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CAP. XXIV.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad to me, in the nynthe ȝeer, and in the tenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the [verse 2] monethe, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, write to thee the name of this dai, in which the king of Babiloyne is confermed aȝens Jerusalem to dai. [verse 3] And thou schalt seie bi a prouerbe a parable to the hous, terrere [terrer me K.] to wraththe, and thou schalt speke to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Sette thou a brasun pot, sette thou so|theli, and putte [sende CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] thou watir in to it. Take [verse 4] thou a beeste ful fat; gadere thou togi|dere the [thi N.] gobetis therof in [in to S.] it, ech good part, and the hipe, and the schuldre, chosun thingis and ful of boonys. [verse 5] Also dresse thou heepis of boonys vndur it; and the sething therof buylide out, and the boonys therof weren sodun in the myddis therof. [verse 6] Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the citee of bloodis, to the pot whos rust is ther ynne, and the rust therof ȝede not out of it; caste thou out it [Om. I.] bi partis, and bi hise partis; lot felle not on it. [verse 7] For whi the blood therof is in the myddis therof; he schede it out on a ful cleer stoon, he schedde not it out on [verse 8] erthe, that it mai be hilid with dust, that Y schulde bringe in myn indignacioun, and `a venge [venge I.] bi veniaunce [my veniaunce I.] ; Y ȝaf the blood therof on a ful cleer stoon, that it schulde not be hilid. [verse 9] Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the citee of bloodis, whos brennyng Y schal make [verse 10] greet; gadere thou togidire boonys, whiche Y schal kyndle with fier; fleischis schulen

be wastid, and al the settyng togidere schal be sodun, and boonys schulen faile. [verse 11] Also sette thou it voide on coolis, that the metal therof wexe hoot, and be meltid, and that the filthe therof be wellid togi|dere in the myddis therof, and the rust therof be wastid. [verse 12] It was swat bi myche trauel, and the ouer greet rust therof ȝede not out therof, nether bi fier. [verse 13] Thin vn|clennesse is abhomynable, for Y wolde clense thee, and thou art not clensid fro thi filthis; but nether thou schalt be clensid bifore, til Y make myn indignacioun to reste in thee. [verse 14] Y the Lord spak; it schal come, and Y schal make, Y schal not passe, nethir Y schal spare, nether Y schal be plesid; bi thi weies and bi thi fynd|yngis Y schal deme thee, seith the Lord. [verse 15] And the word of the Lord was maad to [verse 16] me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, lo! Y take awei fro thee the desirable thing of thin iȝen in veniaunce, and thou schalt not weile, nether wepe, nether thi teeris schu|len flete doun. [verse 17] Weile thou beynge stille, thou schalt not make mourenyng of deed men; thi coroun be boundun aboute thin heed, and thi schoon schulen be in the feet, nether thou schalt hile the mouth with a cloth, nether thou schalt ete the metis of mourneris. [verse 18] Therfor Y spak to the puple in the morewtid, and my wijf was deed in the euentid; and Y dide in the morewtid, as he hadde comaundid to me. [verse 19] And the puple seide to me, Whi schewist thou not to vs what these thingis signefien, whiche thou doist? [verse 20] And Y seide to hem, The word of the Lord was [verse 21] maad to me, and he seide, Speke thou to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal defoule my seyntuarie, the pride of ȝoure empire, and the desirable [desiderable I.] thing of ȝoure iȝen, and on which ȝoure soule dredith; and ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris, whiche ȝe leften, schu|len falle bi swerd. [verse 22] And ȝe schulen do, as Y dide; ȝe schulen not hile mouthis with

cloth, and ȝe schulen not ete the mete of weileris. [verse 23] Ȝe schulen haue corouns in ȝoure heedis, and schoon in the feet; ȝe schulen not weile, nether ȝe schulen wepe, but ȝe schulen faile in wretchidnesse, for ȝoure wickidnessis; and ech man schal weile to his brother. [verse 24] And Ezechiel schal be to ȝou in to a signe of thing to comynge; bi alle thingis whiche he dide, ȝe schulen do, whanne this thing schal come; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. [verse 25] And thou, sone of man, lo! in the dai in which Y schal take awei fro hem the strengthe of hem, and the ioie of dignyte, and the desire of her iȝen, on whiche the soulis of hem resten, caste awei the sones [verse 26] and douȝtris [the douȝtris I.] of hem; in that dai whanne a man fleynge schal come to thee, to telle [verse 27] to thee; in that dai sotheli thou schalt opene thi mouth with hym that fledde; and thou schalt speke, and schalt no more be stille; and thou schalt be to hem in to a signe of thing to comynge, and ȝe schu|len witen, that Y am the Lord.