Amos · Chapter 3

[ edit] Sonys of Yrael, heer ȝe þe word þat þe Lord ſpac on ȝou, on al þe kynred, whiche Y ledde out of þe lond of Egypt, ſayinge, Oonly ȝou Y knew of alle kynredis of erþe; þerfore Y ſhal viſite on ȝou alle ȝour wickidneſſis. Wher two ſhuln go to gydre, no but it ſhal accorde to hem? Wher a lyoun ſhal rore in þe wijld wode, no bot he ſhal haue pray? Wher þe whelp of a lyoun ſhal ȝeue voice of his couche, no bot he ſhal cacche ſum þing? Wher a brid ſhal falle in to grane of erþe, wiþ outen a fouler? Wher a gnare ſhal be taken awey fro erþe, before it ſhal take ſum þing? Ȝif a trumpe ſhal ſowne in a cytee, and þe peple ſhal not dreede? Ȝif þere be yuel in þe citee, whiche þe Lord ſhal not do?

For þe Lord God ſhal not do a word, no bot he ſhal ſhewe his preuyte to his ſeruauntis prophetis. A lyoun ſhal rore, who ſhal not dreede? þe Lord God ſpac, who ſhal not prophecie? Make ȝe herd in þe houſis of Azotus, and in þe houſis of þe lond of Egypt; and ſaye ȝe, Be ȝe gadrid on þe hillis of Samarye, and ſee many woodneſſis in þe mydil þerof, and men ſuffrynge fals chalenge in priuy chaumbris þerof. And þei couþen not do riȝt þing, ſaiþ þe Lord, treſourynge wickidneſſe and raueyn in her houſis. Þerfore þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Þe lond ſhal be in tribulacioun, and ſhal be cumpaſid; and þi ſtrengþe ſhal be drawen awey fro þee, and þin houſis ſhuln be robbid.

Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord, Hou ȝif a ſheperd delyuere two hypis, or þe laſt þing of a litil ere of þe lyouns mouþe, ſo þe ſonys of Yrael ſhuln be delyuered, þat dwellen in Samarie, in plage, or wound, of þe litil bed, and in þe lappe of Damaſke. Heere ȝe, and witneſſe ȝe to gidre in þe hous of Jacob, ſaiþ þe Lord God of ooſtis. For in þe day, whanne Y ſhal bygynne for to viſite þe treſpaſſis of Yrael on hym, Y ſhal viſite and on þe auters of Beþel; and þe corners of þe auters ſhuln be kitte of, and ſhuln falle in to erþe. And Y ſhal ſmyte þe wyntyr hous wiþ þe ſomer hous, and þe houſis of yuer ſhuln periſhe, and many houſis ſhuln be diſtruyed, ſaiþ þe Lord.