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CAP. XXXVII.

[verse 1] The hond of the Lord was maad on me, and ledde me out in the [Om. I.] spirit of the Lord; and he lefte me in the myddis of [verse 2] a feeld that was ful of boonys; and he ledde me aboute bi tho in cumpas. For|sothe tho weren ful manye on the face of the feeld, and drie greetli. [verse 3] And he seide to me, Gessist thou, sone of man, whether these boonys schulen lyue? And Y seide, Lord God, thou wost. [verse 4] And he seide to me, Profesie thou of these boonys; and thou schalt seie to tho [hem I.] , Ȝe drie boonys, here [heerith IN. here ȝe U.] the word of the Lord. [verse 5] The Lord God seith these thingis to these boonys, Lo! Y schal sende in to ȝou a spirit, and ȝe

schulen lyue. [verse 6] And Y schal ȝyue synewis on ȝou, and Y schal make fleischis to wexe on ȝou, and Y schal stretche forth aboue [Om. E.] a [Om. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] skyn in ȝou, and Y schal ȝyue a spirit to ȝou, and ȝe schulen lyue; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 7] And Y pro|fesiede, as he comaundide to me; forsothe a sown was maad, while Y profesiede, and lo! a stiryng togidere, and boonys camen [neiȝiden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] to boonys, ech to his ioynture. [verse 8] And Y siȝ, and lo! synewis [sinewis CR. nervis, ether sinwes EFGHKMNPQSUXY.] and fleischis `wexeden vpon [stieden on CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] tho, and skyn was stretchid forth aboue in hem, and tho hadden no spirit. [verse 9] And he seide to me, Profesie thou to the spirit, profesie thou, sone of man; and thou schalt seie to the spirit, The Lord God [Om. N.] seith these thingis, Come, thou spirit, fro foure wyndis, and blowe thou on these slayn men, and lyue thei aȝen. [verse 10] And Y profesiede, as he comaundide to me; and the spirit entride in to tho [the IU.] boonys, and thei lyueden, and stoden [stiede N.] on her feet, a ful greet oost. [verse 11] And the Lord seide to me, Thou sone of man, alle these boonys is the hous of Israel; thei seien, Oure boonys drieden, and oure hope perischide, and we ben kit awei. [verse 12] Therfor profesie thou, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal opene ȝoure graues, and Y schal lede ȝou out of ȝoure sepulcris, my puple, and Y schal lede ȝou in to ȝoure lond Israel. [verse 13] And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal opene ȝoure sepulcris, and schal lede ȝou [verse 14] out of ȝoure biriels, my puple; and Y schal ȝyue my spirit in ȝou, and ȝe schulen lyue. And Y schal make ȝou for to reste on ȝoure lond; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y the Lord spak, and dide, seith the Lord God. [verse 15] And the word of the Lord was maad to [verse 16] me, and he seide, And thou, sone of man, take to thee o tree, and write thou on it, To Juda, and to the sones of Israel, and to hise felowis. And take thou an other tree, and write on it, Joseph, the tree of Effraym, and of al the hous of Israel, and

of hise felowis. [verse 17] And ioyne thou tho trees oon to the tother in to o tree to thee; and tho schulen be in to onement in thin hond. [verse 18] Sotheli whanne the sones of thi puple that speken, schulen seie to thee, Whether thou schewist not to vs, what thou wolt to thee [verse 19] in these thingis? thou schalt speke to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal take the tree of Joseph, which is in the hond of Effraym, and the lynagis of Israel, that ben ioyned to hym [hem U.] , and Y schal ȝyue hem togidere with the tree of Juda; and Y schal make hem in to o [Om. N.] tree, and thei schulen be oon in the hond of hym. [verse 20] Sotheli the trees, on whiche thou hast write, schulen be in thin hond bifore the iȝen of hem. [verse 21] And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal take the sones of Israel fro the myddis of naciouns, to whiche thei ȝeden forth; and Y schal gadere hem to|gidere on ech side. And Y schal brynge [verse 22] hem to her lond, and Y schal make hem o folc [flock N.] in the lond, in the hillis of Israel, and o kyng schal be comaundynge to alle; and thei schulen no more be twei folkis, and thei schulen no more be departid in to twey rewmes. [verse 23] And thei schulen no more be defoulid in her idols, and her abhomynaciouns, and in alle her wickid|nessis. And Y schal make hem saaf fro alle her seetis, in which thei synneden, and Y schal clense hem; and thei schulen be a puple to me, and Y schal be God to hem. [verse 24] And my seruaunt Dauid schal be kyng on hem, and o scheepherde schal be of alle hem; thei schulen go in my domes, and thei schulen kepe my comaundementis, and schulen do tho. [verse 25] And thei schulen dwelle on the lond, which Y ȝaf to my seruaunt Jacob, in which ȝoure fadris dwelliden; and thei schulen dwelle on that lond, thei, and the sones of hem, and the sones of her sones, til in to with outen ende; and Dauid, my seruaunt, schal be the [Om. N.] prince of hem with outen

ende. [verse 26] And Y schal smyte to hem a boond of pees; it schal be a couenaunt euerlast|ynge to hem, and Y schal founde hem, and Y schal multiplie, and Y schal ȝyue myn halewing in the myddis of hem with outen ende. [verse 27] And my tabernacle schal be among hem, and Y schal be God to hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me. [verse 28] And hethene men schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, halewere of Israel, whanne myn halewyng schal be in the myddis of hem with outen ende.