Zechariah · Chapter 12

[ edit] The charge of word of þe Lord on Yrael. Þe Lord ſaide, ſtretchynge forþ heuen, and foundynge erþe, and makynge þe ſpirit of a man in hym, Loo! Y ſhal putte Jeruſalem a þreſhfold of glotonye to alle peplis in cumpas, bot and Juda ſhal be in aſeegynge aȝeinus Jeruſalem. And it ſhal be, in þat day Y ſhal putte Jeruſalem a ſtoon of charge to alle peplis; alle þat ſhuln lifte it, wiþ conſcicioun, or kittyng to gidre, ſhuln be to-drawen, and alle rewmys of erþe ſhuln be gadrid aȝeinus it.

In þat day, ſayþ þe Lord, Y ſhal ſmyte eche hors in to dreed, or leeſyng of mynde, and þe ſtyer of hym in to wodeneſſe; and on þe hous of Juda I ſhal opyn myn eeȝen, and Y ſhal ſmyte wiþ blyndneſſe eche hors of peplis. And duykis of Juda ſhuln ſaye in her hertis, Be þe dwellers of Jeruſalem counfortid to me in þe Lord of ooſtis, þe God of hem. In þat day Y ſhal putte þe duykis of Juda as a chymney of fijr in trees, and as a brond of fijr in hay; and þei ſhuln deuoure at þe riȝt half and left alle peplis in cumpas. And Jeruſalem ſhal be enhabitid eftſoone in his place, in Jeruſalem.

And þe Lord ſhal ſaaue þe tabernaclis of Juda, as in þe bygynnyng, þat þe hous of Dauid glorie not greetly, and þe glorie of men dwellynge in Jeruſalem aȝeinus Juda. In þat day þe Lord ſhal defende þe dwellers of Jeruſalem; and it ſhal be, he þat ſhal offende of hem in þat day as Dauyd, and þe hous of Dauyd as of God, as þe aungel of þe Lord in þe ſiȝt of hym. And it ſhal be, in þat day Y ſhal ſeeke for to breke to gydre alle folkis þat cummen aȝeinus Jeruſalem. And Y ſhal heelde out on þe hous of Dauid, and on dwellers of Jeruſalem, þe ſpirit of grace, and of prayers; and þei ſhuln biholde to me, whom þei to gidre ficchiden.

And þei ſhuln weile hym wiþ weilyng, as on þe oon bigoten; and þei ſhuln ſorewen on hym, as it is wont for to be ſorewid in deþ of þe firſt bygoten. In þat day grete weilyng ſhal be in Jeruſalem, as þe weilyng of Adremon in þe feeld of Magedon. And erþe ſhal weyle; meynees and meynees by hem ſelf; þe meynees of þe hous of Dauid by hem ſelf, and þe wymmen of hem by hemſelf; meynees of þe hous of Naþan bi hem ſelf, and þe wymmen of hem by hem ſelf; meynees of þe hous of Leuy by hem ſelf, and þe wymmen of hem by hem ſelf; meynees of Semey bi hem ſelf, and þe wymmen of hem bi hem ſelf. Alle meynees, and oþer meynees, and meynees by hem ſelf, and wymmen of hem by hem ſelf.