Isaiah 13
Isaiah chapter 13 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 And he was knowun feithful in hise wordis, for he siy the Lord of liyt.
2 And he clepide in to help the Lord almyyti, in ouercomynge enemyes stondynge aboute on ech side, in the offrynge of a man vndefoulid.
3 And the Lord thundride fro heuene, and in greet soun he made his vois herd.
4 And he al to-brak the princes of men of Tyre, and alle the duykis of Filisteis.
5 And bifore the tyme of ende of his lijf, and of the world, he yaf witnessyng in the siyt of the Lord, and of Crist; he took not of ony man richessis, yhe, til to schoon; and no man accuside hym.
6 And after this he slepte, and he made knowun to the kyng, and he schewide to hym the ende of his lijf; and he enhaunside his vois fro the erthe in profesie, to do awei the wickidnesse of the folc.
8 Aftir these thingis Nathan, the profete, roos, in the daies of Dauid.
9 And as ynnere fatnesse departide fro the fleisch, so Dauid fro the sones of Israel.
10 He pleiede with liouns, as with lambren; he dide in lijk maner with beris, as with lambren of scheep.
11 Whether in his yongthe he killide not a giaunt, and took awei schenschip fro the folk?
12 In reisynge the hond in a stoon of a slynge, he castide doun the ful out ioiyng of Golias,
13 where he clepide to help the Lord almyyti; and he yaf in his riyt hond to do awei a stronge man in batel, and to enhaunse the horn of his folk.
14 So he glorifiede hym in ten thousynde, and he preiside hym in the blessyngis of the Lord, in offrynge to hym the coroun of glorie.
15 For he al to-brak enemyes on ech side, and drow out bi the roote Filisteis contrarie, til in to this dai; he al to-brak the horn of hem, til in to with outen ende.
16 Dauid in ech werk yaf knouleching to hooli God, and hiy in the word of glorie.
17 Of al his herte he heriede God, and he louyde the Lord that made hym, and yaf to hym power ayens enemyes.
18 And he made syngeris to stonde ayens the auter; and he made swete motetis in the soun of hem.
19 And he yaf fairnesse in halewyngis, and he ournede tymes `til to the endyng of lijf; that thei schulden preise the hooli name of the Lord, and make large eerli the hoolynesse of God.
20 Crist purgide the synnes of hym, and enhaunside his horn with outen ende; and he yaf to hym the testament of kyngis, and the seete of glorie in Israel.
21 Aftir hym roos a witti sone; and for hym he castide doun al the power of enemyes.
22 Salomon regnede in the daies of pees, to whom God made suget alle enemyes, that he schulde make an hous in the name of God, and make redi hoolynesse with outen ende, as he was lerned in his yongthe.
