Ezekiel 35
Ezekiel chapter 35 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 And ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal bringe you in to the lond of Israel, in to the lond for which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde yyue it to youre fadris. 2 And ye schulen haue mynde there on youre weies, and on alle youre grete trespassis, bi whiche ye ben defoulid in tho; and ye schulen displese you in youre siyt, in alle youre malices whiche ye diden. 3 And ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal do wel to you for my name; not bi youre yuel weies, nether bi youre worste trespassis, ye hous of Israel, seith the Lord God. 4 And the word of the Lord was maad to me, 5 and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens the weie of the south, and droppe thou to the south, and profesie thou to the forest of the myddai feeld. 6 And thou schalt seie to the myddai forest, Here thou the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal kyndle a fier in thee, and Y schal brenne in thee ech green tre, and ech drie tre; the flawme of brennyng schal not be quenchid, and ech face schal be brent ther ynne, fro the south til to the north. 7 And ech man schal se, that Y the Lord haue kyndlid it, and it schal not be quenchid. 8 And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, thei seien of me, Whethir this man spekith not bi parablis? 10 And the word of the Lord was maad to me, 11 and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face to Jerusalem, and droppe thou to the seyntuaries, and profesie thou ayens the erthe of Israel. 12 And thou schalt seie to the lond of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, and Y schal caste my swerd out of his schethe, and Y schal sle in thee a iust man and a wickid man. 13 Forsothe for that that Y haue slayn in thee a iust man and a wickid man, therfor my swerd schal go out of his schethe to ech man, fro the south til to the north; 14 that ech man wite, that Y the Lord haue drawe out my swerd fro his schethe, that schal not be clepid ayen. 15 And thou, sone of man, weile in sorewe of leendis, and in bitternessis thou schalt weile bifore hem.
