Zechariah · Chapter 14

[ edit] Loo! days cummen, ſaiþ þe Lord, and þi ſpuylis ſhuln be departid in mydil of þee. And Y ſhal gadre alle folkis to Jeruſalem, in to bateyl; and þe citee ſhal be taken, and houſis ſhuln be diſtruyed, and wymmen ſhuln be defoulid. And þe mydil part of þe citee ſhal go out in to caitiftee, and þe toþer of þe peple ſhal not be taken awey fro þe citee. And þe Lord ſhal go out, and ſhal fiȝte aȝeinus þe folkis, as he fauȝte in þe day of ſtryf. And his feet ſhuln ſtonde in þat day on þe hill of olyues, þat is aȝeins Jeruſalem at þe eeſt.

And þe hill of olyues ſchal be coruen of þe myddel part þerof to þe eeſt and to þe weſt, þe greet valey bifore brokyn; and þe myddel of þat hill be departid to þe norþ, and þe myddil þerof to þe mydday, or ſouþe. And ȝe ſhuln flee to þe valey of myn hillis, for þe valey of hillis ſhuln be ioyned togidre vn to þe next. And ȝe ſhuln flee, as ȝe fledden fro face of þe erþe mouynge in þe days of Oſee, kyng of Juda; and þe Lord my God ſhal cumme, and alle ſayntis wiþ hym. And it ſhal be, in þat day liȝt ſhal not be, bot colde and froſt. And þer ſhal be oo day, whiche is knowen to þe Lord, not day, neþer niȝt, and in tyme of euyn liȝt ſhal be.

And it ſhal be, in þat day quyck waters ſhuln go out of Jeruſalem, þe mydil of hem to þe eeſt ſee, and þe mydil of hem to þe laſt ſee; in ſomer and in wynter þei ſhuln be. And þe Lord ſhal be kyng on al erþe; in þat day þer ſhal be oo Lord, and his name ſhal be oon. And eche erþe ſhal turne aȝein vnto deſert, fro þe litil hill Remmon to þe ſouþ of Jeruſalem. And it ſhal be reyſid, and ſhal dwelle in his place, fro þe ȝate of Beniamyn til to þe place of þe former ȝate, and vn to þe ȝate of corners, and fro þe tour of Ananyel vnto preſſours of þe kyng. And þei ſhuln dwelle þerynne, and curſidneſſe ſhal namore be, bot Jeruſalem ſhal ſitte ſykir.

And þis ſhal be þe plage, by whiche þe Lord ſhal ſmyte alle folkis, þat fouȝten aȝeinus Jeruſalem; þe fleſhe of eche man ſtondinge vpon his feet ſhal fayle, or rote, and his eeȝen ſhuln faile to gydre in her hoolis, and his tunge ſhal faile to gydre in his mouþ. In þat day grete noyſe of þe Lord ſhal be in hem, and a man ſhal catche þe hond of his neiȝbore; and his hond ſhal be lockid to gidre on þe hond of his neiȝbore. Bot and Judas ſhal fiȝte aȝeinus Jeruſalem; and riccheſſis of alle folkis in cumpas ſhuln be gadred to gider, gold, and ſyluer, and many cloþis ynowe.

And ſo fallyng ſhal be of hors, and mule, and camel, and aſſe, and of alle werc beeſtis, þat weren in þo caſtellis, as þis fallyng. And alle þat ſhuln be reſidu of alle folkis, þat camen aȝeinus Jeruſalem, ſhuln ſtye vp fro ȝeere in to ȝeer, þat þei wirſhipen þe kyng, Lord of ooſtis, and halewe þe feeſt of tabernaclis. And it ſhal be, þei þat ſhuln not ſtye vp of þe meynees of erþe to Jeruſalem, þat þei wirſhipe þe kyng, Lord of ooſtus, reyn ſhal not be on hem. Þat and ȝif þe meynee of Egypt ſhal not ſtye vp, and ſhal not cum, neþer on hem ſhal be; bot fallynge ſhal be, bi whiche þe Lord ſhal ſmyte alle folkis, whiche ſtieden not vp, for to halewe þe feſt of tabernaclis.

Þis ſhal be þe ſynne of Egypt, and þis þe ſynne of alle folkis, þat ſtieden not vp, for to halewe þe feſt of tabernaclis. In þat day, it ſhal be, on whiche þing þe bridil of hors is hooly to þe Lord; and caudrons ſhuln be in þe hous of þe Lord, as cruetis byfore þe auter. And euery caudron in Juda and Jeruſalem ſhal be halewid to þe Lord of ooſtis. And alle men ſhuln cum offrynge, and ſhuln take of hem, and ſhuln ſeeþe in hem; and a marchaunt ſhal namore be in hous of þe Lord of ooſtus in þat day. Here endiþ þe book of Zacharias, þe prophete, and bigynneþ þe book of Malachie, prophete.