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CAP. VI.

[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 the hillis of Israel; and thou schalt profesie to tho hillis, and schalt [verse 3] seie, Hillis of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord God. The Lord God seith these thingis to mounteyns, and litil hillis, to roochis of stoon, and to valeis, Lo! Y schal bringe in on ȝou a swerd, and Y schal leese ȝoure hiȝe thingis. [verse 4] And Y schal dis|trie ȝoure auteris, and ȝoure symylacris schulen be brokun; and Y schal caste doun ȝoure slayn men bifore ȝoure idols. [verse 5] dnA Y schal ȝyue the deed bodies of the sones of Israel bifor the face of ȝoure sy|mylacris, and Y schal scatere ȝoure boonys [verse 6] aboute ȝoure auteris, in alle ȝoure dwell|ingis. Citees schulen be forsakun, and hiȝ thingis schulen be distried, and schulen be scaterid; and ȝoure auteris schulen pe|rische, and schulen be brokun. And ȝoure idols schulen ceesse, and ȝoure templis of idols schulen be al to-brokun, and ȝoure werkis schulen be doen awei. [verse 7] And a slayn man schal falle doun in the myddis of ȝou; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 8] And Y schal leeue in ȝou hem that fledden swerd among hethene men, whanne Y schal scatere ȝou in to londis. [verse 9] And ȝoure delyuered men schulen haue mynde on me among hethene men [Om. A.] , to whiche thei ben

led prisoneris; for Y haue al to-broke her herte doynge fornycacioun, and goynge awei fro me, and her iȝen doynge fornica|cioun aftir her idols. And thei schulen dis|plese hem silf on the yuels, whiche thei diden in alle her abhomynaciouns. [verse 10] And thei schulen wite, that Y [Om. NS sec. m.] the Lord spak not in veyn, that Y schulde do this yuel to hem. [verse 11] The Lord God [Om. A pr. m. FI sec. m.] seith these thingis, Smyte thin hond, and hurtle thi foot, and seie, Alas! to alle abhomynaciouns of the yuelis of the hous of Israel; for thei schulen falle doun bi swerd, hungur, and pestilence. He that is fer, shal die bi pes|tilence. [verse 12] Forsothe he that is niȝ, shal falle bi swerd. And he that is laft and bisegid, shal die bi hungur. And Y schal fille myn indignacioun in hem. [verse 13] And ȝe schu|len wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne ȝoure slayn men schulen be in the myddis of ȝoure idols, in the cumpas of ȝoure au|teris, in eche hiȝ litil hil, and in alle the hiȝnessis of mounteyns, and vndur ech tree ful of wode, and vndur ech ook ful of boowis, that is, a place where thei brenten encense swete smellynge to alle her idols. [verse 14] And Y schal stretche forth myn hond on hem, and Y schal make her lond desolat and destitute, fro desert Deblata, in alle the dwellyngis of hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.