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CAP. XXVIII.

[verse 1] And the word of the Lord was maad [verse 2] to me, and he seide, Sone of man, seie thou to the prince of Tire, The Lord God seith these thingis, For thin herte was reisid, and thou seidist, Y am God, and Y sat in the chaier of God, in the herte of the see, sithen [sith I.] thou art man and not God, and thou ȝauest thin herte as the [verse 3] herte of God; lo! thou art wisere than Danyel, ech priuetee is not hid fro thee; [verse 4] in thi wisdom and prudence thou madist to thee strengthe, and thou gatist to thee [verse 5] gold and siluer in thi tresouris; in the multitude of thi wisdom, and [Om. A.] in thi marchaundie thou multipliedist to thee strengthe, and thin herte was reisid in [verse 6] thi strengthe; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For thin herte was reisid as the herte of God, therfor lo! [verse 7] Y schal brynge on thee aliens, the strongeste of hethene. And thei schulen make nakid her swerdis on the fairnesse of thi wis|dom, and thei schulen defoule thi fair|nesse. [verse 8] Thei schulen sle, and drawe doun thee; and thou schalt die bi the [Om. I.] deth of vncircumcidid men, in the herte of the see. [verse 9] Whether thou schalt seie, and speke, Y am God, bifore hem that sleen thee; sithen [sith I.] thou art a man, and not God? [verse 10] In the hond of hem that sleen thee, bi deth of vncircumcidid men, thou schalt die in the hond of aliens; for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord God. [verse 11] And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou [Om. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] , sone of man, reise thou weilyng [verse 12] on the kyng of Tire; and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou a preente [preentere NS sec. m.] of licnesse, ful of wis|dom, [verse 13] perfit in fairnesse, were in delicis [the delicis CFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] of paradijs of God. Ech preciouse stoon

was thin hilyng, sardius, topacius, and iaspis, crisolitus, and onix, and birille, safire, and carbuncle, and smaragde; also gold was the werk of thi fairnesse, and thin hoolis weren maad redi, in the dai in which thou were maad. [verse 14] Thou were che|rub holdun forth, and hilynge; and Y settide thee in the hooli [Om. N.] hil of God. In the myddis of stoonus set a fier thou [verse 15] ȝedist, perfit in thi weies fro the dai of thi makyng, til wickidnesse was foundun in thee. [verse 16] In the multitude of thi marchaundie thin ynnere thingis weren fillid of wickid|nesse, and thou didist synne; and Y cast|ide thee out of the hil of God, and, thou cherub hilynge fer, Y loste thee fro the myddis of stoonys set a fier. [verse 17] And thin herte was reisid in thi fairnesse, thou lostist thi wisdom in thi fairnesse. Y cast|ide thee doun in to erthe, Y ȝaf thee bifore the face of kingis, that thei schulden se thee. [verse 18] In the multitude of thi wickid|nessis [wickidnesse I pr. m.] , and in wickidnesse [the wickidnesse CEFGHKMPQRSUX. thi wickidnessis IN.] of thi mar|chaundie thou defoulidist thin halewyng; therfor Y schal brynge forth fier of the myddis of thee, that schal ete thee; and Y schal ȝyue thee in to aische on erthe, in the siȝt of alle men seynge thee. [verse 19] Alle men that schulen se thee among hethene men, schulen be astonyed on thee; thou art maad nouȝt, and thou schalt not be with outen ende. [verse 20] And the word of the Lord [verse 21] was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens Sidon, and [verse 22] thou schalt profesie of it; and schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, Sidon, and Y schal be glorified in the myddis of thee; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal do domes in it, and Y schal be halewid ther ynne. [verse 23] And Y schal sende pestilence in to it, and blood in the stretis therof, and slayn men bi swerd schulen falle doun in the myddis therof bi cumpas; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. [verse 24] And there schal no more be an hirtyng

of bitternesse to the hous of Israel, and a thorn bryngynge in sorewe on ech side bi the cumpas of hem that ben aduersaries to hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. [verse 25] The Lord God seith these thingis, Whanne Y schal gadere togidere the hous of Israel fro puplis, among whiche thei ben scaterid, Y schal be halewid in hem bifor hethene men. And thei schulen dwelle in her lond, which Y ȝaf to my seruaunt Jacob. [verse 26] And thei schulen dwelle sikir ther ynne, and thei schulen bilde housis, and thei schulen plaunte vynes, and thei schulen dwelle tristili, whanne Y schal make domes in alle men that ben aduersaries to hem bi cumpas; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of hem.