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CAP. XII.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad [verse 2] to me, and he seide, Sone of man, thou dwellist in the myddis of an hous ter|rynge to wraththe, which han iȝen to se, and seen not, and eeris to here, and heren not; for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. [verse 3] Therfor thou, sone of man, make to thee vessels of passing ouer, and thou schalt passe ouer bi dai bifor hem; forsothe thou schalt passe ouer fro thi place to another place, in the siȝt of hem, if perauenture thei biholden, for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. [verse 4] And thou schalt bere withoutforth thi vessels, as the vessels of a man passynge ouer bi dai, in the siȝt of hem; sotheli thou schalt go out in the euentid bifore hem, as a man passynge forth goith out. [verse 5] Bifore the iȝen of hem digge the wal to thee, and thou [verse 6] schalt go out thorouȝ it in the siȝt of hem. Thou schalt be borun on schuldris, thou schalt be borun out in derknesse; thou schalt hile thi face, and thou schalt not se the erthe, for Y haue ȝoue thee a [to be a I.] signe [verse 7] of thing to comynge to the hous of Israel. Therfor Y dide as the Lord comaundide to me; Y brouȝte forth my vessels, as the vessels [vessel N.] of a man passynge ouer bi dai, and in the euentid Y diggide a wal to me with hond; Y ȝede out in derknesse, and [verse 8] Y was borun on schuldris, in the siȝt of hem. And the word of the Lord was

[verse 9] maad eerli to me, and he seide, Sone of man, whether the hous of Israel, the hous terrynge to wraththe, seiden not to thee, What doist thou? [verse 10] Seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, This bir|thun is on the duyk, which is in Jerusa|lem, and on al the hous of Israel, which is in the myddis of hem. [verse 11] Seie thou, Y am ȝoure signe of thing to comynge; as Y dide, so it schal be don to hem; thei schulen go in to passynge [the passynge U.] ouer, and in to caitifte. [verse 12] And the duyk which is in the myddis of hem, schal be borun out on schuldris, and he schal go out in derk|nesse; thei schulen digge the wal, and lede hym out; his face schal be hilid, that he se not with iȝe the erthe. [verse 13] And Y schal stretche forth my net on hym, and he schal be takun in my net; and Y schal lede hym in to Babiloyne, in to the lond of Caldeis, and he schal not se that lond, and he schal die there. [verse 14] And Y schal scatere in to ech wynd alle men that ben aboute hym, his help, and hise cum|penyes; and Y schal draw out the swerd aftir hem [him U.] . [verse 15] And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal scatere hem among hethene men, and schal sowe hem abrood in londis. [verse 16] And Y schal leue of hem a fewe men fro swerd, and hungur, and pestilence, that thei telle out alle the grete trespassis of hem among hethene men, to which [whom I.] thei schulen entre; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 17] And the word of the Lord was maad to [verse 18] me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, ete thi breed in disturblyng, but also drynke thi water in haaste and mourening. [verse 19] And thou schalt seie to the puple of the lond, The Lord God seith these thingis to hem that dwellen in Jerusalem, in the lond of Israel, Thei schulen ete her breed in an|gwisch, and thei schulen drynke her watir in desolacioun; that the lond be desolat [desolat, ether left alone C et ceteri.] of his multitude, for the wickidnesse of alle men that dwellen ther ynne. [verse 20] And

citees that ben now enhabitid, shulen be desolat, and the lond schal be forsakun [desert, ether forsakun CEFGHKMNPQRSUXY. desert I.] ; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 21] And the word of the Lord was maad to [verse 22] me, and he seide, Sone of man, what is this prouerbe to ȝou, of men seiynge in the lond of Israel, Daies schulen be differ|rid in to long tyme, and ech visioun shal perische? [verse 23] Therfor seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal make this prouerbe to ceesse, and it schal no more be seid comynli in Israel; and speke thou to hem, that the daies han neiȝid, and ech word of profesie [visioun, ether [of I] profesie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.] . [verse 24] For whi ech visioun schal no more be voide, nether bifor tellyng of thing to comynge schal be douteful in the myddis of the sones of [verse 25] Israel; for Y the Lord schal speke what euer word Y schal speke, and it schal be don; it schal no more be delaied, but in ȝoure daies, ȝe hous terrynge to wraththe, Y schal speke a word, and Y schal do that word, seith the Lord God. [verse 26] And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, [verse 27] Thou, sone of man, lo! the hous of Israel, of hem that seien, The visioun which this man seeth, is in to manye daies, and this man profesieth in to longe tymes. [verse 28] Therfor seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Ech word of me schal no more be deferrid; the word which Y schal speke, schal be fillid, seith the Lord God.