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CAP. LI.

[verse 1] The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise on Babiloyne, and on the dwel|leris therof, that reisiden her herte aȝens me, as a wynd of pestilence. [verse 2] And Y schal sende in to Babiloyne wyndeweris [wyneweris I.] , and thei schulen wyndewe [wynewe I.] it, and thei [Om. I.] schu|len destrie the lond of it; for thei camen on it on ech side, in the dai of the tur|ment therof. [verse 3] He that beendith his bowe, beende not, and a man clothid in habu|rioun, stie not; nyle ȝe spare the ȝonge men therof, sle ȝe al the chyualrie therof. [verse 4] And slayn men schulen falle in the lond of Caldeis, and woundid men in the cun|treis therof. [verse 5] For whi Israel and Juda was not maad widewe fro her God, the Lord of oostis; but the lond of hem was fillid with trespas of the hooli of Israel. [verse 6] Fle ȝe fro the myddis of Babiloyne, that ech man saue his soule; nyle ȝe be stille on the wickidnesse therof, for whi tyme of veniaunce therof is to the Lord; he schal ȝelde while to it. [verse 7] Babiloyne is a goldun

cuppe in the hond of the Lord, and fillith al erthe; hethene men drunken of the wyn therof, and therfor thei ben mouyd. [verse 8] Babiloyne felle doun sudenli, and is al to|brokun; ȝelle ȝe on it, take ȝe recyn to the sorewe therof, if perauenture it be heelid. [verse 9] We heeliden Babiloyne, and it is not maad hool; forsake we it and go we ech in to his lond; for the doom therof cam `til to [vnto I.] heuenes, and is [it is I.] reisid `til to [vnto I.] cloudis. [verse 10] The Lord hath brouȝt forth oure riȝtfulnessis; come ȝe, and telle we in [on N.] Sion the werk of oure Lord God. [verse 11] Scharpe ȝe arowis, fille ȝe arowe caasis; the Lord reiside [hath reisid I.] the spirit of the kyngis of Me|deis, and his mynde is aȝen Babiloyne, that he leese it, for it is the veniaunce of the Lord, the veniaunce of his temple. The kyng of Medeis is reisid of the Lord aȝens Babiloyne. [verse 12] Reise ȝe a signe on the wallis of Babiloyne, encreesse ȝe kepyng, reise ȝe keperis, make ȝe redi buysche|mentis; for the Lord thouȝte, and dide, what euer thing he spak aȝens the dwel|leris of Babiloyne. [verse 13] A! thou Babiloyne, that dwellist on many watris, riche in thi tresours, thin ende cometh, the foote me|sure of thi kittyng doun. [verse 14] The Lord of oostis swoor bi his soule, that Y schal fille thee with men, as with bruke, and a myry [faring, ethir customable X marg. sec. m.] song schal be sungun on thee. [verse 15] The Lord swoor, which made erthe bi his strengthe, made redy the world bi his wisdom, and stretchide forth heuenes bi his prudence. [verse 16] Whanne he ȝyueth vois, watris ben mul|tiplied in heuene; which Lord reisith cloudis fro the laste of erthe, made [he made I.] leitis in to reyn, and brouȝt forth wynd of hise tresouris. [verse 17] Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals, and a spirit is not in tho. [verse 18] The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho [thei N.] schulen perische in the tyme of her

visityng. [verse 19] The part of Jacob is not as these thingis; for he that made alle thingis is the part of Jacob, and Israel is the septre of his eritage; the Lord of oostis is his name. [verse 20] Thou hurtlist doun to me the instrumentis of batel, and Y schal hurtle doun folkis in thee, and Y [verse 21] schal leese rewmes in thee; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an hors, and the ridere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in [verse 22] thee a chare, and the stiere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a [Om. P.] man and womman; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an [Om. P.] elde man and a [Om. NP.] child; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a [Om. P.] ȝong man and a [Om. P.] [verse 23] virgyn; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a [Om. P.] scheepherde and his floc; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an [Om. P.] erthetiliere and his ȝok beestis; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee duykis and magistratis. [verse 24] And Y schal ȝelde, seith the Lord, to Babiloyne, and to alle the dwelleris of Caldee, al her yuel, which thei diden in Sion, bifore ȝoure iȝen. [verse 25] Lo! Y, seith the Lord, to thee, thou hil berynge pestilence, which corrumpist al erthe. Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal vnwlappe thee fro stoonys, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to an hil of brennyng. [verse 26] And Y schal not take of thee a stoon in to a corner, and a stoon in to foundementis; but thou schalt be lost with outen ende, seith the Lord. [verse 27] Reise ȝe a signe in the lond, sowne ȝe with a clarioun in hillis; halewe ȝe [Om. N.] folkis on it, telle ȝe to the kyngis of Ararath, of Menny, and of Ascheneth aȝens it; noumbre ȝe Tapser [that is, oost. A et plures.] aȝens it, and bringe ȝe an hors, as a bruke hauynge a pricke. [verse 28] Halowe ȝe folkis aȝens it, the kyngis of Medey, the duykis ther|of, and alle magistratis [the magistrates IX.] therof, and al the lond of his power. [verse 29] And the erthe schal be mouyd, and schal be disturblid; for the thouȝt of the Lord schal fulli wake aȝens Babiloyne, that he sette the lond of Babiloyne desert, and vnhabitable. [verse 30] The

stronge men of Babiloyne ceessiden of batel, thei dwelliden in stronge holdis; the strengthe of hem is deuourid, and thei ben maad as wymmen; the taber|naclis therof ben brent, the barris therof ben al to-brokun. [verse 31] A rennere schal come aȝens a rennere, and a messanger aȝens a messanger, to telle to the kyng of Babi|loyne, that his citee is takun fro the toon [Om. plures.] [verse 32] ende `til to [vnto I.] the tother [Om. plures.] ende; and [Om. K.] the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the ma|reisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid. [verse 33] For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, The douȝter of Babiloyne is as a corn floor, the tyme of threischyng therof; ȝit a litil, and the tyme of repyng therof schal come. [verse 34] Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dra|goun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out. [verse 35] Wickidnesse aȝens me, and my fleisch on Babiloyne, seith the dwellyng of Sion; and my blood on the dwelleris of Caldee, seith Jerusalem. [verse 36] Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof. [verse 37] And Babiloyne schal be in to biriels, it schal be the dwellyng of dragouns, won|dryng and hissyng, for that no dwellere is. [verse 38] Thei schulen rore togidere as liouns, and thei schulen schake lockis, as the whelpis of liouns. [verse 39] In the heete of hem Y schal sette the drynkis of hem; and Y schal make hem drunkun, that thei be brouȝt asleepe, and that thei slepe euer|lastynge sleep, and rise not, seith the Lord. [verse 40] Y [And Y A pr. m.] schal lede forth [Om. S.] hem, as lam|bren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun? [verse 41] Hou is Babiloyne made in to wondre among he|thene men? [verse 42] And the see stiede on Babi|loyne,

it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis [workis N.] . [verse 43] The citees therof ben maad in to wondryng, the lond is maad vnha|bitable and forsakun; the lond wherynne no man dwellith, and the sone of man schal not passe bi it. [verse 44] And Y schal visite on Bel in to Babiloyne, and Y schal caste out of hise mouth that, that he hadde swolewid, and folkis schulen no more flowe to it; for also the wal of Babiloyne schal falle doun. [verse 45] Mi puple, go ȝe out fro the myddis therof, that ech man saue his soule fro the wraththe of the strong ven|iaunce [verse 46] of the Lord; and lest perauen|ture ȝoure herte wexe neische, and lest ȝe dreden the heryng, that schal be herd in the lond; and heryng schal come in a ȝeer, and aftir this ȝeer schal come heryng and wickidnesse in the lond, and a lord on a lord. [verse 47] Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne; and al the lond therof schal be schent, and alle slayn men therof schulen falle doun in the myddis therof. [verse 48] And heuenes, and erthis, and alle thingis that ben in tho, schulen herie on Ba|biloyne; for rauynours schulen come fro the north to it, seith the Lord. [verse 49] And as Babiloyne dide, that slayn men felle doun in Israel, so of Babiloyne slayn men schulen falle doun and in al the lond. [verse 50] Come ȝe, that fledden the swerd, nyle ȝe stonde; haue ȝe mynde afer on the Lord, and Jerusalem stie on ȝoure herte. [verse 51] We ben schent, for we herden schenschipe; schame hilide oure faces, for aliens comen on the halewyng of the hous of the Lord. [verse 52] Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne, and in al the lond therof a woundid man schal loowe. [verse 53] If Babiloyne stieth in to heuene, and makith stidfast his strengthe an hiȝ, distrieris therof schulen come on [of CEFHKMNPRS sec. m. UVX.] me, seith the Lord. [verse 54] The vois of a criere of Babiloyne, and [verse 55] greet sorewe of the lond of Caldeis, for

the Lord distriede Babiloyne, and lost of it a greet vois; and the wawis of hem schulen sowne as many watris. The vois [verse 56] of hem ȝaf sown, for a rauenour cam on it, that is, on Babiloyne; and the stronge men therof ben takun, and the bouwe of hem welewide, for the stronge vengere the Lord ȝeldynge schal ȝelde. [verse 57] And Y schal make drunkun the princis therof, and the wise men therof, the duykis ther|of, and the magistratis therof, and the stronge men therof; and thei schulen slepe euerlastynge sleep, and thei schulen not be awakid, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is name of hym. [verse 58] The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Thilke brodeste wal of Babiloyne schal be mynyd with mynyng, and the hiȝe ȝatis therof schulen be brent with fier; and the trauels of puples schulen be to nouȝt, and the trauels of hethene men schulen be in to fier, and schulen perische. [verse 59] The word which Jeremye, the profete, comaundide to Saraie, sone of Nerie, sone of Maasie, whanne he ȝede with Sedechie, the kyng, in to Babiloyne, in the fourthe ȝeer of his rewme; forsothe Saraie was prynce of profesie. [verse 60] And Jeremye wroot al the yuel, that was to comynge on Babiloyne, in a [oo CFGHIMNPQRSUVX. on E.] book, alle these wordis that weren writun aȝens Babiloyne. [verse 61] And Jeremye seide to Saraie, Whanne thou comest in to Babi|loyne, and seest, and redist alle these [verse 62] wordis, thou schalt seie, Lord, thou spak|ist aȝens this place, that thou schuldist leese it, that noon be that dwelle therynne, fro man `til to [vnto I.] beeste, and that it be an euerlastynge wildirnesse. [verse 63] And whanne thou hast fillid to rede this book, thou schalt bynde to it a stoon, and thou schalt caste it forth in to the myddis of Eu|frates; [verse 64] and thou schalt seie, So Babiloyne schal be drenchid, and it schal not rise fro the face of turment, which Y brynge on it, and it schal be distried. Hidurto ben the wordis of Jeremye.