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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. XI.

1   The wrd that is do to Jeremye of the Lord, 2   seiende, Hereth the wrdus of this couenaunt, and speketh to the men of Juda, and dwelleres of Jerusalem; 3   and thou shalt sey to them, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, Cursid the man that shal not here the wrdus of this couenaunt, 4   that Y comaundede to &yogh;oure fadris, in the dai that Y ladde hem out fro the lond of Egipt, fro the irene furneys; seiende, Hereth my vois, and doth alle thingus that Y comaundide to &yogh;ou, and &yogh;ee shul be to me in to a puple, and Y shal be to &yogh;ou in to a God; 5   that Y rere the oth that Y swor to &yogh;oure fadris, me to &yogh;yue to them a lond flowende mylc and

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hony, as is this dai. And Y answerde, and seide, Amen, Lord. 6   And the Lord seide to me, Crye out alle these wrdus in the cites of Juda, and withouteforth Jerusalem, seiende, Hereth the wrdus of this couenaunt, and doth them; 7   for witnessende Y witnessede &yogh;oure faders, in the dai that Y ladde them out fro the lond of Egipte, vnto this day; erly risende Y witnessede, and seide, Hereth my vois. 8   And thei herden not, ne boweden in ther ere, but wenten awei eche in to the shreudenesse of his euele herte; and Y bro&yogh;te in vp on hem alle the wrdus of this couenaunt, that Y comaundide that thei shulden do, and thei diden not. 10   And the Lord seide to me, Ther is founde coniuracioun in the men of Juda, and in the dwelleris of Jerusalem; thei ben turned a&yogh;een to the rathere wickidnesses of ther faders, that wolden not here my wrdus; and these thanne aftir aliene goddis &yogh;iden awei, that thei serue to them; all voide maden the house of Irael and the hous of Juda my couenaunt, that Y couenauntede with ther faders. 11   Wherfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal bringen in vp on hem eueles, of whiche gon out thei shul not moun; and thei shul crien to me, and Y shal not heren hem. 12   And gon shul the cites of Juda and the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and crien to them, to whom thei offren; and thei shul not saue them in tyme of ther tormenting. 13   After the noumbre forsothe of thi cites weren thi godis, Juda, and after the noumbre of thi weies, Jerusalem, thou settedest auteres of confusion, autres to offre to Balim. 14   Thou thanne, wile thou not pre&yogh;e for this puple, and ne take thou too for them preising and orisoun; for Y shal not heren in the time of ther cry to me, in tyme of ther torment. 15   What is, that my loued in myn hous doth many hidous

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giltus? whether hoeli flesh `shul don awei fro thee thi malices, in whiche thou gloriest? 16   An olyue plenteuous, fair, fructuous, semeli, clepede the Lord thi name; at the vois of the grete speche brende out fyr in it, and to-brend ben alle his busshy places. 17   And the Lord of ostus that plauntede thee, spac vp on thee euel, for the euelus of the hous of Irael, and of the hous of Juda, that thei diden to themself, offrende to Balim, to terre me. 18   Thou forsothe, Lord, hast shewid to me, and Y kne&yogh;; thou hast shewid to me the studies of hem. 19   I as a debonere lomb, that is born to slayn sacrifise; and Y kne&yogh; not, for thei tho&yogh;ten vp on me counseil, seiende, Sende wee a tree in to his bred, and shaue wee hym out fro the lond of lyueres, and his name be no more membred. 20   Thou forsothe, Lord of Sabaoth, that demest ri&yogh;twisly, and prouest reenes and hertes, see Y thi veniaunce of them; to thee forsothe Y shewede my cause. 21   Therfor these thingus seith the Lord to the men of Anatoth, that sechen my soule, and seyn, Thou shalt not profecien in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in oure hondus. 22   Therfor these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! Y shal visite vp on hem; &yogh;unge men shul die in swerd, the sonus of them and the do&yogh;tris of them shul dien in hunger; 23   and relikes shul not ben of hem; I shal leden in forsothe euel vp on the men of Anatoth, a &yogh;er of the visitynge of hem.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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