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. II.
1 He styede vp, that schal scatere byfore
thee, that shal kepe the byseeging; byholde
thou the waye, coumforte leendis,
strengthe thou vertu gretely.
2 For as
the Lord &yogh;eldide the pride of Jacob, so
the pryde of Yrael; for distruyers scatriden
hem, and corrumpten, or distruyiden,
the generaciouns of hem.
3 The
sheeld of the strong of hym fijry, men
of the hoost in rede clothis; raynes of
fijre of the chaare, in the day of his makyng
redy; and the leeders therof ben
asleepe.
4 In wayes thei ben trublid to
gydre, cartis of foure horsis he hurtlide
to gydre in stretis; the si&yogh;t of hem as
laumpis, as lei&yogh;tis rennynge aboute.
5 He
shal bythenke of his strenger, thei shulen
falle in her wayes; and swyftly thei
shuln stye vp the wallis therof, and the
shadewynge place shal be maad redy.
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6 &YOGH;atis of flodis shuln be opnyd, and the
temple broken doun to the erthe.
7 And
a kni&yogh;t caitif is led to, and the hond
maydens therof shuln be dryuen sorewyng
as culuers, grucchynge in her hertis.
8 And Nynyue, as the cysterne of waters
the waters therof; forsothe thei fledden,
sayinge, Stonde &yogh;e, stonde &yogh;e, and ther is
not that shal turne a&yogh;ein.
9 Rauyshe &yogh;e
syluer, rauyshe &yogh;e gold; and there is not
eende of richessis, of all desireable vessels.
10 It is distruyed, and kitt, and to-torne,
and herte feylynge, and vnknyttynge of
smale knees, and failyng in alle reynes;
and the face of alle as blacnesse of a pott.
11 Where is the dwellynge of lyouns, and the
lesewis of whelpis of lyouns? The lyoun
wente to water, that the whelpe of the
lyoun shulde entre thidre, and there is
not that shal fere.
12 The lyoun toke ynow&yogh;
to his whelpis, and slew&yogh; to his lyounnessis;
and fulfillide with praye her dennys,
and his couche with rauyn.
13 Loo!
Y to thee, saith the Lord God of oostis;
and Y shal vndre brenne thi cartis of
foure horsis vn to the hee&yogh;ist, and swerd
shal ete thi smale lyouns; and Y shal
distruye of erthe thi praye, and voice of
thi messangeres shal no more be herd.
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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