Zechariah · Chapter 10

[ edit] Axe ȝe reyn of þe Lord in euenyng tyme, and þe Lord ſhal make ſnowis, and reyn of miȝt of þe cloude; and he ſhal ȝeue to hem, eche by hem ſelf, erbe in þe feeld. For ſymulacris ſpaken vnprofitable þing, and dyuynours ſawen leſyng; and dremers ſpaken veynly, ydely þei confortiden; þerfor þei ben ledde to as a floc, þei ſhuln be tourmentid, for ſheperd is not to hem. Vpon ſheperdis my woodnes is wroþe, and vpon goot buckis Y ſhal viſite; for þe Lord of ooſtis haþ viſited his floc, þe hous of Juda, and haþ putt hem as hors of his glorye in batel. Of hym corner, and of him a litil pale, of hym bowe of batel, and of hym eche exactour, or vniuſt axer, ſhal go out togidre.

And þei ſhuln be as ſtronge men, defoulynge cley of wayes in bateil, and þei ſhuln fiȝte, for þe Lord is wiþ hem; and ſtyers of horſis ſhuln be confoundid. And Y ſhal coumforte þe hous of Juda, and Y ſhal ſaaue þe hous of Joſeph; and Y ſhal conuerte hem, for Y ſhal haue mercye of hem; and þei ſhuln be as þei weren, whanne Y hadde not caſt hem awey; forſoþe Y þe Lord God of hem, and Y ſhal graciouſely heere hem. And þei ſhuln be as ſtronge of Effraym, and þe herte of hem ſhal glade, as of wyne; and þe ſonys of hem ſhuln ſee, and glade, and þe hert of hem ſhal ioye wiþ outeforþ in þe Lord.

Y ſhal hiſſe, or ſoftly ſpeeke, to hem, and Y ſhal gedre hem, for Y aȝein bouȝte hem, and Y ſhal multiplie hem, as þei weren byfore multiplied. And Y ſhal ſowe hem in peplis, and of fer þei ſhuln biþenke of me; and þei ſhuln lyue wiþ her ſonys, and ſhuln turne aȝein. And Y ſhal aȝein leede hem fro þe lond of Egypt, and of Aſſiriens Y ſhal gedre hem; and to þe lond of Galaad and of Liban Y ſhal bringe hem, and place ſhal not be founden in hem. And he ſhal paſſe in wawe of þe ſe, and ſhal ſmyte wawes in þe ſee, and alle depneſſis of flood ſhuln be confoundid; and þe pride of Aſſur ſhal be meekid, and þe ſceptre of Egipt ſhal go awey.

Y ſhal coumforte hem in þe Lord, and in þe name of hym þei ſhuln walke, ſaiþ þe Lord.