Zechariah 9
Zechariah chapter 9 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 Y hatide and castide awei youre feeste daies, and Y schal not take the odour of youre cumpenyes. 2 That if ye offren to me youre brent sacrifices, and yiftis, Y schal not resseyue, and Y schal not biholde avowis of youre fatte thingis. 3 Do thou awei fro me the noise of thi songis, and Y schal not here the songis of thin harpe. 4 And doom schal be schewid as watir, and riytfulnesse as a strong streem. 5 Whether ye, the hous of Israel, offriden to me sacrifices for enemyes to be ouercomun, and sacrifice in desert fourti yeeris? 6 And ye han bore tabernaclis to Moloch, youre god, and ymage of youre idols, the sterre of youre god, which ye maden to you. 7 And Y schal make you for to passe ouer Damask, seide the Lord; God of oostis is the name of him. 9 Wo to you, that ben ful of richessis in Sion, and tristen in the hil of Samarie, ye principal men, the heedis of puplis, that goen proudli in to the hous of Israel. 10 Go ye in to Calamye, and se ye, and go ye fro thennus in to Emath the greet; and go ye doun in to Geth of Palestyns, and to alle the beste rewmes of hem, if her terme be broddere than youre terme. 11 And ye ben departid in to yuel dai, and neiyen to the seete of wickidnesse; 12 and ye slepen in beddis of yuer, and doen letcherie in youre beddis; and ye eten a lomb of the flok, and calues of the myddil of droue; 13 and ye syngen at vois of sautree. As Dauid thei gessiden hem for to haue instrumentis of song, and drynken wyn in viols; 14 and with beste oynement thei weren anoynted; and in no thing thei hadden compassioun on the sorewe, ether defoulyng, of Joseph. 15 Wherfor now thei schulen passe in the heed of men passynge ouer, and the doyng of men doynge letcherie schal be don awei. 16 The Lord God swoor in his soule, seith the Lord God of oostis, Y wlate the pride of Jacob, and Y hate the housis of hym, and Y schal bitake the citee with hise dwelleris; 17 that if ten men ben left in oon hous, and thei schulen die.
