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| [1]The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
[1]The birthun of Babiloyne, which birthun Ysaie, the sone of Amos, siy. |
| [2]Lift up a standard upon the high mountain: lift up the voice unto them: wag the hand that they may go into the gates of the nobles. |
[2]Reise ye a signe on a myisti hil, and enhaunse ye vois; reise ye the hond, and duykis entre bi the yatis. |
| [3]I have commanded them, that I have sanctified: and I have called the mighty to my wrath, and them that rejoice in my glory. |
[3]Y haue comaundid to myn halewid men, and Y clepid my stronge men in my wraththe, that maken ful out ioie in my glorie. |
| [4]The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, like a great people: a tumultuous voice of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts numbereth the host of the battle. |
[4]The vois of multitude in hillis, as of many puplis; the vois of sown of kyngis, of hethene men gaderit togidere. The Lord of oostis comaundide to the chyualry of batel, |
| [5]They come from a far country, from the end of the heaven: even the Lord with the weapons of his wrath to destroy the whole land. |
[5]to men comynge fro a fer lond. The Lord cometh fro the hiynesse of heuene, and the vessels of his strong veniaunce, that he distrie al the lond. |
| [6]Howl you, for the day of the Lord is at hand: it shall come as a destroyer from the Almighty. |
[6]Yelle ye, for the dai of the Lord is niy; as wastyng it schal come of the Lord. |
| [7]Therefore shall all hands be weakened, and all men's hearts shall melt, |
[7]For this thing alle hondis schulen be vnmyyti, and eche herte of man schal faile, |
| [8]And they shall be afraid: anguish and sorrow shall take them, and they shall have pain, as a woman that travaileth: every one shall be amazed at his neighbor, and their faces shall be like flames of fire. |
[8]and schal be al to-brokun. Gnawyngis and sorewis schulen holde Babiloyns; thei schulen haue sorewe, as they that trauelen of child. Ech man schal wondre at his neiybore; her cheris schulen be brent faces. |
| [9]Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land waste: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it. |
[9]Lo! the dai of the Lord schal come, cruel, and ful of indignacioun, and of wraththe, and of woodnesse; to sette the lond into wildirnesse, and to al to-breke the synneris therof fro that lond. |
| [10]For the stars of heaven and the planets thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. |
[10]For whi the sterris of heuene and the schynyng of tho schulen not sprede abrood her liyt; the sunne is maade derk in his risyng, and the moone schal not schine in hir liyt. |
| [11]And I will visit the wickedness upon the world, and their iniquity upon the wicked, and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will cast down the pride of tyrants. |
[11]And Y schal visite on the yuels of the world, and Y schal visite ayens wickid men the wickidnesse of hem; and Y schal make the pride of vnfeithful men for to reste, and Y schal make low the boost of stronge men. |
| [12]I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man above the wedge of gold of Ophir. |
[12]A man of ful age schal be preciousere than gold, and a man schal be preciousere than pure gold and schynyng. |
| [13]Therefore I will shake the heaven, and the earth shall remove out of her place in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. |
[13]On this thing I schal disturble heuene, and the erthe schal be moued fro his place; for the indignacioun of the Lord of oostis, and for the dai of wraththe of his strong veniaunce. |
| [14]And it shall be as a chased doe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up. Every man shall turn to his own people, and flee each one to his own land. |
[14]And it schal be as a doo fleynge, and as a scheep, and noon schal be that schal gadere togidere; ech man schal turne to his puple, and alle bi hem silf schulen fle to her lond. |
| [15]Everyone that is found, shall be stricken through: and whosoever joineth himself, shall fall by the sword. |
[15]Ech man that is foundun, schal be slayn; and ech man that cometh aboue, schal falle doun bi swerd. |
| [16]Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. |
[16]The yonge children of them schulen be hurtlid doun bifore the iyen of them; her housis schulen be rauischid, and her wyues schulen be defoulid. |
| [17]Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold. |
[17]Lo! Y schal reise on them Medeis, that seken not siluer, nethir wolen gold; |
| [18]With bows also shall they destroy the children, and shall have no compassion upon the fruit of the womb, and their eyes shall not spare the children. |
[18]but thei shulen sle litle children bi arowis, and thei schulen not haue merci on wombis yyuynge mylk, and the iye of them schal not spare on sones. |
| [19]And Babylon the glory of kingdoms, the beauty and pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as the destruction of God in Sodom and Gomorrah. |
[19]And Babiloyne, thilke gloriouse citee in rewmes, noble in the pride of Caldeis, schal be destried, as God destried Sodom and Gomore. |
| [20]It shall not be inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, neither shall the shepherds make their folds there. |
[20]It shall not be enhabitid til in to the ende, and it schal not be foundid til to generacioun and generacioun; a man of Arabie schal not sette tentis there, and scheepherdis schulen not reste there. |
| [21]But Zijm shall lodge there, and their houses shall be full of Ohim: Ostriches shall dwell there, and the satyrs shall dance there. |
[21]But wielde beestis schulen reste there, and the housis of hem schulen be fillid with dragouns; and ostrichis schulen dwelle there, and heeri beestis schulen skippe there. |
| [22]And Iim shall cry in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and the time thereof is ready to come, and the days thereof shall not be prolonged. |
[22]And bitouris schulen answere there in the housis therof, and fliynge serpentis in the templis of lust. |