Isaiah 7
Isaiah chapter 7 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 For whi a mouyte cometh forth of clothis, and the wickidnesse of a man cometh forth of a womman. 2 For whi the wickidnesse of a man is betere than a womman doynge wel, and a womman schendyng in to schenschipe. 3 Therfor be thou myndeful of the werkis of the Lord; and Y schal telle the werkis of the Lord, whiche Y siy, in the wordis of the Lord. 4 The sunne liytnynge bihelde by alle thingis; and the werk therof is ful of the glorie of the Lord. 5 Whether the Lord made not hooli men to telle out alle hise merueilis, whiche the Lord almyyti stidfast in his glorie schal conferme? 6 He schal enserche the depthe, and the herte of men; and he schal thenke in the felnesse of hem. 7 For the Lord knew al kunnyng, and bihelde in to the signe of the world; tellynge tho thingis that ben passid, and tho thingis that schulen come; schewynge the steppis of hid thingis. 8 And no thouyt passith hym, and no word hidith it silf fro hym. 9 He made fair the grete werkis of his wisdom, which is bifore the world, and til in to the world; nether ony thing is encreessid, 10 nether is decreessid, and he hath no nede to the counsel of ony. 11 Alle hise werkis ben ful desirable, and to biholde, as a sparcle which is. 12 Alle these thingis lyuen, and dwellen in to the world; and alle thingis obeien to hym in al nede. 13 Alle thingis ben double, oon ayens oon; and he made not ony thing to faile. He schal conferme the goodis of ech; and who schal be fillid, seynge his glorie? 16 The firmament of hiynesse is the fairnesse therof; the fairnesse of heuene in the siyt of glorie. 17 The sunne in biholdyng, tellynge in goyng out, is a woundurful vessel, the werk of hiy God. 18 In the tyme of myddai it brenneth the erthe; and who schal mow suffre in the siyt of his heete? Kepynge a furneis in the werkis of heete; 19 the sunne brennynge hillis in thre maneris, sendynge out beemys of fier, and schynynge ayen with hise beemys, blyndith iyen. 20 The Lord is greet, that made it; and in the wordis of hym it hastide iourney. 21 And the moone in alle men in his tyme is shewing of tyme, and a signe of the world. 22 A signe of the feeste dai is takun of the moone; the liyt which is maad litil in the ende. 23 The monethe is encreessynge bi the name therof, wondirfuli in to the ending. 24 A vessel of castels in hiy thingis, schynynge gloriousli in the firmament of heuene. 25 The fairnesse of heuene is the glorie of sterris; the Lord an hiy liytneth the world.
