Amos · Chapter 6

[ edit] Wo to ȝou, þat ben ful of richeſſis in Syon, and triſten in þe hille of Samarie, ȝe beſt men in honour, hedis of peplis, proudly goynge in to þe hous of Yrael. Go ȝe in to Calamye, and ſe ȝe, and go ȝe þennus in to Emaþ þe grete; and go ȝe doun in to Geþ of Paleſtyns, and to alle þe beſt rewmes of hem, ȝif her terme be bradder þan ȝour terme. Whiche ȝe ben departid in to yuel day, and neiȝen to ſeete of wickidneſſe; whiche ȝe ſleepen in beddis of yuer, and wexen wijld, or iolyf, in ȝour beddis; whiche ȝe eete lombe of floc, and a calf of mydil of þe droue; whiche ȝe ſyngen at voice of pſautrie.

As Dauid þei geſſiden hem for to haue veſſels of ſong, in vyols drinkynge wyne, and wiþ beſt oynement anoyntid; in no þing þei ſuffriden on þe contricioun of Joſeph. Wherfore now þei ſhuln paſſe in þe hed of men paſſynge ouer, and þe doyng, or treſoun, of men wexinge ioly ſhal be don awey. Þe Lord God ſwore in his ſoule, ſaiþ þe Lord God of ooſtis, Y wlate þe pride of Jacob, and Y hate þe hous of hym, and Y ſhal bytake þe citee wiþ his dwellers; þat ȝif þe relikis ſhuln be ten men in oon hous, and þei ſhuln dye. And his neiȝbore ſhal take hym, and ſhal to gydre brenne hym, þat he bere out boonys of þe hous.

And he ſhal ſaye to hym, þat is in priue places of þe hous, Wher þere is ȝit anentis þee? And he ſhal anſwere, An eend is. And he ſhal ſaye to hym, Be ſtille, and recorde not þe name of þe Lord. For loo! þe Lord ſhal comaunde, and ſhal ſmyte þe gretter hous wiþ fallyngis, and þe leſſe hous wiþ keruyngis. Wher horſis mown renne in ſtonys, or may it be erid in wijlde oxen? For ȝe conuerten dom in to bitterneſſe, and þe fruyte of riȝtwiſneſſe in to wormod. Whiche ȝe gladen in nouȝt, whiche ȝe ſayen, Wher not in oure ſtrengþe we token to vs horns? Loo!

Y ſhal reyſe a folc vpon ȝou, ȝe þe hous of Yrael, ſaiþ þe Lord God of ooſtis; and it ſhal to gydre breke ȝou fro entre of Emaþ vn to þe ſtreme of deſert.