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Wycliffe's Bible — Ezechiel (1380s)

And alle þe dwellers of Egipt shulen wite, for I þe Lord. For þat þat þou was a staf of reed to þe hows of Israel, whanne þei token þee to hoond, and þou art broken to gidre, and hast drawe al þe shuldre of hem, and hem lenynge, or trustinge, vpon þee, þou art maad litil, and hast dissoluyd, or vndon, alle þe reynes of hem; þerfor þes þingis seiþ þe Lord God, Loo! Y shal leede to on þee swerd, and I shal slee of þee man and beest; and þe loond of Egipt shal be in to deseert and wildirnes, and þei shulen wite, for Y þe Lord. For þat þat þou seidist, Þe flood is myn, and I made it, þerfor loo!
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Wycliffe's Bible — Ezechiel (1380s)

Þese þingus saiþ þe Lord God, For þat þat þei sayn of ȝou, Þou art a deuouresse of men, and stranglinge þi folc; þerfore þou shalt na more ete men, and þou shalt na more slea þi folk, þe Lord God saiþ. Neþer I shal make þe confusioun of heiþen men herd more in þee, and þou shalt not bere þe shendshipe of peplis, and þou shalt na more leese þi peple, saiþ þe Lord God. And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, þe hous of Yrael dwelliden in her lond, and þei defouliden it in her wayes, and in her studies
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Wycliffe's Bible — Ezechiel (1380s)

Y lyue, seiþ þe Lord God, for in þe place of þe kyng þat made hym kyng, whos ooþ he made voyd, and brak þe couenaunt þat he hadde wiþ hym, in þe mydil of Babiloyne he shal die. And not in greet oost, neþer in myche puple Pharao shal make batayle aȝens hym, in castynge of an heep of erþe, and in bildynge of paalis, þat he slee many soulis. Forsoþe he dispiside þe ooþ, þat he shulde breke þe boond of pees, and loo! he ȝaf his hoond; and whanne he haþ do alle þes þingis, he shal not skape.
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