Amos · Chapter 9

[ edit] I ſaw þe Lord ſtondynge on þe auter, and he ſaide, Smyte þou þe herre, and be þe ouer þrisfoldis moued to gydre; forſoþe auerice in þe hed of alle, and Y ſhal ſlea in ſwerd þe laſt of hem; þer ſhal no fliȝt be to hem, and he þat ſhal flee of hem, ſhal not be ſaued. Ȝif þei ſhuln go doun vn to helle, fro þennus my hond ſhal leede hem out; and ȝif þei ſhuln ſtye til in to heuen, fro þennus Y ſhal drawe hem doun. And ȝif þei ſhuln be hid in þe top of Carmele, fro þennus Y ſeekynge ſhal do hem awey; and ȝif þei ſhuln hyde hem ſelf fro myn eeȝen in depneſſe of þe ſee, þer Y ſhal comaunde to a ſerpent, and it ſhal bite hem.

And ȝif þei ſhuln go awey in to caitiftee bifore her enmyes, þer Y ſhal comaunde to ſwerd, and it ſhal ſlea hem. And Y ſhal putte myn eeȝen vpon hem in to yuel, and not in to good. And þe Lord God of ooſtis, þat toucheþ erþe, and it ſhal fayle, and alle men dwellynge þeryn ſhuln mourne; and it ſhal ſtye vp as eche ſtronde, and ſhal fleete awey as þe flood of Egypt. He þat beeldiþ his ſtying vp in heuen, and foundide his knytche, or berþen, on erþe; whiche clepiþ waters of þe ſee, and heeldiþ hem out on face of þe erþe; þe Lord name of hym. Wher not as ſonys of Eþiopyens ȝe ben to me, þe ſonys of Yrael? ſaiþ þe Lord God.

Wher Y made not Yrael for to ſtye vp of þe lond of Egypt, and Paliſtens of Capadocie, and Siriens of Syrenen? Loo! þe eeȝen of þe Lord God on rewme ſynnynge, and Y ſhal to gydre breke it fro face of þe erþe; neþeles Y brekynge togidere ſhal not breke to gydre þe hous of Jacob, ſaiþ þe Lord. Loo! ſoþeli Y ſhal comaunde, and ſhal ſmyte in alle folkis þe hous of Yrael, as whete is ſmyten in a rydil, and a lytil ſtoon of it ſhal not falle on erþe. Alle ſynners of my people ſhal dye in ſwerde, whiche ſayn, Yuel ſhal not neiȝ, and ſhal not cumme on vs.

In þat day Y ſhal rayſe þe tabernacle of Dauid, þat felle doun, and Y ſhal aȝein beelde opnyngis of wallis þerof, and Y ſhal inſtore þo þingis þat fellen to gydre; and Y ſhal aȝein beelde hym, as in olde days, þat þei weelde relikis of Ydome, and alle naciouns; for þat my name is in clepid on hem, ſaiþ þe Lord doynge þeſe þingus. Loo! days cummen, ſaiþ þe Lord, and þe erer ſhal cacche þe reper, and treder of grape þe man ſendynge ſeed; and mounteyns ſhuln droppe ſwetneſſe, and alle ſmale hyllis ſhuln be tiliȝid.

And Y ſhal conuerte þe caytifte of my peple Yrael, and þei ſhuln beelde forſaken cytees, and ſhuln dwelle; and ſhuln plaunte vyne ȝerdis, and þei ſhuln drinke wyne of hem; and þei ſhuln make gardyns, and ſhuln ete fruytis of hem. And Y ſhal plante hem on her erþe, and Y ſhal namore drawe hem out of her lond, whiche Y ȝaue to hem, ſaiþ þe Lord þi God. Here endiþ þe book of Amos, prophete, and bigynneþ þe book of Abdias, prophete.