Micah · Chapter 3

[ edit] And Y ſaide, Heere, ȝe princis of Jacob, and duykys of þe hous of Yrael. Wher it be ȝour for to wite dom, whiche han in hate good, and louen yuel? Whiche violentli taken awey þe ſkinnis of hem fro aboue hem, and þe fleſhe of hem fro aboue þe bonys of hem. Whiche eeten fleſhe of my peple, and hildiden, or flewen, þe ſkyn of hem fro aboue; and braken to gydre þe bonys of hem, and kittiden to gydre as in a cawdroun, and as fleſhe in þe mydil of a pott. Þanne þei ſhuln crye to þe Lord, and he ſhal not heer hem; and he ſhal hijde his face fro hem in þat tyme, as þei diden wickidly in her fyndyngus.

Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord on þe prophetis þat diſceyuen my peple, and biten wiþ her teeþ, and prechen pees; and ȝif eny man ſhal not ȝeue in þe mouþ of hem eny þing, þei halewyn bateyle on hym. Þerfore niȝt ſhal be to ȝou for viſioun, or prophecie, and derkneſſis to ȝou for dyuynacioun; and þe ſunne ſhal go doun on þe prophetis, and þe day ſhal be maad derk on hem. And þei ſhuln be confoundid þat ſeen viſiouns, and dyuynours ſhuln be confoundid, and alle ſhuln hille her cheeris, for it is not þe anſwere of God. Neþeles Y am fulfillid wiþ ſtrengþe of Spirit of þe Lord, in dom and vertu, þat Y ſhewe to Jacob his grete treſpas, and to Yrael his ſynne.

Heere ȝe þeſe þingis, ȝe princis of þe hous of Jacob, and domyſmen of þe hous of Yrael, whiche wlaten dom, and peruerten alle riȝt þingus; whiche beelden Syon in blodis, and Jeruſalem in wickidneſſe. Princis þerof demyden in ȝiftus, and þe preſtis þerof tauȝten in hijre, and prophetis þerof dyuynyden in money; and on þe Lord þei reſtiden, ſayinge, Wher not þe Lord in þe mydil of vs? yuels ſhuln not cume on vs. For þis þing by cauſe of ȝou, Syon as a feeld ſhal be eryd; and Jeruſalem ſhal be as an heep of ſtoons, and þe hill of þe temple in to heeȝ þingus of wodys.