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CAP. XXV.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad [verse 2] to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the sones of Amon, and thou schalt profesie of hem. [verse 3] And thou schalt seie to the sones of Amon, Here ȝe the word of the Lord God; the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe seiden, Wel! wel! on my seyn|tuarie, for it is defoulid, and on the lond [hond A pr. m.] of Israel, for it is maad desolat, and on the hous of Juda, for thei ben led [left A pr. m.] in to [verse 4] to caitifte; lo! therfor Y schal ȝyue thee the sones of the [Om. N.] eest in to eritage, and thei schulen sette her foldis in thee, and thei shulen sette her tentis in thee; thei schulen ete thi fruytis, and thei schulen drynke thi mylk. [verse 5] And Y schal ȝyue Ra|bath in to a dwellyng place of camels, and the sones of Amon in to a bed of beestis; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

[verse 6] For the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that thou flappidist with hond, and smytidist with the foot, and ioyedist of [verse 7] al desijr on [of S sec. m.] the lond of Israel; therfor lo! Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to rauysch|yng of hethene men, and Y schal sle thee fro puplis, and Y schal leese thee, and al to-breke thee fro londis; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 8] The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that Moab and Seir seiden, Lo! the hous of Juda is as [of FGIMNPQSUX.] alle folkis; therfor lo! [verse 9] Y schal opene the schuldre of Moab of citees, sotheli of citees therof and of the endis therof, the noble citees of the lond, Bethiesmoth, and [Om. IN.] [verse 10] Beelmoth, and Cariathaym, to the sones of the eest, with the sones of Amon. And Y schal ȝyue it in to eritage, that mynde of the sones of Amon be no more among [verse 11] hethene men, and in Moab Y schal make domes; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 12] The Lord God [Om. N.] seith these thingis, For that that Ydumee dide ven|iaunce, that it avengide it silf of the sones of Juda, and synnede doynge trespas, and [verse 13] axide greetli veniaunce of hem; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal stretche forth myn hond on Idumee, and Y schal take awei fro it man and beeste, and Y schal make it desert of the south; and thei that ben in Dedan schulen falle bi swerd. [verse 14] And Y schal ȝyue my ven|iaunce on Idumee, bi the hond of my pu|ple Israel; and thei schulen do in Edom bi my wraththe, and bi my strong ven|iaunce; and thei schulen knowe my ven|iaunce, seith the Lord God. [verse 15] The [And the I.] Lord God seith these thingis, For that that Pa|lestyns diden veniaunce, and auengiden hem silf, with al wille sleynge, and fillynge [verse 16] elde enemytees; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal stretche forth myn hond on Palestyns, and Y schal sle sleeris, and Y schal leese the reme|nauntis [verse 17] of the se coost; and Y schal make grete veniaunces in hem, and Y schal re|preue

in strong veniaunce; and thei schu|len wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal ȝyue my veniaunce on hem.