Paine & Wycliffe: 1 Esdras 2

These forsothe ben the men, sones of the prouynce, that steȝeden vp fro the caitifte, that Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, hadde taken ouer in to Babiloine; and thei ben turned aȝeen in to Jerusalem and Jude, eche in to his cite, the whiche camen wit… ■Wycliffe Bible vol. 2, page 480

These were in sooth the people, sons of the province who stood up (■Mayhew and Skeat stien: ascended) from the wretchedness, whom Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, had taken over into Babylon; and they were turned again into Jerusalem and Judea, each to his city, those who came with…

Quoted in Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason, ■Conway vol. 4, page 122.

Interpretation to Modern English © Teresa Pelka, M.A.
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