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CAP. XIII.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad [verse 2] to me, and he seide, Sone of man, pro|fesie thou to the profetis of Israel that profesien; and thou schalt seie to hem that [verse 3] profesien of her herte, Here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the vnwise profetis, that suen her [verse 4] spirit, and seen no thing; Israel, thi pro|fetis weren as foxis in desert. [verse 5] Ȝe stieden not euene aȝens, nether aȝensettiden a wal for the hous of Israel, that ȝe shulden

stonde in batel in the dai of the Lord. [verse 6] Thei seen veyn thingis, and deuynen a leesyng, and seien, The Lord seith, whanne the Lord sente not hem; and thei con|tynueden to conferme the word. [verse 7] Whether ȝe seen not a veyn visioun, and spaken fals diuynyng, and seiden, The Lord seith, whanne Y spak not? [verse 8] Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For ȝe spaken veyn thingis, and sien a leesyng, therfor lo! Y to ȝou, seith the Lord God. [verse 9] And myn hond schal be on the profetis that seen veyn thingis, and dyuynen a [Om. EI.] lees|yng [lesingis E.] ; thei schulen not be in the councel of my puple, and thei schulen not be writun in the scripture of the hous of Israel, nether thei schulen entre in to the lond of Israel; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. [verse 10] For thei disseyueden my puple, and seiden, Pees, pees, and no pees is; and it [he A sup. ras. F sec. m. I E.] bildide [bilde E.] a wal, but thei pargitiden [dedin pargete EP.] it with fen with out chaffis. [verse 11] Seie thou to hem that pargiten [parget|iden IN.] with out temperure, that it schal falle doun; for a strong reyn schal be flowynge, and I shal ȝyue ful grete stoones fallinge fro aboue, and Y schal ȝyue a [Om. A.] wynd of tempest that distrieth. [verse 12] For lo! the wal felle doun. Whether it schal not be seid to ȝou, Where is the pargetyng, which ȝe pargetiden [dede pargete E.] ? [verse 13] Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, And Y schal make the spirit of tempestis to breke out in myn indignacioun, and strong reyn flowynge in my strong ven|iaunce schal be, and greet stoonys in wraththe in to wastyng. [verse 14] And Y schal dis|trie the wal, which ȝe pargetiden [dede pargete E. han pargetid I.] with out temperure, and Y schal make it euene with the [Om. I.] erthe; and the foundement ther|of schal be schewid, and it schal falle doun, and it schal be wastid in the myddis therof; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 15] And Y schal fille myn indig|nacioun in the wal, and in hem that par|geten it with out temperure; and Y schal seie to ȝou, The wal is not, and thei ben

[verse 16] not, that pargeten [han pargetid I.] it, the profetis of Is|rael, that profesien to [in NS sec. m.] Jerusalem, and seen to it the visioun of pees, and pees is not, seith the Lord God. [verse 17] And thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the douȝtris of thi puple, that profesien of her herte; [verse 18] and [Om. IN.] profesie thou on hem, and seie thou, The Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to hem that sowen togidere cuschens vndur ech cubit of hond, and maken pilewis vn|dur the heed of ech age, to take soulis; and whanne thei disseyueden the soulis of my puple, thei quykenyden the soulis of hem. [verse 19] And thei defouliden me to my pu|ple, for an handful of barli, and for a gobet of breed, that thei schulden sle soulis that dien not, and quykene soulis that lyuen not; and thei lieden to my puple, bileu|ynge to leesyngis. [verse 20] For this thing the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to ȝoure cuschens, bi whiche ȝe disseyuen soulis fliynge [stiynge N.] ; and Y schal al to-breke tho fro ȝoure armes, and Y schal delyuere soulis which ȝe disseyuen, soulis to fle. [verse 21] And Y schal al to-breke ȝoure pilewis, and Y schal delyuere my puple fro ȝoure hond [lond CEGHIK pr. m. MNPQSX sec. m.] ; and thei schulen no more be in ȝoure hondis, to be robbid; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 22] For that that ȝe maden falsli the herte of a iust man to morene, whom Y made not sori; and ȝe coumfortiden the hondis of a wickid man, that he schulde not turne aȝen fro his yuel weie, and lyue. [verse 23] Therfor ȝe schulen not se veyn thingis, and ȝe schulen no more dy|uyne false dyuynyngis; and Y schal dely|uere my puple fro ȝoure hond, and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.