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CAP. VII.

[verse 1] The word that was maad of the Lord [verse 2] to Jeremye, and seide, Stonde thou in the ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and preche there this word, and seie, Al Juda, that entren bi these ȝatis for to worschipe the Lord, here ȝe the word of the Lord. [verse 3] The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Make ȝe good ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies, and Y schal dwelle with ȝou in this place. [verse 4] Nyle ȝe triste in the wordis of leesyng, and seie, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord is. [verse 5] For if ȝe blessen ȝoure weies, and ȝour studies; if ȝe doon doom [verse 6] bitwixe a man and his neiȝbore; if ȝe maken not fals caleng to a comelyng, and to a fadirles child, and to a widewe; ne|ther scheden out innocent blood in this place, and goen not after alien goddis, in [verse 7] to yuel to ȝou [ȝour EP.] silf, Y schal dwelle with ȝou in this place, in the lond which Y ȝaf to ȝoure fadris, fro the world and til in to the world. [verse 8] Lo! ȝe trusten to ȝou in the wordis of leesyng, that shulen not profite to [verse 9] ȝou; to stele, to sle, to do auowtrie, to swere falsli, to make sacrifice to Baalym, and to go aftir alien goddys, whiche ȝe knowen not. [verse 10] And ȝe camen, and stoden bifor me in this hous, in which my name is clepid to help; and ȝe seiden, We ben delyuered, for we han do alle these abhomynaciouns. [verse 11] Whether therfor this hous, wherynne my name is clepid to help bifore ȝoure iȝen, is maad a denne of theues [Thes synnes shewen, that in veyn thei had|den trist in the temple. What profitith it to entre booldli into Goddis hous, and stonde with reysid nol, and to haue not oonly the herte defoulid, but also the hondis? As if he seide, It profitith no|thing. No man doutith, that this bifallith goostli in the chirche, whanne men biholden the prosperite of present tyme, and amenden not her synnes, but thei gessen that God seeth not, for veniaunce sueth not anoon; and thei breken out in to so greet woodnesse, that thei boosten hem silf dely|uerid, that han go awei fro the verie worship|ing of God. The glose here. v text.] ? I, Y am, Y siȝ,

seith the Lord. [verse 12] Go ȝe to my place in Silo, where my name dwellide at the bigyn|nyng, and se ȝe what thingis Y dide to it, for the malice of my puple Israel. [verse 13] And now, for ȝe han do alle these werkis, seith the Lord, and Y spak to ȝou, and roos eerli, and Y spak, and ȝe herden not, and [verse 14] Y clepide ȝou, and ȝe answeriden not; Y schal do to this hous, wherynne my name is clepid to help, and in which hous ȝe han trist, and to the place which Y ȝaf to ȝou and to ȝoure fadris, as Y dide to Silo. [verse 15] And Y schal caste ȝou forth fro my face, as Y castide [cast I.] forth alle ȝoure britheren, al the seed of Effraym. [verse 16] Therfor nyl thou preie for this puple, nether take thou heriyng and preier for hem; and aȝen|stonde thou not me, for Y schal not here thee. [verse 17] Whether thou seest not, what these men don in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem? [verse 18] The sones gaderen stickis, and the fadris kyndlen a fier; and wymmen sprengen togidere ynnere fat|nesse, to make kakis to the queen of he|uene, to make sacrifice to alien goddis, and to terre me to wrathfulnesse. [verse 19] Whe|ther thei stiren me to wrathfulnesse? seith the Lord; whether thei stiren not hem silf in to schenschip of her cheer? [verse 20] Ther|for the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! my strong veniaunce and myn indigna|cioun is wellid togidere on this place, on men, and on beestis, and on the tree of the cuntrei, and on the fruitis of erthe; and it schal be kyndlid, and it schal not be quenchid. [verse 21] The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Heepe ȝe ȝoure brent sacrifices to ȝoure slayn sacrifices, and ete ȝe fleischis. [verse 22] For Y spak not with ȝoure fadris, and Y comaundide not to hem of the word of brent sacrifices, and of slayn sacrifices, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt. [verse 23] But Y comaundide this word to hem, and Y seide, Here ȝe my vois, and Y schal be God to ȝou, and ȝe schulen be a puple to

me; and go ȝe in al the weie which Y comaundide to ȝou, that it be wel to ȝou. [verse 24] And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei ȝeden in her lustis, and in the schrewidnesse of her yuel herte; and thei ben put [maad CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX.] bihynde, and not bifore, [verse 25] fro the dai in which her fadris ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt til to this dai. And Y sente to ȝou alle my seruauntis profetis, and Y roos eerli bi the dai, and Y sente. [verse 26] And thei herden not me, nether bowiden doun her eere; but thei maden hard her nol, and wrouȝten worse than the fadris of hem. [verse 27] And thou schalt speke to hem alle these wordis, and thei schulen not heere thee; and thou schalt clepe hem, and thei schul not answere to thee. [verse 28] And thou schalt seie to hem, This is the folc, that herde not the vois of her Lord God [Om. N.] , nether resseyuede chastysyng; feith pe|rischide, and is takun awei fro the mouth of hem. [verse 29] Clippe thin heer, and cast awei, and take thou weilyng streiȝtli; for the Lord hath cast awei, and hath forsake the generacioun of his strong veniaunce. [verse 30] For the sones of Juda han do yuel [yuel thing I.] bifor myn iȝen, seith the Lord; thei han set her of|fendyngis in the hous, in which my name is clepid to help, that thei schulden defoule [verse 31] that hous; and thei bildiden hiȝe thingis in Tophet, which is in the valei of the sone of Ennon, that thei schulden brenne her sones and her douȝtris bi fier, whiche thingis Y comaundide not, nether thouȝte in myn herte. [verse 32] Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and it schal no more be seid Tophet, and the valei of the sone of Ennon, but the valey of sleyng; and thei schulen birie in Tophet, for ther is no place. [verse 33] And the deed careyn of this puple schal be in to mete to the briddis of he|uene, and to the beestis of erthe; and noon schal [ther schal I.] be that schal dryue awei. [verse 34] And Y schal make to ceesse the vois of ioye, and the vois of gladnesse, and the vois of spouse, and the vois of spousesse fro the

citees of Juda, and fro the stretis of Jeru|salem; for the lond schal be in desola|cioun.