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CAP. XXI.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad [verse 2] to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face to Jerusalem, and droppe thou to the seyntuaries, and profesie thou aȝens the erthe of Israel. [verse 3] And thou schalt seie to the lond of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, and Y schal caste [caste out IS.] my swerd out [Om. I.] of his schethe, and Y schal sle in thee a iust man and a wickid man. [verse 4] Forsothe for that that Y haue slayn in thee a iust man and a wickid man, therfor my swerd schal go out of his schethe to ech man, fro the south til [verse 5] to the north; that ech man wite, that Y the Lord haue drawe [led CEFGHIKMNPQRSU.] out my [the N.] swerd fro his schethe, that schal not be clepid aȝen. [verse 6] And thou, sone of man, weile in sorewe of leendis, and in bitternessis thou schalt weile bifore hem. [verse 7] And whanne thei schu|len seie to thee, Whi weilist thou? thou schalt seie, For hering, for it cometh; and

ech herte shal faile, and alle hondis schu|len be aclumsid, and ech spirit schal be sike, and watris schulen flete doun bi alle knees; lo! it cometh, and it shal be don, seith the Lord God. [verse 8] And the word of the [verse 9] Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, profesie thou; and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Speke thou, The swerd, the swerd is maad [verse 10] scharp, and is maad briȝt; it is maad scharp to sle sacrifices; it is maad briȝt, that it schyne. Thou that mouest the ceptre of my sone, hast kit doun ech tree. [verse 11] And Y ȝaf it to be forbischid, that it be holdun with hond; this swerd is maad scharp, and this is maad briȝt, that it be in the hond of the sleere. [verse 12] Sone of man, crie thou, and ȝelle, for this swerd is maad in my puple, this in alle the duykis of Israel; thei that fledden ben ȝouun to swerd with [in N.] my puple. Therfor smite thou [verse 13] on thin hipe, for it is preuyd; and this whanne it hath distried the ceptre, and it schal not be, seith the Lord God. [verse 14] Ther|for, sone of man, profesie thou, and smyte thou hond to hond, and the swerd be dou|blid, and the swerd of sleeris [the sleers I.] be treblid [troublid F.] ; this is the swerd of greet sleyng, that [verse 15] schal make hem [hym A.] astonyed, and to faile in herte, and multiplieth fallingis. In alle the ȝatis of hem Y ȝaf disturbling of a [Om. I.] swerd, scharp and maad briȝt to schyne, gird to sleynge. [verse 16] Be thou maad scharp, go thou to the riȝt side, ether to the left side, whidur euer the desir of thi face is. [verse 17] Certis and Y schal smyte with hond [the hond I.] to hond, and Y schal fille myn indignacioun; Y the Lord spak. [verse 18] And the word of the Lord [verse 19] was maad to me, and he seide, And thou, sone of man, sette to thee twei weies, that the swerd of the king of Babiloyne come; bothe schulen go out of o [the I.] lond, and bi the [Om. CEFGHIK MNPQRSUX.] hond he [Y A.] schal take coniecting; he schal coniecte in the heed of the [Om. K.] weie of [verse 20] the [Om. CFGHKMNPQSUX.] citee, settinge a weye, that the swerd

come to Rabath of the sones of Amon, and to Juda in to Jerusalem moost strong. [verse 21] For the king of Babiloyne stood in the meeting of twey weies, in the heed of twei weies, and souȝte dyuynyng, and medlide arowis; he axide idols, and took councel at entrails. [verse 22] Dyuynyng was maad to [on N.] his riȝt side on Jerusalem, that he sette en|gyns, that he opene mouth in sleyng, that he reise vois in ȝelling, that he sette en|gyns aȝens the ȝatis, that he bere togidere erthe, that he bilde strengthinges. [verse 23] And he shal be as counceling in veyn goddis answer bifor the iȝen of hem, and seru|ynge the [to I.] reste of sabatis; but he schal haue mynde on wickidnesse, to take. [verse 24] Ther|for the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe hadden mynde on ȝoure wick|idnesse [wickidnessis IN.] , and schewiden ȝoure trespass|yngis, and ȝoure synnes apperiden in alle ȝoure thouȝtis, forsothe for that that ȝe hadden mynde, ȝe schulen be takun bi hond [the hond I.] . [verse 25] But thou, cursid wickid duyk of Is|rael, whos dai bifor determyned [termed I pr. m. determed sec. m.] is comun [verse 26] in the tyme of wickidnesse, the Lord God seith these thingis, Do awei the mitre, take awei the coroun; whether it is not this [he this I.] that reiside the meke man, and made low the hiȝ man? [verse 27] Wickidnesse, wickidnesse, wickidnesse Y schal putte it; and this schal not be doon til he come, whos the doom is, and Y schal bitake to hym. [verse 28] And thou, sone of man, profesie, and seie, The Lord God seith these thingis to the sones of Amon, and to the [Om. N.] schenschipe of hem; and thou schalt seie, A! thou swerd, A! thou swerd, drawun out to sle, maad briȝte, [verse 29] that thou sle and schyne, whanne veyn thingis weren seien to thee, and leesingis weren dyuynyd, that thou schuldist be ȝouun on the neckis of wickid men wound|id, the dai of whiche bifore determyned schal come in the tyme of wickidnesse, [verse 30] turne thou aȝen in to thi schethe, in to the place in which thou were maad. Y

schal deme thee in the lond of thi birthe, [verse 31] and Y schal schede out myn indignacioun on thee; in the fier of my strong ven|iaunce Y schal blowe in thee, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to the [Om. N.] hondis of vnwise men, and makinge deth. [verse 32] Thou schalt be mete to fier, thi blood schal be in the middis of erthe; thou schalt be ȝouun to forȝetyng, for Y the Lord spak.