1The visioun, ether profesie, of Ysaie, the sone of Amos, which he siy on Juda and Jerusalem, in the daies of Osie, of Joathan, of Achas, and of Ezechie, kyngis of Juda.

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Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 1:12

2Ye heuenes, here, and thou erthe, perseyue with eeris, for the Lord spak. Y haue nurschid and Y haue enhaunsid sones; sotheli thei han dispisid me.

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Psalms 144:4, Psalms 144:4, Romans 8:20, Romans 8:20, Psalms 39:5

3An oxe knew his lord, and an asse knew the cratche of his lord; but Israel knewe not me, and my puple vndurstood not.

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Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:16

4Wo to the synful folk, to the puple heuy in wickidnesse, to the weiward seed, to the cursid sones; thei han forsake the Lord, thei han blasfemyd the hooli of Israel, thei ben aliened bacward.

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Psalms 104:5, Psalms 104:5, Zechariah 1:5, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Zechariah 1:5

5On what thing schal Y smyte you more, that encreessen trespassyng? Ech heed is sijk, and ech herte is morenynge.

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Psalms 19:4, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 42:1, Habakkuk 3:11, Psalms 19:4

6Fro the sole of the foot til to the nol, helthe is not ther ynne; wounde, and wannesse, and betyng bolnynge is not boundun aboute, nether curid bi medicyn, nether nurschid with oile.

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John 3:8, John 3:8, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Job 37:9

7Youre lond is forsakun, youre citees ben brent bi fier; aliens deuouren youre cuntrei bifore you, and it schal be disolat as in the distriyng of enemyes.

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Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Psalms 104:6

8And the douytir of Sion, `that is, Jerusalem, schal be forsakun as a schadewynge place in a vyner, and as an hulke in a place where gourdis wexen, and as a citee which is wastid.

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Proverbs 27:20, Proverbs 27:20, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 11:28, Ecclesiastes 4:8

9If the Lord of oostis hadde not left seed to vs, we hadden be as Sodom, and we hadden be lijk as Gomorre.

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Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 2:12

10Ye princes of men of Sodom, here the word of the Lord; and ye puple of Gommorre, perseyue with eeris the lawe of youre God.

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Acts 7:51, Acts 7:51, Matthew 23:30, Matthew 23:32, Luke 17:26

11Wherto offren ye to me the multitude of youre sacrifices? seith the Lord. Y am ful; Y wolde not the brent sacrifices of wetheris, and the ynnere fatnesse of fatte beestis, and the blood of calues, and of lambren, and of buckis of geet.

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Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Ecclesiastes 9:5

12Whanne ye camen bifore my siyt, who axide of youre hondis these thingis, that ye schulden go in myn hallys?

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Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:1, 1 Kings 4:1, 1 Kings 4:19, 1 Kings 4:1

13Offre ye no more sacrifice in veyn; encense is abhomynacioun to me; Y schal not suffre neomenye, and sabat, and othere feestis.

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Ecclesiastes 3:10, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 1:17

14Youre cumpenyes ben wickid; my soule hatith youre calendis and youre solempnytees; tho ben maad diseseful to me, Y trauelide suffrynge.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 2:17

15And whanne ye stretchen forth youre hondis, Y schal turne awei myn iyen fro you; and whanne ye multiplien preyer, Y schal not here; for whi youre hondis ben ful of blood.

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Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Isaiah 40:4

16Be ye waischun, be ye clene; do ye awei the yuel of youre thouytis fro myn iyen; ceesse ye to do weiwardli, lerne ye to do wel.

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Ecclesiastes 2:9, Ecclesiastes 2:9, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 10:7

17Seke ye doom, helpe ye hym that is oppressid, deme ye to the fadirles and modirles child, defende ye a widewe.

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Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Ecclesiastes 2:10

18And come ye, and repreue ye me, seith the Lord. Thouy youre synnes ben as blood reed, tho schulen be maad whijt as snow; and thouy tho ben reed as vermylioun, tho schulen be whijt as wolle.

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Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 12:12

19If ye wolen, and heren me, ye schulen ete the goodis of erthe.

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20That if ye nylen, and ye terren me to wrathfulnesse, swerd schal deuoure you; for whi the mouth of the Lord spak.

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21Hou is the feithful citee ful of dom maad an hoore? riytfulnesse dwellide ther ynne; but now menquelleris dwellen ther ynne.

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22Thi siluer is turned in to dros, ether filthe; thi wyn is medlid with watir.

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23Thi princes ben vnfeithful, the felowis of theuys; alle louen yiftis, suen meedis; thei demen not to a fadirles child, and the cause of a widewe entrith not to hem.

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24For this thing, seith the Lord God of oostis, the stronge of Israel, Alas! Y schal be coumfortid on myn enemyes, and Y schal be vengid on myn enemyes.

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25And Y schal turne myn hond to thee, and Y schal sethe out thi filthe to the cleene, and Y schal do awei al thi tyn.

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26And Y schal restore thi iuges, as thei weren bifor to, and thi counselours, as in elde tyme. Aftir these thingis thou schalt be clepid the citee of the riytful, a feithful citee.

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27Sion schal be ayen bouyt in dom, and thei schulen bringe it ayen in to riytfulnesse;

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28and God schal al to-breke cursid men and synneris togidere, and thei that forsoken the Lord, schulen be wastid.

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29For thei schulen be aschamed of idols, to whiche thei maden sacrifice; and ye shulen be aschamid on the orcherdis, whiche ye chesiden.

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30Whanne ye schulen be as an ook, whanne the leeues fallen doun, and as an orcherd with out watir.

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31And youre strengthe schal be as a deed sparcle of bonys, `ether of herdis of flex, and youre werk schal be as a quyk sparcle; and euer either schal be brent togidere, and noon schal be that schal quenche.

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