Isaiah 3
1 For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply 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, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,
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, the honourable man, the counsellor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever 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 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
And Y schal yyue children the princes of hem, and men of wymmens condiciouns schulen be lordis of hem.
5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbour. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked 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 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your 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 he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You 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 look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon 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 Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
Seie ye to the iust man, that it schal be to hym wel; for he schal ete the fruyt of hise fyndyngis.
11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.
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. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your 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 stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
The Lord stondith for to deme, and `the Lord stondith for to deme puplis;
14 The LORD will enter into judgement with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder 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 do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.
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 arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking daintily as they go, jingling ornaments on 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 brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”
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 beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
In that dai the Lord schal take awei the ournement of schoon, and goldun litle bellis lijk the moone,
19 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,
and ribans, and brochis, and ournementis of armes nyy the schuldris, and mytris, ether chapelettis,
20 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms,
and coombis, and ournementis of armes niy the hondis, and goldun ourenementis lijk laumpreis, and litil vessels of oynementis,
21 the signet rings, the nose rings,
and eere ryngis, and ryngis, and preciouse stoonys hangynge in the forheed,
22 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,
and chaungynge clothis, and mentils, and schetis, ether smockis, and needlis,
23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
and myrouris, and smal lynun clothis aboute the schuldris, and kercheues, and roketis.
24 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and 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 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
Also thi faireste men schulen falle bi swerd, and thi stronge men schulen falle in batel.
26 Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
And the yatis therof schulen weile, and morene; and it schal sitte desolat in erthe.
