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CAP. LXV.

I seide, Lo! I, lo! Y, to the Jentilis that knewe not me, and that inwardli clep|eden not my name. [verse 2] I spredde out myn

hondis al dai to a puple mystrouful, that goth in a wei not good, after ther thenk|ingus. [verse 3] The puple that to wrathe terreth me, bifor my face euermor; that offren in [verse 4] gardynes, and sacrifien vp on tyles; that dwellen in sepulcris, and in wasshing temples of mawmetis slepen; that eten souwe flesh, and cursid broth in the ves|seles [verse 5] of hem; that seyn, Go awei fro me, neȝhe thou not to me, for thou art vn|clene; these smoke shul ben in my wod|nesse, fyr [and fier A.] brennende all dai. [verse 6] Lo! it is write befor me; I shal not be stille, but I shal ȝelde, and quyte in to the bosum [verse 7] of them ther wickidnesses [wickenesses E.] , and the wick|idnesses [wickenesses E.] of ȝoure fader togidere, seith the Lord, that sacrifieden vp on moun|teynes, and vp on hilles repreueden to me; and I shal aȝeen mesuren the werc of hem first in the bosum of hem. [verse 8] These thingus seith the Lord, What maner if ther be founde a corn in the cluster, and be seid, Ne scatere thou it, for blissing it is; so I shal do for my seruauns, that I scatere not al. [verse 9] And I shal leden out fro Jacob sed, and of Juda the [Om. K pr. m.] weldende myn hoeli mounteynes; and eritagen it shul my chosene, and my seruauns dwelle there. [verse 10] And ben shul the wilde feeldis in to foldys of flockis, and the valei of Achor in to the couche of droues, to my puple that aȝeen soȝten me. [verse 11] And ȝee that forsoken the Lord, that forȝeeten myn hoely mounteyn, that putten the bord of fortune, and offren [offreden AGHK.] licoures vp [verse 12] on it, I shal noumbre ȝou in swerd, and alle in slaȝter ȝee shul falle; for thi that I clepede, and ȝee answerden not; I spac, and ȝee herden not; and ȝee diden euel in myn eȝen, and that I wolde not, ȝee chosen [cheseden AE sec. m. GHK.] . [verse 13] For these thingus, seith the Lord God, lo! my seruauntis shuln ete, and ȝee shul hungren; lo! my seruauns [verse 14] shul drinke, and ȝee shul thristen; lo! my seruauns shul gladen, and ȝee shul be

confoundid; lo! my seruauns shul preise, for ful out ioȝinge of herte, and ȝee shul crien, for sorewe of herte, and for the to|treding doun of spirit ȝee shul ȝelle. [verse 15] And ȝee shul leue ȝoure name in to oth to my chosene; and sle shal thee the Lord God, and his seruauns he shal clepe bi an other name. [verse 16] In whiche who so is blissid vp on erthe, shal ben blissid in God amen; and who swerth in erthe, shal swern in God amen; for to forȝeting ben take the rathere anguyshes, and [Om. A.] for hid thei ben fro oure eȝen. [verse 17] Lo! forsothe I shape newe heuenus and newe erthe, and ben shul not in mynde the rathere, and steȝen shul thei not vp vp on herte. [verse 18] But ȝee shul ioȝen, and ful out ioȝen vnto [into AG pr. m. H.] euermor, in these thingus that I shape; for lo! I shape Jerusalem ful out glading, and his puple ioȝe. [verse 19] And I shal ful out gladen in Jerusalem, and ioȝen in my puple; and ther shal ben herd in it no more vois of weping and vois of cri. [verse 20] And ther shal no mor be the [Om. G pr. m.] faunt of [Om. E pr. m.] daȝes, and the olde that fulfillith not his daȝes; for the child of an hundrid ȝer shal dien, and the synnere of an hundrid ȝer shal be cursid. [verse 21] And thei shul bilden vp houses, and dwellen in, and plaunte `vyne ȝerdis [vynes C pr. m. E pr. m.] , and ete the frute of hem. [verse 22] Thei shul not bilden vp houses, and an other dwelle, ne plaunten, and an other ete; after the daȝes forsothe of the tree shul be the daȝes of my puple, and the werkes of ther hondus. [verse 23] My chosen vnto ful [the ful AGHK.] eelde shal vse; thei shul not trauaile in veyn, ne ben gendrid [geten C pr. m. goten E pr. m.] in dis|turbing; for the sed of the blissid men of the Lord it is, and the cosynes of hem with hem. [verse 24] And it shal be, er thei crien, I shal ful out heren; ȝit hem spekende, I shal ful out heren. [verse 25] The wlf and the lomb shul be fed togidere, and the leoun and the oxe shuln ete chaf, and to the serpent pouder his bred; thei shul not

noȝen, ne slen, in al myn hoeli mounteyn, seith the Lord.