Zechariah · Chapter 9

[ edit] The charge of word of þe Lord, in þe lond of Adrach, and Damaſk, reſte þerof; for þe Lord is þe eeȝe of man, and of alle þe lynagis of Yrael. And Emaþ in termes þerof, and Tyrus, and Sydon; ſoþeli þei token to hem wiſdam gretely. And Tyrus beeldide his ſtrengþynge, and gadride ſyluer as erþe, and gold as fen of ſtreetis. Loo! þe Lord ſhal weelde it, and ſhal ſmyte in þe ſee þe ſtrengþe þerof, and it ſhal be deuoured in fijr.

Aſchalon ſhal ſe, and ſhal drede; and Gaza, and ſhal ſorewe ful myche; and Acharon, for þe hoope þerof is confoundid; and þe kyng ſhal periſhe of Gaza, and Aſcalon ſhal not be enhabited; and a departer ſhal ſitte in Azoto, and Y ſhal diſtruye þe pride of Philiſtynes. And Y ſhal take awey þe blood þerof of þe mouþ of it, and þe abhomynaciouns þerof of mydil of þe teeþ þerof, and it alſo ſhal be left to oure God; and it ſhal be as a duyk in Juda, and Accharon as Jebuſey. And Y ſhal enuyrounne myn hous of þeſe þat holden knyȝþode to me, goynge and turnynge aȝein; and þe exactoure, or þe vniuſt axer, ſhal namore paſſe vpon hem, for now Y ſawȝ in myn eeȝen.

Þou douȝter of Syon, ioye wiþ outeforþ ynowȝ, ſynge, þou douȝter of Jeruſalem; loo! þi kyng ſhal cume to þee, he iuſt, and ſaueour; he pore, ſtyinge vpon a ſhe aſſe, and vpon a fole, ſone of þe ſhe aſſe. And Y ſhal ſcatere þe foure horſid carte of Effraym, and þe hors of Jeruſalem, and bowe of þe bateile ſhal be diſtruyed; and he ſhal ſpeke pees to heiþen men, and power of hym fro ſe vn to ſe, and fro floodis vn to eendis of þe erþe. And þou in blood of þi teſtament ſentiſt out þi bounden fro þe lake, in whiche is not water.

Be ȝe conuertid to ſtrengþing, ȝe bounden of hoope; and þis day Y ſhewynge double þingus ſhal ȝeelde to þee, for Y ſhal ſtretche forþ to me Juda as a bowe, Y ſhal fulfille þe lond of Effraym. And Y ſhal reyſe þi ſones, Syon, vpon þi ſones, Greece, and Y ſhal putte þee as ſwerd of ſtronge. And þe Lord God ſhal be ſeen vpon hem, and þe ſwerd of hym ſhal go out as leyt. And þe Lord God ſhal ſynge in trumpe, and ſhal go in whirlwynd of þe ſouþ; þe Lord of ooſtis ſhal keuere, or defende, hem, and þei ſhuln deuouren, and maken ſuget in ſtones of ſlynge; and þei drynkynge ſhuln be fulfillid as wiþ wyne, and ſhuln be fillid as cruetis, and as hornes of þe auter.

And þe Lord God of hem ſhal ſaaue hem in þat day, as a floc of his peple, for holy ſtoonys ſhuln be reyſid vpon þe lond of hym. What forſoþe is þe good of hym, and what þe faire of hym, no but whete of choſen, and wyne buriownynge virgynes?