Zechariah · Chapter 2

[ edit] And Y reyſide myn eeȝen, and ſawȝ, and loo! a man, and loo! in his hond a litil coorde of meters. And Y ſaide, Whider goſt þou? And he ſaide to me, Þat Y mete Jeruſalem, and Judee; hou myche is þe breede þerof, and hou myche þe lengþe þerof. And loo! þe angel þat ſpac in me, wente out, and an oþer angel wente out into meetynge of hym, and ſaide to hym, Renne þou, ſpek to þis chijld, ſaiynge, Wiþ outen wall Jeruſalem ſhal be enabitid, for multitude of men and beeſtis in þe mydil þerof. And Y ſhal be to it, ſaiþ þe Lord, a wall of fijr in cumpas; and Y ſhal be in glorye in þe mydil þerof. O! O!

O! flee ȝe of þe lond of þe norþ, ſaiþ þe Lord, for in foure wyndis of heuen Y ſcatride ȝou, ſaiþ þe Lord. Þou Syon, flee, þat dwelliſt anentus þe douȝter of Babyloyne. For þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, After glorie he ſente me to heiþen men, whiche robbiden ȝou; forſoþe he þat ſhal touche ȝou, ſhal touche þe appil of myn eeȝe. For lo! Y reyſe my hond vpon hem, and þei ſhuln be pray to þeſe þat ſeruyden to hem; and ȝe ſhuln knowe, for þe Lord of ooſtis ſente me. Douȝter of Syon, herye þou, and glade; for loo! Y come, and ſhal dwelle in þe mydil of þee, ſaiþ þe Lord.

And manye folkis ſhuln be applied to þe Lord in þat day, and þei ſhuln be to me in to a peple, and Y ſhal dwelle in þe mydil of þee; and þou ſhalt wite, for þe Lord of ooſtis ſente me to þee. And þe Lord ſhal welde Juda in to his part, in þe lond halewid, and ſhal cheſe ȝit Jeruſalem. Be eche fleſh ſtille fro þe face of þe Lord, for he rooſe of his holy dwellynge place.