of þe multitude of Gog. And þe hous of Yrael ſhuln birye hem, þat þei clenſe þe erþe ſeuen moneþis.

Forſoþe al þe peple of erþe ſhal byrien hem, and it ſhal be to hem a named day, in whom Y am glorified, ſaiþ þe Lord God. And þei ſhuln ordeyne byſili men ſeekynge, or compaſynge, þe erþe, þe whiche ſhuln birien and aȝein ſeeke hem þat dwelten vpon þe face of erþe, þat þei clenſe it. Forſoþe after ſeuen moneþis þei ſhuln bygynne for to ſeeke, and ſhuln cumpas walkynge þe lond; and when þei ſhuln ſee a boon of man, þei ſhuln ſette a title, or ſigne, biſidis it, til þat byriers byrye it in þe valey of multitude of Gog. Forſoþe name of þe citee Amona; and þei ſhuln clenſe þe lond.

Forſoþe þou, ſone of man, þeſe þingis ſaiþ þe Lord God, Saye þou to eche bryd, and to alle foulis, and to alle beeſtis of þe feeld, Cum ȝe to gydre, and haſte ȝee, renne to gydre on eche ſijde to my ſlayn ſacrifice, whiche I offre to ȝou, a greet ſlayn ſacrifice vpon þe hillis of Yrael, þat ȝee ete fleſhis, and drynke blood. Ȝe ſhuln ete þe fleſhis of ſtrong men, and ȝe ſhuln drynke þe blood of princis of erþe, of weþers, of lambren, and of kiddis, and of boolis, and of þingus fed for to be fatt, and of alle fatt þingus. And ȝe ſhuln ete þe fatneſſe in to fulfillynge, and ſhuln drynke blood in to drunkenneſſe, of þe ſlayn ſacrifice whiche I ſhal offre to ȝou.

And ȝe ſhuln be fulfillid vpon my bord, of hors, and of ſtrong horſman, or knyȝt, and of alle men of batail, ſaiþ þe Lord God. And I ſhal putte my glorie in folkis, and alle folkis ſhuln ſee my dome, þat I dide, and myn hond, þat I haue putte on hem. And þe hous of Yrael ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord God of hem, fro þat day and afterward, or fro þennus forþ. And heiþen men ſhuln wite, for þe hous of Yrael is taken in his wickidneſſe, for þat þat þei leften me; and Y hidde my face fro hem, and bytoke hem in to hondis of enmys, and alle fellen in ſwerd. After þe vnclenneſſe of hem and greet treſpas Y dide to hem, and I hidde my face fro hem.

Þerfore þeſe þingis ſaiþ þe Lord God, Now I ſhal leede aȝein þe caitifte of Jacob, and I ſhal haue mercy on al þe hous of Yrael; and I ſhal take to loue for myn holy name. And þei ſhuln bere her confuſioun, and eche treſpaſſynge whiche þei treſpaſſiden in me, whan þei dwelliden in her lond triſtili, dredynge no man; and I ſhal leede aȝein hem of peplis, and ſhal gadre hem fro londis of her enmyes, and ſhal be halewid in hem, in þe eeȝen of ful manye folkis. And þei ſhuln wite, for I þe Lord God of hem, for þat þat I tranſlatide hem into naciouns, and haue gadrede hem vpon her lond, and I haue not forſaken, or left, eny man of hem þere.

And I ſhal namore hide my face fro hem, for þat I ſhedde out my ſpirit vpon eche hous of Yrael, ſaiþ þe Lord God.