Isaiah 3

1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

For lo! the lordli gouernour, the Lord of oostis, schal take awei fro Jerusalem and fro Juda a myyti man, and strong, and al the strengthe of breed, and al the strengthe of watir;

2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the ancient;

a strong man, and a man a werriour, and a domesman, and a profete, and a false dyuynour in auteris, and an elde man,

3 the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter.

a prince ouer fifti men, and a worschipful man in cheer, and a counselour, and a wijs man of principal crafti men, and a prudent man of mystik, ethir goostli, speche.

4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And Y schal yyue children the princes of hem, and men of wymmens condiciouns schulen be lordis of hem.

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

And the puple schal falle doun, a man to a man, ech man to his neiybore; a child schal make noyse ayens an eld man, and an vnnoble man ayens a noble man.

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, [saying], Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

For a man schal take his brother, the meneal of his fadir, and schal seie, A clooth is to thee, be thou oure prince; forsothe this fallyng be vndur thin hond.

7 in that day shall he lift up [his voice], saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

And he schal answere in that dai, and seie, Y am no leche, and nether breed, nether cloth is in myn hous; nyle ye make me prince of the puple.

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

For whi Jerusalem felle doun, and Juda felle doun togidere; for the tunge of hem, and the fyndingis of hem weren ayens the Lord, for to terre to wraththe the iyen of his mageste.

9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

The knowyng of her cheer schal answere to hem; and thei prechiden her synne, as Sodom dide, and hidden not. Wo to the soule of hem, for whi yuels ben yoldun to hem.

10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Seie ye to the iust man, that it schal be to hym wel; for he schal ete the fruyt of hise fyndyngis.

11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Wo to the wickid man in to yuel; for whi the yeldyng of hise hondis schal be maad to hym.

12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

The wrongful axeris of my puple robbiden it, and wymmen weren lordis therof. Mi puple, thei that seien thee blessid, disseyuen thee, and distrien the weie of thi steppis.

13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

The Lord stondith for to deme, and `the Lord stondith for to deme puplis;

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

the Lord schal come to doom, with the eldere men of his puple, and with hise princes; for ye han wastid my vyner, and the raueyn of a pore man is in youre hous.

15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

Whi al to-breken ye my puple, and grynden togidere the faces of pore men? seith the Lord God of oostis.

16 Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

And the Lord God seide, For that that the douytris of Syon weren reisid, and yeden with a necke stretchid forth, and yeden bi signes of iyen, and flappiden with hondis, and yeden, and with her feet yeden in wel araied goyng,

17 therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

the Lord schal make ballyd the nol of the douytris of Sion, and the Lord schal make nakid the heer of hem.

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;

In that dai the Lord schal take awei the ournement of schoon, and goldun litle bellis lijk the moone,

19 the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

and ribans, and brochis, and ournementis of armes nyy the schuldris, and mytris, ether chapelettis,

20 the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets;

and coombis, and ournementis of armes niy the hondis, and goldun ourenementis lijk laumpreis, and litil vessels of oynementis,

21 the rings, and the nose jewels;

and eere ryngis, and ryngis, and preciouse stoonys hangynge in the forheed,

22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels;

and chaungynge clothis, and mentils, and schetis, ether smockis, and needlis,

23 the hand mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.

and myrouris, and smal lynun clothis aboute the schuldris, and kercheues, and roketis.

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle a rope; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth: branding instead of beauty.

And stynk shal be for swete odour, and a corde for the girdil; ballidnesse schal be for crispe heer, and an heire for a brest girdil.

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

Also thi faireste men schulen falle bi swerd, and thi stronge men schulen falle in batel.

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.

And the yatis therof schulen weile, and morene; and it schal sitte desolat in erthe.