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CAP. VIII.

[verse 1] And it was doon in the sixte ȝeer, in the sixte monethe, in [on I.] the fyuethe dai of the monethe, Y sat in myn hous, and the elde men of Juda saten bifore me; and the hond of the Lord God felle there on me. [verse 2] And Y siȝ, and lo! a licnesse as the bi|holdyng of fier; fro the biholding of hise leendis and bynethe was fier, and fro hise leendis and aboue was as the bihold|yng of schynyng, as the siȝt of electre. [verse 3] And the licnesse of an hond was sent out, and took me bi the heer [heer, ether lockis CFGHKMQRSUX.] of myn heed; and the spirit reiside me bitwixe heuene and erthe, and brouȝte me in to Jerusalem, in the siȝt of God, bisidis the ynnere dore that bihelde to the north, where the idol of enuye was set, to stire indignacioun. [verse 4] And lo! the glorie of God of Israel was there, bi siȝt [the siȝt C et ceteri.] which Y siȝ in the feeld. [verse 5] And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, reise [reise vp I.] thin iȝen to the weie of the north; and Y reiside myn iȝen to the weie of the north, and lo! fro the north of the ȝate of the auter the idol of enuye was in that entryng. [verse 6] And he seide to me, Sone of man, gessist thou whether [wher ceteri passim.] thou seest what thing these men doon, the grete ab|homynaciouns whiche the hous of Israel doith here, that Y go fer awei fro my seyntuarie? and ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se grettere abhomynaciouns. [verse 7] And he ledde me with ynne to the dore of the halle [forȝerde C et ceteri.] ; and Y siȝ, and lo! oon hoole in the wal. [verse 8] And he seide to me, Sone of man, digge thou the wal; and whanne Y hadde diggid the wal, o dore apperide. [verse 9] And he seide to me, Entre thou, and se the worste abhomynaciouns, whiche these men doon here. [verse 10] And Y entride, and siȝ; and lo! ech licnesse of `crepynge beestis [reptils, ether crepynge beestis C et ceteri.] , and ab|homynacioun [abhomynaciouns IN.] of beestis, and alle idols of the hous of Israel, weren peyntid in the wal al aboute in cumpas. [verse 11] And seuenti

men of the eldere of the hous of Israel stoden; and Jeconye, the sone of Saphan, stood in the myddis of hem, stondynge bifore the peyntyngis; and ech man hadde a censere in his hond, and the smoke of a cloude of encense stiede [stiede vp I.] . [verse 12] And he seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou seest what thingis the eldere men of the hous of Israel doen in derknessis, ech [and ech NS sec. m.] man in the hid place of his bed; for thei seiyn, The Lord seeth not vs, the Lord hath forsake the lond. [verse 13] And the Lord seide to me, Ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se gretter abhomynaciouns, whiche these men doon. [verse 14] And he ledde me with ynne, bi the dore of the ȝate of the hous of the Lord, which dore bihelde to the north; and lo! wymmen saten there, bi|weilynge Adonydes. [verse 15] And the Lord seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seyn; ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se gretere abhomynaciouns than these. [verse 16] And he ledde me with ynne, in to the ynnere halle [forȝerd ceteri.] of the hous of the Lord; and lo! in the dore of the temple of the Lord, bitwixe the porche and the auter, weren as fyue and twenti men hauynge the backis aȝens the temple of the Lord, and her faces to the eest; and thei worschipiden at the risyng of the sunne. [verse 17] And the Lord seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seyn; whe|ther this is a liȝt thing to the hous of Juda, that thei schulden do these abho|mynaciouns, whiche thei diden here? For thei filliden the lond with wickidnesse, and turneden to terre me to wraththe; and lo! thei applien a braunche to her nose thirlis. [verse 18] Therfor and Y schal do in strong veniaunce; myn iȝe schal not spare, ne|ther Y schal do merci; and whanne thei schulen crie to myn eris with greet vois, Y schal not here hem.