1   That don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, of the wrdis of dro&yogh;te. 2   Weilede Jewerie, and his &yogh;atus fellen doun, and ben dercned in the erthe, and the cri of Jerusalem ste&yogh;ede vp. 3   The more senten ther lasse to water; thei camen to drawe, and thei founde not water, thei beeren a&yogh;een ther vesselis voide; thei ben confoundid and tormentid, and thei couerden ther hedis for the wastite of the lond, 4   

for ther cam not reyn in erthe. Confoundid ben the erthe tilieres, thei couereden ther hedis. 5   For whi and the hynde in the feld bar, and lafte hir frutes, for ther was not erbe; 6   and the feeld asses stoden in roches, and drowe wind as dragounes; ther e&yogh;en faileden, for ther was not erbe. 7   Yf oure wickenesses `schul answere to vs, Lord, do for thi name, for manye ben oure turnyngys awei; to thee wee han synned. 8   Thou biding of Irael, his saueour in tyme of tribulacioun, 9   whi as a comeling tiliere thou art to come in the lond, and as `weie goere bowende doun to dwelle? whi art thou to come as a man vagaunt, as a strong man that mai not saue? Thou forsothe in vs art, Lord, and thin hoely name is inwardly clepid vp on vs; ne forsake thou vs. 10   These thingus seith the Lord to this puple, that louede to moue ther feet, and restede not, and to the Lord pleside not; now recorden he shal `wickidnesses of them, and visite `synnes of them. 11   And the Lord seide to me, Wile thou not pre&yogh;e for this puple in to good. 12   Whan thei shul faste, Y shal not here ther pre&yogh;eres; and if thei offre brent sacrifises and slayn sacrifises, I shal not take them, for with swerd and hunger and pestilence Y shal waste them. 13   And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, ther profetus seyn to them, &YOGH;ee shul not see swerd, and hunger in &yogh;ou shal not be, but verre pes he shal &yogh;yue in this place. 14   And the Lord seide to me, Falsly the profetus profecien in my name; I sente them not, and comaundide not to them, ne spac to them; a lying viseoun, and a gilesum deuynyng, and the deseit of ther herte thei profecien to &yogh;ou. 15   Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of the profetus that profecien in my name, whom Y sente not, seiende, Swerd and hungir shal not be in this lond; In swerd and

hunger shul be to-wastid tho profetus. 16   And puples, to whom thei profecieden, shul be throwen aferr in the weies of Jerusalem, for hungir and swerd, and ther shal not ben, that birie them; thei and the wyues of them, sonus and do&yogh;tris of them; and Y shal heelden out vp on hem ther euel. 17   And thou shalt sei to them this wrd, Leden doun myn e&yogh;en ter by ny&yogh;t and dai, and be thei not stille, for with gret to-treding to-treden is the maiden do&yogh;ter of my puple, hugeli with the werste veniaunce. 18   If Y shul gon out to the feeldus, loo! the slayn with swerd; and if Y shul go in to the citee, lo! the to-wastid with hunger; the profete forsothe and prest &yogh;iden awei in to the lond that thei knewe not. 19   Whether throwende aferr thou threwe awei Judam, or thi soule wlatede Sion? whi thanne hast thou smyten vs, so that ther is noon helthe? Wee han abide pes, and ther is not good; and tyme of curing, and lo! disturbing. 20   Wee han knowe, Lord, oure vnpitousnesses, and the wickenesses of oure faders, for wee han synned to thee. 21   Ne &yogh;yue thou vs in to repref, for thi name, ne do thou to vs repref; of the see of thi glorie recorde, ne al voide make thou thi pes couenaunt with vs. 22   Whether ben in grauen thingus of Jentilis that reynen, or heuenus moun &yogh;yue wederes? whether not thou art Lord oure God, whom wee han abide? Thou forsothe didist alle these thinges.

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