Micah · Chapter 5

[ edit] Now þou, douȝter of þe þeef, ſhalt be diſtruyed; þei puttiden on vs byſeegyng, in a ȝerd þei ſhuln ſmyte þe cheeke of þe iuge of Yrael. And þou, Beþlem Effrata, art litil in þe þouſandis of Juda; of þee ſhal gon out to me, whiche is lordſhiper in Yrael; and þe goyng out of hym fro þe bygynnyng of dais of euerlaſtyngneſſe. For þis þing God ſhal ȝeue hem vn to tyme in whiche þe traueilynge of chijld ſhal bere chijld, and þe relikis of his breþeren ſhuln be conuertid to þe ſonys of Yrael. And he ſhal ſtonde, and ſhal feede in ſtrengþe of þe Lord, in þe heiȝt of þe name of þe Lord his God; and þei ſhuln be conuertid, for now he ſhal be magnyfied vn to þe termes of al erþe.

And þis ſhal be pees, whanne Aſſirius ſhal cum in to oure lond, and whanne he ſhal trede in oure houſis; and we ſhuln reyſe on hym ſeuen ſheperdis, and eiȝt primatis, or firſt men in dignyte. And þei ſhuln feede þe lond of Aſſur in ſwerd, and þe lond of Nembroþ in ſperis of hym; and he ſhal delyuere vs fro Aſſur, whanne he ſhal cum in to oure lond, and whanne he ſhal treede in oure cooſtis. And relikis of Jacob ſhuln be in þe mydil of many peplis, as dewe of þe Lord, and as droppyngis on erbe, whiche abydiþ not man, and ſhal not abyde þe ſonys of men.

And relikis of Jacob ſhuln be in heiþen men, in þe mydil of many peplis, as a lyoun in beſtis of woddis, and as whelpe of lyoun rorynge in flockis of ſmale beeſtis; whiche whan ſhal paſſe, and defoule, and take, þer is not þat ſhal delyuere. Þin hond ſhal be reyſid on þin enmyes, and alle þin enmyes ſhuln periſhe. And it ſhal be, in þat day, ſaiþ þe Lord, Y ſhal take awey þin horſis of þe mydil of þee, and Y ſhal diſtruye þi foure horſid cartis. And Y ſhal leeſe þe citees of þi lond, and Y ſhal diſtruye alle þi ſtrengþis; and Y ſhal do awey þe yuel deedis of þin hond, and dyuynaciouns, or tellyngus by deuels craft, ſhuln not be in þee.

And Y ſhal make for to periſhe þi ſculptilis, or grauen ymagis, and Y ſhal breke to gydre of þe mydil of þee þin ymagis, and þou ſhalt namore wirſhipe þe werkis of þin hondis. And Y ſhal drawe out þi mawmet wodis, and ſhal breke to gydre þi citees. And Y ſhal make in woodneſſe and in indignacioun veniaunce in alle folkis, whiche herden not.