Ezekiel 13
Ezekiel chapter 13 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 For Y woot, that the puple schal not here me, for it is a puple of hard nol. And it schal turne to her herte in the lond of her caitiftee; 2 and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of hem. And Y schal yyue to hem an herte, and thei schulen vndurstonde, and eeris, and thei schulen here. 3 And thei schulen herie me in the lond of her caitiftee, and thei schulen be myndeful of my name. 4 Thei schulen turne awei hem silf fro her hard bak, and fro her wickidnessis; for thei schulen haue mynde of the wei of her fadris, that synneden ayens me. 5 And Y schal ayen clepe hem in to the lond, which Y swoor to yyue to the fadris of hem, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and thei schulen be lordis of it. And Y schal multiplie hem, and thei schulen not be maad lesse. 6 And Y schal ordeyne to hem an other testament euerlastynge, that Y be to hem in to God, and thei schulen be to me in to a puple. And Y schal no more moue my puple, the sones of Israel, fro the lond which Y yaf to hem. 8 And now, Lord almiyti, God of Israel, a soule in angwischis and a spirit anoied crieth to thee. 9 Lord, here thou, and haue merci, for thou art merciful God; and haue thou merci on vs, for we han synned bifor thee, 10 that sittist withouten ende, and we schulen not perische withouten ende. 11 Lord God almiyti, God of Israel, here thou now the preier of the deed men of Israel, and of the sones of hem, that synneden bifor thee, and herden not the vois of her Lord God, and yuels ben fastned to vs. 12 Nyle thou haue mynde on the wickidnesse of oure fadris, but haue thou mynde on thin hond and on thi name in this tyme; 13 for thou art oure Lord God, and, Lord, we schulen herie thee. 14 For whi for this thing thou hast youe thi drede in oure hertis, that we clepe thi name to help, and herie thee in oure caitiftee; for we schulen be conuertid fro the wickidnesse of oure fadris, that synneden ayens thee. 15 And lo! we ben in oure caitifte to dai, whidur thou scateridist vs, in to schenschipe, and in to cursyng, and in to synne, bi al the wickidnesse of oure fadris, that yeden awei fro thee, thou oure Lord God. 16 Israel, here thou the comaundementis of lijf; perseyue thou with eeris, that thou kunne prudence. 17 Israel, what is it, that thou art in the lond of enemyes? 18 Thou wexidist eld in an alien lond, thou art defoulid with deed men, thou art arettid with hem, that goon doun in to helle? 19 Thou hast forsake the welle of wisdom; 20 for whi if thou haddist gon in the weies of God, sotheli thou haddist dwellid in pees on erthe. 21 Lerne thou, where is wisdom, where is prudence, where is vertu, where is vndurstondyng, that thou wite togidere, where is long duryng of lijf and lijf lode, where is liyt of iyen, and pees. 22 Who foond the place therof, and who entride in to the tresouris therof? 23 Where ben the princes of hethene men, and that ben lordis ouer the beestis, that ben on erthe?
