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[verse 1] And it was don in the daies of Achas, the sone of Joathan, the sone of Osias, kyng of Juda, Rasyn, the kyng of Sirie, and Facee, the sone of Romelie, the kyng of Israel, stieden to Jerusalem, for to fiȝte aȝens it; and thei myȝten not ouercome it. [verse 2] And thei telden to the hous of Dauid, and
seiden, Sirie hath restid [Sirie hath reisid, etc.; that is, the king of Sirie and the king of Israel ben confederid, to come togidere aȝenus the rewme of Juda. Lire here. C.] on Effraym, and the herte of hym and of his puple was mouyd togidere, as the trees of wodis ben mouyd of the face of the wynd. [verse 3] And the Lord seide to Isaie, Go thou out, and Ja|sub, thi sone, which is left, in to the meet|yng of Achas, at the laste ende of the water cundijt of the hiȝere cisterne, in the weie of the feeld of the fullere. [verse 4] And thou schalt seie to hym, Se thou, that thou be stille [that thou be stille; that is, that thou be in good pees and reste. taylis; that is, oostis suynge kyngis. smokinge; he seith this, for the glorie of these kingis schulde be quenchid, as he tellith in this capitle. Lire here. C.] ; nyle thou drede, and thin herte be not aferd of [of the I.] twei tailis of these brondis smokynge in the wraththe of woodnesse, of Rasyn, kynge of Sirie, and of the sone of Romelye. [verse 5] For Sirie, and Effraym, and the sone of Romelie, han bigunne yuel councel aȝens thee, and seien, [verse 6] Stie we [we up I.] to Juda, and reise we hym, and drawe we hym out to vs; and sette we a kyng in the myddis therof, the sone of Tabeel [of Tabeel; that is, of Ro|melie, which is clepid here Tabeel, as Raby Salomon seith. These lxv. ȝeer bigunnen in the secunde ȝeer bifor the erthe|mouyng, whanne kyng Osias wolde offre encense, in which tyme Amos bigan to profesie, for in the sixte ȝeer of kyng Ese|chie, Samarie was takun, in xviij. co. of IIII. book of Kyngis. schulen not dwelle; in truthe. Ysaye seide this, for he knew that A|chas, the worste idolatour, wolde not bileue to hise wordis. a signe; of thi delyueraunce, and of thi pu|ple. of thi Lord God; and not of idols, whiche thou worschip|ist. in to the depthe of helle; that is, axe a signe to thee, bi the reising of sum deed man. in to he|uene; as it was doon bi the stonding of the sunne, in the tyme of Josue, in x. co. of Josue. Lire here. C.] . [verse 7] The Lord God seith these thingis, This schal not be, and it schal [verse 8] not stonde; but Damask schal be the heed of Sirie, and Rasyn `schal be [Om. I.] the heed of Damask; and ȝit sixti ȝeer and fiue, and Effraym schal faile to be a puple; [verse 9] and Samarie shal faile to be the heed of Effraym, and the sone of Romelie `schal faile [Om. I.] to be heed of Samarie. Forsothe if ȝe schulen not bileue, ȝe schulen not dwelle. [verse 10] And the Lord addide to speke to [verse 11] Achas, and seide, Axe thou to thee a signe of thi Lord God, in to the depthe of helle, ethir in to heiȝthe aboue. [verse 12] And Achas seide, Y schal not axe, and Y schal not tempte [not tempte; this was a feyned accusacioun, to coloure his yuel, for he was the worste idola|trour, and nolde that ony thing were schewed to the glorie of God. Lire here. C.] the Lord. [verse 13] And Ysaie seide, Ther|for [Thou therfor A pr. m. C pr. m. EFU.] the hous of Dauid, here ȝe; whether it is litil to ȝou to [for to CEFHIKNPSVX.] be diseseful to men [diseseful to men; that is, to profetis, whiche thei diseseden ofte, in scornynge and turmentinge hem, and sum tyme in sleynge hem. diseseful also to my God; in forsakinge a signe profrid of him, lest his name be glorified. for this thyng; that is, to the declaring of his name principaly. a signe; of ȝoure delyueraunce. a virgyn; that is, Seynt Marie, which conseyuede, and childide, and dwellith euere a virgyn. Emanuel; that is, God with vs, for whi Crist is bothe God and man. ete botere and hony; this is seid to signefie his very manhed, which is nurchid bi siche thingis, most in child|hed. that he kunne repreue yuel, etc.; this word that sig|nefieth not cause, but su|yng, for fro his childhod and conseyuyng in his modris wombe, he hadde the ful|nesse of man|nus kunnyng, to repreue yuel, and to chese good, and for he hadde this kunnyng of man fro the firste tyme of his conseyuyng in his modris wombe, and not bifore, it sueth, bifor that the child kunne, etc. Lire here. C.] , for ȝe ben diseseful also to my God? [verse 14] For this thing the Lord hym silf schal ȝyue a signe to ȝou. Lo! a virgyn schal conseyue, and schal bere a sone; and his name schal
be clepid Emanuel. [verse 15] He schal ete botere and hony, that he kunne repreue yuel, and cheese good. [verse 16] For whi bifore that the child kunne repreue yuel, and chese good, the lond, which thou wlatist, schal be for|sakun of the face of her twei [two I.] kyngis. [verse 17] The Lord schal brynge on thee, and on thi puple, and on the hous of thi fadir, daies that camen not fro the daies of de|partyng of Effraym fro Juda, with the kyng of Assiriens [kyng of As|siriens; for Teg|lath Falasar, kyng of Assi|riens, wastide the lond of Achas, whanne no man aȝen|stood. schal hisse; that is, enspire wille to come aȝenus Esechie. to a flie; that is, to the puple of Libie, that cam with greet cum|peny. to a be; that is, the pu|ple of Assiri|ens, that prick|ide, and pur|suede alle na|ciouns in cum|pas. Lire here. C.] . [verse 18] And it schal be, in that dai the Lord schal hisse to a flie, which is in the laste parte of the floodis of Egipt; and to a bee, which is in the [verse 19] lond of Assur; and `alle so [alle tho CH sec. m. FS. alle KU. also M.] schulen come, and schulen reste in the strondis of valeis, and in caues [the caues I.] of stoonis, and in alle places of buyschis, and in alle hoolis. [verse 20] And in that dai the Lord schal schaue [schal schaue, etc.; that is, whanne Sena|cherib schal come aȝenus Jerusalem, to distrie it, the Lord schal sle this kyng and his oost. the heed; that is, the king, that was slayn of hise sones, in hise owne lond. the heeris of feet; that is, footmen of his oost. al the beerd; that is, alle horsemen, for the aungel of God killide an hundrid thousynde and iiij. score and v. thou|sinde of his oost in o niȝt, in IIII. book of Kingis, xix. co. a cow of oxis; that is, a cow aloone dwellinge to him, of a greet droue of neet. ech man; that is, iust men, lyuynge bi mannus liyf, and not beestli liyf. botere and hony; that is, abundaunce of goodis of the erthe. with arowis, etc.; for wielde beestis and serpentis hid there, for defaute of tilieris. Lire here. C.] with a scharp rasour in these men, that ben bi|ȝendis the flood, in [of H sec. m.] the kyng of Assiriens, the heed, and [of CEP.] heeris [the heeris N.] of the feet, and al [of al G.] the beerd. [verse 21] And it schal be, in that day a man schal nurische a cow of oxis, and [verse 22] twei scheep, and for the plentee of mylk he schal ete botere; for whi ech man that schal be left in the myddis of the lond, schal ete boter and hony. [verse 23] And it schal be, in that dai ech place where a thousand vyneris schulen be worth a thousynde platis of siluer, and schulen be in to [verse 24] thornes and breeris, men schulen entre thidur with bouwis and arowis; for whi breris and thornes schulen be in al the lond. [verse 25] And alle hillis that schulen be purgid with a sarpe [a breer hook I marg. sarpe, id est, a weod hook K sec. m. wodebil, ether a sarpe U.] , the drede of thornes and of breris schal not come thidir; and it schal be in to lesewe of oxen [oxe CFGHKMPQRSUVX. oxis E.] , and in to treding [the treding FK. the dredynge S.] of scheep.