Micah · Chapter 1

[ edit] The word of þe Lord, whiche is maad to Mycheas Moraſtites, in þe days of Joaþan, Achas, Ezechie, kyngys of Juda; whiche he ſawȝ on Samarie, and Jeruſalem. Heere ȝe, alle peplis, and þe erþe perceyue, and þe plente þerof; and be þe Lord God to ȝou in to a witneſſe, þe Lord of hys holy temple. For loo! þe Lord ſhal gon out of his place, and ſhal cumme doun, and ſhal trede on heeȝ þingus of erþe. And mounteyns ſhuln be waaſtid vndir hym, and valeys ſhuln be kitt, as wex fro face of fijre, as waters þat rennen in to a pitt. In þe grete treſpas of Jacob al þis þing, and in þe ſynnes of þe hous of Yrael.

Whiche þe grete treſpas of Jacob, wher not Samarie? and whiche þe heeȝ þingis of Juda, wher not Jeruſalem? And Y ſhal putte Samarie as an heep of ſtoons in þe feeld, whanne a vyne ȝerd is plauntid; and Y ſhal drawe awey þe ſtoons þerof into a valey, and ſhal ſhewe þe foundementis þerof. And alle ſculptilis, or grauen ymagis, þerof ſhuln be beten to gidre, and alle hijres þerof ſhuln be brent in fijr; and Y ſhal putte al ydolis þerof in to perdicioun; for of hijris of an hoore þei ben gadrid, and vn to hijre of an hoore þei ſhuln be turned aȝein. On þis þing Y ſhal weile and ȝoule, Y ſhal go ſpuylid and nakid; and Y ſhal make weyling as of dragouns, and mournyng as of ſtruciouns.

For plage, or wounde, þerof is diſpeirid; for it came vn to Juda, it touchide þe ȝate of my peple, vn to Jeruſalem. In Geþ nyl ȝe telle, in teris weepe ȝe not; in þe hous of duſt wiþ duſt togydre ſprenge ȝou. And a faire dwellyng ſhal paſſe fro ȝou, confoundid wiþ yuel fame; it is not gon out, whiche dwelliþ in þe goynge out; a niȝ hous ſhal take of ȝou weylyng, whiche ſtode to it ſelf. For it is maad ſeeke in to good, whiche dwelliþ in bitterneſſis. For yuel came doun fro þe Lord in to þe ȝate of Jeruſalem, noyſe of a four horſid cart, of dreed to þe dwellynge at Lachis. It is þe bygynnyng of ſynne of þe douȝter of Syon, for in þee þe grete treſpaſſis of Yrael ben founden.

Þerfore he ſhal ȝeue vnnoble men on þe heritage of Geþ, an hous of leſyng in to diſceyte to þe kyngis of Yrael. Ȝit Y ſhal brenge an eir to þee, þat dwelliſt in Mareſa; vnto Odolla of glorie of Yrael ſhal cum. Be þou maad ballid, and be þou clippid on þe ſonys of ydolis; alarge þi baldneſſe as an egle, for þei ben led caityf fro þee.