{"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/0.1":{"o":"Ἐγὼ μὲν ᾧμην τὴν Ἱερεμίου τοῦ θείου προφητείαν ἑρμηνείας μὴ δεῖσθαι. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ πολλοί με τῶν σπουδαίων ἐπήγγειλαν καὶ ταύτην ἑρμηνεῦται τὴν βίδλον, φήσαντες ἀγνοεῖν τοὺς πλείστους τὴν τῆς προφητείας διάνοιαν \" τὴν θείαν χάριν γενέσθαι συνεργὸν ἱχετεύσας, πειράσομαι πληρῶσαι τὸ κελευσθέν. Συντομίας δὲ ὡς ἕνι μάλιστα φροντιῶ \" καὶ τῶν μὲν σαφεστέρων παράφρασιν ἐν κεφαλαίῳ ποιή σομαι \" τὰ δέ γε ἐπεξεργασίας δεόμενα ἀναπτύξαι σπουδάσω. Πρῶτον ' μέντοι τῆς προφητείας τὴν ὑπόθεσιν Ἰωσίας ὁ βασιλεὺς πατέρα μὲν ἔσχε δυσσεδῇ τὸν ᾿Αμὼς, καὶ προπάτορα τὸν Μανασσῆ \", τῆς τοῦ πατρὺς δυσσεδείας γεγενημένον διδάσκαλον αὐτὰς δὲ τὴν ἐναντίαν ἐκείνοις ὁδεύσας, τῆς τῶν εὐσεδῶν μερίδος ἐγένετο\" ἔσχε δὲ παῖδας, τὴν μὲν τοῦ πατρὸς οὐ ζηλώσαντας ἀρετὴν, τὴν δὲ τῶν προγόνων μιμησαμένους ἀσέθειαν. Ταῦτα τοίνυν προειδὼς ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ἐν τῷ τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆς Ἰωσίου βασιλείας προχειρίξεται τὸν προφήτην, καὶ προσαγορεῦσαι κελεύει τὰς ἐσομένας τῇ τε πόλει καὶ τῷ λαῷ συμφοράς. Ταῦτα δὲ προθεσπίζων σεν, οὐ μόνον τὸν ὑπόλοιπον τοῦ Ἰωσίου χρόνο», ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰωάχαζ, ὃ: υἱὸς ὧν τοῦ Ἰωσίου τὴν βασιλείαν διεδέξατο, καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰωακεὶμ, ὃς τούτου μὲν ἣν ἀδελφὸς, τοῦ δὲ Ἰωσίου υἱός \" καὶ ἐπὶ Ἱεχονίου, ὃς τοῦ μὲν Ἰωακεὶμ υἱὸς ὑπῆρχεν, ἀπ ἔγγονος δὲ τοῦ Ἰωσίου: ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ Σεδεκίου, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσχε \" τὸν Ἰωσίαν πατέρα\" ὡς μία εἶναι πάντα τῆς προφητείας τὸν χοόνον δύο καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν, ὀλίγων μηνῶν δέοντα. Προαγορεύει δὲ καὶ τὴ» ὑπὸ Βαδυλωνίων γεγενημένην πολιορκίαν, καὶ τὸν ἐπισχήψαντα λιμὸν, καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, καὶ τὸν ἐμπρησμὸν τοῦ θείου νεὼ, καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τὸν ἀνδραποδισμόν. Προθεστίζει δὲ καὶ τῶν\" αἰχμαλώτων ἐπάνοδον, καὶ τῶν Βαδυλωνίων παντοδαπὰς τιμωρίας \" προλέγει δὲ καὶ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης τὴν δόσιν, καὶ τῆς Παλαιᾶς τὴν παῦλαν, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὴν κλῆσιν, καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην τῆς οἰχουμέντις σωτηρίαν.","t":"For my part, I used to think that the prophecy of the divine Jeremiah needed no interpretation. But since many earnest people have urged me to interpret this book too, saying that most people do not know the meaning of the prophecy, I have begged the divine grace to be my helper, and I will try to carry out what was asked. I will take care to be as brief as possible: of the clearer parts I will make a summary paraphrase, and the parts that need working out I will try hard to unfold. First, however, … the subject of the prophecy. King Josiah had an impious father, Amon, and a forefather, Manasseh, who had been the teacher of his father's impiety; but Josiah went the opposite way to them and became one of the company of the pious. He had sons who did not emulate their father's virtue but imitated the impiety of their forebears. Foreseeing this, the God of all appointed the prophet in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign and ordered him to proclaim the calamities that would come upon the city and the people. He went on foretelling these things not only for the rest of Josiah's time but also under Jehoahaz, who, being Josiah's son, succeeded to the kingdom; and under Jehoiakim, who was his brother and also a son of Josiah; and under Jeconiah, who was Jehoiakim's son and Josiah's grandson; and likewise under Zedekiah, who also had Josiah for his father; so that the whole time of the prophecy is forty-two years less a few months. He also foretells the siege by the Babylonians, the famine that struck, the overthrow of Jerusalem, the burning of the divine temple, and the enslavement of the people. He foretells, too, the return of the captives and the punishments of every kind that would fall on the Babylonians; and he predicts the giving of the New Covenant, the ending of the Old, the calling of the nations, and the salvation that would come to the world.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 0.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/0-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1.1":{"o":"α', Τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὃ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ ᾿Ιερεμίαν, τὸν τοῦ Χελχίον, ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων, ὃς κατῴκει ἐν Ἀγαθώθ \"\". Διπλῆς ὁ προφήτης μετέλαχε χάριτος, ἱερατικῆς καὶ προφητικῇς \" καὶ τὴν μὲν ἐκ τοῦ γένους εἴχυσε \" τὴν δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἄνωθεν ἔλαθε δωρεᾶς. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸν χρόνον τῆς ποοφητείας. β. Ἐν \"ταῖς ἡμέραις γὰρ, φησὶν\", ᾿Ιωσίου υἱοῦ ᾿Αμὼς βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, ἔτους χάτου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὑτοῦ. Μέμνηται δὲ καὶ τῶν ἑξῆς βεδασιλευχότων, μέχρι τῆς ἐσχάτης πολιορκίας. Εἴτα καὶ τὰ εἰρημένα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων διδάσκει 5, δ, ε΄, Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρός με, λέγων· Πρὸ τοῦ με πλάσαι σε ἐν κοιλίᾳ ἐπίσταμαί σε καὶ πρὸ τοῦ σε ἐξελθεῖν\" ἐκ μήτρας, ἡγίακά σε. Ἔγνω γὰρ, καὶ τότε ἡγίασεν. Ἐπειδὴ γινώσκει πάντα πρὶν γενέσεως αὐτῶν, Τὸ δὲ ἡγίασα, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀρώρισα τέθεικεν Εἶτα λέγει καὶ τὴν χρείαν, δὲ ἣν αὐτὸν ἐξελέξχτο. « Προφήτην εἰς ἔθνη χά σε,» Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὰ Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν προθεσπίζε:. ","t":"1. \"The word of God that came to Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests, who lived in Anathoth.\" The prophet shared in a double grace, priestly and prophetic: the first he drew from his family, the second he received as a gift from above. He also states the time of the prophecy. 2. \"In the days,\" he says, \"of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.\" He also mentions those who reigned after him, down to the last siege. Then he teaches what was said by the God of all. 4–5. \"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb I know you, and before you came out of the womb I have sanctified you.\" For he knew, and then he sanctified, since he knows all things before they come into being. He has put \"I sanctified\" in place of \"I set apart.\" Then he states also the purpose for which he chose him: \"I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.\" For he foretells not only the affairs of the Jews but also those of the other nations.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 1.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1.16":{"o":"ις΄. Καὶ.1α.1ήσω μετὰ κρίσεώς μου πρὸς αὑτοὺς περὶ πάσης τῆς κακίας αὐτῶν, ὡς ἐγκατέκιπόν με, καὶ ἔθυσαν θεοῖς ἀ.ἰλοτρίοις, καὶ προσεκύγησαν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν. Τὶ δὲ τῆς ἀσε- Οξίας ταύτης ἀννητότερον; Τί δὲ τῆς τιμωρίας δικαιότερον; Οἱ μὲν γὰρ, τὸν οἰκεῖον ποιητὴν καταλιπόντες, τὰ οἰκεῖα ἐθευποίουν ποιήματα. Ὁ δὲ, μαχρηοθβυμῆσας ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, τῇς οἰκείας αὐτοὺς ἐγύβνωτε χάριτος. Ταύτης ὃ γυμνωθέντες, ἀνοσίοις ἀνδράτιν ἐδούλευσαν, Κελεύει δὲ τὴν δ᾽ ὀσφὺν περιζώσασθαι, τουτέστιν, εὐζώνως καὶ ἀνδρείως διακοσμῆσαι\" καὶ τῶν ἤδη γεγενημένων ὑποσχέσειυν ἀναμιμνήσκων, ἐχδάλλει τὸ δέος. Λέγει δ΄ δὲ αὐτὸν ἀποφῆναι χοὶ στύλῳ σιδηρῷ, καὶ τείχει χαλκῷ, καὶ ὀχυρωτάτῃ παραπλήσιον πόλει, καὶ ἄμαχον καταστῆσαι, οὗ μόνον τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοῖς τοῖς βασιλεῦσι, καὶ παντὶ τῷ πλήθει τῶν ὑπηκόων, Ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ αὐτῷ οὐκ εἰρήνην καὶ ἡσυχίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀγῶνας καὶ γίκην. ","t":"16. \"And I will speak with my judgment against them concerning all their wickedness, how they forsook me and sacrificed to foreign gods and worshiped the works of their hands.\" What is more senseless than this impiety? What is more just than the punishment? They abandoned their own maker and made gods of their own makings; he, after showing long patience, stripped them of his own grace. Stripped of it, they became slaves to unholy men. 17–19. He commands him to gird his loins, that is, to equip himself readily and manfully; and, reminding him of the promises already made, he drives out his fear. He says he will make him like an iron pillar, a bronze wall, and a most strongly fortified city, and set him up invincible not only to the priests of the Jews and to the rulers, but to the kings themselves and to the whole multitude of their subjects. He promises him not peace and quiet but contests and victory.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 1.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Πολεμήσουσι γάρ σος “Ἶ, φησὶ, καὶ οὐ μὴ δύγωνται πρός σε διότι ἐγὼ μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι, τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε,.1έγει Κύριος. Ταύτην καὶ πρὸς τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἐποιήσατο τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν \" πρὸς γὰρ δὴ τὸν θειότατον ἔφη Πέτρον᾽ « Ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι δου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς.» Οὐκ ν᾽ εἶπεν, Οὐ πολεμήσουσιν\" ἀλλὰ, «Ἰ]ολεμοῦντες οὐ κατισχύσουσι. » Τὴν γὰρ δὴ νίκην οἱ ἀνταγωνισταὶ πραγματεύονται.","t":"19. \"For they will fight against you,\" he says, \"and they will not prevail against you, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.\" He made this promise to the church as well; for he said to the most divine Peter: \"On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.\" He did not say, \"They will not fight,\" but, \"Though they fight, they will not prevail.\" For it is victory that the adversaries are striving for.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 1.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1.6":{"o":"ς΄. Καὶ εἶπον, ὁ ὧν Δέσποτα Κύριε, ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι «λαιλεῖν\", ὅτι νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι ἔγνω τὸν προσδιαλεγόμενον ὁ προφήτης\" οὗ δὴ χάριν γὰρ καὶ οὗτος κἀκεῖνος τὴν ῥάδδον ὠνόμασαν \" καὶ τὸ ὀφθέν; εἶπε πρὸς αὑτὸν ὁ Δεσπότης\" αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς χυριωτέρας ὀνομάζει προσηγορίας, 'Ἐρομένου γάρ ποτε τοῦ μεγάλου Μωσέως \"\", καὶ τὸ θεῖον ὄνομα μαθεῖν ἐθελήσαντος, εἶπεν ὁ Δεσπότης \" « Ἐγώ εἶμι ὁ ὦν. » Μιμεῖται χοὶ τὴν Μωσέως εὐλάδειαν, οὐκ ἀξιόχρεων εἰς προφητείαν εἶναι λέγων τὴν νεότητα \"5, ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὁ Δεσπότης \"5 αὐτὸν παρεγγυΐ μὴ προδάλλεσθαι εἰς παραίτησιν τὴν νεότητα, ἀλλὰ δράσαι τὸ κελευσθέν. ᾿Ἐξελαύνει δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ δέος.","t":"6. \"And I said: You who are, Master, Lord, behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am too young.\" The prophet recognized the one who was conversing with him; for this reason he calls him by the most proper title. For when the great Moses once asked and wished to learn the divine name, the Master said: \"I am he who is.\" He also imitates Moses' reverence, saying that his youth is not fit for prophecy. But the Master charges him not to put forward his youth as an excuse, but to do what he was commanded. He also drives out his fear.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 1.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1.8":{"o":"η΄. Μὴ φοδηθῇς γὰρ. φησὶν, ἀπὸ προσώκου αὐτῶν \" μηδὲ \"\" πτοηθῇς ἐναντίον αὐτῶν. Εἶτα \" καὶ τοῦ θάρσους τὴν αἰτίαν διδάσκει \" « Ὅτι \"5 μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ εἷμι, τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε, λέγει Κύριος.» Τοῦτο καὶ τῷ θεσπεσίῳ Μωσῇ εἶπεν ὁ Δεσπότῃ: Θεός \" ἐχείνου γὰρ τὴν διακονίαν δειμαίνοντος, καὶ λέγοντος, « Τίς εἶμι ἐγὼ, ὅτι πορεύσομαι πρὸς φαραώ; ν εἶπεν ὁ Δεσπότης, « Ὅτι ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ.» Ταύτην καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἀποστόλοις τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ἐχέγγνον ἔδωκε. Μαθητεῦσαι γὰρ αὐτοὺς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη κελεύσας, καὶ προειδὼς, ὡς Θεὸς, ὡς \" λογισμοὶ ἀναθαίνουσιν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, πῶς οἷόν πε ἔνδεκα ἄνδρας πένητας καὶ εὐγλωττίας ἑἐστερημένους πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην μεταθαλεῖν \" ἕλυσε τὴν ἀμφιθολίαν, καὶ τὸ δέος ἐξέδαλεν, εἰρηκώς\" « Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἶμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα τῷ πρ»φήτῃ ἔφη, ὅτι « Μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε, λέγει Κύριος. » Βεθαιοῖ δὲ τὸν λόγον τὸ ἔργον \"\". θ᾽, ἡ, Ἐξέτεινε γὰρ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, φησὶ, καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ στόματός μου, καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρίς με- Ἰδοὺ \" δέδωκα τοὺς 1όγους μοῦ εἰς τὸ στόμα σου. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τίνες οἱ λόγοι \" Ἰδοὺ χαἐστακά σε σήμερον ἐπὶ ἔξθγη καὶ βασιλείας \"᾿ ἐκριζοῦν, καὶ κατασκάπτειν, καὶ ἀποιϊλύειν ἣν, καὶ καταιϊύειν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομεῖν, καὶ καταςυτεύειν». Προεθέσπισε γὰρ οὐ μόνον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ Κύρου παρασχεβεῖσαν ἐλευθερίαν\" προεθέσπισς δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις παμπήλλοις ᾽3 ἔθνεσιν, οὐ μόνον παντοδαπὰς συμφορὰς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν διὰ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ Δεσπότον Χριστοῦ παρασχεθεῖσαν σωτηρίαν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν τὸ μὲν ἐκριζοῦν καὶ καταλύειν ἐπὶ τῶν λυπηρῶν τέθεικε\" τὸ δὲ οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐναντίων. ἢ) Μετὰ 3\" ταῦτα δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ ῥάδδον χαρυῖνην, ἣ, κατὰ τὸν Σύρον καὶ τὸν Ἑδραῖον, ἀμυγδαλίνην. ἐρωτηθέντος καὶ ἀποχρινομένου τοῦ προφήτου, τί διότι. σιν ὃὲ τὴν ἐπὶ τιμωρίᾳ ᾿5 διανάστασιν 35, καὶ τὴν μακροθυμίαν ὕπνον καλεῖ. Φησὶ γὰρ ὁ Δαδίδ' ε« Ἐξεγέρθητι, ἱνατί ὑπνοῖς, Κύριε; » καὶ πάλιν᾽ « Καὶ ἐξηγέρθη, ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν, Κύριος. » Ἢ δὲ ἀμυγδαλίνη ῥάθδος τὸ ταχὺ τῆς τιμωρίας αἰνίττεται\" πρὸ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων δένδρων τοῦτο τὸ δένδρον ἀνθεΐ. Κατὰ δὲ τοὺς ᾿ΕΟδομήκοντα, οὕτω νοητέον - Ὁ τῆς χαρύας καρπὸς πικρὸν μὲν ἔχει καὶ τραχὺ τὸ κάλυμμα- τὸ ὃξ ἐδώδιμον ὑπὸ τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον. Οὕτω καὶ ἡ παιδεία ἀνιαρὰ μὲν ἔχει καὶ ἀλγεινὰ τὰ φαινόμενα - ὀηησιφόρα δὲ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα. Εἶτα Ἷ δείχυυσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ε λέδητα ὑποχαιόμενον, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον, αὑτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου βοῤῥᾶ\" » καλεῖ δὲ ᾽\" λέδητα μὲν τὴν ᾿Ἱξρουσαλήμ᾽ πῦρ δὲ, τὸν Βαθεν γὰρ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἡ Βαθυλὼν διάκειται\" λέθητα ὃς τὴν ᾿Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Ἱεζεχιὴλ ὁνομάξει- χχὶ κρέα τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας. Εἶτα τὰ παραεἰς Ἰδοὺ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐγὼ συγχαϊῶ πάσας 3 τὰς “έγει Κύριος \" καὶ ἥξουσι, καὶ θήσουσιν ἕκαστος τὸν ὑρέγον αὑτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ πρόθυρα τῶν θυρῶν 33 Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ τείχη αὑτῆς “\", καὶ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις Ιούδα. Καὶ, δεικνὺς τῶν γωομένων τὸ δίκαιον, ἐπιφέρει \"","t":"8. \"For do not be afraid,\" he says, \"of their face, nor be terrified before them.\" Then he teaches also the reason for courage: \"For I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.\" The Master God said this also to the divinely inspired Moses; for when Moses dreaded the ministry and said, \"Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh?\" the Master said, \"For I will be with you.\" He gave this promise as a pledge to the holy apostles as well. For when he had commanded them to make disciples of all the nations, and foreknew, as God, the thoughts that were rising in their hearts — how could eleven poor men, without eloquence, change the whole world? — he resolved the doubt and drove out the fear by saying: \"And behold, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age.\" This he said here too to the prophet: \"I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.\" And the deed confirms the word. 9–10. \"For he stretched out his hand,\" he says, \"and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: Behold, I have given my words into your mouth.\" He teaches also what the words are: \"Behold, I have set you today over nations and kingdoms, to uproot and to dig down, and to destroy and to overthrow, and to rebuild and to plant.\" For he foretold not only the captivity of the Jews but also the freedom granted by Cyrus; and to very many other nations he foretold not only calamities of every kind but also the salvation granted through the incarnation of Christ the Master. For this reason he put \"to uproot\" and \"to overthrow\" for the painful things, and \"to build\" and \"to plant\" for their opposites. 11–12. After this he shows him a walnut rod — according to the Syrian and the Hebrew, an almond rod. When the prophet was asked and answered what … he calls the rising up to punish watchfulness, and long-suffering he calls sleep. For David says: \"Awake, why do you sleep, O Lord?\" and again: \"And the Lord awoke like one who sleeps.\" The almond rod hints at the speed of the punishment, for this tree blossoms before the other trees. According to the Seventy, it is to be understood thus: the fruit of the walnut has a bitter and rough covering, but the edible part is hidden beneath it. So too discipline has painful and grievous outward appearances, but what follows it is beneficial. 13–14. Then he shows him also a cauldron heated from below, \"and its face from the face of the north.\" He calls Jerusalem the cauldron, and the fire … for Babylon lies to the north of Jerusalem. The divinely inspired Ezekiel too names Jerusalem a cauldron, and its inhabitants the meat. 15. Then … \"For behold,\" he says, \"I am calling together all the … says the Lord; and they will come, and each will set his throne at the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls, and against all the cities of Judah.\" And, showing the justice of what is happening, he adds:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 1.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/1-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.2":{"o":"β΄. Τάδε “1έγει Κύριος \" κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν μὴ μωνθάγνετε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. μὴ φοδεῖσθε. Ὁδοὺς ἐθνῶν τὴν καλεῖ πλάνην \" τὴν δὲ ἀστρονομίαν καὶ ἀστρολογίαν, σημεῖα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κέκληκεν 3\", οἷς ἀκολουθεῖν οὐκ … ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πιστεύειν Δεσπότῃ. ῳδεῖ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων κατασκευὴν, καὶ λέγει τὰ μὲν ἐκ ξύλου, τὰ δὲ ἐκ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου κατεσκευάσθαι καὶ δεῖσθαι σφύρας 5, καὶ ἥλων, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὀργάνων δεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ τέχνης, καὶ χειρῶν τῶν ταῦτα ᾿\" ἐπισταμένων\" καὶ ὅτι τὸ μὲν ἀργύριον ἐκ τῆσδε 3 μεταλλεύεται, τὸ δὲ χρυσίον ἐκ τῆσδε, … Θαραὶς δὲ τὴν Καρχηδόνα καλεῖ᾽ ἐπαινεῖται δ δὲ μάλιστα οὗτος ὁ ἄργυρος \" ἀμέλει καὶ νῦν οἱ φιλό-., διυ ἐπὶ τὴν ἔχοντα τὴν φύσιν οὐ δίκαιον εὐλαδεῖφθαι 35\" ὧφελεῖν γὰρ ἣ βλάπτειν οὐ δύνανται. Οὕτω καταγέλαστα δείξας ὁ προφήτης τὰ εἴδωλα, ἥμνον ὑφαίνει τῷ τῶν ὅλων Θεῷ. «ε Ηόθεν 3\" ὅμοιός σοι, Κύριε; Μέγας εἶ σὺ, καὶ μέγα τὸ ὄνομά σοῦ ἐν δυνάμει. κα","t":"2. \"Thus says the Lord: Do not learn according to the ways of the nations, and do not fear the signs of heaven.\" He calls the error the ways of the nations; and astronomy and astrology he has called signs of heaven, which one must not … follow, but must trust the Master of heaven. He mocks the making of idols too, and says that some are made of wood, others of gold and silver, and that they need hammers and nails and other tools, and need also art and the hands of those who know these things; and that the silver is mined from one place, the gold from another … He calls Carthage Tarshish; this silver is especially praised; indeed even now the … It is not right to revere things that have such a nature, for they can neither help nor harm. Having thus shown the idols to be ridiculous, the prophet weaves a hymn to the God of all: \"Whence is one like you, Lord? You are great, and great is your name in power.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.20":{"o":"Κ΄. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἀληθιγὸς Θεός ἔστι, Θεὸς ζῶν, καὶ βασιλεὺς αἰώνιος. Τὰ εἴδωλα, φησὶν, οὐ ζῇ ὁ δὲ Θεὸς καὶ ζωῆς χορηγὸς, καὶ ζώντων Θεὺς, καὶ αἰώνιος βασιλεύς. ε ᾿Απὸ παροξυσμοῦ αὐτοῦ σει- … αὐτοῦ. » Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος λέγει Δαδίδ' « Ὁ ἐπιδλέπων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ποιῶν αὐτὴν τρέμειν.» Εἶτα κελεύει τοῖς \"\" καλουμένοις εἰπεῖν θεοῖς Θεοὶ, οὗ τὸν οὐραγὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐποίησαν, ἀποιέσθωσαν ἀπὸ \" τῆς γῆς, καὶ ὑπο κάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τούτου \"3, Θεοῦ γὰρ ἴδιον, δημιουργεῖν, οὐ τὸ ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου δημιουργεῖσθαι, … τοίνυν χγτιστὸς ὁ Υἱὸς, οὐ Θεός - εἰ δὲ δημιουργός ἐστι τῶν ὅλων καὶ πσιητὰς, ὄντως ἐστὶ Θεός “ περὶ αὐτοῦ γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα ὁ προφήτης λέγει\" ιβ΄. Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύζ αὐτοῦ, αὑτὸς \"3 ἀγώρθωσε τὴν οἰκουμένην» ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὑτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῇ φρονήσει αὑτοῦ ἐξέτεινς τὸν οὐρανόν. Ταῦτα Θεοῦ \"\" ἴδιον \" οὐ τὸ π᾿ ἄλλου \" ε΄. Χορηγῶν \" γὰρ ὑετὸν, καὶ τῶν βροντῶν τοὺς κτύπους ἀποτελεῖ, καὶ ἀνάγων \"' γεφέλας ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. Μετεωρίζει γὰρ ὡς βούλεται τὸ θαλάττιον ὕδωρ, καὶ δτὰ τούτου τὰ νέφη συνίστησιν. « ᾿Αστραπὰς εἰς δετὸν ἐποίησε.» Τοῦ ὑετοῦ γὰρ αὗται σημαντικαί. ε Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ἀνέμους \"5 ἐκ θησαυρῶν αὐτοῦ. » θησαυροὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ βούλημα αὐτοῦ. Αὐτὸς γὰρ Β εἶπε, καὶ ἐγένετο \". αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο, καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν\" » καὶ, ε« Πάντα ὅσα ἠθέλησεν ὁ Κύριος ἐποίησεν, ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ. » Ὁ μὲν οὖν ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς τούτων ἀπάντων ἐστὶ δημιουργός. ΟἵἨ δὲ πλεξστοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων εἰς ἀλογίαν ἐξέπεσαν, καὶ οἱ μὲν δημιουργοῦσι θεοὺς, οἱ δὲ προσκυνοῦσι τοῖς ὑπὸ τούς τῶν γιγνομένοις. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τῆς πλάνης τὴν παῦλαν\" εἰρηκὼς γὰρ, ὅτι\" ιε΄. Μάταιά ἐστιν ἔργα Κ᾽ ἐμπεπαιγμέόγνα, τουτἐστι τὰ εἴδωλα, ἐπήγαγεν\" Ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκοκῆς αὑτῶν ἀποιλοῦνται. Τὸ γὰρ ἀποστολικὸν χήρυγμε τὴν τούτων ἐφάνισε μνῆμτν παντελῶς \" καὶ ὁρῶμεν τῆς προφητείας τὸ τέλος. ις΄. Οὐκ ἔστι τοιαύτη ἡ μερὶς ᾿Ιακώδ᾽\" ὅτι ὅ πλάσας τὰ πάντα, αὐτὸς \"' κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, (Ὁ καὶ \"5 ᾿Ισραὴ ῥάδδος κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ \"3. Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων ὄγομα αὐτῷ. Σὺ, φησὶν, οὐ ταύτην ἐδιδάχθης τὴν πλάνην \" ἄνωθεν γάρ σε ἐξελεξάμην, καὶ διαφερόντως σε τῆς ἐμῆς κηδεμονίας ἠξίωσα, ιζ΄, Συγήγαγεν ὅ᾽ ἔξωθεν τὴν ὑπόστασίν σου, κατοικοῦσαν \"᾽ ἐν ἐκλεκτοῖς. Τὸν πατριάρχην ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων καλέσας εἰς τὴν Παλαιστίνην μεῖἤγαγε, καὶ τὸ τούτου γένος εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον δουλεῦον ἐλευθερωθὲν \"ὁ ἐξήγαγε᾽ τοῦτο οὖν καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς ἐδήλωσε λόγος\" « Συνήγαγεν ἔξωθεν τὴν ὑπόστασίν σου, χατοιχοῦσαν ἐν ἔκλεκτοῖς » τουτἐστιν, ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν ἐκλεξάμενός σε τὴν ἐκλεκτὴν γῆν ἐδωρήσατό σοι. ιη΄. Ὅτι τάδε «λέγει Κύριος \" ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ σχελίζω\" τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν ταύτην τὴν ἐν ψει \"8, καὶ ἐκθλίψω\" αὑτοὺς, ὅπως \" ἐλεγχθῶσιν. … ιθ΄. Εὐρέθη \" οὐαὶ ἐπὶ συντρίμματί σου\" ἡ πληγή σου \"8, Σύντριμμα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καλεῖ\" οὐαὶ δὲ τὴν τιμωρίαν. Ἤκολούθησε, φησὶ, τῇ πονηρίᾳ σου ἡ τιμωρία, καὶ ἀλγηρὰν ἐδέξω πληγήν᾽ εἶτα ἐκ προσώπου τῆς πόλεως συντίθησι θρῆνον, διδάσκων αὑτὴν ποίοις δεῖ χρήσασθαι λόγοις ὀδυρομένην πλημμελείας 5. καί φησιν’ « Ὄντως τοῦτο τὸ τραῦμά ἔστι “΄, καὶ χατέλαδέ με 45.» ᾿Δντὶ τοῦ, Ἧ πληγὴ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αἰτία μοι. γέγονε τῶν κακῶν. χ΄. Ἡ σκηγή σου “ ἐταλαιπώρησεν \" ὥλλετο, καὶ πᾶσαι \"5 αἱ δέῤῥεις σου 1! διεσπάρησαν 1\". Σχυηνὴν καλεῖ, οὐ μόνον τὸν θεῖον νεὼν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς οἰκίας, καὶ τοὺς πύργους, καὶ τοὺς περιδόλους. «Οἱ υἱοί μου καὶ πρόδατά μου ἐξῆλθον ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, καὶ 5 οὐκ εἰσίν\" οὐκ 7\" ἔστι τόπος τῆς σχηνῆῇς μου, οὐ τόπος δέῤῥεών \"5 μου. Πάντων κατὰ ταυτὸν 15 ἔρημος ἐγενόμην. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τῆς πονηρίας τοὺς διδασκάλους.","t":"10. \"But the Lord is the true God, the living God, and the eternal King.\" The idols, he says, do not live; but God is both the giver of life and God of the living, and the eternal King. \"At his anger the earth will … \" So also the blessed David says: \"He who looks on the earth and makes it tremble.\" Then he bids them say to the so-called gods: 11. \"Gods who did not make the heaven and the earth, let them perish from the earth and from under this heaven.\" For it is proper to God to create, not to be created by another. … If, then, the Son is a creature, he is not God; but if he is the creator and maker of all things, he is truly God; for the prophet says what follows about him: 12. \"The Lord who made the earth by his strength, he set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heaven.\" These things are proper to God, not … another. 13. For in supplying rain he also produces the claps of thunder, \"and he brings up clouds from the end of the earth.\" For he lifts up the water of the sea as he wills, and from it forms the clouds. \"He made lightnings for rain,\" for these are signs of rain. \"And he brought out winds from his treasuries.\" His treasuries are his will. For \"he spoke, and they came to be; he commanded, and they were created\"; and \"all that the Lord willed he did, in heaven and on earth.\" The true God, then, is the creator of all these things. But most people fell into unreason: some make gods, others worship the things made by them. He foretells also the end of the error; for having said, 15. \"Vain are the works, objects of mockery\" — that is, the idols — he added: \"In the time of their visitation they will perish.\" For the apostolic preaching has wiped out their memory completely, and we see the fulfillment of the prophecy. 16. \"The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he who formed all things is himself his inheritance, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.\" You, he says, were not taught this error; for I chose you long ago and counted you worthy of my special care. 17. \"He has gathered your substance from outside, you who dwell among the choice.\" He called the patriarch from the land of the Chaldeans and brought him over into Palestine; and his race, when it was in servitude in Egypt, he set free and brought out. This, then, is what the prophetic word has shown: \"He has gathered your substance from outside, dwelling among the choice\"; that is, choosing you from among the other nations, he has given you the choice land. 18. \"For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will trip up the inhabitants of this land in distress, and I will afflict them, so that they may be convicted.\" … 19. \"Woe for your fracture; your wound is grievous.\" He calls sin the fracture, and punishment the woe. Punishment followed your wickedness, he says, and you received a painful blow. Then he composes a lament in the person of the city, teaching her what words she must use in lamenting her offenses; and he says: \"Truly this is my wound, and it has seized me.\" That is: the blow of sin has become the cause of my evils. 20. \"Your tent is in misery, it has perished, and all your curtains are torn apart.\" He calls tent not only the divine temple but also the houses, the towers, and the walls. \"My sons and my sheep have gone out from me, and they are not; there is no longer a place for my tent, no place for my curtains.\" I have become bereft of everything at once. He tells also of the teachers of the wickedness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.21":{"o":"κα΄. Ὅτι οἱ ποιμένες ἠφρονεύσαντο, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν οὐκ ἐξεζήτησαν 15. Ποιμένας καλεῖ τοὺς βασιλέας καὶ τοὺς ἱερέας \" καὶ οὗτοι γὰρ κἀκεῖνοι τῆς πλάνης ἐγένοντο πρόξενοι. Διδάσκει ὃὲ ταῦτα σαφέστερον τῶν Βασιλειῶν καὶ τῶν Παραλειπομένων ἡ ἱστορία 75. « Διὰ 5 τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνόησε πᾶσα ἡ νομὴ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ διεσκορπίσθησαν.» Νομὴν ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ, οὗ τὴν πόαν, ἀλλὰ τὰ ποίμνια \" καὶ λόγει, τὴν τῶν ποιμένων ἀφροσύνην αἰτίαν γενέσθαι τῆς τῶν προ- αὶ αβ', Φωνὴ ἀκοῆς ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται, καὶ σεισμὸς μέγας ἐκ γῆς βοῤῥᾶ, τοῦ τάξαι τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ κοίτην στρουθῶν 5\". Στρουθοὺς τὰς μεγάλας λέγει τὰς Λιδύσσας, ἃς οἱ πολλοὶ στρουθοχαμήλους καλοῦσι\" φιλέρημον γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ζῶον. Εἶτα διδάσκει ὁ προφήτης, τίς ἄγει 55 τὸν","t":"21. \"For the shepherds have acted foolishly and have not sought God.\" He calls the kings and the priests shepherds, for both became the cause of the error. The history of the Kingdoms and of the Chronicles teaches this more clearly. \"Therefore their whole pasture did not understand, but they were scattered.\" Here he calls pasture not the grass but the flocks; and he says that the folly of the shepherds became the cause of the … 22. \"A voice of report, behold, it comes, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation and a resting place of ostriches.\" By \"sparrows\" he means the large Libyan ones, which most people call camel-sparrows; for this creature too loves the desert. Then the prophet teaches who leads the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.23":{"o":"κγ', Οἶδα, Κύριδ, ὅτι οὐκὶ τοῦ ἀγθρώπου ἡ ὁδὸς αὑτοῦ\" οὐδὲ 55 ἀγὴρ πορεύσεται, καὶ κατορθώσει ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ\" κατευθυγεῖ πορείαν αὐτοῦ. Οὐκ ἂν ἐκεῖνος, φησὶν, ὥρμησς καθ᾽ ἡμῶν μὴ βουλομένου σου, Δέσποτα᾽ εἰ δὲ καὶ ὥρμησεν, οὐκ ἂν κατώρθωσεν ἅπερ ἠθέλησε, τῆς σῆς δεξιᾶς ἡμῶν προμηθουμένης \" οἶδα γὰρ οἷα Σεναχηρεὶμ πέπονθεν ἀλλ᾽ ἱκετεύομέν σε, μηδὲ ἐκεῖνον δ\" ἡμᾶς εἰσπράξαι δίκας τῆς ἀσεδείας \" ἀλλ᾽ αὐτόν σε παιδεῦσαι, καὶ πατριχὴν παιδείαν ἐπαγαγεῖν\" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς λέγει.","t":"23. \"I know, Lord, that a man's way is not his own, nor will a man walk and make his way prosper and direct his going.\" He would not have rushed against us, he says, if you had not willed it, Master; and even if he had rushed against us, he would not have accomplished what he wished, if your right hand had been protecting us. For I know what Sennacherib suffered. But we beseech you: let not even him exact from us the penalty of our impiety, but discipline us yourself, and bring on us a fatherly discipline. For this is what he says in what follows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.24":{"o":"κδ΄, χε΄. Παίδευσον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, πλὴν ἐν κρίσει3ῖ, καὶ μὴ ἐν θυμῷ\" ἵνα 55 μὴ ὀλίγους ποιήσης ἡμᾶς. \"ἔκχεον τὸν θυμόν σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα σε, καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλείας, αἵ τὸ ὄνομά σου οὐκ ἐπεκαλέσαντο. Ὅτι κατέφαγον τὸν καὶ συνετέλεσαν αὑτὸν, καὶ τὴν νομὴν αὑτοῦ ἠρήμωσαν. Δῆλον τοίνυν καὶ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπαγομένων, ὡς τὸ, ε Οἶδα, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐκὶ ποῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ, » οὔτε φυσικῇ δουλείᾳ τὸ ἐλεύθερον ἡμῶν ὑποδάλλει τῆς γνώμης, οὔτε τῆς εἱμαρμένης ἀνάγκῃ τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς ὑποτίθησιν \" ἀλλὰ διαῤῥήδην ἡμᾶς διδάσκει, πῶς ὃ Δεσπότης \"' Θεὸς κατέχει τοὺς οἴακας τοῦ παντὸς κόσμον, καὶ σοφῶς χυδερνᾷ, καὶ χορηγεῖ τὰ ἀγαθὰ, καὶ παιδεύει δικαίως, ὅταν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μαχροθυμῆσας ἐπιμείναντας 3 τῇ πονηρίᾳ θεάσηται.","t":"24–25. \"Discipline us, Lord, but in judgment and not in anger, that you may not make us few. Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that have not called on your name; for they have devoured … and consumed him, and laid waste his pasture.\" It is clear, then, both from what has been said and from what follows, that \"I know, Lord, that a man's way is not his own\" neither subjects our freedom of will to a servitude of nature, nor places our affairs under the necessity of fate; it teaches us plainly how the Master God holds the helm of the whole world, steers it wisely, supplies good things, and disciplines justly when, after showing long patience, he sees people persisting in wickedness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10.7":{"o":"ζ΄. Τίς οὐ ροβηθήσεταί σε, βασιλεῦ τῶν ἐθνῶν; Κατέλυσεν ἐνταῦθα τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸ φρόνημα, Οὐ γὰρ εἶπε’ Μερὶς Κυρίοῳ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ βασιλέα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπάντων ὠνόμασε τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, τὴν ἐσομένην τοῖς ἔθνεσι θεογνωσίαν προλέγων. «Ὅτι ἐν \" πᾶσι τοῖς σοφοῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις αὐτῶν, πόθεν ὅμοιός σοι, Κύριε: » Εἶτα πάλιν εἰς μέσον φέρει τῶν ἐθνῶν τοὺς θεοὺς, καὶ δείκνυσιν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τέχνης καὶ ὕλης τὴν ὑπόστασιν ἔχοντας. Καὶ ἐπανέρχεται πάλιν εἰς τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὕμνον.","t":"7. \"Who will not fear you, King of the nations?\" Here he has broken down the pride of the Jews. For he did not say, \"The Lord's portion is his people,\" but named the God of all King of all the nations, foretelling the knowledge of God that would come to the nations, and saying: \"For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, whence is one like you, Lord?\" Then again he brings the gods of the nations into the middle, and shows that they owe their existence to art and matter. And he returns again to the hymn of God.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 10.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/10-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101.1":{"o":"Ὁ θαυμάσιος Βαροὺχ συναπῆρε μὲν εἰς Αἴγυπτον τοῖς πεφευγόσιν Ἰουδαίοις\" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τοῖς πρό- Πᾶσαν γὰρ εἰσἔφερον σπουδὴν τῆς εὐσεθείας οἱ τρόφιμοι, ὥστε τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς ἐπερείδειν “, καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ᾿Αφικόμενος τοίνυν εἰς τὴν Βαδυλῶνα, τοῦ θείου Ἱερεμίου τὴν προφητείαν ὑπανέγνω πᾶσι τοῖς καὶ τῷ Ἰεχονίᾳ, ὃς ὀλίγον βασιλεύσας χρόνον ἐγένετο δορνάλωτος \" καὶ οὐ δι» ἦμαρτε τοῦ σκοποῦ. Εἰς αἴσθησιν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἤνεγκε τῶν προτέρων ἁμαρτημάτων, ὡς καὶ γνῶναι τῆς καὶ χρήματα εἰσενεγκεῖν ἕχαστον, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπο- ὥττε ἱερεῖα πρίασθαι, καὶ ταῦτα θῦσαι, καὶ τὸν Δεσπότην Θεὸν ἱλεώτασθαι, Τὸ γὰρ μάννα 5, θυσίαν οἱ Ἕδραῖο: καλοῦσι. Αἰτοῦσι δὲ ζωὴν, καὶ τῷ Ναθουχοδινότορ, καὶ τῷ δ᾽ Βαλτάσαρ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος ὑπὲρ τῶν ἕτι πολεμούντων τῇ εὐπεδείᾳ βασιλέων. καὶ τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ καὶ ἐξουσίᾳ δητων, ἐνομοθέτησεν εὔχεσθαι. Τοσαύτη συμφωνία πὧν παλαιῶν πρὸς τὰ νέα. Αἰτοῦσι δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ δουἴνα μὴ τινὰ ὑπομένωσι δ΄ πλάνην. ᾿Αναμιμνήσχουτι δὲ καὶ τῶν οἰκείων ἁμαρτημάτων, καὶ τῆς ψήφου τῆς θείας ὁμολογοῦσι! τὸ δίκαιον. Παραχαλοῦσ! δὲ καὶ αὐτὴν αὐτῶν ἀναγνωσθῆναι τῷ Θεῷ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἐν ταῖς λαμπραῖς ἑορταῖς,","t":"The admirable Baruch went away to Egypt with the Jews who had fled; for this [was shown] in the preceding … For the nurslings of piety brought all zeal to support the weak, and to [lead them] to the truth … Having come, then, to Babylon, he read aloud the prophecy of the divine Jeremiah to all the … and to Jeconiah, who, having reigned for a short time, became a captive; and he did not miss his aim. For he brought them to a sense of their former sins, so that they recognized also the … and each contributed money, and they [sent] it … so as to buy sacrificial victims, to sacrifice them, and to propitiate God the Master. For the Hebrews call a sacrifice \"manna.\" And they ask for life also for Nebuchadnezzar and for Baltasar his son. So too the divine Apostle laid down that we should pray for the kings who were still making war on piety, and for those in eminence and authority. So great is the harmony of the old with the new. They ask also for themselves, that they may not undergo any … wandering. They recall their own sins too, and confess the justice of the divine verdict. They also urge that their letter be read [in the house] of God at the splendid feasts.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 101.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101.15":{"o":"ιε΄. ις΄. Καὶ ἐρεῖτε, φησὶ, Τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη, ἡμῖν δὲ ἡ αἰσχύνη τοῦ προσώπου \"ἡ ἡμῶν, ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη ἀνθρώπῳ ᾿Ιούδα \", καὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ᾿Ιερουσαιϊὴμ, καὶ τοῖς\" ἄρχουσιν ἡμῶν, καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν» ἡμῶν, ἐναγτίον Κυρίου. Δικαιοτάτη, φησὶν, ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐξενεχθεῖσα τοῦ Θεοῦ ψῆφος \" ἡμεῖς δὲ αἰσχύνης ἄξιοι, κοινῇ πᾶντες παρανομήσαντες. Μετὰ γὰρ τῶν βασιλέων, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς τὴν ἐναντίαν ἐτρέποντο “9. εζ΄, τη. Ὅτι ἠπιστήσαμεν αὑτῷ. Καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσαμεν τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου Θεοῦ 1\" ἡμῶν, πορεύεσθαι τοῖς προστάγμασι Κυρίου, οἷς ἔδωκες κατὰ πρόσωπον ἡμῶν. ᾿Αναμιμνήσχονται δὲ καὶ ι0'., Ἐξ οὗ\" γὰρ\" τῆς Αἰγυπτίων ἡμλευθερώθησαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, μέχρι τοῦ παργόμον\" καὶ\" ἐσχεδιάζομεν πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς αὑτοῦ. Τὸ δὲ ε ἐσχεδιάξομεν, » ἀντὶ τοῦ, « καὶ ἐπενοοῦμεν ἁμαρτημάτων εἴδη \" ν τοὺς τοτούτους καὶ 1 ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος ἐφευρετὰς καλεῖ κακῶν\" ἐδρεψάμεθα ὃξ, φησὶ, τοὺς τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων καρπούς.","t":"15–16. \"And you shall say,\" he says, \"'To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us shame of face, as on this day, to the man of Judah and to those who dwell in Jerusalem, and to our rulers and to our priests' … before the Lord.\" Most just, he says, is the verdict of God passed against us; but we are worthy of shame, having all transgressed together. For along with the kings the priests too turned the opposite way. 17–18. \"Because we disobeyed him, and did not listen to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the ordinances of the Lord which you gave before us.\" They also recall … 19. \"For from the time\" that our fathers were set free from the Egyptians \"until the present day … and we acted rashly so as not to listen to his voice.\" \"We acted rashly\" means \"we kept devising kinds of sins\"; such people the blessed Paul too calls \"inventors of evil.\" And we have reaped, he says, the fruits of our sins.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 101.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101.20":{"o":"χ΄. ᾿Εχκολλήθη γὰρ εἰς ἡμᾶς τὰ κακὰ, καὶ ἡ ἀρὰ, ἣν συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωσεῖ τῷ παιδὶ αὑτοῦ. Περιέχει καὶ τὰς ἀρὰς, καὶ τὰς εὐλογίας ὁ νόμος \" τοῖς μὲν φυλάσσουσι τὰς εὐλογίας, τοῖς δὲ","t":"20. \"For the evils clung to us, and the curse which the Lord laid down for Moses his servant.\" The law contains both the curses and the blessings: the blessings for those who keep it, and for those who … the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 101.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/101-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. ᾿Αποστραφήτω ὁ\" θυμός σου ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν, ὅτι κατελείφθημεν ὀλίγοι ἀπὸ πο.ϊλῶν 5\", ἐν τοῖς ἔθγεσιν, οὗ διέσπειρας ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖ. 'Ομολογοῦμεν τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον. Στῆναι δὲ ταύτην ἀντιῦολοῦμεν \" εἰς ὀλίγους γὰρ περιέστημεν οἱ πάλαι τῇ","t":"13. \"Let your anger turn away from us, for we have been left few out of many among the nations where you scattered us.\" We confess the justice of the punishment, but we entreat that it be stopped; for we who were of old … have been reduced to a few …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.14":{"o":"ιδ΄, Εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, τῆς προσευχῆς ἡμῶν, καὶ τῆς δεήσεως ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐξειοῦ ἡμᾶς ἕνεκέν σου. Οὐκ ἡμεῖς ἄξιοι, ἀλλὰ σὺ φιλάνθρωπος \" χρηματίζομεν δὲ καὶ σὸς λαός \" διά τοι τοῦτο φειδοῦς ἀπολαύσομεν \"\". « Καὶ δὸς ἡμῖν χάριν κατὰ πρόσ-. ωπον τῶν ἀποιχισάντων ἡμᾶς. » Ἵνα μὴ μισήσωσιν,","t":"14. \"Hear, O Lord, our prayer and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake.\" Not that we are worthy, but you love humankind; and we are called your people too, and for this reason we shall enjoy your mercy. \"And give us favor in the sight of those who carried us away captive,\" so that they may not hate …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.15":{"o":"ιε΄, Ἵνα γγῷ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ὅτι σὺ εἴ Κύριος \" ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ὅτι τὸ ὄγομά σου ἐπεκχ.ήθη ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴ.1 καὶ τὸ γένος\" αὑτοῦ. Ἢ μεταβολὴ τῶν ἡμετέρων κακῶν πρόφασις εὐσεθείας τοῖς ἄλλοις γενήσεται. Μαθήσονται γάρ σου τοῦ “ἡμετέρου Θεοῦ τὴν ἰσχύν. ς΄. Αὐριε Ἶ, κάτιδε ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἀγίου σου, καὶ ἐνγγόησον εἰς ἡμᾷς. «ε Οἶχκον ἅγιον » τὸν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις καλεῖ - ἐν ἐκείνῳ γὰρ τὴν οἰκείαν ἐπι-","t":"15. \"That all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, and that your name has been called upon Israel and upon his race.\" The change of our evils will become an occasion of piety for the others; for they will learn the power of you, our God. 16. \"Lord, look down from your holy house and take notice of us.\" He calls the house in Jerusalem the \"holy house\"; for in that one [you showed] your own …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.17":{"o":"ιζ΄, \"Αγοίξον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, καὶ ἴδε. Εἰώθασιν οἱ χαλεπαίνοντες μύειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς, ὅταν οἱ ἡδιχηχότες ὀφθῶσι, καὶ τὰς κόρας \"7 ἀποστρέφειν τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων παρακαλούντων᾽ ἀνθρωπίνως τοίνυν ταῦτα τεθείκασιν. Οὐ γὰρ σύνθετον τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλοῦν καὶ ἀπερίγραφον. Τούτοις κροστιθέασιν \" « Ὅτι οὐκ\" οἱ τεθνεῶτες ὑμνεῖν σα περύχασιν), » ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἴδιον τοῦτο τῶν ζώντων.","t":"17. \"Open your eyes and see.\" Those who are angry are accustomed to close their eyes when those who have wronged them come into sight, and to turn their gaze away from offenders who entreat them. They have therefore put these things in human terms; for the divine is not composite, but simple and uncircumscribed. To these words they add: \"For it is not the dead who are able to sing your praise,\" but this belongs to the living.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.18":{"o":"ιη΄ Ψυχὴ γὰρ ἡ τυπουμένη ἐπὶ τὸ μέγεθος βαμοὶ\" οἱ ἐκιείποντες, καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ πεινῶσα, σουσί σοι δόξαν καὶ δικαιοσύνην, Κύριε. Οἱ μεγίσταῖς περιπεσόντες συμφοραῖς, καὶ ἐν ἀπογνώσει τῶν κρειττόνων γενόμενοι - εἶτά τινος μεταθολῆς ἀπολαύσαντες, τὴν σὴν γνησίως ἀνυμνοῦσι φιλανλέγουσιν \" ιθ.. τι οὔτε ταῖς τῶν πατέρων, οὔτε ταῖς ἀντιδολοῦμεν τυχεῖν. ΓΑξιοι γὰρ ἡμεῖς τῶν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ἀττειληθέντων κακῶν \" οὗτοι γὰρ ἡμῖν παρήνουν τὴν ὑπὸ τῆς δικαίας σου χρίσεως δέξαοθαι παιδείαν, καὶ δουλεῦσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαδυλῶνος \" Δέσποτα, ὅσα δι᾽ ἐχείνων προείρηκας. Καὶ οὐ μόνον ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες παρεδόθημεν δουλείᾳ - ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πατέρω» ἡμῶν οἱ τάφοι, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τῶν βασιλέων, ἀνεσπάσθησαν\" ἐκ βάθρων, ὡς τὰ ἐχείνων ὀστᾶ ὕπαιθρα ἐῤῥῖφθαι, καὶ ταῖς ἐναντίαις τοῦ ἀέρος","t":"18. \"For the soul that is grieved over the greatness [of its evils] … and the eyes that fail, and the soul that hungers, will give you glory and righteousness, O Lord.\" Those who have fallen into the greatest calamities and have come to despair of better things, when they then enjoy some change, sincerely praise your love for humankind … they say: 19. \"[For it is] not on the [righteous deeds] of our fathers, nor on those of … [that we rely]\" when we entreat to obtain [mercy]. For we are worthy of the evils threatened through the prophets; for they urged us to accept the discipline of your just judgment and to serve the king of Babylon … O Master, all that you foretold through them. And not only were we, the living, handed over to slavery; even the tombs of our fathers, and indeed those of the kings, were torn up from their foundations, so that their bones were thrown out under the open sky and to the opposite extremes of the air …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.2":{"o":"Λέγουσ! 75 δὲ, ὅπως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν χατεφρό-, ἤουν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς αὐτοὺς πεμπομένων, καὶ 1 ὅτι τὰ προῤῥηθέντα ὑπ᾽ ἐχείνων τετύχηκε πέβ΄. Καὶ ἤγαγε, φησὶν, ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς κακὰ. μεγάλα, ἃ οὐκ ἐποιήθη ὑποχάτω παγτὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καϑθὰ ἐποίησεν ἐγ’ Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ διδάσκοντες, ὡς καὶ ταῦτα προεῤῥέθη 15, ἐπήγαγον - « Κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωσοῦ","t":"They say, then, how they also despised the prophets sent to them by God, and that what was foretold by them has come to pass. 2. \"And he brought upon us great evils, such as were not done under the whole heaven as he did in Jerusalem.\" And teaching that these things too had been foretold, they added: \"According to what is written in the law of Moses …\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.25":{"o":"χε΄, Καὶ \" ἀπεθάγοσαν ὃν πόνοις πονηροῖς, ὃν ἁιμῷ, καὶ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ, καὶ ἐν ἀποστοιῇ. Οὐ μόνον δὲ ἡμᾶς λιμῷ, καὶ σφαγῇ, καὶ δουλείᾳ παρέδωκας \" ἀποστολὴν γὰρ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καλεῖ \" ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἅγιόν σου νεὼν, τὸν διὰ τὸ σὸν ὄνομα γεγενημέγον περιφανῆ καὶ περίόλεπτον, ἀπέφηνας ἔρημον. Καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι οὐ πρὸς ἀξίαν τῆς ἡμετέρας ἄσεδείας ἐπήγαγες, ἀλλ᾽’ ἐχέρασας φιλανθρωπίᾳ τὸ δίκαιον.","t":"25. \"And they died in grievous pains, by famine and by sword and by sending away.\" Not only did you hand us over to famine and slaughter and slavery (he calls the captivity a \"sending away\"), but you also made desolate your holy temple, which had become famous and admired because of your name. And yet you did not bring these things upon us in proportion to our impiety, but you mixed justice with love for humankind.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.27":{"o":"κζ', Ἐποίησας γὰρ, φησὶν, εἰς ἡμᾶς, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, πᾶσων 5 ἐπιείκειάν σου, καὶ πάντα οἰχτιρμόν σου τὸν μέγαν. ᾿Αναμιμνήσχουσι δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γεγραμμένιον ἀπειλῶν \" διαφερόντως γὰρ ἐν τῇ ᾧδῇ τὰ συμθδηπόμενα αὐτοῖς προεῖπε κακά\" ε Ὀδόντας θηρίων ἀποστελῶ εἰς αὑτούς. » Καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς τοὺς πολεμίους θῆρας καλεῖ, ἐπήγαγεν\" ε« Ἔξωθεν ἀτεχνώσει αὐτοὺς μάχαιρα, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ταμτίων\" φόδος, ν» Καὶ πάλιν\", ε Διασπερῶ αὐτούς \" ν» τούτων ἀναμιμνήσχουσι τῶν ἀπε:λῶν\" ἀναμιμνήσχουσι δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὑποτχέσεως δ. Εἶπας γὰρ, φησὶ, μεταμελομένοις τὸν ἔλεον, καὶ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐλευθερώσειν, καὶ τὴν προτέραν ἀποδώσειν ἐλευθερίαν.","t":"27. \"For you have dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all your gentleness and according to all your great compassion.\" They recall also the threats written in the law; for especially in the Song he foretold the evils that would befall them: \"I will send the teeth of beasts against them.\" And teaching that he calls the enemies beasts, he added: \"Outside the sword shall bereave them, and from the inner chambers fear\"; and again: \"I will scatter them.\" These threats they recall; and they recall also the promise of good things. For you said, he says, that you would show mercy to those who repent, set them free from captivity, and restore their former freedom.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.3":{"o":"γ΄. Τοῦ φαγεῖν ἄγθρωπον δ υἱοῦ αὑτοῦ σάρκας\"', καὶ ἄνθρωπον σάρκας θυγατρὸς αὑτοῦ. Ἢ γὰρ πολιορκία κατεσκεύασε τὸν λιμόν \" ὁ δὲ \" ἔθνεσι 5\".","t":"3. \"That a man should eat the flesh of his son, and a man the flesh of his daughter.\" For the siege brought about the famine; and the … 4. … to the nations.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.5":{"o":"ε΄. Καὶ ἐγενήθημεν δ ὑποκάτω καὶ οὐκ ἐπάνω, τουτέστι δοῦλοι καὶ οὐ δεσπόται. Εἶτα τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρουσιν, « Ὅτι ἡμαρτήχαμεν δ΄ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ὑπακούειν τῆς φωνῆς αὑτοῦ.» Πάλιν τῇ “΄ θείᾳ ψήφῳ τὸ δίκαιον ἀπονείμαντες, σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἀπονέμουσ! τὴν αἰσχύνην. Πολλάκις γὰρ ἀπειλήσαντι τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ταῦτα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν προθεσπίσαντι, οὐκ ἥξαμεν \"5 πρὸς τὸν Αἰώγιον ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀντιτείνοντες δι-","t":"5. \"And we became beneath and not above,\" that is, slaves and not masters. Then they add the cause: \"Because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not obeying his voice.\" Again, ascribing justice to the divine verdict, they ascribe the shame to themselves. For though God threatened many times, and foretold these things through the prophets, \"we did not come\" to the Eternal one in our days, but, resisting …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102.9":{"o":"θ΄. Καὶ ἐγρηγόρησε Κύριος ἐπὶ τοῖς κακοῖς οἷς ἐπήγαγεν\" ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς. « Ἐγρήγορσιν Θεοῦ » τὴν τιμωρίαν καλεῖ. Τὴν γὰρ μακροθυμίαν αὑτοῦ ὕπνον ἔθος τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ καλεῖν. Πάλιν μέντοι μνημονεύσαντες τῆς τιμωρίας, δίκαιον ὀνομάζουσι τὸν Δεσπότὴν. Παραθάντας γὰρ, καὶ ἰαθῆνα: μὴ βουληθέντας, μιμνήσχουσι τῆς παλαιᾶς ἐλευθερίας, ἧς ἔτυχον οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν, τῆς πικρᾶς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀπαλλαγέντες δουλείας. ᾿Αναμιμνήσχουσι δὲ καὶ τῶν γεγενημένων θαυμάτων. Προφέρουσι \"\" δὲ καὶ τὰς οἰκείας πλημμελείας, καὶ βοῶσιν \" ιϑ. Ἡμάρτομεν, ἠσεδήσαμεν, ἠδικήσαμεν, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου. Πᾶσδάν σου, φησὶ, παρέθημεν ἐντολὴν, πάντα","t":"9. \"And the Lord kept watch over the evils, which he brought upon us.\" He calls the punishment God's \"wakefulness\"; for it is the custom of the divine Scripture to call his long-suffering sleep. Yet again, mentioning the punishment, they call the Master just. For they had transgressed and refused to be healed. They recall the ancient freedom which their fathers obtained when they were released from the bitter slavery of the Egyptians. They recall also the wonders that took place. And they bring forward their own offences too, and cry: 12. \"We have sinned, we have acted impiously, we have done wrong, O Lord our God, in all your ordinances.\" Every commandment of yours, he says, we transgressed, all …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 102.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/102-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.1":{"o":"α΄. Κύριε παντοκράτωρ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ ψυχὴ ἐν στενοῖς, καὶ πνεῦμα ἀκηδιῶν κέκραγε '\" πρὸς σέ. Τὴν ὑπερδολὴν, φησὶ, βλέπω \"2 τῶν συμφορῶν, καὶ τῆς ἀθυμίας τὸ μέγεθος. ε Κύριε, καὶ ἐλέησον, ὅτι ᾽\" Θεὸς ἐλεήμων εἶ '\" - καὶ ἐλέησον, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν ἐναντίον σου. » Πέλαγος Β ἔχεις φιλανθρωπίας, ἄδυσσον ἔχεις ἑλέου 15, ὄρεξου τοῦτον τοῖς δεομένοις “ τοῖς γὰρ ἡμαρτηκόσι καὶ μεταμελουμένοις ἁρμόττει ὁ ἔλεος.","t":"1. \"O Lord Almighty, God of [Israel], a soul in distress and a weary spirit cries out to you.\" I see, he says, the excess of our calamities and the greatness of our despondency. \"[Hear], O Lord, and have mercy, for you are a merciful God; and have mercy, because we have sinned before you.\" You have an ocean of love for humankind, you have an abyss of mercy: hold it out to those who ask; for mercy befits those who have sinned and repent.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.12":{"o":"ιβ΄, ιγ΄. ᾿Ἐγκατέλιπες τὴν πηγὴν τῆς σοφίας.","t":"12–13. \"You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.\" …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.14":{"o":"ιδ', Μάθε, ποῦ ἐστι ορόνησις, ποῦ ἐστιν ἰσχὺς,","t":"14. \"Learn where there is understanding, where there is strength,\" …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.16":{"o":"ις΄ τ-τιη. Ποῦ εἶσιν οἱ ὄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν, γοΥτες, καὶ μεριμγῶγτες, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῶν ἔργων» αὐτῶν; Σύγχρισιν εὐσεθείας ποιεῖται καὶ πλούτου καὶ δυναστείας, καὶ τῶν ἀνομωτάτων δ᾽ ἀναμνησθῆναι βασιλέων, οἵ χόρον οὐκ ἔσχον τοῦ πλούτου. Οὗτοι δὲ, φησὶ, καὶ τῶν θηρίων καὶ τῶν ὀρνέων διὰ τῆς θηρευτικῆς ἐκράτησαν τέχνης. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τούτων τὸ ιθ'-χα΄. Ἡραγίσθησαν, καὶ εἰς ἄδου κατἐδησαν:, καὶ ἄλλοι ἀνέστησαν δ᾽ ἀντ᾽ αὑτῶν. Νεώτεροι εἶδον φῶς, καὶ κατῴχιισαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς\" ὁδὸν δὲ ἐπιστήμης οὐκ ἔγγωσαν. Οὐδὲ συνῆκαν τρίδους αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ ἀντειάδοντο αὐτῆς. Κἀκεῖνοι, φησὶ, φθορᾷ παρεδόθησαν, καὶ οἱ ἐξ ἐχείνων τοῖς μὲν ζῶσ: συνηριθμήθησαν, καὶ τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ φωτὸς τῆς αἴγλης μετέλαχον\" οὐκ ἐδέξαντο δὲ συνἐπεως καὶ θεογνωσίας ἀκτῖνα. ᾿Απαριθμεῖται δὲ καὶ τοὺς μιγαφρονοῦντα; ἐπὶ σοφίχ Χαναναίους, καὶ Ἰδουμαίους, καὶ Ἰσμαηλίτας “ Θαιμὰν γάρ ἐστιν δ΄ βουμαία, ΓΑγαρ δὲ μήτηρ \" τοῦ Ἰσμαήλ 5: τού θ΄ -ια΄, ἍἌχουε, Ἱσραὴλ, ἐντολὰς ζωῆς, διαλέγεσθαι, ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως οὐδὲ οὗτοι τῆς σοφίας ἔγνω. σαν τὴν ὁδόν - τῇ γὰρ ἁἀσεδείᾳ δουλεύοντες διετέ-","t":"16–18. \"Where are the rulers of the nations … [who work silver] and are anxious, and there is no finding out of their works?\" He makes a comparison of piety with wealth and power, and [bids them] call to mind the most lawless kings, who had no surfeit of wealth. These, he says, even mastered the beasts and the birds by the art of hunting. And he teaches also their … 19–21. \"They vanished and went down to Hades, and others rose up in their place. Younger men saw light and dwelt upon the earth, but they did not know the way of knowledge, nor did they understand its paths, nor did they lay hold of it.\" Those too, he says, were handed over to corruption; and their descendants were numbered among the living and had a share in the brightness of the light that the senses perceive, but they did not receive the ray of understanding and of the knowledge of God. He lists also those who prided themselves on wisdom: Canaanites, Idumaeans and Ishmaelites; for Teman is in Idumaea, and Hagar was the mother of Ishmael. [9–11.] \"Hear, Israel, the commandments of life, …\" … to converse. Yet even these did not know the way of wisdom; for, being slaves to impiety, they continued …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.24":{"o":"κδ', χε’, ὯὮ ᾿Ισραὴ., ὡς 3 μέγας ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ\", καὶ εὐμήκης\" ὁ τόπος τῆς κτήσεως αὖτοῦ! Μέγας, καὶ οὐκ ἔχει τειευτὴν, ὑψηλὸς καὶ ἀμέτρητος. Μὴ τοῦτον, φησὶ, νόμιζε εἶνα: τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν νεὼν, ὃν Σολομὼν \" κατεσκεύασεν ὁ γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ ναὸς παμμεγέθης τίς ἐστι, καὶ ἀμέτρητος, καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἀνώλεθρος - οὐ γὰρ ἔχει τελευτήν. Εἶτα τῶν γιγάντων μνημονεύσας, τῶν ἐπὶ μεγέθει σώματος: πολυθρυλλήτων γεγενημένων, ἐπήγαγεν","t":"24–25. \"O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast the place of his possession! Great, and it has no end; high and immeasurable.\" Do not suppose, he says, that the temple which Solomon built is the temple of God; for the temple of God is immense and immeasurable, and indeed indestructible, for it has no end. Then, having mentioned the giants, who had become much talked of for the size of their bodies, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.27":{"o":"κζ΄, χη. Οὐ τούτους ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεῖς, οὐδὲ ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης ἔδωκεν αὑτοῖς. Καὶ ἀπώνλογτο\" Β διὰ τὴν ἀδουνλίαν αὑτῶν. Ταῦτα μέντοι διεξέρχεται, εἴξαι βουλόμενοξ, ὡς πάντων \"\" αὐτοὺς προτετέμηχε τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ μόνοις τε νόμον ἔδωκεν ἔγγραφον, καὶ προφήνας ἐπέστησε, καὶ πάσης ἐπιμελείας ἠξίωσεν, ὕστερον μέντοι καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐνανθρῶὼπίσας ἀφίκετο\" τοῦτο γὰρ δηλῶν διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς διδάσκει.","t":"27–28. \"Not these did God choose, nor did he give them the way of knowledge; and they perished because they had no prudence.\" He goes through these things wishing to show that he preferred them to all the nations: to them alone he gave a written law, over them he set prophets, and he counted them worthy of every care; and later, indeed, he came to them, having become man. For this is what he teaches, making it plain in what follows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.29":{"o":"κθ', Τίς ἀγνέδη εἰς τὸν οὐραγὸν, καὶ ἔλαδεν αὐτὴν, καὶ κατεδίδασεγν αὐτὴν ἐκ τῶν γνεφρειλῶν; Τουτέστι, τὴν σοφίαν »’, Τίς διέδη πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὴν, καὶ οἵσει αὑτὴν χρυσίου καθαροῦ\"; Οὐκ λα΄. Οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ γιγώσχων τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ ὁ ἐνθυμούμενος τὴν τρίδον αὐτῆς. Ὑπερβαίνει, φησὶ, τὸν ἀνθρώπινον λογισμόν.","t":"29. \"Who has gone up into heaven and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?\" That is, wisdom. \"Who has crossed over the sea and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?\" Not … 31. \"There is no one who knows her way, nor anyone who ponders her path.\" It surpasses, he says, human reasoning.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.3":{"o":"γ΄. Ὅτι σὺ καθήμενος τὸν» αἴωγα, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπο. ἰύμενοι τὸν αἰῶνα. Σὺ, φησὶν, αἰώνιος, ἡμεῖς ὃὲ πρόσκαιροι\" σὺ αἵδιος καὶ ἀνώλεθρος \" ἡμῶν ὃς ὃ βίος μικρῷ 15 μέτρῳ μετρεῖται. Τὸ καθήμενος \" εἰς 'πὸν αἰῶνα, εἰς τοῦτο 15 τέθεικεν.","t":"3. \"For you are enthroned forever, and we are perishing forever.\" You, he says, are eternal, but we are temporary; you are everlasting and indestructible, but our life is measured by a small measure. That is why he set down \"enthroned forever.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.32":{"o":"λβ΄. ἈΑ.1.1 ὁ εἰδὼς τὰ πάντα γιγώσκει αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξεῦρεν αὐτὴν τῇ\" συγέσει αὑτοῦ.Τὸ ἐξεῦρεν ἀνθρωπίνως τέθε!χε ᾿ πηγὴν γὰρ αὐτὸν \"7 τῆς σοφίας ἐκάλεσε, καὶ ἐν τῷ προοιμίῳ τῆσδε τῆς προφητείας πηγὴν αὐτὸν \"5 ζωῆς ὠνόμασε. Δείκνυσι δὲ \" ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς τῆς δημιουργίας Θεοῦ δ᾽ τὸ παντοδύναμον. ε Ὁ: χκατασχευάσας τὴν γῆν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον, ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὴν κτηνῶν τετραπόδων. » Αἰὼν καλεῖται καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων δ\" παρὼν βίος “ ὁ δὲ μέλλων, αἰὼν αἰῶνος ὃ. λγ΄-λε΄. Ὁ ἀποστέλλων τὸ ρῶς, καὶ πορεύεται\" ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ, καὶ ὑπήκουσεν αὐτῷ), τρόμῳ. Οἱ δὲ ἀστέρες ἔλαμψαν ἐν ταῖς φυλακαῖς αὑτῶν, καὶ εὐφράνθησαν \"δ. ᾿Εκάλεσεν \"Ἶ αὐτοὺς, καὶ εἴπον 5, Πάρεσμεν\" ἔλαμψαν μετ᾽ εὐφροσύνης τῷ ποιήσαντι αὑτούς. Πάντα, φησὶν, εἴχει τῷ ποιητῇ \" ἕχαστον τῶν γεγενημένων τοὺς οἰκείους ὅρους φυλάττει - ρυλαχὰς δὲ ἀστέρων τοὺς καιροὺς αὶ οἱ καλεῖ κατὰ γὰρ τὸν ὡρισμένον ἕκαστος ὃ) ἀνίσχει καιρόν.","t":"32. \"But he who knows all things knows her, and he found her out by his understanding.\" He has put \"found out\" in human terms; for he called him the fountain of wisdom, and at the opening of this prophecy he named him the fountain of life. And in what follows he shows the almighty power of God's work of creation: \"He who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed beasts.\" The present life of human beings is also called an \"age\"; the one to come, an \"age of age.\" 33–35. \"He who sends out the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him with trembling. And the stars shone in their watches and rejoiced; he called them, and they said, 'Here we are'; they shone with gladness for him who made them.\" All things, he says, yield to their Maker; each created thing keeps its own bounds. He calls the seasons the \"watches\" of the stars, for each rises at its appointed season.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.32 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-32)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.36":{"o":"λς΄. Οὗτος “5 ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. ᾿Απάντων 5 δημιουργὸς, ὁ τούτων χυξερνήτης καὶ πρύτανις. ε Οὐ λογισθήσεται ἕτερος πρὸς αὐτόν. ν Οὐκ Υἱοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ποιεῖται σύγκρισιν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς καλουμένους ὃ ζ΄, ᾿Εξεῦρε πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης. Πάλιν τὸ ἐξεῦρεν ἀνθρωπίνως τέθεικε. Πηγὴ γάρ ἔστι τῶν ἀγαθῶν. «ε Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν Ἰαχὼδ τῷ παιδὶ αὑτοῦ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.» Τὴν τῆς θεογνωσίας διδασκαλίαν, τὸν διὰ Μωσέως 4\" δοθέντα γόμον. λη. Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὥφθη, καὶ ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη. Σαφῶς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος ὑπέδειξε τὴν τοῦ Μονογενοῦς ἐνανθρώπησιν, καὶ ὡς αὐτός ἔστι τῶν ἁπάντων δημιουργὸς, καὶ τῆς σοφίας πηγή. Αὐτὸς τοίνυν αὐτῇς ὑπάρχει καὶ ποιητὴς, καὶ Δεσπότης “ καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ φησιν ἐν Παροιμίαις \" «Κύριος ἔχτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν δ᾽ εἰς ἔργα αὑτοῦ. » Οὐ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς Λόγος ἐκεῖνα λέγει, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου ἡ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ κατασχευασθεῖσα σοφία.","t":"36. \"This is our God,\" the Maker of all things, their pilot and ruler. \"No other shall be reckoned beside him.\" He is not comparing the Son with the Father, but those who are called … 37. \"He found out every way of knowledge.\" Again he has put \"found out\" in human terms; for he is the fountain of good things. \"And he gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel who was loved by him\": the teaching of the knowledge of God, the law given through Moses. 38. \"After this he appeared on earth and lived among human beings.\" The passage has clearly shown us the Only-begotten's becoming man, and that he himself is the Maker of all things and the fountain of wisdom. He is therefore both its Maker and its Master; and concerning it he says in Proverbs: \"The Lord created me as the beginning of his ways for his works.\" For it is not God the Word who says those words, but the wisdom fashioned by God the Word.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.36 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-36)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.4":{"o":"δ', Κύριε παντοχράτωρ'\" ὁ Θεὸς τεῦ Ἰσραή\" ἄκουσον δὴ τῆς προσευχῆς τῶν τεθνηκότων Ἰσραή,.1. Ἔδειξεν ὁ λόγος σαφῶς τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ ἀθάνατον. ε Καὶ τῶν νἱῶν, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων ἔνανπίον σου. » Σὺ, φησὶν, εἶπας, « Τῶν φαγόντων τὸν ὄμφακα αἱμωδιάσουσιν οἱ ὀδόντες. ν Εἰς τὰ μειράκια τοίνυν ἀπόδλεψαι\" τὰ ἁμαρτίας ἐλεύθερα, καὶ μὴ μνησθῇς τῶν πατρῴων ἁμαρτημάτων. ε ᾿Αλλὰ μνῆσθητι τῆς χειρός σου, καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ἐν τῷ χαιρῷ τούτῳ. » Τῇ συνήθει, φησὶ, χρῆσαι θαυματουργίᾳ, καὶ ὡς ἐξήγαγες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, οὕτως ἔλευ-","t":"4. \"O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel.\" The passage has clearly shown the immortality of the soul. \"And of the sons of those who sinned before you.\" You said, he says, \"The teeth of those who ate the sour grape shall be set on edge.\" Look, then, on the young, who are free of sin, and do not remember the sins of their fathers. 5. \"But remember your hand and your name at this time.\" Use, he says, your customary wonder-working, and as you brought [our fathers] out of Egypt, so set [us] free …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103.6":{"o":"ς΄. “Ὅτι σὺ εἶ\"\" Κύριος \" ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ αὐτὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἠλλοίωσαι \" τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχε! ς δύναμιν, τὴν αὐτὴν φιλανθρωπίαν. ᾿ Αἰγόσομέν σε, (Κύριε, ζ΄.λ ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο ἔδωκας τὸν φόδον σου ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἡμῶν, τοῦ ἐπικληθῆναι\" τὸ ὄγομά σου. \"Ἔδειξε τῆς τιμωρίας τὴν ὄνησιν παιδευθέντες γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐπεστράφημεν, « Καὶ αἰνέσομέν σε ἐν τῇ ἀποιχίᾳ ἡμῶν - ὅτι ἀπεστρέψαμεν ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἡμῶν πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν πατέ- Ὁ ρων ἡμῶν, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων ἐναντίον σου. » Οὐκ ἑπόμεθα, φησὶ, τοῖς πατράσιν, οὐδὲ τὴν ἐχείνων παιδείαν “ ὁδεύομεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς σοῖς ἀχολουθοῦμεν νόμοις. Βλέπε τοίνυν ἡμῶν τὰ ὀνείδη, καὶ τὴν χάλεπὴν δουλείαν, ἣν ὑπομένομεν διά τε τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀσέδειαν, καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν παρανομίαν. Ταύτην ὁ θαυμάσιος Βαροὺχ τὴν προσευχὴν τοῦ λαοῦ ἐντεθειχὼς τῷ συγγράμματι, τίθησι καὶ τὴν θείαν ἀπόκρισιν.","t":"6. \"For you are the Lord our God.\" For you are the same and have not changed: you have the same power, the same love for humankind. \"And we will praise you, O Lord.\" 7. \"For this reason you put your fear into our heart, that we should call upon your name.\" He showed the benefit of the punishment: having been disciplined, he says, we have turned back. \"And we will praise you in our exile, for we have put away from our heart all the injustice of our fathers who sinned before you.\" We do not follow our fathers, he says, nor walk in their training, but we follow your laws. Look, then, on our reproaches and on the harsh slavery that we endure because of both our own impiety and the lawlessness of our fathers. Having placed this prayer of the people in his book, the admirable Baruch sets down also the divine answer.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 103.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/103-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.1":{"o":"α΄. Αὕτη ἡ βίδλος τῶν προσταγμάτων τοῦ Θεοῦ. Τουτέστιν, ἡ διὰ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ δεδομένη. « Καὶ νόμος ὁ ὑπάρχων εἰς πὸν αἰῶνα. » Ἧ γὰρ παλαιὰ Διαθήκη τὸ τέλος ἐδέξατο. ε Πάντες οἱ κρατοῦντες αὐτὴν ὁ\" εἰς ζωὴν, οἱ δὲ καταλιπόντες δ᾽ αὐτὴν ἀποθανοῦνται. » ἔδειξεν ἀμφοτέρων τὸ τέλος \" εἶτα παραινεῖ τῷ λαῷ τῷ χρηδιόδευσον πρὸς τὴν λάμψιν κατέναντι τοῦ φωτὸς αὑτῆς. ᾿Αχολούθησον τῇ αὐγῇ τῆς ἀκτῖνος. φωταζωγεῖ γάρ σε, καὶ ποδηγεῖ πρὸς ζωήν. Υ. Μὴ δῷς ἑτέρῳ τὴν δόξαν σου, καὶ τὰ συμφέρογτά σοι ἔθνει ἀλλοτρίῳ. ᾿Αλλ' οὐκ ἤκουσεν Ἰσραὴλ\" οὗ δὴ χάριν αὐτοὶ μὲν πόῤῥω τῶν ἀγαθῶν χαθεστήχσσι, τῶν δὲ θεοσδότων ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύει τὰ ἔθνη.","t":"1. \"This is the book of the commandments of God\": that is, the one given through the becoming man of the only-begotten Son of God. \"And the law that endures forever\": for the old covenant has received its end. \"All who hold fast to her [will come] to life, but those who forsake her will die.\" He has shown the end of both. Then he exhorts the people: … \"walk toward the shining, in the presence of her light.\" Follow the brightness of the ray; for it gives you light and guides you to life. 3. \"Do not give your glory to another, or what is profitable to you to a foreign nation.\" But Israel did not listen; and for this reason they themselves stand far from the good things, while the nations enjoy the good things that God gives.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Μηδεὶς ἐπιχαιρέτω μοι τῇ χήρᾳ καταλειφθείσῃ 5 ὑπὸ λαῶν\". Χήραν ἑαυτὴν καλεῖ, ὡς ἔρημον τῆς θείας γεγενημένην κηδεμονίας. ε« Ἦρημώθην διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῶν τέχνων μου. » ᾽Απαριθμεῖτα! δὲ καὶ ταύτας, καὶ διηγεῖται τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ὠμότητα. παιδίου ἠλέησαν. (ις'.) Καὶ ἀπήγαγον τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς τῆς χήρας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τὴν μόνην ἠρήμωσαν. Μόνηγν ἑαυτὴν, ὡς ἡγοῦμαι, καλεῖ, διὰ τὸ ἐν αὐτὴ μόνῃ εἶνα! τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν νεὼν, ἣ τάχα ἐπειδὴ μόνῃ κατελείφθη, τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις πορθησάντων. Εἶτα λέγει, ὡς αὐτὴ\" μὲν ἐπαμῦναι οὐ δύναται, ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν βοήθειαν. Θρηνεῖ μέντοι τὴν παροῦσαν ἐρημίαν. Κατε.ϊείρθην γὰρ, φησὶν, ἔρημος. (χ΄.) Καὶ εξεἐδυσάμην τὴν στοιὴν τῆς εἰρήνης. Δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ μὴν τὸν σάκκον. τῆς δεήσεώς μου, καὶ ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐκ οἱ τοῖχοι ταῦτα ἕδρων ἣ: ἔλεγον, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ἑνοιχοῦντες. Εἶτα παρακελεύεται αὐτοῖς τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ θαῤῥῆσαι φιλανθρωπίᾳ. καὶ αἰτῆσαι τὸν ἔλεον \" Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ, φησὶν, ἀναμένω τὴν ὑμετέραν ἐπάνοδον.","t":"12. \"Let no one rejoice over me, a widow, left by many.\" She calls herself a widow as having been left bereft of the divine care. \"I was made desolate because of the sins of my children.\" She lists these too, and describes the cruelty of the enemies: … [they did not] pity a child. 16. \"And they led away the widow's beloved ones, and made the lone woman desolate of her daughters.\" She calls herself \"lone,\" I think, because the temple of God was in her alone; or perhaps because she alone was left when the Assyrians had sacked the other cities. Then she says that she herself cannot help them, but she promises the help of God. Yet she laments the present desolation: \"For I was left,\" she says, \"desolate.\" 20. \"I have put off the robe of peace.\" And she shows also … \"the sackcloth of my supplication,\" and … Yet it was not the walls that did or said these things, but those who lived in them. Then she urges them to take courage in God's love for humankind and to ask for mercy: \"For I too,\" she says, \"await your return.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.23":{"o":"κγ'. ᾿Εξέπεμψα γὰρ ὑμᾶς μετὰ πένθους \"\" καὶ κλαυθμοῦ\" ἀποδώσει δὲ μοι ὁ Θεὸς ὑμᾶς μετὰ χαρμονῆς 15 καὶ εὐφροσύνης. \"Ἔοικε ταῦτα τοῖς ὑπὸ τιῦ καὶ ἔκλαιον, βάλλοντες τὰ σπέρματα αὑτῶν’ ἐρχόμε\" νοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει, αἴροντες τὰ δράγματα αὑτῶν. » Λέγει δὲ καὶ τῶν γειτονενόντων ἐθνῶν τὴν τε ἐπὶ τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ θυμηδίαν, καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν ἐπἀνοδον σκυθρωπότητα. Παρακελεύεται δὲ αὐτοῖς, ὑπομεῖναι τὴν ἐπενεχθεῖσαν παιδείαν, καὶ ὑπισχνεῖτσι τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων μεταδολήν. «ε Κατεδίωξέ 77 σε, φησὶν, ὁ ἐχθρός 15 σου, καὶ ὄψῃ αὐτοῦ 19 τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ τραχήλου\" αὐτοῦ \"' ἐπιθήσῃ.» Ἐχθροὺς καλεῖ ᾿Αλλοφύλους.","t":"23. \"For I sent you out with mourning and weeping, but God will give you back to me with joy and gladness.\" These words resemble what was said by [David]: \"[Going they went] and wept, casting their seeds; but coming they shall come with rejoicing, carrying their sheaves.\" She speaks also of the neighbouring nations: their delight at the captivity and their gloom after the return. She urges them to endure the discipline brought upon them, and promises a reversal of their affairs: \"Your enemy has pursued you,\" she says, \"and you will soon see his destruction, and you will set your foot upon his neck.\" He calls the foreigners enemies.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.26":{"o":"κς΄. Οἱ τρυφεροί μου ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺς τρηχείας\" ἤρθησαν ὡς ποίμνιον ἡρπασμένον ἐχθρῷ\"\". Τρυφεροὺς καλεῖ τοὺς ἐν εὐπορίᾳ καὶ πλούτῳ, ὡς πεῖραν οὐκ ἔχοντας τῶν λυπηρῶν \" εἶτα παρακελεύεται αὐτοῖς τῇ μεταμελείᾳ τὴν σωτηρίαν καρπώσασθαι. Ταῦτα ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰρηκὼς, αὐτῇ λοιπὸν παραχλητιχοὺς προσφέρει λόγους.","t":"26. \"My delicate ones have walked rough roads; they were carried off like a flock seized by the enemy.\" She calls \"delicate\" those who lived in plenty and wealth, as having no experience of hardship. Then she urges them to reap salvation through repentance. Having said these things as in the person of Jerusalem, he now offers words of consolation to her.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.30":{"o":"λ΄. Θάρσει, 'Ἱερουσαλὴμ, παρακαλέσει σε ὁ ὀγομάσας σε. Δέδεκταί δου, φησὶ, τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ κρείττὼ μεταθολήν. Μεταύδαλεῖ δοι τὴν συμφορὰν ὁ τὴν προσηγορίαν σοι τεθεικώς \" τουτέστιν, ὁ δημιουργός σου, ὁ πάσης σε πόλεως προτιμήσας.","t":"30. \"Take courage, Jerusalem: he who named you will comfort you.\" Expect, he says, the change to better things. He who gave you your name will change your calamity: that is, your Maker, who honoured you above every city.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.31":{"o":"λα’, λβ', Δείλαιοι οἵ σα χαχώσαγτες. καὶ ἐπιχαρέντες τῇ σῇ πτώσει. Δείλαιοι ἀϊ πόλεις, αἷς ἐδούλευσαν τέκνα σου. Ἔδωκαν γὰρ δίκας Β.δυλώγιοι τῆς παρανομίας ἀξίας. Εἶτα διδάσκει δ\", ὡς τὰ οἰκεῖα λοιπὸν δ ἣ Βαδυλὼν θρηνήσει κακά.","t":"31–32. \"Wretched are those who did you harm and rejoiced at your fall. Wretched are the cities which your children served.\" For the Babylonians paid the penalty their lawlessness deserved. Then he teaches that Babylon will now lament her own evils.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.34":{"o":"λδ΄, λε΄. Περιεῶ γὰρ αὐτῆς, φησὶ, τὸ ἀγα λίἀμα τῆς ποιλλυοχιϊίας αὑτῆς 55, καὶ τὸ γαυρίαμα αὐτῆς εἰς πένθος ἔσται, Πρ γὰρ ἐπελεύσεται αὐτῇ παρὰ τοῦ Αἰωνίου εἰς ἡμέρας μακρὰς, καὶ ῃ χρόνον. Ταύτην διὰ Περσῶν τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐδέξατο\" ἔδειξε δὲ ὁ λόγος, ὡς οὐ παντελῶς αὐτὴν ἀοέχητον ἔσεσθαι προηγόρευσεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον \" οἷχεῖται δὲ νῦν ὑπὸ ὀλίγων Ἰουδαίων.","t":"34–35. \"For I will take away,\" he says, \"her exultation in her great population, and her boasting will turn to mourning. For fire will come upon her from the Eternal for many days, and [she will be inhabited by demons for a long] time.\" She received this punishment through the Persians. The passage showed that he did not foretell she would be wholly uninhabited, but only for a long time; and now she is inhabited by a few Jews.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.34 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-34)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.36":{"o":"λς΄. Περίδλεψαι πρὸς ἀνατοιὰς, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἴδε\" τὴν δὑφρροσύνην σου, τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ σοι ἐρχομένην. Τὴν τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἐπάνοδον προθεσπίζει.","t":"36. \"Look around toward the east, Jerusalem, and see the gladness that is coming to you from God.\" He foretells the return of the captives.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.36 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-36)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.37":{"o":"λζ’. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἔρχονται οἱ υἱοὶ σσυ, οὖς ἐξαπἐστεειῖας\" ἔρχονται συγηγμένοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἕως δυσμῶν, τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ ᾿Αγίου, καίροντες τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ δέξῃ. Οὐ γὰρ τῇ οἰκείᾳ δυνάμει περιεγένοντο τῶν ἐχθρῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ παραδοὺς \" Θεὸς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀπέδωκε.","t":"37. \"Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east to west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.\" For they did not overcome their enemies by their own power; but God, who had handed them over, gave back their freedom.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.37 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-37)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104.4":{"o":"δ΄. Μακάριοί ἐσμεν, Ἰσραὴ.1, ὅτε τὰ ἀρεστὰ \"5 τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῖν γνωστά ἐστι. Οὐκ ἔχομεν, φησὶ, πρόφασιν ἀγνοίας, δεδήλωκε γὰρ ἡμῖν τὰ ἀρέσκοντα. Εἶτα παραθαῤῥύνει, καὶ διδάσκει, ὡς παρεδόθησαν εἰς δουλείαν τηνικαῦτα, οὐ παντελῶς ἀὐτοὺς ἀποστραφέντος τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς παιδείας αὐτοὺς εὐεργετῆσαι πειραθέντος\" τὸν γὰρ εὐεργέτην, φησὶ, καταλιπόντες “5, τὴν τῶν δαιμόνων προτετιμήχστε λατρείαν \" πρόξενοι δὲ καὶ τῇ θρεψαμένῃ τῆς “8 ἐρημίας ἐγένεσθε. Κέχρηται δὲ καὶ προσωποποιίᾳ, καὶ δείκνυσι τὴν πόλιν θρηνοῦσαν, καὶ ταῖς ὑπηκόοις λέγουσαν πόλεσιν, ὅτι « Πένθος μο! πικρὸν\" ὁ Δεσπότης ἐπήγαγεν. ν» Εἶδον γὰρ τῶν οἰκητόρων τοὺς μὲν ἀναιρεθέντας, τοὺς δὲ χαλεπῇ δουλείᾳ παραδο-","t":"4. \"Blessed are we, O Israel, because what pleases God is known to us.\" We have no excuse of ignorance, he says, for he has made known to us what pleases him. Then he encourages them, and teaches that they were handed over to slavery at that time not because the God of all had turned away from them completely, but because he was trying to do them good through discipline. For you forsook your benefactor, he says, and preferred the worship of demons; and you became the cause of desolation also to her who nurtured you. He also uses personification, and shows the city lamenting and saying to the cities subject to her: \"Bitter mourning [has come upon] me …\" … the Master brought. For I saw some of the inhabitants slain, and others handed over to harsh slavery …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 104.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/104-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/105.2":{"o":"᾿Κελεύει δὲ καὶ τὴν πενθήρη στολὴν ν' ἀποθέσθαι, καὶ περιτίθησιν αὐτῇ τῆς ἱερωσύνης τὸ σχῆμα. β΄. Περιδαλοῦ: γὰρ, φησὶ, τὴν διπλοῖδα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύγης, καὶ ἐπίθου τὴν μίτραν ἐπὶ τῆς κεραλῆς \" σου, τῆς δόξης τοῦ αἰωνίου. Ἔν γὰρ τῇ μίτρᾳ τὸ πέταλον ἔκειτο τὸ χρυσοῦν \" ἐν ᾧ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ προσεγέγραπτο.","t":"He bids her also put off the garment of mourning, and he clothes her in the attire of the priesthood. 2. \"Put on,\" he says, \"the double cloak of the righteousness that comes from God, and set on your head the mitre of the glory of the Eternal.\" For on the mitre lay the golden plate on which the name of God was inscribed.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 105.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/105-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/105.3":{"o":"γ΄, δ΄. Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς δείξει τῇ ὑκ' οὐρανὸν πάσῃ τὴν σὴν «αμπρότητα. Κληθήσεται γάρ σου τὸ ὄγομα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶγα εἰρήνη δικαιοσύνης, καὶ δόξα θεοσεδείας. Ταῦτα δὲ \"1 τὰ ὀνόματα νῦν ἔχει\" διὰ τοῦτο καὶ εἰς αὑτὴν συντρέχουσιν ἅπαντες. Λαμπρὰν γὰρ αὐτὴν καὶ περιφανῆ ἢ) Ἱπεποίηχε τὸ σωτήριον πάθος. Πάλιν δὲ αὐτῇ \"\" παρακελεύεται ἰδεῖν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν τοὺς αἰἱχμὲν πεζοὶ δεσμὰ περικείμενοι, ἐπανήξουσι δὲ πάσης τιμῆς ἀξιούμενοι. Εἰδέναι μέντοι χρὴ, ὡς τῶν ἀπὸ Βχδυλῶνος ἐπανελθόντων, καὶ οἱ πεφευγότες κατὰ κὸν τοῦ πολέμου καιρὸν, καὶ τὰ ἑδπέρ:α, καὶ τὰ νότια \"δ μέρη κατειληφότες, ἐπανῆλθον λοιπὸν, ὡς εἰρβνης τῷ ἔθνει παρασχεθείσης \" οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ δυσμῶν ἐμνημόνευσεν. ζ΄, Συγέταξε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ταπεινοῦσθαι πᾶν ὄρος Ἰσραὴλ ἀσφαλῶς τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξῃ. Πᾶσαν, ὑψηλοῖς Βαδυλωνίους κατέλυσε \" τοὺς ἐκείνοις ὑπ᾿πεποίηκεν \" ἡμῶν \"5 δὲ πανταχόθεν ἄδεια τῆς ἐπανὀδου γεγένηται. εὐωδία ' τῷ ᾿Ισριὴλ προστάγματι τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ταῦτα ἔοικε τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ Δαβὶδ εἰρημένοις - « Τὰ εἰ ὄρη ἐσχίρτησαν ὡσεὶ κριοὶ, καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ ὡς ἀρνί: τοίνυν τροπικῶς καλεῖ τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ \" καρπὸν εὐσεδείας οὐκ οὐ Β ἔφερον τῷ Θεῷ. Τὸν μέντοι Ἰσραὴλ ἐπανιόντα μετὰ πάσης προὔπεμψαν θεραπείας, Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸ αἷτιον τῶν ἀγαθῶν. Ἡγήσεται γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ \" ᾿Ισραὴ.1 μετ' τῷ φωτὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, σὺν ἐξεημοσύγῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ \". Θεοῦ ἡγουμένου \" πάντα λεῖα καὶ εὐμαρῆ. Κέχρηται ἐλεηδ μὲν περὶ τὸν λαὸν Ἴ, δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ κατὰ Οὗτοι μὲν γὰρ ἁμαρτάνοντες 3 διὰ τῆς παιδείας ὠφέλειαν ἐδέξαντο \" ἐκείνους δὲ μανιχωτέκαὶ ἡμεῖς, ξεναγὸν ἡ μῶν γενέσθαι καὶ ποδηγὸν τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν - ἵνα τῷ φωτὶ μελῳδίαν, μὴ ἐκκλίνωμεν δεξιᾷ ἢ 5 ἀριστερᾷ, ἀλλὰ τὴν βασιλικὴν ὁδὸν ὁδεύσωμεν, τὴν ἀ πάγουσαν καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν.","t":"3–4. \"For God will show your splendour to everything under heaven. For your name will be called by God forever: Peace of righteousness, and Glory of godliness.\" These names she now has; and for this reason all run together to her. For the saving passion has made her splendid and illustrious. Again he bids her see, from east and west, those who … [went out] on foot with chains about them, but will return counted worthy of every honour. One must know, however, that, of those who returned from Babylon … and those who had fled at the time of the war and had taken refuge in the western and southern parts also returned afterwards, since peace had been granted to the nation; this is why he mentioned also those from the west. 7. \"For God has ordained that every high mountain [be made low] … Israel safely in the glory of God.\" Every … by the high ones … he destroyed the Babylonians; those subject to them he has made …; and for us there has come safety for the return from every side. [8.] \"… fragrance … for Israel at the command of God.\" These things resemble what was said by David: \"The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.\" So he calls figuratively [by these names] the nations, which did not bear the fruit of piety for God; yet they sent Israel on its way home with every attention. He states also the cause of these good things: 9. \"For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.\" When God leads, all is smooth and easy. He uses mercy toward the people, and righteousness against … For these, though they sinned, received benefit through discipline; but those, more madly … we too, that the God of all may become our host and guide, so that by the light … melody, we may not turn aside to the right or to the left, but may walk the royal road that leads … and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom be glory to the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 105.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/105-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα παρακελεύεται πρὸς πάντα εἰπεῖν τὸν λαόν\" Υ, δ΄. Τάδε.2όγοι Κύριος ᾧ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴ, Ἔπιγῶν \"' τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης \" ἧς ἐνετειλάμην τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν \"\", ἐν ἦ ἡμέρᾳ ἀνήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐκ τῆς καμένου τῆς σιδηρᾶς. Τοῦτο καὶ νομοθετῶν τῷ νόμῳ πρατοέθεικεν ἔφη. γάρ' ε« Ἐπιχφτάρατος πᾶς, ἃς οὐκ ἐμμένει πᾶσι δἱὶ, σαι αὐτά\" » ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ κἀκεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἐνταῦθα, ὡς πάσης ἀξιώσει χηδρομονίας τοὺς τὰς θείας φυλάσ-αοντας ἐντολάς. ᾿Αναμεμνήσχαι δὲ καὶ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς κατέρας αὐτῶν εἰρημένων, καὶ τῆς ἐκείνων ἀπειθείας. « Ἐξέκλιναν \"\" γὰρ, φησὶ, τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπηρεύθησαν ἀνὴρ ἐν τῇ εὐθύτητι \"\" τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς. » Ἐὐθύτητα δὲ ἐνταῦθα οὐ τὴν ὀρθότητα λέγει \"6, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐφεξῆς γεγενημόνην πονηρίαν ἐν τῇ κακίᾳ\" οὐ γὰρ ἀπετρέποντο ταύτης, οἷς ἀλλὰ διηνεκῶς αὐτὴν ὥδευον. ε Καὶ ἐπήγαγον ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς πάντας τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης, ἧς ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς ποιῆσαι, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν.» Διαφόρος γὰρ τιμωρίᾳις αὐτοὺς ἐξέδωχφ᾽ ποτὲ μὰν ἐδούλευσαν. ᾿","t":"After this he commands him to speak to all the people: 3–4. \"Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Cursed is the man who will not hear the words of this covenant, which I commanded your fathers on the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace.\" He set this forth also when giving the law, for he said: \"Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all … to do them\"; and he promises there, and here again, that he will count those who keep the divine commandments worthy of every care. He reminds them also of what was said to their fathers, and of their disobedience: \"For they turned aside their ear, and each walked in the straightness of his evil heart.\" By \"straightness\" here he does not mean uprightness, but the wickedness practiced in unbroken sequence, in evil; for they did not turn away from it but walked in it continually. \"And I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they did not do them.\" For he handed them over to various punishments: at times they were enslaved …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. Ὅτι κατὰ ἀριθμὸν τῶν πόλεών σου ἦσαν οἱ θεοί σον, Ἰούδα, καὶ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἐξόδων ρουσαιλὴμ, ἔταξαν βωμοὺς τῇ αἰσχύνῃ \"\", θυσιαστήρια τοῦ θυμιᾷν τῇ ' Βάαλ. Διὰ τὴν ὑπερθολὴν τοίνυν τῆς ἀσεδείας τὸν προφήτην κωλύει τὴν ὑπὲρ","t":"13. \"For according to the number of your cities were your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you set up altars to shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.\" Because of the excess of their impiety, then, he forbids the prophet to pray for them:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.14":{"o":"ιδ΄, Μὴ εὔχου \" γὰρ, φησὶ, περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ μὴ ἀξιοῖς ὃ περὶ αὑτῶν ἐν δεήσει καὶ σροσευχῇ᾽ ὅτε οὐκ εἰσακούὐσομαί σου \" ἐν τῷ καιρῷ, ἐν ᾧ ἐπικαλοῦνταί με, ἐν \" τῷ καιρῷ τῆς καχώσϑὼως αὐτῶν. Ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ τὰφ δεήσεις προσφέρουσι᾽ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ προφήτης \" Δαδὶδ παρεγγυᾷ, λέγων \" « Προφθάσωμεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐξομολογήσει. » Ἐνταῦθα δὲ τὴν ἀνυπέρδλητον αὐτῆς τ΄, ΤΊ ἡ ἠγαπημένη ἔν τῷ οἴκῳ μου ἐποίησε βδέλυγμα ῦ; ᾿Αμφότερα τὴν ἐπίτασιν τῆς δυσσεδείας δηλοξ, καὶ τὸ « ἢγαπημένην » κληθῆναι, καὶ τὸ ἔνδοθεν\" ἐν τῷ θείῳ νεῷ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων θεῶν τὰ ἱνδάλματα στῆσαι. « Μὴ εὐκαὶ καὶ κρέα ἅγια ἀφαιροῦσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ τὰς κακίας σου; ἣ τούτοις διαφεύξῃ; » Σαφῶ: ἡμᾶς ὁ προφητικὸς ἐδίδαξεν λόγος, ὡς πρᾶξιν ἀγαθὴν ὁ Δεσπότης ζητεῖ\" τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ θεῖο: βοᾷ Δαδίδ᾽ ε Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἢθέλη σας σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι.» Καὶ πάλιν᾽ ε« Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἂν, ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις \" θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον\" καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. » Καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἠἡγαπημένην αὐτὴν ἐκάλεσε, λέγει πάλιν καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν αὐτῆς προσ-","t":"14. \"Do not pray,\" he says, \"for this people, and do not entreat for them in petition and prayer; for I will not hear you at the time when they call on me, in the time of their affliction.\" For it is in the very time of punishment that they offer their petitions; this is why the prophet David too gives the charge: \"Let us come before his face with confession.\" Here he shows her unsurpassable … 15. \"Why has the beloved done abomination in my house?\" Both these things show the intensity of the impiety: that she was called \"beloved,\" and that inside the divine temple she set up the images of gods that do not exist. \"Will vows and holy meat take away your wickedness from you, or will you escape by these?\" The prophetic word has clearly taught us that the Master seeks good action; for the divine David too cries this out: \"Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but a body you prepared for me.\" And again: \"For if you had wanted sacrifice, I would have given it; in burnt offerings you will take no pleasure. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.\" And since he called her \"beloved,\" he tells again her other title:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.16":{"o":"ις΄. ἘΛαίαν ὡραίαν, εὔσκιον τῷ εἴδει 5, ἐχάἅεσε Κύριος τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ταύτην δὲ τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τὴν χαρπογονίαν προτρέπων. Οὕτω καὶ ἄμπελον πολλάκις ὠνόμασεν. « Εἰς φωνὴν περιτομῆς αὐτῆς \"' ἀνήφθη \"\" πῦρ ἐπ᾽ αὑτήν. Ἐπειδὴ ἐλαίαν ἔκάλεσε, καὶ καθάρσεως μέμνηται\" περιτομὴν γὰρ καλεῖ τὴν κάθαρσιν \" οὕτω καὶ ὁ Κύρος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις φησί\" «ε Πᾶν κλήμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπὸν ἐκκόπτεται, καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται. ν ---ε\"2 Μεγάλη ἡ θλίψις ἐπὶ σέ ᾽\"\" ἠχρειώθη … χεῖν οὐκ ἠθέλησαν καὶ διδάσκων ὡς οὐκ ὁ Βαδυλώνιος ἰσχυρὸς, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὸς αὐτῇ τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπάγει, προστέθεικε καὶ ταῦτα","t":"16. \"A beautiful olive, shady in appearance: so the Lord has called your name.\" He gave her this name to urge her to bear fruit; so too he often named her a vine. \"At the sound of its pruning a fire was kindled against it.\" Since he had called her an olive, he also mentions the pruning; for he calls the pruning circumcision. So also the Lord says in the holy Gospels: \"Every branch in me that does not bear fruit is cut off and thrown into the fire.\" \"Great is the affliction upon you; … became useless …\" … they would not; and teaching that it is not the Babylonian who is strong, but he himself who brings the punishment upon her, he added this too:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.17":{"o":"ιζ΄. Καὶ Κύριος ὁ ϑεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ καταφυτεύσας σε, ἐ.άλησεν ἐπὶ σὲ κακὰ, ἀντὶ τῆς κακίας οἵἴχου ᾿Ισραὴ.1, καὶ οἴκου Ἰούδα\" ὅτι \"9 ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς τοῦτο, τοῦ παροργίσαι μὲ ἐν τῷ θυμιᾷν αὐτοὺς τῇ Βάα,. Αὐτὸς, φησὶν, ὁ φυτουργός σοὺ τοὺς κλάδους ἐξέχογε᾽ σὺ δὲ τούτων αἰτία, οὐκ ὠφελίμους, ἀλλὰ δηλητηρίους βλαστήσασα καρπούς. Διδάσκει δὲ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ὁ προφήτης, οἷα κατ᾿ αὐτοῦ τολμήσουσι, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Δεσπότον Χρι στοῦ, Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ κἀκεῖνα ἐσχιογραφήθη.","t":"17. \"And the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has spoken evils against you, because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, for they did this to themselves, to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal.\" Your planter himself, he says, has cut off the branches; but you are the cause of this, for you have produced not useful but poisonous fruits. Through what follows the prophet teaches what they would dare against himself, and against Christ the Master; for those things too were sketched beforehand in him.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Κύριε \"1, γνώρισόν μοι, καὶ γγώσομαι. Ὅτι οὐ μόνον τὰ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ 5 λέγει γεγενημένα, μαρτυρεῖ ἢ εὐχή οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεως ἐδεῖτο εἰς τὸ ἰδεῖν τὰ τότε γιγνόμενα\" εἷς αὐτὸν γὰρ ἐγένοντο. ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ᾿ ἀποκάλυψις προδείχνυσι τὰ ἐσόμενα. « Τότε εἶδον τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτῶν. » ιθ6, Ἐγὼ δὲ, ὡς ἀρνίον ἄκακον ᾿ ἀγόμενον τοῦ θύεσθαι \"\", οὐκ ἔγνων. Τὸ « οὐκ ἔγνων » τῷ προφήτῃ ἀρμόττει, ὡς οὐ προσδοχήσαντι τὰ λυπηρά\" σεσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀκούσας\" « Τέθεικά σε ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ, ὡς πόλιν ὀχυρὰν, καὶ ὡς στύλον σιδηροῦν, καὶ ὡς τεῖχος χαλκοῦν, « ἐνόμισε μηδαμῶς πειρᾶσθαι \"ἢ σχυθρωποῦ. Ὁ δὲ θεῖος λόγος οὐ τοῦτο ὑπέσχετο, ᾿ ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι Κρείττων ἔσῃ τῶν λυπηρῶν\" « Πολεμήσουσι γὰρ, φησὶ, πρὸς σὲ, καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται πρὸς σέ\" διότι ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ, τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε, λέγει Κύριος \"» τῷ δὲ Δεσπότῃ Χριστῷ καθ᾽ ἑτέραν ἔννοιαν ὁ λόγος ἐστὶ πρόσφορος. Ὥσπερ γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ ἀρνειὸς ἀγόμενος εἰς σφαγὴν οὐκ οἶδεν ὃ πείσεται, καὶ «οἷς ἄγουσιν ἕπεται καταδεξάμενος τὸ πάθος. ε Ὅτι ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ἐλογίσαντο λογισμὸν, λέγοντες \" Δεῦτε ᾽\" ὃμδάλωμεν ξύλον εἰς τὸν ἄρτον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκτρίψωμεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ γῆς ζώντων, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῇ τὸ ὄνομα αὑτοῦ ἕτι. » Τοῦτο τῷ προφήτῃ οὐθ᾽ ὅλως ἁρμόττει\" πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε ἦν ξύλον ἐμδληθῆναι τῷ ἄρτῳ; Τῷ δὲ Δεσπότῃ Χριστῷ καὶ μάλα τῆς προφητείας ὁ λόγος προσήκει \" ἄρτον γὰρ τὸ ἑαυτοῦ προσηγόρευσε σῶμα\" « Ὁ ἄρτος γὰρ, φησὶν, ὃν ἐγὼ δώσω, ἡ σάρξ μού Ὁ ἔστιν, ἣν ἐγὼ δώσω ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς. » Τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον ξύλῳ προσήλωσαν, νομίζοντες \"ἢ αὐτοῦ κατασδεννύναιτὴν μνήμην. Εἶτα ὁ προφήτης ᾽5.","t":"18. \"Lord, make it known to me, and I shall know.\" That he does not speak only of what happened to himself, the prayer bears witness; for he did not need a revelation to see what was then happening, since it happened to him; but the revelation shows beforehand what is to come. \"Then I saw their practices.\" 19. \"But I, like an innocent lamb led to be sacrificed, did not know.\" \"I did not know\" fits the prophet, as one who did not expect painful things; … having heard: \"I have made you this day like a fortified city, and like an iron pillar, and like a bronze wall,\" he thought he would never experience anything grim. But the divine word did not promise this, but that you will be stronger than the painful things: \"For they will fight against you,\" it says, \"and they will not prevail against you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.\" To Christ the Master, however, the saying is suited in another sense. For just as the ram led to slaughter does not know what it will suffer, and follows those who lead it, so he went, having accepted the passion. \"For they devised a plan against me, saying: Come, let us put wood into his bread, and let us wipe him out from the land of the living, and his name will be remembered no more.\" This does not fit the prophet at all; for how could wood have been put into bread? But to Christ the Master the word of the prophecy is entirely fitting; for he called his own body bread: \"For the bread,\" he says, \"that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.\" This bread they nailed to the wood, thinking to quench his memory. Then the prophet …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.20":{"o":"χ'. Σὺ δὲ, Κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων, ὁ κρίνων δίκαια, δοκιμάζων νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας, ἴδοιμι τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐκδίκησιν ἐν αὐτοῖς \"7\" ὅτι πρὸς σὲ ἀνεχάλυψα τὸ δικαίωμά μου\". Νεφροὺς, ὡς πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, τοὺς λογισμοὺς ὀνομάζει \" ἐπειδὴ τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἐν τοῖς νεφροῖς ὃν, ἀναχινεῖ πολλάκις τὸν λογισμόν. Οὐ μάτην μέντοι συνεχώρηδὲν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν προφήτην πειραθῆναι τῶν λυπηρῶν \" ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ πολλάκις ἐπεχείρησε τὰς ὑπὲρ τῶν 'παραμενος αὑτὸν μὴ ἑαυτὸν μὲν νομίζειν φιλάνθρωπον, τὴν δὲ τῆς ἀγαθότητος θησαυρὸν ἀπηνῆ, συνεχώρησε γενέσθαι τὴν ἐπανάστασιν \" ὁ δὲ λίαν ἀλγήσας, χρίγαι δικαίως ἀντιδολεῖ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ δίκας ἀπαιτῆσαι τοὺς ἀνοσίους \" δέχεται δὲ τὴν ἱκεσίαν ὁ Δεσπότης, καὶ δίδωσι τὴν ἀπόκρισιν, καὶ χόλατιν ἀπειλεῖ, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐν πολέμῳ σφαγήσεσθαι λέγει, τοὺς δὲ","t":"20. \"But you, Lord of hosts, who judge justly, testing kidneys and hearts, may I see your vengeance upon them; for to you I have revealed my cause.\" By kidneys, as we have often said, he names the thoughts, since the desiring part, located in the kidneys, often stirs up the reasoning. It was not for nothing that God allowed the prophet to experience painful things; but since he had often attempted to pray for them … lest he think himself loving toward humankind and the treasury of goodness harsh, he allowed the uprising to take place. And the prophet, deeply pained, entreats God to judge justly and exact punishment from the unholy; and the Master accepts the supplication and gives the answer, and threatens punishment, and says that some will be slaughtered in war, and others …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11.9":{"o":"θ΄, (.. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος\" Εὐρέθη σύνδεσμος ἐν ἀνδράσιν Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ᾿[6ἐσῳσαλήμ᾽\". ᾿Επεστράφησαν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀδικίας τῶν πατέρων αὑτῶν τῶν προτέρων, οἵ οὐκ ἤθειλον ἀκοῦσαν τῶν «“216γων' μοῦ. Ἐὸ ς Ἐὑρέθη σύνδεσρας,» … τοῖς πατράσι, καὶ τὴν ἐχείνων πορείαν ὁδεύουσι \" τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἐπαγομένων σημαίνει. « Καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτοὶ βαδίζουσιν ὀπίσω θεῶν ἀλλοτρίων, τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτοῖς. » Ταῦτα δὲ δρῶσι τὴν δοθεῖσαν αὖτοῖς παραδαίνοντες διαθήκην. Οὗ δῇ χάριν παντοοὐχ ἀξιώσω φειδοῦς \" οὔτε μὴν παρὰ τῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν θεραπευομένων θεῶν ἐπικουρίας τινὸς ἀπολαύονται \"5. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τούτων τὸ πλῆθος.","t":"9–10. \"And the Lord said: A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their former fathers, who would not hear my words.\" \"A conspiracy has been found\" … with their fathers, and walk in their path; for this he indicates also by what follows: \"And behold, they walk after other gods, to serve them.\" They do this in transgression of the covenant given them. For this reason … I will not count them worthy of any mercy; nor do they receive any help from the gods they serve. He tells also how many these were.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 11.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/11-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.1":{"o":"᾿Αλλὰ πάλιν ὁ προφήτης, θεώμενος τῶν πονηρίᾳ ευζώντων τὴν εὐπραξίαν, τούτου τὴν αἰτίαν διδαχθῇα'. Δίκαιος εἶ, Κύριε, ὅτι ἁπο.ιϊογήσομαι πρὸς σέ\" πλὴν κρίματα λαλήσω πρὸς σέ. Οἶδα, φησὶν, ἀκριδῶς τῆς σῆς ψήφου τὸ δίκαιον\" οὐκ ἄτοπον δὲ οὐδὲ ἐγὼ προσφέρειν ἡγοῦμαί σοι πεῦσιν. ε Τί ὅτι ὁδὸς ἀσεδῶν εὐοδοῦται, εὐθήνησαν \" πάντες οἱ ἐτεκγοποίησαν 5, καὶ ἐποίησαν καρπόν. Διὰ τούτων εὐπραξίαν \"' ἐδήλωσε\" τὴν δὲ ἄθεον γνώμην διὰ τῶν ἐπαγομένων ἐδήλωσε σημαίνων\" ε« Ἐγγὺς εἶ σὺ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῶν 3\", καὶ πόῤῥω ἀπὸ τῶν νεφρῶν αὐτῶν. » Ἐν μόνοις, φησὶ, τοῖς λόγοις προσηγορίαν προσφέρουσι τὴν σήν\" ἐκ γὰρ τῶν λογισμῶν «τὴν σὴν ἐξέδαλον μνήμην. :","t":"But again the prophet, seeing the prosperity of those who live in wickedness, asks to be taught its cause: 1. \"You are righteous, Lord, so that I will make my defense before you; yet I will speak of judgments to you.\" I know precisely, he says, the justice of your verdict; but I do not think it out of place for me too to put a question to you: \"Why does the way of the ungodly prosper? All … are flourishing; they have had children and borne fruit.\" By these words he has indicated their prosperity; and he indicated their godless mind by what follows: \"You are near to their mouth, and far from their kidneys.\" Only in words, he says, do they speak your name; from their thoughts they have cast out the remembrance of you.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.10":{"o":"τ΄. τα΄. Ποιμένες ποιλ.1οἱ διέφθειραν τὸν ἀμπὲλῶνά μου\" ἐμόλυναν τὴν μερίδα μου - ἔδωχαγ τὴν μερίδα τὴν ἐπιθυμητήν μου εἷς ἔρημον ἄδατον. ᾿Ἐγεγήθη εἰς ἀξ»αγισμὸν ἀπωλείας \"5. Οἱ γὰρ ᾿Αρχιερεῖς, καὶ οἱ Γραμματεῖς, καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, τὸν εἰ τες. προεξίνησαν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τὰ ἐκεῖνα κακά. Καὶ τοῦτο διδάδχε! σαφέστερον \"« Δι᾿ ἐμὲ ἐφανίσθη ἀφανισμῷ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. » Πᾶσαν γῆν τὴν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ φηδι \" διὰ γὰρ τὰ εἰς αὐτὸν γεγενημένα, τότε μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων ἔρημος αὐτῶν ἡ χώρα ἐγένετο \" νῦν δὲ τῆς ἀοιδίμου μητροπόλεως Ὁ αὐτῶν ἐστέρηνται παντελῶς. « “Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ τιθέμενος ἐπὶ καρδίαν. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, λογισμοῖς εὐσεβέσιν οὗ χρῶνται.","t":"10–11. \"Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion; they have made my desirable portion an untrodden desert; it has become a desolation of destruction.\" For the chief priests, the scribes and the Pharisees, who … brought those evils upon the Jews. And he teaches this more clearly: \"Because of me the whole land has been made desolate with desolation.\" By \"the whole land\" he means that of Israel; for because of what was done against him, at that time the country was made desolate by the enemies, and now they have been entirely deprived of their famous metropolis. \"For there is no man who lays it to heart.\" That is: they do not use pious reasonings.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Ἑπὶ \"' πᾶσαν διεχδολὴν τῆς ἐρήμου ἦλθον ταλαιπωρήσαντες “᾿ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. Τὴν ἀτραπὸν ὁ Σύρος ἡρμήνευσε\" πᾶσαν, φησὶ, τὴν ἔρης μὸν ἐπλήρωσαν ἀτραπῶν “7, ταλαιπωροῦντες, καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἀποδιδράσκοντες \" ἴδιον γὰρ τῶν κόντων μὴ κεχρῆσθαι ταῖς νενομισμέναις ὁδοῖς.« Ὅτι μάχαιρα Κυρίου καταφάγεται ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς ἕως ἄκρου τῆς γῆς οὐκ ἔστιν εἰρήνη πάσῃ Λέγει μὲν καὶ τὰ Ἰουδαίοις συμδάντα, καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς ἕως ἄκρου τῆς γῆς τῆς Ἰσραηλέτιδος. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὰ κατὰ διαφόρους καιροὺς ἐπενεχθέντα\" τοῖς ἔθνεσι\" καθ᾽ ὧν καὶ περὶ τὸ τέλος τῆς προ… ᾿Εσπείρατε \" πυροὺς, καὶ ἀκάνθας θεριεῖτε. Παρεγγυᾷ μὴ θαῤῥεῖν τῇ τῆς γῆς εὐχαρπίᾳγ  ἀλλὰ τῇ … εὐπραξίᾳ\" ὁ γὰρ κακίᾳ χρώμενος ἀκάνθας ἐκ ταύτης τρυγᾷ. ε Οἱ \"3\" κλῆροι ὑμῶν 15 οὐκ ὠφελήσουσιν ὑμᾶς. » Κλήρους πάλιν τὴν εὐκληρίαν ἐκάλεσεν, ἧ συμδουλεύει μὴ πεποιθέναι, ε Ἠσχύνθητε \"\" ἀπὸ καυχήσεως ὑμῶν, ἀπὸ ὀνειδισμοῦ ἕναν- «ἰον τοῦ Θεοῦ. ν΄ νομίζετε σεμνύνειν ὑμᾶς, τουτέστι τὸν πλοῦτον, τὴν δυναστείαν, ταῦτα ὑμᾶς κρινομένους παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ αἰσχύνης ἐμπλήσει. ᾿Απολαύσαντες γὰρ τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ δωρεῶν τοῖς ἐναντίοις ἣμεῖ-","t":"12. \"Over every track of the desert they came, wretched in the desert.\" The Syrian translated it \"path\": they filled the whole desert with paths, he says, in their wretchedness, as they fled from the enemies; for it is characteristic of fugitives not to use the usual roads. \"For the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other end of the land; there is no peace for any flesh.\" He speaks both of what befell the Jews, \"from one end of the land to the other\" of the land of Israel, and foretells also what was brought upon the nations at various times; and against these, toward the end of the prophecy, … 13. \"Sow wheat, and you will reap thorns.\" He charges them not to trust in the fruitfulness of the land, but in … good conduct; for he who practices wickedness reaps thorns from it. \"Your lots will not profit you.\" Again he has called good fortune \"lots\"; he counsels them not to trust in it. \"Be ashamed of your boasting, of the reproach before God.\" What you think gives you dignity, that is, wealth and power, will fill you with shame when you are judged before God. For having enjoyed his gifts, they repaid him with the opposite …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.14":{"o":"ιδ', Τάδε 1ὲγει Κύριος περὶ πάντων τῶν γειτόγων τῶν πογηρῶν, τῶν ποιμέγων Ἶ\" τῶν ἅπτομέγων τῆς κληρονομίας μου, ἧς ἐμέρισα τῷ Ἰαῷ μου Ἰσραή.1. Ἰδουμαῖοι, καὶ Μωαδῖται, καὶ ᾿Αμμανῖται, καὶ ᾿Αλλόφυλοι, ἀπεχθῶς ἀεὶ καὶ δυσμενῶς Β περὶ Ἰουδαίους διέχειντο᾽ ἐφήσθησαν 75 τοίνυν τὰς ἐπενεχθείσας αὐτοῖς θεασάμενοι συμφοράς \" διάτοι τοῦτο προδιδάσχει αὐτοὺς τὴν ἐσομένην τῶν Ἶουδαίων ἀνάκλησιν. Ποιμένας \"7 δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς ἐχείνιυν ἄρχοντας. ᾿ Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνγασπῶ αὑτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιούδα ἐκδαλῶ ἐκ μέσου αὑτῶν. (ι:)) Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ τὸ ἐκδαλεῖν μὲ αὐτοὺς, ἐπιστρέψω, καὶ ἐλεήσω αὐτοὺς, καὶ κατριχεῶ αὖτοὺς \" ἕχαστον εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅχαστον εἷς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ. Διὰ τούτων τὴν ἐπὶ Κύρου καὶ Δαρείου γεγενημένην ἐπάνοδον προθεσπίσας, καὶ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐσόμενα προδιδάσχει. ἱ τς\", ιζ', Καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν διδάσχογτες Ο τὴν ὁδόν μου τὸν λαόν μου, τοῦ ὀμνύξιν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ζῇ Κύριος, καθὼς ἐδίδαξαν τὸν λαόν μου ὀμνύειν ἐν τῇ δ' Βάαλ, καὶ οἰχοδομηθήσονται ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ \" ἐπι» στρέψωσιν, ἐξαρῶ τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο ἐξάρσει καὶ ἀπωλείᾳ, φησὶ Κύριος 5\". Εἶπε \"' καὶ τὴν παντελῆ τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνου, ἀποδολήν. « Ἑξαρῶ γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο ἐξάρσει καὶ ἀπωλείᾳ, φησὶ δ Κύριος. »","t":"14. \"Thus says the Lord concerning all the evil neighbors, the shepherds who touch my inheritance, which I allotted to my people Israel.\" The Idumeans, Moabites, Ammonites and Philistines were always hostile and ill-disposed toward the Jews, and they rejoiced to see the calamities brought upon them. For this reason he teaches them beforehand the coming recall of the Jews. He calls their rulers shepherds. \"Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will cast out the house of Judah from among them. 15. And after I have cast them out, I will turn and have mercy on them, and I will settle them, each in his inheritance and each in his land.\" Having foretold by these words the return that took place under Cyrus and Darius, he also teaches beforehand what was to come after it. 16–17. \"And it shall be, if they teach my people my way, to swear by my name, As the Lord lives, as they taught my people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of my people. But if they do not turn back, I will uproot that nation with uprooting and destruction, says the Lord.\" He has spoken also of the complete rejection of the nation of the Jews: \"For I will uproot that nation with uprooting and destruction, says the Lord.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.3":{"o":"γ΄. Καὶ σὺ, Κύριε, γιγνώσκεις με, εἶδές με\", ὃδοχίμασας δ τὴν καρδίαν μου. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὰ φαινόμενα οἷδας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς λανθάνοντάς μου λογισμούς. ε« ΓΛθροισον ᾽' αὐτοὺς ὡς πρόδατα εἰς σφαγὴν, καὶ ἄγνισον αὐτοὺς εἰς ἡμέραν σφαγῆς αὐτῶν. » Τὸ ἄγνισον, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀφόρισον λέγει. ᾿Ἀφορίζει γὰρ ἑαυτὸν \"7 ὁ ἀγνίσασθαι βουλόμενος \" διὸ καὶ ὁ Σύρος εὐτρέπισον ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄγνισον τέδ, Ἕως πότε πεγθήσει ἡ γῆ, καὶ ὁ χόρτος πᾶς τοῦ ἀγροῦ ξηρωγθήσεται ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοἰκούγτων τὴν γῆν δ; ἠφανίσθησαν κτήνη καὶ ἢ πετειγὰ, ὅτε εἶπον, οὖκ ὄψεται ὁ Θεὸς δ ὁδοὺς ἡμῶν“, Τῆς τούτων ἕνεκα παρανομίας ἔρημος ἡ Υῇ μεμένηχε, Κύριε \"\"\" ὑπολαμδάνουσι γὰρ μὴ ἐφορᾷν σε, μηδὲ βλέπειν τὰ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τολεἷς …","t":"3. \"And you, Lord, know me; you have seen me, and tested my heart.\" For you know not only what appears but also my hidden thoughts. \"Gather them like sheep for slaughter, and purify them for the day of their slaughter.\" He says \"purify\" for \"set apart\"; for one who wishes to purify himself sets himself apart; and for this reason the Syrian put \"make ready\" instead of \"purify.\" 4. \"How long will the land mourn, and all the grass of the field be dried up because of the wickedness of those who dwell in the land? Cattle and birds have perished, because they said: God will not see our ways.\" Because of their lawlessness the land has remained desolate, Lord; for they suppose that you do not oversee or see what they dare …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.5":{"o":"ε΄. Σοῦ\" οἱ πόδες τρέχουσιγν εἰς κακίαν \",, καὶ ἐχλύσουσί\" σε. Πῶς παρασκευάσῃ ἐφ᾽ ἴπποις, καὶ\" ἐν γῇ δἰρήγης σὺ \"\" πέποιθας; Τοῦτο ὁ Σύρος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσε\" «ε« Μετὰ πεζῶν τρέχουσα ἡττήθης,» καὶ πῶς ἀντιστῆναι \" ἱππεῦσι δυνήσῃ; ὃ δὲ λέγει, τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν\" Οἱ γειτονεύοντες πολέμιοι, Μωαδῖται, καὶ ᾿Αμμανῖται, καὶ Ἰδουμαῖοι, καὶ ἀλπολεμοῦσα ἐκείνοις. Πῶς τοίνυν δυνήσῃ, φησὶν, ἀν- Κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἑλληνικὴν ἑρμηνείαν \"5 οὕτω νοητέον, Ὅτι ὁ διὰ τὴν πονηρίαν σου δρόμος ἐξέλυσέ σε, καὶ τῆς ἰσχύος ἐγύμνωσε \" ῥώμης δὲ καὶ ἰσχύος ἐστερημένη, πῶς δυνήσῃ ἀντιστῆναι, καὶ παρα- ᾿Αμφότερα δὲ τέθεικα τὰ νοήματα, τοῖς ἐντευξομένοις προτιθεὶς τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ κρείττονος αἵρεσιν. Πῶς ποιήσεις ἐν φρυάγματι τοῦ Ἰορδάνου; Ὁ Σύρος οὕτως εἶπε᾽ ε« Πῶς περάσεις τὸν Ἰορδάνην πλημμυστρατιᾶς \"' τῶν πολεμίων τὸ πλῆθος ἐκάλεσεν \" ἀνἐμνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Νανή “ ὅτι Ἡνίκα σου ἐπεμελούμην, τὸν ποταμὸν ἐκεῖνον πλη μ-","t":"5. \"Your feet run to wickedness, and they will exhaust you. How will you prepare yourself on horses? And in a land of peace you have trusted?\" The Syrian translated this as: \"Running with footmen you were defeated; and how will you be able to stand against horsemen?\" What he means is this: the neighboring enemies, Moabites, Ammonites, Idumeans and … fighting against them. How then, he says, will you be able to … According to the Greek version it is to be understood thus: that your running after wickedness has exhausted you and stripped you of strength; and deprived of might and strength, how will you be able to resist and … I have set down both meanings, leaving readers the choice of the better. \"How will you fare in the roaring of the Jordan?\" The Syrian said: \"How will you cross the Jordan in flood?\" … he called the multitude of the enemy army; and he reminded them of what happened under Joshua son of Nun: that when I was caring for you, that river in flood …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.6":{"o":"ς΄. Ὅτι καὶ οἷἶχος \" τοῦ πατρός σου, καὶ οὗτοι ἠθέτησάν σε, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐδόησαν ἐκ τῶν ὁπίσω σου \" καὶ δ' οὗτοι 3 αὐτοὶ συγήχθησαν ἐπὶ σοί 55. Πολλοὶ γὰρ, ὡς εἰκὸς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν δέκα, φυλῶν, τῶν ἤδη γεγενημένων αἰχμαλώτων, συνεστρα… τὸ πρὸς σὲ καλά.» Ἑοιοῦτος ἣν ὁ Ῥαψάχης, τῇ Ἑδραίων κεχρημένος φωνῇ, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ βλασφημῶν \" ταῦτα μεταξὺ εἰρηκὼς ὁ προφήτης, τὴν περὶ τοῦ Δεσπότου προφητείαν ἀναλαμδάνει͵,. καὶ τὴν Ἴουδαίων πανωλεθρίαν προαγορεύει, καί φησιν ἐκ προσ-","t":"6. \"For even the house of your father, even these have dealt faithlessly with you, and they have cried out behind you; and they themselves have gathered against you.\" For many, it seems, even of the ten tribes, who had already been taken captive, joined … \"… fair words to you.\" Such was Rabshakeh, who used the Hebrew language and blasphemed against God. Having said this in between, the prophet takes up again the prophecy about the Master and foretells the utter destruction of the Jews, and says in the person of God:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.7":{"o":"ζ', ᾿Εγκαταλέλοιπα τὸν οἶχοόν μου\" ἀφῆκα τὴν φκιληρογομίαν μου \" ἔδωκα τὴν ἡγαπημένην ψυχὴν μου εὶς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν αὐτῆς. Τὴν οἰκείαν δεέκχνυ σιν ἀγαθότητα, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων βδελυρίαν ἐλέγχων 5 διδάσκει \" αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ ἀγαπητιχοῖς κέχρηται ῥήμασι, καὶ ψυχὴν αὑτοῦ ἡγαπημένην τὴν πολεμίαν καλεῖ \" ἐκείνη δὲ νὰ δυσμενῶν καὶ ἐπιδούλων ἐργάζεται \" τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς. ᾿Εγέγετο ἡ κληρονομία μου ἐμοὶ ὡς λέων ἐγ δρυμῷ. ᾿Αντὶ γὰρ. νύμφης θηρίον ἐγένετο, καὶ τὸν νυμφίον κατέφαγεν δ΄. « Ἔδωκεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τὴν φωνὴν αὑτῆς. » Τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν διδάσκει τὰ Ἑὐαγγέλια\" μανθάνομεν γὰρ ἐκεῖθεν ὡς ἐδόων, « Αἷρε» αἶρε δ΄, σταύρωσον αὐτόν. »---ἰ Διὰ τοῦτο ἐμίσησα αὑτήν. ν» Τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον ἔδειξε. ","t":"7. \"I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance; I have given my beloved soul into the hands of her enemies.\" He shows his own goodness and, by convicting them, teaches their abominableness. For he uses loving words and calls the hostile one his beloved soul; but she does the deeds of enemies and plotters. This is shown by what follows: 8. \"My inheritance has become to me like a lion in a forest.\" For instead of a bride she became a beast, and devoured the bridegroom. \"She has uttered her voice against me.\" The Gospels teach the truth of the prophecy; for we learn from them that they cried: \"Away with him, away with him, crucify him.\" \"Therefore I have hated her.\" He has shown the justice of the punishment.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12.9":{"o":"θ΄. Μὴ σπήλαιον \"6 ὑαίνης ἡ κληρογομία μου ἐμοὶ; ἢ\" σπήλαιον κύχιλῳ αὐτῆς; Ἔν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἑρμηνευομένοις “5, σπήλαιον λῃστῶν τὸν ναῦν προσηγόρευσε διὰ τὴν τῶν λειτουργούντων παρανομίαν ἐνταῦθα δὲ σπήλαιον ὑαίνης, οὗ μόνον τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ταύτης κύκλῳ, τουτέστι Ἰουδαίαν \" καὶ πάλιν τῆς εἰς αὐτὸν γεγενημένης παρανομίας κατηγορεῖ. Ἐμοὶ γὰρ, φησὶ, ἐγένετο σπήλαιον ὑαίνης. Εἶτα τὸν ἔσχατον αὑτῆς ὄλεθρον προϑεσπίζει. ε« Βαδίσατε “', συναγάγετε ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν “΄'. πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ ἐλθέτωσαν “' φαγεῖν αὐτὴν. » Τῆς γὰρ οἰκουμένης Ρωμαῖοι τὸ κράτος δεξάμενοι, καὶ τὴν στρατιὰν ἐκ διαφόρων συναγαγόντες ἐθνῶν, τοὺς μὲν κατέσφαξαν, τοὺς δὲ δορυαλώτους ἀπήγαγον. Αἰτίους δὲ τῆς ἀσεδείας τοὺς τοῦ νόμου διδασκάλους γεγενῆσθαί φησιν \" ἐπάγει. ","t":"9. \"Is my inheritance to me a hyena's cave, or a cave around it?\" In what was interpreted earlier he called the temple a cave of robbers, because of the lawlessness of those who ministered in it; here he calls a hyena's cave not only the city but also what lies around it, that is, Judea; and again he accuses the lawlessness committed against himself. For to me, he says, it has become a hyena's cave. Then he foretells her final destruction: \"Go, gather against her all the beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.\" For the Romans, who had received the dominion of the world and gathered their army from various nations, slaughtered some and led others away as captives. He says that the teachers of the law were the cause of the impiety; he adds:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 12.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/12-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα κελεύεται ὁ προφήτης περίζωμα λι» νοῦν πριάμενος, καὶ τῇ ὀσφύϊ περιθεὶς, παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν τοῦτο χαταχρύψαι, καὶ τὸ χελευπεπλήρωχεν. Ἡμερῶν δὲ πλείστων οἱ καὶ πεποίηκε πάλιν, ὅπερ ὁ Δεσπότης αὑτῷ προσἔταξε. Καὶ λαδὼν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, εὗρε διἐφθαρμένον, καὶ εἰς πᾶσαν ἄχρηστον χρῆσιν. Εἶτα ἀκούει λέγοντος τοῦ Δεσπότου \"","t":"After this the prophet is commanded to buy a linen loincloth, put it around his loins, and hide it by the river Euphrates; and he fulfilled the command. After very many days he did again what the Master had commanded him; and taking it in his hands, he found it ruined and useless for any purpose. Then he hears the Master saying:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.11":{"o":"ια΄. Καθάπερ γὰρ χοιλιλᾶται τὸ περίζωμα πρὸς\" τὴ» ὀσξὺν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὕτως ἐκόλιἫλησα πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴμῖ, καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα, “1έγει Κύριος, τοῦ γενέσθαι μοι εἰς ᾿ ὀνομαστὸν\", καὶ εἰς καύχημα, καὶ δὶς δόξαν \" καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσάν μου. Τὴν ὑπερδολὴν τῆς ἀγαθότητος διὰ τῶν εἰρημένων ἐδήλωσε, καὶ τῆς συναφείας τὸν τρόπον ἐδίδαξε, καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸς μὲν ἠδουλήθη περιφανεῖς αὐτοὺς καὶ περιδλέπτους ἀποφῆναι, αὖ- ᾿ φοὶ δὲ διὰ τῆς παρανομίας ἐπεσπάσαντο τὰ ὀνείδη. ᾿ … Οὕτω καὶ διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν προφητείαν Ῥδιηδάβένος,","t":"11. \"For as the loincloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the Lord, to be for me a renowned people, and a boast, and a glory; and they did not listen to me.\" By these words he has shown the excess of his goodness and taught the manner of the union: that he wished to make them illustrious and admired, but they drew reproaches upon themselves through their lawlessness. … So too, through deeds, … the prophecy.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.12":{"o":"ιβ΄, ιγ΄. Τάδε «1έγει Κύριος ὅ Θεὲς ᾿Ισραή \" Πᾶς ἀσκὸς πληρωθήσεται οἴνου. Καὶ ἔσται, ἐὰν, δἵπωσι πρὸς σὲ, Μὴ γγόντες οὐ γγωσόμεθά, ὅτι κἀς ἀσκὸς ᾿πληρωθήσεται οἵγου; Καὶ ἐρεῖς χρὸς αὐτούς\" Τάδε «1έγει Κύριος\" ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ πληρῶ πάντας\" τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς τοὺς καθημένους υἱοὺς τοῦ Δαθὶδ ἐπὶ θρόνου αὑτοῦ. Εἶτα λέγει \" Καὶ τοὺς προφήτας καὶ τοὺς ἱερέας, καὶ\" παγτα τὸν λαὸν, μεθύσματος. Καὶ διδάσκων τί τὸ μέθυσμα » ἐπήγαγὲν ᾿","t":"12–13. \"Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Every jar will be filled with wine. And it shall be, if they say to you: Do we not surely know that every jar will be filled with wine? you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings, the sons of David, who sit on his throne.\" Then he says: \"and the prophets and the priests and all the people, with drunkenness.\" And teaching what the drunkenness is, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. Καὶ διασχορπιῶ αὐτοὺς, ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν ᾿ἀδελιὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πατέρας αὑτοῦ\", καὶ ᾿τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ \" ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, λέγει Κύριος. ᾿ Καὶ δεικνὺς καὶ τὸ τῆς ὀργῆς ἀμετάδλητον, ἐπ- ᾿ ἤγαγεν \" « Οὐκ ἐπιποθήσω καὶ οὐ φείσομαι, καὶ ᾿ οὐκ οἰκτειρήσω\" ἀπὸ διαφθορᾶς αὐτῶν, » ἀντὶ τοῦ; «διαφθορὰν αὐτῶν. » Μέθυσμα τοίνυν τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐκάλέσε \" καὶ γὰρ ὁξ ταῖς μεγίσταις περιπέπτοντες ῃ ᾿ ᾿συμφοράϊς Χεκαρωμένοις ἐοίκασι, διὰ τὴν τοῦ πά-","t":"14. \"And I will scatter them, a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together, says the Lord.\" And showing that his anger is unchangeable, he added: \"I will not long for them, and I will not spare, and I will not pity them, to save them from their destruction,\" that is, I will bring their destruction. He has called the punishment drunkenness; for those who fall into the greatest calamities are like men stupefied, because of the excess of their suffering …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.15":{"o":"ιε΄, ᾿Ακούσαξε, καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε, καὶ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθὲ᾽ ὅτι Κύριος \"ἐλάλησε. ἡαύσασθε τῆς θραεἰδὶ : μον … δέξασθε τὰ λεγόμενα. ις΄, Δότε τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν δόξαν, πρὸ τοῦ συσκοτάσαι, καὶ πρὸ τοῦ προσκόψαι πέδας ὑμῶν δια τ. ρίας καιρόν. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος παραινεῖ\" οὖν ὡς καιρὸν ἔχομεν, ἐργαζώμεθα τὸ ἀγαθόν.» « Καὶ ἀναμενεῖτε εἰς φῶς, καὶ ἐκεῖ 5\" σκιὰ θανάτου, καὶ τεθήσεσθε \" εἰς σκότος.» Ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ παρακαλοῦντες φιλανθρωπίας οὐ τεύξεσθε. ιξ'. Καὶ ξὰν μὴ ἀκούσητε, κεχρυμμέγνως …σεται ἡ Ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ζόρεως- καὶ͵ … ὑμῶν δάκρυα, ὅτι συνετρίδη τὸ ποίμνιον Κυ… αἰνίττεται τῶν κακῶν' δουλεύοντες γὰρ τοῖς πολεμίοις, οἴδι τοῦτο πράξετε. Παρακελεύεται δὲ καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν, ὀλοφύρεσθαι τὰς τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολάς \" ἀναμιμνήσκει δὲ καὶ τῶν ἤδη γεγενγ μένων. χω ποι σεν\" ἀποικίαν τελείαν. ᾿Ανδραποξισμόν ὃ. Πολλὰς γὰρ τῆς Ἰουδαίας πόλεις Σεναχηρεὶμ ἐξηνδραπόδισε\" ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶν, ὑπέμειναν ποινὴν τίνοντες ὧν ἐπλημμέλησαν. Κελεύει δὲ καὶ τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῶν ἐρχομένων ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ πολεμίων ἰδεῖν τὸ πλτθος, καὶ ἐπιλέγει \" ε Ποῦ ἔστι τὸ ποίμνιον ὃ ἐδόθη σοι πρότῆς δόξης σου\"; » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, τῶν οἰκητόρων τὸ πλῆθος.","t":"15. \"Hear, and give ear, and do not be lifted up, for the Lord has spoken.\" Cease from your arrogance … and receive what is said. 16. \"Give glory to the Lord our God before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble …\" … time … The divine apostle too exhorts this: \"So then, as we have time, let us do good.\" \"And you will wait for light, and there will be the shadow of death, and you will be placed in darkness.\" For in the very time of punishment, though you entreat, you will not obtain his love for humankind. 17. \"And if you do not listen, your soul will weep in secret before your pride, and your eyes will shed tears, for the flock of the Lord …\" He hints at the … of the evils; for when you are in servitude to the enemies, you will do this … He bids the king too and the rulers lament the reversal of their affairs; and he reminds them also of what had already happened … a complete deportation. Enslavement: for Sennacherib enslaved many cities of Judea; and they endured this, he says, paying the penalty for their offenses. He bids Jerusalem too see the multitude of the enemies coming from the north, and adds: \"Where is the flock that was given to you, the flock of your glory?\" That is, the multitude of your inhabitants.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.21":{"o":"χα'. Τί ἐρεῖς, ὅταν ἐπισκέπτωνταί σε; Τουτέστιν οἱ πολέμιοι. « Καὶ σὺ ἐδίδαξας αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σὲ μαθή… Σύρων, ᾿Ασσυρίους εἰς συμμαχίαν ἐκάλεσαν, δέον τοῦ Θεοῦ ζητῆσαι τὴν πρόνοιαν. ε Ὠδῖνες χαθέξουτε σε καθὰ γυναῖκα τίκτουσαν, ν Τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ὀδύνης … χϑ΄, Καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου\" Διατί ἁπήγντησέ μοι ταῦτα; Διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ἀδικίας σου ἀγεκαιύφρθῃ τὰ ὀπίσθιά σου παραδειγματισθῆναι\" τὰς πτέρνας σου. Καταισχύνει τοὺς τοῦτο ὑπομένοντας ἡ τοιαύτη γύμνωσις. Λέγει τοίνυν, Ὅτι οὐ \" τὰ πλημμελήματα καὶ ταύτας σοι τὰς συμφορὰς ἀπεκύησεν; εἰ κγ΄. Εἰ ἀλλάξει Αἰθίοψ τὸ δέρμα αὑτοῦ, καὶ πάρδαλις τὰ ποικίλματα αὑτῆς. καὶ ὑμεῖς δυνήεὖ ποιῆσαι, μεμαθηκότες κακά. ᾿Αληθὴς ἄρα ὁ λόγος, ὅτι τὸ ἔθος δευτέρα φύσις. Τοῖς γὰρ φυσικοῖς τὰ γνωμιχὰ τῷ μακρῷ ἔθε: πάντα \" συν- … δ) φερομένων ᾿\", Λέγει δὲ καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αὐτῆς τὸ πλῆθος, ἀκολασίαν, καὶ θρασύτητα, καὶ εἰδώλων ὅθεν ἐπήγαγεν \" « Ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς ἑώρακα τὰ βδελύγματά σου. ν Εἶτα θρηνητι- χῶς, « Οὐαί σοι, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὅτι 15 οὐκ ἐχαθαρίσθης ὀπίσω μου! ἕως τίνος ἔτι :ν Πολλὰς γὰρ παρανομίας πολμήσασα μεταμελείᾳ χρήσασθαι: οὐκ ἠθέλησας\" … ἐπάξω. Ὕλμεινον μὲν οὖν κατὰ τοὺς θείου; πολιτεύΞ- σθαι νόμου\" ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀνθρώπου: ὄντας καὶ πταίειν εἰκὸς, κεχρῆσθαι προσήκει τοῖς τῆς μεταμελείας φαρμάχοις, καὶ δ'ὰ τούτων τὸν κριτὴν ἰλεοῦσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἠπειλημένων κολάσεων τὴν πεῖραν διαφυγεῖν. Ὧν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπείρατοι διαμείνοιμεν, χάριτι καὶ φιανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺ: αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν. ","t":"21. \"What will you say when they visit you?\" That is, the enemies. \"And you yourself taught them against you …\" … of the Syrians, they called the Assyrians to their aid, when they ought to have sought God's providence. \"Pangs will seize you like a woman giving birth.\" The greatness of the pain … 22. \"And if you say in your heart: Why have these things befallen me? Because of the multitude of your iniquity your back parts have been uncovered, that your heels might be made an example.\" Such stripping puts to shame those who endure it. So he says: Was it not your offenses that gave birth to these calamities for you? 23. \"If an Ethiopian will change his skin, and a leopard its spots, then you too will be able to do good, having learned evil.\" True, then, is the saying that habit is a second nature; for by long habit all things of choice … with the natural … He tells also the multitude of her sins: licentiousness, rashness, and … of idols; whence he added: \"On the hills and in the fields I have seen your abominations.\" Then, in lament: \"Woe to you, Jerusalem, for you have not been cleansed to follow after me! How long yet?\" For having dared many lawless deeds, you would not make use of repentance … I will bring. It would be better, then, to live according to the divine laws; but since, being human, we are likely to stumble, it is fitting to use the remedies of repentance, and through them to propitiate the Judge and escape experiencing the punishments that are threatened. May we too remain without experience of them, by the grace and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom be glory and power to the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13.9":{"o":"θ΄, υ. Οὕτω φθερῶ τὴν ὕθριν Ἰούδα, καὶ τὴν ὕδριν ᾿Ιερουσαλὴμ, τὴν \"' πολλὴν ταύτην ὕδριν. ᾿  τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον τὸν πονηρόν\" τοὺς μὴ βουλομένους ὑπακχούειν τῶν λόγων μου, καὶ 55 ποῥευομένους ἐν τῇ εὐθύτητι τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς, καὶ πορευομένους ὀπίσω θεῶν «“Ἰοτρίων, τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτοῖς, καὶ προσκυνεῖν αὑτοῖς \" καὶ ἔσονται ὡς τὸ περίζωμα τοῦτο, ὃ οὐ χρησθήσεται ἔτι \"5 εἰς οὐθέν. Διὰ τούτων τὴν ἐν Βαδυλῶνι σημαίνει διατριδήν' ὁ γὰρ Εὐφράτῆς μέσον ἐχείνην διατέμνει τὴν πόλιν\" παρὰ δὲ τὸν Εὐφράτην ἐν τῇ τρυμαλιᾷ τῆς πέτρας προσετάχθη τὸ περίζωμα καταχρύψαι \" τρυμαλιὰν δὲ τῆς πέτρας τὴν Βαλδυλῶνα καλεῖ -ἐκεῖ δὲ ὧν ἄχρηστος ἣν ὁ λαὸς, οὐκέτι λαὸς Θεοῦ χρηματίζων, οὐδὲ καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν πολιτευόμενος, οὐδὲ τὰς κατὰ νόμον λατρείας ἐπιτελῶν\" ἀλλ᾽ ἦν ἄχρηστος, ὡς τὸ διαφθαρὲν ἐκεῖνο περίζωμα. Διὰ μέντοι τῶν ἑξῆς, καὶ τοῦ ᾿περιζώματος ἑρμηνεύει τὴν χρείαν.","t":"9–10. \"Thus I will destroy the pride of Judah and the pride of Jerusalem, this great pride; this evil people, who refuse to hear my words, and walk in the straightness of their evil heart, and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them; and they will be like this loincloth, which will no longer be of use for anything.\" By these words he indicates the sojourn in Babylon; for the Euphrates cuts through the middle of that city, and it was beside the Euphrates, in the cleft of the rock, that he was commanded to hide the loincloth. He calls Babylon the cleft of the rock. There the people was useless: no longer called the people of God, nor living under its own constitution, nor performing the worship of the law; it was useless, like that ruined loincloth. Through what follows, however, he also explains the use of the loincloth.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 13.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/13-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14.1":{"o":"α΄, Καὶ ἐγένετο (1όγος Κυρίου πρὸς “Ἱερεμίαν … παιδείας, ἵνα τῆς πονηρίας ἀναχόψῃ τὸν δρόμον. Διηγεῖται δὲ ὁ προφήτης τοὺς θρήνους, καὶ τὰς ὄλο- φύρσεις, τὰς δι᾽ ἀνομδρίαν γεγενημένας. Λέγει γὰρ ἐπιλελοιπέναι καὶ τὰς πηγὰς, καὶ τὰ φρέατα, καὶ πὰ ἐκ τῶν ὅμδόοων συστήματα \" ἢκολούθησε δὲ καὶ ἡ τῆς γῆς ἀκαρπία, καὶ τὰ κτήνη δὲ οὐ τὰ ἥμερα μὖνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄγρια, τοῦ πάθους μετέλα- κεν. ἽἝωροι γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν ἀγρῷ ἕτεκον, καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν βοτάνη. … Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἄνθρωπο! ποιοῦσ: διψῶντες, ταῖς. τῶν ἀνέμων αὔραις τὸ θερμὸν χαταψύχοντες, Εἶτα Ὁ ᾿ ὁ προφήτης ἱκετείαν προσφέρει, καὶ τῶν κοινῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἀναμιμνήσχεται, καὶ ταύτῃ τὸν θεὸν μαροδία","t":"1. \"And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah concerning the drought …\" … as discipline, so as to cut short the course of wickedness. The prophet describes the laments and the wailing that came about through the lack of rain. For he says that the springs and the wells and the reservoirs filled by rain have failed; the barrenness of the land followed, and the animals, not only the tame but also the wild, shared in the suffering. \"For hinds,\" he says, \"gave birth in the field and abandoned their young, because there was no grass.\" … Men too do this when they are thirsty, cooling their heat in the breezes of the winds. Then the prophet offers supplication and recalls the common sins, and by this … God.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 14.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14.20":{"o":"χ', κα΄. Ἕγνωμεν, Κύριε, ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, ἀδικίας πατέρων ἡμῶν\" ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν ἐναγτίον σου. Κόπασον 35 διὰ τὸ ὄδγομά σου. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ\" Παῦσαι χαλεπαίνων ἡμῖν καὶ μὴ εἰς ἡμᾶς ἀπίδῃς, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸ ὄνομά σου. Σὸς γὰρ λαὸς χρηματίζομεν. ς« Μὴ ἀπολέσης \" θρόνον δόξης σου. » Τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οὕτως ὠνόμασε καὶ ὁ Κύριος; ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις ἔφη, τοὺς ὄρκους ἀπαγορεύων, « Μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὁμότῃς, ὅτι θρόνος \"5 ἐστὶ τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως \"» ἐκεῖ γὰρ τὴν οἰκείαν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐποιεῖτο. ᾿Αναμιμνήσκει δὲ καὶ τῆς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας γεγενημένης διαθήκης, καὶ ὅτι παρὰ τῶν εἰδώλων οὐδεμία βοήθεια - ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὸς τὸν ἄνωθεν φερόμενον \"5 ὑετὸν χορηγεῖ\" οὐ γὰρ ἀχυθέρνητος ἡ κτίσις\" τοῦτο γάρ φησι\" « Καὶ δ᾽5 οὐρανὸς δώσει πλησμονὴν αὑτοῦ 5\". οὐκὶ σὺ αὐτὸς, Κύριε, καὶ ὑπομενοῦμέν σε; ὅτι σὺ ἐποίησας σύμπαντα ταῦτα.","t":"20–21. \"We know, Lord, our sins, the iniquities of our fathers; for we have sinned before you. Cease, for your name's sake.\" That is: stop being angry with us, and do not look to us but to your name; for we are called your people. \"Do not destroy the throne of your glory.\" So he named Jerusalem; and the Lord too said in the holy Gospels, forbidding oaths: \"Do not swear by Jerusalem, for it is the throne of the great King\"; for there he made his manifestation. He reminds him also of the covenant made with the fathers, and that there is no help from the idols; but he himself supplies the rain that comes from above, for creation is not without a helmsman. For this is what he says: 22. \"And the heaven will give its abundance. Are you not he, Lord? And we will wait for you, for you have made all these things.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 14.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14.8":{"o":"η΄, Ὑπομονὴ \"5 Ἰσραὶ,ῖ, σώζεις ἐν χαιρῷ κακῶν. Παρὰ σοῦ γὰρ τὸν ἔλεον προσμένομεν ἅπαντες. … αὐτόχθων ἐκκλίνων εἰς χατάλυμα; » Τὸ εὡς αὐτόχθων, », ὁ Σύρους, « ὡς ὁδίτης, ) ἡρμήνευσς. Τί δήποτε, φησὶ, παρορᾷς ἡμᾶς καὶ ἔοικας παροίκῳ χαταφρονοῦντι τῶν οἰχημάτων, ὡς ἀλλοτρίων, ἐν οἷς οἰκεῖ, καὶ ὀδίτῃ παριόντι, καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν οὐκ ἐπιμελουμένῳ; 9΄. Μὴ ἔσῃ ὥσπερ ἄνθρωπος ὑπνῶν \"ἦ, καὶ \" ἀνὴρ οὐ δυνάμενος σώζειν; Οὔτε ὁ καθεύδων τῶν παρακαλούντων ἀκούει, καὶ ὁ ἀσθενείᾳ συνεζευγμένος ἐπαμύνειν οὐ δύναται. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ \" Μὴ ἀναδάλλῃ τὸν ἔλεον \" καὶ γὰρ δύνασαι, καὶ ἐγρήγορας, καὶ πανταχοῦ πάρει, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρίστασαι. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε \" « Καὶ σὺ ἐν ἡμῖν εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικέκληται ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς \" μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ \"ἢ ἡμῶν. » Β Τίθησι δὲ καὶ τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δοθεῖσαν ἀπό-. χρίσιν \" ὕ. Ἠγάπησαν κινεῖν ᾿ πόδας αὑτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσαντο. ν\" Τουτέστιν εἰς τὴν τῆς πονηρίας ὁδόν\" τοῦτο γὰρ διδάσκει καὶ τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα. « Καὶ ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὑτοῖς. » Λέγει δὲ ὅτι καὶ τῶν ἀδικιῶν αὐτῶν τὴν μνήμην ποιήσεται, καὶ δίκας αὖποὺς ὧν ἐσέδησαν πράξεται. Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ καὶ τῷ προφήτῃ, τὰς ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν προσευχὰς μὴ ποιήσασθαι, καὶ φάσκει μήτε τῇ νηστείᾳ αὑτῶν προσέξειν, μῆτε τὰ; ὑπ αὐτῶν προσφερομένας δέξασθα: θυσίας, ἀλλὰ λιμῷ καὶ λοιμῷ, καὶ σφαγῇ παραδώσειν. Τούτων ἀκούσας ὁ προφήτης τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν τὰς κροῤῥήσεις προφέρει, καί φησιν ἐκείνους τὰ ἕναντία \") προλέγειν, καὶ εἰρήνην αὐτοῖς ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, καὶ ( ἀγαθῶν ἀφθονίαν. ᾿Αλλὰ πάλιν ὁ Δεσπότης τῷ ποῦφήτῃ φησὶ, ψευδῆ προλέγειν ἐκείνους, οὐ θεῖοις λόγοις διακονοῦντας, οὐδὲ ὄργανα τῆς χάριτος γενομένους, ἀλλ᾽ ἅπερ ἐθέλουσι φθεγγομένους. « Οὐκ ἐνετειλάμην γὰρ αὐτοῖς, φησὶ, καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησα πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ὁράσεις ψευδεῖς, καὶ μαντείας, καὶ οἰωνίσματα \"5, καὶ προαιρέσεις καρδίας αὐτῶν οὗτοι προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν ᾽ν. » Ὁράσεις τὰ ἐνύπνια καλεῖ, οἱωνίσματα δὲ τὰς ὀρνεοσχοπίας\". μαντείας δὲ τὰ ἐξ ἐνεργείας δαιμόνων \" προαιρέσεις δὲ καρδίας, τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν λογισμῶν ἐξαπάτην. Εἴτα τούτοις αὐτοῖς ἀπειλεῖ καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἀῤῥωστίας τελευτὴν, καὶ τὴν ἐν πολέμῳ σφαγήν. « Ἐν\" θανάτῳ γὰρ, φησὶ, νοσερῷ ἀποθανοῦνται \"., καὶ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ \" καὶ λιμῷ τελευτήσουσι. ν» Σὺν δὲ τούτοις καὶ οἱ τοῖς τούτων ἀκολουθήσαντες λόγοις. Οὐκ ἀξιωθήσονται δὲ οὐδὲ ταφῆς, πάντων ὁμοίως τοῖς αὐτοῖς 18 περιπιπτόντων κακοῖς. ᾿Αλλὰ πάλιν ὁ φιλάνθρωπο:; τὰ σκυθρωπὰ προειπὼν, τοῖς τῆς μετανοίας χρήσασθαι φαρμάκοις παρεγγυᾷ. « “Καταγάγετε \" γὰρ, φηδὶν, ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς \"ἢ ὑμῶν δάκρυα ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός\" » διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἐπενεχθησομένων ὑμῖν κακῶν. Διηγεῖται δὲ “) ὁ προφήτης τῶν γεγενημένων τὴν τραγῳδίαν. κη΄, ᾽Εὰν ἐξέλθω εἷς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας \" καὶ ἐὰν εἰσέλθω εἰς τὴν πόλιν, Ἰδοὺ πόνος “εμοῦ 35. Προστίθησι καὶ 33 τούτοις καὶ τὰ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας κακά. « Ὅτι προφήτης καὶ ἱερεὺς ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς γῆν ἦν οὐκ ἔδεισαν. » Καὶ ὁ 3 μακάριος Δανιὴλ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ ὁ θεῖος Ἐζεκιῆλ, καὶ ἱερεὺς καὶ προφήτης, καὶ ἕτεροι δὲ πρὸς τούτοις πλεῖστοι ἱερεῖς μετέλαχον τῶν σκυθρωπῶν. Τῶν γὰρ ἀνοσίων ἐχείνων προμηθούμενος ὁ Θεὸς, συνέπεμψε καὶ προφήτας οἷόν τινας παιδονόμους καὶ διδασκάλους, ἵνα μὴ παντελῶς ἐκκλίνωσιν εἰς ἀσέδειαν. Ταῦτα διηγησάμενος, ὁ προφήτης πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν μεταφέρει τοὺς λόγους\" « Μὴ ἀποδοχιμάζων ἀπεδοχίμασας τὸν Ἰούδαν, ἣ ἀπὸ \"5 Σιὼν ἀπέστη ἡ ψυχή σου; » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, ἡ πρόνοιά σου \" ἀνθρωπίνως τὰρ τέθεικε τὴν ψυχὴν; εἰς σαφεστέραν ἔμφασιν τῆς προφητείας. Λέγει δὲ ἀνίατον τὴν ἐπενεχθεῖσαν πληγὴν, καὶ ἐπιφέρει λέγων οὕτως \" »","t":"8. \"Hope of Israel, you save in a time of evils.\" For from you we all await mercy. \"… and like a native turning aside to lodge?\" \"Like a native\" the Syrian translated \"like a wayfarer.\" Why, he says, do you overlook us, and are like a sojourner who cares nothing for the dwellings in which he lives, as belonging to others, and like a wayfarer who passes by and takes no care for what lies along the road? 9. \"Will you be like a man asleep, or a man unable to save?\" The sleeper does not hear those who call on him, and one yoked to weakness cannot help. That is: do not put off your mercy; for you are able, and you are awake, and you are present everywhere and stand by all. For this is what he added: \"And you are among us, Lord, and your name has been called upon us; do not forget us.\" He sets down also the answer given by God: 10. \"They loved to move their feet, and they did not spare\" — that is, on the way of wickedness; for what follows teaches this as well: \"And God took no pleasure in them.\" He says that he will remember their iniquities too, and exact from them the penalty for their impiety. He charges the prophet not to offer prayers for them, and declares that he will neither attend to their fasting nor accept the sacrifices they offer, but will hand them over to famine, pestilence and slaughter. Hearing this, the prophet brings forward the predictions of the false prophets, and says that they foretell the opposite, and promise them peace and an abundance of good things. But again the Master says to the prophet that they foretell falsehoods, not ministering divine words nor having become instruments of grace, but uttering whatever they wish: \"For I did not command them,\" he says, \"and I did not speak to them; for false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and the inclinations of their own hearts these men prophesy to you.\" He calls dreams visions, and observations of birds auguries; divinations are those that come from the working of demons, and the inclinations of the heart are the deception that comes from their own reasonings. Then he threatens these very men with death by sickness and slaughter in war: \"For by a death of disease they will die, and by the sword and by famine they will perish.\" And with them also those who followed their words; they will not even be granted burial, all alike falling into the same evils. But again the lover of humankind, having foretold the grim things, charges them to use the medicines of repentance: \"Let tears run down from your eyes day and night,\" because of the greatness of the evils that will be brought upon you. The prophet describes the tragedy of what happened: 18. \"If I go out into the field, behold, men wounded by the sword; and if I enter the city, behold, the pain of famine.\" He adds to these the evils of the captivity as well: \"For prophet and priest have gone into a land they did not know.\" For the blessed prophet Daniel, and the divine Ezekiel, both priest and prophet, and very many other priests besides shared in the grim things. For God, providing for those unholy people, sent prophets with them as tutors and teachers, so that they might not decline entirely into impiety. Having described these things, the prophet turns his words to God: 19. \"Have you utterly rejected Judah, or has your soul departed from Zion?\" That is, your providence; for he has put \"soul\" in human fashion, for a clearer expression of the prophecy. He says that the blow brought upon them is incurable, and goes on to say:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 14.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/14-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.11":{"o":"ια΄. Γένοιτο 15, Κύριε, 1\" κατευθυγόνγτων αὐτῶν, εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι ἐξ’ καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ᾽\" ἐγ καιρῷ θιίψεως αὐτῶν, εἰς ἀγαθὰ πρὸς τὶν ἐχθρόν. “Ακουσὸν αὑτῶν, φησὶν, ἐπαρωμένων \" πολλάχ'ς 15. σοι τὰς ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν ἱχετείας χον. Εἴτα πάλιν ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ\" ι8', ιγ΄. Εἰ 1. γνωσθήσεται σίδηρος, καὶ περιδόλαιον χαλκοῦν. ᾿Ισχύν σου 15, καὶ τοὺς θησαυρούς σου εἷς προνομὴν δώσω, ἀντάλιἪλαγμα 15 διὰ πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐρίοις σου. Μὴ θαῤῥίτητε, φησὶ, μὴ χαλκχέοις λαίοις, μὴ σιδηροῖς \" πάντα γὰρ ὑμῶν τὸν πλοῦτον παραδώσω τοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ ἔσται τοῦτο τῶν σῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἀντίδοσις, Πρηστίθησι δὲ τούτοις καὶ τὶν γεγενημένην αἰχμαλωσίαν. Ταῦτα προειπὼν ὁ προφήτης, χένδυνον ὑπομένει τῶν ἀκούειν οὐκ ἀνεχομένων, ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν πειραθέντων, καὶ παρακαλεῖ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, καί φησι\"","t":"11. \"So be it, Lord, for those who prosper, if I did not stand before you in the time of their evils and in the time of their affliction, for good, against the enemy.\" Hear them, he says, cursing me, though I often … supplications to you on their behalf. Then again, in the person of God: 12–13. \"Will iron be known? And a bronze covering? Your strength and your treasures I will give as plunder, in exchange for all your sins, in all your borders.\" Do not take courage, he says, in bronze …, nor in iron; for I will hand over all your wealth to the enemies, and this will be the requital of your sins. He adds to these the captivity that took place. Having foretold these things, the prophet endures danger from those who could not bear to hear him and tried to kill him; and he entreats the God of all and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.15":{"o":"ιε΄. Μνήσθητί μου, Κύριε, καὶ ἐπίσκεψαί με, καὶ ἀθώωσόν [ιε ἀπὸ τῶν καταδιωκόντων μ8. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ \" Μὴ παραδῷς με τοῖς χαταδιώχουσέ με΄ ὁ γὰρ ἀθῶος ἐλευθεροῦται. « Μὴ εἰς μακροθυμίαν σου λάθῃς κάκως 7 χοώμενος, γαὶ χηλάξειν τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἀναβαλλόμενος, τοὺς ἀδικουμένους ἡμᾶς ἀνιᾶς. « Γνῶθι, εἰ 85 ἔλαθον περὶ σοῦ ὀνειδισμόν. » … \"ς΄. ᾿Ὑχκὸ 8' τῶν ἀθετούνγτων τοὺς «Ἰόγρυς σου. Σοῦ χάριν, ὦ Δέσποτα, τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀλγεινοῖς περι πέπτωχα᾽ τοὺς σοὺς γὰρ λόγους διαπορθμεύων ἐγενόμην. ε Συντέλεσον αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἔσται ὁ λόγος αου ἐμοὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην, καὶ εἰς χαρὰν καρδίας μον, ὅτι ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ 55.» Ἐπειδὴ νομίζουσι ψευδῆ με προλέγειν, ταῖς δὲ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν ὑποσχέσεσιν ὡς ἀληθέσι προσέχουσι, «οὺς λόγους μου τοῖς ἔργοις βεδαίωσον, καὶ ταύτῃ με ψυχαγώγησον. Εἶτα λέγει, ὡς οὔτε τραπέζης αὑτοῖς, οὔτε γέλωτος ἐχοινώνησεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θεῖον πάντων προετίμησε 53 δέος\" καὶ διὰ τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ διὰ τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἀνιώμενος διετέλεσεν \" ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς αὐτὸν ὁ Δεσπότης ψυχαγωγεῖ, καί φησι\" ιῦῦ. ᾿Εὰν ἀποστρέψῃς 5\". καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω σε, πρὸ προσώπου μου στήσῃ ᾿ καὶ ἐὰν ἐξαγάγῃς τίμιον ἀπὸ 5 ἀναξίου, ὡς στόμα 5\" μου ἔσῃ. Οὐ μικρός σοι, φησὶ, παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ 57 πεφύλαχται μισθὸς τοῦτον ἀναδεξαμένῳ τὸν πόνον\" ἐὰν γάρ τινα τῶν πλανωμένων ἐπιστρέψῃς, πολλῆς παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ παῤῥησίας μεθέξεις. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ « πρὸ προσώπου μου στήσῃ. » Κἄν τινα τῶν ἀνοσίων μεταδάλῃ, καὶ πείσῃς ἑλέσθαι τὰ ἐπὶ τὸ χρεῖττον \"5, τῷ στόματί βου ἀπεικασθήσῃ \" καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ λόγῳ τὰ μὲν 55 ὄντα ἐποίησα, καὶ σὺ λόγῳ τοὺς τῆς κακίας ἐργάτας μετα-. δάλῃς \" εἰς ἀρετήν. Ὑπέσχετο δὲ αὐτῷ πάλιν τὸ ἄμαχον καὶ ἀήττητον, καὶ τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς γεγενημένων","t":"15. \"Remember me, Lord, and visit me, and acquit me of those who persecute me.\" That is: do not hand me over to those who persecute me; for the one acquitted is set free. \"Not in your long-suffering …\" … using it badly, and by putting off the punishment of the wrongdoers you grieve us who are wronged. \"Know how I have received reproach for your sake.\" … 16. \"… of those who set aside your words.\" For your sake, Master, I have fallen into these present pains; for I have been the carrier of your words. \"Consume them, and your word will be to me for gladness and for the joy of my heart, for your name has been called upon me.\" Since they think that I foretell falsehoods, and attend to the promises of the false prophets as though they were true, confirm my words by deeds, and in this way console me. Then he says that he shared neither their table nor their laughter, but preferred the fear of God to everything, and continued grieving both at their wickedness and at the punishment. But at once the Master consoles him, and says: 19. \"If you return, I will restore you, and you will stand before my face; and if you bring out the precious from the worthless, you will be as my mouth.\" No small reward, he says, is kept by me for you, who have undertaken this toil; for if you turn back any of those who have gone astray, you will share in great freedom of speech with me. This is what \"you will stand before my face\" shows. And if you change any of the unholy and persuade them to choose what is better, you will be likened to my mouth; for as I made by a word the things that are, so you too by a word will change the workers of wickedness to virtue. He promised him again that he would be invincible and unconquerable, and … what had happened from the beginning.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.2":{"o":"Πρὸς ταῦτα πάλιν ὁ Δεσπότης ἀποχρίνεται, ὅτι « Ἐὰν στῇ Μωσῆ; \"5 καὶ Σαμουὴλ πρὸ προσώπου μου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ Ψυχή μου \"5 ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Διὰ τούτων δὲ τὸν προφήτην ψυχαγωγεῖ. Μὴ νόμιζε γὰρ, φησὶν, ὅτι σοῦ καταφρονῶν τὴν πρεσδείαν οὐ δέχομαι\" οὐδὲ χὰρ ἐκείνοις εἶξα ἂν ἀντιδολοῦτιν, οἱ τοσαῦτα εἰργάσαντο θαύματα. Τούτων μέντοι ἐμνήσθη, καὶ ὡς πρεσδυτέρων, καὶ ὡς πολλάκις αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ πεπεικότων. Καὶ Μωσῆς γὰρ ὁ μέγας ἐπὶ τῆς μοσχοποιῖας τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰρηκότος, « \"Ἑασόν με, καὶ θυμωἤνεγχεν, καὶ τοῖς ἡμαρτηκόσι τὸν Δεσπότην κατήλλαξε· καὶ μέντοι καὶ Σαμουΐδλλὴ ταυτὸ τοῦτο δέδραχεν, καὶ πλεῖστου ὑετὺὴν ἐν ὥρᾳ θέρους χατἔγαγεν. Εἶτα κελεύει τῷ προφήτῃ τὸν παρεστῶτα ἀπολῦσαι λαόν. β΄. ᾿Εξὰν δὲ εἴπωσι πρὸς σὲ, φησὶ, Ποῦ ἐξελευ. σόμεθα; ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, Τάδε «1έγει Κύριος\" Ὅσοι εἰς θάνατον\", εἰς θάνατον \" καὶ ὅσοι εἰς μάχαιραν, εἰς μάχαιραν\" καὶ ὅσοι εἷς «ιμὲν, εἰς «μόν» καὶ ὅσοι εἰς αἰχμαιϊωσίαν,, εἷς αἰχμαλωσίαν. Ταῖς γὰρ τέσσαρσι ταύταις αὐτοὺς ὑποδαλῶ συμφοραῖς. Καὶ πρὸς τούτοις, οἱ τεθνεῶτες βοοὶ γενήσονται θηρίων καὶ","t":"To this the Master answers again: 1. \"If Moses and Samuel stand before my face, my soul is not toward them.\" By these words he consoles the prophet. For do not think, he says, that I reject your embassy out of contempt for you; for I would not have yielded even to those men if they had entreated me, men who worked such great wonders. He mentioned them as being elders, and as having often prevailed on him on behalf of the people. For when God said to the great Moses at the making of the calf, \"Let me alone, and in my anger …,\" … and reconciled the Master with those who had sinned; and indeed Samuel did this very thing, and brought down abundant rain in the summer season. Then he bids the prophet dismiss the people standing by. 2. \"And if they say to you,\" he says, \"Where shall we go out? you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.\" For I will subject them to these four calamities. And besides this, the dead will become food for beasts and …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.4":{"o":"δ', Καὶ παραδώσω αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀνάγκας \" πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς. Προλέγει καὶ τὰ μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον γενησύμενα, καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν Μακεδόνων Β συμθηδόμενα, καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων αὐτοῖς ἐπενεχθησομένην πανωλεθρίαν. Τὰ μέντοι πρῶτα διὰ τὴν τοῦ Μανασσῆ σκε:\" ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἄδιχο: ὁ κριτὴς, οὐδὲ ἀλλοτρίας εὐθύνας εἱσπράττεται, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς χοινωνήσαντας τῆς ἀσπεύείας, καὶ προθύμως τῷ πονηρῷ συνεργήσαντας","t":"4. \"And I will hand them over to distresses in all the kingdoms of the earth.\" He foretells also what would happen after the return: what befell them under the Macedonians, and the utter destruction that the Romans would bring upon them. The first things, however, came because of Manasseh's … ; but the judge is not unjust, nor does he exact the penalty for others' faults, but punishes them as having shared in the impiety and eagerly cooperated with the wicked one.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.5":{"o":"ε'. Τίς φείσεται ἐπὶ σοὶ, Ἱερουσαλήμ; καὶ τίς δειλιάσει\" ἐπὶ σοί; ἣ τίς ἀνακάμψει ἐρωτῆσαι\" τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην σοι\"; \"Ἀντὶ τοῦ, Πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις δόξεις δίκαια πεπονθέναι. Εἰώθασ! γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ὅταν τινὰ τῶν ἄκρᾳ πονηρίᾳ συζώντων ἴδωσι τιμωρυύμενην, οὐ μόνον οὐ συναλγεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὖν\" Ἐδεσθαι τοῖς ἠδικημένοις, ὡς τῆς ἐκείνου πονηρίας ἀπηλλαγμένοις.","t":"5. \"Who will spare you, Jerusalem? And who will be afraid for you? Or who will turn back to ask about your peace?\" That is: to all people you will seem to have suffered justly. For people are accustomed, when they see someone who lives in extreme wickedness being punished, not only not to share his pain, but even to rejoice with those he wronged, as now freed from his wickedness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15.6":{"o":"ς΄. Σὺ ἀπεστράφης μου, 1έγει Κύριος\" ἐπίσω πορεύσῃ. Ὃ δέδραχας, πείσῃ\" τὸ δὲ « ὀπίσω τὸς ρεύσῃ, ν» ἀντὶ τοῦ « ταπεινωθήσῃ » τέθεικεν. ε Καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ διαφθερῶ σε, καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνήσω αὐτούς δ.» Οὐκέτι γὰρ χρήσομαι τῇ προτέρᾳ μακροθυμίᾳ. Εἶτα διδάσκων ὡς παρὰ γνώμὴν χολάξειν ἀναγχάζξεται, οἱονεὶ συναλγῶν λέγει \"\" « Ἐν πύλαις \"' λαυῦ μου σα 53 τὸν λαόν μου διὰ κακίας αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπεῦτράν φησαν δ᾽.» Αὐτοὶ τὸν ὄλεθρον ἐπεσπάσαντο, πιῦσασθαι τῆς πονηρίας μὴ βουληθέντες. Λέγει δὲ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀναίρεσιν καὶ τὰς χήρας πληθυδῆναι, καὶ πάλιν διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν τὰς μητέρας στερηθῆναι τῶν παίζων. ε« Ἐπήγαγον γὰρ, φησὶν, Ὁ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα νεανίσκων ὅδ ταλαιπωρίαν \"' ἐν μετημδρία\" ἐπέῤῥιψα ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ἐξαίφνης τρόμον καὶ σπουδὴν \"7.» … ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῆς. Διαφόρως τὴν συμφορὰν ἐτραγῴδησεν, ἵνα διδάξῃ \"᾽ τοὺς ἀτεράμονας, καὶ πείσῃ τὴν προτέραν καταλιπεῖν ἀσέδειαν. « Ἐπέδυ ὁ ἥλιος αὐτῇ ἔτι μεσούσης “ ἡμέρας. » Τοῖς γὰρ πενθοῦσι σκότος ὀνομάζεται “\"' καὶ τὸ φῶς \" ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοῖς παραπλήσια εἰρηκὼς ὁ προφήτης ὀλοφύρεται ὑ. Οἴμοι, μήτηρ \"\", ὥς τινά μι ἔτεκχες “᾽ ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον καὶ διακρινόμενον ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Υῇ \"ἢ οὐκ ᾿' ὡρέλησα, οὐδὲ ὠὡφέιϊησέ με οὐδείς\" ἡ δ᾽ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμέγοις με. Τὸ «ὠφέλησαν ε« ὥφλησα» ὁ Σύρος ἡρμήνευσε \" λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι Οὔτε ὥφληκα 4“, οὔτε δεδάνειχα᾽ καὶ πολλοὺς ἐκτησάμην ἐχθροὺς, οἱ διηνεκῶς λοιδοροῦνται “7 καὶ ἐπαρῶνται. Τὰ συμδούλια \" γὰρ, ὡς τὰ πολλὰ, τίκτειν τὰς ἀπειθείας 5 φιλεῖ, Κατὰ μέντοι τὴν ληνικὴν ἑρμιηνείαν οὕτω νοητέον, ὅτι Θρήνων εἰμὶ ἄξιος μάτην παραχθεὶς εἰς τόνδε τὸν βίον \" οὔτε τὰρ ὥνησά τινα, οὔτε ὠφέλειαν παρ᾽ ἑτέρων ἐκομισάμην- ἀρὰς δὲ μόνον δέχομαι παρὰ τῶν ἀκουόντῶν τὰς προφητείας.","t":"6. \"You have turned away from me, says the Lord; you will go backward.\" What you have done, you will suffer; \"you will go backward\" he has put for \"you will be humbled.\" \"And I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you, and I will no longer let them go.\" For I will no longer use my former long-suffering. Then, teaching that he is compelled to punish against his will, he says, as though sharing their pain: 7. \"In the gates of my people … my people, because of their wickedness, and they did not turn back.\" They themselves drew destruction upon themselves, being unwilling to cease from wickedness. He says that through the killing of the men the widows were multiplied, and again for the same reason the mothers were bereaved of their children. 8. \"For I brought upon the mother wretchedness of young men at noon; I cast upon her suddenly trembling and haste.\" 9. \"… her soul …\" He has described the calamity in a variety of tragic images, to teach the obdurate and persuade them to abandon their former impiety. \"The sun set on her while it was still midday.\" For to those who mourn, even light is called darkness. Having said these and similar things, the prophet laments: 10. \"Woe is me, mother, that you bore me, a man judged and contended with in all the land! I have not profited, nor has anyone profited me; my strength has failed among those who curse me.\" For \"I have not profited\" (ὠφέλησα) the Syrian translated \"I have not owed\" (ὤφλησα); so he says: I have neither borrowed nor lent, yet I have gained many enemies, who continually revile and curse me; for counsel, as often happens, tends to breed disobedience. According to the Greek version, however, it is to be understood thus: I deserve to be lamented, brought into this life in vain; for I neither helped anyone nor received help from others, but receive only curses from those who hear the prophecies.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 15.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/15-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.1":{"o":"Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ͵ αὐτῷ \"\", μὴ γῆμαι, μηδὲ παιδοποιῖ,- ὡς καὶ τῶν τιχτόντων, καὶ τῶν τικτομένων, λιμῷ καὶ λοιμῷ, καὶ σφαγῇ, καὶ δουλείᾳ παραδοθησυνευφραίνεσθαι \", μήτε ἀλγοῦσι συναλγῆσαι. « ᾿Αφέσταχκα γὰρ, φησὶ, τὴν εἰρήνην μου ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ τὸν ἔλεόν μου, καὶ τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς μου. »","t":"He charges him not to marry nor to beget children, since both those who beget and those who are begotten would be handed over to famine and pestilence, to slaughter and slavery … to rejoice with them, nor to grieve with those who grieve. \"For I have removed my peace from this people, says the Lord, my mercy and my compassion.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.16":{"o":"ις΄. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστελῶ \" ἁλιεῖς πολλοὺς, «“όγει Κύριος, καὶ ἀλιεύσουσιν αὐτούς \" καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀποστελῶ θηρευτὰς πολλοὺς, καὶ θηρεύσουσιν αὐτοὺς ἐπάγω παντὸς βουνοῦ ', καὶ ἐκ τῶν τρυμαλιῶν τῶν πετρῶν. Τὸ ἄφευχτον τῆς τιμωρίας διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκεν, ὅτι ἁλιεῖς καὶ θηρευτὰς μιμούμενοι οἱ πολέμιοι πάντας αὐτοὺς σαγηνεύοουσι, καὶ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι πειρωμένους λανθάνειν ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ποιούμενοι.","t":"16. \"Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them; and after this I will send many hunters, and they will hunt them on every mountain and every hill, and from the clefts of the rocks.\" By these words he has shown that the punishment cannot be escaped: the enemies, like fishermen and hunters, will net them all and bring under their power even those who try to hide in the mountains.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.17":{"o":"ιζ΄, Ὅτι οἱ ὀρθαλμοί μου ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς. αὑτῶν, οὖκ ὃ ἀπεχρύδησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου μου, καὶ οὐκ ἐκρύδη τὰ ἀδικήματα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀρθαιϊμῶν μου. Πάντα ὁρῶ, οὐδέν με λανθάνει «ὧν γιγνομένων.","t":"17. \"For my eyes are on all their ways; they have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquities have not been hidden from before my eyes.\" I see all things; nothing that happens escapes me.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Καὶ ὃ ἀνταποδώσω αὑτοῖς πρῶτον διπλᾶς τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν, ἐφ᾽ αἷς ἐδεδήλωσαν τὴν γῆν μου ἐν τοῖς θνησιμαίοις τῶν βδελυγμάτων αὑτῶν. Ὡς φιλάνθρωπος διπλασίαν ἁμαρτημάτων τὴν τιμωρίαν καλεῖ \" κατὰ γὰρ τὸν τοῦ δικαίου λόγον, οὐκ ἀξίας ἕτισαν δίκας. θνησιμαζα δὲ τῶν βδελυγμάτων καλεῖ τὴν τῶν υἱῶν καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων σφαγὴν, ἣν τοῖς εἰδώλοις προσέφερον. Οὕτω τοῦ λαοῦ τὴν ἀσέδειαν δείξας, τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν","t":"18. \"And I will repay them first double for their iniquities and their sins, by which they profaned my land with the carcasses of their abominations.\" As one who loves humankind he calls the punishment double the sins; for by the reckoning of justice they did not pay the penalty they deserved. By the carcasses of their abominations he means the slaughter of their sons and daughters, which they offered to the idols. Having thus shown the impiety of the people, he foretells the … of the nations:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Κύριος \" ἰσχύς μου, καὶ \" βοήθειά μου, καὶ καταφυγή μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ καχῶγν\" πρὸς σὲ ἔθνη ἥξουσιν ἀπ᾿ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀροῦσιν, Ὥς ψευδῆ ἐχτήσαγντο οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν εἴδωλα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὠφέλεια \" ἐν αὑτοῖς. Οἱ τοσαύτης ἐπιμελείας ἀξιωθέντες, καὶ νομικῆς καὶ προφητικῆς διπαρανομοῦντες \" τὰ δὲ ἔθνη, ταύτης οὐκ ἀπολαύσαντα «ἧς προμηθείας, μόνον δὲ τῶν ἀποστολικῶν χηρυ- Ὑμάτων ἀκούσαντα, ἔφυγε τὴν πλάνην, καὶ τῷ τῆς θεογνωσία: φωτὶ προσελήλυθε. Καὶ τῆς προτέρας ἀναμιμνησκόμενος ᾿ παροιμίας βοῶ σοι\"","t":"19. \"Lord, my strength and my help and my refuge in the day of evils: to you nations will come from the end of the earth, and say: How false were the idols our fathers acquired, and there is no profit in them!\" Those who had been counted worthy of so much care, and of the teaching of both law and prophets, continued in lawlessness; but the nations, who had not enjoyed this providence and had only heard the apostolic proclamation, fled from the error and came to the light of the knowledge of God. And, recalling the earlier saying, he cries out:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.20":{"o":"χ', χα'. Εἰ ποιήσει ἑαυτῷ ἄνθρωπος θεοὺς, καὶ αὐτοὶ \" οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοί; Διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ \" ἐγὼ δη- «Ἰώσω αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ τὴν χεῖρά μου, καὶ τὴν δύναμίν μον γγωριῶ αὐτοῖς, καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ὄνομά μοι Κύριος. Προλέγω, φησὶν, αὐτοῖς͵ πρὸ πολλοῦ τὰ ἐσόμενα, καὶ προδιδάσχω αὐτοῖς τὴν ἰσχύν μον, ὅτι δι᾽ εὐτελῶν καὶ ὀλίγων ἀνθρώπων τὴν","t":"20–21. \"Will a man make gods for himself, when they are not gods? Therefore, behold, I will show them my hand at this time, and I will make known to them my power, and they will know that my name is the Lord.\" I foretell to them, he says, long beforehand what will be, and I teach them beforehand my strength: that through cheap and few men the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16.6":{"o":"ς΄. Καὶ 9\" ἀποθανοῦνται μεγάλοι καὶ μικροὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ. Λέγει δὲ ὡς οὐδὲ ταφῆς ἀξιωθῆ σονται, οὐδὲ θρῆνοι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς συνήθως γενήσονται, οὐδὲ ψυχαγωγίας τινὸς οἱ πενθοῦντες ἀξιωθήσονται \" καὶ ἀπειλεῖ παντὸς εἴδους εὐφροσύνης ἀποστέρησιν τῇ πόλει, ὡς μηδεμίαν ἐπενεχθῆναι φωνὴν, μὴ γάμων, μὴ συμποσίων, μὴ τῶν ἄλλων, ὅσα θυμήρη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις παρέχει ζωήν. Πυνθανομένων δὲ, φησὶν, ἐχείνων, καὶ λεγόντων᾽ Διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν τούτοις περιπεπτώχαμεν τοῖς κακοῖς; καὶ τῆς πατρῴας αὖτοὺς ἀνάμνησον ἀσεθδείας, καὶ τὰ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τολμώμενα δίδαξον, καὶ ὅτι χαλεπώτερα τῶν πατέρων ἐξήμαρτον, οὐ κατὰ τὸν ἐμὸν πολιτευόμενοι νόμον, ἀλλὰ τοῖς οἰκείοις ἑπόμενοι λογισμοῖς. Οὗ δὴ χάριν\" γῆν, ἣν οὐκ ἤδειτε\" ὑμεῖς, καὶ οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ δουλεύσετε ἐχαῖ θεοῖς \"5 ἑτέροις ἡμέρας καὶ γυκτὸς \"΄, οἱ 'ὶ οὐ δώσουσιν ὑμῖν ἔλεος. Ἐπειδὴ «οὺς οὐκ ὄντας φιλεῖτε θεοὺς, τῆς πατρῴας ὑμᾶς ἐχδαλῶ γῆς, καὶ παραδώσω τοῖς πολεμίοις, ἵνα σὺν ἐκείνοις τῇ πλάνῃ δουλεύητε. Ὑπισχνεῖται μέντοι καὶ τὴν ἐπάνοδον\" καὶ λέγει, ὡς κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν οὐκέτι τὰς προτέρας εὐεργεσίας προφέροντες τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνήσουσιν, οὐδὲ τῆς Αἰγυπτίων δουλείας. τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν διηγήσονται, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαδυλῶ-","t":"6. \"And great and small will die in this land.\" He says that they will not even be granted burial, nor will laments be made for them as is customary, nor will those who mourn be granted any consolation; and he threatens the city with the loss of every kind of gladness, so that no sound will be raised, not of weddings, nor of banquets, nor of the other things that make life pleasant for people. And when they inquire, he says, and ask: For what cause have we fallen into these evils? remind them of their ancestral impiety, and teach them what they themselves dare, and that they have sinned more grievously than their fathers, not living according to my law but following their own reasonings. For this reason … \"a land that you did not know, you and your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, who will not give you mercy.\" Since you love the gods that do not exist, I will cast you out of your ancestral land and hand you over to the enemies, so that with them you may serve the error. He promises, however, the return too, and says that at that time they will no longer praise God by recounting the former benefits, nor tell of the deliverance from slavery in Egypt, but of the return from Babylon …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 16.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/16-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.1":{"o":"Οὔτω τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν προθεσπίσας μεταθολὴν, τῆς Ἰουδαίων πάλιν ἀσεδείας κατηγορεῖ. α΄. Ἁμαρτία \" Ιούδα ἐγγέγραπται ἐν γραφῇν ἐν ὄνυχι ἀδαμαντίνῃ \"\", ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους τὴς καρδίας αὐὑτῶν',, καὶ ἐν τοῖς κέρασι τῶν θυσιαστηρίων αὐτῶν. Οὐδὲν τοῦ συνειδότος ἰσχυρότερον \" πάγια γὰρ τὰ ἐν τούτῳ πηγνύμενα γράμματα\" κἂν γὰρ πάντες ἄνθρωποι μαρτυρήσωσιν ἀγαθὰ τῷ συγειδότι ἑαυτῶν, πονηρὰ τῶν ψευδολόγων \"5 τὸ συνειδὸς οὐκ ἀνέχεται, τὴν ψῆφον. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθά φησιν, ὅτι Καὶ τὰ πράγματά σου κατηγορεῖ, καὶ τὸ συνειδό; σον συμμαρτυρεῖ, ᾿Αναμιμνήσχε: δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ τῶν ἀλσῶν, καὶ τῶν βωμῶν, καὶ τῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς γενομένης πλάντς, καὶ ἀπειλεῖ πάντα τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῶν σὺ τοῖς εἰδώλοις παραδώσειν τοῖς πολεμίοις. Πρηλέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς πόλεως ἐρημίαν \" μετὰ ταῦτα ἄθλιον λέγει καὶ τρισάθλιον \"5, καὶ ἀραῖς ὑποδάλλε: τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ μὲν ἀφιστάμενον, ἀνθρωπίνῃ δὲ δυναστ-ίᾳ θαῤκαὶ εὐτελέσι, φυομένοις ἐν ταῖς ἐρημίαις καὶ μηε-","t":"Having thus foretold the change of the nations, he again accuses the impiety of the Jews: 1. \"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, with a point of adamant, on the breast of their heart, and on the horns of their altars.\" Nothing is stronger than conscience, for the letters fixed in it are lasting; even if all people bear witness to a man's goodness, the conscience of one who knows his own wickedness does not accept the verdict of the false witnesses. This is what he says here too: your deeds accuse you, and your conscience bears witness with them. He reminds them also of the groves and the altars and the error practiced in them, and threatens to hand over all their wealth, together with the idols, to the enemies. He foretells also the desolation of the city. After this he calls wretched and thrice wretched, and subjects to curses, the one who departs from God and trusts in human power … and cheap, growing in deserts and …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.11":{"o":"ια΄. Ἐξώγνησε “ πέρδιξ, συνήγαγεν ἃ οὐκ ἔτεκε\" ποιῶν πλοῦτον αὑτοῦ οὗ μετὰ κρίσεως. καὶ διὰ τὴς τούτων φωνῆς τοὺς ὁμογενεῖς συγχαλοῦσιν\" οἱ δὲ, συντρέχοντες περιπίπτουσι τοῖς θηράμὲν πάντων ἀνθρώπων πειρώμενον, πλοῦτον δὲ αὐτῷ 5 σκυθρωπά. « Ἐν ἡμίσει ἡμερῶν αὐτοῦ χαπαλείψουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἄφρων. » Ταῦτα καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος ἐδίδαξεν ἡμᾶς Δανυ λ “μανίχ γὰρ περιέπεσε, καὶ θηριώδης ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐξελάσθη \"᾽ τῆς βασιλείας.","t":"11. \"The partridge cried out; it gathered what it did not lay, making its wealth without judgment.\" … and by their call they summon their own kind, and these, running together, fall into the traps … trying … all men, and wealth for him … grim things. \"In the middle of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.\" The divinely inspired Daniel too has taught us this: for he fell into madness, became like a beast, and was driven from the kingdom.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Θρόγος δύξης ὑψούμενος. Ἐστερήθη δὲ καὶ τὸ) θρόνον ᾽5. Ὑψηκὸν ἁγίασμα ἡμῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς\" τόπος ἁγιάσματος ἡμῶν. (ιγ’..) Ὑπομονὴ Ἰσραή.1. Σὺ δὲ, φησὶ, Δέτποτα, τὸ ἡμέτερον ἁγίασμα, ἣ τοῦ τόπου ἡμῶν περιφάνεια, αἰώνιον ἔχεις τὸ κράτος. Σὲ τοίνυν ὑπομενοῦμεν. Σὺ γὰρ ἡμῖν παρέξεις τῶν λυπηρῶν τὴν ἀπαλλαγήν - οἱ γὰρ καταλιπόντες σε αἰσχύνης πάσης πλησθήσονται.","t":"12. \"A throne of glory, exalted.\" He was deprived even of the throne. \"High is our sanctuary from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary. 13. The endurance of Israel.\" But you, he says, Master, our sanctuary, the splendor of our place, have eternal power. For you, then, we will wait; for you will grant us release from what is painful; and those who forsake you will be filled with every shame.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. \"Ιασαί με, Κύριε, καὶ ἰαθήσομαι \" σῶσόν με, καὶ σωθήσομαι\" ὅτι καύχημά μου εἶ σύ.᾿ Ἐμαυτὸν ἐγὼ τῇ σῇ προνοίᾳ προσάγω, καὶ τῆς παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίας ἱχετεύω τυχεῖν.","t":"14. \"Heal me, Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for you are my boast.\" I bring myself to your providence, and I beseech you that I may obtain salvation from you.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.15":{"o":"τε’, τς΄. ᾿Ιδοὺ αὑτοὶ λέγουσι πρός με, Ποῦ ἔστιν ὁ 1όγος Κυρίου; ἡἠχέτω \". Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ \" ἐκοπίασα κατακοιουθῶν ὀπίσω σου, καὶ ἡμέραν ἀνθρώπου 15 οὐκ ἐπεθύμησα, σὺ ἐπίστασαι \" τὰ ἐχπορευόμεγα διὰ τῶν χειλέων μου πρὸ προσὠπου σού ἐστιν. Ἐπιμέμφονται τῇ βραδύτητι τῆς «πἰμωρίας, καὶ ψευδῆ τὴν προφητείαν νομίζουσι, σοῦ ἀναθαλλομένου τὴν τιμωρίαν ταύτην αὑτῶν τὴν ἀναλγησίαν ὁρῶν ἐδουλήθην αὖτοὺς περιπεσεῖν τοῖς κακοῖς \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" Ἡμέραν ἀγθρώπου οὐκ ἐπεθύμησα. (ιζ΄.) Μὴ γέγῃ δ μοι εἰς ἀλλοτρίωσιν 5, φειδόμενγνός μου σὺ δ' ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ. « Ἡμέραν πονηρὰν » τὴν κατ᾽ αὑτοῦ γενομένην ἐπανάστασιν καλεῖ 3\", Καὶ παρακαλεῖ τῆς τοῦ δ Θεοῦ κηδεμονίας τυχεῖν \" καὶ ἐκξίνους μὲν διαμαρτεῖν τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων, χκαταισχυνθῆναι, αὐτὸν δ᾽ δὲ τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς ἀναφαγῆναι κρείττονα. Μετὰ ταῦτα κελεύεται ὁ προφήτης τὰς βασιλικὰς πύλας χαταλαδεῖν, καὶ πᾶσι παρεγγυῆσαι, καὶ βασιλεῦσι, καὶ ἰδιώταις, “ὃν περὶ τοῦ Σαῤθάτου μὴ 5 παραβαίνειν νόμον, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἀργίχ. τήνδε τὴν ἡμέραν τιμῆσαι, καὶ τῶν πατέρων μὴ ζηλῶσαι τὴν ἀπείθειαν \" τούτου γὰρ γινομένου, φησὶ, τῶν τῆς εἰρήνης καρπῶν ἀπολαύσεσθε, καὶ συνδραμοῦνται πάντοθεν οἱ τῷ Θεῷ τὰς θυσίας ἐν ν᾽ εἰρήνη προσφέροντες. Ὑμῶν δὲ παραδαινόντων τῆς ἀργία: τὸν νόμον, καὶ φορτία χομιξόντων ἐν τῇ τοῦ Σαύβάτου ἡμέρᾳ, οὐ τὰς πύλας μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν παραδώσω πυρί.","t":"15–16. \"Behold, they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come! But I have not grown weary following after you, and I have not desired the day of man; you know it; what goes out through my lips is before your face.\" They find fault with the slowness of the punishment and think the prophecy false, since you put off the punishment; … though I saw their insensibility, I did not wish them to fall into the evils. For this is what he says: \"I have not desired the day of man.\" 17. \"Do not become an estrangement to me, sparing me in the evil day.\" He calls the uprising against him \"the evil day.\" And he entreats that he may obtain God's care, and that they may fail in their attempts and be put to shame, while he himself is shown stronger than the plot. After this the prophet is commanded to take his stand at the royal gates and charge all, kings and commoners alike, not to transgress the law concerning the Sabbath, but to honor this day with rest, and not to emulate the disobedience of their fathers. For if this is done, he says, you will enjoy the fruits of peace, and those who offer sacrifices to God in peace will run together from every side. But if you transgress the law of rest and carry burdens on the Sabbath day, I will give over to fire not only the gates but the whole city.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.6":{"o":"ς΄ Ἔστι\" γὰρ, φησὶν, ὡς ἡ ἀγριομυρίκη, ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ οὐκ ὄψεται, ὅταν ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαϑά. Καὶ κατασκηγώσει ἐν ἁλίμοις \"5, ἐγ γῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν γῇ πυρᾷ, ἥτις οὗ κατοικιεῖται. Τὸ δὲ εὲν ἁλίμοις » ὁ Σύ ρὸς «ἐν φωλεοῖς ν ἡρμήνευσε\" διὰ πάντων δὲ τῶν εἰ-ρημένων, τὸ ἀκερδὲς τοῦ τοιούτου κέρδου; ἐδήλωσεν. ᾿Απειχάζει δὲ τὸν τῷ Θεῷ πεποιθότα, καὶ παοαθάλλει φυτῷ διηνεκῶς ἀρδορένῳ, καὶ μὴ βλαπτομένῳ ὑπὸ καύματος σφοδροτάτου, ἀξ: δὲ ὥριμον φέρωστι τὸν καρπόν. Ταῦτα δὲ οὐ μάτην εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ παραινῶν μὴ τῇ Λἰγυπτίων ἐπικουρίᾳ θαῤῥῖ)παι, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς τοῦ βίου μεταδολῆ; τὴν θείαν ῥοπὴν ἐπισπάτχσθαε.","t":"6. \"For he is,\" he says, \"like the wild tamarisk in the desert, and he will not see when good things come; and he will dwell in salt places in the desert, in a parched land that will not be inhabited.\" \"In salt places\" the Syrian translated \"in dens.\" By all these words he has shown how unprofitable such profit is. He then compares the one who trusts in God and likens him to a plant continually watered, not harmed by the fiercest heat, but always bearing ripe fruit. He did not say this idly, but to urge them not to trust in the help of the Egyptians, and to draw down the divine favor by a change of life.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17.9":{"o":"θ',. Βαρϑθῖα 15 ἡ καρδία παρὰ πάντα \" καὶ ἄγθρωπός \" ἐστι, καὶ τίς γγεώσετιι αὐτόν; Κύριος ἐτάζων καρδίας, δοκιμάζων γεφροὺς, τοῦ δοῦνωι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ \"\", καὶ κατὰ τοὺς καρποὺς τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὑτῶγ\"\"\", ᾿Ανθρώποις μὲν, φησὶν, ἀκατάληπτα τὰ τοῦ πέλας βουλεύματα\" κέκρυπται γὰρ τῆς 3 καρδίας χινύ ματα\" ἐμοὶ δὲ τῷ ποιητῇ δῆλα καὶ ταῦτα ᾿ οὐ γὰρ μόνοις \"\" πράγμασιν, ἀλλὰ γαὶ λογισμοῖς διχάζξω, καὶ ἴσην καὶ δικαίαν ἐχφέρω τὴ» ψῆφον. Πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸν Βχδυλώνιον “ὃν λόγον μετήνεγκεν.","t":"9–10. \"The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is man; and who will know him? I, the Lord, search hearts and test kidneys, to give to each according to his ways and according to the fruits of his practices.\" To human beings, he says, the counsels of their neighbor are beyond grasp, for the movements of the heart are hidden; but to me, the maker, these too are plain. For I judge not only by deeds but also by thoughts, and I pronounce an equal and just verdict. He has turned his discourse again to the Babylonian.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 17.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/17-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.11":{"o":"ια'. ἸΙδοὺ γὰρ ἐγὼ, φησὶ, πλάσσω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς κακὰ, καὶ λογίζομαι ἐφ' ὑμᾶς λογισμόν \" ἀποστραφήτω ἔκαστος ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς. καὶ καλὰ ποιήσατε τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς ὑμῶν. ᾿Αλλ᾽ αὐτὸς μὲν ἐμ λβοείσῳ ὧν, τοιαὔτα προσενήνοχε φάρμακα \" ἐκεῖνοι δὲ τοῦ ἰατροῦ τὰς ὑποθήκας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο. εβ΄. ᾿Α.2.12᾽ εἶπον, φησὶν, ᾿Αγδριαύμεθα 3, ὅτι ὀπίσω τῶν ἁποστροφῶν ἡμῶν πορευσόμεθα, καὶ ὅχαστος τὰ \"\" ἀρεστὰ τῆς καρδίας αὑτοῦ ποιήσομεν. « ᾿Αποστροφὰς » καλεῖ τὴν τῶν χειρόνων ὁδόν.","t":"11. \"For behold,\" he says, \"I am forming evils against you and devising a plan against you; let each one turn from his evil way, and make good your practices and your ways.\" He, being …, offered such remedies; but they would not accept the physician's counsels. 12. \"But they said,\" he says, \"We will act like men, for we will walk after our apostasies, and each of us will do what pleases his heart.\" By \"apostasies\" he means the way of what is worse.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. Διὰ τοῦτο τάδε.16γει Κύριος \" ᾽Ερωτήσατε ἔθνεσι \"\", Τίς ἤκουσε τοιαῦτα φρικτὰ σφόδρα\", ἃ ἐποίησε παρθένος θυγάτηρ ᾿Ἰερουσαλήμ\"\"; Παρθένον αὐτὴν καλεῖ, οὐκ ὡς οὐκ ἀκόλαστον, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς \"7 ὡραϊζομένην, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει σεμνυνομένην.","t":"13. \"Therefore thus says the Lord: Ask among the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin daughter of Jerusalem has done?\" He calls her a virgin, not as being chaste, but as one who beautifies herself and prides herself on her beauty.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. Μὴ \" ἐκλείψουσιν ἀπὸ πέτρας μαστοὶ, ἣ χιὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιδάγου; ἣ ν᾽ ἐκκλίνει ὕδωρ βιχῶς, τὰ ῥύμῃ φερόμενον ὕδωρ τετριμμένην τρίδον ὁδεύει \" οὗτοι δὲ τοῦ νόμου κατέλιπον τὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ κῶν ἐμῶν ἐντολῶν οὐδεμία παρ᾽ αὑτοῖς μνήμη \" τοῦτὸ γὰρ δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς.","t":"14. \"Will the breasts fail from the rock, or the snow from Lebanon? Or will water … turn aside?\" … water carried along by its current travels a worn channel; but these men have left the way of the law, and there is no remembrance of my commandments among them. This is what follows shows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.25":{"o":"κε΄, ὍὍτι ἐπελάθοντό μου ὁ 1αός μου, εἰς κεγὸν ἐθυμίασαν, καὶ ἀσθενοῦσιν 5 ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὖ- ὦ οὖκ 5 ἔχουσαν ὁδὸν εἰς πορείαν. Ἐπενόησαν, φησὶν, ἀτραποὺς οὐκ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τετριμμένας, καὶ ταύτας αἰωνίους ἀπέφηναν ὁδούς \" ἀντὶ τοῦ, ταύταις ἀεὶ κεχρημένοι διατελοῦσιν. Οὗ χάριν αὐτῶν ἐμημίᾳ παραδώσω τὴν' γῆν \" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγεν. ις΄. Τοῦ τάξαι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, » καὶ εἷς συρισμὸν \"\" αἰώγιον. Ὁ συρισμὸς τὴν ἐρημίαν τῆς πόλεως δηλοῖ \" οἱ γὰρ εὐπραγοῦσαν “5 τὴν πόλιν ἰδόντες, εἶτα ἐρημωθεῖσαν θεώμενοι, συρίζειν 4 εἰώθασι, καὶ ταύξῃ δεικνύειν “΄ τὴν συμφοράν. : ιζ΄. Ὡς ἄνεμον καύσωνα \" διωσπερῶ αὐτοὺς κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν. Οὐδὲ φειδοῦς, φησὶ, παρὰ τῶν δυσμενῶν ἀπολαύσουσιν \" ἀλλὰ μισήσουσιν αὐτοὺς, καθάπερ τις τὸν καύσωνα ἀποστρέφετα!. ε« Αὐχένα 5 καὶ οὐ πρόσωπον δείξω αὐ- «οἷς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν. » Ἴδιον γὰρ τῶν δορυαλώτων, καὶ τῶν δούλων, τὸ χύπτειν εἰς γῆν, ὡς μᾶλλον αὐτῶν τὸν αὐχένα ἣ τὸ πρόσωπον φαίνεσθαι. Καὶ ἄλλως δὲ δυνατὸν νοῆσαι \" τῶν γὰρ ἀπ- Ὦ πίε. ἐστραμμένων οὐ τὸ πρόσωπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν αὐχένα ὁρῶ-\" μεν \" δηλοῖ τοίνυν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ἀποστρο-. φῆν. Τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐκείνοις ἀπειληθέντα τοιαῦτα \" ἡμῖν δὲ γενέσθω φάρμακα τὰ ἐχείνων παθήματα εἰμὶ -᾿ … ιη΄. Καὶ εἶπον - Δεῦτε, καὶ 1λογισώμεθω ἐπὶ ἀπὸ ἱερέως, καὶ βου.ϊὴ ἀπὸ συνετοῦ, καὶ λόγος ἀπὸ προφήτου. Τρία μαρτυροῦσιν αὑτῷ τὰ μέγιστα, ἱερωσύνην, καὶ προφητείαν, καὶ σύνεσιν \" καὶ ἐκάτον χαρίσματος ἴσασι τὸ δυνατόν τε καὶ ἀψευδές, Καὶ δέον εἴκειν τοῖς λεγομένοις, οὐ μόνον ἐκεῖνοι ἀντιλέγουσιν 5, ἀλλὰ καὶ θάνατον τυρεύουσι. ε« Δεῦτε γὰρ, φησὶ, πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ, καὶ οὐκ Τ' ἀχουσώμεθα 13 πάντας τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ. » Τοσοῦτον αὑτοὺς ἀπέχνει 15 καὶ αὐτὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ ῥήματα \" τὸ ὃὲ « Πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ, ν ἀντὶ “τοῦ ε Συμένος ὁ προφήτης, τὸν Θεὸν ἱκετεύει γενέσθαι κριτὴν, καὶ ἀναμιμνήσκει αὐτὸν ὧν πολλάχ'ς ὑπὲρ αὖτῶν προσενήνοχε πρεσθειῶν. Εἶτα εὐκτικῶς μὲν σχηματίζει τὸν λόγο\", προλέγει δὲ τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ 1.) γενησόμενον θάνατον, καὶ τὰς ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων γενησομένας σφαγὰς, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ἐν τοῖς","t":"15. \"For my people have forgotten me; they have burned incense in vain, and they grow weak in their ways … not having a way to travel.\" They devised, he says, paths that were not worn from the beginning, and made these into everlasting ways; that is, they go on using them continually. For this reason I will hand their land over to desolation; for he added this: 16. \"To make their land a desolation and an everlasting hissing.\" The hissing shows the desolation of the city; for those who saw the city prospering, and then see it laid waste, are accustomed to hiss, and so to point out the calamity. 17. \"Like a scorching wind I will scatter them before their enemies.\" They will not even receive mercy from their foes, he says; the enemies will hate them, as one turns away from a scorching wind. \"I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their destruction.\" For it is characteristic of captives and slaves to stoop toward the ground, so that their neck rather than their face is seen. It can also be understood in another way: of those who have turned away we see not the face but the back of the neck; so the word indicates God's turning away. Such, then, were the threats against them; but let their sufferings become medicine for us … 18. \"And they said: Come, let us devise a plan against … from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet.\" They bear witness to the three greatest things — priesthood, prophecy and understanding — and they know the power and truthfulness of each gift. And when they ought to yield to what is said, they not only contradict but also plot his death: \"Come,\" he says, \"let us strike him with the tongue, and we will not listen to any of his words.\" So hateful to them were the very words of God. \"Let us strike him with the tongue\" means … the prophet beseeches God to be judge, and reminds him of the many intercessions he had offered on their behalf. Then he casts his words in the form of a prayer, but foretells the death that famine would bring, the slaughters by the enemies, and the other things in the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.4":{"o":"Οὕτω καὶ τοῦτον συμπεράνας τὸν λόγον, παρακελεύεται τῷ προφήτῃ εἰς τὸ τοῦ κεραμέως εἰσελθεῖν καταγώγιον. Ποιεῖ δὲ τὸ προσταχθὲν ὁ προφήτης, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν χεραμέα σκεῦός τι διαπλάττοντα' εἶτα δ'. Καὶ 3 ἔπεσε γὰρ, φησὶ, τὸ ἀγγεῖον, ὃ αὑτὸς ἐποίει ἐκ τοῦ πη.1οῦ 35, ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ ἀγγεῖον ἕτερον, καθὼς ἤρεσεν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ τοὺ ποιῆσαι. Οὕτω δείξας κὸν χεραμέα τοῦ πηλοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντα, καὶ ὡς ἂν ἐθέλῃ, χατασχηματίζοντα 5 τοῦτον, πρὸς τὸν προφήτην φησίν \" Εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς \" ᾿ :","t":"Having thus concluded this discourse too, he bids the prophet go into the potter's workshop. The prophet does as commanded and sees the potter shaping a vessel; then: 4. \"And the vessel,\" he says, \"which he was making of the clay fell in his hands, and he made it again into another vessel, as it pleased him to make it.\" Having thus shown that the potter has authority over the clay and shapes it as he wishes, he says to the prophet: Say to them:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.6":{"o":"ς΄. Εἰ καθὼς ὁ κεραμεὺς, οὕτως οὗ δύναμαι \" τοῦ ποιῆσαι ὑμῖν, οἶκος ᾿Ισραή.1; φησὶ Κύριος. Ἰδοὺ ὡς πηλὸς \" ἐν χειρὶ \" τοῦ κεραμέως, οὗτως ὑμεῖς ἐν ταῖς χερσί μου ἐστὲ, οἶκος ᾿Ισραή. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος καὶ φῦραι δύναται τὸν πηλὸν. καὶ σχηματίσαι τοῦτον, ὡς ἂν ἐθέλῃ - οὕτως ἐμοὶ ῥάδιον, καὶ τιμωρίᾳ παραδοῦναι, καὶ σωτηρίαν χαρίσασθαι, καὶ τοὺς ἐν εὐπραξίᾳ συμφοραῖς παραδοῦναι, καὶ αὖ πάλιν τοῖς ἐν δυσχληρίᾳ εὐημερίαν χαρίσα- Ο᾽ σθαι. Τοῦτο ᾿χὰρ δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς.","t":"6. \"Can I not do to you as this potter does, house of Israel? says the Lord. Behold, as clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hands, house of Israel.\" For as he can knead the clay and shape it as he wishes, so it is easy for me both to hand over to punishment and to grant salvation, to deliver the prosperous to calamities, and again to grant good days to those in misfortune. This is what follows shows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18.7":{"o":"ζ΄, η΄. Πέρας \" λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνη καὶ \" βασι- «λείαν, τοῦ ἐξᾶραι αὐτοὺς, καὶ \" καθελεῖν, καὶ τοῦ ἀπολλύειν. Καὶ ἂν \" ἐπιστραφῇ τὸ ἔθγος ἐχεῖγο ἀπὸ κακῶν αὑτῶν \" καὶ μετανοήσω ἀπὸ\" τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐλογισάμην ποιῆσαι \" αὐτοῖς. Μὴ ἀπαγορεύσητε, φησὶ, τὴν σωτηρίαν \" καὶ γὰρ εἰ χαταψηφίσομαι ἔθνους, καὶ ἀπειλήσω τιμωρίαν ἐσχάτην, ἴδω δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν μεταμέλειαν, οὐκ ἐπάγω τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὀρέγω τὸν ἔλεον. Κἂν πάλιν \"᾿ ὑπόσχωμαι ἀγαθῶν ἀφθονίαν, καταφρονήσαντες δὲ ἐκεῖνοι πονηρίαν δ᾽ ἀσπάσωνται, οὐ περανῶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν. Τοῦτο τοίνυν εἰδότες, φησὶν μὴ ἀπαγορεύσητε τὰ χρηστότερα, ἀλλὰ προσενέγχατε τὴν μετάνοιαν, καὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν χαρπώσασθε.","t":"7–8. \"At one moment I will speak against nations and a kingdom, to uproot them and to pull them down and to destroy them; and if that nation turns from its evils, I too will repent of the evils that I planned to do to them.\" Do not despair of salvation, he says; for even if I condemn a nation and threaten the uttermost punishment, if I see their repentance I do not bring the punishment, but stretch out mercy. And again, if I promise an abundance of good things, but they despise it and embrace wickedness, I will not fulfill the promise of good things. Knowing this, then, he says, do not despair of better things, but offer repentance and reap salvation.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 18.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/18-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/19.1":{"o":"Ταῦτα εἰπὼν, καὶ τὰ τούτοις παραπλήσια, κελεύεται λαθεῖν 76 βῖχον ὀστράκινον, καὶ ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πολυάνδριον, μετὰ τῶν ἱξρέων καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ 77 πρεσδυτέρων, καὶ ἀπειλῆσαι πάλιν τῇ πόλει τὸν ὄλεθρον, καὶ τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων ἀναμνῆσαι: θεραπείας. Προεῖπε δὲ καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς πολιορκίας πεχθησόμενα κακὰ, καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων τὴν σπάνιν\" καὶ μετὰ ταῦτῃ πάντα συντρίψαι: τὸν βέκον, καὶ εἰπεῖν\"","t":"Having said these and similar things, he is commanded to take an earthen jar and go out to the burial ground with the priests and the elders of the people, and to threaten the city again with destruction and remind them of their worship of idols. He foretold also the evils that the siege would bring, and the scarcity of necessities; and after all this he was to break the jar and say:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 19.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/19-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/19.11":{"o":"ια΄. Οὕτως συντρίψω τὸν “λαὺν τοῦτον, καὶ τὴν πόλων» ταύτην \" καθὼς συντρίδεται ἄγγος ἐστράκιγον, ὃ οὐ δυνήσεται ἰαθῆναι ἔτι. ᾿Απειλεῖ ὃὲ καὶ τῇ βασιλικῇ οἰκίᾳ τὴν κατάλυσιν, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ πόλει τὴν ἐρημίαν \" ἐπειδήπερ οὐ μόνον ὃν, μοσίᾳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς οἰκίαις, σπονδὰς τοῖς εἰδώλοις καὶ θυσίας προσέφερον. Καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ τῶν εἰδώλων χωρίον ταφὴ 56 τῶν ἀνηρημένων γενήσεται. ε θάψουσι 19 γὰρ ἐν τῷ Τωφὲθ, διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν ποῦ θάψαι. » Διὰ δὲ τούτου τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀνῃρημένων ἐδήλωσεν. Ἑπανιόντι ὃὲ τῷ προφήτῃ πάλιν ἐχέλευσεν ὁ Δεσπότης ἐν τῇ χαθιερωμένῃ αὐλῇ πᾶσι τὴν προφητείαν προσενεγκεῖν, καὶ προφητεῦσα! τῇ τε πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ πάσαις ταῖς ὑπηκόοις πόλεσί τε καὶ κώμαις, τὴν ἐρημίαν.","t":"11. \"So I will break this people and this city, as an earthen vessel is broken, which can no longer be mended.\" He threatens the royal house too with destruction and the whole city with desolation, since not only in public but even in their own houses they offered libations and sacrifices to the idols. And the very place of the idols will become the burial ground of the slain: \"For they will bury in Topheth, because there is no other place to bury.\" By this he has shown the multitude of the slain. When the prophet returned, the Master commanded him again to deliver the prophecy to all in the consecrated court, and to prophesy desolation to that city and to all its subject cities and villages.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 19.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/19-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα κελεύεται \"\" εἰπεῖν τοῖς οἰκοῦσι τὴν Ἱερουσαλῆμ\" α', β΄. Τάδε έγει Κύριος' Ἑμγήσθην σοι \" ἐλέους γεάτητός σου, καὶ ἀγάπης τελειώσεώς σον\" ἐν τῷ ἐξαχολουθῆσαί σὲ τῷ ἁγίῳ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν γῇ μὴ σπαρείσῃ,.έγει Κύριος. Νεότὴταὰ τῆς Ἰουδαίας τῆς κλήσεως τὴν ἀρχὴν προσηγόρευσε τηνικαῦτα γὰρ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ταλαιπωρούμενοι κατεστέναξαν \" αὐτὸς δὲ ᾧχτειρε, καὶ Μωσῇ διακόνῳ χρησάμενος, ἠλευθέρωσε\" τὸ δὲ « ἀγάπης τελειώσεώς σου» κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν τέθεικεν' οὐδέποτε γὰρ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην τελείαν ἔσχον ἀγάπην. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ ὑμνοποιὸς \"\" ἡμᾶς διδάσκει Δαδίδ᾽ « Ἠγάπησαν γὰρ αὑτὸν, φησὶν \"ἢ, ἐν τῷ στόματι αὑτῶν, καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὑτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ \" ἡ δὲ καρδία αὑτῶν οὐκ ἦν εὐθεῖα μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ. »","t":"After this he is commanded to speak to those who live in Jerusalem: 1–2. \"Thus says the Lord: I remembered the mercy of your youth and the love of your perfection, when you followed the Holy One of Israel in the wilderness, in a land not sown, says the Lord.\" He has called the beginning of Judah's calling its youth; for at that time they groaned under hardship in Egypt, and he took pity on them, and using Moses as his minister he set them free. \"The love of your perfection\" he has said ironically; for the Jews never had perfect love toward their benefactor. The hymn-writer David also teaches us this: \"For they loved him,\" he says, \"with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him; their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.20":{"o":"χ΄ Ὅτι ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν σου, καὶ διέῤῥηξας \" τοὺς δεσμούς σου, καὶ εἶπας\" Οὐ ματα \" ἄνωθεν γὰρ συνέτριψας τὸν τοῦ νόμου ζυγὸν, καὶ τοῖς τῶν παρανόμων ἐθνῶν ἢχολούθησας ἔθεσι. Καὶ τοὺς βωμοὺς καὶ τὰ ἄλση τῆς κατὰ νόμον πολι-","t":"20. \"For from of old you have broken your yoke and burst your bonds, and you said: I will not …\" For long ago you broke the yoke of the law and followed the customs of the lawless nations. And the altars and the groves … of the way of life according to the law …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.21":{"o":"χα΄, Ἐγὼ \" δὲ ἐφύτευσά σε ἄμπελον γαρποφόρον δ᾽, πᾶσαν ἀληθινήν. Οὐκ ἁπλῶς δὲ τὸ « πᾶσαν» προστέθειχεν᾽ ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ ἦταν ἐν αὐτοῖς εὑσεδεῖς ἄνδρες, οἵ τε θεῖοι προφῆται, καὶ οἱ τούτοις ἐπύμενοι \" ἀντὶ τοῦ, Πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐδουλόμην εἶνα!: ποιούτους, πάντων γὰρ ἴσως \"\" ἐπεμελήθην. « Πῶς ἐστράφης μοι\" εἰς \"5 πικρίαν ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀλλοτρία;.» Εἰ διέμεινεν ἀληθινὴ, οὐκ ἂν Ἦν ἀλλοτοῖα\". ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰς πικρίαν μετεδλήθη, οὐκέτι ἀληθινὴ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀλλοτρία καλεῖται. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μέγας ἔφη Μωσῆς\" ε Ἐκ γὰρ ἀμπέλου Σοδόμων ἡ ἄμπελος αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ κληματὶς αὐτῶνὲχ Γομόῤῥας \" ἣ σταφυλὴ αὐτῶν, σταφυλὴ χολῆς, βότρυς πικρίας αὐτῶν. » Ὅθεν καὶ χολὴν τῷ Δεσπότῃ προσήνεγκαν. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ τὴν φῆσαν, καὶ ἀντὶ σταφυλῆς ἀκάνθας ἐδλάστησαν, ὁ ἐξ … νὴν ὀνομάζει, λέγων \" «ε Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀλτθινῆ᾽ » τοὺς δὲ εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότας « κλήματα» προσηγόρευσεν 57.","t":"21. \"But I planted you as a fruitful vine, wholly true.\" He did not add \"wholly\" idly; but since there were pious men among them, the divine prophets and those who followed them, it means: I wished all of you to be such, for I cared for all of you equally. \"How have you turned into bitterness for me, O alien vine?\" Had it remained true, it would not be alien; but since it was changed into bitterness, it is no longer called true but alien. So also the great Moses said: \"For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, and their tendril from Gomorrah; their grape is a grape of gall, their cluster one of bitterness.\" This is why they also offered gall to the Master. But since they … and instead of grapes they sprouted thorns, … names [himself the vine], saying: \"I am the true vine\"; and those who have believed in him he has called \"branches.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.22":{"o":"κβ΄. ᾿Εὰν ἀποπιλύνῃ \" ἐν γίτρῳ, καὶ πιληθύγῃς σεαυτῇ πόαν\", κεκηλίδωσαι ' ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις\" σου ἐναντίον μου, «1έγει Κύριος. ΠΠόαν τὰ ἀπὸ γῆς φυόμενα ῥύμματα ὀνομάζει \" καὶ διδάοχε: τρὸκιχῶς διὰ τούτων, ὡς τὰ κατὰ νόμον περιῤῥαντήρια ἀπαλλαγὴν ἁμαρτημάτων οὐ πραγματεύεται “ ἀλλ᾽ εἰλικρινὴς μεταμέλεια, κκαὶ πονηρίας ἀπαλλαγή. Μετὰ ταῦτα τὴν ἀναίδειαν αὐτῆς ἐξελέγχει,","t":"22. \"If you wash yourself with natron and use much soapwort for yourself, you are stained in your iniquities before me, says the Lord.\" By \"soapwort\" he means the cleansing agents that grow from the earth; and through these he teaches figuratively that the sprinklings of the law do not bring release from sins, but sincere repentance and release from wickedness do. After this he exposes her shamelessness:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.23":{"o":"κγ΄. Πῶς ἐρεῖς \" Οὐκ ἐμιάγθην, καὶ ὀπίσω τῆς Βάαλ οὐκ ἐπορεύθην; Εἶτα\" τὸ προφανὲς τῆς ἀσε- (είας δείκνυσιν \" εἼδε \"\" τὰς ὁδούς σου ἐν τῷ πολυανδρίῳ, καὶ γνῶθι τί ἐποίησας. » Πολυάνδριον \" καλεῖ τὸ τῶν μνημάτων χωρίον. Ἔν ἐκείνῳ δὲ τοὺς υἱοὺς\" καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῖς εἰδώλοις κατέκαιον. « Ὀζὲ᾽ἤ φωνῇ \" αὐτῆς ὠλόλυζε\". ν» Τὸ ὀψὲ \" ἀντὶ\" τοῦ βρεδέως τέθεικε\" μετὰ τὴν πεῖραν, φησὶ, τῶν ἀλγεινῶν, τῆς παρανομίας αἴπτῦησιν ἔλαθε, Τοῦτο καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὁ προφήτης φησὶ, τὰς δέκα φυλὰς ὀδυρημένας ὑποδεικνὺς, καὶ λεγούσας \" «Ὕστερον αἰχμαλωσίας\" χϑ΄. Τὰς 15 ὁδοὺς αὑτῆς \"\" ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφ᾽ ὕδατα ἐρήμου. Διὰ \" τοῦ ἐπλάτενε, τὴν ἀπληστίαν τῆς ἀσε. τίας ἐδίδαξεν. \"Υῦχτα ὃὲ ἐρήμου τὰ εἴδωλα προῦε Ἐν\" ἐπιθυμίαις ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο.» “Ἃ γὰρ ἀκούειν ἠβούλοντο, ταῦτα οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται προλέγειν προσεποιοῦντο, Τὸ γὰρ «ε ἐπνευμᾶτοζο ρεῖτον περὶ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν τέθεικε. « Παρεξόθη τίς ἐπιστρέψει αὐτὴν \"᾿ ν Θεοῦ γὰρ παραῤιζω. κότος, τίς ἐπαρχέσει; Οὕτω καὶ διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου Μωσέως φησί \"5. ε Πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτὴν, οὐ χοπιάσηυσιν \" ἐν\" τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆς εὑρήτοντιν αὑτήν. » Εὐχείρωτοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο, τὴν ἀσέθειαν ἀτπαπάμενοι᾽. Μετὰ \"\" ταῦτα διδάσκει, ὅτι πολλάκις … ᾿Αλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο αἰσχύνῃ αὐτοὺς, φησὶ, περιθαλῶ πάντὰς ὁμοῦ, καὶ βασιλέα:, καὶ ἄρχοντας, καὶ ἱερέα:, καὶ τοὺς τὰ ψευδῆ προφητεύοντας \" καὶ ἀπειχασθήἐρυθοιῶντι. Τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἐκ ξύλου καὶ λίθου κατασκευαζομένου; ν᾽ θεοὺς, πατέρας ὠνόμαζον καὶ γεννήτορας \" ἐμοὶ δὲ τὰ νῶτα ἔδωκαν, καὶ ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἀπεστράφη σαν. «Καὶ ἐν τῷ χαιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὑτῶν ἐροῦτιν \"᾿Ανάστα, καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶ:, » Τοῦτο μάλιστα ἀναιδείας ἐσχάτης, τὸ ἀπολαύοντας μὲν τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀχαριστίαν νοσεῖν \" σπανίζοντας δὲ, τούτων αἰτεῖν τὴν μετάληψιν. Εἶτα εἰρωνιχῶς \"","t":"23. \"How will you say: I am not defiled, and I have not gone after Baal?\" Then he shows how plain the impiety is: \"See your ways in the burial ground, and know what you have done.\" He calls the place of tombs the burial ground; there they burned their sons and daughters to the idols. \"Late did her voice wail.\" He has put \"late\" for \"slowly\": after experiencing painful things, he says, she came to perceive the lawlessness. The prophet says this also later, when he shows the ten tribes lamenting and saying: \"After my captivity …\" 24. \"She widened her ways to the waters of the desert.\" By \"widened\" he taught the insatiable greed of the impiety. He called the idols waters of the desert. \"In the desires of her soul she was carried by the wind.\" For what they wished to hear, the false prophets pretended to foretell; he has put \"was carried by the wind\" with reference to the false prophets. \"She has been handed over; who will turn her back?\" For if God hands over, who will help? So also through the great Moses he says … \"All who seek her will not grow weary; in her humiliation they will find her.\" For they became easy prey, having embraced impiety. After this he teaches that often … But therefore, he says, I will clothe them all together with shame, kings and rulers and priests and those who prophesy falsehoods; and they were likened … blushing. For they named the gods made of wood and stone fathers and begetters, but to me they turned their backs and turned away as from an enemy. \"And in the time of their troubles they will say: Arise and save us.\" This above all belongs to the utmost shamelessness: while enjoying good things, to be sick with ingratitude, and when lacking them, to ask for a share in them. Then, ironically:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.28":{"o":"χη΄, Καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ θεοί σοι', οὖς ἐποίησας σεαυτῇ; εἰ ἀγαστήσονται, καὶ σώσουσιν 32 ἐν καιρῷ τῆς κακώσεώς σου; Διδάσκει ὃὲ καὶ τούτων τὸ πλῆθος. τε κατὰ ἀριθμὸν τῶν τόϊλεων 3\" ἦσαν οἱ θεοί σου, ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ \"\" κατὰ ἀριθμὸν διόδων Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔθυον τῇ Βάα.1. Οὕτω δείξας τὴν \" τῶν οὐκ ὄντων θεῶν τιμὴν, καὶ τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ τὴν ἀσθένειαν, πράως τοῖς ἀχαρίστοι; ἐπιτιμᾷ \" χῇ, Ἱνατί 1πιλεῖτε Ἵ πρός μὲ; Πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠσεδήσατε, καὶ πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠγομήσατε \"8. εἰς ἐμὲν Λέγει Κύριος. ᾿Αναμιμνῆσκει 39 καὶ τῶν ἔπενεχ, Μάτην ἐπάταξα τὰ τέχνα ὑ μῶν» \" παιδείαν οὐκ ἐδέξασθε 35. Οὔτε εὐεργετούμενοι τὸν εὐεργέτὴν ἐπέγνωτε, οὔτε παιδευόμενοι τῆς ἀσεθείας ἀπ- ᾿ ἐπτητε. Ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τοὺς αἰτίους τῆς πλάνης σφαγῇ παραδέδωκα 5\". λα. ᾿Ακούσατε «1όγον Κυρίου. Τάδε «Ἰέγει Κύριος, Μὴ ἔρημος ἐγενόμην τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰακὼδ 85, ἣ ὴ χδχερσωμένη ὃ\", διότι ᾽ εἶπεν ὁ 1ᾳαός μου\" Οὐ χυριευθησύμεθα 35, καὶ οὐκ ἥξομεν πρός σε Ἧ; Εἰῥρωνιχῶ; ταῦτα λέγει. ἾΑ ρα, φησὶ, μὴ τοῖς εἰδύλοις εἰμὶ πιραπλήσιος : ἄρχ μὴ ὁμοίως ἐκείνοις οὐδένα αὐτοῖς καρπὸν ἀγαθὸν προτενήνοχχα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν ἐμὴν δουλείαν ἀπέδρασαν; Μεταθαίνει 3\" δὲ καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἑτέραν εἰκόνα, καὶ λέγε:, πᾶσαν μὲν νύμφὴν τοῦ κόσμου πεφροντικέναι 3, πᾶσαν δὲ παρθένον τῆς στηθοδεσμίδος ἐπιμελεῖσθαι ’ τὸν δὲ κληθέντα … τις τοῦ κηδεμόνος. Εἶτα πάλεν …","t":"28. \"And where are your gods that you made for yourself? Will they rise up and save you in the time of your affliction?\" He teaches also how many they were: \"For according to the number of your cities were your gods, Judah, and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.\" Having thus shown the honor paid to gods that do not exist, their number and their weakness, he gently rebukes the ungrateful: 29. \"Why do you speak to me? All of you have acted impiously, and all of you have acted lawlessly against me, says the Lord.\" He reminds them also of the … 30. \"In vain I struck your children; you did not accept discipline.\" Neither when you were benefited did you recognize the benefactor, nor when you were disciplined did you desist from impiety. And I handed over to slaughter even the authors of the error. 31. \"Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Have I become a wilderness to the house of Jacob, or a land left fallow? Why did my people say: We will not be ruled, and we will not come to you?\" He says this ironically. Am I then, he says, like the idols? Have I, like them, offered them no good fruit, so that for this reason they have run away from my service? 32. He passes to another image too, and says that every bride takes thought for her ornaments and every virgin takes care of her breastband, but the one called … of the one who cares for him. Then again …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.28 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-28)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.3":{"o":"γ΄. ἼΛγιος δ ᾿Ισραὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ. “Ἀντὶ τοῦ, θέν σε τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν προέχρινα, καὶ ἐμὸς λαὺς ἐχρημάτισας. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Μωσῆς\" « Καὶ ἐγενήθη μερὶς Κυρίου λαὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰαχὼθ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ.» --- ε ᾿Απαρχὴ γεννημάτων αὐτοῦ. ν Πρὴὺ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπάντων αὐτὸν ἐξελέξατο. Οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ τῷ Φαραὼ ἕφη᾽ « Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ\" » καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρον δὲ προφήτου φησὶν οὕτως\" « Ὡς σταφυλὴν ἐν ἐρήμῳ εὗρον τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ὡς καρπὸν \"\" σύχου πρώϊμον εὗρον πατέρας αὐτῶν. » - Πάντες οἱ ἐαθίοντες \" αὐτὸν πλημμελήσουσι, κακὰ ἐπάξω \" ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς, λὲγει Κύριος. » Οὐδὲ γὰρ ὡς τῷ Θεῷ διακονοῦντες ἐπολέμουν οἱ πολεμοῦντες τῷ Ἰσραΐλ - ἀλλ᾽ ὡς αὑτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ περιγενήσεσθαι δυνάμενοι. Οὕτω καὶ Σεναχηρεὶμ ἔλεγε“ « Μή σε ἀπατάτω ὁ Θεός σου, ἐν ᾧ σὺ πέποιθας ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, λέγων ὅτι 'Ῥύσεται Κύριο; τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐκ χειρός μου. » Τούτου δὴ χάριν καὶ αὑτοῖς ἀπειλεῖ τιμωρίαν. Εἶτα παντί φησι τῷ ἐ. Τί\" εὗρον οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ πλημμέλημα, ὅτι ἀπέστησαν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ μακρὰν, καὶ θησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων, καὶ ἐματαιώθησαν; Τίς ὑμνῆσαι πρὸς ἀξίαν ἱκανὸς τὴν τοῦ Δεσπότου φιλανθρωπίαν; Οὐ γὰρ ὡς κριτὴς κρίνει, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς; ὑπεύθννος ἀπολογίαν προσφέρει, καὶ ἐλεγχθῆναι βούλεται εἴ τι πράξαι δέον οὐκ ἔπραξε\" καὶ Θεὸς ὧν πανάγιος, ἀνθρώποις παρανόμοις λέγει \" Τί ἐξἥμαρτον; Τί ἠδίκησα; Εἴπατε, ἐλέγξατε. Τί ἔχοντες ἐγκαλεῖν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἐμὲ μὲν τὸν εὐεργέτην ἐγκατέλιπον, τοῖς ὃὲ χειροποιήτοις εἰδώλοις ἐδούλαξα\" καὶ δι᾽ ἀδάτου μὲν ὡδήγησα γῆς, ἐν ἐρήμῳ δὲ ἀνύδρῳ ἀφθόνων ὑδάτων ῥεῖθρον \"᾽ ἐδωρησάμην, τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην εἰσήγαγον γῆν, παντοδαπῶν τιν οὖσαν μητέρα καρπῶν. Διὰ δ᾽ γὰρ τοῦ Καρμήλου πᾶσαν τὴν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας παρεδήλωσε γῆν\" ἀλλ οὐδὲ τούτων ἀπολαύσαντες τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν πατέρων ἐμιμήσασθε βδελυρίαν. Εἶτα κατὰ διαίρεσιν ἑκάστου τάγματος τὴν -κατηγορίαν εἰσφέρει. ","t":"3. \"Israel is holy to the Lord.\" That is: I preferred you to the other nations, and you were called my people. So also the blessed Moses said: \"And the Lord's portion became his people Jacob, Israel the allotment of his inheritance.\" \"The firstfruits of his produce.\" For he chose him before all the others. That is why he said to Pharaoh too: \"Israel is my firstborn son\"; and through another prophet he says this: \"Like a grape in the wilderness I found Israel, and like an early fig I found their fathers.\" \"All who devour him will offend; I will bring evils upon them, says the Lord.\" For those who made war on Israel did not make war as servants of God, but as if they could overcome God himself. So Sennacherib said: \"Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, The Lord will deliver Jerusalem out of my hand.\" For this reason he threatens them too with punishment. Then he says to the whole people: 5. \"What offense did your fathers find in me, that they went far away from me, and went after vain things, and became vain?\" Who is able to praise as it deserves the Master's love for humankind? For he does not judge as a judge, but offers a defense like one who is accountable, and wishes to be refuted if there was anything he ought to have done and did not do; and God, who is all-holy, says to lawless men: What sin did I commit? What wrong did I do? Tell me; refute me. What do you have to accuse me of? Your fathers abandoned me, their benefactor, and served idols made by hands. I led them through a land without roads, and in a waterless desert I gave them a stream of abundant water, and brought them into the promised land, the mother of every kind of fruit. By Carmel he has indicated the whole land of promise. But even when you enjoyed these things you did not … the benefactor; you imitated the abomination of your fathers. Then, taking each order in turn, he brings the accusation.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.33":{"o":"λγ΄, Τί\" ἔτι καλὸν ἐπιτηδεύσεις ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου, τοῦ ζητῆσαι ἀγάπησιν; Τί ἕτερον, φησὶ, τοῖς πρϑειρη μένοις προσθεῖναι βούλῃ, ὡς τὸ ἐμὸν περὶ σὲ πραγματεύσασθαι φίλτρον : \"\" « Οὐκ οὕτως. ν» Οὐδὲν τούτων εἰς ἀγάπην κινεῖ, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον μῖσος ἐργάζεται\" οὐ γὰρ μόνον εἰς ἀπέδειαν ἐξώχειλας, ἀλλὰ καὶ μιαιφονίαν ἐτόλμησας \".","t":"33. \"What good will you still practice in your ways, to seek love?\" What else, he says, do you wish to add to what has been said, so as to win my affection for you? \"Not so.\" None of these things moves me to love; on the contrary, it produces hatred. For you have not only run aground on impiety, but have also dared to commit bloodshed.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.33 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-33)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.34":{"o":"λδ΄, Ἐν γὰρ\" ταῖς χερσί σου \"ἢ, φηεὶν, εὑρέθη \"5\" αἵματα ψυχῶν ἀθώων \"1. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη ἀαδίδ- ε« Καὶ ἔθυσαν τοὺς υἱοὺς αὑτῶν \" τοῖς δαιμονίοις, καὶ ἐξέχεαν αἷμα ἀθῶον, αἷμα νἱῶν αὑτῶν καὶ θυγατέρων, ὧν ἔθυσαν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς Χαναὰν, καὶ ἐφονοχτονήθη ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς αἵμασι. Δ'ιδάσχων δὲ, ὡς οὐδὲ χρύθδην ταῦτα εἰργάζοντο, ἀλλ᾽ ἀναφανδὸν) ἐτόλμων, ἐπήγαγεν \" ε Οὐκ ἐν διορύγμασιν ν᾽ εὗρον \" αὐτοὺς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ δ' πάσῃ δρυῖ \"5, » Οὐ γὰρ ὥσπερ οἱ τοιχωρύχοι λάθρα τοῦτο δρῶσιν, οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι θάνειν ἐπειρῶντο παρανομοῦντες, ἀλλὰ πᾶς βουνὸς, καὶ πᾶν ἄλσος ἐδέξατο τὴν τούτων ἀσέδειαν᾽ δὲ ὄντες, καὶ βξελυροὶ, καὶ τὰ προφανῶς γινόμενα","t":"34. \"For on your hands,\" he says, \"was found the blood of innocent souls.\" The blessed David said this too: \"And they sacrificed their sons to the demons, and poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the carved images of Canaan, and the land was polluted with murder in their blood.\" Teaching that they did not even do these things in secret but dared them openly, he added: \"Not in tunnels did I find them, but upon every oak.\" For these men did not try to escape notice in their lawbreaking, as burglars do this secretly; every hill and every grove received their impiety; … being … and loathsome, and the things done openly …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.34 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-34)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.35":{"o":"λε΄. Εἴπας γὰρ, φησί\" ᾿Αθῶδς εἰμι\" ἀ.1.1ὰ ἀποστραφήτω 5 ὁ θυμὸς αὑτοῦ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἐπήγαγεν: ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ κρίνομαι πρὸς σὲ ἐν τῷ σε «έγει\"\" Οὐκ ἥμαρτον. Καὶ οὐ λέγει, Κρινῶ σε, ἀλλὰ, « Κρίνομα! πρὸς σέ'ν ἀντὶ τοῦ, Διχάξζομαι δ᾿, καὶ ἐλέγχω δ᾽ σε Ψευδομένην καὶ","t":"35. \"For you said,\" he says, \"I am innocent; but let his anger turn away from me.\" That is why he added: \"Behold, I enter into judgment with you for saying: I have not sinned.\" And he does not say, \"I will judge you,\" but, \"I go to judgment with you,\" that is, \"I plead my case and convict you of lying and …\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.35 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-35)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.36":{"o":"λς΄. Ὅτι\" χατεφρόνησαι \"Ἶ σφόδρα τοῦ δευτερῶσαι τὰς ὁδούς σου \"δ. Κατάλληλο; δ᾽ γὰρὴ ἀνα’δεια τῇ παρανομίψ\" αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούτου καὶ ἕτερον, ὅτι Ὥσπερ ᾿Ασσυρίους εἰς συμμαχίαν καλέσαντες, οἷ» δὲν ἐκ τῆς ἐπικουρίας ἀπώνασθε, οὕτω καὶ νῦν Δἰλείας ἀπολαύσ:σής. Τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων δηλοῖ, Καὶ ἀπ᾿ Αἰγύπτου καταισχυγθήσῃ, καθὼς κατ- … ελεύση, καὶ αἱ χεῖρὲς σου ἐπὶ τῆς κεξαιϊῆς σου· Ἴδιον τῶν θρηνουσῶν τὸ τὰς χεῖρας συμπεπλεγμένας τῇ κεφαλῇ. Τὸ δὲ αἴτιον τῶν κακῶν, «Ὅτι ἀπώσατο Κύριος τὴν ἐλπίδα σου, καὶ οὐκ εὐοδωθήτῃ “ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ.» Εἰ γὰρ εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἤλπισας, ἐτρύγησας ἂν ὥριμον τὸν τῆς ἐλπίδος καρπόν\" ἐπειδὴ …","t":"36. \"For you have greatly despised repeating your ways.\" The shamelessness matches the lawlessness. Through this he also hints at something else: that just as you called the Assyrians to your aid and got no benefit from their help, so now too you will gain nothing from the alliance. He makes this clear through what follows: \"And you will be put to shame by Egypt, as you were put to shame …\" 37. \"… you will come out, and your hands on your head.\" It is the custom of women in mourning to lay their hands, clasped together, on their heads. And the cause of the evils: \"For the Lord has rejected your hope, and you will not prosper by it.\" For had you hoped in God, you would have harvested the ripe fruit of hope; but since …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.36 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-36)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2.8":{"o":"η΄, ΟἹ ἱερεῖς οὐκ εἵπον\" Ποῦ ἐστι Κύριος; Τοῦτο πάντων ἀνοσιώτατον \" τὸ τοὺς ποδηγοὺς ἀρχηγοὺς γενέσθαι τῆς πλάνης. « Καὶ \"' οἱ ἀντεχόμενοι τοῦ νόμου οὐκ ἢπίσταντό με. » Τῶν \"ἢ γραμματέων καὶ διδασκάλων ἐνταῦθα κατηγορεῖ, ὡς ἑρμηνενόντων μὲν τὸν νόμον, πρώτων δὲ τοῦτον «Καὶ οἱ ποιμένες ἠσέδουν εἰς ἐμέ.» Τοὺς βασιλέας οὗτως ὠνόμασε. ε Καὶ οἱ προφῆται προεφήτευον ἐν τῷ … καὶ θεοὺς τοὺς οὐκ ὄντας θεούς. « Καὶ ὀπίσω ἀνωφελοῦς ἐπορεύθησαν.» Ἔδειξε τὴν τῆς παραπληξίας ὑπερβολήν - καταλιπόντες γὰρ τὸν τῶν θ΄͵ Διὰ δ᾽ τοῦτο ἔτι κριθήσομαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς  λέγει Κύριος: καὶ πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν … εἶπε\" Κρινῶ ὑμᾶς καὶ τοὺς ὑμετέρους ἀπογόνους ἀλλὰ, Κριθήσομαι καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνους - ἀντὶ τοῦ, Διχάσομαι, καὶ ἐλέγξω παρανομοῦντας. Δεικνὺς δὲ τὴν τῆς παρανομίας ὑπερβολὴν, τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐξετάσαι δ πολιτείαν παρακελεύεται, τῶν τε ἑσπερίων καὶ τῶν ἑῴων, καὶ γνῶναι εἴ τινες ἐχείνων ἔμειψαν τοὺς πατρῴους θεούς \" καλεῖ δ᾽ δὲ μὲν τὴν Κύπρον, καὶ τὰς περὶ αὐτὴν νήσους, καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῶν τὰ ἑσπέρια μέρη - Κηδὰρ δὲ, τοὺς τὴν πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα ἔρημον οἰκοῦντας \" διὰ δὲ τού. 4] καὶ περίδλεπτος. Τί τοίνυν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τὸ αἴτιον; Τί δή ποτε τοῖς ἐπιοῦσιν αὐτῷ βασιλεῦσιν εἰ ἐγένετο πρόχειρος; Λέοντας γὰρ τοὺς βασιλέας ὠνόμασε, Τούτους λέγει καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ διχάτα! \",, καὶ τὰς πόλεις ἐμπρῆσαι. Ταῦτα δὲ οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ ᾿Ασσυρίων πεπόνθατε - ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ Αἰγυπτίων. Ἔτι γάρ φησιν\" … καὶ κατέπαιξάν το σου. Οἱ τὰ πολυθρούλλητα ἐκεῖνα σοῦ χάριν ὑπομείναντες \" οὖς τὸ τελευταῖον τῷ θαλαττίῳ βυθῷ παραδέδωκα. Εἶτα τῆς ἀσθενείας τὴν αἰτίαν διδάσκει\" Οὐκὶ ταῦτα ἐποίησέ σοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σε ἐμέ; “λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου. \"Ἔπειτα καὶ σημαίνει τὴν ἀρχὴν τ ἧς ἀποστασίας 15. ε« Ἔν\" τῷ χαιρῷ ἄγοντός σε ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ 5.» Εὐθὺς γὰρ Αἰγυπτίων ἀπαλλατὰς, ἐμὲ μὲν ἐγκατέλιπες 79, τὸν δὲ μόσχον ἐθεοιη. Καὶ νῦν τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Αἰγύπτου, τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ Γηῶν; Καὶ τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ ᾿Ασσυρίων, τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ ποταμῶν; Ἡνίχα ὑπὸ Σύρων ἐπολεμοῦντο, τοὺς ᾿Ασσυρίους εἰς συμμαχίαν ἐκάλεσαν \" ὅτε δὲ ᾿Ασσύριοι αὐτοῖς \"' ἐπεστράτευσαν, πρὸς Αἰγυπτίους κατέφυγον \" Γηῶν γὰρ τὸν Νεῖλον δ᾽ καλεῖ. ιϑ. Παιδεύσει σε ἡ ἀποστασία σου, καὶ ἡ κακία σου ἐλέγξει σε\" καὶ γνῶθι, καὶ ἴδε, ὅτι πικρὸν καὶ πονηρόν δδσοι τὸ καταλιπεῖν σὲ ἐμὲ, γειΚύριος ὁ Θεός σου. Καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησα ἐπὶ σοὶ, εἸέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου. Ἔμξ, φησὶν, εἰς συμμαχίαν οὐκ ἐκάλεσας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκείνους. Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκείνοις σε παρέδωκα ὅδ. Τοιοῦτό τι πεπόνθασι καὶ οἱ τὸν Σωτῆρα σταυρώσαντες \" ἀρνηθέντες γὰρ αὐτὸν, ἔλεγον μὴ ἔχειν βασιλέα εἰ μὴ Καίσαρα, οὗ δὴ χάριν αὐτοὺς Καίσαρι παραδέδωκεν.","t":"8. \"The priests did not say: Where is the Lord?\" This is the most unholy thing of all: that the guides should become the leaders of the error. \"And those who handle the law did not know me.\" Here he accuses the scribes and teachers, since they interpreted the law but were the first to … it. \"And the shepherds acted impiously toward me.\" So he named the kings. \"And the prophets prophesied by …\" — gods that are not gods. \"And they went after what is useless.\" He has shown the excess of their madness; for, abandoning the God of … 9. \"Therefore I will still go to judgment with them, says the Lord, and with their children's children …\" He did not say, \"I will judge you and your descendants,\" but, \"I will go to judgment with you and with them,\" that is, \"I will plead my case and refute the lawbreakers.\" Showing the excess of their lawlessness, he bids them examine the ways of the nations, both of the west and of the east, and learn whether any of them have changed their ancestral gods. By Kittim he means Cyprus and the islands around it, and through them the western parts; by Kedar, those who inhabit the desert toward the rising sun; and through these … and renowned. What then is the cause of the captivity? Why did he become easy prey for the kings who attacked him? For he has named the kings lions. These, he says, laid waste his land and burned his cities. And you have suffered these things not only from the Assyrians but also from the Egyptians. For he says further: \"… and they mocked you.\" — they who for your sake endured those famous plagues, and whom at the last I handed over to the depth of the sea. Then he teaches the cause of the weakness: 17. \"Did not your forsaking me do these things to you? says the Lord your God.\" Then he indicates also the beginning of the apostasy: \"At the time when he was leading you in the wilderness.\" For as soon as you were freed from the Egyptians you forsook me and made the calf a god. 18. \"And now what have you to do with the road to Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? And what have you to do with the road of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the rivers?\" When they were attacked by the Syrians, they called the Assyrians to their aid; and when the Assyrians marched against them, they fled for refuge to the Egyptians. Geon is his name for the Nile. 19. \"Your apostasy will discipline you, and your wickedness will convict you; know and see that it is bitter and evil for you to have forsaken me, says the Lord your God. And I took no pleasure in you, says the Lord your God.\" You did not call me to your aid, he says, but them; therefore I handed you over to them. Something like this happened also to those who crucified the Savior: denying him, they said they had no king but Caesar; for this reason he handed them over to Caesar.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 2.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/2-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20.1":{"o":"α',. Τοῦτον 5᾽ ὃὲ τὸν λόγον ὁ Πασχὼρ ἀχούτας, ἀρχιερεὺς δὲ οὗτος ἐτύγχανεν ὧν, οὐ μόνον ἠκίσατο τὸν προφήτην, ἀλλὰ καὶ χαθεῖρξεν. β. ᾿Επάταξε γὰρ, φησὶ, Πασχὼρ τὸν προφήτην ᾿Ιερεμίαγ, καὶ ἐγέδωλεν αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν χαταράχτὴν \"᾿. Ὑπόγειον δέ τινα τόπον λέγει \" πολλὰ δὲ τοιαῦτα εἶχεν οἰχέματα ὁ ὑπὸ Σολομῶντος οἶχοδομηθεὶς νεώς. ᾿Εξαγαγὼν δὲ αὐτὸν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ \", ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ πάλιν λέγοντος - « Οὐκὶ Πασχὼρ ᾿ Κύριος 55 ἐχάλετε τὸ ὄνομά σου, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ μέτοικον κυκλόθεν δ. » Οὐ μόνον ὃὲ αὐτὸν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς φίλους αὐτοῦ δορυαλώτους γενήσεσθαι λέγει, καὶ μετὰ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ᾿ἀναιρεθήσεσθαι. Καὶ μέντοι καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τῷ Ναθουχοδονόσορ ἀπειλεῖ παραδώσειν. Ταῦτα τοΐνυν διὰ πλειόνων εἰρηκὼς ὁ προφήτης, δυσχεραίνει τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ συνεχῶς γι- γνομένας ἐπαναστάσεις, καὶ τῇ τοῦ συνειδότος ῥὼν καθαρότητι, παῤῥησίᾳ χρᾶται 55 πρὸς τὸν Δε-. - ξ. Ἡπάτησάς μὲ δ᾽, Κύριε, καὶ ἡπατήθην \" εις, 1. δοοορὶ ει πιο, δονιῖνο, εἰ ἀεεορίιι8 δμεπι τ ἐκράτησάς με “, καὶ ἡδυγήθης \"5, ἜἜφυγον, φησὶ, τὶν προφητείαν, εἶπα δ᾽ εἶναι νεώτερος, καὶ μὴ ἀρπεῖν εἰς τῆνδε τὴν ὑπουργίαν, καὶ ὑπέσχον κρείττονά με ποιήσειν τῶν πολεμούντων, καὶ τείχει χαλκῷ καὶ στύλῳ σιδηρῷ παραπλήσιον δείξειν \" καὶ νῦν γέγονα καταγέλαστος \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει \"“ε« μὴν εἰς γέλωτα πᾶσαν ἡμέραν \" διετέλεσα π΄. Ὅτι 3\" πικρῷ 1όγῳ μου γεϊάσομαι, ἀθεσίαν καὶ ταϊαιπωρίαν ἐπικαλέσομαι, ὅτι ἐγέγετο ὁ ἰεπὶ οἱ “όγος Κυρίου ἐμοὶ εἰς ὀγειδισμὸν καὶ εἰς χιϊδυα- … οὐκὶ αἱ εἰς αὐτὸν γιγνόμεναι ταλαιπωρίαι \"' τε καὶ … ἀλλ᾽ αἱ κατὰ τῶν θείων λογέων τολμώμεναν …","t":"1. When Pashhur heard this word (he happened to be chief priest), he not only mistreated the prophet but also imprisoned him. 2. \"For Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah,\" he says, \"and threw him into the cataract.\" He means an underground place; the temple built by Solomon had many such chambers. When he brought him out the next day, he heard him say again: \"The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but Sojourner-round-about.\" And he says that not only he but also his friends would be taken captive and slain after the captivity; and indeed he threatens to hand over the whole people to Nebuchadnezzar. Having said these things at length, the prophet, vexed at the uprisings constantly made against him, and confident in the purity of his conscience, speaks freely to the Master: 7. \"You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed.\" I fled the prophecy, he says, saying that I was too young and not sufficient for this ministry; and you promised to make me stronger than those who fight against me, and to show me like a bronze wall and an iron pillar; and now I have become a laughingstock. For this is what he says: \"I have become a laughingstock all day long.\" 8. \"For I will laugh with my bitter word; I will call down faithlessness and wretchedness; for the word of the Lord has become to me a reproach and a mockery …\" It is not the miseries done to himself that … but the outrages dared against the divine oracles …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 20.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20.11":{"o":"ια'. Κύριος μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καθὼς μαχητὴς ἰσχύων. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τῆς θείας ἐπικουρίας τὴν νίκην. « Διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωξαν ἢ, καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθησαν νικῆσαι\" \" ἠσχύνθησαν σφόδρα, ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν \" νοῆσαι ἀτιμίας αὑτῶν, αἷ δι᾽ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσονται. ν Εἶτα αἰτεῖ πάλιν γενέσθαι κριτὴν τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἀπαιτῆσαι αὐτοὺς δίκας τῶν ἐπιχξιρημάτων ἀξίας\" ἀνιώμενος δὲ, καὶ λίαν ἀλγυνόμενος καὶ τὴν παροῦσαν δυσχεραίνων ζωὴν, πρῶτον ὁμνεῖ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, καὶ τηνικαῦτα ἐπαρᾶται τῇ,τῶν μητρῴων ὠδίνων ἡμέρᾳ. ιν. \"Ασατε γὰρ, φησὶ, τῷ Κυρίῳ, αἱἰνέσατα αὐτὸν “, ὅτι ἐξείλετο ψυχὴν πένητος ἐκ χει- »οὁς πονηρευομένων, Προτάττει τὸν ὕμνον, ἵνα πᾶσαν ἀφορμὴν βλασφημίας ἐχθάλῃ. Εἶτά φησιν\"","t":"11. \"The Lord is with me like a mighty warrior.\" He teaches also the victory of the divine help: \"Therefore they persecuted me and could not prevail; they were greatly ashamed, because they did not understand their dishonors, which will not be forgotten forever.\" Then he asks again that God be judge, and exact from them a penalty worthy of their attempts. And being grieved and deeply pained, and weary of his present life, he first praises the God of all, and then curses the day of his mother's birth pangs. 13. \"Sing to the Lord,\" he says, \"praise him, for he has rescued the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.\" He puts the hymn first, to remove every pretext for blasphemy. Then he says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 20.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20.14":{"o":"ιδ', 6΄, Ἐπικατάρατος ἡ ἡμέρα, ἐν ἧ ἐτέχθην ἐν αὑτῇ\" ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ἦ ἔτεκέ μὲ ἡ μήτηρ μου \". Καὶ. ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὁ εὐαγγελισάμενος τῷ πατρί μου “λέγων \" ᾿Ετέχθη σοι υἱὸς \" ἄρσην\" μὴ εὑφραιγόμενος ἔστω. \"5\" Εἰώ» θασιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, λίαν ὀδυρόμενοι, τῶν παρἱσταμένων ἐπιλαμθάνεσθαι, καὶ ταῖς χεροὶν ἀποθλίθειν\" ἔστι δὲ ὅτε καὶ προσαράσσειν τὰς χεῖρας, τῆς ὀδύνης ἀναγχαζούσης᾽ τοῦτο πέπονθε καὶ ὁ προφήτης. Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ὑπερδαλλούσης ὀδύνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπελάδετο, χρήματος; ἀνυποστάτου, καὶ τοῦ \"\" τῷ πατρὶ τὸν τόκον μηνύσαντος, Καὶ οὐδὲ ἴδιός τις ἦν οὗτος 15 - εἰκὸς δὲ μηδὲ μηνύσαι τινά. Προστίθησι δὲ, ὅτι καὶ ἄμεινον ἦν μοι ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ τελευτῆσαι, καὶ νεκρὸν προελθεῖν, ἢ ταῖς ᾿παντοδαπαῖς ταύταις πε-","t":"14–15. \"Cursed be the day on which I was born; the day on which my mother bore me … And cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, saying: A male child is born to you; let him not rejoice.\" People in great lamentation are accustomed to seize those standing by and squeeze them with their hands; sometimes they even strike their hands together, forced by the pain. The prophet experienced this too: out of overwhelming pain he laid hold of the day, a thing without substance, and of the one who announced the birth to his father. And this was no particular person; it is likely that no one announced it at all. He adds that it would have been better for me to die in the womb and to come out dead, than to … these manifold …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 20.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20.9":{"o":"θ΄. Καὶ εἴπον\" Οὐ μὴ ὀνομάσω τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, καὶ οὐ μὴ «ωλήσω ἐπὶ τῷ ὀγόματι αὐτοῦ. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, οὐ μὴ προφητεύσω, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ προσενέγχω τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν πρόῤῥησιν. ε Καὶ ἐγένξτο ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου\", ὡς πῦρ καιόμενον, καὶ φλεγόμενον \"5, καὶ συνεχόμενον ἐν τοῖς ὀστέοις μον, καὶ παρεῖμαι\"\" πάντοθεν, καὶ οὐ δύναμαι φέρειν. » Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεῖος ὑπέμεινε Παῦλος ἐν ταῖς ᾿Αθήναις ἡνίχα ἐσιώπα\" ε Συνείχετο \"' γὰρ, φησὶ, τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Παύλου θεωροῦντος κατείδωλον οὖσαν τὴν πόλιν. ν Τοῦτο πάσχει καὶ ὁ προφήτης “ ἡ γὰρ προφητικὴ χάρις συνεῖχεν αὐτὸν φθέγξασθαι μὴ βουλόμενον. Εἶτα διηγεῖται ὅπως οὐ μόνον ἐταλαιπωροῦντο \"7\" αὖ τὸν καὶ ἠχίζοντο“ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτεραν ἐπιδουλὴν τυον, ἐξαπατῆσαι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀποστῆσαι πειρώμενοι ᾽\" τοῦ Θεοῦ. Εἶπον γὰρ, φησίν\" « Ἐπισυστῶμεν \"ἢ αὑτῷ πάντες ἄνδρες φίλοι αὐτοῦ, τηρήσατε τὴν ἐπίνοιαν αὐτοῦ, εἰ ἀπατηθήσεται', καὶ δυνησόμεθα αὐτῷ, καὶ ληψόμεθα τὴν ἐκδίκησιν ἡμῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ. ν» Τίς ἂν ἀξίως θρηνήσειεν ᾽ τῆς πονηρίας τὰς ἐπινοίας ς ἧς Ὁ μέντοι προφήτης οὐκ ἑαυτῷ θαῤῥεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὴν θείαν ἐπικουρίαν ὑμνεῖ, καί φησι,","t":"9. \"And I said: I will not name the name of the Lord, and I will no longer speak in his name.\" That is: I will not prophesy, nor bring God's prediction to the disobedient. \"And it became in my heart like a burning fire, flaming and shut up in my bones; and I am weary on every side, and I cannot bear it.\" The divine Paul too experienced this in Athens when he was keeping silent: \"For Paul's spirit,\" it says, \"was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.\" The prophet experiences the same; for the prophetic grace constrained him to speak even when he did not wish to. Then he narrates how they not only afflicted and mistreated him, but also wove another plot, trying to deceive him and draw him away from God. For they said: \"Let us all conspire against him, all his friends; watch his intention, whether he will be deceived, and we shall prevail over him and take our revenge on him.\" Who could lament as it deserves the devices of wickedness? The prophet, however, does not trust in himself, but praises the divine help, and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 20.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/20-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.1":{"o":"Ὁ μὲν θρῆνος συμπαθείας καὶ φιλοστοργίας σημεῖον \" ἡγοῦμαι δὲ τὸν θεσπέσιον προφήτην ὠφελείας ᾿ ἕνεκα, καὶ τῶν τηνικαῦτα ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τῶν εἰς ἕἴστερον ἐσομένων, τοὺς θρήνους συγγράψαι \" ἵνα κἀκεῖνοι καὶ οὗτοι μάθωσι διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων, ὅσων.\" πρόξενος ἡ ἁμαρτία κακῶν \" τέσσαρας μέντοι συγγέγραφε Θρήνους, τὰ ἑκάστου ῥήματα καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καὶ τὴν 15 τάξιν τῶν στοιχείων συντεθειχώς \" θρηνεῖ δὲ τῆς πόλεως τὴν ἐρημίαν, τῆς προτέρας τῶν οἰκητόρων μεμνημένος πληθύος, καὶ δυσφοροῦσαν ὁῤῶν τὴν πάλαι παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων πόλεων δεχομένην τὸν φόρον “ προτωποποιίᾳ δὲ χεχρημέτος, λέγει νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν τὴν πόλιν δακῥύειν, τοῦ ψυχαγωγοῦντος οὐκ ὄντος, καὶ τῶν φίλων αὐτῆς 1\" παντελῶς ἠρνημένων. Φέρει δὲ εἰς «ἔσον καὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀπάσης τὴν μετανάστασιν, καὶ τὴν χαλεπὴν δουλείαν, καὶ εὐχειρώτους αὐτοὺς λέγει γεγενῆσθαι διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. ε Πάντες γὰρ, φησὶν, οἱ διώκοντες αὐτὴν, χατέλαθδον αὐτὴν ἀνὰ \"7 μέσον τῶν θλιδόντων. » ᾿Αναμιμνήσκει καὶ τῶν ποταμοὺς μιμουμένων ὁδῶν κατὰ τὸν τῶν ἑορτῶν καιρόν\" πάντοθεν γὰρ εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν συνέτρεχον ἅπαντες \" καὶ θρηνεῖ \"ὃ. Δοκεῖ γάρ πως τοῖς ἀνιαρῶς διακειμένοις μεταδολῆν τινα δέχεσθαι καὶ τὰ ἄψυχα ᾿ λέγει ὃὲ καὶ τὰ τούτων","t":"Lament is a sign of sympathy and affection. I think the inspired prophet wrote the Lamentations for the benefit both of the people of that time and of those who would live afterwards, so that both they and these might learn from what is written how many evils sin brings about. He composed four Lamentations, arranging the words of each according to the number and the order of the letters. He laments the desolation of the city, remembering the former multitude of its inhabitants, and seeing in distress the city that once received tribute from the other cities. Using personification, he says that the city weeps night and day, with no one to console her, and her friends having utterly disowned her. He brings into view also the removal of all Judaea and its harsh slavery, and says that they became easy to conquer because of sin: \"For all who pursued her,\" he says, \"overtook her between her oppressors.\" He recalls also the roads, which were like rivers at the time of the feasts, for from every side everyone used to flock to this city; and he laments. For to those in distress even inanimate things seem somehow to undergo a change. He speaks also of their …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.11":{"o":"ια΄, Πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτῆς καταστενάζοντες, ζητοῦνγτες ἄρτον». Ἔδωκαν γὰρ “ τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα αὑτῆς ἐν βρώσει, τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ψυχήν. Ἐνταῦθα ἐπιθυμήματα τὰ βρέφη καλεῖ\" ἐγεύσαντο γὰρ ἐν τῷ λιμῷ καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων χρεῶν. Αἰτεῖ μέντοι τὴν θείαν φιλανθρωπίαν, \"δε Κύριε, καὶ ἐπίδλεψον, ὅτι ἐγενόμην “ὁ ἡτιμωμένη. Εἶτα τοὺ; δι᾽ αὐτὴν \"» παριόντας παρακαλεῖ τὴν ἀσύγκριτον αὑτῆς ὀδύνην ἰδεῖν. Π Ταύτην δὲ, φησὶν, ὁ Δεσπότης ἐπήγαγέ μοι φθεγξάμενος ἐν ἐμοί τουτέστι, προσέταξε μόνον, καὶ ἐπηνέχθη μοι τὰ κακά \" τὸ δὲ Ἐπεφύλλισέ \" μοι. ἯΨΕ \"\" μοι, ὁ Σύρος ἡρμήνευσε. Διηγεῖται δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐπενεχθεῖσαν αὐτῇ θεήλατον πληγήν.","t":"11. \"All her people are groaning, seeking bread; they gave her desirable things for food, to bring back the soul.\" Here he calls the babies \"desirable things\"; for in the famine they tasted even human flesh. Yet she asks for the divine love for humankind: \"[See], O Lord, and look, for I have become dishonoured.\" Then she calls on those who pass by her to see her incomparable pain. This, she says, the Master brought on me \"when he spoke in me\": that is, he merely gave the command, and the evils were brought upon me. For \"he stripped me like a vine,\" the Syrian translated \"… me.\" She describes also the blow sent upon her by God.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. ᾽ξ ὕψους αὑτοῦ ἐξαπέστειιλε πῦρ \"\" ἐν τοῖς ὀστέοις μου, καὶ \" κατήγαγεν αὐτὸ ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ \". Αὐτὸς γὰρ συνεχώρησε τοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ πολιορχῇσαι, καὶ πορθῆσαι, καὶ ἐμπρῆσαι τὴν πόλιν. ε Διεπέτασε δίκτυον τοῖ; ποσί μου, ἀπέστρεψέ με εἰς τὸ\" ὀπίσω - ἔδωκέ με ἠφανισμένην ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ὀδυνωμένην.» Δίκτυον καλεῖ τὸ ἄφυκτον τῶν κακῶν\" καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἀποδράντες ἑάλωσαν. Δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τῆς; τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον. ιδ, ᾿Εγρηγόρησεν \"5 ἐτὶ τὰ ἀσεδήματά μου, ἐν \"Ἰ χερσὶν αὑτοῦ συνέπιλεξέ μ8. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Συνεπόδισε, καὶ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς παρέδωκεν. ς Ἐθάρυνε \" τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλόν μου. » Πικχρῶς γὰρ τοῖς ὠμοτάτοις Βαδυλωνίοις δουλεύειν ἠνάγχατε. «Καὶ ἠσθένησεν ἡ ἰσχύς μου, ὅτι \"9 ἔδωκε Κύριος ἐν χερσί Ὀδύρεται δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀριστέων τὸν ὄλεθρον. :΄, ᾿Εξῆρε δὲ πάγτας τοὺς ἰσχυρούς μου\" ὁ Κύριος ἐκάλεσεν ἐπ' ἐμὲ καιρὸν τοῦ συντρίψαι τοὺς \" ἐκλεκτούς μου. Τὴν συμφορὰν καὶ ὁ Σύρος, καὶ ὁ 'Ἑδραῖος, καιρόν καλεῖ \" καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλάκις εἰώθαμεν τῶν χαιρῶν τὰς δυσκολίας ὀδύρεσθαι. Ληνὸν ἐπάτησε Κύριος παρθένῳ θυγατρὶ δα. (:ς΄.) Ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐγώ κιαίω. Πολλάκις ἡ θεία Γραφὴ τὴν μεγίστην τιμωρίαν ἀπεικάξει ληνῷ, διὰ τὸ πάντας ἐν τοῖς ληνοῖς ἀποθλίδεσθαι τοὺς βότρυας, καὶ μηδεμίαν ὡς τὰ πολλὰ διαφεύγειν ῥᾶγα. « Καὶ 5» οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου κατήγαγον ὕδωρ, ὅτι ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ὁ παρακαλῶν με. » Καὶ διδάσκων, τίς οὗτος, ἐπήγαγεν \" ε« Ὁ ἐπιστρέφων Ψυχὴν μου. » Διὰ Β γάρ τοι τοῦτο καὶ τὴν παιδείαν ἐπήγαγε, τῇ 55 ψυχῇ τὴν ὠφέλειαν, πραγματευόμενος. Θρηνεῖ δὲ καὶ τῶν υἱῶν τήν ἀπώλειαν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπικράτειαν. Δείκνυσι δὲ αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ πένθους. ἰζ, Διεπέτασε Σιὼν τὰς \"6 χεῖρας αὑτῆς. Εἰὦθασι γὰρ αἱ πενθοῦσαι, καὶ ἐκτείνειν, καὶ συστέλλεῖν τὰς χεῖρας. Λέγει δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ ἀπαρχμύθητον εἶναι, ἄτε δὴ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὁρμῆσα: κατ᾽ ναι, ε« Ἐγενήθη γὰρ, φησὶν, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὡς 57 ἀποχαθη μένη ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν. » ᾿Ακάθαρτος δὲ ἦν κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἡ τοῦ αἴματος τὸν ῥοῦν ὑπομένουσα\" ταύτῃ τοίνυν ἀπειχάξει τὴν πόλιν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ Συνεχῶς μέντοι ὁ προφήτης: τῆς Ψήφου τὸ δίκαιον εὐφημεῖ, τὴν ἐντεῦθεν ὠφέλειαν προσφέρων τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσιν.","t":"13. \"From his height he sent fire into my bones, and brought it down upon me.\" For he permitted the enemies to besiege, sack and burn the city. \"He spread a net for my feet, he turned me back; he made me desolate, in pain all the day.\" He calls the inescapability of the evils a net; for even those who ran away were caught. And he shows the justice of the punishment: 14. \"He kept watch over my impieties; in his hands he entwined me,\" that is, he fettered me and handed me over to the enemies. \"He made his yoke heavy upon my neck\": for she was forced to serve the most savage Babylonians bitterly. \"And my strength failed, for the Lord gave [me] into the hands …\" She bewails also the destruction of her best men: 15. \"The Lord has taken away all my strong men; he called a time against me to crush my chosen ones.\" Both the Syrian and the Hebrew call the calamity a \"time\"; and we too often lament the hardships of the times. \"The Lord trod a winepress for the virgin daughter of Judah. 16. For these things I weep.\" The divine Scripture often likens the greatest punishment to a winepress, because in winepresses all the clusters are pressed out and, as a rule, not a single grape escapes. \"And my eyes poured down water, for the one who comforts me has gone far from me.\" And teaching who this is, he added: \"he who restores my soul.\" For this is indeed why he brought the discipline, working for the benefit of the soul. She laments also the loss of her sons and the dominance of the enemies. And he shows also her posture of mourning: 17. \"Zion spread out her hands.\" For mourning women are accustomed both to stretch out and to draw in their hands. He says also that she is without consolation, since God had stirred up the enemies against her … \"For Jerusalem has become,\" he says, \"like a menstruous woman among them.\" By the law, a woman who suffered a flow of blood was unclean; to her, then, he likens the city … of the foreigners and … Constantly, however, the prophet praises the justice of the verdict, offering to the readers the benefit that comes from it.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.18":{"o":"ιη΄, Δίκαιός ἔστι Κύριος, ὅτι τὸ στόμα αὑτοῦ παρεπίκραγα. Τοὺς γὰρ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ πεθέντας παρἐδην νόμους. Θρηνήσας δὲ τῶν παρθένων καὶ τῶν λὴς δ. ἢ τῶν εἰδώλων δουλεία, Ἐραστὰς γὰρ ἐκεῖνα “0 καλεῖ, Ἱκετεύει δὲ τὸν λῦσαι δυνάμενον τὴν τῶν κακῶν ἀωρίαν, οἰκτεῖραι αὐτὴν ὁμολογοῦσαν τὴν χραγα δι.» ᾿Ανιᾷ δὲ αὐτὴ ιδιαφερόντως τὸ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἐπιτωθάζειν \" καὶ τοῦτο δὲ, φησὶ, σοῦ νεύσαντος γέἴονεν. « Ἐπήγαγες γὰρ ἡμέραν, καὶ ἐκάλεσας καιρὸν, καὶ ἐγένοντό 55 μοι 43 οἴμοι, οἴμοι δ...» Αἰτεῖ Ὁ δὲ κἀκείνους ταῖς αὑταῖς περιπεσεῖν συμφοραΐς.","t":"18. \"The Lord is righteous, for I provoked his mouth.\" For I transgressed the laws he laid down. Having lamented the virgins and the [young men] … the slavery of the idols; for he calls those \"lovers.\" She entreats him who is able to end the untimely evils to pity her as she confesses her … She is grieved especially that the enemies mock her; and this too, she says, happened at your nod: \"For you brought a day, and called a time, and they became … to me; alas, alas …\" She asks that they too may fall into the same calamities.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.22":{"o":"κβ', Εἰσέλθοι γὰρ, φησὶ, πᾶσα ἡ κακία αὐτῶν κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου. Ὡς ἐθεάσω, φησὶ “5, τὴν ἐμὴν παρανομίαν, βλέπε καὶ τὴν ἐχείνων ἀσέβειαν. « Καὶ ἐπιφύλλισον \"8 αὐτοὺς, ὃν τρόπον ἐπεφύλλισας 57 ἐμὲ μον ἐδύνας, ἃς 89 οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι 5! ὑποστῆναι. » περὶ πάντων τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου \" ὅτι πολλοὶ οἱ στεναγμοί μου, καὶ ἡ καρδία μου λυπεῖται. ν» Καὶ ὃγ- « Θλῖψον αὐτοὺς, ὡς ἔθλιψας ἐμέ.» Ὁ μὲν οὖν πρῶτος Θρῆνος τοῦτο ἔχει τὸ τέλος.","t":"22. \"Let all their wickedness come before your face,\" she says. As you beheld my lawlessness, she says, look also on their impiety. \"And glean them, as you have gleaned me … pains, which I cannot endure,\" for all my sins; \"for many are my groans, and my heart is grieved.\" And … \"Afflict them as you afflicted me.\" This, then, is the end of the first Lamentation.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.5":{"o":"ε΄. Ἐγένοντο οἱ θλίδοντες αὐτὴν εἰς κεφαλὴν, καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῆς εὐθηνοῦσιν\" ὅτι Κύριος ἐτααὑτῆς. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μαχάριο; αὐτοῖ; προλέγει Μωσῆς \" τὸν θεῖον παραδαίΐνουσι νόμον \" ε Ὅτι ἔσονται οἱ ἐχῦροί σου ἄνω ᾽5, καὶ δὺ κάτω \"\"» λέγει \"\" δὲ καὶ τοῖς θηλάζουσι σὺν τοῖς πρεσθυτέροις τὸν ὄλεθρον\" Οὕτω κἀνταῦθα ’ ε Τὰ νήπια αὐτῇ ἐπορεύθησαν \"\" ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ χὰτὰ πρόσωπον θλίδοντος. » διηγεῖται δὲ ὅπως ἀφῃρέθη τὴν προτέραν εὐπρέπειαν, καὶ ἀπειχάζει τοὺς ἄρχοντας κριοῖ; ἐστερημένοις νομῆς ’ ἐγυμνώθησαν γὰρ τῆς προτέρας ἐτχύος. Εἶτα λέγε: τῆς \"\" Ἱερουσαλὴμ παλαιᾶς εὐπραξίας καὶ δυσπραξίας μνησθῆναι, καὶ παραθεῖναι ἐχεῖγοις τὰ νῦν ἐπελθόντα κακά καὶ πλεῖον ᾽ ἀνιᾶσθα: διὰ τὸ γενέσθαι τοῖς δυσμενέδιν Συνεχῶς δὲ διδάσκει τῶν συμφορῶν τὴν αἰτίαν, τὴν ὠφέλειαν πραγματευόμενος.,","t":"5. \"Her oppressors became the head, and her enemies prosper; for the Lord humbled her.\" This the blessed Moses too foretold to them, [should they] transgress the divine law: \"Your enemies will be above, and you below.\" He speaks also of destruction for the sucklings together with the elders … So here too: \"Her infants went into captivity before the oppressor.\" He describes how she was robbed of her former beauty, and he likens the rulers to rams deprived of pasture; for they were stripped of their former strength. Then he says that Jerusalem remembered her ancient prosperity and adversity, and set beside them the evils that had now come upon her, and was grieved the more because she had become [a laughingstock] to her foes. He constantly teaches the cause of the calamities, working for [our] benefit.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201.8":{"o":"η΄. ᾿Ἀμαρτίαν γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡμάρτηκεν \" ρουσαωιϊὴμ, διὰ τοῦτο εἰς σάϊζον ἐγένετο. Οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ οἱ πρότερον αὐτὴν γεραίροντες ἐξύδρισαν εἰς αὐτὴν, τὴν δυσχληρίαν αὐτῆς θεασάμενοι. Εἶτα τῶν παντοδαπῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἀναμιμνήσκει. σθη ἐσχάτων 35 αὑτῆς, καὶ \" πέπτωκε θαυμα Προσήκει γὰρ μὴ τῇ εὐπραξίᾳ θαῤῥεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν μεταθδολὴν προσμένειν, Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν, ςγσὶν, οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων αὐτῇ προσφέρει παραψυχὴν, σὺ Δέσποτα τὴν ἀθλίως κρατοῦσαν 55 θεασάμενος, οἴκτειρον. Θρηνεῖ δὲ διαφερόντως τὸ τῶν ἀδύτων τοῦ ναοῦ κατατολμῆσαι τοὺς δυσμενεῖς, καί τς Χεῖρα αὑτοῦ ἐξεπέτασε θ.1ἰδων,, ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἐπιθυμητὰ 5' αὑτῆς \" εἶδε γὰρ ἔθγη εἰσελθόντα εἰς τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτῆς, ἃ ἐνετείλω μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εὶς τὴν ἐκχλησίαγν σου. Εἰς μὲν τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων μόνῳ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ εἰσιτητὸν ἦν, καὶ τοῦτο μέντοι ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ “ εἰς δὲ τὰ πρὸ τούτων ἅγι οἱ ἱερεῖς εἰσήεσαν μόνοι \" εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐνδοτέραν ἀὐλὴν καὶ οἱ Λευῖται \" εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐξωτέραν 3 οἵ τε ἐκ γένους Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οἱ περιτετμημένοι προσήλυτοι\" Ὁ πάντα γὰρ ἀπερίτμητον καὶ εἰς ἐχείνην εἰσελθεζῦ ὁ νόμος ἐκώλυε \" διαφερόντως μέντοι Μωαθίτας καὶ γὰρ ὅ\", καὶ Μωαθίτης, οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς ἔκκλησίαν Κυρίου, οὐδὲ εἰς δ᾽ τὸν αἰῶνα. » Τοῦτον 5 ἀνὲ μνησε τὸν νόμον ὁ Θρῆνος\" εἶτα διηγεῖται τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ","t":"8. \"Jerusalem has sinned a sin,\" he says; \"therefore she has become a thing shaken.\" For this reason even those who once honoured her treated her with outrage when they saw her misfortune. Then he recalls her sins of every kind. \"… her last end, and she has fallen wondrously …\" For one must not take confidence in prosperity, but also expect a change. Since, then, he says, no human being offers her consolation, do you, O Master, look on her who is wretchedly held captive, and have pity. And he laments especially that the foes dared to enter the inner sanctuary of the temple: \"The oppressor stretched out his hand upon all her desirable things; for she saw nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you commanded not to enter into your assembly.\" Into the Holy of Holies only the high priest could enter, and that only once a year; into the holy place before it the priests alone entered; into the inner court the Levites also; and into the outer court both those of the race of Israel and the circumcised proselytes. For the law forbade anyone uncircumcised to enter even that, and the Moabites especially: \"[An Ammonite] and a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, not even forever.\" This law the Lament has recalled. Then it describes what [followed] from the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 201.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/201-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.1":{"o":"Τοῦ δὲ 45 δευτέρου τὸ προοίμιον τοῦτο’ α', Πῶς ἐγγόφρωσεν' ὀργῇ “\" αὑτοῦ Κύριος τὴν θυγατέρα Σιών; Κατέῤῥιψεν 7 ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εἰς γῆν δόξαν 1' Ἱσραὴ; Καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθη ὑποποδίου ποδῶν αὑτοῦ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀργῆς αὐτοῦ; Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς ε« ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ν ὁ θεῖος Δαδὶδ τὸν θεῖογ ὀνομάζει ναόν 15 \" « γεῖτε γὰρ, φησὶ, τῷ Τ᾽ ὑποποδίῳ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ. » Ὃ μέντοι προφήτης ἀπείκασε γνόφῳ τὴν συμφορὰν, καὶ λέγει ἐξ οὐρανῶν εἰς γῆν ῥιφῆναι τὴν πόλιν͵ Ἐπειδὴ τῆς ἐπανθούσης χάριτος ἐγυμνώθη \"5, ἐγέ᾽ νετο τοῖς πολεμίοις εὐάλωτος.","t":"The opening of the second is this: 1. \"How the Lord in his anger has darkened the daughter of Zion! He has cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not remembered the footstool of his feet in the day of his anger.\" From this too it is plain that the divine David calls the divine temple \"the footstool of his feet\": \"Worship,\" he says, \"at the footstool of his feet.\" The prophet likened the calamity to darkness, and he says that the city was hurled from heaven to earth, since, once stripped of the grace that had flourished in it, it became easy for the enemies to take.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.11":{"o":"ια΄. ᾿Εξέλιπον ἐν δάκρυσιν οἱ ἐςθαΐϊμοί μου, ἐταράχθη ἡ κοιλία μου\" ἐξεχύθη εἰς γὴν ἡ δὄξα5 μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ ( λαοῦ μοῦ. Δεΐχνυτι δὲ καὶ τὸ \" πάντων ἐλεξινότατον πᾶθο:. « Ἐν τῷ ἐχλύεσθα: ν᾽ νήπια καὶ θηλάζοντα ε ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως. ν Ὃ γὰρ λιμὸς καὶ τὴν τῆς φύσεως φιλοστοργίαν ἐνίκησε. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγεν","t":"11. \"My eyes failed with tears, my belly was troubled, my glory was poured out on the ground at the ruin of the daughter of my people.\" He shows also the most pitiable suffering of all: \"When infants and sucklings fainted in the streets of the city.\" For the famine overcame even nature's love for offspring. For he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Ταῖς μητράσιν αὑτῶν εἶπον, Ποῦ σῖτος καί οἶνος; ἐν τῷ ἐκλύεσθαι αὐτούς. Λέγει δὲ μὴ εὑρέσχειν ἀξίαν εἰκόνα τοῦ πάθους.","t":"12. \"They said to their mothers, 'Where are grain and wine?' as they fainted.\" He says that he cannot find an image worthy of the suffering.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. Τί γὰρ, φησὶ, μαρτυρήσω σοι, καὶ ' τί σχει δὲ καὶ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, τῶν τὰ χρηστὰ ","t":"13. \"For what shall I testify to you,\" he says, \"and what …\" … He [mentions] also the false prophets, those who [foretold] good things …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. Προφρῆται γάρ σου, φησὶν, εἶδόν σοι μά- ταια, καὶ ἀφρρυσύνην\" καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψαν τὴν ἀδικίαν σου, τοῦ\" ἀποστρέψαι ὃ τὴν καὶ ἔξωσάν\" σε. Ἐμποδὼν γὰρ ἐγένοντο τῇ μετα-τῆς πολλῆς ἀποστῆναι παρανομίας.","t":"14. \"For your prophets,\" he says, \"saw for you vain things and folly, and they did not uncover your iniquity to turn back your [captivity] … and they drove you out.\" For they stood in the way of [her] change … to depart from her great lawlessness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.15":{"o":"ιε΄, Ἐχρύτησαν ἐπὶ σὲ χεῖρας πάντες οἱ παραπορευόμενοι τὴν ὁδόν\" ἐσύρισαν, κεφαλὴν αὐτῶγ ἐπὶ τὴν θυγατέρα “Ιερουσαλήμ. Ἴδιον τοῦτο τῶν θαυμαζόντων τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω μεταθολήν. Λέγει δὲ καὶ ἅπερ ἔλεγον \" « Εἰ \" αὐτὴ ἣν ἡ πόλις στέφανος \" δόξης\", καλὴ εὐπρέπεια, εὐφροσύνη πάσης τῆς γῆς; » Λέγει πάντα ταῦτα πεπληρῶσθαι κατὰ τὰς θείας προῤῥήσεις \" διδάσκει δὲ \"0 καὶ οἵοις οἱ δυσμενεῖς ἐχέχρηντο λόγοις, ἐφτδόμενοι τοῖς συμδεθηχότιν αὐτῇ κακοῖς. « Αὕτη γὰρ\" ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν προσεδοχῶμεν'\", εὕρομεν καὶ εἴδομεν αὐτὴν \"\",..» Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ μακάριος προεἴπε Δαθίδ: « Ἐγενήθημεν ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, μυχτηρισμὸς καὶ χλευασμὸς τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν. ν» Καὶ πάλιν \" « Ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν\" ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, κίνησιν κεφαλῆς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖ:.» ὁ προφήτης, τοῖς περιθόλοις καὶ τῇ πόλει παρακελεύεται νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν δακρύειν, διὰ τὰς παντοδαπὰς συμφυράς\" λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν ὑπερδολὴν τῶν κακῶν. « Εἰ φάγονται\" γυναῖκες καρπὸν κοιλίας αὑτῶν; ἐπιφυλλίδα '6 ἐποίησε μάγειρος. » Τουτέστι, τὸν ἐψίγονον καρπὸν ἥψησε. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε\" ἐ Φονευθήσονται νήπια πολλὰ \"7 θηλάζοντα μασθούς. ν» Προστίθησι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἀτοπίαν\" « Ἐὲ ᾽\" ἀποχτενοῦσιν ἐν ἁγιάσματι Κυρίου ἱερέα καὶ προφήτὴν; » Καὶ τῇ τῶν προσώπων ποιότητι, καὶ τοῦ τόπου, ἔδειξε τὴν τοῦ πάθους ὑπερθολήν. δὲ τῶν γεγηρακότων \" καὶ τῶν μειρακίων καὶ ( τῶν παρθένων τὸν ἀνδραποδισμὸν, ἐπήγαγεν \" Ἑκάλεσας \" ὡς εὶς \" ἡμέραν ἑορτῆς παροικίαν, 33 μου κυχιἸόθεν\" καὶ οὐκ ἐγένετο ἐν’ ἡμέρᾳ μέγος. Τῶν γὰρ πολεμίων τὴν ἔφοδον δείσαντες, ὡς εἰς ὀχυρὰν τὴν πόλιν κατέφυγον \" ἐκεῖ μέντοι πάντες ἑάλωσαν \" εἰώθασι δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὸν τῶν ἑορτῶν χαιρὺν ἐχεΐῖ πάντες συντρέχειν \" οὗ δὴ χάριν τὴν ἅλωσιν καὶ ἐπλήθυνα, καὶ ὁ ἐχθρὸς ᾿δ πάντα συνετέλεσε. » Μάταιός μου, φησὶν, ὁ πόνος ἐγένετο \" τῶν τροφίμων γὰρ πάντων ἔρημος ἐγενόμην. Ἐνταῦθα τὸν δεύτερον","t":"15. \"All who pass by on the way clapped their hands at you; they hissed and wagged their head at the daughter of Jerusalem.\" This is what people do when they are astonished at a change for the worse. He states also what they were saying: \"Is this the city, the crown of glory, the fair beauty, the joy of all the earth?\" He says that all these things have been fulfilled according to the divine predictions. He teaches also what words the foes used as they gloated over the evils that had befallen her: \"For this is the day we were waiting for; we have found it, we have seen it.\" This too the blessed David foretold: \"We have become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those round about us\"; and again: \"You have made us a reproach among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.\" … the prophet bids the walls and the city weep night and day because of calamities of every kind; and he states the extremity of the evils: \"Shall women eat the fruit of their womb? The cook has made a gleaning\": that is, he boiled the newborn fruit. For he added: \"Many infants at the breast shall be slain.\" He adds also the other outrage: \"Shall they kill priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord?\" By the rank of the persons and of the place he showed the extremity of the suffering. [Having described] the enslavement of the old, the youths and the virgins, he added: \"You called my sojourners from round about as to a day of feast, and on the day there was none [who escaped or] remained.\" For in fear of the enemies' attack they fled to the city as to a stronghold, and there they were all captured. They are accustomed also to flock there at the time of the feasts; for this reason [he likened] the capture … \"and I multiplied, and the enemy finished them all.\" My labour, she says, has been in vain; for I have been left bereft of all my nurslings. Here [ends] the second …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.2":{"o":"β΄. Κατεπόντισε Κύριος οὐ φεισάμεγος πάντα τὰ ὡραῖα 15 ᾿Ιακὠδ\"7 \" καθεῖλεν ἐν θυμῷ αὑτοῦ τὰ ὀχυρώματα τῆς θυγατρὸς Ἰούδα, ἐκόλλησεν αὑτὰ\" εἰς τὴν γῆν. Τουτέστι, μέχρις ἐδάφους κατ. ἤνεγκεν. « Ἑθεδήλωσε βασιλέϊς \"5. αὐτῆς, καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτῆς. » Ταῦτα καὶ ὁ μακάριος προεῖπε Δαδίδ- ε« Ἔθον, γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτοῦ δειλίαν, διήρπασαν αὐτὸν πάντες παραπορευόμενοι \"' τὴν ὁδόν.»","t":"2. \"The Lord has drowned, without sparing, all the beautiful things of Jacob; in his anger he has torn down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has made them cleave to the ground\": that is, he brought them down to the ground. \"He has profaned her king and her rulers.\" These things the blessed David also foretold: \"You have made his strongholds cowardice; all who pass by on the way have plundered him.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.3":{"o":"γ΄. Συγέχλασεν ἐν ὀῤγῇ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ πᾶν κόρας Ἰσραήλ, Κέρας καλεῖ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, καὶ τοὺς ( δυνάστα;. « ᾿Ἀπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω δεξιὰν αὑτοῦ ἀπ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ, καὶ ἀνῆψεν ἐν Ἰαχὼδ πῦρ\" φλέγον, καὶ χατέφαγΞ πάντα τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ. ν Οὐ γὰρ ἠθέλησεν ἐπαμῦναι τῶν δυσμενῶν ἐπελθόντων, ἀλλ᾽ ἐώκει στρατηγῷ γενναίῳ καταλῦσαι ῥᾳδίως δυνα» μένῳ τοὺς πολεμίους, καὶ τὰς χεῖρας εἰς τοὐπίσω νίκην 5, Ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ δ δὲ, φησὶ, τοὐναντίον ἐχρήσατο ταῖς χερσίν.","t":"3. \"In the fury of his anger he has broken every horn of Israel.\" He calls the rulers and the powerful a \"horn.\" \"He has turned back his right hand from before the enemy, and he has kindled in Jacob a flaming fire, and it has devoured all things round about.\" For he was unwilling to help when the foes came; he was like a noble general who could easily destroy the enemies, [yet drew] his hands back … victory. But against me, she says, he used his hands the opposite way.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.4":{"o":"δ΄. Ἐγνέτειγε γὰρ τὸ \" τόξον αὑτοῦ ὡς ἐχθρὸς, καὶ ἐστερέωσε δεξιὰν αὑτοῦ ὡς ὑπεγαντίος, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε πάντα τὰ ἐπιθυμήματά μου \" ἐν σκηγῇ θυγατρὸς Σιών \" ἐξέχεεν ὡς πῦρ τὸν θυμὸὶν αὖτοῦ. Καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ναῷ τὰς σφαγὰς ἐτόλμησαν οἱ πολέμιοι. Διδάσκει δὲ ὁ λάγος, ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ συγχω- ρήσαντος ἐκεῖνα πάντα ἐγένετο - ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἥμαρτον, τὰ δυσμενῶν εἰργάσατο, καὶ διὰ τῶν πολεμίων καὶ τοὺς περιδόλους κατέλυσε, καὶ τὰς οἰκίας ἐνέπρησε, καὶ ἀνδράσι καὶ γυναιξὶ τὸ πένθος ἐπἦνεγκε, Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" (ς᾽.) ᾿Εξέσπασεν δ ὡς ἄμ- πολέμιοι τὸν θεῖον νεών. « Διέφθειρεν ἑορτὴν 8 αὖτοῦ. » Οὐκ ἔτι γὰρ ἑορτὰς ἐπετέλουν, ἀλλὰ θρηνεῖν ἠναγχάζοντος ε« Ἐπιλαθέσθαι \"5 ἐποίησε Κύριος Σιὼν \"' ἑορτῆς, καὶ σαδδάτου. » Προστέθεικε ὃὲ τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τῶν ἱερέων τὸν ὄλεθρον, καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τὴν ἐρημίαν, καὶ τοῦ θυσιχστηρίου τὸν μιχσμὸν, καὶ τὴν τοῦ τείχους κατάλυσιν, καὶ τὸ πάντῶν ἀνιχρώτατον. ἐ Φωνὴν πολέμου ἔδωκαν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου \" » ὡς ψαλμὸν Λευϊτῶν. ε« Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς.» ᾿Αντὶ γὰρ τῆς συνήθους ὑμνῳδίας ὁ τῶν πολεμίων διϊυη.","t":"4. \"For he bent his bow like an enemy, and set firm his right hand like an adversary, and killed all that was desirable to me in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he poured out his anger like fire.\" For the enemies dared to slaughter even in the temple. The passage teaches that all those things happened with God's permission; for since they had sinned, he did the work of foes, and through the enemies he destroyed the walls, burned the houses, and brought mourning on men and women. For this is what he says: … 6. \"He tore up [his tent] like a vine …\" … the enemies … the divine temple. \"He destroyed his feast\": for they no longer celebrated feasts, but were compelled to lament. \"The Lord has made Zion forget feast and sabbath.\" He added also the destruction of the kings and the priests, the desolation of the temple, the defilement of the altar, the overthrow of the wall, and, most grievous of all: \"They raised the noise of war in the house of the Lord, as a psalm of the Levites, on a day of feast.\" For instead of the customary hymnody, the … of the enemies …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202.8":{"o":"η΄. ᾿Ε.ἰογίσατο 5 Κύριος τοῦ διαφθεῖραι τεῖχος θυγατρὸς Σιών\" ἐξέτεινε μέτρον. Τουτέστι, τὴν ἴσην καὶ δικαίαν ψῆφον \" τοῦτο \" καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἐθεάτατο Ζαχαρίας. Πάλιν δὲ τῶν πυλῶν, καὶ τῶν τειχῶν, καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων μνημονεύσας, « Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι νόμος. » Πρὸ γὰρ τῆς ἐφόδου τῶν δι πολεμίων, ἀδεῶς παρεδαίνετο᾽ μετὰ δὲ τὴν τῆς πόλεως ἄλωτσιν, καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τὸν ἐμπρησμὸν, οὐδὲ βουλόμενοι πληροῦν τὴν κατὰ νόμον λατρείαν ἐδύ- ναντο, « Καί γε προφῆται αὐτῆς οὐκ εὗρον \"\" ὄραστιν παρὰ Κυρίου. ν Τοὺς ψευδοπροφρήτας λέγει, τοὺς τὰ φευδῇ μαντευσαμένους αὐτῇ. Ὑποδείκνυσι καὶ τοὺς νους, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ προφήτης βοΐ \" ","t":"8. \"The Lord has resolved to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he has stretched out a measure\": that is, an equal and just verdict. This the blessed Zechariah too beheld. And again, having mentioned the gates, the walls and the rulers, he says: \"And there is no law.\" For before the attack of the enemies it was transgressed without fear; but after the capture of the city and the burning of the temple, not even those who wished could carry out the worship prescribed by the law. \"And her prophets found no vision from the Lord.\" He means the false prophets, who prophesied falsehoods to her. He points out also the … and the prophet himself cries …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 202.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/202-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.1":{"o":"ἤλρχεται δὲ οὕτω τοῦ τρίτου\" α΄. Ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν \"᾿. Διαφερόντως γὰρ οὗτος ὁ προφήτης παρὰ πάντας \" τῶν συμφορῶν τὸν καιρὸν προεφήτευσε \"“ πτωχείαν τοί. γυν καλεῖ τὴν ἔνδειαν τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἐν ἢ ιξ ι Ἐν ῥάθδῳ θυμοῦ \"5, Παρέλαδέ με, καὶ ἀπ- ἠγαγέ μὲ εἰς σκότος καὶ οὗ φῶς. Οἰκειοῦται τὰ κατὰ τῆς πόλεως πάθη, καὶ καλεῖ σκότος τὴν Υ. Πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέτρεψεν \" \" ἤλλαξε \"' χεῖρα αὑτοῦ δλην τὴν ἡμέραν. Πάλα! γάρ μοι τὰ ἀγαθὰ χορηγῶν, νῦν τὰς παιδείας ἐπάγει. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ, « \"ἤλλαξε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ. »","t":"The third begins thus: 1. \"I am the man who sees poverty.\" For this prophet, beyond all the others, prophesied the time of the calamities; so he calls \"poverty\" the lack of good things, in which … \"By the rod of his anger. 2. He took me and led me away into darkness and not light.\" He makes his own the sufferings that came on the city, and calls … darkness. 3. \"But against me he turned, he changed his hand all the day.\" For formerly he supplied me with good things; now he brings disciplines. This is what \"he changed his hand\" shows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.24":{"o":"κδ΄. Μερίς μου Κύριος, εἶπεν ἡ ψυχή μου. διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομεγῶ αὐτόν 5, Ἕ τέραν, φησὶν, οὐκ ἔχω καταφυγὴν, ἀλλὰ τὴν σὴν προσμένω βοήθειαν, Εἶτα διδάσκει τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίδος τὸ χρήσιμον.","t":"24. \"'The Lord is my portion,' said my soul; 'therefore I will wait for him.'\" I have no other refuge, he says; I wait for your help. Then he teaches how useful hope in God is.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.25":{"o":"χε’, κς΄. ᾿Αγαθὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν ψυχὴ, ἣ ζητήσει αὑτὸν, ζήσεται\". 'Αγαπῶς ἀο- τοῦ Κυρίου \"5, Ταῦτα εἰς ψυχαγωγίαν τῶν ἀθυμούντων διδάσκει “4, καὶ ἕτερα,","t":"25–26. \"The Lord is good to those who wait for him; the soul that seeks him will live.\" \"It is good … of the Lord.\" He teaches these things, and others too, for the comfort of the despondent.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.27":{"o":"κζ’, χη. ᾿Αγαθὸνγ ἀνδρὶ, ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν 9 ἐκ γεότητος δ αὑτοῦ. Καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας, καὶ σιωπήσει, ὅτι ἦρεν ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν ζυγὸν βαρύν\". Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Δαβὶδ\" ει ᾿Αγαθόν μοι, ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ δικαιώματά σου\"» τὸ δὲ, « Καθέσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπή- σεῖ,» καρτερεῖν διδάσκει, καὶ ὑπομένειν τὰ λυπηρά. Συμφωνεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα\" κθ’, λ΄. Δώσει ἐ» χώματι «στόμα αὑτοῦ “ \" ἄρα ἐστὶν ὑπομονῆς ἐλπίς 1\". Δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα αὑτοῦ \"\". καὶ χορτασθήσεται ὀγει- Εὐαγγελικὸς οὗτος ὁ νόμος \"5 \" ὁ γὰρ Κύριος ἢ διηγόρευσε 1\", τῷ παίοντι τὴν σιαγόνα τὴν δεξιὰν, στρέψαι καὶ τὴν ἄλλην. Τὸ δὲ, « Δώσει ἐν χώματι στόμα αὑτοῦ, » ὁ Σύρος « ἐν γῇ ν εἶπε \" τουτέστι, σιγήσει, καὶ οἴσει γενναίως τὰς λοιδορίας καὶ τὰ ὀνείδη, ὥσπερ γῆς ἔχων πεπληρωμένον τὸ στόμα. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Δαδὶδ ἐδήλωσε 15\" « Ἐν τῷ συστῆναι τὸν ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐναντίον μου, ἐταπεινώ- θην, καὶ ἐκωφώθην 15, καὶ ἐσίγησα ἐξ ἀγαθῶν. » Εἴτα διδάσκει, ὡς οὐκ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον κέχρηται ταῖς παιδείαις ὁ Δεσπότης, φιλάνθρωπος ὧν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὴν παιδείαν ἐπάγει τὸν ἔλεον. Ἅγ' Οὐ \"1. γὰρ ἐταπείνωσε, φησὶν, ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας \"8 αὑτοῦ οὐδὲ ἀπώσατο υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων. Ὀργιζομένου γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα, τὸ δὲ βούλημα φιλαὐθρωπίας μεστόν. Εἰς ὠφέλειαν μέντοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων κέχρηται τῇ παιδείχ\" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε\" λδ᾽, Τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὑτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς, τουτέστι, τοὺς τῇ γῇ προσδεδεμένους, καὶ μετάρσιον οὐκ ἔχοντας φρόνημα \" ἀδικίᾳ γὰρ συζῶσι, καὶ τὸν ἐφορῶντα οὐ λξ, λη΄. Τίς οὕτως εἶπε, καὶ ἐγένετο,; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο. Ἐκ στόματος Ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐκπορεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ ἀγαϑὰ 5 ἡμῶν 5'. Τὴν πρόνοιαν ἀναιρούντων ὁ λόγος κατηγορεῖ\" οὗτοι γὰρ εἱμαρμένῃ καὶ τύχῃ ἀνατιθέασι τὰ γιγνόμενα 5\".","t":"27–28. \"It is good for a man when he bears a yoke from his youth. He will sit alone and be silent, because he has taken a heavy yoke upon himself.\" This the blessed David too said: \"It is good for me that you humbled me, that I might learn your ordinances.\" And \"he will sit alone and be silent\" teaches us to persevere and to endure what is painful. What follows agrees as well: 29–30. \"He will put his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there is hope of endurance; he will give his cheek to the one who strikes him, and be filled with reproaches.\" This is a law of the Gospel; for the Lord prescribed that to one who strikes the right cheek we should turn the other also. For \"he will put his mouth in the dust\" the Syrian said \"in the earth\": that is, he will be silent and bear insults and reproaches nobly, as though his mouth were filled with earth. This the inspired David too showed: \"When the sinner stood up against me, I was humbled and made deaf, and kept silent from good things.\" Then he teaches that the Master, who loves humankind, does not use disciplines for very long, but after the discipline brings mercy. 33. \"For he did not humble from his whole heart, nor did he cast off the sons of men.\" For the appearance is that of one angry, but the intention is full of love for humankind; and he uses discipline for the benefit of human beings. For he added: 34. \"To humble under his feet all the prisoners of the earth\": that is, those bound fast to the earth and having no lofty thought; for they live together with injustice, and the one who oversees … 37–38. \"Who has spoken thus, and it came to be? Did the Lord not command it? Out of the mouth of the Most High will not evil things and good things proceed?\" The passage accuses those who deny providence; for they ascribe what happens to fate and chance.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.39":{"o":"λθ’, Τί γογγύσει ἄγθρωπος ζῶν, ἀνὴρ περὶ \" τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὑτοῦ; Ἢ ῥᾳθυμία γὰρ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκὶ φύσις, πρόξεγος τῆς ἁμαρτίας, οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ τὴν τιμωρίαν ὁ δικαστὴς ἐπιφέρει τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν.","t":"39. \"Why should a living man complain, a man about his sin?\" For it is slackness, not nature, that brings about sin; and for this reason the judge brings punishment upon those who sin.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.4":{"o":"δ΄. Ἑπαλαίωσε δ σάρκας μου, καὶ δέρμα μου\" ὀστᾶ μου σγνέτριψε, Ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα ἡ ἀθυμία ποιεῖ,","t":"4. \"He made my flesh and my skin grow old; he broke my bones.\" For despondency does all these things.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.40":{"o":"μ΄. ἘἙξηρευνήθη δ᾽ ἡ ἐδὸς ἡμῶν, κῷ ἡτάσθη. Εἶδε γὰρ τὴν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν τολμηθεῖσαν παρανομίαν. « Καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν πρὸς 57 Κύριον. ν» Γένοιτο 58 δὲ ἡμῖν πρόφασις μεταμελείας ἣ τιμωρία.","t":"40. \"Our way has been searched out and examined.\" For he saw the lawlessness we dared. \"And let us return to the Lord.\" May the punishment become for us an occasion of repentance.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.40 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-40)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.41":{"o":"μα’. ᾿Αναλάδωμεν Ν᾽ καρδίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμθ.1έωμεν πρὸς τὸν ὑψημὸν, τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ “. Τῶν περιττῶν, φησὶ, φροντίδων τοὺς λογισμοὺς ἀπαλλάξαντες, τὸν θεῖον αἰτήσωμεν ἔλεον. μϑ΄. ἹΙμεῖς ἡμάρτομεν, καὶ ἠσεδήσαμεν, καὶ οὐκ ἱλάσθης. Δικαίαν, φησὶ, τὴν τιμωρίαν μδ΄. Ἐσχέπασας \"\" ἐν θυμῷ, καὶ κατεδίωξας \"\" ἡμᾶς\" ἀπέχτειγας, καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσω. Ἀπἕνεχεν τοῦ μὴ διελθεῖν πρὸς σὲ προσευχὴν ἡμῶγ5, Τοῦτο καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρου προφήτου φησὶν ὁ θεὸς, «Ὅτι τὰ ἁμαρτήματα ὑμῶν διιστῶσιν ἀναμέσον ὑμῶν καὶ ἐμοῦ. » Ταύτας καὶ οὗτος τῇ νεφέλῃ τοὺς δυσμενεῖς, καὶ τῷ λαῷ τὰ ὀνείδη προτφέροντας \" ἃ λέγει δὲ τούτους θηρεῦσαι, καὶ χατασφάξαι, καὶ εἰς λάκκον ῥίψαι, καὶ λίθον ἐπιθεῖναι, καὶ ὑποθρύχιον ποιῆσαι τῷ ὕδατι\" διὰ δὲ τούτων ἁπάντων τὴν ὑπερθολὴν δεδήλωκε τῶν κακῶν. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Δαθὶὸ ἐκ προσώπου τούτων αὐτῶν \" « Σῶσόν με, ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι εἰσήλθοσαν ὕδατα ἕως Ψυχῆς μου. Ἐνἐπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόστατις, Ἧλθον εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θαλάσσης, καταιγὶς \" κατεπόντισέ με. » Καὶ πάλιν \" « Μὴ με καταποντισότω καταιγὶς ὕδατος, μηδὲ χαταπιέτω με βυθὸς, μτὴὲ συσχέτω ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὑτοῦ. ν Οὕτω καὶ ἐνταῦθα\"","t":"41. \"Let us lift up our hearts, and let us look to the Most High who dwells in heaven.\" Freeing our thoughts, he says, from superfluous cares, let us ask for the divine mercy. 42. \"We have sinned and acted impiously, and you have not been appeased.\" The punishment, he says, is just. 43–44. \"You covered [us] in anger and pursued us; you killed and did not spare … so that our prayer should not pass through to you.\" This God says also through another prophet: \"For your sins stand between you and me.\" These the prophet too [likened] to the cloud … the foes, and those who heaped reproaches on the people … He says that they hunted them, slaughtered them, threw them into a pit, laid a stone on it, and sank them under the water; and by all these things he has shown the extremity of the evils. So too the inspired David speaks in the person of these same people: \"Save me, O God, for the waters have come in up to my soul. I am stuck in the mire of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come into the depths of the sea, and a storm has drowned me.\" And again: \"Let not the storm of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me, nor the pit close its mouth upon me.\" So here too:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.41 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-41)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.5":{"o":"ε΄. ᾿Αγῳχοδόμησδ κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐχύκιϊωσέ μ6 33, ᾿Αγτὶ τοῦ, διαφυγεῖν οὐ δύναμαι τὰ ἐπενεχθέντα κακά \" δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἔξωθεν περέδολον,","t":"5. \"He built up against me, and encircled me\": that is, I cannot escape the evils brought upon me. He points also to the wall outside.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.55":{"o":"νε', νς΄. ᾿Επεκαϊεσάώμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ άκκου κατωτάτου. Φωγῆς δ μου ἤκουσας\" μὴ φράξῃς \" τὰ ὧτά σου\" εἰς τὴν δέησίν\" μου, καὶ εἰς τὴν κραυγὴν μου ὃ. Διδάσκει καὶ \"ὡς ἔπεισε τὸν φιλάνθρωπον.","t":"55–56. \"I called on your name, O Lord, out of the lowest pit. You heard my voice; do not close your ears to my petition and to my cry.\" He teaches also how she won over the One who loves humankind.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.55 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-55)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.57":{"o":"νζ΄. Ἤγγισας \" γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν \" ἡμέρᾳ. ἦ ἐπεκχαϊεσάμην σε, καὶ εἶπάς μοι, Μὴ φοθδοῦ. ᾿Απόχρὴ δὲ εἰς παραψυχὴν καὶ ὁ βραχὺς οὗτος λύγος. Εἶτα διδάσκει, ὡς αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς δυσμενέσι δικαίως διχάσας, ἐκείνους μὲν δουλείᾳ παρέδωκεν, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἐλευθερίας ἐξίωσεν. Αἰτήσας δὲ τοῖς δυσσεθέσ: πολεμίοις τὸν ὄλεθρον, τὸν τρίτον πεπλήρωκε θρῆνον.","t":"57. \"For you drew near,\" she says, \"on the day when I called on you, and you said to me, 'Do not fear.'\" Even this short word is enough for consolation. Then he teaches that, having judged justly between them and their foes, he handed the foes over to slavery and counted them worthy of freedom. And having asked for the destruction of the impious enemies, he completed the third Lamentation.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.57 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-57)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.6":{"o":"ς΄. Κερᾳλήν δ΄ μου ἐμόχθησεν 35, ἐκχάθισέ 3 μου ἐν σκοτεινοῖς, ὡς γεχροὺς αἰῶνος. Τὴν πικρὰν δουλείαν διὰ τούτων αἰνίττεται \" καὶ γὰρ τοῦ Σεδεκίου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ Βαδυλώνιος μύλων. παρέδωκε\" τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα δηλοῖ, ζ, Εδάρυνε τὸν 88 ζυγὸν τοῦ τραχήλου μου. Ὦμοτάτοις γάρ με δεσπόταις δουλεύειν ἤνάγκασε.","t":"6. \"My head he wearied; he seated me in dark places like the dead of long ago.\" By these words he hints at the bitter slavery; for the Babylonian [put out] Zedekiah's eyes and handed him over to the mill. This is shown also by what follows: 7. \"He made heavy the yoke on my neck.\" For he forced me to serve most savage masters.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203.8":{"o":"η΄. Καὶ γε ὅτι\" κεκράξομαι, καὶ βοήσῳ. Οὐ δέχεται γάρ μου δεομένου \" τὴν δέησιν. θ᾽, ᾿Αγῳχοδόμησε τὰς ὁδούς μου ἐν μαρμάρῳ \",, γαὶλ τὰς τρίδους μου ἠφάνισε. Συνέχομαι γὰρ κακοῖς, ἃ διαφυγεῖν οὐ δύναμαι. ὡς λέων ἐν χρυξφρίοις. Κατεδίωξέ μ8\" ἀφἐστηχότα, καὶ διετάραξό \" με. Ἔδειξε τῆς παιδείας τὸ δίκαιον\" ἐγὼ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀπέστην \"' προτέρα \" εἶθ᾽ οὕτως αὑτὸς τιμωρίαν ἐπήνεγκε. Τούτων μέντοι τῶν προῤῥήσεων καὶ οἱ ἀρχαιότεροι μέμνηνται προφῆται. “Εθετό με ἠφαγνισμέγην\" (ιβ΄.) Ἐγέτειγε τὸ τόξον αὑτοῦ \" καὶ ἑστήωσέ μὲ ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέιϊος. Οἱ κατὰ σκοποῦ βάλλοντες, καὶ ταύτην μελετῶντες τὴν τέχνην, οὗ δύο καὶ τρία καὶ τέσσαρα, ἀλλὰ πολλὰ πέμπειν εἰώθασι βέλη. Τὸ ἐπάλληλον «ἧς συμφορᾶς \" διὰ τῶν εἰκόνων \"5 δεδήλωκε, Δέγει δὰ καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς τὴν ὀδύνην \" γεφροὺς γὰρ ταὺς λογισμοὺς καλεῖ \" καὶ ὅτι ἐπίχαρτος ἐγένετο τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, \" καὶ τὰς ἐπενεχθείσας αὐτῇ \" συμφορὰς ἄδοντες διετέλουν \" Ἐγύμνωσς γάρ με, φησὶ, πάσης ἰσχύος. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τό\" ις΄. ᾿Εξέδαιϊεν δ' ἐν ψήφῳ τοὺς ὀδόντας μου, καὶ ἐψώμισέ μὲ \"' σποδόν. Ὃ δὲ Σύρος, Ἐν πέτρα, λέγει, ἐστέρησέ με\" καὶ τῆς προτέρας εἰρήνης, καὶ Σ, φῶὧν παντοδαπῶν ἀγαθῶν. ιη΄. Καὶ εἶπον, ᾿Απώλετο νίκη δ μου, καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου. ᾿Απηγόρευσα, φησὶ, τὰς χρηστοτέρας ἐλπίδας, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως τῇ συνεχεῖ τῶν ἀνιαρῶν μνήμῃ τὴν Ψυχὴν κατατήχω, καὶ εἰς ἔλεον τὸν Δεσπότην ἐφέλχομα!. πομὲν δ᾽, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθησαν οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ. Εἰ γὰρ σύμμετρον τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπήγαγεν, οὐκ ἂν οὐδὲ ἡμεῖς διεφύγομεν τὴν σφαγήν. Εἶτα ὁ προφήτης τὴν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἱκετείαν Ἐπειδὴ σκότος τὴν συμφορὰν προσηγόρευσεν, ὅρ- Ἐπληδ᾽ ἡ πίστις σου εἰς τὰς πρωΐας 5,» Τῆς γὰρ καὶ ἡ καρδία μου ἐξέλιπε.","t":"8. \"And when I cry out and shout\": for he does not accept my petition when I entreat. 9. \"He walled up my ways with marble; he obliterated my paths.\" For I am held fast by evils that I cannot escape. 10. \"… a lion in hiding places. 11. He pursued me when I had turned away, and threw me into confusion.\" He showed the justice of the discipline: for I, he says, departed first, and only then did he bring punishment. The older prophets too mention these predictions. \"He made me desolate. 12. He bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.\" Those who shoot at a mark and practise this art are accustomed to send not two or three or four arrows, but many. By these images he has shown how calamity followed calamity. He speaks also of the soul's pain, for he calls the thoughts \"kidneys\"; and he says that she became a laughingstock to the enemies, and that they kept singing of the calamities brought upon her. For he stripped me, she says, of all strength. This is what … shows. 16. \"He broke my teeth with gravel, and fed me with ashes.\" The Syrian says \"with a stone.\" He deprived me both of the former peace and of good things of every kind. 18. \"And I said: My victory has perished, and my hope from the Lord.\" I gave up, she says, the better hopes; yet by the constant remembrance of my griefs I melt my soul, and draw the Master to mercy. \"… we [did not fail], for his compassions have not come to an end.\" For if he had brought a punishment proportionate to the sin, not even we would have escaped the slaughter. Then the prophet … the supplication on their behalf. Since he called the calamity darkness, … \"Great is your faithfulness, in the mornings.\" For … \"and my heart fainted.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 203.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/203-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.1":{"o":"α'. Πῶς ἡμαυρώθη \" χρυσίον», ἠ.1.1οιώθη τὸ ἀρἀρχῆς πασῶν διεξόδων; Ταύταις ἀπειχάζει ταῖς ( ὕλαις τὴν τῶν προγόνων εὐσέῤειαν, καὶ θρηνεῖ τῶν ἐγγόνων τὴν γεγενημένην μεταθολήν. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς \"","t":"1. \"How the gold has been dimmed, the … changed … at the head of all the ways!\" By these materials he pictures the piety of the forefathers, and laments the change that has come over their descendants. For this is what follows shows:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάγτες οἱ κατοιλοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἔτι εἰσε.εύσεται ἐχθρὸς καὶ ἐκθιλίδων διὰ τῶν πυλῶν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Εἶχον γὰρ ἐνέχυρα μεγάλα τοῦ πιστεῦσαι, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Σεναχηρεὶμ, οὗ τὴν στρατιὰν \"3 ἐν βραχεῖ μορίῳ νυκτὸς κατηνάλωσε. Παρεδόθη δὲ τοῖς πολεμίοις καὶ \"\" διὰ τὴν τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν ἐξαπάτην, καὶ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἱερέων μιαιφόνιαν.","t":"12. \"The kings of the earth and all who inhabit the world did not believe that enemy and oppressor would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.\" For they had great pledges for believing so: what happened in Sennacherib's time, whose army he destroyed in a brief part of a night. Yet it was handed over to the enemies because of the deceit of the false prophets and the bloodguilt of the priests.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. Εἴρψαν νεανίσκοι \"\" αὐτῆς ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις. Ἐξόδους τὰς ἀγυιὰς καλεῖ, καὶ} τὰς καλουμένας ῥύμας: « Ἐμολύνθησαν ἐν αἵματι ἐν 37 τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι αὑτοὺς, ἐῤῥίφθησαν 5 σὺν τοῖς ἐνδύμασιν αὖτῶν. ν» Ὁ μὲν λιμὸς ἠνάγκαζεν ἐῤῥίφθαι\" προκαθήμενο: ἢ δὲ οἱ πολέμιοι θάπτειν ἐκώλυον, οἱ δὲ κύνε:; τοὺς ἐῤῥιμμένους ἀνήλισχον. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων θρυλλούμενα \"","t":"14. \"Her young men crawled in the streets.\" By \"streets\" (exodoi) he means the lanes, the so-called rhymai. \"They were defiled with blood; because they were not able, they were thrown out with their garments.\" The famine compelled them to be thrown out; the enemies besieging the city prevented burial; and the dogs devoured those thrown out. He reports also what the enemies kept saying:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.15":{"o":"ιε΄. ᾿Απόστητε ἀπὸ ὃ ἀκαθάρτων. ᾿Ακαθάρτους ἐκάλουν \" ἡμᾶς. Εἶτα δείξας, τίνας ὀνομάζει 3 ἀκαθάρτους, ἀνέλαδε τὸ ῥητὸν, καί φησιν\" « ᾿Απόστητε ἀπὸ ἀκαθάρτων 3\" ἀπόστητε ᾽\", μὴ ᾽ ἐγγίσητε αὖτοῖς, ὅτ: παρώξυναν, » τουτέστι, τὸν Θεόν. ς Καὶ \"5 ἀνήφθησαν ᾽Ἴ, καί γε ἐσαλεύθησαν. » Ἐγυμνώθησαν, φησὶ, διὰ τὴν παρανομίαν τῆς θείας ἐπικουρίας. « Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Οὐ μὴ προσθῶσι τοῦ παροικεῖν πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου δ, » Παντελῶς, φησὶν, ἡμᾶς ἀπηγόρευσεν ὅ.","t":"15. \"Depart from the unclean!\" They called us unclean. Then, having shown whom he calls unclean, he took up the saying again and says: \"Depart from the unclean, depart, do not come near them, for they provoked\": that is, God. \"And they were set ablaze, and indeed they were shaken.\" They were stripped, he says, of the divine help because of their lawlessness. \"Say among the nations: They shall no longer continue to sojourn … before the face of the Lord.\" He has utterly renounced us, he says.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.17":{"o":"ιζ΄. Οἱ ὀρθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν ἐξέλιπον, μάταια σκοπούντων\" ἡμῶν\" ἀπεσκοπεύσαμεν εἰς ἔθγος οὐ σῶζον. Τῇ γὰρ Αἰγυπτίων ἐπικουρίᾳ θαῤῥήσαντες, ἐψεύσθημεν -ἴς ἐλπίδος, Εἶτα τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ὠμότητα δείκνυσιν \" οὔτε γὰρ γῆρας φειδοῦς, οὔτε μὴν αἰδοῦς ἱερωσύνην ἡἠξίω-σαν. ιη. Εθηρεύσαμεν μικροὺς ἡμῶγ\"\", τοῦ μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθαι \"\" ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν. Ὁ δὲ Σύρος «ε ἐθήρευσαν » ἡρμήνευσεν “ καὶ ἔχει τὸ ἀκόλουθον λόγος \"5\" οἱ γὰρ πολέμιοι μετὰ τῶν γεγηρακότων καὶ τοὺς νέους ἐθήρευσαν. Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶν, ὑπεμείναμεν, « ὅτι ἤγγικεν ὁ καιρὸς ἡμῶν, ἐπληρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἡμῶν \"\", » \"ἔδειξεν ὁ λόγος, ὡς σταθμῷ καὶ μέτρῳ κεχρημένος ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς καὶ μακροθυμεῖ καὶ κολάζει. Ὅταν γὰρ τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ χρησάμενος καταφρονοῦντας θεάσηται, τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπιφέρει, ἵνα παύσῃ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. Εἶτα διδάσκει, Β ὡς ἡ τῶν πολεμίων ταχύτης ἐνίκησε καὶ τῶν ἀςτῶν τὴν κουφότητα. Προλέγει δὲ τὸ \"5 σωτήριον πάθος \"","t":"17. \"Our eyes failed for our help, as we looked for vain things; we watched for a nation that could not save.\" For trusting in the help of the Egyptians we were cheated of our hope … Then he shows the cruelty of the enemies: they deemed neither old age worthy of mercy nor the priesthood worthy of respect. 18. \"We hunted our little ones, so that they should not go out in our streets.\" The Syrian translated \"they hunted,\" and the passage then follows: for the enemies hunted the young along with the old. These things, he says, we endured \"because our time drew near, our days were fulfilled.\" The passage has shown that the God of all uses weight and measure both in his patience and in his punishing. For when, after using patience, he sees people despising it, he brings punishment in order to stop the sin. Then he teaches that the swiftness of the enemies surpassed even the lightness of eagles. And he foretells the saving passion:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.2":{"o":"Β΄. Οἱ' υἱοὶ Σιὼν, οἱ τίμιοι, οἱ ᾽5 ἐπηρμένοι, οἱ \" ὑπὲρ χρυσίον\" πῶς ἐἰογίσθησαν εἰς ἀγγεῖα ἐστράκιγα, ἔργα χειρῶν κεραμέως; Τοῦτο καὶ διὰ ποῦ θείου ᾽'5 Ἢ αϊου προείρηκεν ὁ Δεσπότης \" εὔτι ἔσονται ἄχρηστοι, ὡς κεράμιον συντριδὲν εἰς λεπτὰ ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ὕδωρ ἀρύσασθαι, ἣ πῦρ'\" λαθεῖν","t":"2. \"The sons of Zion, the precious ones, the exalted, [valued] above gold: how have they been reckoned as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hands!\" This the Master foretold also through the divine Isaiah: \"They shall be useless, like an earthen vessel broken into small pieces, among which there is nothing with which to draw water or to take fire …\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.20":{"o":"χ'. Πνεῦμα\" προσώπου \"Ἶ ἡμῶν Χριστὸς Κὐύρίος, συνελήφθη ἐν ταῖς διαρθοραῖς ἡμῶν \"5, ᾧ \" εἴπαμεν, Ἔν τῇ σκιᾷ αὐτοῦ ζησόμεθα ἐν τοῖς ἔθγεσιν. Εϊπάτωσαν οἱ δ Ἰουδαῖοι, τίνα καλεῖ Χριστὸν ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος; τίς δὲ τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς κληθέντων χριστῶν, ἣ βασιλεὺς, ἣ προφήτης, ἣ ἱερεὺς, Κύριος \"\" ὠνομάσθη; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἔχοιεν δεῖξαι, ὡς τὸν Σωτῆρα καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν προεθέσπισεν ὁ προφήτης, συλληφθέντα παρ᾽ αὐτῶν διὰ τὴν τῆς ἀσ:» θείας αὐτῶν διαφθοράν. Τούτους δ᾽ δὲ ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ οἱ α προφῆται ζήσεσθαι λέγουσι δ᾽. Καὶ ἐπίστευον διὰ τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων, καὶ δ\" τῶν θείων αὐτῶν θεσπισμάτων κηρυττομένων τοῖς ἔθνεσι. Προΐδωμεν δὲ \" τὰ κατ᾽ αὐτὸν, τοῦ παναγίου ἡμᾶς φωτίσαντος Πνεύματος. « Πνεῦμα, φησὶ, προσώπου ἡμῶν Χριστὸ; Κύριος ὅθ, ν» Ταύτην μέντοι τὴν προφητείαν ὁ προφήτης τοῖς θρήνοις ἐντέθειχε, τοὺς τηνικαῦτα Ἷουδαίους διδάσκων, ὡς διὰ τὸ μηδέπω τεχθῆναι τὴν τούτων \"7 ἐλπίδα, φειδοῦς τεύξονται, καὶ τῆ; τὸν τῆς οἰκουμένης παραδώσειν Σωτῆρα.","t":"20. \"The breath of our face, Christ the Lord, was taken in our corruptions, of whom we said, 'In his shadow we shall live among the nations.'\" Let the Jews say whom the prophetic word calls Christ. Which of those called anointed among them, king or prophet or priest, was named Lord? They could not show one; for the prophet foretold our Saviour and Lord, who was taken by them because of the corruption of their impiety. And the prophets say that these will live in his shadow; and they believed through the holy apostles, as their divine oracles were proclaimed to the nations. Let us look at what concerns him, the all-holy Spirit having enlightened us. \"The breath of our face,\" he says, \"Christ the Lord.\" The prophet placed this prophecy in the Lamentations to teach the Jews of that time that, since their hope had not yet been born, they would obtain mercy and … hand over the Saviour of the world.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.21":{"o":"χα'. Χαῖρε καὶ δὑὐφραίγου, θύγατερ δ \"Ιδουμαίας, ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐν γῇ Οὔζϑ᾽ - καί γὰ ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπελεύσεται 5, τὸ ποτήριον 5\" τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ πίε- Ὁ θολὴν αὐτοῖς \"\" κακῶν ὁ προφητικὸς προείρηχε λόγος \" τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ, ε« μεθυσθήσῃ, καὶ ἀποχεεῖς. » Καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος \"5 δὲ Δαδὶὸ περὶ αὐτῶν φησι, ε Μνήσθητι, Κύριε τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Εδὼμ, τὴν ἡμέραν Ἱερουσαλήμ᾽ τῶν λεγόντων, Ἐκκενοῦτε, ἐχχενοῦϊε, ἕως Μ“ τῶν θεμελίων αὐτῆς. » Καὶ γὰρ «δελφοὶ ὄντες, καὶ Α γειτονεύοντες, εἰρηνεύειν μὲν οὐκ ἑθδούλοντο, τὸ δὲ χα, ᾿Εξέλιπεν ἀνομία σοῦ, θύγατερ Σιών\" οὐ προσθήσει τοῦ ἀποικίσαι σε ἔτι \" ἐπεσκέψατο ἀνομίαν σου, θύγατερ ᾿Εδὼμ, ἀπεκάλυψεν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσεδήματά σου. Τῇ μὲν Σιὼν προηγόρευσε τὰ χρηστά, τἀναντία δὲ τῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ - ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς “6 γὰρ ἔφη τὴν τιμωρίαν χωρήσειν. ᾿Αληθὲς δὲ καὶ τὸ, ε Οὐ προσθήσει τοῦ ἀποιχίσαι σε ἔτι.» Παντελῶς γὰρ οἱ ἀνδραποδίσαντες χατελύθησαν, καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν Περσῶν δυναστείαν ἐγένοντο. Ὁ μὲν οὖν προφήτης τοῦτο τοῖς θρήνοις τὸ τέλος ἐπέθηκεν \" ἡμεῖς δὲ τὸν δεδωκότα στόμα ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ διδάσκοντα ἄνθρωπον γνῶσιν ὑμνοῦμεν, ὅτι καὶ τοῦδε τοῦ προφήτου δήλην τὴν διάνοιαν, ὡς ἦν “Ὑ ἡμῖν ἐφικτὸν, πεποιήκαμεν, καὶ Β ταῖς ἄλλαις προφητικαῖς βίόλοις καὶ τήνδε τὴν ἑρμηνείαν, ὡς μηδὲ μίαν διὰ τὴν αὖτοῦ χάριν προφητείαν καταλιπεῖγ ἀνερμήγνεντον. Τοὺς δέ γε ἐντευξομένους παρακαλῶ, δέξατθαι μὲν τὰ εὖ καὶ καλῶς εἰρημένα εἰ δέ τι ἐλλείπει, συγγνῶναι. ΓΆνθρωποι γὰρ ὄντες, καὶ τῆς τελειότητος ἀποδέοντες, τὴν οἰκείαν εἰσηνέγχαμεν προθυμίαν, ὠφέλειάν πινα τοῖς φιλοθέοις καὶ φιλοπόνοις πορίξοντες, οὗς ἀντιδοῦναι παραγαλοῦμεν τῷ πόνῳ τῆς ἑρμηνείας τῆς προσευχῆς τὴν βοήθειαν \" ἵν᾽ ὑπὸ ταύτης ἐρειδόμενοι τὸ λειπόμενον τῆς ζωῆς ἐξανύσωμεν, ἔργοις καὶ λόγοις καὶ λογισμοῖς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Σωτῆρα καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν θεραπεύοντες, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, δόξα πρέπει, καὶ μεγαλοπρέ. πεια, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ ὁδ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας 5\" τῶν ς αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν.","t":"21. \"Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Idumaea, you who dwell in the land of Uz: the cup of the Lord will come upon you too, and you will drink …\" … the prophetic word foretold for them a reversal of evils; this is what \"you will be drunk and pour out\" shows. And the inspired David says of them: \"Remember, O Lord, the sons of Edom on the day of Jerusalem, who said, 'Empty it, empty it, down to its foundations.'\" For though they were brothers and neighbours, they did not wish to live in peace, but … 22. \"Your iniquity has come to an end, daughter of Zion; he will no longer carry you away into exile. He has visited your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he has uncovered your impieties.\" To Zion he foretold good things, and the opposite to Idumaea; for he said that the punishment would pass to her. True also is \"he will no longer carry you away into exile\": for those who enslaved them were utterly destroyed and came under the dominion of the Persians. The prophet, then, set this end to the Lamentations. And we sing the praise of him who gave man a mouth and teaches man knowledge, because we have made plain the meaning of this prophet too, as far as it was attainable for us, and have added this interpretation also to the other prophetic books, so as to leave, by his grace, not a single prophecy uninterpreted. Those who will read it I ask to accept what is well and rightly said, and to pardon anything that falls short. For being human and falling short of perfection, we have contributed our own zeal, to provide some benefit for those who love God and love labour; and we ask them to repay the labour of interpretation with the help of their prayer, so that, supported by it, we may complete what remains of our life serving our God and Saviour and Lord in deeds and words and thoughts; with whom to the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, belong glory and majesty, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.3":{"o":"γ΄. Καί γε δράκοντες ἐξεδύσαντο \"\" μασθοὺς, μου εἰς ἀνίατον, ὡς στρουθίον\" ἐν ἐρήμῳ. Καὶ τὰ πικρότερα, φησὶ, θηρία τῶν τέχνων ἐπιμελεῖται\" ἡ δὲ τοῦ πάθους ὑπερδολὴ τῆς Σιὼν τοὺς οἰκήτορας καὶ Ὁ αὐτῆς ἐπιλαθέσθαι τῆς φύσεως παρεσκεύασε\" καὶ τῶν μὲν πλείστων σφαγέντων, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν ἂν\" στρουθίῳ μόνῳ κατὰ τὴν ἔρημον πλανωμένῳ. Δηλοῖ \" δὲ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ τεχθέντα κακά. φάρυγγα \" αὐτοῦ ἐν δίψει\" νήπια ἤἥτησαν ἄρτον, καὶ ὁ διαχλῶν αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἦν \"5. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὴν προτέραν τούτων χλιδήν 5.","t":"3. \"Even dragons bared their breasts … my … beyond healing, like a sparrow in the desert.\" Even the fiercer beasts, he says, care for their young; but the extremity of the suffering made the inhabitants of Zion forget even their nature. Most of them were slaughtered, and the rest were like a sparrow wandering alone in the desert. He shows the evils born of the famine: 4. \"… its throat in thirst; infants asked for bread, and there was no one to break it for them.\" He teaches also their former luxury.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204.5":{"o":"ε΄. Οἱ ἐσθίοντες τρυφὰς ἠφανίσθησαν ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ἐῤῥιμμένο!:. κοπρίας. » Λέγει δὲ τούτων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν πρόξενον γεγενῆσθαι - καὶ τῇ Σοδόμων παρατίθησι ταύτην. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τῶν Ναζιραίων \"\" τὴν πρὸ τῶν συμφορῶν εὐδοξίαν, καὶ τὴν ἐν τῇ συμφορᾷ χαχουχίαν \" καὶ τὴν ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ σφαγὴν τῶν τοῦ λιμοῦ βελῶν αἱρετωτέραν εἶναί φησιν. Ἐντίθησι δὲ τῷ θρήνῳ καὶ πὸ πάντων χαλεπώτατον πάθος \" τ. Χεῖρες τὰ παιδία ἑαυτῶν\" ἐγέγοντο εἰς βρῶσιν αὐταῖς ἐν τῷ συντρίμματι τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Τὴν γὰρ φυσικὴν φιλοστοργίαν ἡ βία τῆς πείνης ἐνίκησε. Ταῦτα δὲ τῇ Σιὼν ἐπήνεγκεν ὁ Δεσπότης","t":"5. \"Those who ate delicacies have vanished in the streets\": that is, thrown down in the marketplace … \"… dung-heaps.\" He says that their sin was the cause of these things, and he compares it with that of Sodom. He speaks also of the renown of the Nazirites before the calamities and of their wretchedness in the calamity; and he says that slaughter in war is preferable to the arrows of famine. And he includes in the lament the most grievous suffering of all: 10. \"The hands … their own children; they became food for them in the ruin of the daughter of my people.\" For the violence of hunger overcame natural affection. These things the Master brought upon Zion …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 204.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/204-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21.1":{"o":"α΄. Ὁ 1όγος ὁ γεγόμενος πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν παρὰ Κυρίου, ὅτε ἀπέστει.18 πρὸς αὑτὸν \"Σεδεκίας ὁ βασιϊεὺς τὸν Πασχὼρ υἱὸν Μειϊχίου, καὶ τὸν Σο… Πασχώρ 15» Μελχίου γὰρ οὗτος - ὁ δὲ κατηγορηθεὶς, Ἐμμὴρ υἱός. Εἰδέναι μέντοι χρὴ, ὡς οὐ κατὰ τάξιν χεῖντα! αἱ προφητεῖαι\". ἐνταῦ)α γὰρ τὰ ἐπὶ Σεδεκίου προφητεύει\" μετ᾽ ὀλίγον δὲ, τὰ ἐπὶ Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ τοῦ \"5 Ἰεχονίου, οἵ πρὸ τοῦ Σεδεχίον ἐθασίλευφαν\" ὁ μέντοι Σεδεκίας, ὑπὺ τοῦ Ναθουχοδονόσορ πολιορχούμενο;, παρακαλεῖ τὸν προφήτην αἰτῆσαι τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν βοήθειαν ὁ δὲ προφήτης θεσπίσαι κελεύεται ταῦτα\" ὃ, ε΄. Τάδε 1έγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ισραή.1: Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστρέξζω τὰ ὅπλα τὰ πολεμικὰ ἐν \"5 ταῖς χερσὶν ὑμῶν, ν αἷς ὑμεῖς ποϊεμήσετε \" … συγχεχιϊειχότας ὑμᾶς ἔξωθεν τοῦ τείχους \" καὶ εἰσάξω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ μέσον τῆς πώϊλεως ταύτης. Καὶ ποιϊεμήσω ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ἐν χειρὶ ἔχτεταμένῃν καὶ ἐν βραχίογε ὑψηλῷ, \"5 μετὰ θυμοῦ καὶ ὀργῆς καὶ παροξυσμοῦ \"\" μεγάλου. ᾿'Λλνόνητα, φητξῖν, ὑμῖν ἔστα! τὰ ὅπλα, ἐμοῦ στρατηγοῦντος τῶν πολεμίων, καὶ μετ᾽ ἐχείνων καθ᾽ ὑμῶν παραταττομένου, Εἶτα λέγει, ὦ; ὅπαντα ᾿\" παραδώσει λιμῷ καὶ θχνάτῳ, καὶ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ, καὶ μετὰ τούτων αὐτὸν τὸν βασιλέα Σεδεκίαν τοῖς πεξαιτέροις καὶ δορυφόροις, καὶ τοὺς μὲν χατασφάξηυσι, τοὺς δὲ δορυαλώτους ἀπάξουτι\" τῷ δέ γε λαῷ φάνα: ταῦτα πυρεγγυᾷ᾽","t":"1. \"The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah …\" … Pashhur; for this one was the son of Malchiah, while the one accused was the son of Immer. One should know, however, that the prophecies are not placed in order; for here he prophesies what happened under Zedekiah, and a little later what happened under Jehoiakim and Jeconiah, who reigned before Zedekiah. Zedekiah, then, besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, asks the prophet to request God's help; and the prophet is commanded to declare this: 4–5. \"Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against … who have shut you in outside the wall; and I will bring them into the middle of this city. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a high arm, with anger and wrath and great fury.\" Your weapons, he says, will be useless to you, since I am the general of the enemies and stand in battle array with them against you. Then he says that he will hand over everyone to famine and death and captivity, and with them King Zedekiah himself to the foot soldiers and spearmen; and they will slaughter some and lead others away captive. And he charges him to say this to the people:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 21.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21.10":{"o":"τ΄. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὲς σὲ τὸν κατοικοῦντα τὴν κοιλάδα Σὸρ τὴν πεδιρὴν,, φησὶ Κύριος. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, ᾽ μεταξὺ ὁρῶ\" κειμένην ἐν κοίλῳ τόπῳ \" οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σύρος οι λήνξυσε' λέγει ὃὲ τὴν ρουσαλὴ μ᾿ ταύτην γὰρ ἔχει τὴν θέσιν \" Σὸρ δὲ συν»οχὴ ἑρμηνεύεται, καὶ πάλιν πέτρα\" συνέχεται δὲ ὑπὸ ὁρῶν ἴδε ἡ πόλις, «Τοὺς λέγοντας - Τίς πατάξει,\" ἡμᾶς; ἣ τίς ἐλεύσεται εἰς τὴ κατοικητήριον ἡμῶν: ν Τὴν θρασύτητα αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ μάταιον θράτος σχει, Εἶτα ἀπειλεῖ, πυρὶ καταφλέξειν αὐτῇς τὸν δρυμόν ᾽δ, Δρυμὴν δὲ καλεῖ, καὶ τῶν οἰχτιαάτων, καὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων πλῖθος Ἶ\", ","t":"13. \"Behold, I am against you who dwell in the valley of Sor, the plain, says the Lord.\" That is: lying between mountains in a hollow place; for so the Syrian too translated it. He means Jerusalem, for it has this situation. Sor is translated \"enclosure,\" and again \"rock\"; and the city is enclosed by mountains. \"Those who say: Who will strike us? Or who will enter our dwelling?\" He … their rashness and vain boldness. Then he threatens to burn up its forest with fire; and by forest he means the multitude both of the buildings and of the inhabitants.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 21.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21.8":{"o":"η΄. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δέδωκα πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θανάτου. Εἶτα διδάσκει, ὡς ὁ ἐν τῇ πόλει μένων, καὶ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἀντιτασσόμενος, ὁδεύσει τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θανάτου\" ὁ δὲ πρὸς τούτους αὐτόμολος ἀπελθὼν, ξωῆς ἀπολαύσετα:, Ταύτην γὰρ κατὰ τῆς πόλεω; γηχα τὴν ψῆφον, ὥστε αὐτὴν τῷ τῶν πολεμίων παραδυθῆνα: πυρί. Καὶ ταῦτα δὲ ἀπειλήσας πῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουτι, τοῦ δικαίου φροντίξειν, καὶ ἴσην ἐκφέρειν τοῦ δικαίου τὴν ψῆφον, καὶ τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐπα λῦνα! ν᾽, καὶ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ τὴν ἐπισχεῖν),","t":"8. \"Behold, I have set before you the way of life and the way of death.\" Then he teaches that whoever stays in the city and resists the enemies will walk the way of death, but whoever goes over to them as a deserter will keep his life. For this is the sentence I have passed against the city: that it be handed over to the enemies' fire. And having threatened these things, he charges the king and the rulers to care for justice, to give an equal verdict of justice, to help those who are wronged, and in this way to check the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 21.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/21-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα χελεύε: πάλιν τῷ προφήτῃ χαταλαθεῖν τὰ βασίλεια, καὶ εἰσηγήσασθαι αὐτῷ τε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν, ὥττε δικαίως δικαὶ ἀδέκαστον ἐκφέρειν τὴν ψῆφον, τῶν \" … φεύγειν τὴν προτέραν ἀσέθδειαν \" καὶ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν οἱ ὑπισχνεῖται εἰρήνην καὶ εὐπραξίαν καὶ τῇ βασιλείᾳ τὸ διαρκές. ε΄. Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε σὺν 5 τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις, κατ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ ὥμοσα, Λέγει Κύριος, ὅτι εἰς ἔρημον \" ἔσται ὁ οἶκος οὗτος. Τὸν ὄρκον εἰς βεδαίωσιν τῶν εἰρημένων προστέθεικε\" τὸ δὲ, « ατ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ … γὰρ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολό; φησιν\" « Ἐπειδὴ, \") κατ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἄλλου 83 μείζονος εἶχεν ὁμόσαι, εἶπε, Κατ᾽ ἐμαντοῦ ὥμοσα, λέγει Κύριος. » Προστίθησι δὲ καὶ ταῦτα τῇ ἀπειλῇ\"","t":"After this he again bids the prophet go to the palace and counsel the king himself and the rulers to give a just and impartial verdict, … to flee their former impiety; and to those who do this he promises peace and prosperity and the permanence of the kingdom. 5. \"But if you do not do these words, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation.\" He added the oath to confirm what was said; and \"by myself\" … For the divine apostle says: \"Since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he said: I have sworn by myself, says the Lord.\" He adds this too to the threat:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.10":{"o":"ι΄. Ως \" ὁ οἰκοδομῶν τὸν οἶκον αὑτοῦ οὐ μετὰ δικαιοσύνης, καὶ τὰ ὑπερῷα αὑτοῦ οὐκ ἐν κρίμάτι. Οὐ τὸ οἰκοδομεῖν αἰτιᾶται, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀδίκως οἰκοδομεῖν “ διδάσκει γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. «Παρ αὐτῷ \"5 ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐργάζεται δωρεὰν, καὶ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀποδώσει \" αὐτῷ. »","t":"13. \"Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness, and his upper rooms without judgment.\" He does not blame building, but building unjustly; for what follows teaches this too: \"His neighbor works for him for nothing, and he will not pay him his wages.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. ᾿Ωχοδόμησας Μ᾿ σεαυτῷ οἴκον σύμμετρον. Τὸ σύμμετρον οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῦ μικροῦ τέθεικεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῦ τὴν ἀναλογίαν ἔχοντος μήκους τε καὶ εὔρους καὶ ὕψους ὅτι γὰρ μέγεθος τῇ οἰκίᾳ μαρτυρεῖ, δηλοῖ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα\" « Ὑπερῷα","t":"14. \"You have built yourself a well-proportioned house.\" He has not used \"well-proportioned\" of something small, but of a house that has proportion in its length and breadth and height; for that the house was large is shown by what follows: \"upper rooms …\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.15":{"o":"ιε΄. Μὴ βισιλεύσεις 59, ὅτι σὺ 5\" ἁμιλλᾶσαι \"5\" πρὺς τὴν κέδρον; Κέδρον τὸν Ἰωσίαν ἐκάλεσεν, ἐσχηκότα τῆς βατιλείας τὸ διαρκές - ἐπιμέμφεται δὲ κῷ Σεελὺ, ὃ; καὶ Ἰωάχαζ ὀνομάζεται δ᾽, ὅτι τὸ μὲν 4 οὐκ ἐζήλωσεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇ βασιλείᾳ κατεφρόνησε. … καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς ὁ Θεὸς οὐ τῇ οἰκοδομίᾳ ἐπιμέμφεται, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἀπεθείᾳ, ἐπήγαγεν \" « Ὃ πατήρ σου μὴ οὐκὶ δ ἔφαγε, καὶ ἔπιε, καὶ ἐποίησε κρῖμα ζιχαιοσύνην, τότε ἀγαθὸν ἣν αὐτῷ; »","t":"15. \"Will you reign because you vie with the cedar?\" He called Josiah the cedar, as one whose reign had lasted. He reproaches Shallum, who is also named Jehoahaz, that he did not emulate the … but grew contemptuous in his kingship … And teaching that God blames not the building but the impiety, he added: \"Your father — did he not eat and drink, and do judgment and righteousness? Then it was well with him.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.16":{"o":"ις΄, Ἔχρινεδ κρίσιν ταπεινοῦ καὶ πένητος, καὶ καλῶς ἦν αὑτῷ τότε\" μὴ οὐ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ εἰδέγαι μὲ; «ἰέγει Κύριος. Τῷ εὐαγγελικῷ τοῦτο ἔοικε λόγῳ « Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι, Κύριε, Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ \"δ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς 51.» Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἔφη ᾿ ὅτι τὸ μισεῖν τὴν χίαν, καὶ τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐπαμύνειν, τεχιαήριόν ἔστι τοῦ εἰδένα: με τὸν ταῦτα ποιοῦντα.","t":"16. \"He judged the cause of the lowly and the poor, and then it was well with him; is not this knowing me? says the Lord.\" This is like the gospel saying: \"Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of God, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.\" For he has said the same here: that hating injustice and helping the wronged is the proof that the one who does these things knows me.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.17":{"o":"ιζ΄, Σοῦ 5 γὰρ ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὀρθοὶ \"9, οὐδὲ ἡ καρδία καλὴ. Εἶτα κατηγορεῖ τῆς πλεονεξίας αὑτοῦ, καὶ τῆς μιαιφονίας -“ πρὸς δέ γε τούτοις καὶ τῆς συκοφαντίας, δι᾽ ἧς καὶ τοὺς φόνους εἰργάζετο. ","t":"17. \"For behold, your eyes are not right, nor is your heart good.\" Then he accuses his greed and his bloodshed, and besides these his false accusation, by which he also committed murders.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Διὰ τοῦτο τάδε έγει Κύριος ἐπὶ Ἰωακεὶμ, υἱὸν Ἰωσίου βασιιἰέως 5 Ἰούδα. Ἐνταῦθα κατὰ τάξιν ἡ προφητεία χεῖται \" μετὰ γὰρ δὴ τὸν Ἰωάχαζ, Ἰωακεὶμ ἐθασίλευσεν, υἱὸς ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς Ἰωσίου τοῦ βασιλέως \" προλέγει δὲ καὶ τούτου τὸν ὄλεθρον. « Οὐ “\". μὴ κόψωνται 5 αὐτὸν, Οἴμοι 45 κύριε, καὶ, Οἴμοι ἀδελφέ \" οὐδὲ μὴ χλαύσωνται αὐτὸν, Ὧ 5\" ἀδελφέ\" Οἴμοι ἀδελφέ. »","t":"18. \"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.\" Here the prophecy is placed in order; for after Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim reigned, he too a son of King Josiah; and he foretells his destruction as well: \"They will not lament for him, Alas, lord! and, Alas, brother! nor will they weep for him, O brother! Alas, brother!\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Ταφὴν οὐ δ ταφήσεται, σηψησθεὶς \" ὡς Δήμ. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς Σεελὴμ οὐκ ἔστιν Ἰωακείμ \" περὶ ἐχοίνου γὰρ ἔφη, ὅτι ε Ταύτην τὴν γὴν οὐκ ὄψεται, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῇ μετοικίᾳ τεθνέξεται, » Περὶ δὲ τούτου, ὅτι «Τοῖς τεθνεῶσιν οἰωνοῖς “7 παραπλησίως ἔξω τῆς πύλης ῥιφήσεται. » Σαφέστερον δὲ ταῦτα αἱ ἱστορίχι διδάσχουτιν. Εἶτα τῇ πόλιι παρεγγυᾷ, καὶ εἰς; τὸν Λίθανον, καὶ τὴν Βασὰν (ὄρη δὲ ταῦτα), ὡπαύτως δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης δραμεῖν, καὶ βοῆσα!, καὶ τὰ; οἰκείας ἀποδύρεσθαι. συμφορὰς, ὅτι οὐδεμιᾶς παρὰ τῶν εἰδόλων ρίας ἀπήλαυσεν\" ἐραστὰς γὰρ αὐτὰ “3 καλεῖ.","t":"19. \"He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, … \" From this too it is clear that Shallum is not Jehoiakim; for of the former he said, \"He will not see this land, but will die in the deportation,\" and of this one, that \"he will be thrown out beyond the gate like the dead, for the birds.\" The histories teach this more clearly. Then he charges the city to run to Lebanon and Bashan (these are mountains), and likewise across the sea, and to cry out and lament its own calamities, since it received no help from the idols; for he calls them lovers.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.21":{"o":"χα’. Ἐ.άλησα πρὲς σὲ ἐν 5 τῇ παρηπτώσει σου, καὶ εἶπας\" Οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. ᾿Αμαρτανούσῃ γὰρ συνεθούλενον ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῆς πλάνης, καὶ τὴν εἰσήγησιν οὐκ ἐδέχου. ε« Αὕτη ἡ ὁδός σου ἐκκ νεότητός σου, ὅτι 7; οὐκ ἤκουσας τῆς φωνῇς μου. ν Ἄνωθεν καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τῇ ἀπειθείᾳ ἐχρήσω. χϑ'. Πάντας τοὺς ποιμέγεις σου ποιμανεῖ ἄνεμος. Τούς τε πονηροὺς βατιλέας, καὶ τοὺς ψευδουπροφέτας 7\", «Οἱ ἐρασταί σου ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ πορεύσονται ὃ. » Καὶ αὐτὰ γὰρ τὰ εἴδωλα, ἀργυρᾶ ὄντα, ὡς εἰχὸςξ, καὶ χρυσᾶ, ἔλαθον οἱ πολέμιοι, ε Τότε αἰσχυνθήσῃ καὶ ἀτιμωθήσῃ ἀπὸ\" πάντων τῶν φιλούντων σε. » Οὐ γὰρ τεύξῃ τῆς παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ῥοπῆς. Εἴτα τῆς προτέρας αὐτοὺς εὐπραξίας ἀνα-","t":"21. \"I spoke to you in your transgression, and you said: I will not listen.\" When you were sinning I counseled you to be freed from the error, and you would not accept the advice. \"This has been your way from your youth, that you did not listen to my voice.\" From of old and from the beginning you practiced disobedience. 22. \"The wind will shepherd all your shepherds\" — both the wicked kings and the false prophets. \"Your lovers will go into captivity.\" For the enemies took the idols themselves, which were, it seems, of silver and gold. \"Then you will be ashamed and dishonored by all who love you.\" For you will get no help from them. Then he reminds them of their former prosperity …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.23":{"o":"κγ'. Κατοικοῦσα ἐν τῷ Λιδάνῳ, ἐγγοσσεύουσα ἐν ταῖς κέδροις. \"Ἀντὶ τοῦ, περιφανὴς οὖσα, καὶ περίόλεπτο;, καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀοίδιμος. « Καταστενάξει; \"5 ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν σοι ὀδύνας ὡς τικτούσης, ν Ταῦτα συνἄψας τῇ περὶ τοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ προφητείᾳ, προλέγει καὶ τῷ Ἰεχονίᾳ τὰ ὅμοια\" αὑτὸς 14 δὲ τοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ υἱὸς ἦν, τοῦ δὲ Ἰωσίου ἔγγονο;\" τρεῖς δὲ μόνους βαστιλεύσας μῆνας, αἰχμάλωτος ἀπήχθη μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς, Ὁ καὶ ἐν Βαδυλῶνι τὸν βίον κατέλυσεν,","t":"23. \"You who dwell in Lebanon, nesting among the cedars.\" That is: being conspicuous and admired and celebrated among all. \"You will groan when pangs come upon you like a woman in labor.\" Having joined this to the prophecy about Jehoiakim, he foretells similar things to Jeconiah as well. He was the son of Jehoiakim and grandson of Josiah; having reigned only three months, he was led away captive with his mother, and ended his life in Babylon.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.24":{"o":"κδ΄, χε΄, Ζῶ ἐγὼ,.1ἐγει Κύριος \" ἐὰν γενόμενος γένηται ᾿Ιεχονίας, υἱὸς Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, ἀποσφράγισμα ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός μου τῆς δεξιᾶς, ὅτι 1 ἐκεῖθεν ἐκσπάσω σε. Καὶ παριδώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ζητούντων τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ εἰς χεῖρας 15 ὧν σὺ εὐ αδῇ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, ἐν χειρὶ Ναδουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως Παδὺυ Ἰῶνος, καὶ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν Χα.ἰδαίων, ᾿Ἐπειδὴ τὴν τῶν προγόνων εὐσέδξιαν οὐ μιμούμενοι ἐπὶ τῇ ἐχείνων ἐσεμνύνοντο συγγευξέχ, τὸν 'λδρχὰμ. εἰς μέσον φέροντες, καὶ τὸν Ἰνχὰχ, καὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ τὸν Δαδὶξ, καὶ τὸν Ἐϊε:χίαν, καὶ τὸν Ἰωσίαν, ἐπιτήμου; ἄνδρας ἐν ἀρετῇ, τούτοῦ χάριν ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς ἐχδάλλει τοῦ Ἰεχονίου τὸ θράπος, 39 καί φησιν\" Εἰ καὶ δαχτύλιος γένοιτο, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς μον τεθείη χειρὸς, ἐκεῖθεν αὐτὸν ἐχσπάσω, καὶ παραδώξω τοῖς πολεμίοις, Μὴ τοίνυν θαῤῥείτω τῇ τῶν προγόνων ἀρετῇ, τὴν ἐχείνων ἀρετὴν μὴ ζηλώσας.","t":"24–25. \"As I live, says the Lord, even if Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, became a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off from there. And I will hand you over into the hands of those who seek your life, and into the hands of those you fear, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.\" Since, without imitating the piety of their forebears, they prided themselves on their kinship with them, putting forward Abraham and Isaac and Israel, David and Hezekiah and Josiah, men distinguished in virtue, for this reason the God of all casts down Jeconiah's boldness, and says: Even if he became a ring and were placed on my right hand, I would pull him off from there and hand him over to the enemies. Let him not, then, trust in the virtue of his forebears, since he did not emulate their virtue.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.26":{"o":"κς΄. Καὶ ἀποῤῥίψω στο, καὶ τὴν μητέρι σου, τὴν τεκοῦσάν σε, εἰς γῆν 5' ἑτέραν, εἰς γῆν οὗ \"κ᾿ οὐκ ἐτέχθητε 5 ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀποθανεῖσθε. Προστέθεικε δ᾽ δὲ, ὡς οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἧς ἐφίενται. Λέγει καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς τιμωρίας. « Τὸ \"5 στόμα τὸ ἐξουδενωμένον καὶ ἐχτετιναγμένον ὁ ἀνὴρ οὗτος. » Κουφότητα δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐκολίαν περὶ τοὺς φξαρανόμους λόγους κατηγορεῖ.","t":"26. \"And I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another land, where you were not born, and there you will die.\" He has added that they will not return to the land they long for. He states also the cause of the punishment: \"This man is a mouth despised and shaken off.\" He accuses his levity and his readiness with lawless words.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.28":{"o":"κη΄. Καὶ ἠτιμώθη 5 Ἰεχονίας, ὡς σκεῦος οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ χρεία. Διότι ἐξεῤῥίφη 5 αὐτός 55 τε καὶ τὰ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ͵ καὶ ἐξεόλήθη εἰς γῆν, ἣν οὐκ ἤδει. Εἴτα ὡς τῶν λόγου μετειληφότων οὐκ ἀκουόντων, πρὸς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἄψυχον ποιεῖται τοὺς λόγους.","t":"28. \"And Jeconiah was dishonored like a vessel for which there is no use; for he was cast out, he and his seed, and thrown into a land he did not know.\" Then, since those who have a share in reason would not listen, he addresses his words to the lifeless land:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.28 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-28)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.29":{"o":"κθ΄, λ΄, Γῆ, γῆ, γῆ,\" ἄκουε λόγον Κυρίου\" τάδε 99 «“Ζ;γει Κύριος\" Γράνον σὺ\" τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον, ἄνδρα\" ἐκκήρυκτον, ἄνθρωπον ἀνδυόδωτον \"3 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὑτοῦ \" ὅτι οὐ μὴ αὐξηθῇ \"\" ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὑτοῦ ἀνὴρ κχαθήμεγος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου Δαδὶδ, ἄρχων ἐπὶ \"5 ᾿Ιούδαν. “Ἐδειξε τῆς Ἰουδαίων βατιλείας τὸ τέλος\" καὶ ἀψευδὴς ὁ λόγο\" μηδεὶς \"\" γὰρ τὸν Ζοροδάδελ εἰς μέτον φερέτω\" οὐδὲ γὰρ οὗτος ἐθασίλευσε τοῦ λαοῦ - ἀλλὰ δημαγωγὸς; ἦν καὶ στρατηγός\" καὶ ὁ Κύριος δὲ τὸ κατὰ σάρκα γένος ἐκ τούτου κατάγων, οὐ 57 τοῖς ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἐξουσίας \"\", καὶ κυριότητος, καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματο; ὀνομαζομένου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι. » Ἔχε: τοίνυν τὸ ἀψευδὲς ἡ πρόῤῥησις. ","t":"29–30. \"Land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Write down this man as a man banished, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed will grow up to sit on the throne of David, as ruler over Judah.\" He has shown the end of the kingdom of the Jews, and the word is truthful. Let no one bring forward Zerubbabel; for he did not reign over the people, but was a leader of the people and a general. And the Lord, though he traces his descent according to the flesh from this man, did not … rule and authority and lordship and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. The prediction, then, is truthful.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22.6":{"o":"ς΄. Τάδε λέγει Κύριος κατὰ τοῦ οἴκουν τοῦ βασι- «λέως Ἰούδα\" Γαλαὰδ, σύ μοι ἀρχὴ τοῦ Λιδάγου. Λίδανον τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καλεῖ’ Γαλαὰδ δὲ τὰ ἐν ταύτῃ βατίλεια, Ἔστι δὲ χωρίον ἐν τῷ Λιθάνῳ οὕτω ὀνομαζόμενον ᾿ ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα Γαλαὰδ τῇς Ἰσραηλίτιδος γῆς ἀλλ᾽ ἡγοῦμαι νῦν τῇ ἐν τῇ Λιδάνῳ ἀπεικασθῆναι τὰ βασίλεια, διὰ τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς τολμηγὰρ, φησὶν, ἐπὶ σὲ ὁοθρεύοντας. Τὸ « ἁγιάσω » ἀντὶ τοῦ ε ἀφορίσω᾽ ν τοῦτο ᾽ γὰρ καὶ διὰ Ησαῖου λέγει, \" « Ἡγιασμένοι εἰσὶ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἄγω αὐτοὺς, » ἀντὶ τοῦ « ἀφωρισμένοι\" » καὶ τὸν περὶ τούτου λόγον ἐν τῇ τοῦ θείου Ἡσαῖου ἑρμηδιὰ πλειόνων τεθείχαμεν. « “Ανδρα καὶ τὸν πέεἱ ἰθ σου, καὶ ἐμδαλὸοῦσιν εἰς τὸ πῦρ. » Ἐπεὶ τοῦ Λιθάνοῦ ἐμνημόνευσεν, ἐπέμεινε τῇ τροπῇ \" κέδρους δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, τοὺς ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ μέγα φρονοῦντας. Εἶτα προλέγει τῆς πόλεως τὴν ἐρημίαν, καὶ ὅτι θαυμάσονται οἱ ὁρῶντες, καὶ πυνθανόμενοι τῶν … πονηρίαν, καὶ ὅτι δι᾽ ἐκείνους ἡ πόλις ταύτην παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ψῆφον ἐδέξατο. Παρακελεύεται δὲ μὴ θρηνεῖν τὸν τεθνηκότα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ζῶντα, ὡς μετ- Τάδε «λέγει Κύριος ἐπὶ Σεειὴμ, “᾽ υἱὸν ἀντὶ Ἰωσίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὑτοῦ. Ἐξῆϊθεν \" ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου. Οὐκ ἀναστρέψει \"\" οὐκέτι\" ἐν τῷ … τόπῳ οὗ μετῴκισαν αὐτὸν, ἐκεῖ ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ τὴν γῆν ταύτη» οὐκ ὄψεται ἔτι. οὐκ ὥς τινες ὑπέλαδον, τὸν Ἰωακεὶμ λέγει, 5864 ἀλλὰ τὸν Ἰωάχαζ. Οὗτος γὰρ ἐδασίλευσεν ἀντὶ Ἰωσἷου ποῦ πατρὸς αὑτοῦ \" τοῦτον καὶ εἰς Αἴγυπτον … αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ προφήτης διδάσκει, καὶ τῶν Βασιλειῶν ἡ τετάρτη, καὶ ἡ τῶν Παραλειπομένων δευτέρα.","t":"6. \"Thus says the Lord against the house of the king of Judah: Gilead, you are to me the head of Lebanon.\" He calls Jerusalem Lebanon, and the palace in it Gilead. There is a place in Lebanon so named, and there is also another Gilead in the land of Israel; but I think that here the palace is likened to the one in Lebanon because of the … dared in it. 7. \"… against you destroyers …\" \"I will sanctify\" is put for \"I will set apart\"; for he says this through Isaiah too: \"They are sanctified, and I lead them,\" that is, \"set apart\"; and we have discussed this more fully in the interpretation of the divine Isaiah. \"… and they will throw them into the fire.\" Since he had mentioned Lebanon, he kept to the figure: he calls the rulers, who prided themselves on their strength, cedars. Then he foretells the desolation of the city, and that those who see it will marvel, and on inquiring will learn the … wickedness, and that because of them the city received this sentence from God. He bids them weep not for the dead but for the living, since he is to be deported: 11. \"Thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah, who reigned in place of Josiah his father: He has gone out from this place; he will not return here any more; but in the place where they have deported him, there he will die, and he will not see this land again.\" He does not mean Jehoiakim, as some have supposed, but Jehoahaz; for he reigned in place of Josiah his father; and that he was taken to Egypt … this prophet himself teaches, and the fourth book of Kingdoms, and the second of Chronicles.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 22.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/22-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.15":{"o":"ιε΄. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ψωμίζω αὑτοὺς ὀδύνας \"\", καὶ ποτίζω αὐτοὺς ὕδωρ πικρὸν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῶν προξητῶν ᾿Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐξῆ.106 μοιλυσμὸς 5 πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. Διὰ δὲ τούτων τὰς διαφόρους δεδήλωκε πᾶσι συμφοράς. Παραινεῖ δὲ καὶ τῷ λαῷ μὴ δέχεσθαι τοὺς παρ᾽ ἐχείνων πρηφερομένους λόγους.","t":"15. \"Behold, I will feed them with pains and give them bitter water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem defilement has gone out into all the land.\" By these words he has indicated the various calamities that will come upon all. He urges the people too not to accept the words offered by those men.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.16":{"o":"ις΄, ιζ΄, τη. Ἀπὸ καρδίας γὰρ αὑτῶν, φτσὶ, οῦσε, καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ στόματος Κυρίου. Καὶ\" ὑπισχνοῦντωι εἰρήνην, ἣν οὐκ ἐπηγγειλάμην ἐγώ. Πᾶσι τοῖς πορευομένοις τοῖς θελήμασιν αὑτῶν, καὶ παντὶ τῷ πορευομένῳ πιίάνῃ καρδίας αὑτοῦ εἷπον, Οὐκ ἥξει ἐπὶ σὲ κακά. Ὅτι τίς ἔστη ἐν ὑποστήματι \" Κυρίου, καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἤκουσεν \"8 αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤκουσε; Ταῦτα, φησὶ, λέγοντες παραθαῤῥύνουσι τοὺς τῆς πονγρία: ἐργάτας, καὶ ἐπιμένειν τῇ παρανομίᾳ παρασκευάζουσι, καὶ τῶν προφητικῶν ν᾽ λόγων ἐπαΐειν κωλύουσιν.","t":"16–18. \"For they speak from their own heart,\" he says, \"and not from the mouth of the Lord. And they promise peace, which I did not promise. To all who walk in their own wills, and to everyone who walks in the error of his heart, they have said: Evils will not come upon you. For who has stood in the council of the Lord, and seen and heard his word?\" By saying these things, he says, they embolden the workers of wickedness, prepare them to persist in lawlessness, and prevent them from heeding the prophetic words.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς \" παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ ὀργὴ ἐκπορεύεται, εἰς \" συσσεισμὸν στρεφομένη \"\". Τὰ ἐπάλληλα διὰ τούτων σημαίνει κακὰ, καὶ ὅτι θεήλατα ταῦτα\" αὐτὸς γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐπιφέρει τὰς τιμωρίας\" εἶτα λέγει καὶ τοὺ; πεισομένους\" « Ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσεθεῖς ἧξει. »","t":"19. \"Behold, a shaking from the Lord, and wrath goes forth, turning into a whirlwind.\" By these words he signifies the evils that follow one upon another, and that they are sent by God; for he himself brings the punishments upon you. Then he tells also who will suffer them: \"It will come upon the ungodly.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.20":{"o":"χ΄. Οὐκ ὃ ἀποστρέψει ὁ θυμὸς Κυρίου, ἕως τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτὸν τὰ ἐγχειρήματα τῆς καρδίας αὑτοῦ.“Ἃ γὰρ προείρηκεν, εἰς πέρας ἥξει᾽\". ε« Ἐπ' ἐσχάτῶν \" ἡμερῶν νοήσουσιν αὐτὰ νοήσει Ἶ..» Ὅταν ἴδωσι τὰ πράγματα, τῶν ῥημάτων ἀναμνησθήσονται. Εἶτα λέγει, ὡς οἱ τὰ ψευδῇ προφητεύοντες αὐτόματοι, καὶ μὴ κελευόμενοι, τοὺς ἐναντίους τῷ λαῷ προσἔφερον λόγους. χϑ'. Εἰ γὰρ ἔστησαν, φησὶ, ἐν τῇ ὑποστάσει μου, καὶ ὃ ἤκουσαν τῶν δ λόγων μου, ἐδίδαξαν \"5 ἂν τὸν αόν μου, καὶ ἀπέστρεφον αὑτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὑτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πογηρῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὑτῶν. Ἐγὼ δὲ σαφῶς διὰ “οὔ νόμου ἀπηγόρευσα τῆς πονηρίας τὰ εἴδη\" εἰ τοίγυν τοῖς ἐμοῖς εἴποντο λόγοις, κατηγόρησαν ἂν τῆς … πονηρᾶς, καὶ διὰ τούτους τὴν Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόῤα … τοῦ λαοῦ παρανομίας, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν εὐθεῖαν \"ἢ ἐποδήγησαν. Διδάσκει ὃ αὐτοὺς, ὡς οὐδὲν ἀγνοεῖ τῶν κεκρυμμένων.","t":"20. \"The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has done the purposes of his heart.\" For what he has foretold will come to its fulfillment. \"In the last days they will understand them.\" When they see the events, they will remember the words. Then he says that those who prophesy falsehoods, of their own accord and without being commanded, brought the people words contrary to his. 22. \"For if they had stood in my council,\" he says, \"and had heard my words, they would have taught my people and turned them back from their evil way and from their evil practices.\" I clearly forbade the kinds of wickedness through the law; if, then, they had followed my words, they would have accused … the lawlessness of the people, and guided them onto the straight way. He teaches them that he is ignorant of nothing hidden.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.23":{"o":"κγ', κδ΄,. Θεὸς γὰρ ἐγγίζων, φησὶν, εἰμὶ καὶ οὐκὶ 5 κἀγὼ οὐκ ἔψομαι αὐτόν; «έγει 5 Κύριος. Εἶτα διδάσκει τὸ ἀπερίγραπτον. ε Μὴ δ οὐκὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν ἐγὼ πληρῶ; λέγει Κύριος. κυ Εἰ τοίνυν πᾶνταχοῦ παρῶ, πῶς οἵονταί μὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀγνοῆ σαί τι τῶν γιγνομένων; Ἐπιτείνει ὃὲ πάλιν τὴν κατὰ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν κατηγορίαν, ὡς ἐνύπνια διηγουμένων, καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἐξαπατώντων, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τοῖς τῆς Βάαλ προφήταις ποιεῖν τολμώντων. Εἶτα κελεύει γενέσθαι τὴν σύγκρισιν τοῦ τε προφήτου χη. Ὁ προφήτης, φησὶν, ἐγ ᾧ τὸ ἐγύπνιόν ἐστι, διηγησάσθω τὸ ἐνύπγιον αὑτοῦ \" καὶ ἐν ᾧ ὁ.όγος μου πρὸς αὑτὸν, διηγησάσθω τὸν μου ἐπὶ ἀιἰηθείας. Καὶ διδάσκει τροπικῶς τὸ διάφορονὃ. « Τί τὸ ἄχυρον πρὸς τὸν σἴτον \"᾽; φησὶν ὁ Κύριος. ν.","t":"23–24. \"For I am a God who is near,\" he says, \"and not … will I not see him? says the Lord.\" Then he teaches that he cannot be circumscribed: \"Do I not fill the heaven and the earth? says the Lord.\" If, then, I am present everywhere, how do people suppose that I am ignorant of anything that happens? He intensifies again the accusation against the false prophets, since they recount dreams, deceive the people, and dare to act like the prophets of Baal. Then he bids that a comparison be made between the prophet … 28. \"The prophet in whom the dream is,\" he says, \"let him recount his dream; and he in whom my word is, let him recount my word in truth.\" And he teaches the difference figuratively: \"What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.29":{"o":"κθ΄. Οὐκ οὕτως \" οἱ 16γοι μου, ὡς πῦρ, Κύριος; καὶ ὡς πέιιυξ \" κόπτων πέτραν; Ἔδειξε διὰ τῶν παραβολῶν τοῦ θείου λόγου τὴν δύναμιν. Εἶτα τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν διδάσκει τὴν διαφοράν“ οἱ μὲν γὰρ οἷόν τινες, φησὶ, λωποδῦται κλέπτουσί τινας προφητικοὺς λόγους, καὶ τούτους ταῖς παρατροπαῖς διαφθείρουσιν\" οἱ δὲ πλάττουσι προφητείαν ψευδῇ \" ο οἱ δὲ ἐνύπνια, ἃ μὴ ἑωράκασι, διηγοῦνται καὶ διατῇ πονηρίᾳ παρασχευάξουσιν, \"ἔπειτα κελεύει τῷ προφήτῃ\"","t":"29. \"Are not my words like fire, says the Lord, and like an axe splitting rock?\" Through these comparisons he has shown the power of the divine word. Then he teaches the different kinds of false prophets: some, he says, like clothes-thieves, steal certain prophetic words and corrupt them by distortions; others fabricate false prophecy; others recount dreams they have not seen, and … prepare them for wickedness. Then he commands the prophet:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.3":{"o":"Ἐντεῦθεν κατηγορεῖ τῶν ποιμένων τούτων, αὖτῶν τῶν βασιλέων, ὡς αἰτίων \" γενομένων τῆς τῶν προδάτων διασπορᾶς\" καὶ αὐτοῖς μὲν τὸν ὄλεθρον ἀπειλεῖ, τοῖς δὲ προδάτοις ἀνάκλησιν. γ΄. Εἰσδέξομαι ᾽ γὰρ, φησὶ, τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς, ἧς \"ἔξωσα αὖτοὺς \" ἐν τῇ γομῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐξηθήσονται, καὶ πιηθυνθήσογται. Ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ καὶ τὰ μείζονα ἀγαθά.","t":"From here he accuses these shepherds, the kings themselves, of having caused the scattering of the sheep; and he threatens them with destruction, but promises the sheep their recall. 3. \"For I will receive,\" he says, \"the remnant of the people from every land to which I drove them out, into their pasture, and they will increase and multiply.\" He promises also greater good things:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.33":{"o":"λγ΄, λδ', ᾿Εὰν \" ἐρωτήσῃ ὁ Λαὸς οὗτος, ἱερεὺς \"\" ἣ προφήτης, λέγων, Τί τὸ ᾿ῆμμα Κυρίου; ἐρεῖς \"5 αὐτοῖς\" Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ λῆμμα Κυρίου, καὶ ῥίψω \"5 ὑμῶς, ἡέγει Κύριος. Καὶ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ ρεὺς \"ΚΙ, οἱ ἂν εἴπωσι Λῆμμα Κυρίου, ἐκδικήσω τὸν ἄγθρωπον \"8, καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὑτοῦ. Ἐπιλήπτους ἐκάλουν τοὺς προφήτας οἱ δυσπεθεῖς, καὶ τὴν προφητείαν. [Ιχραχελεύεται τοίνυν ὁ Θεὸς, τούτῳ τῷ προσρήματι μὴ κεχρῆσθαι, καὶ τοῖς μὴ πειθομένοις ἀπειλεῖ τιμωρίαν. Κελεύει δὲ αὐτοῖς οὕτω πυνθάνεσθαι, ε Τί ὀπεχρίθη Κύριος; Τί ἐλάἢ λησε Κύριος; » καὶ λῆμμα Κυρίου μὴ ὀνομάζειν τι \" τοῖς δὲ τὰ προστεταγμένα παραθαίνουσιν ἀπ-","t":"33–34. \"If this people, or a priest or a prophet, asks, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? you shall say to them: You are the burden of the Lord, and I will cast you off, says the Lord. And the prophet and the priest and the people who say, Burden of the Lord, I will punish that man and his house.\" The disobedient called the prophets \"seized\" and the prophecy a seizure. God therefore commands them not to use this term, and threatens punishment to those who do not obey. He bids them ask thus: \"What has the Lord answered? What has the Lord spoken?\" and not to call anything a \"burden of the Lord\"; and to those who transgress what was commanded he …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.33 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-33)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.39":{"o":"λθ’, μ΄, Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ «Ἰαμδάγω \" ὑμᾶς 5 Δήμματε, καὶ ῥίψω δ᾽ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τὴν πόλιν, ἣν ἔδωκα ὑμῖν καὶ τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου μου. Καὶ δώσω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὀνειδισμὸν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἀτιμίαν αἰωνίαν, ἥτις οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται. Τοῦτο δὲ προσἐταξεν ὁ Δεσπότης Θεὸς, καὶ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας ἐκκόπτων τὰ ἔθη, καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς οὐ μεμήνασιν οἱ προφῆται, ἀλλὰ τῶν θείων λογίων εἰσὶν ὑπουργοί \" ἀπειλήτας δέ γε τὴν αἱγμαλωσίαν, ὑπισχνεῖται καὶ τὴν ἐπάνοδον, καὶ οὕτως αὐτὴν ἐπίσημον λέγει γενῆσεσθαι, ὡς λήθῃ παραδοθῆναι τὴν ἔξοδον τὴν ἐξ Αἰγύποῦ γεγενημένην, διὰ τὴν ταύτης λαμπρότητα. Ἡμεῖς δὲ. παρακαλῶ, καὶ τοῖς προφητικοῖς, καὶ τοῖς ἀποστολικοῖς ὀχολουθήσωμεν λόγοις, καὶ τὸν δι᾽ ἐχείγων καὶ τούτων δ᾽ φθεγξάμενον προσκυνήσωμεν, καὶ τοὺς ζωοποιοὺς αὐτοῦ φυλάξωμεν νόμους \" ἵνα τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων ἀπολαύσωμεν ἀγαθῶν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κνρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν. ","t":"39–40. \"Behold, I take you up as a burden, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, from my face. And I will put upon you an everlasting reproach and an everlasting dishonor, which will not be forgotten.\" The Master God commanded this, both cutting away the customs of superstition and teaching that the prophets are not mad, but ministers of the divine oracles. Having threatened the captivity, he promises also the return, and says it will be so famous that the exodus from Egypt will be forgotten because of its brilliance. But let us, I beseech you, follow both the prophetic and the apostolic words, and worship the one who spoke through both, and keep his life-giving laws, so that we may enjoy the promised good things, by the grace and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom be glory to the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.4":{"o":"δ΄. Καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτοῖς ποιμένας, οἷ ποιμαγοῦσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐ φοδηθήσονται ἔτι, οὐδὲ ριος. Ταῦτα τυπικῶς μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζοροδάδελ καὶ Ἴησοῦ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ ἐχδέδηχεν\" οὐ μὴν πᾶσα ἡ προφητεία\" πολλοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἐπανέστησαν, καὶ οὐ μόνον οἱ γειτονεύοντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ Μακεδόνες ὕστερον, καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον Ῥωμαῖοι\" ἡ δὲ πρόῤῥησις τὸ διαρκὲς τῆς χάριτος ἐπαγγέλλεται\" οὐκοῦν δῆλον ὡς τὰ μὲν ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐξέθη, τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων. Οὗτοι γὰρ μόνοι ἔσχον τὴν τοῦ Πνεύματος δωρεάν. Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα.","t":"4. \"And I will raise up shepherds for them, who will shepherd them, and they will no longer fear, nor … \" These things came to pass as a type in the time of Zerubbabel and of Joshua son of Jozadak, yet not the whole prophecy; for many rose up against them, not only their neighbors but later the Macedonians too, and finally the Romans; whereas the prediction promises a lasting grace. So it is clear that some things came to pass in their time, and others in the time of the holy apostles; for these alone had the gift of the Spirit. What follows also bears witness to this sense.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23.5":{"o":"ε΄, ς. ᾿ἸΙδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, λέγει Κύριος, βασιδεύσει βασιλεὺς δίκαιος 1, καὶ συνήσει, καὶ ποιήσει κρῖμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ σωθήσεται ἡ ᾿Ιουδαία \", καὶ Ισραὴλ κατασχηγώσει πεποιθώς\" καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἃ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, ὃ καλέσει Κύριος αὐτὸν, ᾿Ιωσεδέκ\"\" αὑτὸς \"\" ἐν τοῖς προφήταις. Ταῦτα οἱ ἐμδρόντητοι Ἰουδαῖοι εἰς τὸν Ζοροδάδελ ἕλκειν ἀναιδῶς ἐπιχειροῦσιν\" ἔδει δὲ αὐτοὺς συνιδεῖν. ὅτι οὐ βασιλεὺς ἦν ἐκεῖνος, ἀλλὰ δημαγωγός\" καὶ Ἰωσεδὲκ ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἐκαλεῖτο\" οὔτε μὴν ἡ ἑρμηνεία τὴς προσηγορίας πρόσφορος ἐκείνῳ\" δηλοῖ γὰρ τὸ ὄνομα, « Κύριος δικαιοσύνη ἡμῶν, » ἣ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Σύρου ἑρμηνείαν, «Κύριε δικαίωσον ἡ μᾶς\" » οὐδὲν δὲ τούτων ἁρμόττει τῷ Ζοροδάδελ' ἐπειδὴ δὲ τύπος ἦν τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ Βαδυλῶνος αἰχμαλώτους ἔπανἤγαγεν εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, καθάπερ ὁ Κύριος τοὺς ἐξανδραποδ'σθέντας ὑπὸ τοῦ διαόλου πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν μετέθηχε.\", τυπικῶς εἴ τις ἐκείνῳ προ\" αρμόσει\"\" ταῦτα, οὐδὲν ἀπεικὸς ποιήσει\" εἰδέναι μέντοι χρὴ, ὡς ὁ Δεσπότης Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὁ ἐκ Δαβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα, « ᾿Ανατολὴ δικαία, » καὶ ἐ Βασιλεὺς δίκαιος.» καὶ ε Κύριος δικαιοσύνης, » ὑπὸ τῶν προφητῶν Χῆ-“ ρύττεται. Ἐντεῦθεν μεταφέρει τὸν λόγον κατὰ τῶν τὰ ψευδῇ προαγορευόντων, καὶ μοιχοὺς 5 ὀνομάζει τούτους, ὡς μοιχεύοντας, καὶ τὸν θεῖον διαφθείροντας λόγον. Καλεῖ δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ αἰτίους τῆς τοῦ λαοῦ πονηρίας \" λέγει δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἱερέας κοινωνοὺς αὐτῶν γεγενῆσθαι τῆς ἀσεδείας. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὰ συμδησόμενα αὐτοῖς κακὰ, καὶ παοαθάλλει αὐτοὺς τοἷς προφήταις τῆς Σαμωρεία:, οἱ προφσνῶς τῆς Βάαλ ἐκαλοῦντο προφῆται. Καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι, φησὶ, ψευδῶς ἐπαγγειλάμενοι τῷ λαῷ εἰρήνην, αἴτιοι ἐγένοντο τοῦ μὴ ἀποστραφῆναι ἕχαστον ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὑτοῦ τῆς ῥων ἐμιμήσαντο πονηρίαν\" οὗ δὴ χάριν\"","t":"5–6. \"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, … and a king will reign righteously, and he will understand, and will do judgment and righteousness on the earth. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell confidently; and this is his name, which the Lord will call him: Josedek, among the prophets.\" These things the stupefied Jews shamelessly try to drag over to Zerubbabel; but they ought to have seen that he was not a king but a popular leader, and that he was not called Josedek, nor does the meaning of the name suit him. For the name signifies \"The Lord our righteousness,\" or, by the Syrian's translation, \"Lord, justify us\"; and none of these fits Zerubbabel. But since he was a type of Christ the Master, and brought back the captives from Babylon to Judea, as the Lord brought over to the truth those who had been enslaved by the devil, anyone who applies these things to him as a type will do nothing unreasonable. One must know, however, that it is the Master Jesus Christ, who is from David according to the flesh, who is proclaimed by the prophets \"the Righteous Dawn,\" \"the Righteous King,\" and \"the Lord of righteousness.\" From here he turns his word against those who foretell falsehoods, and names them adulterers, as committing adultery and corrupting the divine word. He calls them the cause of the people's wickedness, and says that the priests too became partners in their impiety. He foretells also the evils that will befall them, and compares them to the prophets of Samaria, who were openly called prophets of Baal. For these too, he says, by falsely promising the people peace, became the cause of each one's not turning from his evil way; … imitated the wickedness; for this reason:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 23.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/23-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/24.1":{"o":"Πάλιν διὰ παραδολῶν καὶ συμθόλων ποιεῖται τὴν προφητείαν \" καὶ ὁρᾷ κατά τινα ἀποκάλυψιν δύο χαλάθους σύκων κειμένους πρὸ τοῦ θείου νεώ. Λέγε: δὲ καὶ τὸν τῆς προφητείας χρόνον\" μετὰ γὰρ δὴ τὴν Ἰεχονίου μετανάστατιν, καὶ τὴν Σεδεκίου βασιλείαν, ταῦτα λέγει ἑωρακέναι. Καὶ τὸν μὲν ἕνα κάλαθον σύκων ἀρίστων τε καὶ πρωΐμων\" τὸν δὲ ἕτερον λίαν αἰσχρῶν, καὶ παντελῶς ἀχρήστων εἰς ἐδωδήν. Εἶτα εἰαν δεξάμενος περὶ τούτων ἐρώτησιν, εἶπ: τὴν τῶν ὑποδειχθέντων διαφοράν\" καὶ διδάσκεται λοιπὸν τὰ διὰ τούτων σημαινόμενα. ᾿Απείχασε γὰρ ὁ τῶν ὅλιων θεὸς τοῖς μὲν πρωΐμοις δ\" σύχοις τοὺς ἤδη γεγενημένους δορυαλώτους, καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται αὐτοῖς τὴν ἐκεῖθεν ἐπάνοδον, καὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ κηδεμονίαν, καὶ σὺν εὐσεδείᾳ τὴν εὐπραξίαν. Τοῖς δὲ δυσειδέσι ἀφομοιοῖ οὐ μόνον τοὺς ὑπολειφθέντας ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς εἰς Αἴγυπτον πεφευγότας, καὶ σὺν αὐτοῖς τὸν βασιλέα Σεδεκίαν, καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, καὶ ἀπειλεῖ αὐτοῖς τῶν Βαδυλωνίων τὴν στρατιὰν, καὶ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου φυόμενα σκυθρωπὰ, λιμὸν, καὶ λοιμὸν, καὶ σφαγὴν, καὶ αἰχμαλωσίαν οὕτω ταῦτα προθεσπίσας, τὴν πρὸ τούτων τίθησι προφητείαν\" ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ μετὰ τὸν Ἰεχονίαν ἐῤῥέθη᾽ ἃ δὲ μέλλει λέγειν, ἐπὶ Ἰωακεὶμ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὃς τοῦ ἹἸεχονίου πατὴρ ἐτύγχανεν ὧν ὅδ. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸν χρόνον σαφῶς.","t":"Again he delivers the prophecy through parables and symbols. By a revelation he sees two baskets of figs set before the divine temple. He states also the time of the prophecy: he says he saw these things after Jeconiah's deportation, in the reign of Zedekiah. One basket was of excellent, early figs; the other of very bad figs, wholly useless for eating. Then, having received … a question about these, he stated the difference between the things shown; and he is then taught what was signified by them. For the God of all likened to the early figs those who had already been taken captive, and he promises them the return from there, his own care, and prosperity together with piety. To the ugly figs he likens not only those left in Judea but also those who had fled to Egypt, and with them King Zedekiah and the rulers; and he threatens them with the army of the Babylonians and the grim things that spring from war: famine and pestilence and slaughter and captivity. Having foretold these things in this way, he sets down the prophecy given before them; for these things were said after Jeconiah, but what he is about to say was said under King Jehoiakim, who was the father of Jeconiah. And he states the time clearly.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 24.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/24-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.1":{"o":"α΄. Ὁ «16γος ὁ γεγόμεγος πρὸς “Ιερεμίαν, ἐπὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦ δ Ἰούδα, ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ τοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ, υἱοῦ ᾿Ιωσίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα\" αὐτὸς 51 ἐγιαυτὸς πρῶτος τῷ Ναξουχοδογόσορ βασιλεῖ Βαδυνλῶνγος. Ἐν τούτῳ τῷ 5\" ἔτει ἐπιστρατεύσας ὁ Ναδουχοδονόσορ κατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τοὺς μὲν ἐξηνδραπόδισε, τοῖς δὲ φόρον ἐπιθεὶς ἀνἐστρεψε. Λέγει τοίνυν καὶ τίνα τὰ εἰρημένα.","t":"1. \"The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.\" In this year Nebuchadnezzar marched against Jerusalem, enslaved some, and imposed tribute on the others and withdrew. He tells, then, what was said.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.29":{"o":"κθ', “Αρξομαι\" γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀπὸ τῆς πόϊεως ἐφ᾽ ἧς ὠνομάσθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ὃπ᾽ αὑτὴν, \" ἀπ' αὑτῆς ἄρχομωι τοῦ κακῶσαι\" καὶ ὑμεῖς καϑα- Ι\" Τὴν ἀφωρισμένην\", φησὶ, παραδίδωμι πόλιν καὶ ὑμεῖς διαφεύξεσθε τὴν τιμωρίαν; οὐκ οἷόν τε τοῦτο γενέσθαι.","t":"29. \"For I will begin,\" he says, \"with the city on which my name is called; with it I begin to do harm; and will you be …\" The city set apart, he says, I hand over; and will you escape the punishment? That cannot happen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.3":{"o":"γ΄. Ἐν\" τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει Ἰωσία, υἱοῦ Ἁμὼς “5. βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα (καὶ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας \" ταύτης εἴκοσι καὶ τρία ἔτη), ἐγενήθη \" Κυρίου πρός με, καὶ ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀρθρίζων, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε 53. Τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἐτῶν ἐμνημόνευσε, τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμίαν δεικνὺς, ὅτι ἀπειθούντων ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἠνέσχετο. ᾿Απέστειλα γὰρ, φησὶ, πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοὺς δούλους μου, τοὺς προτας ὁδὸν, ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἐλθεῖν τὴν πρόξενον τῆς ζωῆς ' καὶ ὑπισχνούμην ὑμῖν» ἀγαθὰ τοῦτο δρῶσι, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπείαν προείλεσθε. Καὶ διελέγχων τὸν τῆς ἀπειθείας σκοπὸν ἐπήγαγεν\" « Ὅπως 5\" παροργίσητέ με ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν εἰς κακὸν ὑμῖν 55,» Παροξύναντες γάρ με ἐτολμᾶτε ἐκεῖνα \" ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τὴν βλάδην ὑμεῖς πάλαι ἐκαρποῦσθε. Οὗ“ χάριν \"5, ( Φησὶ, σὺν τῷ Ναθουχοδονόσορ τοὺς \"\" ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ \"ὁ τελοῦντας βασιλέας 7' ἀθροίσω, καὶ καθ᾽ ὑμῶν, καὶ κατὰ τῶν πλησιοχώρων ὑμῶν, παρ᾽ ὧν τὴν τῶν εἰδώ.λων ἐδιδάχθητε λατρείαν, καὶ ἐρημίᾳ παντελεῖ καὶ τὴν ὑμετέραν [γῆν] \"2 παραδώσω καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων, καὶ τῆς πάσης αὐτοὺς εὐφροσύνης γυμνώσω \" ταὐτῆς γὰρ ἴδια ε« φωνὴ νυμφίου, καὶ φωνὴ νύμφης\" φωνὴ \"ὃ μύλου, καὶ φῶς λύχνου. » 'Εδδομηχοντούτῃ δὲ χρόνῳ περιορίζει τὴν ἐρημίαν. Μετὰ γὰρ δὴ τὰ ἑδδομήχοντα ἔτη, αὐτόν τε τῆς Βαδυλῶνος τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ τοὺς ὑπηκόους ἐχείνου, δίκας τῆς ἀσεδείας καὶ παρανομίας ἀπαιτήσειν ἔφη, καὶ ἐμπεδώσειν ἅπασαν τοῦ Ἱερεμίου τὴν πρόῤῥησιν. Αὐτίκα τοίνυν κελεύεται λαδεῖν τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ Α ἀκράτου ἐκ χειρὸς Κυρίου, καὶ ποτίσαι σύμπαντα τὰ ἔθνη, ε Πρὸς ἃ ἐγώ σε, φησὶ, ἐξαποστελῶ πρὸς αὑτά.» τς. Καὶ πίονται, καὶ ἐξεμοῦνται 15, καὶ ἐχμανήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μακαίρας, ἣν ἐγὼ ἀποστελῶ ἀγὰ μέσον αὐτῶν. Ποτήριον δὲ οἵ- νου ἀκράτου τὴν δικαίαν τιμωρίαν καλεῖ \" οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεῖος ἔφη Δαδὶδ, ὅτι « Ποτήριον ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου οἴνου ἀκράτου πλῆρες κεράσματος. » Διὰ δὲ τοῦ, Πίονται καὶ ἐξεμοῦνται, τὸν κόρον δηλοῖ\" διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἐκμαγήσογται\"\", τὰ χαλεπὸν τῆς τιμωρίας αἰνίττεται. Εἶτα διηγεῖται ὁ προφήτης, ὡς ἐπότισε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὰς ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν \"5 πόλεις τελούσας, σὺν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι καὶ ἄρχουσι\" καὶ διδάσκει τὰ διὰ τοῦ ποτηρίου δηλουμενα. ε« Τοῦ θεῖναι αὐτὰς εἰς ἔρημον\", καὶ ἄθδατον, καὶ εἰς συριγμὸν, καὶ εἰς κατάραν, κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην. » Τουτέστιν, ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ. Καὶ ἀδατον μὲν χαλῶν, τὴν ἐρημίαν δηλοῖ - διὰ δὲ τοῦ συριγμοῦ σημαίνει τὴν ἔχπληξιν τῶν θεωμένων. Τὰς γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ὁρῶντες ἐϑὶ κατάρα 5\" - εἰώθασι γάρ τινες λέγειν, « Τάδε πάθοις,ἅπερ ὁ δεῖνα πέπονθε. » Προστίθησι δὲ 55, ὅτι καὶ τὸν Φαραὼ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ τοὺς ἐπάρχους δ\" αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ὑπηκόους πρὸς δὲ τοῖ; ἐγχωρίοις, καὶ τοὺς μετοίχους “συμμίκτους Ὑὰρ ἐκείνους καλεῖ. Αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούς. των, ὅτι καὶ οἱ πεφευγότες Ἰουδαῖοι τοῖς αὐτοῖς περιπεσοῦνται κακοῖς. Λέγει δὲ πεποτιχέναι καὶ τῶν Χαλδαίων τοὺς βασιλέας, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν … καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς Οὐξ· τὴν δὲ Ἰδουμαίαν οὕτω κέκληκε \" καὶ τοῦτο ὁ αὐτὸς προφήτης διδάσκει σαφέστερον 57 ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς. Λέγει γάρ' Πεπότιχε δ ε καὶ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τοὺς βασιλεῖς, … Σιδωνίους, καὶ τὴν Δαιδὰν, καὶ τὴν Θαιμάν\" » πόλεις καὶ αὗται τῆς ᾿Δραδίας, ὡς καὶ ἐν ταῖς τῶν ἄλλων προφητῶν ἑρμηνείαις ἐδείξαμεν 55. « Καὶ τὸν Βοὺζ \"\",» Περσικὸν τὸ ἔθνος, ε καὶ πάντα περιχειρόμενον\" τὸ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὑτοῦ. ν Τοὺς Σαραχηνοὺς λέγει. κδ᾽, χε΄. Καὶ πάντας\" τοὺς βασιλεῖς ᾿Αραδίας, καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς τοὺς συμμίκτους, τοὺς καταλύοντας ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. Καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς Ζαμδρή\"\". Παρὰ τῷ Ἑδραίῳ καὶ τῷ Σύρῳ ζεμδρὰν \"\" εὑρήκαμεν τῆς δὲ Χετούρας οὗτος υἱός: καὶ οὗτοι μέντοι τὴν ἔρημον ᾧκησαν. « Καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς Ἐλάμ.\"5. ν Καὶ τοῦτο Περσικὸν ἔθνος. « Καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς Μήδων [5 καὶ Περσῶν. Καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἀξρηλιώτου\"1 τοὺς ἐγγὺς καὶ τοὺς πόῤῥω\" καὶ ἕκαστον πρ΄ς τὸν ἀδειρὸν αὑτοῦ. Τουτέστιν, ὥστε δι᾽ ἀλλέλων δίκας δοῦναι τῆς ἀσεθείας. « Καὶ πάσας τὰς βλτιλείας τῆς γῆς,\" τὰς ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς \" καὶ \" βασιλεὺς Σησὰχ ' πίεται ἔσχατος αὑτῶν. » Τὸν Βαδυλώνιον οὕτως ἡγοῦμαι κληθῆναι “ διὰ τούτου γὰρ καὶ οἱ προῤῥηθέντες ἔπιον \" καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον τοῦτον πίεσθαι ἔσχατόν φησι. Μετὰ γὰρ δὴ τὴν διὰ τούτον τοῖς ἄλλοις προσενεχθεῖσαν τιμωρίαν αὐτὸς ἔδωγε δίκας. Εἶτα τοῖς πιεῖν μὴ βουλομένοις ἀπειλεῖ, ὅτι καὶ ἄκοντες πίονται.","t":"3. \"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah — and until this day, twenty-three years — the word of the Lord came to me, and I spoke to you, rising early, and you did not listen.\" He mentioned the number of years to show God's long-suffering, that he bore with them so long while they disobeyed. \"For I sent you,\" he says, \"my servants the prophets …\" … way, and to come onto the other, which leads to life; and I promised you good things if you did this, and you did not listen, but preferred the worship of idols. And exposing the aim of their disobedience he added: \"so as to provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.\" For you dared those things to provoke me; but you yourselves have long been reaping the harm. For this reason, he says, I will gather together with Nebuchadnezzar the kings subject to him, against you and against your neighbors, from whom you learned the worship of idols; and I will hand over to complete desolation both your land and theirs, and strip them of all gladness; for to gladness belong \"the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill and the light of the lamp.\" He limits the desolation to a period of seventy years. For after the seventy years, he said, he would exact from the king of Babylon himself and from his subjects the penalty for their impiety and lawlessness, and would confirm the whole prediction of Jeremiah. Straightway, then, he is commanded to take the cup of unmixed wine from the hand of the Lord and make all the nations drink, \"to whom I send you,\" he says. 16. \"And they will drink, and vomit, and go mad before the sword that I am sending among them.\" He calls the just punishment a cup of unmixed wine; so too the divine David said: \"A cup in the hand of the Lord, of unmixed wine, full of mixture.\" By \"they will drink and vomit\" he indicates satiety, and by \"they will go mad\" he hints at the severity of the punishment. Then the prophet tells how he made Jerusalem drink, and the cities subject to it, with their kings and rulers; and he teaches what the cup signifies: \"To make them a desolation, and untrodden, and a hissing, and a curse, as at this day,\" that is, at this time. By calling it untrodden he shows the desolation; by the hissing he signifies the astonishment of the onlookers, for those who see things turned for the worse … ; and it is a curse, for some are accustomed to say: \"May you suffer what so-and-so suffered.\" He adds that he made Pharaoh, king of the Egyptians, drink too, and his officers and all his subjects, and besides the natives the mixed sojourners as well; for he calls them \"mixed.\" By this he hints that the Jews who fled there will fall into the same evils. He says that he made the kings of the Chaldeans drink too, and all … and all the kings of the land of Uz; so he has called Idumea, and the same prophet teaches this more clearly in what follows. For he says: \"He made the kings of the foreigners drink too … the Sidonians, and Dedan, and Teman\" — these too are cities of Arabia, as we showed in the interpretations of the other prophets. \"And Buz\" — a Persian nation — \"and everyone who clips the hair around his face.\" He means the Saracens. 24–25. \"And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed peoples who lodge in the desert, and all the kings of Zambri.\" In the Hebrew and the Syrian we have found \"Zimran\"; he was a son of Keturah, and these too dwelt in the desert. \"And all the kings of Elam\" — this too is a Persian nation — \"and all the kings of the Medes and Persians.\" 26. \"And all the kings of the east, those near and those far, each with his brother\" — that is, so that they might pay the penalty for their impiety through one another. \"And all the kingdoms of the earth that are on the face of the earth; and King Sesach will drink last of them.\" I think the Babylonian is so called; for it was through him that those mentioned before drank, and a little later he says that he will drink last. For after the punishment brought on the others through him, he himself paid the penalty. Then he threatens those who do not wish to drink that they will drink even against their will.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.30":{"o":"λ’, Καὶ σὺ προφητεύσεις ἐπ᾽ αὑτοὺς πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὑτοὺς, Κύριος ἀφ᾽ ὑψη.1οῦ χρηματιεῖ\", καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου, αὑτοῦ δώσει φωνὴν αὑτοῦ. ᾿Αμφότερα δεδήλωκεν, ὅτι οὐρανόθεν ἐκφέρει τὴν ψῆφον, καὶ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ἀφιερωμένῳ ναῷ \" ποιεῖται τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν. « Αύγον χρηματιεῖ\" ἐκ \" τοῦ τόπου αὑτοῦ, καὶ \" οἶδεν ' ὥσπερ οἱ ληνοδατοῦντες '' ἀποκριθήσονται ἐ πὶ πάντας τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.» Τὴν ἀπόκρισιν τὸ ἔργον λέγει\" ἕπεται γὰρ τῷ θείῳ λόγῳ καὶ τὸ ἔργο\"-","t":"30. \"And you shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: The Lord will pronounce an oracle from on high, and from his holy place he will utter his voice.\" He has shown both: that he pronounces the verdict from heaven, and that he makes his manifestation in the consecrated temple. \"He will pronounce a word from his place, and like those who tread the winepress they will answer against all who dwell on the earth.\" He calls the deed the answer; for the deed follows the divine word.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.31":{"o":"λα΄. Ἵκει\"3 δίιεθρος ἐπὶ \"3 μέρος τῆς γῆς ὅτι κρίσις τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν’ τοῖς ἔθνεσι \" χρένεται αὑτὸς πρὸς πᾶσαν σάρκα\" οἱ δὲ ἀσεδεῖς ἐδόθησαν εἰς μάχαιραν, “1έγει Κύριος. Πάλιν τὴν ἄῤῥητον αὑτοῦ δείκνυσιν ἀγαηότητα. Οὐ γὰρ εἶπε, Κρινεῖ πᾶσαν σάρκα, ἀλλὰ, εἰ ρίνεται πρὸς πᾶταν σάρκα\" ν δείχνυξι γὰρ τὰς οἰκείας εὐεργεσίας, καὶ τὴν τῶν λαμδανόντων ἀχαριστίαν ἐλέγχει. Λέγει δὲ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς, καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν πολέμων φυόμενα κακὰ, καὶ ὅτι ἅταφο' οἱ ἀνῃρη μένοι ᾽\" κείσονται, καὶ ἀντὶ κόπρου ἐν \"\" τῇ γῇ ἔσονται.","t":"31. \"Destruction has come upon a part of the earth, for the Lord has a judgment with the nations; he enters into judgment with all flesh; and the ungodly have been given to the sword, says the Lord.\" Again he shows his unspeakable goodness. For he did not say, \"He will judge all flesh,\" but \"He enters into judgment with all flesh\"; for he sets forth his own benefits and convicts the ingratitude of those who received them. Through what follows he speaks also of the evils that spring from wars, and that the slain will lie unburied and be like dung on the ground.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25.34":{"o":"λδ', λε΄, ᾿Α.1αλάξατε, οἱ ποιμένες, καὶ χεκράξατε, καὶ \"\" χόψασθε, οἱ κριοὶ τῶν' προθδάτων, ὅτι ρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ὑμῶν εἰς σφαγὴν, καὶ \"1 εἱ σκορπισμοὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ πεσεῖσθε ὡς κριοὶ κτοί 'δ. Καὶ ἀποιλεῖται φυγὴ ἀπὸ τῶν ποιμένων, καὶ σωτηρία ἀπὸ \"\" τῶν χριῶν τῶν προδάτων. Ποιμένας τοὺς βασιλέας ἐκάλεσε, πρέδατα δὲ τοὺς ᾿ὑπηκόους, κριοὺς δὲ προδάτων τοὺς ἄρχοντας \" πᾶτι δὲ φυγὴν καὶ μετανάστασιν ἀπειλεῖ, Προλέγε: δὲ τοὺς θρήνους, καὶ τῶν βασιλέων, καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων. κζ΄. Ὅτι \"9 ἐπαύσατο, φησὶ, τὰ καλὰ \" τῆς εἰρήνης ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀργῆς θυμοῦ Κυρίου \"5. « Τὰ δὲ καλὰ τῆς εἰρήνης, » γεωργίαι ᾽8, φυτουργίαι, γάμοι, σύλλογοι, ἑορταὶ, θυμηδίαι, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ἐστὶ παραπλήσια.","t":"34–35. \"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and lament, you rams of the flock; for your days for slaughter are fulfilled, and your scatterings, and you will fall like … rams. And flight will perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.\" He called the kings shepherds, the subjects sheep, and the rulers rams of the sheep; and he threatens all with flight and deportation. He foretells also the laments of both the kings and the rulers. 37. \"For the good things of peace have ceased,\" he says, \"before the wrath of the anger of the Lord.\" The good things of peace are farming, planting, weddings, gatherings, feasts, merrymaking and everything of the kind.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 25.34 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/25-34)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταύτην πάλιν ἑτέραν τίθητι προφητείαν, ἣν ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωακεὶμ προσενεγκεῖν τῷ λαῷ προσετάχθη. Προσετάχθη δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ θείᾳ στῆναι, καὶ τῷ λαῷ χρησμῳδῆσαι, καὶ πάντας τοὺς θείους διαπορθμεῦσαι λόγους. « Μὴ ἀφέλῃς γὰρ, φησὶ, ῥῆμα. » Εἶτα τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ ἐσομένου διδά-","t":"After this he sets down another prophecy, which he was commanded to deliver to the people under King Jehoiakim. He was commanded to stand in the divine court, to prophesy to the people, and to convey all the divine words: \"Do not leave out a word,\" he says. Then he teaches the reason for what would follow:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. Βελτίους γὰρ, φησὶ, ποιήσατε τὰς ἁδοὺς ὑμῶ», καὶ τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν, ᾿Ακούσατε τῆς ωνὴς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ\" ὑμῶν, καὶ παύσεται Κύριος ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐλάλησεν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς. ","t":"13. \"For make better your ways and your works, and hear the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will cease from the evils that he has spoken against you.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγώ εἶμι ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν \" ποιήσατέ μοι, ὡς συμφέρει, καὶ ὃ βέλτιον ὑμῖν φαίνεται\", Εἶτα τῆς μιαιφονίας ὑποδείκνυσι τὸν καρπόν.","t":"14. \"Behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is fitting and as seems better to you.\" Then he shows the fruit of bloodshed:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.15":{"o":"ιε΄, Πλὴν γνόντες γνώσεσθε, εἰ ἀγαιρεῖτέ με, ὅτι αἷμα ἀθῶον ὑμεῖς δίδοτε ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην. ΠΙροσταχϑεὶς γὰρ, φησὶ, ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἐποιησάμην. Τούτων ἀκούοντες \"' καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες, καὶ ὁ λαὺς, τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν τὴν ἄδικον ἐλέγχουσι ψῆφον, ἀθῶον εἶναι φήσαντες τὸν προφήτην, ὡς τοῖς θείοις λόγοις διαχονήσαντα. Εἶτά τινες τῶν γεραιοτέρων παλαιᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀναμιμνήσχουσι προφητείας, καί φασι Μικαίαν τὸν Μωραθίτην δ᾽ προφητεῦσαί ποτε, ὅτι Σιὼν ὡς ἀγρὸς ἀροτριαθήσεται, καὶ Ἵερου- Β σαλὴμ ὡς δ᾽ ὁπωροφυλάκιον ἕσται, καὶ τὸ ὅρος τοῦ οἴχου ἔσται ὡς ἄλσος δρυμοῦ - καὶ ταῦτα εἰρηκότα μηδὲν πεπονθέναι δεινόν. Τοὐναντίον γὰρ, τὴν ἀπειλὴν δείσαντες τηνικαῦτα 5 τῇ μεταθολῇ τοῦ βίου διέφυγον 6 τὴν ὀργήν ὑμεῖς δὲ, φησὶ, πανχάλεπα τετολμήχατε, Καὶ γὰρ Οὐρίαν ποτὲ τὸν Σαμαίου, τοιαῦτά ποτε χρησμοδοτήσαντα, εἶτα δείσαντα τὸν βασιλέα Ἰωακεὶμ, καὶ εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἀποδράντα, περιείδομεν ἀναιρούμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωακείμ' ἐκεῖθεν γὰρ ἀγαγὼν αὐτὸν χατηκχόντισς \" δῆλον ποιεῖ καὶ τὸν τοῖς εὐσεδέσι λόγοις κεχρημένον, καί φησ!\"","t":"15. \"Only know for certain that if you kill me, you bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city.\" For I have spoken these words, he says, at God's command. Hearing this, the rulers and the people refute the unjust verdict of the priests and the false prophets, declaring the prophet innocent, since he had served the divine words. Then some of the elders remind them of an old prophecy, and say that Micah the Morasthite once prophesied that Zion would be plowed like a field, Jerusalem would become like a fruit-watcher's hut, and the mountain of the house like a forest grove; and that having said this he suffered nothing terrible. On the contrary, they feared the threat at that time and escaped the wrath by changing their lives; but you, he says, have dared grievous things. For Uriah son of Shemaiah, who once delivered such oracles and then, fearing King Jehoiakim, fled to Egypt, we allowed to be killed by King Jehoiakim; for he brought him back from there and struck him down with a javelin. He makes known also the one who spoke pious words, and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.24":{"o":"κδ', Π1ὴν χεὶρ ᾿Αχικὰμ υἱοῦ Σαφὰν ἦν μετὰ Ἱερεμίου τοῦ μὴ παραδοθῆναι \"\" αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ ταοῦ μὴ 5 ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν.","t":"24. \"But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over into the hands of the people to be put to death.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.3":{"o":"γ΄. Ἴσως ἀκούσονται, καὶ ἀποστραφήσονται ἔκαστος ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὑτοῦ τῆς πονηρῶς, καὶ παύσομαι ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν, ὧν «ογίζομαι ἐγὼ τοῦ “ποιῆσαι αὑτοῖς, ἔνεχεν τῶν πογηρῶν μάτων αὐτῶν. Τὸ ἴσως οὐκ ὡς ἀγνοῶν εἴρηκεν\" ἔδει γὰρ αὐτῶν τὸ ἀπειθές \" ἀλλὰ τέθεικε τὴν ἀμςιθολίαν, ἵνα μὴ τῇ ἀποφάσει τῇ θείᾳ προσέχοντες, ἀπαγηρξύσωσι τὴν σωτηρίαν \" τούτῳ ἔοικε καὶ τὸ διὰ τοῦ Ἐζεχιῦλ εἰρημένον\" « Ἐὰν ἄρα ἀχούτωσιν, ἐὰν ἄρα ἴδωτιν. » Οὐ γὲρ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοίας\" ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μὴ λέγωσι, Προείρηκεν ἡμῶν τὴν ἀπείθειαν, ἀψευδὶς δέ ἐστι, πῶς οἷόν τε τοίνυν ἡμᾶς μεταδληθῆνα!; διδάσκει δὲ διὰ τῶν εἰρημένων, ὅτι δυνατὺν, ἂν θελήσωσι, δέξασθαι τοῦ τρόπου μεταδολῆν, Τούτου χάριν καὶ τὴν ἀπειλὴν προστίθησιν' ε Ὅτι ᾽ ἐχν μὴ ἀκούσητε τῶν λόγων μου, οὃς διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὑμῖν προσφέρω. » ᾿","t":"3. \"Perhaps they will listen and turn each from his evil way, and I will cease from the evils that I plan to do to them because of their evil practices.\" He did not say \"perhaps\" as one who did not know, for he knew their disobedience; but he set down the uncertainty so that, attending to the divine sentence, they might not despair of salvation. Like this is what was said through Ezekiel too: \"If perhaps they will hear, if perhaps they will see.\" For that too is not a sign of ignorance, but was said so that they might not say: He has foretold our disobedience, and he does not lie; how then can we change? Through these words he teaches that it is possible, if they will, to accept a change of conduct. For this reason he adds the threat too: \"For if you do not listen to my words, which I bring to you through the prophets.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26.6":{"o":"ς΄. Δώσω τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον, ὥσπερ τὴν» Ση1ώ \"5: καὶ τὴν πόλιν δώσω ταύτην εἰς κατάραν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι τῆς γῆς. Τούτων ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὺς, θάνατον ἀπεἰλοῦσι τῷ προφήτῃ \" πυθόμενοι δὲ οἱ ἄρχοντες, ἔδραμον ἐκ τῶν βασιλείων εἰς τὸν θεῖον νεών \" τῶν δέ γε ἱερέων σὺν τοῖς ψευδοπροφῆταις βλασφημίας «ὃν προφήτην γραψαμένων, ὡς κατὰ τῆς πόλεως καὶ τοῦ θείου νεὼ τὴν πρόῤῥησιν ποιησάμενον, εἶπεν ὁ προφήτης, παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ἀπεστάλθα!, καὶ θείους εἶναι γρησμοὺς τοὺς παρ' αὑτοῦ προφερομένους λόγους \" προσφέρει: δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ παραἰνεσιν᾽","t":"6. \"I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.\" When they heard this, the priests and the false prophets and all the people threatened the prophet with death. When the rulers learned of it, they ran from the palace to the divine temple; and when the priests, with the false prophets, indicted the prophet for blasphemy, as having made the prediction against the city and the divine temple, the prophet said that he had been sent by the God of all and that the words he had uttered were divine oracles; and he offers them exhortation too:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 26.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/26-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27.1":{"o":"Οὕτω τοῦτο τὸ διήγημα συμπληρώσας, ἐφ' ἕτερον α΄. Ἐν ᾿ ἀρχῇ βασιλείας Ἰωακεὶμ υἱοῦ Ἰωσίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, ἐγένετο ὁ.16γος οὗτος παρὴ Κυρίου πρὸς “Ιερεμίαν, λέγων \"5, Εἶτα λέγει ὡς προσετάχθη χλοιοὺς τῷ τραχήλῳ περιθεῖναι, καὶ τούτοὺς ἀποστεῖλαι τοῖς ἐκ γειτόνων βασιλεῦσιν, ὧν καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τίθησιν. Ἐκελεύσθη δὲ καὶ τούτους τοὺς λόγους ἐκπέμψαι διὰ τῶν πρεσδειῶν.","t":"Having thus completed this narrative, [he passes] to another. \"In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord to Jeremiah, saying.\" Then he says that he was commanded to put collars on his neck and to send them to the neighbouring kings, whose names he also gives. He was commanded also to send these words through their embassies.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 27.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27.18":{"o":"ιη΄, Εἰ δὲ προφῆταί εἷσε, καὶ ἔστι 1όγος Κυρίου ἐν αὑτοῖς, ἀπαγτησάτωσαν \" τῷ δ᾽ Κυρίῳ τῶν δυνάμεων, πρὸς 5\" τὸ μὴ πορευθῆναι τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἀποιειφθέντα ἐν οἴκῳ Νυρίου, καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ βασι- « ᾿Απαντησάτωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, » ἀντὶ τοῦ ε χωλυτάτωσαν, » καὶ νιχησάτωσαν τὰς θείας προῤῥήσεις, καὶ δειξάτωσαν ἀργὰς τὰς θείας προῤῥήσεις. Ὄψεσθε ς γὰρ πάντα τὰ ὑπολειφθέντα ἱερὰ σχεύη εἰς τὴν Βαμοι ἀποδιδόμενα οἴκῳ\" τῶν δ᾽ δὲ Μεχωνὼθ καὶ ἡ τρίτη τῶν Βασιλειῶν μέμνηται\" γρείαν δὲ κρατήρων","t":"\"But if they are prophets, and the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet the Lord of hosts, so that the vessels left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king [may not go to Babylon].\" \"Let them meet the Lord\" stands for \"let them prevent,\" and overcome the divine predictions, and show the divine predictions to be idle. For you will see all the remaining sacred vessels … being carried to Babylon … The third book of Kingdoms also mentions the Mechonoth; and the use of the bowls …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 27.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27.5":{"o":"ε΄. ᾿Εγὼ ἐποίησα καὶ \" τὴν γῆν, καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους \"., καὶ τὰ κτήνη, ὅσα ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ μου τῇ μεγάλῃ, καὶ τῷ βραχίονὶ ῃ “οὐ τῷ ὑψηιϊῷ, Καὶ δώσω αὑτὴν, ᾧ ἐὰν δύξῃ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. Τὸ, « ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ μου τῇ μεγάλῃ, καὶ τῷ βραχίονί μου τῷ ὑψηλῷ, » διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῶν στοιχείων καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀκουόντων ἀσθένειαν τέθεικεν\" αὐτὸ \" γὰρ ἀρκεῖ τὸ βουληθῆναι καὶ παραγαγεῖν ὅσα βούλεται. ","t":"\"I made the earth, and men, and the cattle that are on the face of the earth, by my great strength and by my high arm; and I will give it to whomever it seems good in my eyes.\" \"By my great strength and by my high arm\" he said because of the greatness of the elements and the weakness of the hearers; for merely to will is enough for him to bring into being whatever he wills.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 27.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27.6":{"o":"ς’. Καὶ γὕν»\" ἐγώ εἰμι\" δέδωκα τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἐν χειρὶ Ναδοιχοδογόσορ βασιλέως τὸς τοῦ δούλου μου, καὶ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγ(οῦ ἐργίσασθαι δέδωκα αὐτῷ, καὶ δουλεύειν αὑτῷ 5. Θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, τὰ βάρδαρα ἔθνη λέγει. Ποιητῆς εἰμι, φησὶ, καὶ Δεσπότης, ὡς βούλομαι χυθερνῶ.","t":"\"And now I have given this land into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and the wild beasts of the field I have given him to work for him and to serve him.\" By \"wild beasts of the field\" he means the barbarian nations. I am the Maker, he says, and the Master; I steer things as I will.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 27.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27.7":{"o":"ζ΄. Καὶ δου.εύσουσιν \"\" αὑτῷ πάγτα τὰ ἔθγη, καὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὑτοῦ, ἕως ἂν ξιθῃ ὁ καιρὸς τῆς γὴς \" αὐτοῦ. Σαφῶς ἐδίδαξεν, ὅτι καθάπερ δημίοις χρησάμενος τοῖς βαθδυλωνίοις, καὶ δίκας δι᾽ αὐτῶν τὰ ἄλλα ἔθνη εἰσπραξάμενης, ὕστερον καὶ δὑτοὺς πανωλεθρίᾳ παραδώσει \" ἀπειλεῖ δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἀντιλέγουσ!, καὶ τόν δΞ τὸν ζυγὸν ἀπωθουμένοις, λιμὸν καὶ σφαγὴν, καὶ ἀνδραποδισμόν. Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ αὑτοῖς, μὴ πιστεῦσαι χρησμῳδοῖς, καὶ εἶξαι, καὶ δέξασθαι τὸν τοῦ Βαδυλωνίου ζυγόν \" καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται εἰρήνην τοῖς πειθομένοις, Ταῦτα δὲ ἔφη καὶ Σεδεχίᾳ τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ παρεγγνυᾷ μὴ πινος, καὶ τῶν ἀποχομισθέντων εἰς Βαδυλῶνα θείων σκευῶν τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν. Ἑευδῇ γὰρ οὗτοι λέ-","t":"\"And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land comes.\" He taught clearly that, having used the Babylonians as executioners and exacted punishment from the other nations through them, he will afterwards hand them too over to utter destruction. He threatens those who resist and thrust away the yoke with famine, slaughter, and enslavement. He urges them not to believe the oracle-mongers, but to yield and accept the yoke of the Babylonian, and he promises peace to those who obey. He said this also to King Zedekiah, and urges him not … and the restoration of the divine vessels carried off to Babylon. For these false prophets said …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 27.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/27-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/28.2":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα δινγεῖται, ὡς Σεδεκίου βασιλεύοντος, ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ ἕτει, ᾿Ανανίας ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης, καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἱερέων παρόντων, εἰπεῖν ἐτόλβ΄, γ', δ. Τάδε δ\" λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ\" Συνέτριψα τὸν ζυγὸν βασιμέως Βαδυλῶνος. Καὶ ὅτι ὃ ἐντὸς δύο ἐτῶν, καὶ τὰ Ὁ ἑρὰ σκεύη τὰ ἁποκομισθέντα ἀποκαταστήσω. Καὶ τὸν Ἰεχονίαν ἐπανάξω σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς αἷχμ- μενος, ὡς εὔχεται ταῦτα γενέσθαι. «΄. Στήσαι Κύριος, ἔφη πάντων ἀχοιόντων, τὸν ἰόγον σου, ὃν σὺ \"\" προφητεύεις, τοῦ ἐπιστρέ. γαι \" τὰ σκεύη οἴχου Κυρίου, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν μετοικίαν \"δ ἐκ Βαδυμῶγος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν\", Οὐ μὴν εἴασε βεδαιωθῆναι τῇ συγκαταθέσει τὴν προφητείαν “ἡ, Ἔφη γάρ\" ζ--θ΄. Πλὴν 5 ἄκουσον τὸν.16γ0» τοῦτον, ἕν ἐγὼ «1α.1ὦ 5“ εἰς τὰ ὦτά σου, καὶ εἰς τὰ ὦτα παγτὶς τοῦ λαοῦ. Οἱ προφῆται οἱ πρότεροί μου, καὶ εἰ πρότεροι ὑμῶν \" ἀπὸ αἰῶνος, καὶ 5\" προεξήτευσαν ἐπὶ γαίας \"δ πολιὰς, καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλείας εἰς \"\" πόλεμον, καὶ εἷς κακὰ, καὶ εἰς θάνατιν ἥ. Ὃ προ;ητεύσας εἰς εἰρήνην, ἐλθόντος τοῦ εἰόγου Β τοῦ προξρήτου, γγωθήσεται ὁ προξήτης, ἂν ἀκἐστειῖεν αὑτὸν Κύριος ἐν πίστει. Τὸ τέλος, φηξὶ, τῶν πραγμάτων, δείξει τῆς προφητείας τὸ ἀλτϑές. ᾿Ὀφόμεθα τοίνυν, εἴγε κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν προφητείαν ἀπώνατο ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης ἐκεῖνος \" ἀλλ᾽ οὖς ἔφερεν ὁ προφήτης χλοιοὺς συνέτριψε, τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον δυοῖν ἐτῶν διελθόντων. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τὸν προφήτην παρηγγύησε πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ανανίαν εἰπεῖν\" « Κλοιοὺς ξυλίνους συνέτριψας, καὶ ποιήσω ἀντὶ τούτων σιδηροῦς χλοιούς, ν Τὸν ζυγὸν δὲ τῶν Βαἀπείθειαν ἐσομένης τῆς τιμωρίας. Εἶτα δυσχεράνας; ὁ προφήτης, ὡς ἀχριθῶς μεμαθηκὼς ᾿Ανανίου τὴν ψευδῇ χρηπμολογίαν, ἔφη πρὸς αὑτόν\" « δὴ, ᾿Ανανία, οὐκ ἀπέστειλέ σε Κύριος, καὶ σὺ πεπο:θέναι ἐποίησας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἐπ᾽ ἀδίκοις 5». » Πρ» λέγε: δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἐντὸς ὀλίγων μηνῶν τελευτήν, «Ὅτι ἔκκλισιν, φησὶν, ἐλάλησα: πρὸ; τὸν Κύριον.» ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Παρεσχεύασας τὸν λαὸν ἀπὸ τῶν θείων λογίων Ἶ' ἐκκλῖναι, καὶ τῇ σῇ ψευδολογίᾳ πιστεῦσαι. Εἶτα διηγήσατο καὶ τοῦ ψευδοπροφήτου τὸν θάνατον, καὶ τῆς θείας μακροθυμίας τὴν ἀμετρίαν \" οὐ γὰρ εὐθὺς αὐτὸν 15 ἐστέρησε τῆς ζωῆς, ἀναμένων τὴν μεταμέλειαν\" ἐπιμείναντα μὲν τῇ πονηρία, μετὰ μῆνας ἑπτὰ θανάτῳ παρέδωκεν.","t":"After this he narrates that in the reign of Zedekiah, in the fourth year, Hananiah the false prophet, in the presence of the people and the priests, dared to say: \"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon\"; and that within two years \"I will restore the sacred vessels that were carried away, and I will bring back Jeconiah with all the captives …\" [Jeremiah answered, … ] praying that these things might happen: \"May the Lord establish,\" he said in the hearing of all, \"your word which you prophesy, to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all the exiles from Babylon to their place.\" Yet he did not allow the prophecy to be confirmed by his assent; for he said: \"Nevertheless hear this word which I speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people. The prophets who were before me and before you from of old prophesied over many lands and over kingdoms, of war, and of evils, and of death. As for the prophet who prophesied of peace, when the prophet's word comes to pass, the prophet whom the Lord sent in truth will be known.\" The outcome of events, he says, will show the truth of the prophecy. We shall see, then, whether that false prophet profited according to my prophecy. But he broke the collars which the prophet wore, [saying that] in this way, when two years had passed, [the yoke would be broken]. But the God of all charged the prophet to say to Hananiah: \"You have broken wooden collars, and I will make iron collars in their place.\" The yoke of the Ba[bylonians] … since the punishment would come because of their disobedience. Then the prophet, indignant, having learned exactly Hananiah's lying oracles, said to him: \"Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in unrighteous things.\" He foretells also his death within a few months: \"Because,\" he says, \"you have spoken rebellion against the Lord\"; that is, you have prepared the people to turn aside from the divine oracles and to believe your lies. Then he related the death of the false prophet as well, and the immeasurable long-suffering of God: for he did not deprive him of life at once, waiting for his repentance, but when he persisted in his wickedness he handed him over to death after seven months.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 28.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/28-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.1":{"o":"θ᾽ Ἐντεῦθεν εἰς ἕτερον μεταθαίνει διήγημα, καὶ διδάσκε: ὡς ἐπέστειλε, τοῦ Θεοῦ βουλεύσαντος \"5\", τοῖς βασιλέω; αἰχμαλωσίαν. Λέγει καὶ τὰς προσηγορία, τῶν ἀποχομισάντων τὰ γράμματα. Περιεῖχε δὲ ταῦτα, ὡς ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις ἤδη γεγενημένοις κελεύει, καὶ παιδοποιῆσαι, καὶ δείμασθαι οἰκίας, καὶ χατεγγυῆσαι τὰς θυγατέρας ἀνδράσι, καὶ γυναΐῖ- Α χας ἀγαγεῖν τοῖς υἱέσι, καὶ φροντίσαι τῆς αὔξης τοῦ γένους, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν σθαι. « Ὅτι ἐν τῇ εἰρήνῃ αὐτῶν, φησὶν, ἔσται ὑμῖν εἰρήνη. » Τούτῳ συμδαίνει τῷ λόγῳ καὶ ἡ τοῦ 'Απο- στόλου νομοθεσία, παρεγγυῶσα « ποιεῖσθαι προσευχὰς καὶ ἐντεύξεις, ὑπὲρ βατιλέων, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῇ ὑπεροχῇ καὶ ἐξουσίᾳ ᾽\" ὄντων, ἵνα ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον διάγωμεν ἐν πάσῃ εὑσεθείᾳ καὶ σεμνότητι. » Ταῦτα μέντοι γενέσθαι προσέταξεν ὁτῶν θεὸς, διδάσκων αὐτοὺς τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις μὴ πείθεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τὸν ὡρισμένον ἀναμεῖναι χρόνον \" τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἕξῃς δεδήλωκε, λέγων \" ε Μὴ ἀναπειθέτωσαν ὑμᾶς οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται ὑμῶν υἱὲν ὑμῖν, καὶ μὴ ἀπατάτωσαν 13 ὑμᾶς οἱ μάντεις ὑμῶν, Καὶ μὴ ἀχηύετε τῶν ἐνυπνίων ὑμῶν, ὧν ὑμεῖς ἐνυπνιάζεσθε. »","t":"From here he passes to another narrative, and teaches how he sent a letter, at God's counsel, to those [who had been carried with the king into] captivity. He gives also the names of those who carried the letter. It contained this: that the God of all commands those who have already become captives to beget children, to build houses, to betroth their daughters to husbands and take wives for their sons, to care for the increase of the race, and [to pray] for [the city] … \"For in its peace,\" he says, \"you shall have peace.\" With this word agrees also the Apostle's legislation, which urges \"that supplications and prayers be made for kings and for all who are in high position and authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity.\" The God of all commanded these things to be done, teaching them not to obey the false prophets but to wait for the appointed time. For he made this clear in what follows, saying: \"Let not your false prophets who are among you persuade you, and let not your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams which you dream.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Καὶ δώσω αὐτοὺς εἰς σάιον πάσαις ταῖς γεπε. βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς. Δείσουσι γὰρ ἅπαντες τὰ; εὐεγθείπτας ἀχούονυτες συμφοράς. ε Καὶ εἰς ὄρκον, καὶ εἰς συριγμὸν \"\", καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς δά λέγειν, Μὴ πάθοιμι ἃ ὁ δεῖνα πέπονθε ! τοῦτο οὖν λέγει εἰς ἔρκον\" τὸ δὲ εἰς συριγμὸν πολλάκις εἰρῆ- καμεν. Τοῦ δὲ ὀνειδισκοῦ καὶ ὁ μακάριος μέμνηται Δαδίδ- « Ἐγενήθημεν ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, μυχιηρισμὸς δὲ καὶ χλευασμὸς τοῖς κύκλῳ ἐμῶν: ν καὶ πάλιν\" «ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς ὀνειδισιὺν τοῖς ἔθνεσι. » Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶ, πείσονται, « Ὅτι ἀπ- ἐστειλα \"8 πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς δούλους μου τοὺς προφῆ-τὰς, ὀρθρίξων καὶ ἀποστέλλων, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν, φησὶ Κύριος. » Διὰ τοῦ ὀρθρίζων, τὸ ἐπιμελὲς δεδήλωκεν. Οὐ γὰρ πάρεργον εἶχε τοῦτο, καὶ λίαν σπουδαίαν α᾽- ἐποίει δ τὴν φροντίδα. \"ἕπειτα προλέγει καὶ τῶν δύο ψευδοπροφητῶν τὸν ὄλεθρων, τοῦ ᾿Αγιλέ, καὶ τοῦ Σ:δεκίου. « Δώσω γὰρ αὐτοὺς, φησὶν, εἰ: πατάξει αὐτοὺς κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν. »","t":"\"And I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.\" For all will fear when they hear of the misfortunes that have befallen them. \"And a curse, and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations,\" so that they say: May I not suffer what so-and-so suffered! This, then, is what he means by \"a curse\"; \"a hissing\" we have often explained. The blessed David also mentions the reproach: \"We have become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to those around us\"; and again: \"You have made us a byword among the nations.\" They will suffer these things, he says, \"because I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and they did not listen, says the Lord.\" By \"rising early\" he has shown his diligence: for he did not treat this as a side matter, but took very earnest care of it. Then he foretells also the destruction of the two false prophets, Ahab and Zedekiah: \"For I will give them,\" he says, \"into [the hands of the king of Babylon], and he will strike them before your eyes.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.22":{"o":"κβ', Καὶ «χήψονται ἐπ᾽ αὑτοῖς κατάραν ἐν πάσῃ τὴ ἀποικίᾳ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐν αδυλῶγι, Ποιήσαι τε [ζύριος. ὡς Σεδεκίαν ἐποίησε, καὶ ᾿Αχιάθ. Σαφῶς ἐντεῦθεν μανθάνομεν τῆς κατάρας τὴν ἑρμηνείαν\" λέγει ὃξ καὶ τῆς τιμωρίας τὸν τρόπον. « Οὺς ἀπετηγάνισε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν πυρί.»","t":"\"And they will take up a curse from them in all the exile of Judah in Babylon: May the Lord do to you as he did to Zedekiah and Ahab.\" From here we learn clearly the meaning of \"curse.\" He states also the manner of the punishment: \"whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.23":{"o":"κγ΄. Δι᾽ ἣν ἐποίησαν ἀνομίαν ἕν Ἰσραη.1. Διδάσκει καὶ ταύτης τὸ εἶδος. ε« Καὶ ἐμοιχῶντο τὰς γυναῖκας τῶν πολιτῶν αὑτῶν, καὶ λόγον ἐχρημάτισαν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἄδικον 55, ὃν οὐκ ἐχρημάτισα \" αὑτοῖς Καὶ \"\" ἐγὼ εἰμι ὁ γνώστης, καὶ ὁ μάρτυς, λέγει Κύριος. » Οὐδέν με γὰρ, φησὶ, λανθάνει τῶν γιγνομένων ἀλλ᾽ ὁρῶ καὶ τὰ ἐν παραθδύστῳ τολμώμενα. 'Λπειλεῖ δὲ καὶ Σαμαίᾳ τῷ Ἐλαμίτῃ, ὡς ἐναν- «ἰα χρησμῳδῆσαι τετολμηχότι, καὶ ἐπιστεῖλαι Σοφονίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ τοῖς ὑ πὸ τοῦτον τελοῦσιν ἱερεῦσιν. Ἐπέστειλε δὲ ταῦτα \"","t":"\"Because of the lawlessness they committed in Israel.\" He teaches the kind of this too: \"And they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow citizens, and spoke a false word in my name, which I had not commanded them. And I am the one who knows, and the witness, says the Lord.\" For nothing that happens escapes me, he says; I see even what is dared in secret. He threatens also Shemaiah the Elamite, for having dared to prophesy the contrary and to write to Zephaniah the priest and to the priests serving under him. He wrote this:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.26":{"o":"κς', Κύριος ἔδωκὲ σε εἰς ἱερέα, ἀντὶ ᾿Ιωδαὲ τοῦ ἱερέως. Ἰωδαὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς πολυθρύλλητος ἦν\" Ἐπᾶῥαι τοίνυν τοῦ Σοφονίου τὸ φρόνη μα βουληθεὶς, τῆς ἐχείνου ἀρχἧΐς \"\" ἐμνημόνευσεν. «ε Γενέσθαι \"᾽ σε εἰς ᾿ ἐπιστάτην ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ προφητεύοντι, καὶ παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ μαινομένῳ \" ἵνα δῷς αὖτὸν εἰς τὸ χλεῖσμα \"\" Σινὼχ \"\", καὶ εἰς τὸν χαταράχτὴν. ν Καὶ ἤδη προξιρήχαμεν, ὡς ἐπιλήπτους ἐκάλουν τοὺς προφήτας \" δῆλον δὲ καὶ ἐντεῦθεν \" τὸν γὰρ προφήτην \"Ἴ συνέταξε τῷ μαινομένῳ ᾿ τὸ δὲ Σιγώχ ὁ Σύρος εἱρκτήν ἡρμήνευσεν. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Διὰ τοῦτο ἄρχεις, στε τοὺς κακὰ προφητεύοντας χαθείργειν, καὶ κολάζειν \" τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς δηλοῖ.","t":"\"The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest.\" Jehoiada the high priest was very famous; wishing, then, to puff up Zephaniah's pride, he mentioned that man's office. \"That you should be overseer in the house of the Lord over every man who prophesies and every man who is mad, so that you may put him in the cleisma Sinoch and in the cataract.\" We have already said that they called the prophets madmen; and this is clear from here too, for he set the prophet beside the madman. The Syrian translated Sinoch as \"prison.\" He says: you hold office for this reason, to shut up and punish those who prophesy evil. For he shows this by what follows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.27":{"o":"κζ', κη΄ Τί γὰρ δὴ, φισὶν, οὐκ ἐπεπιλήξατε τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ, τοιαῦτα \"'΄ γράψαι τετοιμηχότι. ὥστε ' ὑμᾶς καὶ οἰκοδομὰς οἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ κήποὺς φυτεῦσαι; Ταύτην ἀνέγνω τὴν ἐπιστολὴν Σοφονίας ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς τῷ προφήτῃ παραυτίκα ζὲ ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς ἀντιγράψαι τῷ προφήτῃ παραχελεύε- Ὁ ται, καὶ τῷ ἐν Βαδυλῶνι σημῆναι λαῷ, ὡς ψευδῆ Σαμαίας προειρηκώς\" ἐστιν, οὐκ ἀποσταλεὶς παρὰ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ. Οὗ δὴ χάριν πρόῤῥιζον αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ γένει παντὶ παραδώσω θανάτῳ, καὶ τῶν ἀνιαρῶν οὐκ ὄψεται τὴν μεταδολήν. Ταῦτα τοίνυν μεμαθηκότες, δείσωμεν τὸ ψεῦδος, καὶ τῇ ἀληθείχ πιστεύσωμεν, καὶ τὴν ἀμφιθολίαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἐξελάσωμεν, καὶ τοῖς θείοις ἀκολουθήσωμεν λόγοις, ὅπω: ἴδωμεν τῆς ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὰ ἀγαθὰ, χάριτι χὰὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα, σὺν τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, υὖν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν.","t":"\"Why then,\" he says, \"have you not rebuked Jeremiah, who has dared to write such things, that you should build houses and plant gardens?\" Zephaniah the high priest read this letter to the prophet. At once the God of all bids the prophet write back and inform the people in Babylon that Shemaiah has foretold falsehoods and was not sent by the God of all. For this reason, [he says,] I will hand him over to death root and branch, with all his family, and he will not see the change of the sorrows. Having learned these things, then, let us fear falsehood and believe the truth, drive out the doubt from our souls and follow the divine words, so that we may see the good things of the Jerusalem above, by the grace and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom be glory to the Father, with the Holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29.9":{"o":"θ΄. Ὅτι ἄδικα οὗτοι προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ἐνόματί μου \" οὐκ ἀπέστειλα αὐτοὺς, τησὶ Κύριος. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὸν τῆς ἐπανόδου καιρόν: τῶν γὰρ ἑδδομήχοντα, φησὶ, πληρουμένων ἑτῶν ἐπισχέψομα: ὑμᾶς, καὶ τὰς ἀγαθὰς ἐπαγγελίας πληρώσω. Ὑπιτχνεῖται δὲ καὶ πάσης αὑτοὺς 7 ε Ὅταν γὰρ, φησὶ, ζητήσητέ με ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, ἐπιφανοῦμαι Τ᾽ ὑμῖν, φησὶ Κύριος \"΄.» Ἴστε δὲ καὶ τοῦτο, ὡς τοὺς διαφυγόντας τὴν προτέραν αἶαν, καὶ λιμῷ καὶ σφαγῇ παραδώσω. ε Καὶ αὐτοὺς, ὥσπερ τὰ σῦκα σοναρεὶμ \"', ἃ οὐ βριυθήπσε- ται ἀπὸ πονηρίας. ν» “Απερ εἶπεν ἄνω αἰσχρὰ 55, ἐνταῦθα σουαρεὶμ ὠνόμασε. Σοναρεὶμ δὲ ἔστι τῇ ἝἙδραίων φωνῇ τὰ ἐν ταῖς ὕλαις 5\" φυόμενα, τουτέστι τὰ ἄγρια, τὰ ἀνεπιμέλητα, τὰ φυτουργίας οὐκ ἀξιού- μένα, τὰ εἰς βρῶσιν ἄχρηστα. ᾿","t":"\"For they prophesy falsely to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.\" He teaches also the time of the return: when the seventy years are fulfilled, he says, I will visit you and fulfil the good promises. He promises them also every … \"For when you seek me with your whole heart, I will appear to you, says the Lord.\" But know this too, that those who escaped the former captivity I will hand over to famine and slaughter as well, \"and [I will make] them like the sonareim figs, which cannot be eaten for badness.\" What he called \"bad\" above, here he named sonareim. Sonareim in the Hebrew tongue means the things that grow in the woods, that is, wild things, uncared for, not thought worth cultivating, useless for food.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 29.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/29-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.1":{"o":"Μετὰ “ ταῦτα δὲ γινώσκει, ὡς πᾶσα μὲν γυνὴ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀφισταμένη, καὶ ἑτέρῳ συναπτομένη, πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν πρότερον ἐπανελθεῖν οὐ δυνήσεται, τοῦ νόμο0 τοῦτο κωλύοντος\" ἐμὲ δὲ σὺ τὸν κατὰ νόμον σοι συναφθέντα καταλιποῦσα, συνήφθης \"\" δαίμοσιν ἀνοσίοις. εἶτα, πάλιν αἴσθησιν δεξαμένη “δ᾽ τῆς βλάδης πρὸς ἐμὲ ἐπανῄεις, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἀπωθούμην. Εἰ δὲ νομίζεις ἁπλῶς με ταῦτα λέγειν, Ἆρον εἰς εὐθεῖαν\" τοὺς ὀρθα!ϊμούς σου, καὶ ἷδε ποῦ οὐκὶ ἐξεφρύρθης \"\". ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Ἐμιάνθης. Τοῦτο γὰρ “δ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ᾿Εζεκιήλ φησι πρὸς αὐτὴν, « Καὶ εὗρόν σε ποφυρμένην ἐν τῷ αἴματί σου » οὕτω δὲ καὶ ὁ Σύρος ἐρμήνευσε. Λέγει δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆ;, ὅτι Οὐ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑξήεις ἐπιζητοῦσα\" καὶ ταῖ; χορώναις παραπλησίως προσέδρευες ταὶς ὁδοῖς, τὴν ἐχείνων προσμένουσα παρουσίαν, καὶ τὴν γῆν μιχσμάτων σας, πολλοῖς ποιμέσιν ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸ; χρησαμένη. Ποιμένας γὰρ πολλοὺς τὰ εἴδωλα προσηγόρευσεν: ὥσπερ γὰρ θεοὶ ἐκαλοῦντο τὴν θείαν προσηγορίαν οἱ τοῦ ψεύδους πατέρες οὕτω καὶ ποιμένες ὠνομάσθησαν τὸ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ ποιμένος λῃστεύσαντες ὄνομα. « «Ὄψις 5, πόρνης ἐγένετό σοι, ἀπηναισχύντησας πρὸς πάντας. » Καθάπερ γὰρ αἱ τὴν ὥραν ἀπεμπολοῦσαι τῶν μετώπων ἀποξύουσι τὴν αἰδῶ, καὶ πᾶσιν ὁμοίω; προσφέροντα!\" οὕτω σὺ πρὸὺς οὐδένα τὴν εὔνοιαν διεφύλαξας, ἀλλὰ τρυγῶσα μὲν παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν φοράν, τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἐδούλευες. Περιπέπτουσα δὲ τυμφοραῖς, καὶ τῇς ἐχείνων ἀσθενείας αἰσθανομένη, Οὐκ ὡς οἶκον μὲ ἐκάλεσας, καὶ πατέρα, καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς παρθεγίας σου\"; Οὐ ταύτα: μοι: τὰς τῆς οἰκειώσεως προπτηγορίας ἐτίθεις πάλαι, ποτὲ τ μὲν πατέρα καλοῦσα, ποτὲ δὲ ἄνδρα παρθενικὸν, ποτὲ δὲ οἶκον ἄσυλον; Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Α λέγει Δαδίδ' « Γενοῦ μοι εἰς Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν, … ε΄. Μὴ διαμενεῖ δὶς 1\" τὸν αἰῶγα; ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, φυλαχθήσεται εἰς ᾽\" νῖκος;» Ἧ νομίζεις διὰ τούτων περιγενέσθαι καὶ νικᾷν; Εἶτα εἰρωνιχῶς \" « Ἰδοὺ ἐλάλησας καὶ ἐποίησας τὰ πονηρὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ἡδυνήδὲ ταῦτά φησι τὸν Θεὸν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰρηκέναι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἰωσίου τοῦ βασιλέως\" ὃ ς΄. Εἶδες ἃ ἐποίησέ μοι ἡ κατοικία τοῦ Ἰσραή; ἐκεῖνοι (ἐδούλευον γὰρ ἐν Βαδυλῶνι),, … τὸν προφήτην διδάσκει τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον. « Ἐπορεύθη ἐπὶ πᾶν ὅρος ὑψηλὸν, καὶ ὑποχάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους, καὶ ἐπόρνευσεν 77 ἐκεῖ. » \"Ἔπειτα 18 τὴν οἰκείαν ἀγαθότητα καὶ μαχροθυμίιν δείκνυσιν, ζ΄. Καὶ εἶπον μετὰ τὸ πορνεῦσαι αὐτὴν ταῦτα\", Πρός μὲ ἀγάστρεψον, καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν. … τοίνυν τὸν «ὄλεθρον ἐπεσπάσατο, μήτε ἀρχῆθεν τὴν κατὰ νόμον πολιτείαν ἀσπασαμένη, καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀσέδειαν ἐπιστρέψαι μὴ βουληθεῖσα, Ἐντεῦθεν αὔξει τῆς Ἰούδα φυλῆς τὴν κατηγορίαν. ἢ΄. Καὶ\" εἶδε τὴ» ἀσυνθεσίαν' αὐτῆς ἡ ἀσύνθετος Ἰούδα ἡ ἀδειϊφὴ αὑτῆς 5', καὶ εἶδε \" διότι περὶ πάντων ὧν κατειϊήξθη ἐν οἷς ἐμοιχᾶτο ἡ αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῇ βιδιλίον ἀποστασίου εἰς τὰς χεῖαὑτῆς, καὶ ἐπορεύθη, καὶ ἐπόργευσε καὶ αὐτή. Θεασαμόνη, φησὶ, καὶ τὴν πονηρίαν τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν διὰ ταύτης δ᾽ ἐπενεχθεῖσαν αὑτῇ τιμωρίαν, οὐκ ἔφυγε τῆς πονηρίας τὴν μίμησιν\" ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐκείνης ἠκολούθησεν ἴχνεσιν. θ΄. Καὶ \"\" ἐγένετο ἡ πορνεία αὐτῆς εἰς οὐθέν. Οὐδὲν γὰρ᾽\", φησὶ, παράνομον ποιεῖν ὑπελάμθανε᾽ πορνείαν δὲ τὴν εἰδωλολατρείαν καλεῖ \" καταλιπόντες γὰρ τὸν Θεὸν, ὃς νυμφίος αὐτῶν ὠνομάζετο, τοῖς … « Καὶ ἐφονοχτόνει τὴν γῆν, θύουσα \" τὰ τέχνα \"5 τοῖς δαίμοσι\" καὶ ἐμοίχευσε τὸν λίθον καὶ τὸ ξύλον. » Σαφῇ τὴν τῆς πορνείας κατηγορίαν εἰργάσατο. Εἶτα διὰ πλειόνιον διδάσκει, τῆς ἀδελφῆς τὴν ἀσέδειαν, τὴν ἢ πανωλεθρίαν θεασαμένη \" καὶ ὅτι μᾶλλον ἔχουσί τινὰ συγγνώμην αἱ δέκα φυλαὶ, ἤπερ ἡ τοῦ Ἰούδα φυλὴ, ἐπειδὴ τὰς συμφορὰς ἐκείνων ἑωραχυΐα, τὰ αἴτια … εβ΄. Πορεύου γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ ἀνάγνωθι τοὺς.10γους τούτους πρὸς βοῤῥᾶν, καὶ ἐρεῖς, ᾿Επιστράφῆθι πρός μὲ, ἡ κατοικία τοῦ Ἰσραὴ1 5\", λέγει Κύριος. Καὶ οὐ στηριῶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἐλεήμων εἰμὶ, ἀέγει Κύριος, καὶ οὐ μηψιῶ ὑμῖν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. ᾿Αμέτρητος ἣ τοῦ Δεσπότου φιλανθρωπία \" μετὰ γὰρ τὴν πολλὴν παρανομίαν μόνην ἐπιζητεῖ μεταμέλειαν \" διδάσκει δὲ καὶ ταύτης τὸν τρόπον.","t":"After this he makes known that every wife who leaves her husband and is joined to another cannot return to her former husband, since the law forbids it. \"But you abandoned me, who was joined to you according to the law, and were joined to unholy demons; then, coming again to a sense of the harm, you would return to me, and I did not thrust you away.\" If you think I say this idly, 2. \"Lift up your eyes to the open road and see where you have not been defiled.\" That is: \"you were polluted.\" For he says this to her through Ezekiel too: \"And I found you defiled in your blood\"; and the Syrian also translated it so. He says in what follows: Not only … but you also went out searching; and like crows you sat waiting by the roads, expecting their arrival, and filled the land with pollutions, consorting with many shepherds instead of one. He has called the idols many shepherds; for just as the fathers of falsehood were called gods, the divine name, so they were named shepherds, having robbed the name of the true shepherd. 3. \"You had the face of a prostitute; you were shameless toward all.\" For as women who sell their bloom scrape the modesty off their foreheads and give themselves to all alike, so you kept your goodwill for no one; you harvested the crop of good things from me, but served the idols. 4. Yet when you met with calamities and perceived their weakness, \"Did you not call me house, and father, and guide of your virginity?\" Did you not long ago give me these titles of intimacy, calling me now father, now the husband of your virginity, now an inviolable house? For so the blessed David too says: \"Be for me a protecting God, …\" 5. \"Will he remain forever? Or will it be kept to the end?\" That is: Do you think that by these means you will get the better of me and win? Then ironically: \"Behold, you spoke and did these evil things, and were able.\" … he says that God said these things to him in the days of King Josiah: 6. \"Have you seen what the dwelling of Israel did to me?\" Those (for they were in servitude in Babylon) … he teaches the prophet the justice of the punishment. \"She went up to every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and played the prostitute there.\" Then he shows his own goodness and long-suffering: 7. \"And I said, after she had committed all this prostitution: Return to me; and she did not return.\" … therefore she drew destruction on herself, since she neither embraced from the beginning the way of life according to the law, nor was willing to turn back after her impiety. From here he intensifies the accusation against the tribe of Judah: \"And her faithless sister Judah saw her faithlessness, and saw that for all the things in which she was caught, in which she committed adultery … her, and I gave her a bill of divorce into her hands, … and she went and played the prostitute, she too.\" Though she saw, he says, both her sister's wickedness and the punishment brought on her because of it, she did not shun imitating the wickedness, but followed in her footsteps. 9. \"And her prostitution became as nothing.\" For she supposed, he says, that she was doing nothing unlawful. He calls idolatry prostitution; for, abandoning God, who was named their bridegroom, they served the … \"And she polluted the land with murder, sacrificing her children to the demons, and committed adultery with stone and wood.\" He has made the charge of prostitution plain. Then he teaches at greater length that she saw her sister's impiety and her utter destruction, and that the ten tribes have more claim to pardon than the tribe of Judah, since Judah, having seen their calamities, … the causes … 12. \"Go,\" he says, \"and read these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return to me, dwelling of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you, for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.\" Immeasurable is the Master's love for humankind: after so much lawlessness he asks only for repentance; and he teaches also the way of it.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.13":{"o":"ιγ΄. Πλὴν γγῶθι τὴν ἀδικίαν σου, ὅτι εἰς Κύριον τὸν Θεύν σου ἠσέδησας\"\". ᾿Ἀρχὴ γὰρ ὑγείας αἴσθησις ἀῤῥωστίας, Καὶ, « Ἐξέχεας τὰ; ὁδούς σου εἰς ἀλλοτρίους. » Τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Κύριον, καὶ ποιητὴν, καὶ εὐεργέτην καταλιποῦσα, ἀλλοτρίοις συνἦφθης \"τίνες δὲ οὗτοι; « Ὑποχάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους. » ἔδειξε τῆς πλάνης τὸ ἀχερδές \" ἄκαρπα γὰρ τὰ θεοποιηθέντα φυτά. «ε Τῆς δὲ φωνῆς μου οὐκ ὑπήκχουσας\"\", λέγει Κύριος. » Νομοθετῶν γὰο εἶπεν, « Οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πλὴν ἐμοῦ. » ιϑ, ᾿Επιστράφητε, υἱοὶ ἀφεστηκότες, «1έγει Κύ- Ειος. Καὶ ἀποστάντας υἱοὺς ὀνομάζει, διὰ τὴν ἄῤῥητον \"\" αὐτοῦ ἀγαθότητα. ε Διότι ἐγὼ χυριεύσω \"\"Ὑ ὑμῶν. » Πάλιν γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐπιμελήσομαι, καὶ πάτης ἀξιώσω κηδεμονίας. Καὶ λήψομαι ὑμᾶς ἔνα ἐκ πόϊλδως, καὶ δύο ἐκ πατριᾶς, καὶ εἰσάξω ὑμᾶς εἰς Σιών. (ιε᾽.) Καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν\" ποιμένας κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ ποιμαγοῦσιν ὑμᾶς ποιμαίνοντες μετ᾽ ἐπιστήμης. Ταῦτα τυπικῶς μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζοροδάδελ ς ἐγένετο. Ἐπανῆλθον γὰρ ἐπὶ Κύρου τοῦ Πέρσου, ποιμένας ἔχοντες τὸν Ζοροδάθδελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ, καὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν\" εὐσέδεια δὲ καὶ εὐνομία ἀμφοτέρους ἐκόσμει. Κατὰ μέντοι τὴν ἀλήθειαν, μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐνανθρώπησιν ἡ προφητεία \"7 τέλος ἐδέξατο. Ἐξελέξατο γὰρ ἐξ Ἰουδαίων ὁ Δεσπότης, ἕνα ἐκ πόλεως, καὶ δύο ἐκ πατριᾶς \" καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτοὺς ποιμένας κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὑτοῦ, τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους. Διὸ δὴ καὶ θειοτάτῳ \"5 Πέτρῳ ἔφη\" « Σίμων Ἱωνᾶ, φιλεῖς με; Ποίμαινε τὰ πρόδατά μου. » Καὶ ὅτι ταύτην ἔχε! τὴν διάνοιαν ἡ προφητεία, τὰ ἑξῃς μαρτυρεῖ.","t":"13. \"Only know your iniquity, that you have acted impiously against the Lord your God.\" For the beginning of health is awareness of sickness. And: \"You scattered your ways to strangers.\" Abandoning your God and Lord, Maker and Benefactor, you joined yourself to strangers. And who are these? \"Under every leafy tree.\" He has shown the unprofitableness of the error, for the plants made into gods bear no fruit. \"And you did not obey my voice, says the Lord.\" For in giving the law he said: \"You shall have no other gods besides me.\" 14. \"Return, apostate sons, says the Lord.\" He calls even those who have apostatized sons, because of his unspeakable goodness. \"For I will be lord over you.\" That is: I will care for you again and count you worthy of every care. \"And I will take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and bring you into Zion. 15. And I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge.\" These things happened as a type in the time of Zerubbabel; for they returned under Cyrus the Persian, with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak, the great priest, as their shepherds, and piety and good order adorned them both. In truth, however, the prophecy received its fulfillment after the incarnation of our God and Savior. For the Master chose from among the Jews \"one from a city and two from a clan,\" and appointed them shepherds after his heart: the holy apostles. That is why he said to the most divine Peter: \"Simon son of Jonah, do you love me? Shepherd my sheep.\" And that the prophecy has this meaning, what follows bears witness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.13 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-13)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.17":{"o":"ιζ΄. Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκχείγαις, καὶ ἐν τῷ … Κυρίου, καὶ συναχθήσεται εἰς αὐτὴν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου εἰς Ἱερυυσα.λήμ \"5 καὶ οὐ πορεύσονται ἔτι\" ὀπίσω τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων» « τῆς καρδίας αὑτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς. Τοῦτο δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαδυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον οὐκ ἐγένετο\" οὐ γὰρ χατέλιπΞ τὴν ἀσέδειαν τηνικαῦτα τὰ ἔθνη. Μετὰ τὴν\" τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐνανθρώπησιν, διεπόρθμευσαν μὲν εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν οἰκουμένην οἱ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι. τὸ σωτήριον κήρυγμα' ἀπέστησαν δὲ τῇ, προτέρας πλάνη: οἱ ταύτῃ δουλεύσαντες, καὶ τὸν τῶν ἁπάντων προσκυνοῦσι Θεὸν, καὶ ὡς εἰς θρόνον θεῖον τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ συντρέχουσιν ἅπαντες. Εἶτα διδάσκει ὡς μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαδυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον οὐχἐτι πάλιν αἱ φυλαὶ δίχα διαιρεθήσονται, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐπανήξουσι, καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν καθέξηνσι γῆν. Εἶτα ὁ προφήτης ἐπὶ ταῖς χρησταῖς ἐπαγγε-","t":"17. \"In those days, and at that time … of the Lord, and all the nations will be gathered to it in the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem; and they will no longer walk after the devices of their evil heart.\" This did not happen after the return from Babylon, for the nations did not abandon their impiety then. After the incarnation of our God and Savior, the divine apostles carried the saving proclamation across to the whole world; those who had been enslaved to the former error departed from it, and they worship the God of all, and all of them run together to Jerusalem as to a divine throne. Then he teaches that after the return from Babylon the tribes will no longer be divided in two but will return together and possess their ancestral land. Then the prophet, at the good promises …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, Γένοιτο, Κύριε 5. Ταῦταν\" μέσῳ εἰρηκὼς ὁ προφήτης, συμπεραίνει τὴν θείαν ἐπαγγελίαν. ε« Ὅτι τάξω σε εἰς τέχνα. » Πάλιν γὰρ, φησὶ, ἐμοὶ χρηματίσετε 3\" παῖδε;. ε« Καὶ δώσω στι γῆν ἐκλεκτὴν, κληρονομίαν ὀνομαστὴν γ᾽, Θεοῦ πανποχράτορος 5 ἐθνῶν. » Τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελία: οὕτως ἐκάλεσεν. Ἐθνῶν δὲ αὐτὸν 37.\"5 Θεὸν ὠνόμασε παντοχράτορα, διδάτχων ὅτι πάντων ἐστὶ Θεὸς, καὶ πάντων δημιουργὸς, καὶ ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τῆς θεογνυσίας ἀπολαύσονται\"\", καὶ μεταδήσεται εἰς ἐκεῖνα ἡ χάρις τοῦ Πνεύματος. Μετὰ ταῦτα συμδουλεύει ἦν ἔχουσι παῖδες περὶ πατρὸς ' φιλοστοργίαν κτήσασθαι, καὶ τῆς θείας ἀπολαῦσαι κηδεμονίας. Εἶτα αἰτιᾶται, ὅτι γυναῖκα μοιχεύτριαν εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα παρανομοῦδαν ἐζήλωσαν, οὐ ᾽ μόνον αἱ δέκα φυλαὶ, ( ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ» τοῦ Ἰούδα φυλὴ, καὶ τὰς πρὸς τὸν γυμφίον συνθήκας παρέθησαν προλέγει δὲ καὶ τῶν δέκα φυλῶν τὴν μεταμέλειαν\" αἴσθησιν γὰρ αὐταῖς τῆς παρανομία; ἡ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐνέθηχε συμφορά.","t":"19. \"And I said: So be it, Lord.\" Having said this in the middle, the prophet completes the divine promise: \"For I will set you among children.\" For you will again be called my children, he says. \"And I will give you a choice land, a renowned inheritance of God the Almighty of nations.\" So he has called the land of promise. He named him God the Almighty of nations, teaching that he is God of all and Creator of all, and that the nations too will enjoy the knowledge of God, and the grace of the Spirit will pass over to them. After this he counsels them to acquire the affection that children have for a father, and to enjoy the divine care. Then he charges that not only the ten tribes but also the tribe of Judah imitated an adulterous wife who acts lawlessly against her husband, and transgressed their covenant with the bridegroom. He also foretells the repentance of the ten tribes, for the calamity of the captivity gave them a sense of their lawlessness.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.21":{"o":"χα΄. Φωνὴ γὰρ\", φησὶν, ἐκ χειλέων ὃ\" ἠκούσθη κῆσαν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, ἐπελάθοντο\" Θεοῦ ἁγίου Ἵ αὐτῶν, Θεασάμενος \" δὲ τὴν μεταμέλειαν, ἐπιμεῖναι ταύτῃ προτρέπει, “ζαί φησιν\"","t":"21. \"For a voice,\" he says, \"was heard from lips, … they did wrong in their ways; they forgot their holy God.\" Seeing the repentance, he urges them to persist in it, and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.22":{"o":"κβ΄. Ἐπιστράρητε, υἱοὶ ἐπιστρέφοντες, καὶ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαι τὰ συντρίμματα \" ὑμῶν. Οὐ μόνον δὲ ὑπισχνεῖται τὴν ἴασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποίοις χρήσασθαι δεῖ λόγοις διδάσκει, μονονουχὶ λέγων \" Ταῦτα εἴπατε᾽ « Ἰδοὺ \"\" δοῦλοι ἡμεῖς ἐσόμεθά σο!, ὅτι σὺ Κύριος\" Ὁ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἴ. » ᾿Αρνούμεθα τὴν πλάνην, βδελυσσόμεθα τὴν τῶν δαιμόνων δουλείαν \" σὲ μόνον ἴσμεν καὶ Κύριον καὶ Θεόν.","t":"22. \"Return, returning sons, and I will heal your fractures.\" He not only promises the healing but also teaches what words they must use, all but saying: Say this: \"Behold, we will be your servants, for you are the Lord our God.\" We renounce the error, we abhor the service of demons; we know you alone as Lord and God.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.23":{"o":"κγ'. \"Ὄντως \"\" ψεῦδος \"\" ἦσαν οἱ βουνοὶ, καὶ ἡ δύναμις τῶν ὁρέων. Πλὴν διὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ ἡ ὧν ἡ σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ\"\" Ἰσραή1. Δι' αὑτῆς μεμαηΐχιμεν τῆς πείρας, ὧ: \"5 σὺ μόνος χορηγὸς ἀγαθῶν τὰ δὲ ἄλση καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ, ἐπιζήμια καὶ ὀλέθρια.","t":"23. \"Truly the hills and the power of the mountains were a lie. But through the Lord our God is the salvation of the house of Israel.\" We have learned by experience itself that you alone are the giver of good things, while the groves and the hills are harmful and destructive.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3.24":{"o":"κδ', Ἡ δὲ αἰσχύνη κατηνάλωσε \" τοὺς μόχϑους τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἀπὸ γεότητος αὐτῶν \"7, καιόντῶν 3 τὰ πρόδθατα αὐτῶν, τοὺς \"5\" υἱοὺς αὑτῶν, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν. \"Ἔδειξε καὶ ἧς προςἔφερον τοῖς εἰδώλοις τιμῆς τὴν ὑπερδολήν᾽ πρὸς γὰρ βουσὶ καὶ προδάτοις, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς καὶ τὰς θυγατέρα; χατέχαιϊον \" καὶ ὅτι οὐ μόνον 5 οὐδὲ ἐκεῖθεν ἐδρέποντο κέρδος, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τῇ τῶν ψυχῶν ἀπωλείᾳ καὶ τὴν αἰσχύνην ἐτρύγων \" τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἐπἀγομένων φησί\" χε. Ἐχοιμήθημεν ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡμᾶς ἡ ἀτιμία ἡμῶν\" διότι ἐγαντίον \"\" τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἡμάρτομεν ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, ἀπὸ νεότητος ἡμῶν \"\", καὶ ξως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, καὶ \"\" οὐκ ἠκούσαμεν τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος τῇς ἁμαρτίας καρπὸν τὴν αἰσχύνην εἶναί φησι\" λέγει δὲ οὕτως\" ει Τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἴχετε τότε ἐφ᾽ οἷς γῦν","t":"24. \"But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from their youth, their sheep and …, their sons and their daughters.\" He has shown the excess of the honor they paid to the idols: besides oxen and sheep they also burned their sons and their daughters; and that not only did they reap no gain from it, but besides the loss of their souls they harvested shame as well. He says this through what follows: 25. \"We lay down in our shame, and our dishonor covered us; for we sinned before our God, we and our fathers, from our youth until this day, and we did not obey the voice of the Lord our God.\" The divine apostle too says that shame is the fruit of sin; he speaks thus: \"What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 3.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/3-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.14":{"o":"ιδ', Πάντες οἱ φίϊοι σου ἐπελάθοντό \"8 σου, οὐ μὴ ἐπερωτήσωσι\" περὶ σοῦ,\" ὅτι πηγῇ ἐχθροῦ ἕπαισά σε. Οὐ γὰρ ἐχρησάμην τῇ συνέθει μακροθυμίᾳ, ἀλλὰ βαθεῖαν δέδωκα τὴν τομήν. Τοῦτο καὶ ἰατρὸς ποιεῖ χαλεπὸν τὸ πάθος θεώμξνος. Καὶ διδάσκων τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον, ἐπήγαγε\" «1:δείαν 3 στερεὰν ἐπὶ πᾶπαν ἀδικίαν σου \" διότι ἐπληθύνθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου ὃ.» Συμφωνεῖ δὲ τούτοις καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. «τ΄. 713. βοᾷς ἐπὶ τὸ σύγτριμμά σου; βίαιον τὸ ἄλγος δ σου; ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, σφοδρὼὺν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως δίχχιον. «Διὰ πλῆθος ἀνομιῶν σου, ὅτι ἔσχυσαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου, ἐποίησά 35 σοι ταῦτα.» ᾿Α πειλεῖ δὲ ὅμως τοῖς ἐπελθοῦσιν αὐτοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ σφαγὴν, καὶ δουλείαν \" οἱ γὰρ τὸν θάνατον διαπεφευγότες ἢ, δοῦλο! τῶν νενικηκότων ἐγένοντο. Ἐπιμένει δὲ αὐτὴν ταῖς χρησταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις ψυχαγωγῶν. ιδ΄. Ὅτι ἀνοίξω\" τὸ Ἰαιὰ σου, ἀπὸ πληγῆς ὀδυνηρῆς Ἰατρεύσω σε, φησὶ Κύριος. αν τῇ τομῇ, καὶ τῇ σπογγιᾷ, καὶ τοῖς αὐστηροτέροις, καὶ τοῖς ἐκλήθη \"΄ Σιών.» Ἐπετώθαξε γὰρ αὐτῇ ΤΠ τὰ γειτονεύοντα δ' ἔθνη͵ καὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν προτιθέντα, καὶ τὴν δουλείαν. « Αὔτη θήραμα ὑμῶν ἐστιν, ὅτι ζητῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτήν.» Ἡνίχα, φησὶ, παρεῖδον αὐτὴν καὶ οὐκ ἐπήμυνον, προὔκειτο τοῖς πολε μοῦσιν αὐτὴν, ὡς θήραμα ἕτοιμον. ᾿Αλλὰ μετὰ\" τὴν παιδείαν τῆς δηυλείας αὐτοὺς ἐλευθερώσω, ὥστε ἐπὰνελθεῖν καὶ δείμασθαι τὰς πόλεις, καὶ τὸν ναὸν ἀναστῆσαι, καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον ἐν αὐτῷ λατρεΐαν ἐπιτελεῖν. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἔφη \" « Καὶ ὃ ναὺς \"' κατὰ τὸ κρίμα αὑτοῦ χαθεδεῖται. » Προστίθησι δὲ καὶ ὅδα τῆς εὐπραξίας ἴδια. ὶ ᾿Ψ. Καὶ ἐξελεύσονται ἀκ’ αὐτῶν ἄδοντες\", καὶ ρωνἢ καιζόγετων. “Ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ καὶ αὔξην \"ἢ τοῦ γένους, καὶ πολυγονίαν. ε« Χεῶ γὰρ αὐτοὺς, φησὶ, καὶ οὐ μὴ σμικρυνθῶσι. ν","t":"\"All your friends have forgotten you; they will not ask after you, for I struck you with an enemy's blow.\" For I did not use my usual long-suffering, but made a deep incision. A physician also does this when he sees that the illness is severe. And teaching the justice of the punishment he added: \"A hard chastisement for all your injustice, because your sins were multiplied.\" And what follows agrees with this: \"Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain is grievous\"; that is, severe, but just all the same. \"Because of the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins were strong, I did these things to you.\" Yet he threatens the enemies who came against them with slaughter and slavery; for those who escaped death became slaves of the victors. He continues to console her with kind promises: \"For I will open your [wound]; from a painful blow I will heal you, says the Lord,\" … with the incision and the sponge and the harsher [remedies] and the … \"[because] you were called [scattered], Zion.\" For the neighbouring nations mocked her, holding out captivity and slavery. \"She is your prey, because there is no one who seeks her.\" When, he says, I overlooked her and did not defend her, she lay before those who made war on her as ready prey. But after the discipline I will free them from slavery, so that they return and build the cities, raise up the temple, and perform in it the worship according to the law. For this he said: \"And the temple shall be set according to its judgment.\" He adds also signs proper to prosperity: \"And from them shall come out singers, and the voice of people at play.\" He promises also the increase and fruitfulness of the race: \"For I will multiply them,\" he says, \"and they shall not be diminished.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.20":{"o":"χ΄. Καὶ εἰσελεύσονται, φησὶν, οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, ὡς τὸ πρότερον, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια \"\" αὐτῶν κατὰ πρόσωπδ» μου ἀρϑωθέσονται\"δ, Τὰ μαρτύρια ὃ Σύρος συναφωγὰς ἡρμήνευσε. «Καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς θλίδοντας αὐτούς. ν","t":"\"And their sons,\" he says, \"shall come in as before, and their testimonies shall be set upright before me.\" The Syrian rendered \"testimonies\" as \"assemblies.\" \"And I will visit all who afflict them.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.21":{"o":"χα΄. Καὶ \"' ἔσονται ἰσχυρότεροι αὑτῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτέρους δὲ τούτων Μήδους καὶ Πέρσας \" οὗτοι γὰρ αὐτῶν τὴν σωτηρίαν 5 κατέλυσαν. « Καὶ ὁ ἄρχων αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται. » Κατὰ τὸν τῆς αἰχμα- λωσίας καιρὸν, ἄρχοντα τῶν Βαδυλωνίων εἶχον τὸν βασιλέα. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπάνοδον, πρῶτον μὲν ἔσχον τὸν Ζοροδάδελ, καὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἰωπεδὲχ υἱόν \" - μετὰ δὲ καῦτα, ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἰθύνοντο. « Ὅτι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος, ὃς ἔδωκε τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρός με; φησὶ Κύριος. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν\" Ἔρωτήσατε γενεὰς τὰς γενομένας προτέρας ὑμῶν, τίς ἐπίστευσε Κυρίῳ, καὶ κατῃσχύνθη. Εἶτα τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὀργῇ τὰ συμθδεδηχότα αὐτοῖς ἀνατίθησιν ἀλγεινά - καὶ δεικνὺς αὐτῆς τὸ δίκαιον, ἐπάγει\" « Ἐπ᾿ ἀσεδεῖς ἥξει 9,» Διδάσκων δὲ καὶ τὸ δυνατὸν, ἐπιφέρει \" κδ, Οὐ μὴ ἀποστραρῇ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου, ἕως ἂν ποιήσῃ, καὶ ἕως οὗ \"'\" πληρώσῃ δ ἐγχείδῆμα καρδίας αὑτοῦ. Τῇ γὰρ βουλῇ αὐτοῦ τίς ῦ ἀνθέστηκε; Τὴν ἀπιστίαν αὐτῶν ἐλέγχων, ε Ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων, φησὶ, τῶν ἡμερῶν γνώσεσθε αὑτά.» Ἐπειδὴ τοὺς λόγους \"5 οὐ πιστεύετε, δι᾽ αὐτῶν μαθέσεσθε τῶν πραγμάτων τῆς πείρας. ","t":"\"And their strong ones shall be over them …\" … [stronger] than these were the Medes and Persians, for these destroyed their power. \"And their ruler shall come from among them.\" At the time of the captivity they had as ruler the king of the Babylonians; after the return they had first Zerubbabel and the son of Jozadak, and after them they were governed by the high priests. \"For who is this who has given his heart to return to me? says the Lord.\" He says this elsewhere too: Look at the generations before you: who believed in the Lord and was put to shame? Then he ascribes the painful things that befell them to God's wrath, and showing that it is just, he adds: \"It will come upon the ungodly.\" Teaching also its power, he adds: \"The anger of the Lord's wrath will not turn back until he does it and until he fulfils the purpose of his heart.\" For who has withstood his will? Refuting their unbelief: \"In the last days,\" he says, \"you will understand them.\" Since you do not believe the words, you will learn by the experience of the events themselves.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.5":{"o":"δεῖξαι βουλόμενος ὁ Δεσπότης \" Θεὸς τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν συγγραφῇ παραδυῦναι, τῷ προφήτῃ ᾿ κελεύει τάς τε περὶ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, τάς τε περὶ τῆς ἀναχλήσεως γεγενημένας προῤῥήσεις. Πρῶτον μέντοι προλέγει τὰ σκυθρωπά. ε', ς’ υὕτως εἶπε Κύριος \" Φωνὴ» φόθδου ἀκούσεσθε\" :όδος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰρήνη. ᾿Ερωτήσατε δὴ, καὶ ἴδετε εἰ ἔτεκεν ἄρσεν; Σαφῶς \" δεδήλωκεν τὴν τῆς ὀδύνης ὑπερδολήν\" τὸ γὰρ μέγεθος τῆς συμφορᾶς συνέχρινεν ὠδῖσι τικτούσης, Τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τὸ « Ἐρωτήφατε καὶ ἴδετε εἰ ἕτεκεν ἄρσεν; » Συμφωνεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ε Καὶ \" περὶ φόδου, ἐν ᾧ καθέξουσιν ὀσφύν \" διότι \" ἑώρακα πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, ὦ; τικτούσης ΄.» Νῦν μὲν τὴν ὀδύνην δεικνὺς, τῆς «ιχτούσης παρατίθησι τὴν εἰκόνα \" ἑτέρωθι δὲ, τὸ πένθος διδάσκων, ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς συμπεπλεγμένας ἔχειν ἕκαστον ἔφη τὰς χεῖρας. ε« Πάντα \" τὰ πρόσὠὡπαὰ εἰς ἴκτερον \" ἐγενήθη. » Καὶ τοῦτο δέους σημαντικόν.","t":"Wishing to show the truth of the prophecy, the Master God commands the prophet to commit to writing the predictions made about the captivity and about the recall. First, however, he foretells the gloomy things. \"Thus says the Lord: You will hear a voice of fear; fear, and there is no peace. Ask now, and see whether a male has given birth.\" He has clearly shown the excess of the pain: he compared the greatness of the calamity to the pangs of a woman in labour. This is what \"Ask and see whether a male has given birth\" signifies. What follows agrees: \"And concerning fear, in which they will hold their loins: because I have seen every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labour.\" Here, showing the pain, he sets beside it the image of a woman giving birth; elsewhere, teaching mourning, he said that each held his hands clasped on his head. \"All faces have turned to jaundice.\" This too signifies dread.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.7":{"o":"ζ΄. “Ὅτι μεγά.λη \"\" ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τοιαύτη\" καὶ χρόνος στεγότητός \"\" ἐστι καὶ \"3 θλίψεως παντὶ 1 Ιαχώδ. ᾿Απὸ τοῦ μεγέθους τῆς “μωρίας τὴν ἡμέραν μεγάην \"\" ὠνόμασεν. Εἶτα συνάπτε: ψυχαγωγίαν τοῖς σκυθρωποῖς. Λέγει γάρ\" « Καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου σωθήσεται. » Καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται συνπρίψειν τὸν τῆς δουλείας ζυγόν. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν ποῦ τρόπου μεταδολῆν. «ε Καὶ οὐκ ἐργάσονται ᾽\" ἔτι ἀλλοτρίοις. ν»","t":"\"For that day is great, and there is none like it; and it is a time of distress and of affliction for Jacob.\" From the greatness of the punishment he called the day great. Then he joins consolation to the gloomy things, for he says: \"And he will be saved from it.\" He promises to break the yoke of slavery. He foretells also the change of their way of life: \"And they shall no longer work for strangers.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30.9":{"o":"θ΄. Καὶ ἐργάσονται Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ αὑτῶν». «Ἰοτρίους τὰ εἴδωλα προηγόρευσε \" γνόντες γὰρ ὡς ὁ Δεσπότης Θεὸς, καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ χορηγεῖ, καὶ τὰς παιδείας ἐπάγει, πάντων, φησὶ, προτιμήσουσι τὴν ἀναστήσω αὐτοῖς. ν» Τῇ προφητείᾳ τὸ τέλος ὁ Δεσπό. κατὰ σάρκα, καὶ ποιμαίνει οὐκέτι μόνον τὸν Ἰδραὴ), ἀλλὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ὡς ἐν σκιᾷ καὶ τύπῳ, καὶ \" ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζοροθάθδελ ἐδέξατό τινα ἣ πρόῤῥησις ἔχθασιν. Ταῦτα ὑποσχόμενος πάλιν 15 αὐτοὺς {υχαγωγεῖ, τὴν ἀνάκλησιν ἐπαγγελλόμενος. Καὶ τοῖς μὲν Βαδυλωνίοις ὅλεθρον ἀπειλεῖ. ε« Ποιήσω γὰρ, φησὶν, ἔκλειψιν \"\" ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εἰς οὺς διεσχόρπισά σε\" ἐκεῖ. ν Αὐτοῖς δὲ ἀγαθῶν ἐπαγγελίας προσφέρει. « Σὲ γὰρ, φησὶν, οὐ μὴ ποιήσω εἰς ἔκλειψιν, καὶ πσιδεύσω 3' σε εἰς χρίσιν, καὶ ἀθωῶν οὐκ ἀθωώσω σε.» ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, παιδεύσω, καὶ ψυχαγωγήσω, καὶ οὔτε ἀπαίδευτον ἐάσω, οὔτε ἀδοήθητον καταλείψω\" τὸ γὰᾷ « ἀθωῶν οὐκ ἀθωώσω σε ν τοῦτο δηλοῖ, ἀντὶ 5 τοῦ, ἀπείραστόν σε τῶν κακῶν οὐκ ἐάσω\" τῷ ὃὲ μεγέέξει τῆς ἀπειλῆς μεταβαλεῖν αὐτῶν τὴν πονηρίαν βουλύμένος, ἐπάγει καὶ ταῦτα \" ι8', ιγ΄. Βίαιον δ\" τὸ σύγτριμμά σου\" ἀι᾿γηρὰ ἡ πιιηγή σου. Οὺκ ἔστι κρίνων κρίσιν' σου. Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἤλεγχε 3\" τοῦ Ναδουχοδονόσορ τὴν ἀδικίαν. « Εἰς ἀλγηρὸν ἰατρεύθης \"\",» τουτέστι σὺν ὀδύνῃ. « Ὡφςέλεια οὐκ ἔστι σο!. » Τὴν ὠφέλειαν νῦν οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς ψυχῆς τέθεικεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇς ἀνῦρωπίνης ἐπικουρίας \" τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς.","t":"\"And they shall serve the Lord their God.\" By \"strangers\" he meant the idols. For knowing that the Master God both supplies good things and brings chastisements, they will prefer [his service], he says, to all … \"[and David their king, whom] I will raise up for them.\" The Master [Christ, sprung from David] according to the flesh, gave the prophecy its fulfilment; and he shepherds no longer Israel alone but all the nations. As in shadow and type, the prediction received a certain fulfilment also in Zerubbabel. Having promised this, he again consoles them by announcing the recall. On the Babylonians he threatens destruction: \"For I will make an end,\" he says, \"among all the nations into which I scattered you there.\" To them he offers promises of good things: \"But you,\" he says, \"I will not make an end of; I will chasten you in judgment, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.\" That is: I will discipline you and console you; I will neither leave you undisciplined nor abandon you without help. For \"I will by no means leave you unpunished\" means this: I will not leave you untried by evils. Wishing by the greatness of the threat to change their wickedness, he adds this too: \"Your wound is grievous; your blow is painful. There is no one to judge your cause.\" For no one among men convicted the injustice of Nebuchadnezzar. \"You were healed painfully,\" that is, with pain. \"There is no help for you.\" Here he has spoken of help not for the soul but of human aid; what follows shows this.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 30.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/30-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.15":{"o":"ιε΄. Οὕτως εἶπε. Κύριος \" Φωνὴ ἐν 'Ραμᾷ ἠκούσθη. θρῆνος 5, καὶ κλαυθμὸς, καὶ ὀδυρμός ' Ῥαχὴ.1 ἀποκχιλωιομέγη 1\" ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς 1\" αὖτῆς\", καὶ οὐκ υἱοῖς αὑεῆς, ἔτι οὐκ εἰσίν. Καὶ ἡ Ῥαμὰ τῆς Βενιαμέτιδος ἣν φυλῆς “καὶ τῆς Ῥαχὴλ ὁ τάφος ἐν τῷ ἐπξοδρόμῳ ἐστὶ Χαφραθὰ 7\", τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἐφραθά, Καὶ τέλος μὲν ἔλαδεν ἡ προφητεία ἐπὶ Ἡ ρώδου τοῦ πρώτου - οὗτος γὰρ ἀνεῖλς τὰ βρέφη, συναναιρήσειν ἐλπίζων τὸν γεννηθέντα Σωτῆρα. Τέθεικε δὲ ταῦτα ὁ προφήτης μεταξὺ τῆς τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐπαγγελίας \" διδάσκων, ὅτι τὸ ἀληθῶς ἀγαθὸν, καὶ τὸ τῆς σωτηρίας κεφάλαιον, τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἡ κατὰ σάρκα γέννησις, δι᾽ ἣν ὑπέμεινε τὰ βρέφη τὴν ἄδικον ἐκείνην σφαγήν.","t":"\"Thus says the Lord: A voice was heard in Ramah, of lamentation and weeping and mourning; Rachel weeping for her sons, and she would not stop for her sons, because they are no more.\" Ramah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, and Rachel's tomb is on the racecourse of Chabratha, on the way to Ephrath. The prophecy received its fulfilment under Herod the first: he killed the infants, hoping to kill the Saviour who had been born along with them. The prophet set this in the middle of the promise of good things, teaching that the truly good thing and the sum of salvation is the birth according to the flesh of our Lord and Saviour, for whose sake the infants suffered that unjust slaughter.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.16":{"o":"ις΄. Τάδε «1έγει Κύριος\" Διαλειπέτω 15 ἡ φωνή σου ἀπὸ κχιλαυθμοῦ, καὶ οἱ ὀρθαλμοί σου ἀπὸ δακρύων\" ὅτι ἔστι μισθὸς τοῖς σοῖς ἔργοις, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ ἐπιστρέψουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ αὑτῶν \"\" εἰς \"8 τὰ ὄρη \"\" αὑτῶν. Καὶ διδάσκων ποίων ἔργων ὑπιλῶνι μετάνοιαν. ΄ τη. ᾿Ακούων ἤκουσα ἜἬφραῖμ ὀδυρομένου. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τίσιν ἐκέχρητο λόγοις\" «ε Ἑπαίδευσάς με, Κύριε, καὶ οὐκ\" ἐπαιδεύθην \" ὥσπερ μόσχος οὐκ ἐδιδάχθην. ν Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ προφήτης ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν εἴρηκεν\" ε« Ἐμαστέγωπας αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπόνεσαν \" συνετέλεσας αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν δέξασθαι παιδείαν. » Καὶ Ὡσηὲ δὲ ὁ προφήτης φητίν 5\". « Ἐφραῖμ Ὁ πᾶιη. » φησὶ, καὶ οὐ δέχεται τὸν τοῦ νόμου ζυγόν. Καὶ πάλιν\" « Ἐγένετο Ἐφραῖμ, ὡς παροιστρῶσα \"5 δάμαλις. ν Τίθησι δὲ καὶ ἅπερ ποτνιώμενος ἔλεγεν\" « ᾿Ἐπίστρεψόν μεῦν, Κύριε, καὶ ἐπιστρέψω \" ὅτι σὺ Κύριος\" ὁ Θεός μον εἴ. ν Σοῦ γὰρ μὴ θέλοντος, οὐκ ἀπαλλαγή- ᾿ σομαι 8' τῆς δουλείας. ιθι, “Ὅτι ὕστερον 51 αἰχμαλωσίας μου μετεἐπὶ μηρὸν, καὶ ἐστέναξα ἐξ ἡμέραις αἰσχύνης μου. Μετὰ τὴν πεῖραν τῶν κακῶν, εἰς αἴσθησιν ἶλθε \"᾽ τῆς ἁμαρτίας. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος Δαδὶδ εἶπε’ « Πρὸ τοῦ με ταπεινωθῆναι, ἐγὼ ἐπλημμέλησα \" διὰ τοῦτο τὸ λόγιόν σου ἐφύλαξα. ν Καὶ πάλιν᾽ ε᾿Αγαθόν μοι, ὅτι ἐτα πείνυυσάς με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Τὺ δὲ πατάσσειν τὸν μηρὸν, τῶν ὀδυνομένων καὶ μεταμελουμένων ἴδιον. « Καί γε ἐκ νεότητός μου. ν» “Ανωϑεν γὰρ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς παρα\" βαίνων σου τὰς ἐντολὰς διετέλεσα. Δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν ὁ Δεσπότης, καί φησιν \"","t":"\"Thus says the Lord: Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your works, says the Lord, and their sons shall return to their own mountains.\" And teaching for what kind of works … repentance. \"I have surely heard Ephraim lamenting.\" He teaches also what words he used: \"You chastened me, Lord, and I was not trained; like a calf I was not taught.\" The prophet said this earlier too: \"You scourged them, and they felt no pain; you consumed them, and they would not receive discipline.\" And Hosea the prophet says: \"Ephraim …,\" and he does not accept the yoke of the law. And again: \"Ephraim became like a goaded heifer.\" He sets down also what he said in his supplication: \"Turn me, Lord, and I shall turn; for you are the Lord my God.\" For unless you will it, I shall not be freed from slavery. \"For after my captivity I repented, and [after I understood, I struck] my thigh, and groaned for the days of my shame.\" After the experience of evils he came to an awareness of his sin. The blessed David said this too: \"Before I was humbled I went astray; therefore I kept your word\"; and again: \"It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I might learn your statutes.\" Striking the thigh is proper to those who are in pain and repenting. \"And indeed from my youth\": for from the first and from the beginning I have gone on transgressing your commandments. The Master, for his part, shows his love for humankind and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.2":{"o":"᾿ἈΑναμίξας δὲ πάλιν τὰ θυμήρη τοῖς σκυθρωποῖς, τὴν τούτων αἰτίαν διδάσκει. β΄. Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος -\" Εὗρον δ᾽ θερμὸν ἐν ἐρήμῳ, μετὰ ὀλωλότων ἐν μακαίρᾳ πορευομέγους ἐν σπουδαῖς Ἰσραή.Δ. Τὸ θερμὸν δ καὶ ὁ Σύρος καὶ ὁ Ἑ δραῖος οἰκτιρμὸν τεθείκασιν \" ἔχει δέ τινα πρὸς τοῦτο συγγένειαν καὶ ἡ ἑρμηνεία τῆς ᾿Ελλάδος φωνῇς \" ὑποθερμαινόμενος γάρ τις χαυνοῦται εἰς ἔλεον “ ἔρημον δὲ καλεῖ τὴν Βαδυλῶνα \" καὶ διδάσκει ὅτι ἐκεῖ δουλεύοντας ᾧχτειρεν ὁ Δεσπότης. Συμφωνεῖ δὲ καὶ δ τῇ Σύρου ἑρμηνείᾳ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.","t":"Having again mixed the pleasing things with the gloomy, he teaches their cause. \"Thus says the Lord: I found warmth in the wilderness with those who perished by the sword, going in haste, Israel.\" For \"warmth\" both the Syrian and the Hebrew have put \"compassion\"; and the rendering in the Greek tongue too has a certain kinship with this, for someone who is warmed is softened to pity. By \"wilderness\" he means Babylon, and he teaches that the Master pitied them while they were slaves there. What follows also agrees with the Syrian's rendering.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.20":{"o":"χ'. Εἰ93 υἱὸς ἀγαπητὸς ἐμοὶ ᾿Εφραῖμ, εἰ παιδίον ἐντρυφῶν. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, τρυφερὸν, καὶ ἐπίχαρι\" ε\" ἐπιμένεις, φησὶ, ταύτῃ χρώμενος τῇ διαθέσει, καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς μεμνημένος κηδεμονίας, τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσεις - τὴν γὰρ ὑπόσχεσιν ἐντέθειχε τοῖς \"ὁ ἑξῆς. « Ὅτι ἀνθ᾽ \"5 ὧν οἱ λόγοι μου ἐν αὐτῷ εἰσι, μνείᾳ ᾽α μνησθήσομαι αὐτοῦ ἔτι\"\". » Ἐπειδὴ μεταμελείᾳ κχέχρηται, καὶ τῶν ἐμῶν ἐντολῶν ἀνημονεύει, τῆς παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τεύξεται προμηθείας. « Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ, - φησὶν, (: ἐπισκέψομαι \"\" αὐτὸν, ἐλεῶν ἐλεήσω αὐτόν. » Εἶτα παρακελεύεται τοῖς τῆς μετανοίας κεχρῆσθαι φαρ-","t":"\"Ephraim is a beloved son to me, a pampered child\"; that is, tender and charming. If you continue, he says, in this disposition and remember my care, you will enjoy good things; for he has placed the promise in what follows: \"Because my words are in him, I will surely remember him still.\" Since he has repented and remembers my commandments, he will obtain my providence. \"For this reason,\" he says, \"I will visit him; I will surely have mercy on him.\" Then he urges them to use the remedies of repentance:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.21":{"o":"χα’. Στῆσον σεαυτὴν σιονεῖμ 5. Τὸ σιογεὶμ ὁ Σύρος σημεῖα ἡρμήνευσεν\" ἀντὶ τόῦ, ἐπισημήνασθαι ἔδει, τίνας μὲν ἐκ τῆς παρανομίας ἐδρέψω καρποὺς, ποίων δέ σοι ἀγαθῶν μεταμέλεια γεγένηται πρόξενος. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τῇ αὐθαιρέτῳ παιδείᾳ κεχρῖ,σθαι παρεγγυᾷ. « Ποίησον ' σεαυτῇ τιμωρίαν, δὸς \" τὴν καρδίαν σου εἰς τοὺς ὥμονυς ὅ σου. ν ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Ἐπίθες σεαυτῇ \" τὸ φορτίον τῆς μετανοίας. Ἐπίμεινον οἷς προείλου ὃ καλῶς\" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγεν, ε ᾿Οδὸν Ἀν\" πεπόρευσαι. ν Εἶτα παρακελεύεται αὐτῇ ἀναστρέψαι, καὶ εἰς 1 τὰς οἰκείας πόλεις ἐπανελθεῖν, καὶ μὴ καταλιπεῖν τὸ πένθος. « ᾿Απόστρεψον γὰρ, φηδὶν, εἰς τὰς πόλεις σου πενθοῦσα \". » Οὐκ ἐναντίον δὲ τῇ Αια εὐφροσύνῃ τὸ τοιοῦτον πένῃος. Χρὴ γὰρ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύοντας, τῶν οἰκείων μεμνῆτθαι παραπτωμάτων, καὶ ταῦτα θρηνεῖν. χϑ΄. Ἕως πότε ἀποστρέψεις \" θυγάτηρ ἡτιμωμένη \"- ὅτε \"' ἔχτισέ σε 'ν Κύριος εἰς σωτηρίαν, εἰς χαταύὕύτευσιν καινὴν, ἐν τῇ σωτηρίᾳ περιδλεύσονται ἄνϑρωποι. \"Ἔδειξεν ἐνταῦθα σαφῶς καὶ τῆς ἀναχλήσεως τὴν αἰτίαν\" τὴν γὰρ καινὴν χαταοἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς βλαστήσαντες ἀπόστολοι τῇ οἰκουμένῃ προσήνεγκαν᾽ καὶ τοῦτο σαφῶς ὁ προφηϑοχὸς ἔφη ἡόγος. « Ἔν τῇ σωτηρίᾳ περτελεύσονται ἄνθρωποι. » Οὗτοι γὰρ τὰ ἔθνη περινοστήσαντες, τὴν σωτηρίαν αὑτοῖς διὰ τῆς θέογνωσίας προσήνεγκαν. Εἶτα πάλιν τὰ μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἀγαθὰ προαγορεύει, καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν φυομένην εὐφρηγσύνην. Τὸ δὲ, « Σπερῶ ἐπὶ \"Ὁ τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα, ἀπέρμα ἀνθρώπων, καὶ σπέρμα κτηνῶν,» τὸ πλῆθος σημαίνει,","t":"\"Set up for yourself sioneim.\" The Syrian rendered sioneim as \"signs\"; that is, you ought to mark what fruits you have reaped from transgression and of what good things repentance has become the cause for you. Therefore he urges her to use voluntary discipline also: \"Make for yourself punishment; set your heart on your shoulders\"; that is, put on yourself the burden of repentance. Hold fast to what you have rightly chosen; for he added this: \"the road you have travelled.\" Then he bids her turn back, return to her own cities, and not leave off mourning: \"Return,\" he says, \"[virgin of Israel,] to your cities, mourning.\" Such mourning is not opposed to joy. For even while we enjoy good things we ought to remember our own offences and lament them. \"How long will you turn away, dishonoured daughter? For the Lord has created [salvation] for a new planting; in salvation men shall go about.\" Here he has clearly shown the cause of the recall too: for the new planting … the apostles who sprang from her brought to the world; and the prophetic word said this clearly: \"In salvation men shall go about.\" For they went round the nations and brought them salvation through the knowledge of God. Then again … he foretells the good things after the return and the gladness that springs from it. \"I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of men and the seed of cattle\" signifies the multitude.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.29":{"o":".κθ', λ΄, Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, φησὶν, οὐ μὴ εἴπωσιν, οἱ πατέρες ἔφαγον ὄμφακα, καὶ οἱ στος ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ αὑτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ τοῦ φαγόντος.\" τὸν ὄμφακα αἱμωδιάσουσιν οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ. Τοῦτο σαφέστερον καὶ διὰ τοῦ θεσπεσίου Ἐζεκιὴλ ὁ Δεσπότης, καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ διὰ πλειόνων τὴν ἑρμηνείαν ἐποιησάμεθα. Ὃ δὲ λέγεῖ, τοιθῦτόν ἐστιν Ὥσπερ οὐκ οἷόν τε τὸν ὄμφαχκα ἐχθίειν, τοῦ δὲ ἐσθίοντος 5 τοὺς ὀδόντας μὴ αἰμωδιάσαι᾽ οὕτως οὐκ οἷόν τε τῶν πατέρων ἡμαρτηκότων, δίκας εἰσπραχθῆναι τοὺς παῖδας. Καὶ εἰς ϑεδαίωσιν τοῦ εἰρημένου τὰ ἐπαγόμενα τίθητιν,","t":"\"In those days,\" he says, \"they shall no longer say: The fathers ate sour grapes, and [the children's teeth were set on edge. But each] shall die in his own sin, and the teeth of him who ate the sour grape shall be set on edge.\" The Master said this more clearly through the inspired Ezekiel as well, and we have interpreted it at length. What he says is this: just as it is impossible to eat sour grapes without the eater's teeth being set on edge, so it is impossible, when the fathers have sinned, for the children to be punished. And to confirm what has been said he sets down what follows:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.3":{"o":"γ΄. ᾿Αγάπησιν αἰωνίαν ἠγάπησὰά σε\" διὰ τοῦτο εἴλκυσά σε εἰς οἰκτείρημα. Οὐκ ὃ σὸς, φησὶ, τρόπος αἴτιός σοι τῆς σωτηρίας 57 ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἐμὸς ἕλεος, Προλέγει δὲ, ὅτι πάλιν χορεύσουσι τυμπάνοις κεχρημένοι, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὀργάνοις, καὶ φυτουργίας φροντίσουσι, καὶ τὰς θείας ἐπιτελέσουσιν δ᾽ ἑορτάς. Προλέγει καὶ τὴν ἕνωσιν τῶν φυλῶν.","t":"\"With an everlasting love I have loved you; therefore I have drawn you into compassion.\" Not your conduct, he says, is the cause of your salvation, but my mercy. He foretells that they will again dance with timbrels and other instruments, will take care of planting, and will celebrate the divine feasts. He foretells also the union of the tribes.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.31":{"o":"λα’, λβ’. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, Λέγει Κύριος, καὶ διαθήσομαι 15 τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσρεὴ παὶ \"1 τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα Διαϑήχην καινήν. Οὐ κατὰ τὴν Διαθήχῃην ἣν διεθάμην τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ἐν 15 ἡμέρᾳ ἐπειϊαδομένου μου τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν, ὥστε ἐξαγαγεῖν' αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου\" ὅτι \"9 αὐτοὶ οὐκ \" ἐνέμειναν ἐγ τῇ Διαϑήκῃ μου, καὶ ἐγὼ \" ἡμέϊζησα \" αὐτῶν, έγει Κύριος \"\". Οὕτω, φησὶν, ἀδύνατόν ἐστι τοὺς παΐδας εἰσπραχθῆναι δίκας ὑπὲρ πατρῴων ἁμαρτημάτων, ὅτι καὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμαρμαι. Πολλὰς ᾽ μέντοι κατ᾽ αὐτὸ προῤῥήσεις ἡμᾶς ἐδίφαξε. πρῶτον μὲν, ὅτι εἷς ἔστι νομοθέτης τῶν ἢ δ'ο Διαθηκῶν “ εἶτα τῆς ποοτέρας Διαθήκης τὸ ἀτελὲς\" οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐδεήθημεν \"\" τῆς δευτέρας, τῆς προτέρας ἀρκούσης \" πρὸς τούτοις, ὅτι ὁ μονογενὴς τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγος τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν ἡμῖν ἀγαθῶν χορηγὸς ἐγένετο᾽ αὑτὸς τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἢλευθέρωσε τῆς Δἴνυπτίων δουλείας. Αὐτὸς τοιγαροῦν, καὶ τῷ Μωσῇ δια. λεγόμενος ἔφη“ « Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὦν. » Καὶ ἑκανὸς ὁ λόγος, οὐ μόνον τὴν Ἰουδαίων διελέγξαι παρανομίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν αἱρετικὴν βλασφημίαν γυμνῶσαι.","t":"\"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah a new covenant; not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not abide in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.\" In this way, he says, it is impossible for the children to be punished for their fathers' sins, since also the fathers … He has taught us many things at once by this prediction: first, that the lawgiver of the two covenants is one; then, the imperfection of the former covenant, for we would not have needed the second if the first had sufficed; besides this, that the only-begotten Word of God became for us the supplier of the good things of the gospel. He himself freed Israel from the slavery of the Egyptians; he himself, therefore, speaking with Moses, said: \"I am He who is.\" And the passage is enough not only to refute the lawlessness of the Jews but also to lay bare the heretics' blasphemy.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.33":{"o":"λγ΄. Ὅτι \" αὕτη ἡ Διαϑήκη, ἣν διαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ ᾿Ισραὴ.λ καὶ \" τῷ οἴκῳ ᾿Ιούδα, μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκχδίνας, φησὶ \" Κύριος\" Διδοὺς γόμους μου ἐπὶ \" διανοίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ \"' τοῦ στήθους τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν γράψω αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἕσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς Θεὸν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς “ωόν. Τοῦτο δι᾽ αὐτῶν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πραγμάτων ἔδειξε. Τοὺς γὰρ ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἀναγαγὼν, οὐ πλάκας αὐτοῖς ἔδωκε λιθίνας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ταῖς Β καρδίαις αὐτῶν τοὺς θείους ἐνέγραψε νόμους, καὶ τοὺς μβαχαρισμοὺς προσνήνοεχε τοῖς ἐργάταις τῆς ἀρετῆς.","t":"\"For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah after those days, says the Lord: giving my laws into their minds, I will also write them on the breast of their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.\" God has shown us this through the events themselves. For having led the holy apostles up the mountain, he did not give them tablets of stone, but wrote the divine laws on their hearts, and offered the beatitudes to the workers of virtue.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.33 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-33)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.34":{"o":"λδ΄, Καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἔτι 3\" ἔκαστος τὸν πιησίον 3 αὑτοῦ, καὶ ἔκαστος τὸν ἀδε.λρὸν αὐτοῦ, έγων\" Γνῶθι τὸν Κύριον \" ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσί με, ἀπὸ μικροῦ δ᾽ ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν. Τῶν δὲ ῥητῶν τούτων τὸ τέλος ὁ μέλλων δέξεται βίος. Ἔν ἐκείνῳ γὰρ οὐκέτι δεόμεθα τῆς παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων διδασκαλίας, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐνσργώς φαινομένων, καὶ τῶν παθῶν πεπαυμένων, καὶ τῶν μὲν σωμάτων ἀφθάρτων, τῶν δὲ ψυχῶν γενομένων ἀτρέπτων. Ἔθος δὲ τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ τὰς προφητείας ἀναμιγνύναι. Καὶ γὰρ τοῖς περὶ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας λόγοις συνάπτει τοὺς περὶ τῆς ἀναχλήσεως \" καὶ ὁ Κύριος δὲ ἐν τοῖ; ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις κατὰ ταὐτὸν τίθησι τοὺς περὶ τῆς Ἱεροῦσαλὴμ καὶ τοὺς περὶ τῆς συντελείας λόγους. ε Ὅτε Ὥλκως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀνομίαις 3 αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν 39 οὗ μὴ \" μνησθῶ ἔτι.» Τοῦτο τοῦ παναγίου βαπτίσματος δωρεῖται ἡ χάρις - μετὰ γὰρ δὴ ἄφεσιν, τῶν προτέρων ἁμαρτημάτων 3 οὐ μέμνηται. Μετὰ ταῦτα δείξας ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ἡλίου, καὶ σελήνης, καὶ ἀστέρων δημιουργὸς, καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸς προτἔταξε τὸν μὲν ποιεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν, τοὺς δὲ φωτίζειν τὴν νύκτα, καὶ ὡς αὐτοῦ νεύοντος κεκίνηται ἡ θάλασσα, καὶ γαλήνης ἀπολαύει, ἐπήγαγεν \"","t":"\"And they shall no longer teach, each his neighbour and each his brother, saying: Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them.\" The coming life will receive the fulfilment of these words. For in it we shall no longer need to be taught by one another, since things will appear plainly, the passions will have ceased, bodies will be incorruptible, and souls unchangeable. It is the custom of the divine Scripture to mix prophecies: it joins the words about the recall to the words about the captivity; and the Lord in the holy Gospels sets together the words about Jerusalem and the words about the consummation. \"For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.\" The grace of the all-holy baptism grants this; for after the forgiveness it does not remember the former sins. After this, having shown that he is the creator of the sun, moon, and stars, that he ordered the one to make the day and the others to light the night, and that the sea is stirred and enjoys calm at his nod, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.34 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-34)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.36":{"o":"λς΄. ὰν παύσωνται οἱ γόμοι οὗτοι ἐκ 3 προςὠπου μου \"5, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ τὸ γένος Ἰσραὶἴ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. Τούτοις παραθεῖναι δεῖ τὸ διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαῖου \"5 τοῦ προφήτου εἰρημένον\" « Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὡσεὶ \" ἄμμος τῆς θαλάπσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα σωθήσεται. » ᾿Αμφότεραι τοίνυν αἱ προφητείαι τὸ ἀληθὲς ἔχουσιν. « Οὐ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ, οὗτοι Ἰσραὴλ, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ τῷ Θεῷ πεπιστευκότες, καὶ τὸ σωτήριον δεξάμενοι χή- Ευγμα. » Ἔξ ὧν καὶ δι’ ὧν κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν οἴκουμένην ᾿Εκκλησία συνέστη. λζ᾽. Τάδε \" 1έγει Κύριος\" Ἑὰν \"5 ὑψωθῇ ὁ οὐραγὸς εἰς τὰ μετέωρα, καὶ \" ἐὰν ταπεινωθῇ ἡ γῆ εἰς τὸ ἔδαζος κάτω, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀποδοκιμῶ \" τὸν εἶκον Ἰσραὴλ. λέγει Κύριος\". Ὡς ἀδύνατον, φησὶ, ἢ ὑψηλότερον γενέσθαι τὸν οὐρανὸν, ἣ βαθυτέραν τὴν ἣν\" οὕτως ἀδύνατον παντελῶς ἀποῤῥιφῆναι τὸν Ἰσραήλ.","t":"\"If these ordinances cease from before me, says the Lord, [then] the race of Israel [shall also cease] all the days.\" Beside these words one must set what was said through Isaiah the prophet: \"If the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.\" Both prophecies, then, are true. \"For not all who are of Israel are Israel,\" but those who have believed God and received the saving proclamation; from whom and through whom the Church was established throughout the world. \"Thus says the Lord: If the heaven is raised to the heights, and if the earth is lowered to the ground beneath, then I will reject the house of Israel, says the Lord.\" As it is impossible, he says, for heaven to become higher or the earth deeper, so it is altogether impossible for Israel to be cast off.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.36 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-36)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.38":{"o":"λη΄. Ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, 1έγει Κύριος, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήσεται πόλις τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀπὸ 50 Ἄνα- Β τιὴῖ ἕως τῆς πύλης τῆς γωνίας. Ὃ Σύρος οὕτως λέγει\" ε ᾿Απὸ πύργου τῆς γωνίας ᾿Ανανιήλ. ν","t":"\"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and the city shall be built for the Lord from [the tower of] Hananel to the gate of the corner.\" The Syrian says this: \"From the tower of the corner, Hananel.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.38 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-38)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.39":{"o":"λθ΄, Καὶ 5\" διεξε.ἰεύσεται ἔτι Ἁ τὸ σχοινίον τῆς διαμετρήσεως αὑτῆς ἀπέναντι \"5\" αὐτῶν ἕως δ\" βουνοῦ Γωρήδ. Ὀνόματα λέγει τόπων τῶν κύκλῳ τῆς πόλεω:.ε Καὶ \"δ περιχυχλωθήσεται ἐξ ἐκλεκτῶν λίθων» τουτέστι, μεγάλων καὶ ἰσχυρῶν.","t":"\"And the measuring line shall still go out opposite them as far as the hill of Gareb.\" He gives the names of places around the city. \"And it shall be encircled with choice stones,\" that is, large and strong ones.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.40":{"o":"μ΄. Καὶ \"5 πᾶσαν τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν Φαγαρὶμ, καὶ ἕως χειμάῤῥου Κέδρων, ἕως \" τῆς γωνίας πύλης ἵππων ᾿Αγατοζῆς, ᾿Αγίασμα Κυρίῳ “5, Σπυδίων καλεῖ τὸν τόπον ἔνθα ἔῤῥιπτον τῶν θυσιῶν τὴν κόνιν \" φαγαρὶμ δὲ τοὺς τόπους τῶν θυομένων χρεῶν \" εἔρηχὼς δὲ ἄνω τὸν κύκλον τῆς πόλεως, ἐν τούτοις ἔδειξε τοῦ θείου νεὼ τὸν περίθολον, « Καὶ οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ ἐχτίλῃ 5“, καὶ οὐ μὴ καθαιρεθῇ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. Τὴν τούτων τῶν λόγων ἀμφιθολίαν ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν διέλυσε. « Πέρας γὰρ, ἔφη, λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνη καὶ βασιλείας τοῦ ἀνοιγοδομεῖσθαι καὶ χαταφυτεύεσθαι. ν Καὶ ἐὰν: στραφὲν τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο ποιήσῃ πονηρὰ, οὐ μὴ ἐπαγάγω ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἃ ἐλάλησα.","t":"\"And all the valley of the Phagarim, as far as the brook Kidron, as far as the corner of the horse gate toward the east, holiness to the Lord.\" He calls the place of ashes the spot where they threw out the ash of the sacrifices, and \"phagarim\" the places of the flesh of the victims. Having spoken above of the circuit of the city, in these words he showed the enclosure of the divine temple. \"And it shall no longer fail, and it shall not be pulled down for ever.\" He resolved the ambiguity of these words earlier: \"At last,\" he said, \"I will speak concerning nations and kingdoms, to build them up and to plant them; and if that nation turns and does evil, I will not bring on it the good things that I spoke of.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.40 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-40)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.6":{"o":"ς΄. Ὅτι ἔστιν ἡμέρα κλήσεως\" ἀπολογουμένου“ ἐν ὄρεσιν Ἑφραϊμ' Ἀγάστητε, καὶ ἀγαδῶμεν\" εἰς Σιὼν, πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν \".. Οὗτοι γὰρ, οἱ πάλαι ταῖς δαμάλεσι λατρεύοντες, ὑπὲρ τῶν προτέρων ἁμαρτημάτων ἀπολογήσονται, καὶ εἰς τὴν Σιὼν ᾿“δραμοῦνται, καὶ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν χυνήσουσι. Παρακελεύεται δὲ αὑτοῖς, τὸν μὲν θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖν μετ᾽ εὐφροσύνης, κατὰ δὲ τῶν “ξιτονενόντων ἐθνῶν μέγα φρονεῖν. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει \" τίσατε ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν. » Καὶ δηλώσατε διὰ τούτου τὴν θείαν ἐπικουρίαν, Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸν «ἧς ἐπανόδου καιρόν.","t":"\"For there is a day of calling of those who plead their defence on the mountains of Ephraim: Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.\" For these, who of old worshipped the heifers, will make their defence for their former sins, will run to Zion, and will worship the God of all. He bids them hymn God with gladness and hold their heads high against the neighbouring nations. For this is what he says: \"[Rejoice … and] shout over the head of the nations.\" And make known by this the divine help. He states also the time of the return.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31.8":{"o":"η΄. Συνγάξω γὰρ αὑτοὺς, φησὶν, ἐν ἑορτῇ Φασὲχ 5 ἀπ' ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. Τὸ δὲ Φασὲκ τὸ Πάσκα ἑρμηνεύεται τῇ Ἑλλάδι φωνῇ. Καὶ τὸ πλῆθο:; αὐτῶν σημαίνων “ « Ἐν\" αὐτοῖς, φησὶ, χωλὸς καὶ τυφλὸς, ἔγκυος καὶ τίκτουσα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκκλησία μεγάλη. ν Ἐν γὰρ ταῖς πολυανθρώποις πόλεσι πάντα ἔστιν εὑρεῖν τὰ ταιαῦτα. ᾿Αναμιμνήσκει δὲ καὶ τοῦ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας κλαυθμοῦ - καὶ προλέγει τῆς ἐπανόδου τὴν θυμηδίαν, καὶ τὰς κατὰ τὴν ὅδοιπορίαν ψυχαγωγίας. ε Ἐν παρακλήσει γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀνάξω αὐτοὺς, αὐλίζων “6 ἐπὶ διορυγὰς ὑδάτων, ἐν Ὁ ὁδῷ εὐθείᾳ,\" καὶ οὐ μὴ πλανηθῶσιν ἔτι \"5 ἐν αὐτῇ.» Καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς κηδεμονίας δεικνὺς ἐπήγαγεν ᾿\" «Ὅτι ἐγενόμην τῷ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς πατέρα, καὶ Ἐφραῖμ πρωτότοκός μού ἔστιν. ν Ἐφραῖμ οὗ τὸν τοῦ Ἰωτὴφ καλεῖ υἱὸν, ἀλλὰ τὰς δέκα φυλάς \" ἐν αὐταῖς δὲ ἦν Ῥουθὴν ὁ πρωτότοκος, καὶ Συμεὼν ὁ δεύτερος. Ἔκαλοῦντο ὃὲ Ἐφραΐμ αἱ δέκα φυλαὶ, ἐπειδὴ τὰ βασίλεια ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ τοῦ Ἐφραῖ, ᾧκοδόμητο, Καὶ καθάπερ νῦν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥωμαίων πόλεως: Ῥωμαῖοι πάντες ὀνομαζόμεθα\" οὕτως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐφραΐμ προύηγορξύοντο τηνικαῦτα αἱ δέκα φυλαί, Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι κηρυχθῆναι κελεύει, καὶ μηνυθῆναι πᾶσι τοῦ λαοῦ τὴν ἐπάνοδον \" ἐγένετο δὲ οὐ διὰ λόγων τὸ κήρυγμα, ἀλλ᾽ ἤκουον πάντες 5\", γεγωνότερον τῶν πραγμάτων βοώντων. Ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ καὶ γῆς εὖκαρπίαν, καὶ κτηνῶν πολυγονίαν, καὶ ψυχῆς “' εὐοἱδ', Μεθύσω τὴν ψυχὴν τῶν ἱερέων, τῶν υἱῶν Αευΐ, ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἀγαθῶν ἐμπλήσω παντοδαπῶν \" τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα. ε Καὶ ὁ λαός μου τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐμπλησθήσεται, φησὶ Κύριος. ν»","t":"\"For I will gather them,\" he says, \"at the feast of Phasek from the end of the earth.\" Phasek is rendered Pascha in the Greek tongue. And indicating their multitude: \"Among them,\" he says, \"the lame and the blind, the woman with child and the woman giving birth, together a great assembly.\" For in populous cities all such people are to be found. He recalls also the weeping of the captivity, and foretells the joy of the return and the comforts along the road: \"For with consolation,\" he says, \"I will lead them up, making them camp by channels of water, on a straight road, and they shall no longer go astray on it.\" And showing the cause of his care, he added: \"For I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.\" By Ephraim he does not mean Joseph's son but the ten tribes; among them was Reuben the firstborn, and Simeon the second. The ten tribes were called Ephraim because the palace had been built in Ephraim's lot. And just as we are all now called Romans from the city of Rome, so the ten tribes were then named from Ephraim. He commands these things to be proclaimed among the nations too, and the people's return to be announced to all. The proclamation did not come through words: all heard it, because the events cried out more loudly. He promises also the fruitfulness of the land, the increase of cattle, and gladness of soul. \"I will make drunk the soul of the priests, the sons of Levi,\" that is, I will fill them with good things of every kind; what follows shows this too: \"And my people shall be filled with my good things, says the Lord.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 31.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/31-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.1":{"o":"“ Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν ἐπηγγείλατο ταῦτα \" ἐπειδὴ δὲ κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐλύττησαν, καὶ καθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν τὴν δίκην ἐκίνησαν, ἐντεῦθεν ἐφ᾽ ἑτέραν μεταδαίνει προφητείαν, ἧς ἐδέξατο τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἐν τῷ δεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆς Σεδεκίου βασιλείας. Οὗτος ὃὲ ἦν τρεμίαν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ δεκάτῳ Σεδεκίου βατιλέως Ἰούδα “ οὗτος ἐνιαυτὸς ὀχτωχαιδέκατος τῷ Ναθου» βασιλεῖ Βαδυχῶνος. ᾿Επολιορχεῖτο δὲ ὑφ᾽ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τόνδε τὸν καιρὸν ἢ πόλις\" ὁ δὲ προφήτης δεσμωτήριον ᾧκει, ἐμδεθληχότος αὐτὸν Σεδεκίου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐπειδήπερ τῆς πόλεως τὴν ἅλωσιν προηγόρευσε, καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τὸν ἀνδραποδισμόν. Διὰ τοῦτο δ᾽ φησὶ, «ε τὸ δεσμωτήριον ᾧκει. » Προτάττεται δὲ ὅμως ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρίασθαι τὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἀγρόν\" «ε Σοὶ \" γὰρ, φησὶν, ἢ ἀγορασία προσκει, ὡς πελάζοντι κατὰ τὴν συγγένειαν. » ᾿Αφίκετο δὲ πρός με καὶ ὁ τοῦτον ἀποδοδόμενος, καὶ ἐπριάμην ὡς προσετάχθην, καὶ τὴν περὶ τούτου συγγραφὴν ἐδεξάμην, πάντων παρόντων, τοῦ τε ἀποδομένου καὶ τῶν μεμαρτυρηχότων. Ταύτην δέδωκε τῷ Βαροὺχ, τὸν Θεὸν εἰρηκὼς προστεταχέναι ἐν ἀγγείῳ Β τοῦτο τεθεῖναι ὀστρακίνῳ, ὥστε εἰς πολλὰς διαρκέσαι ἡμέρας. Τοῦτο δὲ γενέσθαι προσέταξεν ὁ Θεὸς. καὶ δι᾽ αὑτῶν πείθων τὸν λαὸν τῶν πραγμάτων, ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἐκ τῆς αἰχμῷωσίας ἀναχληθήσονται, καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν γῆν ἀπολήψονται. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ προφήτῆς ἔφη\"","t":"So here too he promised these things; but since they raged against our God and Saviour, and set the penalty in motion against themselves, [the promise did not stand]. From here he passes to another prophecy, which he received in action in the tenth year of Zedekiah's reign. This was [the word that came to] Jeremiah \"in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah; this is the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.\" At that time the city was being besieged by him, and the prophet was living in prison, King Zedekiah having thrown him in because he had foretold the capture of the city and the enslavement of the king and the people. For this reason, he says, \"he lived in the prison.\" Nevertheless God commands him to buy his kinsman's field: \"For the purchase belongs to you,\" he says, \"as the nearest by kinship.\" And the one selling it came to me, and I bought it as I had been commanded, and received the deed for it in the presence of all, both the seller and the witnesses. He gave this to Baruch, saying that God had commanded it to be put in an earthen vessel so that it might last many days. God ordered this to be done, persuading the people through the events themselves that they would truly be recalled from captivity and recover their ancestral land. For the prophet said this too:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.10":{"o":"ι΄. Ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος παντοχράτωρ\" ὅ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ' Ἔτι κτηθήσονται οἰκίαι, καὶ ἀγροὶ, καὶ ἀμπελῶνες ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ. Τούτων δὲ οὕτω; γεγενημένων, ἱκετείαν ἐγὼ, φησὶ, προσενήνοχα τῷ Δεσπότῃ, ταῦτα λέγων ὅτι, Οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς εἶ δημιουργὸς, καὶ πάντα ἐφορᾷς, καὶ οὐδέν σε λέληθεν, οὔτε τῶν παρόντων, οὔτε τῶν ἐσομένων \" ἔχεις δὲ καὶ ἐλέου θησαυροὺς ἀμετρήτους, εἰσπράττῃ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων εὐθύνας. Εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ παῖδες τὴν τῶν πατέρων πονηρίαν μιμήσαιντο, μείζους αὐτοῖς τιμωρίας ἐπάγεις, ὡς τοῖς πατρῴοις μὴ παιδευθέντας κακοῖς. Καὶ ἕτερα δὲ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα προστεθειχὰν, καὶ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ γεγενημένων μνημονεύσας μάτων, καὶ τῶν μετὰ τὴν ἐκεῖθεν ἀπαλλαγὴν παρᾶ» σχεθεισῶν δωρεῶν, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τῆς τῶν εὐεργετῆ\" θέντων ἀχαριστίαξ, πυνθάνεται, τί δῇ ποτε τῶν ποκαὶ τῶν ἔνδον ὑπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ καὶ λοιμοῦ φθειρομένων, ἀγρόν μοι προσέταξας πρίασθαι, καὶ τὴν περὶ τούτου λαθεῖν συγγραφὴν, ἀναστάτου γιγνομένης τῆς πόλεως; Πρὸς ταῦτά 49 φησιν ὁ Θεός \" χξ, ᾿Εγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πάσης σαρκός \" μὴ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ κρυθήσεται 15 πᾶς.1όγος 1; ᾽Ὃ πάντων, }) φησὶ, δημιουργὸς καὶ Δεσπότης, ἀγνοΐ σαί τι δύναται τῶν γιγνομένων;","t":"\"For thus says the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet be bought in this land.\" When these things had been done, I offered a supplication, he says, to the Master, saying: You are the creator of heaven and earth; you oversee all things, and nothing escapes you, whether present or to come; you have immeasurable treasures of mercy, and yet you exact account for sins; and if children imitate the wickedness of their fathers, you bring greater punishments on them, since they were not taught by their fathers' misfortunes. And having added many other such things, recalled the [signs and wonders] that happened in Egypt and the gifts given after the deliverance from there, and also the ingratitude of those who received the benefits, he asks why ever, [when the city is besieged by the enemy] and those inside are perishing by famine and pestilence, you commanded me to buy a field and take the deed for it, when the city is being laid waste. To this God says: \"I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; shall any word be hidden from me?\" I who am the creator and Master of all, he says, can I be ignorant of anything that happens?","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.28":{"o":"χη'. Διὰ1\" τοῦτο τάδε έγει Κύριος \" παραδιδομένη παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας Χαλδαίων, καὶ εἰς χεῖρας Ναδουχοδονόσορ βασι- Δέως Βαδυιῶγνος, καὶ λήψεται αὐτήν. Εἶτα λέγει ὅπως εἰσελθόντες ἐμπρήσουσιν αὐτὴν, καὶ οἰκίας ἐν αἷς ἔθυον τῇ Βάαλ, καὶ ἔσπενδον σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἐτέροις. Ἐλέγχει καὶ τὸν τῶν γιγνομένων σκοπὸν, ει Πρὸς τὸ παραπιχράναι με. ν Παραδίδωμι δὲ, φησὶ, τὴν πόλιν διὰ τὴν τῶν οἰκητόρων παρανομίαν. ᾿Αεὶ γάρ μὲ παροξύναντες διετέλεσαν, ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἡμέρας ῳκοδόμησα αὐτὴν, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἐδοχίμασα -ἀπαλλάξαι αὑτὴν ἀπὸ προσώπου μον, περὶ πάσης τῆς κακίας τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ νἰῶν Ἰούδα. ᾿θμοθυμαδὸν γὰρ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες, καὶ οἱ τὰ ψευδῆ προφητεύοντες, σὺν παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ἐπέστρεψαν ἐπὶ ἐμὲ νῶτον, καὶ οὐ πρόπωπον \" ἐμὲ γὰρ καταλιπόντες, τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἐλάτρευον. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Ἐζεχιὴ), ὡς τὰ νῶτα τῷ ναῷ διδόντες, προσεκύνουν τὸν ἥλιον “ ἐγὼ δὲ, φησὶν, οὐ διέλιπον διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ἐχπαιδεύων αὐτοὺς τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Αὐτοῖς δὲ οὐκ ἀπέχρητεν ἣ ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις ἀσέδεια, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ ἀφιερωμένῳ μος οἴκῳ ἔστησαν τὰ τῶν Β","t":"\"Therefore thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be handed over into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.\" Then he says how they will enter and burn it, together with the houses in which they sacrificed to Baal and poured libations to other gods. He exposes also the aim of what they did: \"so as to embitter me.\" I hand the city over, he says, because of the lawlessness of its inhabitants. For they have continually provoked me from the day I built it until this day. For this reason I have decided to remove it from my presence, for all the wickedness of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah. For with one accord the kings, the priests, the rulers, and those who prophesy falsehoods, with all the people, turned their back to me and not their face; for they abandoned me and served the idols. The blessed Ezekiel also teaches that they turned their backs to the temple and worshipped the sun. I, he says, did not cease to instruct them in the truth through the prophets. But the ungodliness in their houses was not enough for them; in my very consecrated house they set up the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.28 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-28)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.35":{"o":"λε΄, Καὶ φχοδόμησων τοὺς βωμοὺς τῇ 13 ἐν φάραγγι υἱοῦ Εννὼμ, πύργους\" τοὺς ἐν Γέδ. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς τὸ Θαφὲθ εἰδώλου ἣν ὄνομα. Τὸ γὰρ Βάαιϊ γενικὸν ὄνομα τῶν εἰδώλων \" λέγει δὲ, ὅτι ἐν τούτοι: τοῖς τόποις τὴν κατὰ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων ἐτόλμων μιαιφονίαν. « Διὰ 1ὅ τοῦτο, φησὶ, παραδέδωκα τὴν πόλιν ταύτην λιμῷ, καὶ λοιμῷ, καὶ σφαγῇ, καὶ δουλεΐχ. ν» ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως τοῖς ἀνδραποδιζομένοις μετὰ τὸν ὡρισμένον χρόνον ἐλευθερίας ιεταδώσω. καὶ εἰς τὴν πατρῴαν ἐπανάξω γῆν, καὶ τῆς προτέρας αὐτοὺς ἀξιώσω κηδεμονίας. Τὸ δέ\"","t":"\"And they built the altars to [Baal], those in the valley of the son of Ennom …\" From here too it is clear that Thapheth was the name of an idol; for \"Baal\" is a general name for the idols. He says that in these places they dared to murder their sons and daughters. \"Therefore,\" he says, \"I have handed this city over to famine, pestilence, sword, and slavery.\" Yet to those who are enslaved I will grant freedom after the appointed time, bring them back to their ancestral land, and count them worthy of my former care. And the words","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.35 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-35)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.39":{"o":"λθ΄. Καὶ δώσω αὑτοῖς καρδίαν 15 ἑτέραν, καὶ ὁδὸν ἑτέραν, ὥστε 17 φοξεῖσθαί με πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, οὕτω νοητέον, ὅτι διὰ τῆς παιδείας, καὶ διὰ τῆς μετὰ ταῦτα ἐλευθερίας,-γνώσονταί με μόνον ὄντα θεὸν, καὶ τῆς προτέρας ἀπαλλαγήσονται πλάνης.","t":"\"And I will give them another heart and another way, so that they fear me all the days\" must be understood thus: through the discipline, and through the freedom that follows it, they will know that I alone am God, and will be freed from their former error.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32.40":{"o":"μ΄. Καὶ διαθήσομαι αὐτοῖς διαθήκην αἰώγιον ἴδ, ἣν 1 οὐκ ἀποστρέψω ὄπισθεν αὑτῶν. \"Ἔτυχον ἂν καὶ ταύτης τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, εἴπερ ἠθέλησαν “ αὐτοὶ ὃὲ ἀποστάντες τῆς χάριτος ἐγυμνώθησαν. “Ταῦτα ὃξ, καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια, διὰ πλειόνων εἰπὼν, ἐπἤγαγε \" αΥ΄, μδ΄. Καὶ 5 χτηθήσογται \"\" ἀγροὶ ἐν τῇ ἡ σὺ Λέγεις ὅτι ἄδθατός ἐστιν ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν, καὶ παραδοθήσεται ἐν χειρὶ Χαλδαίων. Καὶ χτήσονται ἀϊροὺς ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, καὶ γραφήσονται ἐν βιδιίῳ, καὶ σφραγισθήσεται. Ταῦτα πρὸς τὴν πεῦσιν ἀπεχρίνατο τοῦ προφήτου \" διδάσχρν ὡς τούτου χάριν αὑτῷ 5\" προσέταξε πρίασθαι τὸν ἀγρὺν, ἵνα καὶ διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων δείξῃ τῆς προφητείας τὸ ἀληθές. « Ὠνήσονται γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀγρούς\" καὶ ἐν γῇ Βενιαμὴν, καὶ κυκλόθεν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν Ἰούδα, καὶ. ἐν πόλεσι τοῦ ὅρους, καὶ ἐν πόλεσι τῆς Σεφιλὰ δὸὶ καὶ ἐν πόλεσι τῆς Ναγέδ\" γ, Σεφιλὰ τὴν πεδιάδα καλεῖ- Ναγὲδ τὴν","t":"\"And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will not turn away from behind them.\" They would have obtained this promise too, had they been willing; but they fell away from grace and were stripped of it. Having said these and similar things at greater length, he added: \"And fields shall be bought in the land of which you say that it is untrodden by man and beast and shall be handed over into the hand of the Chaldeans. And they shall buy fields for silver, and it shall be written in a book and sealed.\" This was his answer to the prophet's question, teaching that it was for this reason that he commanded him to buy the field: so as to show the truth of the prophecy through the events too. \"For they shall buy fields,\" he says, \"in the land of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Sephela, and in the cities of the Nageb.\" He calls the plain Sephela, and Nageb the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 32.40 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/32-40)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33.15":{"o":"ιε΄ 38. Ἔν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείγαις, καὶ ὃν τῷ χαιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀγατελῦὦ κέρας τῷ Δαξὶδ, «1ὴν\" δικαίαν\" καὶ ποιήσει κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσί- ΨῊΥ ἐν τῇ γῇ. Καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, ὡς τυπικῶς μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζοροθάδελ ταῦτα τετύχηκε πέρατος, ἀκριθῶς δὲ τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν ὁ Δεσπότης ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν. ς΄. ἘΥ τωῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις σωθήσεται \" Ἰουδαία, καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατασκηνώσει πεπειθυΐα\" καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομω ὃ κληθήσεται, Κύριος ς δικαιοσύνη ἡμῶν. Τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα καὶ ἐν τοῦ; πρόσθεν ἐντέθειχες, τῇ τῶν “ἙΘραίων αὐτὴν καλέσας φωνῇ Ἰωσεδέκ. ἐξ', Ὅτε τάδε.1έγει Κύριος\" Οὐκ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται\" τῷ Δαδὶδ ἀνὴρ καθήμενος ἐπὶ θρόνου οἴκου Ἰσραή.Δ. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης προσείρηγεν Ἰαχὼδ\" « Οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ἕως οὗ ἔλθῃ ὃ \"\" ἀπόκειται, καὶ αὐτὸς προσδοκία ἐθνῶν.» ᾿Αλλὰ μετὰ τὸν Ζοροδάδελ οὐκ ἴσμεν ἡγεμονεύσαντά τινα ἐκ τῆς ᾿Ιούδα φυλῆς. Εὑρίσκομεν δὲ ὅμως τὴν τῆς προ. φητείας ἀλήθειαν \" τῆς γὰρ βασιλικῆς καὶ τῆς ἱερατικῆς ἐπιμιξία ἐγένετο “ οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς ἦρχον ἕως Ἡρώδου τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἢ παροῦτα Ὁ Τροφητεία τοῖς περὶ τοῦ Δαδὶδ τὰ περὶ τῶν ἱερέων συνάπτει.","t":"\"In those days and at that time I will make a horn spring up for David, [a righteous one], and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.\" We have already said that in type these things reached their fulfilment in Zerubbabel, but the Master has taught us the truth of the prophecy exactly. \"In those days Judea shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell confidently; and this is the name by which he shall be called: The Lord our righteousness.\" He set down this name earlier too, calling it by the Hebrew word Josedek. \"For thus says the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.\" The patriarch Jacob also foretold this: \"A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a leader from his thighs, until there comes the one for whom it is laid up; and he is the expectation of the nations.\" But after Zerubbabel we know of no one from the tribe of Judah who ruled. Yet we find the truth of the prophecy: there was an intermingling of the royal and the priestly [tribes], and the priests ruled until Herod the foreigner. For this reason the present prophecy too joins what concerns the priests to what concerns David.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 33.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Περὶ 3\" τῶν ἱερέων, φησὶ, καὶ Λευϊτῶν, οὐκ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἀνὴρ ἐκ προσώπου μου ἄναφέρων ὁλοκαυτώματα, καὶ θυμιῶν δῶρον \"\", καὶ ποιῶν θυσίαν 3 πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. Καὶ ταύτης δὲ τῆς προφητείας ὁρῶμεν τὴν ἔχθατιν. Τῆς γὰρ Καινῆς Διαθήκης κατὰ τὴν θείαν δοθείσης ἐπαγγελίαν, ἐδόθη καὶ ἱερωσύνη κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ᾽ «αἱ οἱ ταύτης ἠξιωμένοι, τὴν λογικὴν θυσίαν ἐν. δελεχῶς προσφέρουσ: τῷ θεῷ. Εἶτα λέγει\" Ὡς ἀδύνατόν ἔστιν \" ἡμέραν νύκτα γενέσθαι, καὶ τὴν νύκτα ἐμέραν, οὕτως οὐκ οἷόν τε τὴν Δαδι:τιχὴν \"\" καταλυθῆναι βασιλείαν. Καὶ ταύτης δὲ τῆς προφητείας δῆλόν ἔστι 5\" τὸ τέλος \" ὁ γὰρ ἐκ Δαδὶδ κατὰ σάρκα Χριστὸς, οὐ τὸν κάτω θρόνου ἔχει\" ἀλλὰ, τῷ Πατρὶ συνεδρεύων, ἰθύνει τὰ σύμπαντα Καὶ μέντοι καὶ περὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευϊτῶν ταὐτὸ τοῦτο λέγει, ὡς τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τῇ Ψάμμῳ πῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ τούτων παραδληθέσεται γένος. Καὶ μαρτυρεῖ τοῖς λεγομένοις τὰ πράγματα. Ἄπασα γὰρ Ὑὴ καὶ θάλαττα πλέρεις \" ἀρχιερέων \", καὶ τῶν τὴν Λευϊτικὴν λειτουργίαν πληρούντων διακόνων. Εἰρηκὼς δὲ καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῶν δυσσεθῶν ὅτι τὰς δύο φυλὰς, ἃς ἐξελέξατο, τήν τε βασιλικὴν καὶ τὴν ἱερατικὴν, ἀπώσατο παντελῶς, ὑπέσχετο πάλιν ἅπερ ἤδη προείρηκεν ὃ.","t":"\"Of the priests,\" he says, \"and Levites there shall not be cut off a man from before me offering whole burnt offerings, burning incense as a gift, and making sacrifice all the days.\" We see the outcome of this prophecy too. For when the New Covenant was given according to the divine promise, a priesthood was given as well, according to the order of Melchizedek; and those counted worthy of it continually offer the rational sacrifice to God. Then he says: as it is impossible for day to become night and night day, so the Davidic kingdom cannot be dissolved. Of this prophecy too the fulfilment is clear: for Christ, who is from David according to the flesh, does not hold the throne below, but sitting with the Father governs all things. And he says the same about the priests and the Levites, that their race will be compared to the host of heaven and the sand of the sea. And the facts bear witness to what is said: every land and sea is full of high priests and of deacons who fulfil the Levitical ministry. Having mentioned also what the ungodly said, that he had utterly rejected the two tribes he had chosen, the royal and the priestly, he again promised what he had said before.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 33.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33.3":{"o":"Εἶτα πάλιν ἑτέραν ἀποκάλυψιν, ἔτι τὸ δετμωτήριον οἰκῶν, ὁ προφήτης ὁρᾷ. Καί φησι πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός - ᾿ γ΄. Κάλεσον \"\" πρός με, καὶ ἑπακούσομαί σου, καὶ ἀναγγελῶ σοι μεγάλα καὶ ἰσχυρὰ, ἃ οὐκ ἔγνως. Καὶ δείξας τὴν πολιορκίαν, προλέγει καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν.","t":"Then again the prophet, still living in the prison, sees another revelation; and God says to him: \"Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you did not know.\" And having shown the siege, he foretells the freedom as well.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 33.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33.6":{"o":"ς΄. Ἰδοὺ 3\" γὰρ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν συνούλωσιν καὶ ἴαμα, καὶ ἰατρεύσω αὐτούς. Ἢ συκύλωσις τὴν τελείαν ἴασινϑ5 δηλοῖ, Εἶτα διδάσκει ὅπως τὴν ἐπάνοδον ὁρῶντα τὰ ἔθνη ὑμνήσει τῆς ἐλευθε- Β ρίας τὸν χορηγόν \" καὶ οἱ μὲν καλοκἁγαθίᾳ συζῶντες, θαυμάσουσιν \" οἱ δὲ πονηρίαν ἀσπαζόμενοι πιχρανθήσονται, ὁρῶντες ἐν εὐπραξίᾳ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τὰς θείας ἑορτὰς ἐπιτελουμένας συνήθως.","t":"\"For behold, I bring upon it a healing-over and a cure, and I will heal them.\" \"Healing-over\" signifies complete healing. Then he teaches how the nations, seeing the return, will hymn the giver of freedom: those who live in goodness will marvel, while those who embrace wickedness will be embittered at seeing the city prospering and the divine feasts celebrated as before.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 33.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/33-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34.1":{"o":"Οὕτω ταύτην συμπεράνας τὴν προφητείαν, ἐφ᾽ ἑτέραν μεταθαίνει\" - καὶ τῶν πολεμίων προσκαθημένων, εἰπεῖν κελεύεται Σεδεχίᾳ τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ὅτι ᾿Αλώσεται ἡ πόλις, καὶ ἐμπρησθήσεται \" καί σε λαδόντες τῷ Βαδυλωνίων προσάξουσι βασιλεῖ - ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν θάνατον διαφεύξῃ, αἰχμάλωτος δὲ ἀπαχθεὶς, τὴν ἀλλοτρίαν οἰκήσεις, καὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ δέξῃ τοῦ βίου τὸ πέρας, καὶ τῶν νομιζομένων παρὰ τῶν προσηκόντῶν ἀξιωθήσῃ. Καὶ ταῦτα, φησὶν, εἶπον τῷ βασιλεῖ, σ τῶν πολεμίων οὐ μόνον τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ὑπολοίπους τῆς Ἰουδαίας πόλεις πολιορχούντων. Ταύτῃ δὲ συνάπτει τῇ \" προφητείᾳ καὶ ἑτέραν, ταύτὴν ἔχουσαν τὴν διάνοιαν \" Ὁ 5 Σεδεκίας προσέταξε κατὰ τὸν θεῖον νόμον ἐλευθέρους ἀφεθῆναι τοὺς ἝἙἝἭ δραίους 1 οἰκέτας \" ὁ γὰρ νόμος σαφῶς διηγόρευσεν, ἕξ μὲν ἔτη τούτους δουλεῦσαι, τῷ δὲ ἑδδόμῳ ἔτει τῆς ἐλευθερίας τυχεῖν. Ὑπακούσαντες δὲ ἅπαντες, καὶ τὴν\" ἐλευθερίαν μεταδόντες, πάλιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν προτέραν εἴλκυσαν δουλείαν, κακῇ μεταμελείᾳ χρησάμενοι. ᾿Αγανακτήσας τοίνυν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ἀναμιμνήσκει μὲν τῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δουλείας, καὶ τῆς γεγενημένης ἐλευθερίας, καὶ τῆς μετὰ ταῦτα δεδομένης\" νομοθεσίας \" ἐπιμέμφεται δὲ, ὡς ἀγαπήσασι μὲν τοῦ νόμου τὴν φυλακὴν, μεταμεληθεῖσι δὲ,","t":"Having thus concluded this prophecy, he passes to another. While the enemy were besieging the city, he is ordered to tell King Zedekiah that the city will be taken and burned; \"and they will take you and bring you to the king of the Babylonians. But you will escape death; carried off as a captive you will live in a foreign land, and you will end your life in peace and be granted the customary rites by your kin.\" And I said these things to the king, he says, [when] the enemy were besieging not only Jerusalem but also the remaining cities of Judea. To this prophecy he joins another, with the following sense. Zedekiah ordered the Hebrew servants to be set free according to the divine law; for the law clearly prescribed that they should serve six years and obtain freedom in the seventh year. All obeyed and gave them their freedom, but then, with a wicked change of mind, dragged them back into their former slavery. The God of all, therefore, being indignant, reminds them of the slavery in Egypt, of the freedom that came, and of the legislation given afterwards; and he blames them for having loved the keeping of the law and then repented of it,","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 34.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34.15":{"o":"ιε΄. ᾿Επιστρέψαντες λ\" γὰρ, φησὶ, ποιῆσαι τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, τοῦ καμέσαι ἄφεσιν ἔκαστον τοῦ πλησίον αὑτοῦ\" καὶ συνετελέσατε\"\" διαθήκην κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ οὗ ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ. Ἔνδον γὰρ ἐν οἴχιμ, ἐμοῦ παρόντος τὰς συν-θήκας ποιησάμενοι τῆς ἀφέσεως, παραυτίκα ταύτας παρέδησαν. Ἕπειδὴ τοίνυν οὐκ ἐδουλήθητε ποιήσασθαι τὴν ἄφεσιν \" « Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καλῶ ὑμῖν ἄφεσιν, φησὶ Κύριος, εἰς τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ εἰς τὴν θάνατον, καὶ εἰς τὸν λιμόν. Καὶ δώσω ὑμᾶς εἰς διασπορὰγ πάσαις ταῖς βατιλείαις τῆς γῆς. ν Ἐλέγχει δὲ καὶ τὴν του ὄρκου παράδασιν.","t":"\"For you turned,\" he says, \"to do what is right in my eyes, to proclaim release, each to his neighbour; and you made a covenant before me in the house over which my name is called.\" For you made the covenants of release inside my house, in my presence, and at once transgressed them. Since, then, you were not willing to make the release, \"behold, I proclaim a release for you, says the Lord, to the sword, and to death, and to famine; and I will make you a scattering to all the kingdoms of the earth.\" He exposes also the breaking of the oath.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 34.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34.18":{"o":"ιη΄, 16’, Καὶ δώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς παρεληιϊυθότας τὴν διαθήκην μου, τοὺς μὴ στή. σαντάς τοὺς \"5 όγους τῆς διαθήκης μου ἣν ἐποίησαν κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου, τὸν μόσχον ἣν ἐποίησαν \"\" εἰς \" δύο, καὶ διῆκϊθον διὰ μέσου τῶν διχοτομημάτων αὐτοῦ, τοὺς 5 ἄρχοντας Ιούδα, καὶ τοὺς ὄρχοντας Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τοὺς Ὦ δυνατοὺς, καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς, καὶ πάντα τὸν αὸν τῆς γῆς, τοὺς διελθόντας ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτο- “μάτων τοῦ μόσχου. Οὕτως εἰώθεισαν ὀμνύναι κατὰ τὸ παλαιόν. ᾿Αμέλει καὶ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς πρὸς τὸν ᾿Αδραὰμ. τὰς συνθήκας ποιούμενος, χριὸν τριετῇ, καὶ μόσχον, καὶ τράγον, ὁμοχρόνους κελεύσας, καὶ τὰ τμήματα ἀντιπρόσωπα πυρὸς, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων πεποίηκε διελθεῖν, κατὰ τὸ κρατοῦν ἔθος τὰς πρὸς αὐτὸν συνθήκας ποιούμενος “ τοῦτο καὶ οὗτοι δεδράκασι, τὰς περὶ τῆς ἐλευθερίας τῶν Ἑόδραίων οἰκετῶν ἐπαγγελίας ποιούμενοι, καὶ ὄρκῳ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ϑεδαιῶσαι βουλόμενοι :\" ἀλλὰ τοῦτον παραυτίκα παρέθησαν. Διάτοι τοῦτο ἀπειλεῖ παραδώσειν αὐτοὺς τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐπιθήσειν τὸν τῆς δουλείας ζυγόν· καὶ τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν βορὰν τοῖς θηρίοις προθήσειν.","t":"\"And I will give the men who transgressed my covenant, who did not keep the words of my covenant which they made before me, the calf which they made into two and passed between its halves: the rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the powerful, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the halves of the calf.\" This was how they used to swear in ancient times. Indeed the God of all too, when he made a covenant with Abraham, ordered a three-year-old ram, calf, and goat, all of the same age, with the pieces set facing each other, and made fire pass between the halves, making his covenant with him according to the prevailing custom. These men too did this, making promises about the freedom of the Hebrew servants and wishing to confirm the freedom with an oath; but they transgressed it at once. Therefore he threatens to hand them over to their enemies, to put the yoke of slavery on the king and the rulers, and to set out their bodies as food for the wild beasts.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 34.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/34-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/35.1":{"o":"ἀναμιμνήσκει προῤῥήσεως. Ἔν γὰρ ταῖ; ἡμέραις Ἰωακεὶμ, υἱοῦ Ἰωσίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα, τοὺς νἱοὺς Ῥηχὰό εἰς τὸν θεῖον ναὸν 15 εἰσχγαγεῖν προσετάχθη, καὶ ἐν μιᾷ τῶν αὐλῶν οἴνον τούτοις προσενεγκεῖν. Ἐγὼ ὃὲ, φησὶ, τὸ προσταχθὲν πεπλέρωχα, καὶ κεράμια οἴνου πλήρη προτεθειχὼς, παρηγγύων πιεῖν. ἈΑντίλεγον δὲ ἐκεῖνοι, λέγοντες\" Οὐ μὴ πίωμεν\" εἷνον- ὅτι ᾿Ιωναδὰθδ υἱὸς Ῥηχὰξ, ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν\", εἰπών\" Οὗ μὴ πίητε οἵνον\" ὑμεῖς, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν, ξως τοῦ αἰῶνος. (ζ.) Καὶ οἰκίας οὐ μὴ οἱκοδομ'σητε\"ἢἬ Ἔ καὶ σπέρμα μὴ σπείρητε, καὶ ἀμπειιϊῶνας \"8 μὴ φυτεύσητε, μηδὲ ἔστω ὑμῖν \" ἀ.1.᾽ ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικήσετε \" πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὑμῶν \" ὅπως ζήσητε ἡμέρας πο.11ὰς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐφ᾽ ἧς ὑμεῖς διατρίδετε ἐπ᾿ αὑτῆς. Τούτων δὲ, φησὶν. ἡ εῖς τῶν λόγων ἀκούσαντες, τὰς πατρῴας ἐφυλάξαμεν ἐντολὰς, σὺν ταῖς γυναιξὶ καὶ τοῖς υἱέτ' \" καὶ οὔτε οἰκίας ἐδειμάμεθα, οὔτε γεωργίας ἐπεμελήθημεν \" ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Α σκηναῖς οἰκοῦντες μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος διετελέσαμεν \" νῦν δὲ τῶν Βαδωλωνίων ἐπελθόντων, εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καταφυγεῖν ἐναγχάσθημεν. θαυμάσαι δὲ ἄξιον καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς τὴν νομοθεσίαν, καὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ τῶν ἀπογόνων τὴν εὐπείθειαν \" τὸν γὰρ ἀφρόντιδα καὶ ἀκτήμονα βίον ἠγάπησαν, καὶ τὸ πάντων παρασεως, τῆς θείας ἐλπίδος τὸ κατὰ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐξαρτήσαντες. Εἰ δὲ κατὰ τὸν τοῦ νόμου καιρὸν, ὃς οὐκ εἶχε τὴν τελειότητα, διὰ τὴν τῶν νομοθετουμένων ἀσθένειαν, τὴν ἄκραν οὗτοι φιλοσοφίαν ἢσπάσαντο, τίνες ἂν ἐγένοντο τὸν 3 εὐαγγελικὸν ἀκούσαντες νόμον: ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς κελεύει τῷ προφήτῃ, ἅπασιν εἰπεῖν τοῖς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοῦσιν, ὅτι υὗτοι μὲν τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς φυλάττοντες ἐντολὴν, πιεῖν οὖκ ἠθέλησαν οἶνον \" ὑμεῖς δὲ, καὶ προφητικὰς διδασκαλίας νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν δεχόμενοι, κατὰ ποὺς ἐμοὺς οὐ πολιτεύεσθε νόμους. Οὗ δὴ χάριν, ὑμῖν ἐπάξω παντοδαπὰς συμφορὰς, τοῖς δὲ τοῦ Ῥηχὰδ ἀπογόνοις, τὴν πατρῴαν φυλάξασιν ἐντολὴν, τὸ χάλλιίστον τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐπαγγέλλεται. ν","t":"… he recalls a prediction. In the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah he was commanded to bring the sons of Rechab into the divine temple and to offer them wine in one of the courts. I fulfilled the command, he says; I set out jars full of wine and urged them to drink. But they refused, saying: \"We will not drink wine; for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall not drink wine, you and your sons, for ever; and you shall not build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any; but you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days on the land on which you sojourn.\" Having heard these words, he says, we have kept our father's commands, with our wives and sons; we have neither built houses nor taken up farming, but have continued until now living in tents. But now that the Babylonians have come, we have been forced to take refuge in this city. Worthy of admiration are both the father's legislation and the obedience of his sons and descendants: they loved a life without cares and without possessions, and … hanging their own lot on the divine hope. If in the time of the law, which did not have perfection because of the weakness of those who received the law, these men embraced the highest philosophy, what would they have become had they heard the gospel law? But the God of all bids the prophet tell all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: These men, keeping their father's command, would not drink wine; but you, though you receive prophetic teaching night and day, do not live by my laws. For this reason I will bring on you calamities of every kind. To the descendants of Rechab, who kept their father's command, he promises the finest of good things.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 35.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/35-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/35.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Οὐ μὴ ἐκλείψει\", φησὶν, ἀνὴρ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ὠπὸν μου, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς γῆς. Ἰστέον μέντοι, ὡς ἅπας ἐκείνους φυλάττων τοὺς νόμους, υἱὸς … τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν ἐπακούσαντες νόμων.","t":"\"There shall not fail,\" he says, \"a man of the sons [of Jonadab, standing before] me all the days of the earth.\" One must know, however, that everyone who keeps those laws is a son [of Jonadab] … who have heard the gospel laws.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 35.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/35-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/36.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα λέγει, ὡς προσετάχθη πᾶσαν συγγράψαι τὴν προφητείαν. Κεφραλίδα 3 δὲ βιδλίου καλεῖ τὰ εἰλήματα, οἷς μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος φίλον Ἵουδαίοις χεχρῇαθαι. Εἰκὸς γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀχριδέστερον αὐτοὺς μεμαθηκότας τὰ ἀπειληθέντα κακὰ, διὰ τῆς μεταμελείας τῆς σωτηρίας τυχεῖν \" ποιεῖ δὲ τὺ προσταχθὲν ὁ προφήτης. Καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν, ὑπὸ τῆς ξίας ἐνεργούμενος χάριτος, προσέφερε τοὺς χρηαμούς \" ἔγραφε δὲ τούτους ὁ Βαρούχ. Καὶ ἐπειδήπερ εἰς τὸν θεῖον νεὼν εἰσελθεῖν ἐκωλύετο, (χαθεῖρχτο γὰρ,) τῷ Βαροὺχ παρεγγυᾷ ἀναγνῶναι τῷ λαῷ τὰ συγγεγραμμένα \" καὶ συχνοῦ διελθόντος χρόνον, δημοτελοῦς ἐπιτελουμένης νηστείας, ὁ Βαροὺχ ἀνέγνω πὴν προφητείαν \" εἷς δὲ τῶν ἀκουσάντων, εὐσεθέστερον κινηθεὶς, μηνύει τοῖ; ἄρχουσι τὰ ἠπειλημένα κακά\" οἱ δὲ τὸν Βαρουχ μετεστείλαντο, καὶ ἀναγνῶναι προσέταξαν, καὶ δέους ἐμπλησθέντες τὸν τούτων μαθεῖν ἐσπούδασαν συγγραφέα. Ὁ δὲ Βαροὺχ ἐδίδαξεν, ὡς Ἱερεμίας ὑπὸ «ἧς θείας ἐμπνεόμενος χάριτος ταῦτά μοι παρηγγύησε γράψαι. Οἱ δὲ ἄρχον τῆς τὸ βιδλίον ἔδοσαν τῷ βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ \" τῷ δὲ Βαροὺχ φυγεῖν παρηγγύησαν \" ἐμήνυσαν δὲ τὰ συγγεγραμμένα τῷ βασιλεῖ. Ὁ δὲ ἤγαγε μὲν τὸν γραμματέα, καὶ ἀναγνῶναι κελεύει. Δυσσεδὴς δὲ ὧν, καὶ ᾿ παράνομος, τὰς ἀναγινωσχομένας ἐκτέμνων σελίδας τῷ πυρὶ παρεδίδου τ\" διὰ γὰρ τὴν τοῦ χειμῶνος ὥραν κδ΄, Καὶ οὐκ ἐζήτησαν ᾿ὅ, φησὶ, τὸν Κύριον '\" τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν ὁ βασιμϊεὺς καὶ πάντες\" οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ, οἱ ἀκούσαντες πάντας τοὺς «1όγους τούτους. \"᾿Αλλ ὥσπερ τούτων τὴν πΐπαιαν ἐσχάτὴν ἀναλγησίαν \"\" κατηγορεῖ, οὕτως ἐπαινεῖ τὸν \"δ. Ὑπέθεντο γὰρ οὗτοι τῷ βασιλεῖ, μὴ \"5 χατσχαῦσαι τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν αὐτῶν. Οὐκ ἠρκέσθη δὲ τῇ παρανομίᾳ ὁ δυσσεύῃς βασιλεύς \" ἀλλὰ τὸν Βαροὺχ καὶ τὸν Ἱερεμίαν συλληφθῆναι προῦἐταξεν. Ὃ δὲ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τῷ “Ἱερεμίᾳ χελεύε: ἐν ἑτέρῳ βιθλίῳ τοὺς προτέρους λόγους συγγράψαι. Ὁ ὁ ὃὲ θεῖος νόμος μεμένηχὲν ἀδλαθής. Οὕτω καὶ τοῦ ληφθέντος σώματος πεπονθότος, ὁ Λόγος δ' μεμένηχεν ἀπαθής “ εἰπεῖν δὲ ἡ προφήτης καὶ τῷ Ἰωακεὶμ ἐκελεύσθη ταῦτα. κθ', λ΄. Τάδε 35 Λέγει Κύριος, Σὺ κατέκαυσας Βαδυϊῶγος, καὶ διαφθερεῖ τὴν γὴν ταύτην, καὶ ἀπ᾿ αὑτῆς ἄγθρωπος καὶ κτῆνος. Διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ἐπὶ ᾿Ιωακεὶμ βασιλέα ὃ ὦ Ἰούδα, Οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ καθήμενος ἐπὶ θρόνου Δαδὶδ, καὶ τὸ θνησιμαῖον αὑτοῦ ἔσται ἐῤῥιμμένον ἐν τῷ καύματι τῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἕν τῷ παγετῷ τῆς ᾿Αψευδὴς ἡ προφητεία, Εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰεχονίας ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τρεῖς μῆνας ἀπήχθη αἰχμάλωτος. ᾿Απειλεῖ δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ ὅδ τὸν ὅλεθρον, καὶ τῇ πόλει τὴν ἐρημέαν, καὶ τῷ λαῷ τὰ προῤῥηθέντα κακά. Πεπλήρωκε δὲ πάλιν τὸ προσταχθὲν ὁ προφήτης, καὶ γέγραφε πάλιν τὴν προφητείαν, τοῦ Βαροὺχ ὑπουργήσαντος. « Καὶ προσετέθησαν, φησὶν, ἔτι ἐν αὐτῷ λόγοι πλείονες ᾿' βασιλεὺς ἀκούσας τῶν ἀπειλῶν, πολλαπλασίως γενέσθαι ταύτας προσέταξεν ὁ Δεσπότης. Ἡμεῖς δὲ, παροι ι] πὴ ἀιοαας καλῶ, καὶ τὰς θείας δείσωμεν ἀπειλὰς, καὶ ταῖς ἀγαθαῖς πιστεύσωμεν ὑποσχέσεσιν, καὶ ἀξίως περιπατήσωμεν τῆς κλήσεως, ἧς ἐκλήθημεν, ἵνα καὶ τῶν ἀπειλῶν τὴν πεῖραν ἐχφύγωμεν, καὶ ὑπισχνουμένων ᾿ ἀπολαύσωμεν ἀγαθῶν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Ὁ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα πρέπει, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμὴν ","t":"After this he says that he was commanded to write down the whole prophecy. By \"the roll of a book\" he means the scrolls, which the Jews like to use to this day. For it is likely, he says, that having learned more exactly the evils threatened, they would obtain salvation through repentance. The prophet does what was commanded: he himself, moved by the divine grace, delivered the oracles, and Baruch wrote them down. And since he was prevented from entering the divine temple (for he was shut up), he urges Baruch to read to the people what had been written. After a considerable time, when a public fast was being held, Baruch read the prophecy. One of the hearers, moved by greater piety, reported the threatened evils to the rulers. They sent for Baruch and ordered him to read, and, filled with fear, were eager to learn who had written these things. Baruch explained that Jeremiah, inspired by the divine grace, had charged him to write them. The rulers gave the book to the royal scribe, urged Baruch to flee, and reported the contents to the king. He brought in the scribe and ordered him to read. But being ungodly and lawless, he cut off the pages as they were read and handed them to the fire; for because of the winter season … \"And they did not seek the Lord,\" he says, \"[nor tear] their garments, the king and all his servants who heard all these words.\" But just as he accuses their … and extreme insensibility, so he praises those who urged the king not to burn the book; and he did not listen to them. Nor was the ungodly king content with this lawlessness: he ordered Baruch and Jeremiah to be arrested. But the God of all commands Jeremiah to write the former words in another book; and the divine law remained unharmed. So too, when the body that was assumed suffered, the Word remained impassible. The prophet was ordered to tell Jehoiakim this as well: \"Thus says the Lord: You burned [this book, saying: Why have you written in it that the king of] Babylon [will surely come] and destroy this land, and man and beast will cease from it? Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one sitting on the throne of David, and his corpse shall be thrown out in the heat of the day and in the frost of the night.\" The prophecy is not false. For even though Jeconiah his son reigned, he was carried off captive after three months. He threatens destruction on him and his whole house, desolation on the city, and on the people the evils foretold. The prophet again fulfilled the command and wrote the prophecy again, with Baruch's help. \"And many more words,\" he says, \"were added to it\"; [for since] the king, on hearing the threats, [was not changed,] the Master ordered them to be multiplied. But let us … both fear the divine threats and believe the good promises, and walk worthily of the calling with which we were called, so that we may escape the experience of the threats and enjoy the good things promised, by the grace and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom glory befits the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 36.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/36-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/37.1":{"o":"Μέλλων ὁ θεσπέσιος προφήτης τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἅλωσιν ἐξηγεῖσθαι τῆς πόλεως, διδάσκει πρῶτον ποίαν ἄγων ἡλικέαν ἤρξατο τῆς βασιλείας ὁ Σεδεκίας, καὶ πόσον ἐδασίλευσε χρόνον \" καὶ ὅτι κατὰ τὸν τῆς πολιορκίας καιρὸν, τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς πόλεω; εἰρημένας ὑπὸ τοῦ προφήτου προῤῥήσεις μαθὼν, ἀποστείλας τινὰς παρεγχάλεσεν αὐτὸν τὰς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πρεσδείας προσενεγκεῖν τῷ Θεῷ ᾿ κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον δὲ τὸν καιρὸν οὐ δεσμωτήριον ᾧκει, ἀλλ᾽ ἀδεῶς ἐν τῇ πόλει διῆγε. Τῶν ὃὲ Βαδυλωνίων πολιορκούντων τὴν πόλιν, ἧκον εἰς ἐπικουρίαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων οἱ Αἰγύπτιο!, δηλονότι τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς συμμαχίαν αὐτοὺς καλέσαντος. Ἰοῦτο δὲ μαθόντες Χαλδαῖοι, τῆς πολιορκίας ἀπέστησαν. Ὃ τοίνυν Δεσπότης Θεὸς τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν εἰπεῖν παρηγγύησε τῷ προφήτῃ, μήτε τῇ ᾿πῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐπικουρίᾳ θαῤῥῆσαι, μήτε τῶν Χαλδαίων καταφρονῆσαι \" οἱ γὰρ Αἰγύπτιοι: χαταλήψονται τὴν ἐνεγχοῦσαν ὡς τάχιστα, καὶ οἱ Χαλδαΐοι πάλιν ἀναστρέψαντες, καὶ πολιορχήσουσι τὴν πόλιν, καὶ πυρὶ 33. παραδώσουσι. Καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς αὐτὸς κατ᾽ αὐτῶν τὴν ψῆφον ἐξήνεγκεν, ἐπιφέοε: καὶ ταῦτα\" ν. Ἀ.11᾽ ἐὰν πατάξητε πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τῶν Χαλδαίων τῶν πολεμούντων \" ὑμᾶς, καὶ καταἕκαστος ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ \" αὑτοῦ, οὗτοι ἀναστήσονται. καὶ κατακαύσουσι τὴν πόλιν ταύτην ἂν πυρί. Μὴ γὰρ δὴ νομίσητε τὴν τῶν Χαλδαίων ῥώμὴν \"5 περιγίγνεσθαι. ᾿Αρχοῦσι γὰρ εἰς ὑμετέραν πανολεθρίαν καὶ ὀλίγοι τραυματίαι, δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν καταλειφθέντες ἐν ταῖς σκηναῖς “ ἀσθενεῖς γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἡ ἁμαρτία πεποίηκεν. Εἶτα διδάσκει, ὡς ἀναχωχῆς τινος αὐτοῖς γενομένης διὰ τὴν τῶν Χαλδαίων ὑποχώρησιν, αὐτὸς μὲν πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους αὑτοῦ ἐξελὴλυθε, πρίασθαι ἄρτους βουλόμενος \" Σερουῖα \"5 δέ τις ὑποπτεύσας αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους πεφευγέναι, εἰσήγγειλε παρὰ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν\" οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες χαθεῖρξαν αὐτὸν, οὐκ εἰς τὴν δημοσίαν εἰρκτὴν, « ἐπεπλήρωτο \" γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐκείνη, » ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἰωνάθαν τοῦ γραμματέως \" συχνῶν δὲ σῶν ἡμερῶν, μεταπέμπεται μὲν αὐτὸν χρύθδην ὁ Σεδεκίας, καὶ ἔρεται, εἰ ἔστι λόγος παρὰ Κυρίου \" ὁ δὲ προφήτης αὐτῷ προλέγει τὴν ἅλωτιν \" μετὰ δὲ τὴν πρόῤῥησιν, αἰτιᾶται τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν γεγενημένην","t":"About to relate the events of the capture of the city, the inspired prophet first teaches at what age Zedekiah began to reign and how long he reigned; and that at the time of the siege, having learned the predictions the prophet had made against him and the city, he sent some men and asked him to offer intercession for him to God. At that time he was not living in prison but went about the city without fear. While the Babylonians were besieging the city, the Egyptians came to help the Jews, evidently because the king had called them into alliance. On learning this the Chaldeans withdrew from the siege. The Master God, then, charged the prophet to tell the king and the rulers neither to trust in the help of the Egyptians nor to despise the Chaldeans; for the Egyptians will very soon go back to the land that bore them, and the Chaldeans will return, besiege the city, and give it to the fire. And teaching that he himself had passed sentence on them, he adds this too: \"Even if you strike the whole force of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there are left [wounded men], each in his tent, these will rise up and burn this city with fire.\" Do not think that it is the strength of the Chaldeans that prevails. A few wounded men, left in the tents because of weakness, are enough for your utter destruction; for sin has made you weak. Then he teaches that when there was a respite for them through the withdrawal of the Chaldeans, he went out to his own people, wishing to buy bread. But one Serouias, suspecting that he was deserting to the enemy, denounced him to the rulers; and they, hearing it, shut him up, not in the public prison (\"for that was full,\" he says) but in the house of Jonathan the scribe. After many days Zedekiah sends for him secretly and asks whether there is a word from the Lord. The prophet foretells the capture to him; and after the prediction he complains of the [treatment] done to him","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 37.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/37-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/37.18":{"o":"ιη΄, τθ’, Τί γὰρ, φησὶν, ἠδίκησά σε\", καὶ τοὺς παῖδάς σου\", ὅτι ἐδώκατέ με εἷς τὸν οἶκον τῆς φυϊαχῆς; Καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ προρῆται ὑμῶν οἱ βασι.λεὺς Βαδυιϊῶνος ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ταὐύτην\"; Τῶν πραγμάτων, φησὶ, δειξαμένων \"' τὴν τῆς ἐμῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν, τῶν δὲ ὑμετέρων προφητῶν τὴν ψευδολογίαν, ἔδει κρίναι δικαίως, καὶ τοὺς ψευδομένους \" ἀπαιτῆσαι δίκας, οὐ τὸν τὰ ἀληθῇ προμηνύσαντα. Εἶτα παρακαλεῖ τῆς οἰκίας ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ γραμματέως. Ὃ δὲ Σεδεκίας ἐκεῖθεν μὲν αὑτὸν ἐξήγαγεν, εἰς δὲ τὸ δημόσιον αὑτὸν ἐξέπεμψε δεσμωτήριον, καὶ ἄρτον ἕνα καθ᾽ ἑχάττην","t":"\"What wrong have I done you,\" he says, \"or your servants, [or this people,] that you have put me in the house of the prison? And where are your prophets who [prophesied to you, saying: The] king of Babylon [shall not come] against you, against this land?\" Now that the events, he says, have shown the truth of my prophecy and the lying of your prophets, you ought to judge justly and exact punishment from the liars, not from the one who foretold the truth. Then he begs to be released from the scribe's house. Zedekiah brought him out of it, but sent him to the public prison, and [had] one loaf [given him] each day …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 37.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/37-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38.1":{"o":"κατὰ τῆς πόλεως γεγενημένας ὑπὸ τοῦ προφήτου προῤῥήσεις \" (ἔλεγε γὰρ τοὺς μὲν αὐτομολοῦντας πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους σωτηρίας ἀπολαύσεσθαι, τοὺς δέ γε τῆς πολιορκίας ἀνεχομένους ὀλέθρῳ παραδοθήσεσθαι), παροξύνουσι κατὰ τοῦ προφήτου τὸν βασιλέα, φήσαντες αὑτὸν χαυνοῦν τῶν πολεμεῖν \" δυναμένων τὴν προθυμίαν ταῖς τοιαύταις χρησμολογίαις. Ὁ δὲ ἀνόητος βασιλεὺς τοῖς εἰσαγγείλασι τὸν προφήτην ἐξέδωκεν \" οἱ δὲ τὴν ἐξουσίαν λαθόντες, ἐχρήσαντο κατ' αὐτοῦ τῷ θυμῷ, καὶ καθῆχαν αὐτὸν εἰς λάκκον δυσώδη βόρθορον ἔχοντα. Καὶ Ἰουδαίων μὲν οὐδεὶς ἐπ:χούρησε τῷ προφήτῃ, τοιαύτας ὑπὲρ τῶν θείων λογίων ἀπαιτουμένῳ \"' δίκας. ᾿Αὐδεμέλεχ δὲ ὁ εὐνοῦχος, ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ, ἐπιμέμφεται τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ μετὰ παῤῥησίας βοᾷ. (θ᾽.) ε Ἐπονηρεύσω \"\" ὡς \" ἐποίησας ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ λιμοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτι ἄρτοι ἕν τῇ πόλει. » Δεξάμενος δὲ τὸν ἔλεγχον ὁ Σεδεκίας τὸν ᾿Λόδεμέλεχ ὑπουργὸν ποιεῖται τῆς τοῦ προφήτου σωτηρίας. Ὁ δὲ συνεργοὺς ἑτέρους λαδὼν, καὶ παλαιὰ ῥάχη τῷ προφήτῃ ῥίψας, καὶ ταῦτα ταῖς μασχάλαις ὑπὸ τὸ σχοινίον θεῖναι κελεύσας ἀνείλχυσεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου Χερέθ 55, Χερὲθ δὲ τὸν λάκκον καλεῖ, ᾿Αναχθέντο δὲ αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ δεσμωτήριον οἰκοῦντα, πάλιν ὁ βασιλεὺς μετεπέμψατο, καὶ εἰσἦγαγε πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς \"δ τὴν οἰκίαν ᾿λσαλισαὴλ \"τὴν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. » Ὁ \"δ δὲ Σύρος τοῦτοε ἡρμήνευσεν\" ἀξιοῖ δὲ τὸν προφήτην θεῖον αὐτῷ μηνύσαι λόγον, καὶ τ᾽ ἀληθὲς μὴ κρύψαι. Ὁ δὲ Ὁ προφήτης φησίν᾽","t":"[Having heard] the predictions the prophet had made against the city (for he said that those who deserted to the Chaldeans would enjoy safety, while those who held out under the siege would be handed over to destruction), they provoke the king against the prophet, saying that by such oracles he was weakening the zeal of those able to fight. The foolish king handed the prophet over to his accusers; and they, having received the authority, vented their anger on him and let him down into a foul-smelling pit full of mud. Not one of the Jews came to the help of the prophet, who was paying such a penalty for the divine oracles. But Abdemelech the eunuch, an Ethiopian, rebukes the king and cries out with boldness: \"You have done evil in what you have done, in killing the man of God by famine, for there is no more bread in the city.\" Zedekiah accepted the rebuke and made Abdemelech the agent of the prophet's rescue. He took others to help him, threw old rags down to the prophet, told him to put them under his armpits beneath the rope, and drew him up out of the pit Chereth (he calls the pit Chereth). When he had been brought up and was living in the prison, the king sent for him again, and brought him to himself \"into the house of Asalisael, which is in the house of the Lord.\" The Syrian rendered this … He asks the prophet to tell him the divine word and not to hide the truth. And the prophet says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 38.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38.15":{"o":"ιε΄. ᾿Εὰν ἀναγγελῶ \"Κ» σοι, οὐκὶ θανατώσεις δ με; καὶ ἐὰν συμδουμλεύσω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἀκούσῃς μον. Καὶ γὰρ ὡς προφήτης ἔδει τὰ γενησόμενα, καὶ τὴν πεῖραν εἶχε διδάσκαλον. Τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως ὁμω» μοχότος ἣν μὴν “᾽ αὐτὸν μὴ παραδώσειν τοῖς δυσσεδέσιν 53, εἶπε πάλιν ιζ΄, ιη΄. Ἐὰν ἐξελθὼν ἐξέλθῃς πρὸς ἡγεμόνα βασεϊέως Βαδνιῶνος, ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ ἡ πό.ϊις αὕτη οὗ μὴ κατακαυθῇ ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ζήσεις σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου. Ἑὰν 5 δὲ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς σὺ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας βασιλέως Βαδυκῶγος, καὶ παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας Χαϊλδαίων, καὶ χατακαύσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν. Ταῦτα πολλάκις προεΐρηκεν \" ἀναγκαῖον δὲ ζητῆσαι, τί δήποτε ἐξιοῦσι μὲν ὑπισχνεῖται τὴν σωτηρίαν, μὴ ἐξιοῦσι δὲ τὸν ὄλεθρον ἀπειλεῖ. “Ὄρκους ὁ Σεδεκίας ἐδεδώκει τῷ Ναθουχοδονόσορ, ἡνίκα αὐτὸν προυδάλετο εἰς βασιλέα, ὡς τὸν φόρον τελέπει, καὶ εὔνοιαν περὶ τὸν χεχειροτονηχότα φυλάξει ὀλίγου δὲ χρόνον διελθόν-τος, παραθὰς τὰ συγχείΐμενα, οὔτε τὸν δασμὸν ἐτέλεσε, καὶ πρὸς Αἰγυπτίους κατέφυγεν. Ὁ Δεσπότης τοίνυν Θεὸς, ἐπειδὴ οὐ κατ᾽ εἰδώλων ἀψύχων τοὺς ὄρκους ἐποιήσατο, ἀλλὰ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Δημιουργοῦ, καὶ τούτους παραθδῆναι τετόλμηκεν, ἐξελθεῖν κελεύει πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους, καὶ ταύτῃ θεραπεῦσαι τὴν τῶν ὄρκων παράθασιν - ὁ μέντοι Σεδ:χίας τῷ προφήτῃ φησίν \" ε΄, Εγὼ «1όγον \"5 ἔχω τῶν Ἰουδαίων τῶν προσπεφευγότων πρὸς τοὺς Χαιϊδαίους, μὴ δώσειν μὲ εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, καὶ καταμωχήσονται μου. Δέδια, φησὶ, μὴ τοῖς αὐτομόλοις καταγέλαστος γένωμαι\" ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως πάλιν αὐτὸς “7 ὁ προφήτης προτρέπει, καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι προτφέρει τὴν ἀπειλήν. χϑ΄. Ἰδοὺ 5\" γὰρ, φησὶ, πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες, αἱ καταλειφθεῖσαι ἐν οἴκῳ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, ἐξάγογται πρὲς τοὺς ἄρχοντας βασιλείας γος, καὶ αὗται «.ἰέγουσιν 3. Ἡπάτησάν σε, καὶ ἠδυνήθησάν σοι ἄνδρες εἰρηνικοί σου, καὶ κατἐισχύσουσί 5. σου ἐν ὀλισθήματι ποδός 1\" σου. Δέδιας, φησὶ, μὴ τοῖς αὐτομόλοις 7\" ἐπίχαρτος γένη\" ὕψῃ μετὰ ταῦτα τῆς πόλεως ἁλούσης, ἐκ τῶν βχσι- “ε τῆς τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν ἀπάτης, καὶ λεγούσας, ὅτι Τούτων σο! γεγένηνται πρόξενοι οἱ τὴν εἰρήνην ὑποσχόμενοι, καὶ τῆς παρὰ σοῦ τιμῆς ἀπολαύσαντες, καὶ διὰ ταύτην σε τὴν αἰτίαν ἐκ τῶν θείων","t":"\"If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.\" For as a prophet he knew what would happen, and he had experience as his teacher too. When the king swore that he would not hand him over to the ungodly, he said again: \"If you go out to the commander of the king of Babylon, your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. But if you do not go out to the commanders of the king of Babylon, this city shall be handed over into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you shall not be saved from their hand.\" He has said this many times before; but one must ask why he promises safety to those who go out and threatens destruction on those who do not. Zedekiah had given oaths to Nebuchadnezzar when he made him king, that he would pay the tribute and keep faith with the one who had installed him. But after a short time he broke the agreement, did not pay the tribute, and fled for refuge to the Egyptians. The Master God, then, since he had sworn the oaths not by lifeless idols but by the very Creator of all, and had dared to break them, bids him go out to the Chaldeans and in this way heal the breaking of the oaths. Zedekiah, however, says to the prophet: \"I have regard for the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hands and they mock me.\" I am afraid, he says, of becoming a laughing-stock to the deserters. But the prophet urges him again, and sets the threat before him if he disobeys: \"For behold,\" he says, \"all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah are being brought out to the commanders of the king of Babylon, and they say: Your men of peace have deceived you and prevailed over you, and they will overpower you when your foot slips.\" You fear, he says, becoming a source of glee to the deserters; you will see afterwards, when the city is taken, [the women] from the palace [blaming you for following] the deceit of the false prophets and saying: Those who promised you peace and enjoyed honour from you have been the cause of these things for you, and for this reason [turned] you from the divine …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 38.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38.23":{"o":"κγ΄. Καὶ πάσας τὰς γυναῖκάς σου, καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐξάξουσι πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους. Καὶ ἡ πόλις δὲ, φησὶν, ἐμπρησθήσεται, καὶ σὺ δορυάλωτος ἀπλεσε. Τῷ μέντοι προφήτη παρηγγύησε, μηδενὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων μηνύσαι τὰ εἰρημένα εἰπεῖν δὲ, ὡς Ἦντι- Θόλησα τὸν βασιλέα, μὴ εἰς ἐχείνην μεταπέμψαι με τὴν χαλεπωτάτην εἰρκτήν. Εἶτα διηγεῖται, ὡς ἀφίχοντο 15, καὶ μαθεῖν ἐπειράθησαν τὰ εἰρημένα τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ὡς ἔπεισεν αὐτοὺς τὰ περὶ τοῦ δεσμω","t":"\"And all your wives and your children they will bring out to the Chaldeans.\" And the city, he says, will be burned, and you will go away a captive. He charged the prophet, however, to tell none of the rulers what had been said, but to say: I petitioned the king not to send me back to that most cruel prison. Then he relates how they came and tried to learn what had been said to the king, and how he persuaded them with the [story] of the prison …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 38.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/38-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/39.1":{"o":"Ἐντεῦθεν λοιπὸν τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἄλωσιν διηγεῖται, καὶ φησι τῷ μὲν ἐννάτῳ ἔτει \"5 τῆς Σεδεκίου βασιλείας τοὺς Βαδυλωνίους ἐπιστρατεῦσαι\" τῷ 75 δὲ ἐνδεκάτῳ ἕτει τοῦ Σεδεκίου, ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τετάρτῳ, ἐννάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, τὸ μὲν τεῖχος χαταθδληθῆναι, τοὺς δὲ πολεμίους ὁρμῆσαι κατὰ τῆς πόλεως. Τούτου 1 δὲ γενομένου, ἀπέδραμε Σεδεκίας, καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ σεμνυνόμενοι πάντες. Καταδιώξαντες δὲ οἱ Χαλδαῖοι ἔφθασαν αὐτὸν, καὶ συνέλαθον 15 παρὰ τὴν Ἱεριχὼ πόλιν. ᾿Αραθὸθ 19 δὲ Ἱεριχὼ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν τῆς 'ἱεριχὼ λέγει’ ε« ᾿Απήγαγον δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς Ῥεδλαθὰ 5 τῆς Ἐμάθ \"\".., Τελεῖ δὲ τοῦτο ὑπὸ τὴν \"Ἔμεσαν \"\" ὡς εἶναι δῆλον, ὅτι Ἐμὰθ ἐνταῦθα τὴν Ἔμεσαν καλεῖ. ε Καὶ ἐλάλησε μετ᾽ αὑτοῦ κρίματα. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, διήλεγξε τὴν τῶν ὄρκων παράθασιν, τὴν περὶ τὸν τε καὶ ἀχαριστίαν. Διελέγξας δὲ τὴν ἀδικίαν, ἐπιφέρε! τὴν τιμωρίαν \" καὶ πρῶτον μὲν, ὁρῶντος αὐτοῦ, χατασφάττει τοὺς παῖδας, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἐν τέλε: καὶ ἀξιωτάτους \" οὕτω δὲ αὐτὸν χολάσας τῇ τῶν ἀνιαρῶν θεωρίᾳ, τὸ βλέπειν ἀφείλετο. Διηγεῖται ὃὲ ὅπως καὶ τὰ βασίλεια, καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους οἴκους ἐνἐπρήσαν, καὶ τοὺς τῆς πόλεως περιθόλους κατέλυσαν᾽ τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ἐξηνδραπόδισε Ναθουζαρδὰν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τοῦ βασιλέως. Ὀλίγους δέ τινας πενίξ συζῶντας κατέλιπε, γεωργεῖν παραχελευσάμενο;'","t":"From here, then, he relates the events of the capture. He says that in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign the Babylonians marched against them, and that in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the wall was breached and the enemy rushed upon the city. When this happened Zedekiah fled, with all who prided themselves on their strength. The Chaldeans pursued him, overtook him, and seized him near the city of Jericho; by \"Araboth of Jericho\" he means the area west of Jericho. \"And they led him away to Reblatha of Emath.\" This is near Emesa, so that it is clear that here he calls Emesa Emath. \"And he spoke judgments with him\"; that is, he convicted him of breaking his oaths and of [his ingratitude] towards [his benefactor]. Having convicted him of injustice, he inflicts the punishment: first he slaughters his sons before his eyes, with all those in office and of highest rank; and having punished him in this way with the sight of these griefs, he took away his sight. He relates how they burned the palace and the other houses and pulled down the walls of the city; the rest Nabuzardan, the king's chief cook, carried off into slavery. He left a few who lived in poverty, and bade them farm.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 39.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/39-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/39.11":{"o":"τα’, τ6΄, Καὶ ἐνετείλατο 8 Ναδουχοδογόσορ βα- Δέγων\" Λάδε αὐτὸν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφῳθαϊμούς σοῦ θὲς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν, καὶ μὴ ποιήσῃς αὑτῷ μηδὲν κακόν\" ὅτι ἀ.11᾽ ἣ καθὼς ἐὰν ταϊήσῃ πρὸς σὲ, οὕτως ποιήσεις μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ. Ἠὔξησε τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων κατηγορίαν, καὶ Ναθουχοδονότορ ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ ᾿Αθδεμέλεχ ὁ Αἰθίοψ. ᾿Αλλόφυλοι γὰρ ὄντες τὸν προφήτην ἠδέσθησαν Ἰουδαῖοι ὃὲ προφητικοῖς λόγοις ἐντεθραμμένοι, οὔτε τοῖς θείοις προσέχειν ἐδουλήθησαν λόγοις, καὶ τοὺς προφήτας παντοδαπαῖς τιμωρίαις ὑπέθαλον. Πέρας μέντοι εἴληφεν ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπαγγελία. χειροτονήσας γὰρ τὸν προφήτην, ὑπἔσχετο ἄμαχον αὑτὸν δείξειν, καὶ στύλῳ σιδηρῷ, καὶ τείχει χαλκῷ ὅμοιον, ὅτι πολεμήσουσι μὲν αὑτὸν, οὐ περιγενήσονται δέ. Ὃ μέντοι Ναδουξαρδὰν, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τῶν ἀρχόντων συμμορία, μετεπέμψαντο τὸν Ἱερεμίαν ἐκ τῆς εἱρκτῆς, καὶ τῷ Γοδολίᾳ καν, ὃν ἄρχειν τῶν καταλειφθέντων ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαΐ προπέταξε. Συγγραφῆς ὃξ ὁ προφήτης ἠξίωσε καὶ τὰ περὶ τοῦ ᾿Αὐδεμέλεχ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ προῤῥηθέντα, καὶ τέλους δ᾽ τετυχηκότα, Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀτημέλητον, οὐδὲ “ἄμισθον παρ᾽ αὐτῷ\" τότε δὲ, φησὶν, ὑπέσχετο ὁ Θεὺς ταύτην εἰς κακὰ, καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθά\" καὶ \"5 ἔσον: ται κατὰ πρύσωπόν σου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. (ι᾽, ιη΄.) Καὶ σώσω σε ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, φησὶ Κύριος \" καὶ οὗ μὴ δώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, ὧν σὺ φοδῇ ἀπὸ προτώπου αὐτῶν. Ὅτι σώζων σώσω σε. καὶ ἐν ῥομταίᾳ οὐ μὴ πεσῇ 55. καὶ ἔσται σοι ἡ Ψυχή σου εἰς εὕρημα Κι, ὅτι ἐπεποίθεις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ \"δ, φησὶ Κύριος. « ᾽᾿Αληθῶς μακάριος, οὗ ὁ θεὸς Ἰαχὼδ βοηθὸς αὐτοῦ - καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν αὐτοῦ - » καὶ, « Μακάριος ὁ λαὸς οὗ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς 89 αὐτοῦ. » Τί γὰρ ὥνησε τὸν Σεδεκίαν ἡ βασιλεία; Τί δὲ παρέδλαψε τὸν ᾿Αδδεμέλεχ ἡ δουλεία; Ὁ μὲν γὰρ διὰ τὴν ἀσέδειαν ἐκεῖνα πέπον. θεν ἅπαντα\" ὁ δὲ διὰ τὴν εὐλάδειαν πεῖραν οὐκ ἔλαθε τῶν κακῶν.","t":"\"And Nebuchadnezzar [king of Babylon] gave orders [to Nabuzardan concerning Jeremiah], saying: Take him, and set your eyes on him, and do him no harm; but as he speaks to you, so do with him.\" Both Nebuchadnezzar the king and Abdemelech the Ethiopian increased the charge against the Jews. For they, though foreigners, respected the prophet; but the Jews, brought up on prophetic words, would neither heed the divine words and subjected the prophets to every kind of punishment. God's promise, however, received its fulfilment: for when he appointed the prophet he promised to show him invincible, like an iron pillar and a bronze wall, because they would fight against him but not prevail. Nabuzardan and the whole company of rulers sent for Jeremiah from the prison and [entrusted him] to Gedaliah, whom he appointed to rule those left in Judea. The prophet also thought worth recording what God had foretold about Abdemelech, which reached its fulfilment; for with him nothing is neglected or left unrewarded. At that time, he says, God promised: \"[Behold, I bring my words against] this [city] for evil and not for good, and they shall be before you on that day. And I will save you on that day, says the Lord, and I will not give you into the hands of the men of whom you are afraid. For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, and your life shall be to you as a prize, because you trusted in me, says the Lord.\" \"Truly blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God\"; and \"Blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.\" For what did his kingship profit Zedekiah? And what harm did slavery do Abdemelech? The one suffered all those things for his ungodliness; the other, for his piety, had no experience of evils.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 39.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/39-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.11":{"o":"ια΄, Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐροῦσι τῷ «λαῷ τούτῳ, καὶ τῇ ἹΙερουσαὴμ, ὡς\" πνεῦμα πιλαγήσεως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὁδὸς τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ ἰαοῦ μον οὐκ\" εἰς καθαρὺν, οὐδὲ εἰς ἅγιον». δ Περεῦμα δ» πληρώσεως ἀπὸ τούτων ἥξει μοι \"ἢ, Δι αὑτῆς, φησῖ, μαθήσονται τῆς πείρας, κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῶν συμφορῶν, ὡς πνεῦμα πλανήσεως ἦν τὸ διὰ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν φθεγγόμενον, οὐ καθαρᾶν, οὐδὲ ἅγιον, οὐδὲ πνεῦμα πληρώσεως, ἀντὶ τοῦ, οὗ συμπληρωτιχὸν τῆς Τριάδος\" ἀφ᾽ ὧν θέ μοι τὰ παρόντα κακά. ε Νῦν δὲ ἐγὼ λαλήτω κρίματά μου πρὸς αὑτούς.»Τουτέστιν \"5, “ἃς δικαίως αὐτοῖς ἐπάξω συμφοράς. Καὶ καταλέγει ταύτας, νεφέλῃ μὲν ἀπειχάξων καὶ καταιγίδι τὰ ἅρματα, ἀετοῖς δὲ τὴν τῶν ἵππων ὀξύτητα. Προλέγει καὶ τὸν ἐσόμενον θρῆνον \" « Θὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ὅτι ταλαιπωροῦμεν \"ἴ.» Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα συμθδουλεύει τῇ μεταμελείᾳ τὴν σω-","t":"11. \"At that time they will say to this people and to Jerusalem: A spirit of error in the wilderness; the way of the daughter of my people is not toward purity nor toward holiness.\" 12. \"A spirit of fullness will come to me from these.\" By experience itself, he says, they will learn, at the time of the calamities, that the spirit that spoke through the false prophets was a spirit of error, neither pure nor holy, nor a spirit of fullness, that is, not one that completes the Trinity; from which the present evils … \"But now I will speak my judgments to them.\" That is, the calamities that I will justly bring on them. And he lists them, likening the chariots to a cloud and a storm, and the swiftness of the horses to eagles. He foretells also the lament that will come: \"Woe to us, for we are wretched.\" And after this he counsels them to seek salvation through repentance …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.14":{"o":"ιδ', ἈπόπιλἪλυνε γὰρ, φησὶ, ἀπὸ κακίας τὴν καρδίαν σου, Ἱερουσαλὴμ \"5, ἵνα σωθῇς \" ἕως πότε ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν σοὶ διαλογισμοὶ \"\" πονηροί σου; Ἢ\" γὰρ τῶν λογισμῶν πονηρία τούτων σοι τῶν κακῶν γεγένηται πρόξενος.","t":"14. \"Wash your heart clean of wickedness, Jerusalem, that you may be saved; how long will your evil thoughts remain in you?\" For the wickedness of your thoughts has brought these evils upon you.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.15":{"o":"ιε΄, Διότε φωνὴ ἀνγαγγέλλοντος ἐκ Δὰν ἥξει, καὶ ἀκουσθήσεται πόγος ἐξ ἔρους “Ἐφραΐμ. Δὰν ἡ ὧν Πανεὰς ἐκαλεῖτο᾽ αὕτη ἦν τῆς Ἰσραηλίτιδος γῆς, καὶ μαρτυρεῖ τῶν Βασιλειῶν ἡ ἱστορία - ἀπὸ Δὰν καὶ ἕως Βηρσαδεέ\" ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ \"\", καὶ τὸ ὅρος τὸ Ἐφραῖμ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ διάκειται\" ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ὃ Βαδυλώνιος ἀποιήσατο τὴν. πορείαν. Καὶ μάρτυς οὗτός τε ὁ προφήτης, καὶ τῶν Βασιλειῶν ἡ τετάρτη\" λέγουσι δὲ ὡς τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους εἰς Ῥεθλαθὰ τῆς Ἔμὰθ ἀπήγαγον οἱ δ᾽ τοῦ Ναθουχοδονόσορ. Κώμῃ δέ ἐστιν ἡ Ῥεδλαθὰ τῆς νῦν χαλουμέγης Ἐμέσης δ᾽. ὡς εἶναι δῆλον, ὅτι Ἐμὰθ τὴν μεγάλην τὴν ἼἜμεσαν λέγει\" τὴν δὲ ἄλλην Ἐμὰθ, τὴν Ἐπιφάνειαν- οὕτω γὰρ καὶ μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος τῇ ἐπιχωρίῳ καλεῖται φωνῇ. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἐκεῖθεν ιτ΄, ιδ΄. Ἰδοὺ συστροφαὶ ἔρχονται ἐκ γῆς μωχρόθεν, καὶ ἔδωκαν ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδιι φωνὴν αὑτῶν. Ὡς φυμάσσοντες ἀγρὸν ἐγένοντο ἐπ᾽ αὖτὴν \"αὶ χυχιῖόθεν \"5. Ἀαθάπερ δ γὰρ, φησὶ, οἱ τὰ σπέρματα ἢ τὰς ἀμπέλους φυλάσσοντες, ἀχριδῶς … ιέναι κωλύουσιν \" οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. πο- Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ τῶν Βασιλειῶν ἡ τετάρτη, ὡς καὶ τεῖχος περιῳχοδόμησαν κύκλῳ ἀπὸ πετραπόδων λίθων, ὥστε μηδένᾳ διαδράναι τῶν ἐνοιχϑύντων. Ταῦτα δὲ πείσῃ, φησὶν, « Ὅτι ἐμοῦ \" ἡ μέλησας, λέγει Κύριος. » ιη. Αἱ ἐδοί σου καὶ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματά σου ἐποίησάν σοι ταῦτα\" αὕτη ἡ κακία σου, ὅτι πικρὰ, ὅτι ἥψατο ἕως τῆς καρδίας σου. Αξια ὧν Ταῦτα προειπὼν ὁ προφήτης ὑπὲρ ἐκείνων ὀδυνᾶται, καὶ ἀποδύρεται, καὶ λέγει τὴν δ κοιλίαν ἡλγηκέναι, καὶ τὰ τῆς καρδίας αἰσθητήρια \" καὶ “5 μιμεῖται μητέρα σπαρασδομένην \" ἐπὶ τέχνων ὀλέθρῳ. τ 4’, χ΄. Μαιμάσσει γάρ, φησὶν, ἡ ψυχή μου, σπαράσσεται 5 ἡ καρδία μου, οὐ σιωπήσομαι\" ὅτι φωνὴν» σάλπιγγος ἤκουσεν δ ἡ ψυχή μου, κραυγὴν πολέμου. Καὶ \"\" ταλαιπωρίων \"5, καὶ συγντρι;μὸν ἐπικαλεῖται \"3, Ταῦτα γὰρ ἣ σάλπιγξ στμα!. νει, ταῦτα προδηλοῖ τὰ κακά\" λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν γῆν ταλαιπωρῆσαι, καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν διαῤῥαγῆναι, καὶ τὰς δέῤῥεις διασπασθῆναι\" διὰ δὲ τούτων τῇς πόλεως αἰνίττεται τὴν κατάλυσιν. Ἐξηγεῖται καὶ τῶν φευγόντων τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ φησι\" χϑ΄. Διότι “ οἱ ἡγούμενοι τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔδεισαν, οἱ δ υἱοὶ ἄφρογές εἰσι, καὶ οὐ συνετοί. Καὶ ἵνα μὴ νομισθῶτιν ἄξιοι εἶναι συγγνώμης ὦ; ἄφρονες, εὐθὺς ἐπήγαγεν \" « Σοφοί εἶσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι, τὸ δὲ καλῶς “᾽, ποιῆσαι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν. ν Τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ τὸ παγχάλεπον, ὅτι εἰς οὐδὲν ἐχρήσαντο τῇ φρονήσει, καθάπερ οἱ μέθυσοι τῷ οἴνῳ, καὶ τῷ σιχγ-χκε, ᾿Επέδλεψα εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδοὺ οὗδέν 19 - καὶ εἷς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν τὰ φῶτα αὐτοῦ. Εἶδον τὰ ὄρη, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἦν τρέμοντα \" καὶ πάντας τοὺς βουνοὺς ταρασσομένους \". Ἔπἐδλεψα, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ \"5 ὑπῆρχεν ἄγθρωκπος, καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐραγοῦ ἑπτοεῖτο. Ταῦτα πάπχειν εἰώθασιν οἱ συμφοραῖς περιπίπτοντες \" οὔτε! γὰρ τὸ φῶς αὑτοῖς φῶς εἶναι δοκεῖ, οὔτε ἡ ἡμέρχ ἡμέρα, οὔτε τὰ ἐδέα ἡδέα. Πάντα 7\" εἰς τοὐναντίον κς!. Εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ Κάρμηιιος ξρημος, καὶ «αὔσαι αἱ πό.ϊεις ἐμκεπρησμέναι 1\" πυρὶ ἀπὸ προσ΄- Α ὠπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς 5 ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἠφανίσθησαν 1\". Εἰκὸς μὲν καὶ αὑτὸν δηωθῆ-. ναι τὸν Κάρμηλον, ἐν τῇ τῶν πολεμίων ἐφόδῳ \" ἐγὼ δὲ οἶμαι Κάρμηλον ἐνταῦθα τροπικῶς τὴν Ἱερουσαχὴμ ὀνομάξεσθαι, διὰ τὸ πλῖθος τῶν ἐνοικούντων.","t":"15. \"For the voice of one announcing will come from Dan, and trouble will be heard from mount Ephraim.\" Dan is the place that was called Paneas. It belonged to the land of Israel, as the history of the Kingdoms testifies: \"from Dan to Beersheba.\" It lies to the north of Jerusalem, as does mount Ephraim; and it was from there that the Babylonian made his march. Both this prophet and the fourth book of Kingdoms are witnesses: they say that the generals of Nebuchadnezzar led the captives away to Riblah in the land of Hamath. Riblah is a village of what is now called Emesa, so that it is clear that he calls Emesa \"Hamath the great\" and the other Hamath Epiphania; for so it is called to this day in the local language. Since, then, from there … 16–17. \"Behold, bands are coming from a far land, and they have uttered their voice against the cities of Judah. Like men guarding a field they have come against her round about.\" For just as those who guard seed or vineyards carefully … prevent people from going in, so these … Jerusalem. The prophet too teaches, and the fourth book of Kingdoms, that they also built a wall all around of stones four feet thick, so that none of the inhabitants might escape. You will suffer these things, he says, \"because you have neglected me, says the Lord.\" 18. \"Your ways and your practices have done these things to you; this is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has touched your very heart.\" Having foretold these things, the prophet grieves for them and laments, and says that his belly is in pain, and the senses of his heart; and he imitates a mother torn with grief at the destruction of her children. 19–20. \"For my soul is in turmoil,\" he says, \"my heart is torn; I will not keep silent, for my soul has heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of war. And it calls for miseries and ruin.\" For the trumpet signals these things; it foreshadows these evils. He says that the land was made wretched, the tent torn, and the curtains rent; and by these he hints at the destruction of the city. He describes also the multitude of those fleeing, and speaks in the person of God: 22. \"For the leaders of my people have not feared me; they are foolish sons, and not understanding.\" And so that they might not be thought to deserve pardon as fools, he at once added: \"They are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.\" This indeed is the most grievous thing: that they used their intelligence for nothing, as drunkards use wine, and … 23. \"I looked at the earth, and behold, it was nothing; and at the heaven, and its lights were not. 24. I saw the mountains, and behold, they were trembling, and all the hills shaking. 25. I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the heaven were terrified.\" This is what those who meet with calamities usually experience: neither does light seem light to them, nor day day, nor pleasant things pleasant. Everything … into its opposite. 26. \"I saw, and behold, Carmel was a desert, and all the cities were burned with fire from the face of the Lord, and from the face of his wrath they vanished.\" It is likely that Carmel itself was ravaged in the enemy's attack; but I think that here Jerusalem is figuratively named Carmel, because of the multitude of its inhabitants.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.2":{"o":"Οὕτω διδάξας αὐτοὺς δεηθῆνα!, ὑπισχνεῖται καὶ αὐτοῖς ἀπόλαυσιν ἀγαθῶν, εἰ λάδοιεν λήθην τῶν εἰξώλων (αὐτὰ γὰρ καλεῖ βδελύγματα), καὶ εἰς τὸν ὄντα θεὸν μεταθεῖεν τὸ σέδας\" ὡς καὶ τοὺς ὄρκους μηκέτι κατ᾽ εἰδώλων Ἶ᾽, ἀλλὰ κατ᾽ αὑτοῦ ποιεῖσθαι, ἀληθεύοντας καὶ οὐ ψευδομένους. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" αὶ β΄. ᾿Εὰν ὁμόντῃς, Ζῇ Κύριος, μετὰ ἀληθείας, ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἐν' διχαιοσύγῃ. Ἔν δὲ τοῖς \"5 ἱεροῖς \"5 Εὐαγγελίοις τὰ τούτων νενομσθέτηχε τελειότερα ᾿ « Ἐῤῥέθη γὰρ, φησὶ, τοῖς ἀρκαίοις, Οὐκ ἐπιορχὰσεις, ἀποδώπεις ὃὲ Κυρίῳ τοὺς ὄρκους συ. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως.» Ἰουδαίοι; δὲ, ὡς ἀσθενῶς διακειμένοις, παρακελεύεται κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὀμνύναι, ἵνα τῇ τοῦ ὄρκου συνηθείᾳ αὐτὸν μόνον προσκυνεῖν διδαχϑῶσιν - ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ, τούτων γινομένων, ὡς εὐλογήσουσιν ἂν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ αἰνέσουσι τῷ Θεῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ τούτων γὰρ εὐσεθούντων, πολλοὶ τῶν πλησιοχώρων μετεμάνθανον τὴν εὐσέδειαν. Ἐντεῦθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰούδα μεταφέρει τὸν λόγον, καί φῆσι\" ι ὙΝν Νεώσαξε \"7 ἑαυτοῖς νεώματα, καὶ μὴ σπείμνήμην. Ταῦτα 35 γὰρ ἀκάνθας καλεῖ, δ. Περιτμήθητε τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν. Εἴτα διδάσκει ὁποία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ περιτομή. « Καὶ περιτέμνεσθε \" τὴν δ ἀχροδυστίαν τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ἄνδρες Ἰούδα, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἱερουσαλήμ. » Σαφῶς ἐδίδαξεν ὡς ἢ φαινομένη περιτομὴ τύπος τῆς κεκρυμμένης, καὶ ὅτι τῆς ἔνδον οὔσης περιττὴ ἡ τοῦ σώματο;, Ἐντεῦθεν ὁρμώμενος ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος Ῥωμαίοις; γέγραφεν \" « Οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ, ἐν σαρκὶ, περιτομὴ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος, καὶ περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι, οὗ γράμματι, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ. ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ. » Ἤκουσε γὰρ «οὔ Θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος \" « Περιτμόθητε τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν, καὶ περιτέμνεσθε τὴν ἀχροδυστίαν τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ἄνδρες Ἰούδα, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἱερουσαλήμ. μήποτε 3 ἐξέλθῃ ὡς πῦρ ὁ θυμός μου, καὶ ἐχχαυθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σδέσων ἀπὸ προσώπου πονηρίας ἢ ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν. ν Ὑμεῖς γὰρ μόνοι δύνασθε σβέσαι μεταμελούμενοι\" ὑμῶν δὲ μεταμελείᾳ \" μὴ κεχρημένων, οὐδεὶς ἑκανὸς ἀπαλλάξαι τῆς τιμωρίας, Δεδιττόμενος δὲ αὐτοὺς παρακελεύεται εἰπεῖν τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ 3\" φυλῇ, ὥστε σαὶπίσαι, καὶ σημᾶνα: πᾶτ: τῶν πολεμίων τὴν προῦδιαφερόντως δὲ εἰς Σιὼν, ὡς ὀχυρωτέραν 5\" καὶ χατἐπείγει 35, λέγων \" ὃ","t":"Having thus taught them to pray, he promises them in turn the enjoyment of good things, if they forget the idols (these he calls abominations) and transfer their reverence to the God who is, so that they no longer swear their oaths by idols but by him, telling the truth and not lying. For this is what he says: 2. \"If you swear, As the Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and in righteousness.\" In the holy Gospels he has legislated what is more perfect than this: \"For it was said,\" he says, \"to those of old: You shall not swear falsely, but you shall render your oaths to the Lord. But I say to you, do not swear at all.\" But the Jews, as being weak, he bids swear by him, so that through the habit of the oath they might be taught to worship him alone. And he promises that, if this is done, nations will bless in him, and in him they will praise God in Jerusalem; for when these were pious, many of their neighbors learned piety in their turn. From here he turns his word from Israel to Judah, and says: 3. \"Break up fallow ground for yourselves, and do not sow …\" … remembrance. For he calls these thorns. 4. \"Be circumcised to your God.\" Then he teaches what kind of circumcision God's is: \"And circumcise the foreskin of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem.\" He has plainly taught that the visible circumcision is a type of the hidden one, and that when the inward one is present, that of the body is superfluous. Setting out from this, the divine apostle wrote to the Romans: \"For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward, in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; his praise is not from men but from God.\" For he had heard God saying through the prophet: \"Be circumcised to your God, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my anger go out like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the wickedness of your practices.\" For you alone are able to quench it by repenting; but if you do not make use of repentance, no one is able to free you from the punishment. To frighten them, he bids them tell Jerusalem and the whole tribe of Judah to sound the trumpet and signal to all the … of the enemies, … and especially into Zion, as the more strongly fortified … and he urges them on, saying:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.27":{"o":"κζ΄, Τάδε έγει Κύριος \" Ἔρημος ἔσται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ συντέλειαν δὲ οὗ μὴ ποιήσω. Πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τὴν 5 Παλαιστίνην λέγει \" ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ τὴν ἀνάκλησιν. Εἶτα παρακελεύεται\" χη. Ἐπὶ τούτοις πεγθείτω ἡ γῆ, συσκετασώτω ὁ οὐραγὸς ἄνωθεν, διότι ἐλάλησα. Συνἀδει 8 γὰρ ἡ κτίσις τῷ Ποιητῇ. « Παρατέταγμαι\", καὶ οὐ μετανοήσω. » Τὸ, ε Οὐ μετανοήσω, » ἀνθρωπίνως κέθειχεν \" ἀπαθὲς γὰρ τὸ Θεῖον \" ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἐδοχίμασα τιμωρήσασθαι. « Ὥρμησα \"5, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψω ἀπὶ αὐτῆς, » τουτέστι, τῆς ὁρμῆς. Διδάσκει δὲ \"2 «ἰς αὕτη\" ὅτι διὰ τὸ δέος τῶν τε ἑππέων καὶ τοξοτῶν εἰς φυγὴν ἐτρέποντο πάντες, καὶ οἱ μὲν εἰς τὰ ὅρη, οἱ δὲ εἷς τὰ ἄλση θαῤῥεῖν δ᾽ ἐπειράθησαν \" πολγὰ δὲ καὶ τὰς πόλεις καταλιπόντες, τὰς τῶν ὀρῶν χατέλαδον κορυφάς. Εἶτα πρὸς τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ γ΄. Καὶ σὺ, ἡ ταλαίπωρος \"δ, τί ποιήσεις; ᾿Αντὶ ποῦ, Ποῦ φεύξῃ; ποῖον χαταλήψῃ τόπον; « Ἐὰν περιδάλῃ κόκκινον, καὶ κοσμήσῃ κόσμῳ χρυσῷ δ » καὶ ἐὰν χρίσῃ στέδῃ \"5 τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, εἰς μάτὴν ἐγένετο ὁ ὡραῖσμός σου \" ἀπώσαντό σε οἱ ἐρασταί συ\" τὴν ψυχὴν σοῦ ζητοῦσιν.» Εἰώθεισαν ἐν ταῖς τῶν δαιμόνων ἑορταῖς χαλλωπίξεσθαι\" ἐχείνου αὖτοὺ; ἀναμιμνήσκει τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ διδάσκει ὡς ἀχερδῇ πάντα ἐκεῖνα καὶ ἐπιζήμια. Οὐδεμιᾶς γὰρ παρὰ τῶν δαιμόνων ἀπελαύσαντο συμμαχίας, μᾶλλον δὲ τούτων αὐτοῖς τῶν κακῶν γεγένηνται πρόξενοι.","t":"27. \"Thus says the Lord: The whole land will be desolate, but I will not make a full end.\" By the whole land he means Palestine; and he promises the recall. Then he commands: 28. \"For these things let the land mourn, and let the heaven above be darkened, because I have spoken.\" For creation sings in harmony with its Maker. \"I have set myself, and I will not repent.\" He has put \"I will not repent\" in human fashion, for the Divine is impassible; it means, \"I have decided to punish.\" \"I have rushed on, and I will not turn back from it,\" that is, from the onset. By this he teaches that out of fear of the horsemen and archers they all turned to flight, and some tried to find safety in the mountains, others in the groves; and many even left the cities and seized the tops of the mountains. Then to Jerusalem: 30. \"And you, wretched one, what will you do?\" That is: where will you flee? What place will you seize? \"If you clothe yourself in scarlet, and adorn yourself with golden ornament, and if you paint your eyes with antimony, your beautifying is in vain; your lovers have rejected you; they seek your life.\" They used to make themselves beautiful at the festivals of the demons. He reminds them of that adornment and teaches that all those things are unprofitable and harmful. For they received no help from the demons; rather, these became the cause of these evils for them.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.31":{"o":"λα'. Ὅτι φωνὴν ὡς ὠδιγούσης ἤκουσα \" τοὺς στεναγμούς ' σου, ὡς πρωτοτοχούσης. Παρέστησε διὰ τῆς εἰκόνος τῆς ὀδύνης τὸ μέτρον 30. « Οἵ μοι, ὅτι\" ἐχλείπε!: ἡ ψυχή μον ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνῃρημένοις ᾽\". ν» Νόμὴν θεῖον πληροῖ, « Κλαίειν μετὰ κλαιόντων,» καὶ τοῖς τῇ βίδλῳ, φυγεῖν μὲν τὴν τῶν δαιμόνων ἀπάτην, διὰ πάντων δὲ τὸν Θεὸν θεραπεῦσαι. Οὕτω γὰρ δυνησόμεθα, καὶ κατὰ τὸν παρόντα βίον τῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ προνοίας ἀπολαῦσαι, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐπιτυχεῖν ἀγαθῶν - χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ὁ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Ἠνεύματι δόξα, τιμὴ, καὶ κράτος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν. ","t":"31. \"For I heard a voice as of a woman in labor, your groaning as of one bearing her first child.\" Through the image he has set forth the measure of the pain. \"Woe is me, for my soul faints over those who have been slain.\" He fulfills a divine law, \"to weep with those who weep\"; and to those … this book … to flee the deceit of the demons and to serve God in all things. For so we shall be able both to enjoy his providence in the present life and to attain the good things to come, by the grace and love for humankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom to the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, be glory, honor, and power, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.6":{"o":"ς΄. Σπεύσατε, μὴ στῆτε, ὅτι κακὰ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ σιγντριδὴν μεγά.ϊην 35. Λέγει δὲ ταῦτα παραθολιχώτερον\" καὶ καλεῖ λέοντα τὸν Να- Θουχοδονόσορ, μάνδραν δὲ τὴν Βαθδυλῶνα \" ἐκεῖθεν δὲ τοῦτον ὁρμῶντα, καὶ τὰς πόλεις ἐμπρῆσαι, καὶ","t":"6. \"Hurry, do not stand still, for I am bringing evils from the north, and great destruction.\" He says this rather figuratively: he calls Nebuchadnezzar a lion and Babylon its lair, and says that he will set out from there and burn the cities, and …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4.8":{"o":"η΄. Τούτου δὴ χάριν, περιζώσασθε σάκκους, καὶ χόπτεσθε, καὶ ὀλολύξατε 5, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμὸς τῆς ὀργῆς Κυρίου 88 ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν. Προλέγει ἐὲ καὶ 83 τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως δειλίαν, τοῦ τε Ἰωαχεὶμν καὶ τοῦ Ἰεχωνίου μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον, καὶ τελευταίου τοῦ Σεδεκίου. Προλέγει καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ ἱερέων τὸ δέος, Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Δεσπότην ὁ προφὴ\" τῆς φησί\" ἰ. Ἀρά γε ἀπατῶν ἠπάτησας τὸν «ἰαὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ \" καὶ τὴν Ιερουσα.ἰὴμ, λέγων, Εἰρήνη ἔσται, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἥψατο ἡ μάχαιρα ἕως τῶ» ψυχῶν αὖτῶν \"\"; Ταῦτα οὐκ ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης ἔφη, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται εἰρήνην ὑπισχνοῦντο, τὶν εὺν ταύτην ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι λέγοντες, τὴν ἐχείνων Ὁ ἐλέγχων ψευδολογίαν, τούτοις τοῖς λόγοις ἐχρῆσατ\".","t":"8. \"For this reason gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from you.\" He foretells also the cowardice of the king — of Jehoiakim, and of Jeconiah after him, and last of Zedekiah. He foretells also the fear of the rulers and priests. And after this the prophet says to the Master: 10. \"Have you really deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There will be peace; and behold, the sword has reached to their very souls?\" The prophet did not say this as being true; but since the false prophets were promising peace, saying that God was promising it, he used these words to refute their lying.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 4.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/4-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/40.1":{"o":"Εἶτα διδάσκει ὁ προφήτης, τίνα πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Να- Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐχρημάτισε\" τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην, (γ.) Καὶ ἐπήγαγε \"\", καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος, καθὼς ἐλάλησεν, ὅτι ἡμαρτήχατε αὑτῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς αὖτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ὑμῖν, Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς ἐπ᾽ εὐεργεσίᾳ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν τὸν Ἱσραὴλ ὁ Θεὸς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐξελέξατο\" τά τε γὰρ δι᾽ αὐτοὺς γινόμενα 55 θαύματα χατέπληττεν ἅπαντας, καὶ σαφῶς ἐδίδασκεν, ὅτι ὁ τούτων Θεὸς μόνος ἀληθὴῆς Θεός - καὶ αὖ πάλιν, τὰ συμθαίΐίνοντα αὐτοῖς λυπηρὰ, τῆς μὲν αὐτῶν κατηγόρει \" παρανομίας, αὶ τοῦ δὲ Θεοῦ τὴν δικαίαν ἐκήρυττε ψῆφον, Αὐτίκα τοίνυν ἔφη Ναθουζαρδὰν, καὶ τούτους 3 δίκας ἀξίως 95 ξεδωχέναι, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν δίκαια δεδραχέναι. Εἶτα αἴρξτιν δίζωσι τῷ προφήτῃ, καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται μὲν τὴν ἐν Βαθυλῶνι θεραπείαν, εἰ ἐκείνης 57 τὴν οἴκησιν προέλοιτο᾽ ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ καὶ χαταλείψειν, εἰ τοῦτο προέλοιτο, καί φησιν\" Ἰδοὺ\" πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ἐναγτίον: σου\" ὅπου ἂν ἢ \" ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἀρεστόν\" σοι πορευθῆγαι, πορεύου. (ε'.) Καὶ \" πρὶν ἣ ἀπα,1 λαγῶ ἐγὼ, ἀπόῤῥιψραι Χάμ, υἱοῦ Σωξρὰν, ὃν' κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαξυδῶγος ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα, καὶ οἴκησογ' μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ αοῦ\" σου\" εἰ δὲ “ἢ, εἰς πάντα τὰ χαλὰ ἐν ὀφρθαιϊμοῖς σου πορευθῆναι δ, πορεύου. Αὐτοκράτωρ εἶ, φησὶν, ἔξω τῆς ἑμῆς ἐξουσίας τελεῖς, ὑπὸ τὴν θείαν εἴ δεσποτείαν, τὸ δοκοῦν σο!: πρᾶττς, Τούτοις καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις χρησάμενος λόγοις, καὶ πλεῖστα δῶρα δεδωχὺς, ἀπέλυσεν\" Εἶτα διηγεῖται ὁ προφήτης, ὡς τῶν ἀρχόντων οἱ ἀποτὰ κατὰ τὸν Γοδολίαν μεμαθηκότες, συνέδραμον πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ὡς ὄρκῳ αὐτοὺς ἔπεισεν ὁ οἱ Γοδολίας μηδὲν πείσεσθαι λυπηρὸν ὑπὸ τῶν Χαλτοὺς ἀπὸ γῆς συλλέξαι χαροἱ ποὺς, καὶ μετ᾽ εἰρήνης τῶν τῆς εἰρήνης ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύειν. Ἐπανῆλθον δὲ καὶ οἱ πρὸς Ἰδουμαίους, ἐπειδὴ τὸν Γοδολίαν ἔμαθον ἄρχοντα γεγενῆσθαι. Εἶτα διδάσκει ὡς ὁ Ἰωανὰν σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄρχουσιν ἐπιβουλήν τινα τυρενομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰσμαὴλ, ἐμήδὲ οὐκ ἔπεισαν, ὡς ἐζήτησε δὶ, κατασφάξαι τὸν Ἰσμαήλ\" ε« Μήποτε \" πατάξῃ\" ψυχὴν σου, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι οἱ συνηγμένοι πρὸς σὲ, καὶ ἀπολοῦνται οἱ ἐπίλοιποι Ἰουδαῖοι.» ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τούτων ἀκούσας 5 ὁ Γοδολίας ἠνέσχετο, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπαγορεύει τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν, συκοφαντίαν τὴν κατηγορίαν χαλῶν.","t":"Then the prophet teaches what Nabuzardan said to him: \"The Lord your God pronounced these evils against this city; and the Lord brought them and did as he had said, because you sinned against him and did not listen to his voice, and this thing has happened to you.\" From here too it is clear that God chose Israel from the beginning for the benefit of the other nations. For the wonders done for their sake amazed everyone and taught clearly that their God alone is the true God; and again, the painful things that befell them accused their lawlessness and proclaimed God's just sentence. So Nabuzardan at once said that these men had paid a deserved penalty and that God had acted justly. Then he gives the prophet a choice: he promises him care in Babylon if he prefers to live there, and undertakes to leave him behind if he prefers that, and says: \"Behold, the whole land is before you; wherever it is good and pleasing to you to go, go there. And before I depart, return to [Gedaliah son of Ahikam] son of Saphan, whom the king of Babylon has set over the land of Judah, and live with him among your people; or if not, go wherever it is good in your eyes to go.\" You are your own master, he says; you are outside my authority; you are under the divine rule; do what seems good to you. With these and similar words, and after giving him very many gifts, he let him go. Then the prophet relates how those of the rulers who had [escaped], learning about Gedaliah, ran to him; and how Gedaliah persuaded them by an oath that they would suffer nothing painful from the Chaldeans, [and urged them to gather] fruits from the land and to enjoy the good things of peace in peace. Those who had fled to the Idumaeans also returned, when they learned that Gedaliah had become ruler. Then he teaches how Johanan with the other rulers [disclosed] a plot being devised by Ishmael, [but] did not persuade him when he sought leave to kill Ishmael: \"Lest he strike your life, and all the Jews gathered to you be scattered, and the rest of the Jews perish.\" But Gedaliah would not listen even to this; he forbade the attempt and called the accusation a slander.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 40.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/40-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/41.1":{"o":"Ἑπτὰ δὲ διὲληλυθότων μηνῶν, ἀφίκετο πάλιν ὁ οἱ Ἰσμαήλ’ ἐκ δὲ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γένους ἐτύγχανεν ὧν, καὶ τραπέζης σὺν αὐτῷ κοινωνῆσας, ἀνεῖλε τὸν \"5 ἅπαντας, καὶ Χαλδαίους, καὶ Ἰουδαίους. Δυοῖν δὲ ε΄. Ἦλθον, φησὶν, ἄνδρες ἀπὸ Συχὲμ \", κὶ ἀπὸ Σαλὴμ, καὶ ἀπὸ Σαμαρείας, ὀγδοήκοντα εἰ μάννα \"\", καὶ λίθανος ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, τοῦ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. Τὴν Σαλὴμ Σιλὼμ καλεῖ, καὶ ὁ Ἑδραῖος, καὶ ὁ Σύρος. Διδάσκει δὲ, υἱ ὡς καὶ τούτους ἅπαντας ὁ Ἰσμαὴλ χατιηχόντισε, καὶ εἰς 3 φρέαρτὰ τούτων ἔῤῥιψε σώματα\" ἕτεροι δέ τινες ἐπισχεῖν τὴν σφαγὴν, θησαυροὺς αὐτῷ τινας τυ σειν ἐπαγγελλόμενοι ᾽\". Ταῦτα δὲ ἅπαντα δεδραχὼς, ἅπαντας ᾧχετο λαδὼν, καὶ πρὸς κατέφυγεν. Ὁ δὲ Ἰωανὰν 3 σὺν τοῖς ἃγ- ἄλλοις ἄρχουσι, τὰ γεγενημένα μαθὼν, πλῆθος σὺν\" αγαγὼν ἐπεστράτευσε ᾿ὁ τῷ Ἰσμαήλ᾽ οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ τῷ σαν τούτοις \" ὁ δὲ Ἰσμαὴλ σὺν ἀνδράσιν ὀκτὼ τὸς καὶ ταῦτα δὲ τοῖς δαίοις ἡ θ:ἰα ψῆφος προσέφερεν 1: Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐνότοὺς πολεμίους πεφευγέναι, ταῖς ἀλλήλων ὁ μέντοι Ἰωανὰν, τὸ πλῆθος τούτων \"5 συναγαγὼν, εἴς τινα κώμην τῇ Βηθλεὲμ πελάζουσαν παρεγένετο, εἰς Αἴγυπτον φυγεῖν βουλόμενος \" ἐδεδίει γὰρ τοὺς Χαλδαίους, διὰ τὴν τοῦ Γοδολίου σφαγήν. ","t":"When seven months had passed, Ishmael came again (he was of the royal family); and after sharing a table with him, he killed [Gedaliah and those with him], all of them, Chaldeans and Jews alike. Two [days later] … \"There came,\" he says, \"men from Shechem, from Salem, and from Samaria, eighty …, with manna and frankincense in their hands, to [bring them] to the house of the Lord.\" Salem is called Shiloh by both the Hebrew and the Syrian. He teaches that Ishmael shot all these down as well and threw their bodies into a well; but certain others … to stop the slaughter, promising to [show] him some treasures. Having done all this he went off, taking everyone with him, and fled to [the Ammonites]. Johanan with the other rulers, learning what had happened, gathered a crowd and marched against Ishmael; and those under [his power] … to them; but Ishmael with eight men … And the divine sentence brought these things too on them. … Johanan, however, gathering the multitude of these, came to a village near Bethlehem, wishing to flee to Egypt; for he feared the Chaldeans because of the murder of Gedaliah.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 41.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/41-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42.11":{"o":"ια΄, Μὴ φοδηθῆτε γὰρ, φησὶ, ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέως Βαδυῶνος, οὗ ὑμεῖς φοδεῖσθε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὑτοῦ \"\" ὅτι μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἶμι ἐγὼ, τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ σώζειν ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐὖτοῦ \"5, ᾿Ἐπαγγέλλεται δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν γεγενημένων αἰχμαλώτων ἀνάκλησιν. Εἰ δὲ τοῖς ἐμοῖς, φησὶν, ἀντιτείνητε 5 λόγοις, καὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον χαταλάθοιτε, “χὐτῃ \"\" διαφυγεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους πειρώμενοι, ἐκεῖ τοὺς πολεμίους οὺὃς δεδίττετε \"δ, πέμψω.","t":"\"Do not be afraid,\" he says, \"before the king of Babylon, whom you fear; for I am with you to deliver you and to save you from his hand.\" He promises also the recall of those who had become captives. But if you resist my words, he says, and go to Egypt, trying in this way to escape the enemy, there I will send the enemy whom you dread.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 42.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42.16":{"o":"ις΄. Ἔσται γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡ ῥομφαία, ἣν ὑμεῖς φοζεῖσθε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὑτῆς, ἐκεῖ\" εὑρήσει ὑμᾶς ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου\" καὶ \"1 ὁ Λιμὸς δὲ ποιῆσαι ὑμῖν. » Ἐκχθάλλει δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ δέος» ὃν περρίκατε, ἐν ἐκείνῃ ὑμῖν ἐπισκήψει τῇ γῇ. Καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ πλατύτερον εἰρηκὼς ἐπάγει καὶ ταῦτα\" τη. Καθὼς ἔσταξεν ὁ θυμός μου, καὶ ἡ ἐργή μου \" ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας “Ἱερουσαλήμ οὕτω στάξει ὁ θυμός μου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς εἰσελθόντων ὑμῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον\" καὶ ἔσεσθε εἰς ἄθατον, καὶ ὑποχείριοι, καὶ εἰς ἀρὰν, καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε ἔτι τὸν τόπον τοῦτον. ἝἜδειξεν, ὡς ἐνῆν ἀνθρώποις ἰδεῖν τὸ τῆς δυνάμεως μέγεθος. Τὰ γὰρ ἐπενεχθέντα Ἰουδαίοις κακὰ σταγόνας ἐκάλεσε τοῦ θυμοῦ, τουτέστι τῆς τιμωρητιχῆς ἐνεργείας. Εἶτα ὁ προφήτης, καὶ τῶν ὄρκων ἀναμιμνήσκει.","t":"\"For the sword,\" he says, \"which you fear will find you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine …\" … to do to you.\" He drives out their fear too: [the enemy] at whom you shudder will fall upon you in that land. Having said the same things more fully, he adds this as well: \"As my anger and my wrath dripped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my anger will drip upon you when you enter Egypt; and you shall become untrodden, and subject, and a curse, and a reproach, and you shall never again see this place.\" He showed the greatness of [God's] power as far as humans could see it: for he called the evils brought on the Jews drops of anger, that is, of his punishing activity. Then the prophet reminds them also of their oaths.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 42.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42.2":{"o":"Κοινῇ μέντοι πάντες, οἵ τε ἄρχοντες καὶ ὁ λαὸς, τὸν προφήτην ἱχετεύουσι, ταῦτα λέγοντες \" β΄, γ. Πεσέτω ὁ \" ἔλεος ἡμῶν κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ πρόσευξαι πρὸς Νύριον τὸν Θεόν σου περὶ τῶν καταλοίπων τούτων, ὅτι κατελείφθημεν πουσὶιν ἡμᾶς. Καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω ἡμῖν Κύριος ὁ ϑεύς σου τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν \" πορευσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ 1λόγον ὃν ποιήσωμεν δ. ᾿Ἀντιθολοῦσι μὲν ὀρθῶς, καὶ μαθεῖν τὸ πρακτέον ἐπιθυμοῦσιν. ᾿Απειθοῦσι δὲ συνήθως, καὶ τοῖς θείοις ἀντιλέγουσι νόμοις\" ὁ δέ γε προφήτης καὶ ἀντιδολήσειν ὑπισχνεῖται, καὶ μηνύσειν δ᾽ τὰ κελευόμενα \" οἱ δὲ εἰς ἅπαντα εἴξειν ὑπέσχοντο, καὶ ὄρκῳ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ἐχύρωσαν.","t":"All together, however, the rulers and the people, beseech the prophet, saying: \"Let our plea for mercy fall before you, and pray to the Lord your God for this remnant, for we have been left [few out of many, as your eyes] see us. And let the Lord your God tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing we should do.\" They entreat rightly and desire to learn what must be done; but, as usual, they disobey and contradict the divine laws. The prophet promises to intercede and to tell them what is commanded; and they promised to yield in everything, and confirmed the promise with an oath.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 42.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42.20":{"o":"χ΄, Ὑμεῖς \" γὰρ͵ ἀπεστεί.λατέ μὲ πρὸς Κύριον Β τὸ» Θεὸν ὑμῶν, «“έγοντες \" Πρόσευξαι περὶ ἡμῶν, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἂν «αλήσῃ Κύριος ὁ Θεὺς ἡμῶν, ἀνάγγειλον \"9 ἡμῖν, καὶ ποιήσομεν\" καὶ ἀπἡγγειίλα ὑμῖν σήμερον, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωγῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἀπέστειλε πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Καὶ νῦν ἐστε γιγώσκοντες, ὅτι ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ, καὶ ἐν ἀιμῷ, καὶ ἐν θανάτῳ ἐκλείψετε δ' ἐγ τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, ἐν ᾧ ὑμεῖς βούἅἍεσθε εἰσειθόντες κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ. Ταῦτα γὰρ, ἃ διαφυγεῖν πειρᾶσθε, εὑρήσετε ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ.","t":"\"For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying: Pray for us, and whatever the Lord our God says, report it to us and we will do it. And I have reported to you today, and you have not listened to the voice of the Lord your God in all that he sent me to you for. And now know that by sword and famine and death you shall perish in the place where you wish to go and live.\" For the things you are trying to escape you will find in Egypt.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 42.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42.5":{"o":"ε', ς΄. ἜἜστω γὰρ, φησὶ, Κύριος ἐν ἡμῖν, εἰς μάρτυρα δίκαιον καὶ πιστὸν, ὅτι \"5 κατὰ τὸν.16γον ὃν ἐὰν ἀποστείλῃ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ν᾽ πρὸς ἡμᾶς οὕτω ποιήσομεν. Καὶ ἐὰν ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἐὰν κακὸν, καὶ τῆς φωνῆς \" Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, εὖ ἡμεῖς ἀποστέλλομέν σε πρὸς αὑτὸν, ἀκουσόμεθα, ἵνα βέλτιον ἡμῖν γένηται, ὅτι ἀκουσόμεθα τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Τὰ μὲν ῥήματα εὐδεδείας μεστὰ, οὐ συμφωνεῖ δὲ τοῖς λόγοις τὰ πράγματα. Δέχα γὰρ ὃ διελθουσῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς ἀποκρίσεως δ᾽ ὁ προφήτης τετύχηκε\" τὴν δὲ τῆς ἀποκρίσεως ἀναθδολὴν γεγενῆσθαι νομίζω εἰς ὠφέλειαν τῶν ἡτηχότων \" ἵνα γνῶσιν ὡς μόγις ὁ Θεὸς οὔ προφήτου τὴν ἱκετείαν ἐδέξατο. Λέγει τοίνυν αὐτὸς ὁ προφήτης, προστεταχέναι τὸν Θεὸν τῇδε γῇ \" προσμεῖναι. Πάσης γὰρ ὑμᾶς, φησὶν, ἀξιώσω κηδεμονίας. « Καὶ οἰκοδομήσω ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὗ μὴ καθελῶ, καὶ φυτεύσω ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐχτίλω. Ὅτι ἀναπέπαυμαι δ ἐπὶ τοῖς κακοῖς, οἷς εἶπόν \"5 με\" καὶ θαῤῥεῖν παρεγγυᾷ.","t":"\"Let the Lord be among us,\" he says, \"as a just and faithful witness, that according to every word with which the Lord God sends you to us, so we will do. Whether good or evil, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you, so that it may go better with us, because we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God.\" The words are full of piety, but the deeds do not agree with the words. The prophet received the answer after ten days had passed; and I think the answer was delayed for the benefit of those who had asked, so that they might know that God had accepted the prophet's supplication only with difficulty. The prophet himself, then, says that God had commanded them to remain in this land. I will count you worthy, he says, of every care: \"And I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I have ceased from the evils of which I spoke.\" And he urges them to take courage.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 42.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/42-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/43.2":{"o":"Τούτων ἀκούσαντες οἱ τοῦ λαοῦ προστατεύοντες, θρασύτητι καὶ ἀλαζονείᾳ συνέζων, καὶ τῶν παραχλήσεων ἐπελάθοντο, καὶ τῶν ὄρκων, καὶ τῷ προ- Ο φήτῃ εἰπεῖν ἐτόλμησαν, β΄, γ΄. Ψευδῆ δ' σὺ λαλεῖς\" οὐκ ἀπέστει.ἐ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς \"5 ἡμῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς «“έγων, Μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς Αἴγυπτον ὅ᾽. '᾿ΑΔλὰ Βαροὺχ, υἱὸς Νηρίου, συμθάλ.λλει σε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἵνα δῷς ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας Χαιϊδαίων, τοῦ θανατῶσαι ἡμᾶς κα ἀποικίσαι \"5 ἡμᾶς εἰς Βαδυλῶγα. Ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν προφήτην εἰρηκότες, καὶ ἄντικρυς παραθεθηχότες τοὺς γεγενημένους ὄρκους, ἐπὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ὥρμη\" σαν σὺν παντὶ τῷ ἀθροισθέντι 5 λαῷ \" συναπήγαγην δὲ καὶ τὸν προφήτην, καὶ τὸν Βαρούχ. Ἐν τοίνυν τῇ πετα: ὁ προφήτης λίθους λαύεῖν, καὶ τούτους πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν χαταχρύψαι τῶν βασιλείων, τῶν Ἰουρῃ δαίων ὁρώντων, καὶ ταῦτα ν΄, ια΄, Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὁὀποστέ,λ.1ὼ καὶ ἄγω \"\" Ναθουμου), καὶ ἐπιθήσει τὸν θρόνον αὑτοῦ ἐπάγω τῶν «Δἰθων' τούτων, καὶ ἀρεῖ τὰ ὅπλα αὑτοῦ ἐπ' αὖτούς. Καὶ τοὺς μὲν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων παραδώσει θανάτῳ, τοὺς δὲ ἐξαγδραποδίσας \"ἐμπρήσει δὲ καὶ τοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων ναοὺς, καὶ αὑτὰ δέ γε λήψεται δορυάλζλωτα. Καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς οὐ πάρεργον ποιήσεται τὴν κατὰ τῆς Λἰγύπτου στρατείαν, ἀλλ' ἐπιμελῶς αὐτὴν καταλύσει, ἀπειχάζει αὐτὸν ποιμένι τοῦ ἱματίου τοὺς φθεῖρας συλλέγοντι. Ἐπιμελῶς δὲ τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν οἱ ποιμένες πλείστης σχολῆς ἀπολαύοντες. Καὶ φθειριεῖ 5\", φησὶ, τὴν Αἴγυπτον, ὡς φθειρίζει ποιμὴν» τὸ ἱμάτιον αὑτοῦ καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐκεῖθεν 5\" ἐν εἰρήνῃ. (.γ΄.) Καὶ συντρίψει τοὺς στύιους Ἡιιουπόλεως, καὶ 8 τοὺς ἐν Ὥγ 5.. Καὶ τοὺς οἴκους τῶν θεῶν “δ᾽ αὑτῶν κατακαύσει ἐν πυρί. Διώνυμος ἦν ἡ πόλις\" καὶ γὰρ Ὧν ἐκαλεῖτο, καὶ Ἡλιούποιῖις. Τοῦτο ἡμᾶς καὶ ἡ “Εξοδος ἐδίδαξεν \" ἔφη γὰρ χεχτικέναι πόλεις τῷ Φαραὼ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ, τήν τε Πειθὼ 55, καὶ Ῥαμε:σῇ, καὶ Ὧν, ἧ Β ἔστιν Ἡλιούπολις. Τὸν μέντοι Ναδουχοδονόσορ ε δοῦλον ἑαυτοῦ » καλεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, οὐκὶ ὡς σχέσει ὄντα δοῦλον καὶ διαθέσει, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς φύσει δοῦλον\" τοῦ γὰρ ποιητοῦ δοῦλον τὸ ποίημα\" διδάσκει δὲ κατὰ ταὐτὸν, ὡς αὐτοῦ συ γχωροῦντος ταῦτα “7 ἐποίει,","t":"Hearing this, the leaders of the people, living in rashness and arrogance, forgot their entreaties and their oaths, and dared to say to the prophet: \"You speak lies. The Lord our God did not send you to us, saying: Do not go into Egypt. But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us, so that you may give us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us and to deport us to Babylon.\" Having said this to the prophet and openly broken the oaths they had sworn, they set out for Egypt with all the people who had gathered; and they took the prophet and Baruch with them. In [Taphnas, God commanded] the prophet to take stones and hide them before the gates of the palace while the Jews watched, and [to say] this: \"Behold, I send and bring Nebuchadnezzar [king of Babylon,] my servant, and he will set his throne above these stones, and lift his weapons against them.\" He will hand over some of the Egyptians to death and enslave others …; he will burn the temples of the idols too, and take the idols themselves captive. And teaching that he will not make the campaign against Egypt a side matter but will destroy it thoroughly, he likens him to a shepherd picking the lice from his cloak; shepherds do this thoroughly, since they have a great deal of leisure. \"And he will delouse Egypt,\" he says, \"as a shepherd delouses his cloak, and he will go out from there in peace. And he will break the pillars of Heliopolis, those in On, and burn the houses of their gods with fire.\" The city had two names: it was called both On and Heliopolis. Exodus also taught us this; for it said that the sons of Israel built cities for Pharaoh, Peitho, Rameses, and On, which is Heliopolis. God, however, calls Nebuchadnezzar \"his servant,\" not as a servant by relationship and disposition but as a servant by nature; for what is made is the servant of its maker. He teaches at the same time that he did these things by his permission,","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 43.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/43-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44.1":{"o":"Τοῖς μέντοι Ἰουδαίοις καὶ ἀπείθειαν νοσοῦσι παραίνεσιν πάλιν ὁ φιλάνθρωπος φέρει “8 Δεσπότης, διακόνῳ χρώμενος τῷ προφήτῃ. Καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἀναμιμνήσχες τῶν γεγενημένων ἐν τῇ ᾿ἸΙουδαίᾳ κακῶν, διὰ τὴν τῶν οἰκητόρων παρανομίαν, εἶτα τούτος αὐτοῖς ἐπιμέμφεται, ὡς τὰ ὅμοια τολμῶσι, καὶ τὴν θείαν ἐπισπωμένοις ὀργήν. ξ᾽, η΄. Ἰδοὺ \"“ γὰρ, φησὶν, ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε κακὰ μεράλα ἐπὶ τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, ἐκκόψαι ὑμῶν ἄνδρα 1\" καὶ γυναῖκα, νήπιον καὶ θημάζοντα, ἐκ μέσου ᾿Ιούδω, πρὸς τὸ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν μηδένα. Παραπικράναι μὲ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἑτόροις ἐν γῇ Αἰγύκαὶ ἵνα γένησθε εἰς κατάραν, καὶ εἰς ὀνγειδισμὸν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι τῆς γῆς. ᾿Αναμιμνήσκει δὲ αὐτοὺς, ὡς ἕναυλον ἔχοντας μνήμην, καὶ τῶν τολμηθέντων κακῶν ὑπό τε τῶν πατέρων αὑτῶν, καὶ τῶν βασιλέων, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τῶν δυνατῶν \" καὶ τῶν διλ ταῦτα ἐπενεχθεισῶν αὐτοῖς παντοδαπῶν συμςορῶν. Καὶ τούτο:ς ἐπιφέρει τὴν ἀπειλὴν, Κύριον ἑαυτὸν τῶν δυνάμεων ὀνομάζων, καὶ Θεὸν Ἰσραήλ’ ἵνα καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἐξουσίας ἀκούοντες, καὶ τὴν περὶ τοὺς προγόνους κηδεμονίαν μανθάνοντες, καὶ ἐντραπῶσι καὶ δείσωσιν. ε Ἰδοὺ ἐφίστημι τὸ πρόσωπον 15 ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς εἰς κακά. ν Ἴδιον τῶν ἀγανακτούντων βλοσυρὸν μὲν βλέπειν, ἀτενὲς δὲ ἔχειν τὸ ὄμμα, καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπὶ 75 τοὺς παροξύνοντας ἀποδλέπειν. ᾿Απὸ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων τοίνυν σχηματίζει τὴν ἀπειλὴν, καί φησιν\" « Ἐφίστημι τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐφ᾽ 5 ὑμᾶς εἰς κακὰ τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι πάντα τὸν Ἰούδαν. ν Εἶτα λέγει, ὡς λιμῷ καὶ ῥομκαὶ γενήσονται εἰς ὄρκον, καὶ εἰς ἀπώλειαν, καὶ εἰς κατάραν, καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν, καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ 15 πεῖσονται τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πολιορχηθεῖσι. « Τούτων 77 μέντοι οὐδεὶς διαφεύξεται, οὐδὲ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐπανήξει γῆν. » ᾿Αλλὰ τούτων οὐδὲν τοὺς ᾽Αλλ᾽ ἄντικρυς ἐδόων 18 πάντες, καὶ ἄνδρες, καὶ 10ναΐχες, διαφερόντως δὲ οἱ Βαθυλώνιοι Τ᾽, « ὅτι \"᾿, Τῶν σῶν οὐκ ἀνεχόμεθα 5' λόγων.» Τὸ δὲ τούτου πώτερον, ὅτι καὶ θείους τούτους νομίζοντες, ἀντέλεγὸν προφανῶς.","t":"To the Jews, however, sick with disobedience, the loving Master again brings exhortation, using the prophet as his minister. First he reminds them of the evils that happened in Judea because of the lawlessness of its inhabitants; then he blames them for daring the same things and drawing down the divine wrath. \"Behold,\" he says, \"you are doing great evils against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, from the midst of Judah, so that none of you is left, provoking me with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, … and so that you become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth.\" He reminds them, as people whose memory is still fresh, of the evils dared by their fathers, by the kings, and by the powerful, and of the calamities of every kind brought on them for these things. And to these he adds the threat, naming himself Lord of hosts and God of Israel, so that, hearing the greatness of his authority and learning of his care for their ancestors, they might both be ashamed and fear. \"Behold, I set my face against you for evil.\" It is characteristic of angry people to look grim, to fix their gaze, and to look long at those who provoke them. So he shapes the threat from human ways and says: \"I set my face against you for evil, to destroy all Judah.\" Then he says that by famine and sword [they will perish] …, and they will become an oath, a destruction, a curse, and a reproach, and will suffer the same things as those besieged in Jerusalem. \"None of these, however, will escape or return to the land of Judea.\" But none of this [persuaded] them … but all cried out openly, men and women, and especially the Babylonians: \"We will not endure your words.\" And what is more grievous than this: though they thought the words divine, they openly contradicted them.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 44.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44.16":{"o":"ις΄, ιζ΄. Τὸν ι16γον δ᾽ γὰρ, φησὶν, ὃν’ ἐάϊησας πρὸς ἡμᾶς τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου, οὐκ ἀκουσόμε! σου. Ὅτι ποιοῦντες ποιήσομεν\" πάντα ὃς ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἡμῶν, θυμιᾷν τῇ δὰς, καθὰ ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ πατέρες ἡμῶν καὶ οἱ βασιϊεῖς ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν, ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ ἐν διόδοις 5\" “Ιερουσαλήμ. « Βασίλισσαν οὐρανοῦ ν τὴν ᾿Αφροδίτην καλοῦσι, καὶ οἱ Ἕλληνες αὐτὴν Οὐρανίαν προσαγορεύουσι. Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶ, ποιοῦντες, εἰς χόρον ἀπελαύσαμεν\" τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν δὲ ταύτης θεραπείαν χαταλιπέντες, καὶ πολέμῳ, καὶ λιμῷ παρεδόθημεν. Εἶτα αἱ γυναῖχε;","t":"\"The word,\" he says, \"that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you. For we will surely do everything that goes out of our mouth, to burn incense to the [queen of heaven], as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.\" They call Aphrodite \"the queen of heaven,\" and the Greeks too name her Urania. While we did this, he says, we enjoyed good things to the full; but when we abandoned her worship we were handed over to war and famine. Then the women","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 44.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. “Ὅτι εἰ 5 ἡμεῖς ἐθύομεν \"1 τῇ βασιλίσσῃ τοῦ οὐραγοῦ, καὶ ἐσπέγδομεν 5\" αὐτῇ σπονδὰς, μὴ ἄνευ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἡμῶν ἐποιήσαμεν αὐτῇ μὲν τὸ γεγενημένον, ἀληθὲς δὲ τὸ εἰρη μένον᾽ καὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἑρμηνενομένοις ὁ τῶν \" ὅλων Θεὸς ἔφη, « Ἢ οὐκ ὁρᾷς, τί οὗτοι: ποιοῦσιν \"; Οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν συλλέγουσι ξύλα, καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν καίουσι πῦρ, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν τρίθουσι στέαρ, τοῦ ποιῆσαι χανῶνας τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. Ὃ μέντοι προφήτης πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀπεχρίνατο, ὅτι Ταύτης ἕνεκα τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας, καὶ τῆς περὶ τὰ εἴδωλα πλάνης, τὰς παντοδαπὰς ὑμῖν ὁ Δεσπότης Θεὴς ἐπήγαγε τιμωρίας. Τῆς γὰρ τοῦ νόμου παρᾶ\" θάπεως οὗτοι καρποί\" ὑμεῖς δὲ καὶ τούτου: θεώμενοι περὶ τὴν πλάνην μεμήνατε. ᾿ καὶ ποιοῦντες ποιήσατε 5\") τὰς εὐχὰς ὑμῶν, (κς΄.) Πλὴν \"\" ἀκούσατε τὸν.1όγον Κυρίου \"\" ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ τῷ ὀνόματί μου τῷ μεγάλῳ, εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς \"5, ἐὰν γένηται ἔτι ὄνομά μου χαϊούμδγον\" ἐν τῷ στόματι παντὸς Ἰουδαίου \"᾽ Ζῇ “ Κύριος, ἐν\" δῖῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου. Πάλιν ἔδειξεν ὁ ὄρκος, ὡς οὐδὲν ὁμωμοχὼς ὑπερκείμενον ἔχει\" ἀπειλεῖ δὲ τοῖς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ διάγουσιν Ἰουδαίοις πανωλεθρίαν \" τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν εἰρημένων δεδήλωκε\" συμφωνεῖ δὲ τὰ ἑξῆς. ᾿Απειλεῖ γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ λιμὸν καὶ ῥομφαίαν, καὶ τοῖς ταῦτα διαφεύἴουσι \" μετανάπτασιν. ε Καὶ γνώσονται πάντες ὃ οἱ κατάλοιποι Ἰουδαῖο: \", οἱ παροικοῦντες \" ἐν γῇ Δἱγύπτῳ \", τίνος λόγος Ἷ ἐμμένει, ὁ\" ἐμὴὸς ἢ ὁ αὑτῶν. Δι’ αὐτῶν μαθήσονται τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων ἀλήθειαν,","t":"\"And if we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured libations to her, was it without our husbands that we did it for her?\" … what was done, but what was said is true; for in the passages interpreted earlier the God of all said: \"Do you not see what these are doing? Their sons gather wood, their fathers kindle the fire, and their wives knead dough to make cakes for the host of heaven.\" The prophet, however, answered them all: Because of this superstition and the error about idols, the Master God brought every kind of punishment on you. For these are the fruits of transgressing the law; and you, though you see them, are mad for the error. \"… and surely perform your vows. But hear the word of the Lord: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord God, that my name shall no longer be named in the mouth of any Jew, [saying:] As the Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.\" Again the oath has shown that he who swore has nothing higher [to swear by]. He threatens utter destruction on the Jews living in Egypt; for he has shown this by what he said, and what follows agrees: he threatens them with famine and sword, and those who escape these with removal. \"And all the remnant of the Jews who sojourn in the land of Egypt shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.\" Through the events themselves they will learn the truth of my words.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 44.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44.29":{"o":"κθ΄. Καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον, φησὶ \" Κύριος, ὅτι ἐπισκέψομαι ἐγὼ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἐν\" τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ εἰς κακὼ, ὅπως γγῶτε, ὅτι στάσει στήσονται οἱ 1όγοι μου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς εἰς κακά. Ἢ τῶν πραγμάτων ἔκδασις δείξει τὴν τῶν λόγων ἀλήθειαν. [Β “Ὥσπερ \" γὰρ τὸν Σεδεκίαν παρέδωκα τῷ τῶν Παθυλωνίων βασιλεῖ \" οὕτω τὸν Φαραὼ Οὐαφρῆ, πρὸς σὴρ υὐαφρῇ δὲ καλεῖ τὸν Φαραὼ, διδάσκων, ὡς τοῦτο μὲν εἶχε χύριον ὄνομα.\", τὸ δέ γε Φαραὼ τῆς βασιλείας δηλωτικόν. Οὕτω καὶ τοὺς ἡμετέρους ὀνομάζομεν βασιλέας, Τιδέριος Καῖσαρ, καὶ Κλαύδιος Καὶσ1ρ᾽ καὶ ἔστι τὸ μὲν χύριον, τὸ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας ἴδιον.","t":"\"And this shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will visit you in this place for evil, so that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.\" The outcome of events will show the truth of the words. \"For as I gave Zedekiah to the king of the Babylonians, so [I will give] Pharaoh Ouaphres …\" He calls Pharaoh Ouaphres, teaching that this was his proper name, while \"Pharaoh\" indicated the kingship. In the same way we name our emperors Tiberius Caesar and Claudius Caesar: one is the proper name, the other belongs to the office of king.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 44.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/44-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/45.4":{"o":"Οὕτω ταύτην τὴν ἱστορίαν συμπεπλεγμένην συμπριῤῥήπεως, ἣν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἰωακεὶμ εἰπεῖν τῷ Βαροὺχ προσετάχθη. δ', ε΄. Εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραή.1\" ᾿Επεὶσὺ \"ὃ Βαροὺχ εἶπας Οἴμοι! ὅτι προσέθηκε Κύριος πόνον \"9 ἐπὶ κόπον μου. ᾿Εκοιμήθην \" ἐν στεναγμοῖς, καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ εὗρον \"5. Οὕτως εἰπὲ αὐτῷ \" Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ \" φχοδόμησα, ἐγὼ καῦθεἰὼ \"\" καὶ οὗς ἐρύτευσα, ἐγὼ ἐκτιλῶ \"\"\" καὶ σύμπασαν τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην. Καὶ σὺ ζητεῖς \"3 σεαυτῷ μεγάλα; Μὴ ζήτει \"\", ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω κακὰ ἐπὶ χᾶσων σάρκα,,Δέγει Κύριος \" καὶ δώσω τὴν φυχὴν σου εἰς εὕρημα, ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ οὗ ἐὰν βαδίσῃς ἐκεῖ. Ῥυχαγωγεῖ τὸν Βαροὺχ ὁ Δεσπότης διχχονοῦντα τῷ προφήτῃ, καὶ τοὺς χρησμοὺς γράφοντα, καὶ σχετλιάζοντα, καὶ δυσχεραίνοντα \" τὸν δὲ βίον τὸν ὀδύνης μεστὸν φέρειν γενναίως παρεγγυᾷ, Εἰ γὰρ ἅπαντα, φησὶ, τὸν λαὸν, ὃν ἐξήγαγον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, ἐφύτευσα δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ, ἀνασπῶ νῦν, καὶ ἐχχόπτω, καὶ τοσαύταις παραδίδωμι τιμωρίαις, σὺ ἀλύεις, ὅτι μὴ μόνος ἐν εὐθυμίᾳ διάγεις; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ χρὴ σε τοῦτο ὃρᾷν \" ἐγὼ δὲ ὅμως φροντιῶ σου, καὶ πούτοις ἐπάγων τὴν τιμωρίαν, σοὶ προποίσω παρᾶψυχὴν\" καὶ ἔνθα ἂν διάγῃς, τῆς παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τεύξῃ κηδεμονίας. Προσήκει τοίνυν ἡμᾶς ταῦτα μεμαθηλυπηρὸν, ἀλλ᾽ αἰτεῖν μὲν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ βελτίω, φέρειν δὲ τὰ παρόντα \" ταύτην γὰρ ἡμῶν τὴν καρτερἷαν ὁ Δεσπότης ὁρῶν, οὐκ ἐάσει πειραθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δυνάμεθα \" ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔχθασιν, τοῦ δυνηθῆναι ἡμᾶς ὑπενεγκεῖν \" ᾧ πρέπει δόξα καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια, σὺν τῷ μονογενεῖ αὑτοῦ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμὴν. ","t":"Thus he concluded this narrative, interwoven with the prediction which he was commanded to speak to Baruch in the days of Jehoiakim. \"The Lord God of Israel said: Since you, Baruch, said: Alas! for the Lord has added toil to my labour; I lay down in groaning and found no rest. Say thus to him: Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I built I pull down, and what I planted I pluck up, and all that land. And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I bring evils on all flesh, says the Lord; and I will give you your life as a prize in every place where you go.\" The Master consoles Baruch, who served the prophet and wrote down the oracles, and was complaining and distressed; and he urges him to bear nobly a life full of pain. For if, he says, I am now uprooting the whole people that I brought out of Egypt and planted in this land, cutting it down and handing it over to so many punishments, are you distressed that you alone are not living in good cheer? You ought not to look at it so. Yet I will take care of you: while bringing punishment on them, I will provide comfort for you, and wherever you live you will have my care. It befits us, then, having learned this, [to bear nothing] painful [impatiently], but to ask God for better things and to bear the present ones. For the Master, seeing our endurance, will not let us be tested beyond what we are able, but with the testing will also provide the way out, so that we may be able to bear it. To him belong glory and majesty, with his only-begotten Son and the all-holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 45.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/45-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.1":{"o":"α΄. Ὁ\" 1όγος ὁ γεγόμενος παρὼ Κυρίου πρὸς “ρεμίαν τὸν προφήτην ἐπὶ πάντα \" τὰ ἔθνη. Πέρας ἐπιθεὶς ταῖς περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ προφητείαις, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι τὰ γενητόμενα προθεσπίζει, διδάσκων ὅτι πάντων ἐστὶ καὶ δημιουργὸς, καὶ Θεὸς, καὶ δεσπότης. Τὰ πρῶτα μέντοι περὶτῆς Αἰγύπτου διέξεισι' διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὸν τῆς προφητείας καιρόν \" μετὰ γὰρ τὴν τοῦ Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ τελευτὴν ἡ πρόῤῥησις γίνεται ᾿ οὗτος δὲ παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν τὸν Ἰωσίαν ἀνεῖλεν \" ἀνῃρέθη δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τοῦ τῶν","t":"\"The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning all the nations.\" Having brought the prophecies about the people to an end, he foretells what will happen to the other nations, teaching that he is the creator, God, and master of all. First he goes through the things concerning Egypt; and he teaches the time of the prophecy as well: for the prediction is given after the death of Pharaoh Necho. He killed Josiah by the river Euphrates, and was himself killed by the [king] of the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.10":{"o":"ι΄, Ἤκουσαν' ξθγη φωνῆς σου \"5, καὶ τῆς κραυ- Τῆς σου ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ, ὅτι μαχητὴς δ' πρὸς μαχητὴν ἠσθένησεν\" ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔπεσαν \" ἀμφὅτεροι. Προνγόρευχε “' διὰ τούτων καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην τῶν νενικηκότων κατάλυσιν, Ταῦτα μενοῦν περὶ τῆς προτέρας ἥττης προεθέσπισεν ὁ προφήτης, Ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἑξῆς προλέγει τὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον Ναθουχοδονόσορ “ στρατιὰν “5, καὶ παρεγγυᾷ μηνυθῆναι τὴν πρόῤῥησιν τῇ Μαγδώλῳ “\", χοὶ τῇ Μέμφει, καὶ τῇ Ταφνὰς, καὶ μέντο!: καὶ πάτῃ τῇ Αἰγυπτίων βασιλείᾳ, καί φησιν\" ε« Ἐπίστηθι, καὶ ἑτοίμασον σεαυτὴν \"5, ὅτι κατέφαγεν ἣ μάχαιρα τὴν σμίλαχά σηυ \"5. » Ὁ Σύρος τὴν σμίλακα, ε τὰ ἐν κύκλῳ σου » ἡρμήνευσε’ ταυτὸ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἣ σμίλαξ αἰνίττεται \" βοτάνη γάρ ἐστι συμπλεχομένη τοῖς παραφυομένοις φυτοῖς τροπικῶς τοίνυν τοὺς ἐπιχούρους τῶν Αἰγυπτίων οὕτως ὠνόμασεν, ὧν τὴν ἧτταν καὶ τὴν φυγὴν προεθέ-","t":"\"The nations have heard your voice, and the earth is filled with your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior, and both have fallen together.\" By these words he has also foretold the coming overthrow of the victors. These things, then, the prophet foretold about the former defeat. In what follows he foretells Nebuchadnezzar's campaign against Egypt, and bids the prediction be announced to Magdol, Memphis, and Taphnas, and indeed to the whole kingdom of the Egyptians, and says: \"Stand up and make yourself ready, for the sword has devoured your smilax.\" The Syrian rendered \"smilax\" as \"what is around you\"; and \"smilax\" hints at the same thing, for it is a plant that twines around the plants growing beside it. Figuratively, then, he so named the auxiliaries of the Egyptians, whose defeat and flight he foretold.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.15":{"o":"ιε΄, Διότι 5 ἔφυγεν ὁ Ἅπις 55, ὁ μόσχος σου ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἔμεινε. ε« Μόσχον ἐκλεκτὸν » τὸν \"Λπιν λέγει\" βοῦς δὲ ἣν οὗτος, παρ᾽ αὐτῶν τρεφόμενος καὶ προσκυνούμενος \" διδάσκει τοίνυν ὁ προφητιγὺς λόγος τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς ἥττης μόσχον γὰρ θεοποιοῦντες, καὶ τούτῳ θαῤῥοῦντες, ἐπιχουοίας οὐκ ἔτυχον. « Ὅτι Κύριος παρέλυσεν αὑτόν “\". ν Τουτἐστι τὸν μόσχον. Παρέλυσε δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν ἐκείνῳ ἐνεργοῦντα, καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους πλανᾶντα.","t":"\"Why has Apis fled, your choice calf? He did not stand.\" He calls Apis the \"choice calf\": this was a bull, reared and worshipped by them. The prophetic word, then, teaches the cause of the defeat: by deifying a calf and trusting in it, they obtained no help. \"Because the Lord paralysed him,\" that is, the calf. He paralysed also the one who worked in it and led people astray.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.16":{"o":"ις΄. Καὶ 5. τὸ πιῆθός σου 1' ἠσθένησε, καὶ ἔπεσε. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐπισχήψασαν αὐτοῖς δειλίαν, καὶ ὅτι ἀλλήλους προέτρεπον εἰς ουγὴν. δεδιότες τοὺς πολεμίους, καὶ τοὺς ἐχείνων ἐπιχούρους. ε ᾿λναστῶμεν 13 γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ ἀποστρέψωμεν 19 εἰς τὸν λαὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα 1\" ἡμῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου. μακαίρας Ἑλληνικῆς 15.» Εἰκὸς μὲν καί τινας τῶν ἡγοῦμαι ὃξ, ὅτι κατ᾽ αὐτὸν \"7 καὶ τῶν προλέγει τὴν δυναστείαν: ὁ γὰρ ᾿Αλέξανδρος τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καταλύσας τὴν βασιλείαν 15 Μακεδόσι δου»","t":"\"And your multitude grew weak and fell.\" He tells also of the cowardice that came upon them, and how they urged one another to flee, fearing the enemy and their auxiliaries: \"Let us arise,\" he says, \"and return to our people and to our homeland, away from the Greek sword.\" It is likely that some of the … But I think that in it he foretells the dominion of [the Macedonians] as well; for Alexander, having destroyed the kingdom of the Egyptians, [made it subject] to the Macedonians.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.17":{"o":"ιζ΄. Καλέσατε 1\" τὸ ὄνομα Φαραὼ Δεχαὼ \" βα- Ταῦτα δὲ ὁ Σύρος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσε\" ς« Καλέσατε τὺ ὄνομα αὑτοῦ, ταράττων, καὶ καιροὺς παραφέρων \" » πάλαι γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ ἣν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἡ βασιλεία, καὶ τὰ εἰς δυσπραγίαν μετέβαλε. ιγ΄, Ζῶ ἐγὼ, “έγει Κύριος 5 ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ βασιμεὺς τῶν δυνάμεων ὄνομα αὑτῷ. αὶ τὸ ἀΐδιον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ δυνατὸν, κατὰ ταυτὸν ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν. « Ὅτι ὥσπερ 88 ἐστὶ τὸ θαθὼρ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι, καὶ ὡς Κάρἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, οὕτως ἥξει. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, ἀμφιδάλῃ: \" ὥσπερ γὰρ ἀναμφισδητήτω: ὁμολογοῦσι Α πάντες, καὶ τὸ Θαδὼρ ὄρος εἶναι, καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ πελάξειν, καὶ τὸν Κάρμηλον\" οὕτως ἡ πρόῤῥησις ἔχει τὸ ἀληθές.","t":"\"Call the name of Pharaoh Nechao king [of Egypt] …\" The Syrian rendered this as follows: \"Call his name: one who troubles and lets the times pass by\"; for the kingdom of the Egyptians was once strong, and it changed to misfortune. \"As I live, says the Lord God, the King of hosts is his name.\" He taught us at once his eternity and his power. \"For as Thabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so it shall come.\" That is, it is beyond doubt: for as all agree without dispute that Thabor is a mountain and that Carmel lies by the sea, so the prediction holds the truth.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Σχεύη ἀποικισμοῦ ποίησον σεαυτῇ, κατοἰκοῦσα θύγατερ 5\" Αἰγύπτου\" ἀντὶ τοῦ, εὐτρεπὴς εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν γενοῦ - λέγει δὲ καὶ τῆς βασιλευούσης πόλεως τὴν ἐρημίαν\" ἡ γὰρ Μέμφις κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ἐγεγόνει πόλις βασιλική \" καὶ τοῦτο ἡμᾶς ὅ θεσπέσιος ᾿Ησαῖας ἐδίδαξεν. « Ἐξἔλιπον γὰρ, φησὶν, οἱ ἄρχοντες Τάνεως, καὶ ὑψώθησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες Μέμφεως...","t":"\"Make for yourself baggage for exile, you who dwell, daughter of Egypt\"; that is, get ready for captivity. He speaks also of the desolation of the royal city; for at that time Memphis had become the royal city, and the inspired Isaiah taught us this: \"For the rulers of Tanis have failed, and the rulers of Memphis have been exalted …\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.20":{"o":"χ΄, Δάμαλις καλὴ \"\" χεχαλιλωκπισμέγη Αἴγυπτος. Τὸ ἀδάμαστον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπειρόζυγον, καὶ τρυφηλὸν, διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκεν ᾿ γαὶ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτῶν ἐλέγχων ἀσθένειαν, διδάσκει, ὡς καὶ λίαν ὀλίγων ἐπελθόντων πολεμίων οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ἀντισχεῖν. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" ε« ᾿Απόσπασμα ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ ἦλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν 55,»","t":"\"Egypt is a beautiful, adorned heifer.\" By this he has shown its untamed, unyoked, and luxurious character. And exposing their great weakness, he teaches that they could not hold out even when very few enemies came against them; for this is what he says: \"A detachment from the north has come against her.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.21":{"o":"χα΄. Καὶ οἱ μισθωτοὶ αὑτῆς ἐν αὐτῇ, ὡς μόσχοι σιτευτοί. Τῶν ἐπιχούρων δεδήλωκε τὴν ἀσθένειαν \" ὁ γὰρ σιτευτὸς μόσχος τὴν μὲν γῆν οὐκ ἐργάζεται, ὑπὸ δὲ ἄλλων ἐσθίεται\" λέγει δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν τὴν φυγἔέν, ε« ᾿Απεστράφησαν γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ ἔφυγον 51 ὁμοθυμαδόν \" οὐκ ἔστησαν. ν» Ἐπάγει καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν\" « Ὅτι ἡμέρα ἀπωλείας ἦλθεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς, καὶ καιρὸς ἐχδιχήσεως αὐτῶν 58,» Ἔδει γὰρ αὐτοὺς δίκας δοῦναι τῆς ἀσεδείας \" διδάσκει 5 μέντοι διὰ τούτων, ὡς μακροθυμίᾳ χρώμενος ὁ Δεσπότης ὕστερον ἐπάγει τὴν τιμωρίαν. ὡς τὰ σ","t":"\"And her hired soldiers in her are like fattened calves.\" He has shown the weakness of the auxiliaries: for the fattened calf does not work the land but is eaten by others. He tells also of their flight: \"For they turned back,\" he says, \"and fled together; they did not stand.\" He adds the cause: \"For the day of destruction has come upon them, and the time of their punishment.\" For they had to pay the penalty for their ungodliness; but he teaches by these words that the Master, using long-suffering, brings on the punishment only later. …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.22":{"o":"κβ'. Φωγὴ αὐτῶν ὡς ὄφεως συρίζυντος \"9, Τῶν δυσπραγούντων ἴδιον τὸ στένειν καὶ συρίττειν, κκἀὶ ὑπὸ\" τῆς ἀθυμίας θερμαινόμενον ἐκφέρειν πνεῦμα, «Ὅτι ἐν ψάμμῳ\" πορεύσονται \"5. ν Τὸ σαθρὸν αὐτῶν διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκε καὶ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος τὸν ἀκούοντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντα, παρέδαλεν ἀνδρὶ μωρῷ, ἐπὶ τῆς ψάμμου τὴν οἰκίαν οἰχοδομήσαντι. « Ἐν ἀξίναις ἥξουσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν, ὡς κόπτοντες ξύλα. » Εἶτα προστακτικῶς ριος ὁ Θεὸς \", ὅτι οὐ \" μὴ ἱμασθῇ \") ὁ Θεὸς \"\", ὅτι πληθύνει ὑπὲρ ἀκρίδα. Τουτέστι, τῶν ἐνοικούντῶν τὸ πλῆθος, « Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἀριθμός. » ","t":"\"Their voice is like a hissing serpent.\" It is characteristic of those in distress to groan and hiss, and, heated by despondency, to breathe out hard. \"For they will march in sand.\" By this he has shown their rottenness; for the Lord too likened the one who hears his word and does not do it to a foolish man who built his house on the sand. \"With axes they will come against her, like woodcutters.\" Then, imperatively … \"[says the] Lord God, for it will not be [searched out] … for it is more numerous than the locust,\" that is, the multitude of the inhabitants. \"And there is no number to them.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.24":{"o":"κδ΄. Κατῃσχύνθη θυγάτηρ Αἰγύπτου, παρεδόθη εἰς χεῖρας 1αοῦ ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ, εἶπε \"\"» Κύριος τῶν δυγάμφων, ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραή.1. Ταῦτα καὶ τοῖς δαίοις εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατελθοῦσι προεθέσπισεν ὁ προφήτης, ὅτε καὶ τοὺς λίθους κατέκρυψεν ἐν τοῖς προ- Ἰδοὺ ἐκδικῶ ' ἐγὼ τὸν ᾿Αμμῶνα \" υἱὸν ν αὑτῆς. ᾿Αμμῶνα καλοῦσι τὸν Δία οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι\" ἀφ᾽ οὗ καὶ χώρα ᾿Αμμωνιαχὴ προσηγορεύθη \" τούτῳ μέ. Ὑιστον κατεσκεύασαν τέμενος. Υἱὸν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸν ᾿Αμμῶνα ὀνομάζει, ὡς παρ᾽ αὐτῆς θεοποιηθέντα' χειροποίητον γὰρ τὸ ἄγαλμα. ᾿Απειλεῖ τοίνυν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αμμὼν τὸ εἴδωλον παραδώσειν Βαθυλωνίοις, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους αὐτῶν θεούς\" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" « Καὶ ἐπὶ Φαραὼ, καὶ\" ἐπ᾿ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῆς\" καὶ ἐπὶ Φαραὼώκαὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν. » Πάντων, φησὶ, κατὰ ταυτὸν περιγενήσονται οἱ πολέμιοι, καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων, καὶ τῶν εἰδώλων, καὶ τῶν ἐπε- Β χούρων᾽ παραδοθεῖσα \" μέντοι τῷ Βαδυλωνίων \" βασιλεῖ, τὴν προτέραν ἀναχτήσεται δυναστείαν.","t":"\"The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is handed over into the hands of a people from the north, said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.\" The prophet foretold these things also to the Jews who went down into Egypt, when he hid the stones in the [porch of the palace]. \"Behold, I punish Ammon her son.\" The Egyptians call Zeus Ammon; from him the Ammonian country also got its name, and they built him a very great sanctuary. He calls Ammon her son as having been made a god by her, for the statue is made by hands. He threatens, then, to hand over the idol Ammon to the Babylonians, and their other gods as well; for this is what he says: \"And upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt, and upon its gods, and upon its kings, and upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.\" The enemy, he says, will prevail over all of them at once: the king, the rulers, the idols, and the auxiliaries. Yet after being handed over to the king of the Babylonians, she will recover her former power.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.26":{"o":"κς΄. Μετὰ ταῦτα γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡρεμήσει Ἶ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τὰς ἔμπροσθεν, «1έγει \" Κύριος. Μετὰ καῦτα καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ τὰ θυμήρη προλέγει, καὶ τὴν δ καὶ τῶν Βαδυλωνίων τὸν ὄλεθρον.","t":"\"For after these things,\" he says, \"she will be at rest as in the former days, says the Lord.\" After this he foretells pleasant things to Israel too, and the … and the destruction of the Babylonians.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.28":{"o":"χη΄. Καὶ σὺ γὰρ, φτοὶ, μὴ φοδοῦ, παῖς μου ἴακὼδ, “2έγει Κύριος, ἔτι μετὰ σοῦ εἰμὶ ἐγώ\" ὅτι ποιήσω συντέἰειαν \"ἐν παγτὶ ἔθνει, εἰς ὃ \" εἰσἄξω σε ἐκεῖ. Σὲ δὲ οὗ μὴ ποιήσω ἐκχιλιπεῖν, κα παιδεύσω σξ δὶς κρῖμα, καὶ ἀθῶον \" οὐκ ἀθωώσω σϑ. Ἰατρικὴν σοι παιδείαν ἀνάξω \"᾽\" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει, « παιδεύσιυ σε εἰς κρῖμα, καὶ ἀδέκαστον \"\" οὐκ ἐάσω.» Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ, ε Καὶ ᾽\" ἀθῶον οὐκ","t":"\"For do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, for I am still with you; for I will make an end among every nation into which I bring you there. But you I will not make to fail; I will discipline you for judgment, and I will not leave you unpunished.\" I will bring on you a healing discipline; for this is what he says: \"I will discipline you for judgment,\" and I will not leave you unjudged. For this is what \"and I will not leave you unpunished\" shows …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.28 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-28)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.3":{"o":"γ', δ΄. ᾿Αγνωλάδετε \"5 ὅπια, καὶ ἀσπίδας, καὶ ἐν ταῖς περιῥηῦν, ἱππιχῇ τε ἐμπειρίᾳ, καὶ πανοπλίᾳ, τούτοις κεχρῆσθαι παρακελεύεται, διδάσχιυν ὡς ἀνόνητα ταῦτα Ἂ: Τὰ γὰρ ἑξῆς τοῦτο δυλοῖ, ","t":"\"Take up weapons and shields, and …\" … he bids them use these, both skill in horsemanship and full armour, teaching that they are useless. For what follows shows this.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.5":{"o":"ε', Τί ὅτι αὐτοὶ πτοοῦνται δ\", καὶ ἀποχωροῦσι,\" ἃ ἐπίσω; Διότι οἱ ἰσχυροὶ αὑτῶν κχοπήσογται. Φυγῇ ἔφυγον, καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψαν γοι \" κυχιόνεν, ἀέγει Κύριος. Εἶτα προ-","t":"\"Why are they terrified and turning back? Because their mighty ones will be cut down. They fled in flight and did not turn back, [surrounded] on every side, says the Lord.\" Then he fore-","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.6":{"o":"ς΄. Μὴ φευγέτω ὁ κοῦφος, καὶ μὴ ἀνασωζέσθω δἰσχυρὸς ἐπὶ βοῤῥᾶν» \" τὰ πρὸς 8\" Εὐφράτην ἠσθέγησαν, καὶ “᾽ πεπτώκασιν. Ἔπειτα τῆς προτέρας εὐπραξίας ἀναμιμνήσκει\"","t":"\"Let not the swift flee, nor the strong man escape; to the north, by the Euphrates, they have grown weak and fallen.\" Then he reminds them of their former prosperity:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46.7":{"o":"ζ', η΄. Τίς οὗτος ὡς ποταμὲς ἀγαθήσεται, καὶ ὡς ποταμοὶ 8 κυμαίγει 3 τὰ ὕδατα αὐτοῦ, Αἴγυστὸς \" ὡς ποταμὸς ἀνγαθαίγων \"\", καὶ ὡς ποταμὸς \"\" ἐχταράσσει \"5 τὰ ὕδατα αὑτῆς. Ἐπιδείκνυσι δὲ αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς ἁλαζονιχοὺς λόγους. ε Καὶ εἶπεν, ᾿Αναδήπομαι, καὶ χαταχαλύψω \" γῆν, καὶ ἀπολῶ \"5 πόλιν, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ. ν» Καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς οὐ συμδαίνει τὰ πράγματα τῇ φαντασίᾳ τῶν λογισμῶν, εἰρωνιχῶς φησιν\" τὰ ἅρματα, ἐξέλθετε \"1, οἱ μαχηταί. Λέγει δὲ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τοὺς ἐπιχούρους. « Αἰθίοπες \"5 καὶ Αἰδυες ξατε ὁ\" τόξον. » Εἶτα διδάσκε: ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ νεύοντο; καταλύεται τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τὸ θράσος. ὕ, Καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη τῷ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἡμέρα ἐκδικ ἤἡσεως “τοῦ ἐκδικῆσαι τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὑτοῦ \" καὶ καταφάγεται ἡ μάχαιρά μου κρέατα, καὶ ἐμπιησϑήσεται, καὶ 5 μεθυσθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῶν. Δηλοῖ δὲ διὰ τούτων τῶν ἀνηρημένων τὸ πλῆθος. « Ὅτι θυσία τῷ Κυρίῳ Σαθαὼθ 55 ἀπὸ \"' γῆς βοῤῥᾶ ἐπὶ ποταμῷ Πύὐφράτῃ. » Ἐπειδὴ ὄϊχας τῆς ἀπεθείας ἔδει καν ὅδ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ βουληθέντος ἀνῃρέθη ταν, διὰ τοῦτο δ θυσίαν κέκληκε τὴν ἐχείνων σφαγήν παρθένῳ θυγατρὶ Αἰγύπτου. αὶ οἱ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀδελφοὶ ῥητίνην καὶ στακτὴν ἀπεχόμισαν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον. ἐπιτήδειον \" γεωργεῖ ὃξ μάλιστα ταύτην ἡ Γαλαλδ' εἴρηκε δὲ ταῦτα κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν, δεικνὺς τὸ τοῦ πάβθους ἀνήκεστον. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. κενὸν ἐπλήθυνας ἱάματά σου \" ὠφέλεια 87 οὐκ ἔστιν ἦν σοί. » Καὶ δεικνὺς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς πληγῆς, ἐπἡγαγεν\" ᾿","t":"\"Who is this that will rise like a river, and whose waters surge like rivers? Egypt rises like a river, and like a river its waters are stirred up.\" He shows also its boastful words: \"And it said: I will go up and cover the earth, and destroy the city and those who live in it.\" And teaching that events do not match the fancies of their reasonings, he says ironically: \"[Mount the horses, …] the chariots; go out, you warriors.\" He means the Egyptians' auxiliaries: \"Ethiopians and Libyans [with shields, and Lydians, take up and bend] the bow.\" Then he teaches that at God's nod the boldness of the Egyptians is broken: \"And that day is for the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his enemies; and my sword shall devour flesh and be sated and drunk with their blood.\" By this he shows the great number of the slain. \"For there is a sacrifice to the Lord Sabaoth from the land of the north by the river Euphrates.\" Since the Egyptians had to pay the penalty for their ungodliness and were killed by God's will, he called their slaughter a sacrifice. \"[Go up to Gilead and take balm,] virgin daughter of Egypt.\" … and Joseph's brothers carried resin and myrrh to Egypt. … suited; Gilead especially cultivates it. He said this ironically, showing that the illness is incurable. What follows shows this too: \"[In vain] you have multiplied your remedies; there is no help for you.\" And showing the greatness of the blow, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 46.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/46-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47.1":{"o":"Ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους μεταφέρει τὴν προφητείαν \" ἀλλοφύλους δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς τὴν ᾿Ασχάλωνχ, καὶ τὴν Γάζαν, καὶ τὴν Ἴλζωτον, καὶ τὴν Γὲθ, καὶ τὴν ἼἌχχαρον οἰκοῦντας. Λέγει ᾽5 δὲ γεγενῆσθαι τὴν πρόῤῥησιν πρὸ τοῦ πατάξας Φαραὼ τὴν Γάζαν, καὶ νίων τὴν στρατιάν \"7. ὑπὸ δὲ τούτου κατακλυζομένας τὰς πόλεις, καὶ διαφθειρομένους τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας, καὶ ὀλολυγῇ χρωμένους, καὶ οὐδὲ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῶν ἁρμάτων τὸν κτύπον φέρειν ἀνεχομένους - διδάσκει δὲ, ὅτι καὶ τῆς φύσεως διὰ τὸ δέος ἐπελάθοντο πατέρες, καὶ τῶν υἱῶν ἠμέλησαν. « Οὐκ ἐπέστρεψαν ᾽\" γὰρ, φησὶ, πατέρες ἐπὶ υἱοὺς αὑτῶν, ἀπὸ ἐκλύσεως χειρῶν αὑτῶν. »","t":"From here he turns the prophecy to the allophyles; and he calls allophyles those who live in Ashkelon, Gaza, Azotus, Gath, and Accaron. He says that the prediction was made before Pharaoh struck Gaza, and … the army [of the Babylo]nians; and that the cities were flooded by it, the inhabitants destroyed, wailing, and unable to bear even the din of the weapons and chariots. He teaches that through fear fathers forgot even nature and neglected their sons: \"For fathers did not turn back to their sons,\" he says, \"because of the feebleness of their hands.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 47.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47.4":{"o":"δ', Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐρχομένῃ \", τοῦ ἀπολέσαι πάντας ἀλλοφύλους \"5. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ Τυρίοις καὶ Σιδωνίοις, ὡς εἰς ἐπικουρίαν τούτων ἐληλυθόσι Ν᾿, τὸν ὄλεθρον. « ᾿Αφανιῶ γὰρ, φησὶ, Τύρον, καὶ Σι- Α δῶνα, καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους τῆς βοτθεία: αὐτῶν\" ὅτι ἐξολοθρεύσει Κύριος τοὺ; ἀλλοφύλους τοὺς χαταλίπους τῶν νήσων, καὶ Καππαδοκίας ᾿\".» Καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους προφήτας ἑρμηνεύσαντες, ἐδείξαμεν ὡς ἄποἰχοι Κυπρίων καὶ Καππαδοκῶν ν\" ῴκησαν πάλαι τὴν Παλαιστίνην.","t":"\"In the day that is coming, to destroy all the allophyles.\" He foretells destruction also to the Tyrians and Sidonians, as having come to their help: \"For I will blot out Tyre and Sidon,\" he says, \"and the rest of their help; for the Lord will destroy the allophyles, the remnant of the islands and of Cappadocia.\" In interpreting the other prophets we showed that colonists from Cyprus and Cappadocia inhabited Palestine of old.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 47.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47.5":{"o":"ε', “κει φαλάχρωμα ἐπὶ Γάζαν. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, τῆς πάλαι περιφανείας ἀφαιρεθήσῃ \"\" δηλοῖ δὲ πολλάκις καὶ τὸ πένθος. ᾿Απόχειραι δ γὰρ, φησὶ, τὴν κεφαλήν σου, καὶ ἀνάλαδς ἐπὶ χειλέων θρῆνον. « ᾿Απεῤἐΐφη ᾿Ασχάλων, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν Ἐναχέμ ᾽\".» ᾿Από. γόνοι δὲ ἐχείνου \" τὴν ᾿Ασχαλωνίαν ᾽\" ῴκησαν, Ἕως \" πότε συστρωξήσεσθε; (ς΄.) Ἕως τίνος κόψει ᾽ ἡ μάχαιρα τοῦ Κυρίου; « Μάχαιραν Κυρίου » τὸν Ναδουχοδονόσορ ἐκάλεσεν \" αὐτοῦ γὰρ συγχωροῦντος, ἐκεῖνα εἰργάζετο, καὶ δι᾽ ἀλλήλων οἱ δυσεἰς τὸν χολεόν σου\" ἀνάπαυσαι, καὶ ἐπάρθητι \"\". » Καὶ δεικνὺς τίς ὁ ἐνεργεῖν κελεύσας, ἐπήγαγε\"","t":"\"Baldness has come upon Gaza\"; that is, you will be stripped of your former splendour. It often signifies mourning as well. Shave your head, he says, and take up a lament on your lips. \"Ashkelon has been cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.\" Descendants of that [Enak] lived in the territory of Ashkelon. \"How long will you strike yourselves? How long will the sword of the Lord cut?\" He called Nebuchadnezzar the sword of the Lord; for by his permission he did those things, and through one another the ungodly … \"[Return] into your sheath; rest and be lifted up.\" And showing who it was that commanded it to act, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 47.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47.7":{"o":"ζ΄. Καὶ Κύριος ἐνετεί(ατο αὑτῇ ἐπὶ τὴν ᾿Ασχάἄωγα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς παραθαλασσίους, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κέχρηται, σαφέστερον διδάσκων, ὡς οὐκ ἀχυδέρνητος ἡ κτίσις, ἀλλό ταύτης ποιητὴς τοῖς πᾶσιν ἐφἐστηκε, καὶ ποτὲ μὲν αὐτοῖς χορηγεῖ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν ἀφθονίαν, ποτὲ δὲ συγχωρεῖ συμφοραῖς περιπίπτειν.","t":"\"And the Lord has given it orders against Ashkelon, against the coastal [cities], and against the …\" … he uses, teaching more clearly that creation is not without a pilot, but its maker presides over all things, sometimes supplying them with abundant good things and sometimes allowing them to fall into calamities.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 47.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/47-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.1":{"o":"Ὁ δὲ προφήτης ἐπὶ τὴν Μωλδ μεταφέρε! τὴν 5 πρόῤῥησιν. α΄. Τῇ Μωὰδ οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος τῶν \" δυγάμεων, ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραή.1\" Οὐαὶ ἐπὶ Νεδὼ 5\", ὅτι ἀπὠλετο\" ἑάϊω 35, Τοῦτο εἴδωλον ἦν, καὶ μέμνηται αὐτοῦ ᾿Ησαῖΐας ὁ προφήτης\" λέγει δὲ οὕτως \" ε [ἔπεσε Βὴλ, συνετρίδη Νεδών 55\" » ἔστ: δὲ καὶ πόλις ἐπὠνυμος τοῦ εἰδώλου. δ τήθη Μασιγάθ. (β'.) Οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι ἰατρεία \" Μωὰδ, αἷς μέγα ἐφρόνουν οἱ Μωαθῖται. ε« Ἐλογίσαντο \" ἐπ᾽ αὑτὴν κακά\" Δεῦτε\", ἐχχόψωμεν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ ἔθνους \"᾽, καὶ παῦσιν \"» παύσεται. » Εἶτα διδάσκει. ὡς οὐδὲ φεύγοντες τῆς σωτηρίας ἀπολαύσονται. « \"Οπισθέν σου βαδιεῖται: μάχαιρα. ν Τοῦτο δὲ τοὺς διώκοντας δηλοῖ. γ'. Ὅτι φωνὴ κεκραγότων ἐξ ᾿ῶρωναῖμ \", \"πόλις αὔτη. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν Ζογορὰ \"6 τὴν λυπηροῦ \"7 δέξασθαι ἀγγελίαν, καὶ τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις ὀλοφυγὴν \"5, καὶ τοῖς ἀγρίοις ὄνοις παραπλησίως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ διάγειν \" καὶ διδάσκων μὴ περιδόλοις θαῤῥεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀφθάρτῳ \" Ποιητῇ καὶ Δεσπότῃ, ἐπήγαγεν'","t":"The prophet turns the prediction to Moab. \"To Moab thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe upon Nebo, for it has perished; it has been taken.\" This was an idol, and Isaiah the prophet mentions it, saying: \"Bel has fallen, Nebo is crushed.\" There is also a city named after the idol. \"… Masigab was put to shame. There is no more healing for Moab\" … in which the Moabites prided themselves. \"They devised evils against it: Come, let us cut it off from being a nation, and it shall utterly cease.\" Then he teaches that not even those who flee will enjoy safety: \"Behind you the sword shall go.\" This indicates the pursuers. \"For there is a voice of people crying out from Horonaim …\" … this city. He says also that Zogora will receive painful news, that the other cities [will be filled with] wailing, and that [they] will live like wild asses in the desert. And teaching them to trust not in walls but in the incorruptible Maker and Master, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.11":{"o":"ια΄. Ἀνεπαύσατο Μωὰδ ἐκ παιδαρίου \"., καὶ \" πε-ηςθὼς ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ δόξῃ αὑτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐνέχεεν \" ἐξ ἀγγείου εἰς ἀγγεῖον. Τουτέστιν, οὐκ ἐνήλλαξεν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνοίκησιν, οὐδὲ μετανάστης ἐγένετο. « Καὶ εἰς ἀποιχισμὸν οὐκ ᾧχετο᾽ διὰ τοῦτο ἔστη γεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἡ ὀσμὴ αὑτοῦ οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν. ν Ἐτἐμεῖνε τῇ τροπῇ, καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἀγγείου ἐμνημόνευσε\", ἀναγκαίως καὶ γεύσεως, καὶ ὀσμῆς. Διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶ, ἔλαθεν, ὡς ἀεὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐνδιατρίψας χωρίαις ιϑ’. Διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι 1\" ἔρχονται, φησὶ Ὁ κύριος\" καὶ ἀποστελῶ \"3 αὑτῷ κλίνοντας \"\", καὶ γοῦσι ἴ\", καὶ τὰ 18 χέρατα αὐτοῦ συντρίψονυσυ,. Παραδολιχῶς καὶ ταῦτα καὶ τροπικῶς τέθεικε᾽ καὶ γὰρ τὸ κλένουσιν ὡς περὶ ἀγγείου εἴρηκεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐχχεγώσουσι 5\" καὶ οὐκ ἀποχρῆσει αὐτοῖς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις λαδεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα 17 συντρίψουσε. Καλεῖ δὲ ἀγγεῖα μὲν τὰς πόλει;, τὰ δὲ ἔνδον τῶν ἀγγείων τὸν πλοῦτον\" ἀμφότερα δὲ πεποιήκασιν οὗ ι΄. Καὶ καταισχυνθήσεται 13 Μωὰδ ἀπὸ ἴ5 Χαμὼς, ὥσπερ κατῃσχύνθη οἶκος Ἰσραὴ.} ἀπὸ Βαιθὴ.1.5, ἐλπίδος αὐτῶν. Ἔν τῇ Βαιθὴλ ὁ ᾿Ἰεροδοὰμ. τὴν δάμαλιν ἔστησεν\" διδάσκε: τοίνυν ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος, ὅτι καθάπερ ὁ Ἰσραὴλ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐπικουρίας ἐκ τῶν εἰδώλων τετύχηκεν, οὕτως ἡ Μωλὰό οὐδὲν ἀπὦνατο τοῦ Χαμώς. Εἶτα δείκνυσιν αὑτοὺς ἐπὶ τῇ ῥώμῃ μεγαλοῤῥημονοῦντας, ὄλεθρον δὲ ὑπομένοντας, ἐπειδὴ τοῦτο προσέταξεν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεός. Εἰρηκὼς δὲ τὸν τῆς τιμωρίας ἐληλυθέναι καιρὸν, τοῖς γει- Β «νιῶσι παρακελεύεται διεγεῖραι αὐτὸν εἰς ἀνδρείαν, καὶ εἰς τὴν προτέραν διαναστῆσαι ῥώμην\" παρεὐγνᾷ δὲ αὐτοὺς 5' εἰπεῖν \" μεγαλώματος \"\", Δηλοῖ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου 5\", καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου φρόνημα \" ἀπαριθμεῖται δὲ καὶ τὰς πόλεις, αἱ πάλαι ἧσαν λαμπραὶ καὶ ἐπίσημοι, καὶ διδάσκει τὴν τῆς εὐπραξίας μεταδολήν\" δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν.","t":"\"Moab has been at rest from childhood, and trusted in its glory, and has not been poured from vessel to vessel\"; that is, it has not changed its dwelling or become an emigrant. \"And it did not go into exile; therefore its taste remained in it, and its smell has not left it.\" It persisted in its ways; and since he mentioned a vessel, he necessarily mentioned taste and smell too. For this reason, he says, it was untouched, since it always lived in the same places. \"Therefore behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will send to it tilters, and they will tilt it, and break its horns.\" He has set this down too in parable and figure: he said \"tilt\" as of a vessel, meaning \"they will empty it\"; and it will not be enough for them to take what is in the vessels, but they will break these as well. He calls the cities vessels, and the wealth within the vessels; and they did both. \"And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their hope.\" In Bethel Jeroboam set up the heifer. The prophetic word teaches, then, that as Israel obtained no help from the idols, so Moab gained nothing from Chamos. Then he shows them boasting of their strength but suffering destruction, since the God of all had commanded it. Having said that the time of punishment had come, he bids the neighbours rouse it to courage and raise it to its former strength; and he urges them to say … \"of greatness.\" These words indicate your strength, and your pride beyond your strength. He lists also the cities that were once brilliant and famous, and teaches the reversal of their fortune; and he shows the cause as well.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.25":{"o":"χε’, Μεθύσατε γὰρ αὐτὸν, φησὶν, ὅτι ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐμεγαλύνθη. Μαθόντες γὰρ Μωαθδῖται τὰ Ἶουδαίοις συμβάντα ἐπετώθαζον ἀσθένειαν κατηγοροῦντες τοῦ\" τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ. Τοῦτο γὰρ διδάσκει καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. « Ἐπιχρούσει Μωλό ἐν δ᾽ χειρὶ αὑτοῦ. ν» ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ. χορξύων καὶ ἐπικαίρων. ε Καὶ ἔσται εἰς γέλωτα καὶ αὐτός. ν» Εἴτα ταφέστερον \"","t":"\"Make him drunk,\" he says, \"for he magnified himself against the Lord.\" For when the Moabites learned what had befallen the Jews, they mocked, charging the God of all with weakness. What follows teaches this too: \"Moab will clap with his hand,\" that is, dancing and exulting. \"And he too will become a laughing-stock.\" Then, more clearly:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.27":{"o":"κζ', Καὶ μὴν \" εἰς γειοιασμόν σοι ἦν καὶ ἐγ κιοπαῖς σου\" εὑρέθη, ὅτι\" ἐπολέμεις αὐτόν; Τί σε, φησὶν, ἠδικηκότα χατεπολέμει;; Τοιχωρυχοῦντας εὗρες, ἣ λωποδυτοῦντας : ε Ἐν αὐτῷ \"5 μεταναστεύσεις. » Τουτέστι διὰ τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν ἀδικίαν \" λέγει δὲ αὑτῶν καὶ τὴν φυγήν.","t":"\"And was not [Israel] a laughing-stock to you? Was he found among thieves, that you made war on him?\" What wrong had he done you, he says, that you fought against him? Did you find them housebreakers or stealers of clothes? \"Among them you shall go into exile,\" that is, because of your injustice towards him. He tells also of their flight.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.28":{"o":"κη΄. Κατέλιπον \" τὰς πόλεις, καὶ ᾧκησαν πέτρας οἱ κατοικοῦντες Μωὰδ, ἐγένοντο ὡς περι- Τὰ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς ἀχρωρείαις χατέλαδον σπήλαια, τῶ\" πολεμίων οὐκ ἐνεγχόντε; τὴν προσθολήν. Καλεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ὑδριστὴν, καὶ ἀλαζόνα, καὶ ὑπερήφανον. « Καὶ\" τούτων, φησὶν, αὐτόπτης ἐγενόμην ἐγώ. » Καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς ἤλεγξ: τῶν ἔργων ἡ πεῖρα τῶν λόγων τὸν ὄγκον, ἐπήγαγεν.","t":"\"The inhabitants of Moab left the cities and lived among the rocks; they became like [doves] …\" For they took to the caves on the mountain heights, unable to bear the enemy's assault. He calls him insolent, boastful, and proud. \"And of these things,\" he says, \"I was an eyewitness.\" And teaching that the experience of deeds exposed the bulk of their words, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.28 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-28)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.30":{"o":"λ΄, Οὐκὶ κατὰ \" τὸ ἱκαγὸν αὐτοῦ οὕτως βρα- χέογες 5\" αὑτοῦ; οὐκ οὕτως \"᾽ ἐποίησε\". Πρὺ το ῦ πολέμου γὰρ ἀλαζονενόμενος, καὶ ἀπειλῶν ἀριστεύειν͵ ἰδὼν τοὺς πολεμίους ἀπέδρα. Τὸ \"7 δὲ, « χειράδας οὐχμοῦ 95,» ὁ Σύρος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσε “ « Κεφαλαὶ αὐνοι ὅν» Αἰχμαλώτων δὲ τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα - δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος ἐπὶ Μωάθ\"","t":"\"Is not his [boasting] in keeping with his strength? Did he not act thus?\" For before the war he boasted and threatened to excel, but when he saw the enemy he ran away. The \"cheirades of drought\" the Syrian rendered thus: \"Heads …\" This is the posture of captives; and the prophetic word shows it of Moab:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.31":{"o":"λα΄. Ο.1ο.1ὐζετε ἐπ᾽ ἄγδρας ' τείχους ᾿, χειράτοὺς πάλαι μὲν τείχεσι χετὴν προτέραν εὐημερίαν, καὶ αὐχμὸν \" περίκειμένους.","t":"\"Wail over the men of the wall …\" … those who were formerly [surrounded] by walls … their former prosperity, and now surrounded by drought.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.39":{"o":"λθ΄, Ὡς Ἱστορίας τινὸς ἀνέμνησε, δεδήλωκε δὲ τὴν τοῦ θρή: κλήματά στ. διῆλθε θάλασσαν. » Εὔοινος ἣν αὐτὴ \" καὶ \"Απεικάζε: τοίνυν θαλάττῃ τῆς ἀμπέλου τὸ πλῆθος. Λέγει δὲ ταύτης διαχθῆναιϊ τὴν γῆν, καὶ διαφθαρῆναι τὴν ἄμπελον. λγ΄. Οἷνος\" ἦν“ φησὶν, ἐγ 1ηνοῖς σου\" πρωϊ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν, οὐδὲ 1\" δείλης οὐκ ἐποίησαν. Τοῦτο ὁ Σύρος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσεν - «ε Οὐκέτι δὲ\" χηνοθατοῦντες λέγοντες ᾽\", Ἰὰ, ἰά. ν Καὶ διαφόύρυ; τὰ αὑτὰ εἰρηκὼς, ἡρμήνευσε τὸ ε χειράδας αὖ- )ζ', λη΄. Πᾶσαν \") κεραϊὴν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ξυρή: σονται, καὶ πᾶς πώγων ξυρηθήσεται \"\"\" καὶ πᾶσι αἱ χεῖρες κόψονται, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσης ἐσφύος σὼς χος. Καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν δωμάτων Μωλὰδ, καὶ ἐν\" ταῖς πιιατείαις αὐτῆς κοπετός \"δ. Διὰ πάντων δὲ τούτων τὸ μέγεθος διδάσκει τῆς συμφορᾶς. «Ὅτι συνέτριψα τὸν Μωὰδ \"7, ὡς ἀγγεῖον, οὗ 15 οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ χρεία, φησὶν ὁ Κύριος.» \"Ἔδειξεν αὐτοῦ τὸ παντελῶς ἄχρηστον \" δείκνυσ! ὃ σαφῶς χοὶ τὴν","t":"… as he recalled a certain story, and he has shown the [greatness] of the lament … \"[your] branches passed over the sea.\" It was rich in wine …; he likens the abundance of the vine to the sea. He says that its land was plundered and the vine destroyed. \"There was wine in your winepresses,\" he says; \"in the morning they did not tread, nor in the evening did they make [the shout].\" The Syrian rendered this thus: \"No longer [will there be] treaders of the winepress, saying: Ia, ia.\" And having said the same things in various ways, he explained the \"cheirades of [drought]\" … \"Every head in every place shall be shaved, and every beard shaved; all hands shall beat [their breasts], and on every loin sackcloth. And on all the roofs of Moab and in its streets, lamentation.\" By all these he teaches the greatness of the calamity. \"For I have broken Moab like a vessel for which there is no use, says the Lord.\" He has shown its complete uselessness; and he shows clearly also the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.40":{"o":"μ΄. Τάδε λέγει Κύριος ' Ἰδοὺ 9 ὡς ἀετὸς ᾧ: μήσει, καὶ ἐκπετάσει τὰς πτέρυγας αὑτοῦ ἐπὶ Μωάδ. Καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Ἐζεκιὴλ ἀετῷ τὸν Ναῤουχοδονόσορ ἀπειχάζει \" βασιλικὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῶον, χα! τῶν πτηνῶν ἁπάντων ὀξύτατόν τε καὶ δυνατώτατον. Προλέγει καὶ τοῦ Μωὰδ τὴν δειλίαν, καὶ 19 ἀπειχάζει αὑτοῦ τὴν καρδίαν γυναικὸς ὠδινούτης χαρ- Ὁ δία\" - διδάσκει δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀσέδειαν. ἀπολεῖται Μωὰδ ἀπὸ ὄχλου \"5, ὅτι ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐμεγαϊύνθη. Προλέγει καὶ τὰ ἐπάλληλα κακᾶ. αΥ΄, μδ, Φόδος δ καὶ βόθυνος. καὶ παγὶς ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν καθήμενον δ᾿ ἐν Μωὰδ, φησὶ Κύριος. Ὃ φεύγων ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόδου ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς τὺν βόθυνον, καὶ ὁ ἀνγαδαίγων ἐκ τοῦ βοθύγοι ςυλληφθήσεται ἐν τῇ παγίδι. Δηλοῖ δὲ διὰ τούτων, ὡς καὶ οἱ φυγῇ χρησάμενοι ἡλώθησαν, καὶ οἷς οὐκ ὡς ᾿ ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ, ᾧ \" ἐπισκέψομαι αὐτὴν ᾽\", φησὶ Κύριος. ν ᾿Ενιαυτὸν τὸν καιρὸν καλεῖ' ὅταν, φησὶ, περιδαλῶ τοῖς κακοῖς, Προθεσπίζει δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν πόλεως Σεὼν 3\", καὶ κατέφαγεν ἀρχηγοὺς Μωάδ. Ἰρολέγει δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ θυμήρη τινά, ὑζ΄. Καὶ ἐπιστρέψω τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Μωὰδ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, φησὶ Κύριος. \"Ἔδειξε καὶ διὰ τῆς τιμωρίας, καὶ διχλ τῆς φιλανθρωπίας, ὡς αὐτός ἐστι Κύριος πάντων, πλουτῶν εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους αὐτὸν, καὶ ὅτι οὐκὶ Ἰουδαίων μόνον ἐστὶ θεὸς, ἀλλὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων. «Ἕως ἐνταῦθα τὸ κρῖμα Μωάθδ. ν Τουτέστιν, ἡ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξ-","t":"\"Thus says the Lord: Behold, like an eagle he will swoop, and spread his wings over Moab.\" The inspired Ezekiel too likens Nebuchadnezzar to an eagle; for the creature is royal, and the swiftest and strongest of all birds. He foretells also Moab's cowardice, and likens its heart to the heart of a woman in labour; and he teaches its ungodliness as well: \"And Moab shall perish from [being] a people, because it magnified itself against the Lord.\" He foretells also evils following one upon another: \"Fear and pit and snare upon you who dwell in Moab, says the Lord. He who flees from the face of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.\" By these words he shows that even those who took to flight were caught, and those who … \"in the year in which I visit it, says the Lord.\" He calls the time a year: when, he says, I surround it with evils. He foretells also their … \"[fire has gone out] from the city of Seon, and devoured the leaders of Moab.\" He foretells some pleasant things for them too: \"And I will turn back the captivity of Moab in the last days, says the Lord.\" He has shown, both by the punishment and by his love for humankind, that he is Lord of all, rich toward all who call on him, and that he is not the God of the Jews only but of all men. \"Thus far the judgment of Moab\"; that is, the [sentence] against him …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.40 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-40)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.7":{"o":"ζ΄. Ἐπειδὴ \"5 ἐπεποίθεις ἐν τῷ ὀχυρώματί σου, ἤξουσί\" σοι θλίψεις\" καὶ οὐ μόνον σὺ τοῖς ποσεται ἐν ἀποικίᾳ ὅδ. Εἴδωλον δὲ ἣν τοῦτο τῶν Μωλ- Οἱ ἱερεῖς αὑτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἄρχογτες αὑτοῦ ἅμα. (η..) Καὶ ἤξει διεθρος \"\" ἐπὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν\", λέγει δὲ τὸν αὐλῶνα, καὶ τὴν πεδιάδα, τὸ αὐτὸ δέξεσθαι πάθος. Προλέγει καὶ τὴν παντελῆ τῶν πολεμίων ἐρημίαν.","t":"\"Since you trusted in your stronghold, afflictions will come upon you\"; and not only you … \"[Chamos] shall go into exile.\" This was an idol of the Moabites. \"… his priests and his rulers together. And destruction shall come upon every city\" … he says that the valley and the plain will suffer the same. He foretells also the complete desolation by the enemy.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48.9":{"o":"θ΄. Δότε γὰρ, φησὶ, σημεῖα τῇ Μωαῦ. Ἕν ταὶ; ἐρήμοις καὶ παντελῶς ἀδάτοις, σημεῖά τινα τιθέντες ἐκ λίθων, οὕτω τὴν πορείαν ποιοῦνται, καὶ εἰς ἐκεῖνα \" ἀφορῶντες ὁδεύουσιν ἀπλανῶς. εὍτι ἀφῇ \" πόλεις αὐτῆς εἰς ἄθατον ἔσονται. » Παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἐνοικοῦντα ἐν αὑτῇ. Πόθεν \"9 ἔνοιχος αὐτῇ “; Διδάσκει δὲ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ὡς δ' ὁ τῶν ὅλων ταῦτα 5 κελεύει γενέσθαι. ὑ. Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ποιῶν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ 3 ἀμειιῶς “, καὶ ἐπικατάρατος \"“ ὁ ἐξαίρων μάχαιρα» αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾽ αἵματος. Ἐὶ δὲ τοὺς ἀμελῶς σφάτοντας, ἕνθα κελεύει Θεὸς, ἀραῖς ὁ προφητικὸς ὑποθάλλει λόγος, ποίας “1 ἡμεῖς τίσομεν δίκας τῆς πνεν","t":"\"Give signs to Moab,\" he says. In deserts and places altogether trackless, people set up markers of stones and so make their journey, and by looking at them they travel without going astray. \"For its cities shall become untrodden,\" because no one lives in it. \"Whence [shall come] an inhabitant for it?\" He teaches through what follows that the [God] of all commands these things to happen: \"Cursed is he who does the works of God carelessly, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.\" If the prophetic word lays curses on those who slaughter carelessly when God commands it, what penalties shall we pay for [neglecting] the spiritual …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 48.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/48-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.1":{"o":"Μεταδαίνει ὃὲ λοιπὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Αμμὼν τῆς προφητείας ὁ λόγος, καί φησι πρὸς αὐτοὺς τῶν ὅλων (, ὁ Κύριος \" α΄. Μὴ\" υἱοὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴ.1, ἣ παρα- «ηψόμενος Ἀ οὐκ ἔστιν αὑτοῖς; Διατί παρέλαδε Μειϊχὼμ τὴν Γαλαὰδ, καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτῶν ἐν πόλεσιν αὐτῆς Ν᾽ οἰκεῖ; Τὴν Γαλααδῖτιν αἱ δέκα χατεῖχον φυλαί, Τούτων τοίνυν αἰχμαλώτων γεγενημένων, ταύτην κατέσχον οἱ ᾿Αμμωνῖται. Πρὸ; τούτοὺς φησὶν ὁ Θεός \" Τοῦ λαοῦ χατεφρονήσατε, ἣ ἐμοῦ; «Πχραληψόμενον ν» γὰρ ἀντὶ τοῦ « τὸν ληψόμενον » καὶ ἐπιχουρήσοντα, ἑαυτὸν κέκληκε. Μελχὼμ δὲ εἴδωλον ἦν τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών. Ἐκεῖνο, φησὶ, τὸ μὴ ὃν, ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀεὶ ὄντος περιγενέσθαι νομίξετε;","t":"The word of prophecy then passes to the sons of Ammon, and the [God] of all, the Lord, says to them: \"Are there no sons in Israel, or is there no one to receive them? Why has Melchom taken Gilead, and his people live in its cities?\" The ten tribes held the region of Gilead; when they had been taken captive, the Ammonites seized it. To these God says: Did you despise the people, or me? For he called himself \"the one who receives,\" meaning the one who will take them up and help them. Melchom was an idol of the sons of Ammon. Do you think, he says, that what is not will prevail over me, who always am?","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.11":{"o":"ια΄, Οὐκ ἔστιν\" ὁ ἐλεῶν ὑπολείπεσθαι δ᾽ ἐρφαγούς σου, ἵνα σωθῶσι, καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτοὺς διασώσω. Πάντες, φησὶ, διὰ τὴν πολλήν σου πονηρίαν ἀπεχθῶς πρὸς δ᾽ σὲ διάκεινται “ χἀγὼ ὁ δίκαιος κριτὴς ἐπέχουρός σου γένωμαι; « Καὶ \" αἱ χτραί δου ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ πεεποιθέτωσαν, ν» Καὶ τοῦτο κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν τέθεικεν, ὡς δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς. ιϑ.,. Ὅτι τάδε «1ἐγει Κύριος\" Ἰδοὺ\" οἷς οὐκ ς ἦν νόμος πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον, πίογτες δ΄\" ἔπιον, καὶ σὺ ἀθωωμένη οὐ μὴ ἀθωωθῇς \"\". Τοὺς ἀτεθείᾳ καὶ πονηρίᾳ συζῶντας χολάξειν μοι νόμος \" ἀπἔχθησαν δὲ εἰς Βαδυλῶνα καὶ προφῆται καὶ ἱερεῖς, Δανιὴλ, Ἐζεκιὴλ, καὶ ἄνδρες εὐσεδεῖς, ᾿Ανανίας, Ἀζαρία;, Μισαὴλ, καὶ ἄλλοι ὡς εἰκὸς πλεῖστοι, ὧν ἡ ἱστορία μέμνηται. Ἐκεῖνοι τοίνυν, φησὶν, οὐκ \"Ὁ ὑπέχειντο διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν τῇ \" τιμωρίᾳ, γεγένηνται δὲ δορυάλωτοι “ καὶ σὺ διαφυγεῖν προσδογᾷς; ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐ τεύξῃ τῆς ἐλπίδος, ε Ὅτι \"\" πίνουτα πίῃ. » ι΄. Ὅτι κατ᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ ὥμοσα, ι1έγει Κύριος, ὅτι\" εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ ὀνειδισμὸν, καὶ εἰς μέσῳ μέρσυς \"5 αὑτῆς, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ πόιλεις αὐτῆς ἔσονται ἔρημοι ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. Βοσὼρ οὐ ταύτην λέγει, τὴν Βόστραν, ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέραν ἐπὶ τῇ ᾿Ιδουμαίᾳ ","t":"\"There is no one to have mercy and leave your orphans so that they may be saved; and I will save them.\" All, he says, are hostile to you because of your great wickedness; and shall I, the just judge, become your helper? \"And let your widows trust in me.\" This too he said ironically, as what follows shows. \"For thus says the Lord: Behold, those for whom it was not the law to drink the cup have drunk it; and will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished.\" It is my law to punish those who live in ungodliness and wickedness; yet prophets and priests too were carried off to Babylon, Daniel and Ezekiel, and pious men, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, and probably very many others whom the history mentions. These, then, he says, were not liable to the punishment, because of their virtue, and yet became captives; and do you expect to escape? But you will be disappointed of your hope, \"for you shall surely drink.\" \"For I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that [Bosor] shall become a desolation, a reproach, and a curse in its midst, and all its cities shall be deserts for ever.\" By Bosor he does not mean this Bostra but another city, in Idumaea.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.14":{"o":"ιδ΄. ᾿Ακοὴν ἤκουσα παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ ἀγγέλους εἰς ἔθνη ἀπέστειῖε\" συνάχθητε, καὶ παραγέγεσθε ἐπ᾿\" αὐτὴν, καὶ ἀνάστητε εἰς πόλεμον ἐπ' αὐτήν\". Τὸ δὲ, ε ἀγγέλους εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἀπέστειλεν, » ἀντὶ τοῦ « ἐκέλευσε » τέθεικεν \" εἰκὸς δὲ καὶ τῷ θείῳ προστάγματι διακονοῦντας ἀγγέλου: διεγείρειν\" ποὺς πολεμίους - καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεῖος λέγει Δαβίδ\" « Ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς αὑτοὺς ὀργὴν θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ\" θυμὸν, καὶ ὀργὴν, καὶ θλίψιν, ἀποστολὴν δι’ ἀγγέλων πονηρῶν. » Πονηροὺς δὲ καλεῖ, οὐκ ὡς φύσει τοιούτοὺς, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς τιμωρίας χάριν ἐχπεμπομένους. Κακὰ γὰρ καλεῖν ῖ εἰώθαμεν καὶ τὰς ἑἐπαγομένας συμφοράς. Οὕτω; ἄγγελος τὰ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀνεῖλε πρωτότοκα\" οὕτως ἕτεροι κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραΐλ Β δὲ καὶ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα ἔστιν εὑρεῖν παρὰ τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ ιέ. Ἰδοὺ \" μικρὸν δέδωκά σδ ἐν ἔθνεσιν \" εὑκαταφρόγητον ἐν ἀνθρώποις. \"Ασημοι γάρ εἶσιν Ἶδουμαῖοι\" καὶ παντελῶς ἡγνοήθησαν, εἰ μὴ δήλους αὖτοὺς ὃ πεποίηκεν ἡ θεία Γραφή\" καὶ δήλους αὐτοὺς οὐ πᾶσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς σπουδαίοις ποιεῖ.","t":"\"I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations: Gather together and come against her, and rise up for war against her.\" \"He has sent messengers to the nations\" he set down instead of \"he commanded\"; but it is likely too that angels serving the divine command stir up the enemies. For the divine David says: \"He sent against them the anger of his wrath, wrath and anger and affliction, a sending by evil angels.\" He calls them evil not as being such by nature, but as sent out to punish; for we are accustomed to call even the calamities that are brought on us \"evils.\" So an angel destroyed the firstborn of the Egyptians; so others against Israel …; and other such things can be found in the divine Scripture. \"Behold, I have made you small among the nations, despised among men.\" For the Idumaeans are obscure, and would have been altogether unknown had the divine Scripture not made them known; and it makes them known not to all, but to the studious.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.16":{"o":"ις΄. Ἧ\" παιγνία σου ἐνεχείρησέ σοι ταῦτα, καὶ ἡ ἀτιμία \" τῆς καρδίας σου. Εἰδωλολατρείαν \", καὶ τρυφὴν, καὶ ἀκολασίαν διὰ τούτων κατηγορεῖ. «Κατέλυσεν ἐν τρυμαλιαΐς ᾿ πετρῶν. » Καὶ ἤδη προ: εἰρήκαμεν, ὁποίας εἶχον καταφυγά;. ε Συνέλαθεν \"' ἰσχὺν βουνοῦ ὑψηλοῦ, » Τὰς ἀκρωρείας λέγει μέγισται δὲ αὗται, καὶ ὑψηλαί. «Ὅτι \" ἐὰν ὑψώτσῃ;, ὡς ἀετὸς, νοσσιάν σου\" ἐκεῖθεν καθελῶ σε, λέγει Κύ-","t":"\"Your playfulness has encouraged you to these things, and the dishonour of your heart.\" By these words he accuses them of idolatry, luxury, and licentiousness. \"It lodged in the clefts of the rocks.\" We have already said what refuges they had. \"It seized the strength of a high hill\": he means the mountain heights, which are very great and high. \"For if you build your nest high like an eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.17":{"o":"ιζ΄, Καὶ ἔσται ἡ Ἰδουμαία εἰς ἄδατον». Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι καὶ οἱ διιόντες δι᾽ αὐτῆς θαυμάσουσι, καὶ τῷ καὶ ὅτι Σοδόμοις καὶ Γομόροις, καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις πόλεσιν αἵ τοῦ πάθους ἐκοινώνησαν ταύταις, ἔρημοι παραπλησίως; αἱ προῤῥηθεῖσαι γενέ σονται πόλεις. Καὶ ἀψευδὴς ὁ λόγος\" καὶ γὰρ ὁ Δαιδὰν, καὶ ἡ θαιμὰν, καὶ ἡ Βοσὼρ ἔρημοί εἰσι παντελῶς. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸν Βαδυλώνιον λέοντι παραπλησίως κατ᾽ αὐτῆς ὁρμήσειν, καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου τὴν πορείαν ποιῇσεσθαι \"5 καὶ κελεύει τοὺς λογάδας κατ᾽ αὐτῆς ὁπλίιθς, Ὅτι τίς ὥσπερ ἐγώ; καὶ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι\"; τίς οὗτος ὁ ποιμὴν, ὃς στήσεται κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου; Οὔτε γὰρ οἱ βασιλεῖς, οὔτε τὰ τούτων εἴδωλα, ἐμοῦ κελεύοντος \"\", ἀντιστῆναι δυνήσονται.","t":"\"And Idumaea shall become untrodden.\" He says that those who pass through it will be amazed and … and that, like Sodom and Gomorrah and the other cities that shared their fate, the cities foretold will become deserts. And the word is not false: Daidan, Thaeman, and Bosor are completely deserted. He says also that the Babylonian will rush against it like a lion and make his march across the Jordan; and he bids the picked men arm against it. \"For who is like me? And who will stand against me? Who is this shepherd who will stand before my face?\" For neither the kings nor their idols will be able to resist when I command.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.17 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-17)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.2":{"o":"β΄. Διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, φησὶ Κύριος \" τὸ δὲ, « ἀχουτιῶ» ἀκουσθῆναι ποιήσω. « Καὶ ἔσται\" εἰς ἄθατον καὶ ἀπώλειαν “ καὶ οἱ\" βωμοὶ αὑτῆς ἐν πυρὶ χαταχαυθήσονται, καὶ \"\" παραλήψεται Ἰμραὴλ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτῶν\", φησὶ Κύριος. » Καὶ ἐπιμένει τὰ συμθησόμενα τοῖς ᾿Αμμωνίταις προλέγων.","t":"\"Therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord …\" … \"I will make heard\" means \"I will cause to be heard.\" \"And it shall become untrodden and a ruin, and its altars shall be burned with fire, and Israel shall take over their dominion, says the Lord.\" And he goes on foretelling what will befall the Ammonites.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.20":{"o":"χ', Διὰ τοῦτο ἀκούσατε τὴν βουλὴν Κυρίου, ἣν ἐδουεύσατο ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν, καὶ αὑτοῦ, ὃν ἐμογίσατο ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Θαιμάν. Εἶτα λέγε! εὐαρίθμητα μὲν αὐτῶν ἔσεσθαι: τὰ πρόδατα, ἄδατον δὲ τὴν χώραν: καὶ ᾽2 τοῦ θρήνου τὸν ἦχον τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν χαταλήψεσθα!: θάλασσαν, ἀετῷ δὲ παραπλησίως τὸν Βαδυλώνιον ἐπιστήσεσθαι, καὶ τῶν ὀχυρωμάτων κρατήσειν\" τοὺς δὲ Ἰδουμαίους δειλίᾳ καὶ ὀδύνῃ περιπεσεῖσθαι, ὡς γυναικὶ τιχτούσῃ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν παρχδάλλεσθαι. ᾿Ενταῦθα νὰς τὴς Ἰδουμαίας τὴν πρόῤῥησιν, ἐπὶ τὴν Δαμασχὸν μεταφέρει τὸν λόγον, καί φησιν “5 \" πογηρὰν ἤκουσαν. Ἠμὰθ, ὡς καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμὲν, τὴν ἜἜμεσαν \"5 λέγει\" ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Ἢμὰθ, ἡ νῦν Ἐπιφάνεια. ᾿Αρρὰθ δέ τινὲς φασι τὰς νῦν Ῥεφαγνέας καλουμένας. ε Ἐξέστησαν ἐν θαλάσσῃ \"7, ἐθυμώθησαν 5, ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ μὴ δύνανται\"\". » Θάασσαν' ἐκάλεσε τὸ πλῆθος τῆς στρατιᾶς \"5 ἔδειξε δὲ καὶ τὴν πρώτην τῶν Δαμασκηνῶν ὁρμὴν \" περὶ γὰρ αὑτῶν ἔφη, ε« Ἐθυμώθησαν \" » ἐλέγχει δὲ τὴν μετὰ ταῦτα δειλίαν. κδ. Ἐξε.1ύθη Δαμασκὸς, ἀπεστράφη εἰς φυγὴν, καὶ ἐξεῤῥίςρη \"\". τρόμος ἐπειλάδετο αὐτῆς, καὶ \"\" ὠδίγες κατέσχον αὐτὴν ὡς τικτούσης. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς συμφορᾶς.","t":"\"Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which he has counselled against Idumaea, and his purpose which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thaeman.\" Then he says that their sheep will be easily counted and the land untrodden; that the sound of their lament will reach the Red Sea; that the Babylonian will stand over them like an eagle and master their strongholds; and that the Idumaeans will fall into cowardice and pain, their heart being likened to that of a woman in labour. Ending here the prophecy about Idumaea, he turns the discourse to Damascus, and says: \"[Hamath and Arphad are put to shame, for] they have heard an evil [report].\" By Hamath, as we have already said, he means Emesa; but there is also another Hamath, the present Epiphania. Arphad some say is the place now called Raphaneae. \"They were amazed at sea, they were angry; they cannot rest.\" He called the multitude of the army a sea. He showed also the first onset of the Damascenes, for of them he said \"they were angry\"; but he exposes their cowardice afterwards: \"Damascus has grown feeble, has turned to flight, and has been cast out; trembling has seized her, and pangs have held her as of a woman giving birth.\" He teaches also the cause of the calamity.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.25":{"o":"χε’, Πῶς οὐκὶ \"5 ἐγκατέλιπδ πόλεις\" ἐμὰς, ἐμὴν 35 κώμην ἡγάπησεν δ; Ἔμὰας, φησὶ, πόλεις καὶ κώμας λαδεῖν ἐπεχείρησε\" πόλεις δὲ αὑτοῦ καὶ κώμας, τὰ; τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνομάζει\" ἀεὶ ὸὲ πρὸς ταύ-","t":"\"How has she not left my cities? She loved my village.\" She tried, he says, to take my cities and villages; and he calls the cities and villages of Israel his own. For always against these …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.26":{"o":"κς’, κζ΄. Διὰ τοῦτο πεσοῦνται οἱ νεανίσκοι σου \" ἐν ταῖς πλατείωις σου, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ποιϊεμισταὶ \"\" ἐκπεσοῦνται 3\" ἐν 3 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, φησὶ Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων. Καὶ χαύσω πὺρ ὃν τείχει Δαμασκοῦ, καὶ καταφάγεται ἀμιφοδα 3 υἱοῦ Ἄδερ. « Υἱὸς “Αδερ ν ἐστὶν δ᾽ ὄνομα \"3, Ἰαραδὰδ γὰρ \" ἐκαλεῖτο τῇ Σύρων φωνῇ \" βασιλεὺ; δὲ ἦν οὗτος τῆς Δαμασκοῦ, καὶ ὡς ἡ προφητεία δηλοῖ, λα πρηῖς αὐτὴν οἰκοδομήμασι διεκόσμησεν οἷς τὸν ἐμπρησρὸν ἀπειλεῖ, Προλέγει δὲ ὁ προφήτης καὶ τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις,, τοῖς νῦν καλουμένοις Σαραχηνοῖς, τὰς; ἐπενεχθείσας συμφοράς. χη. Τῇ Κηδὰρ, τῇ ᾽ βασιλίσσῃ τῆς αὐνῆς, ἣν οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος 5. Κηδὰρ εἷς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσμαὴλ, καὶ τοῦτο διδάσκει τῆς Κτίσεως τὸ ϑιόλίον - κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον δὲ τὸν καιρὸν, ὡς εἰκὸς, αὕτη τῶν ἄλλων ἐκράτει φυλῶν \" ὅθεν αὐτὴν καὶ βασίλισσαν ὀνγο. μάζει. Αὐ.1λὴν δὲ καλεῖ ἅπασαν τὴν τῶν Σαρακηνῶν στάσιν ᾽5. ἐπειδὴ νομάδες εἰσὶν, ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικοῦντες. Παρακχελεύεται δὲ \"» στρατεῦσαι ἐπ' αὐτοὺς, καὶ ληΐσασθαι τὰ πρόδατα, καὶ τὰς καμήλους, ἐχπορθῆσαι δὲ καὶ τὰς σκηνάς\" καὶ ὁ Κεδὲμ δὲ υἱὸς ὑπῆρχε τοῦ Ἰσμαήλ' παρακελεύεται δὲ καὶ τούτοις ὑπὸ γῆν λαθεῖν \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει.","t":"\"Therefore your young men shall fall in your streets, and all your warriors shall fall in that day, says the Lord of hosts. And I will kindle a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the streets of the son of Ader.\" \"The son of Ader\" is a name, for he was called Haradad in the Syrian tongue. He was king of Damascus and, as the prophecy shows, adorned it with brilliant buildings, on which he threatens the burning. The prophet foretells to the Ishmaelites as well, who are now called Saracens, the calamities brought on them: \"To Kedar, the queen of the court, which [Nebuchadnezzar struck], thus said the Lord.\" Kedar was one of the sons of Ishmael, as the book of Creation also teaches. At that time, it is likely, this tribe ruled over the others; hence he also calls it queen. He calls the whole encampment of the Saracens a \"court,\" since they are nomads living in tents. He bids [the enemy] march against them, plunder the sheep and camels, and ravage the tents. Kedem too was a son of Ishmael; and he bids these also to hide under the earth; for this is what he says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.3":{"o":"γ΄. ᾿Ολόλυξον \"5, ᾿Εσεδὼν, ὅτι ὦ ϊετο ἡ ἰσχύς σασθε σάκκους, καὶ κόπτεσθε \"Ἵ, καὶ \"ϑάναδράμετα \" διὰ τῶν τειχῶν 5, ὅτι Μειϊχὼμ εἰς ἀποικίων βαδιεῖται, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτοῦ ἅμα. \"δειξε καὶ τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων ἀσθένειαν \" αἰχμάλωτα γὰρ καὶ αὐτὰ μετὰ τῶν προσκυνούντων ἀπῆλθον.","t":"\"Wail, Esebon, for [Ai] has perished … gird on sackcloth and beat your breasts, and run up along the walls; for Melchom will go into exile, and his priests and his rulers together.\" He showed also the weakness of the idols, for they too went away captive with their worshippers.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.30":{"o":"λ΄, Βαθύνατε \" εἰς κάθισιν \".. “Ὥστε φυγεῖν τῶν","t":"\"Go deep for dwelling,\" so as to flee the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.31":{"o":"λα΄. Ἀνάστηθι, ἀνάδηθι \"5 ἐπὶ ἔθγος θοῦν\"͵ καθήμενον εἰς \" ἀναψυχὴν, φησὶ Νύριος\", Οἷς \"8 οὐκ εἰσὶ θύραι, οὐδὲ \" μοχιλοί- αὐτοὶ μό- »οι καταύουσιν. Ῥαδία \"5 σοι, φησὶν, ἡ νίκη, οὐ δεῖ σϑι πολιορκίας, οὐδὲ προσεδρείας, οὐδὲ χρόνου μακροῦ εὐάλωτοί εἰσι, καὶ εὐχείρωτο!. Δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπάγει τὴν τιμυρίαν. ε Καὶ λικμήσω \"“ αὐτοὺς. παντὶ πνεύματι κεχαρμένους τὰ \"5 πρόσωπα αὑτῶν, καὶ ἐκ παντὸς πέρατος \"' αὐτῶν οἴσω τὴν τροπὴν αὐτῶν. » Τουτέστιν, εἰς ἔκαστον κλῖμα τραπήσονται εἰς φυγήν. Καὶ οἱ πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον ἱδρυμένο:, καὶ οἱ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐσχηνωμένοι.","t":"\"Arise, go up against a nation at ease, dwelling in refreshment, says the Lord, which has no doors nor bars; they live alone.\" The victory is easy for you, he says: no siege is needed, no blockade, no long time; they are easily taken and easily subdued. He shows also that he himself brings the punishment: \"And I will winnow them to every wind, those who shave [the sides of] their faces, and from every side of them I will bring their rout\"; that is, they will turn to flight in every region, both those settled towards the rising sun and those encamped towards the west.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.33":{"o":"λγ΄. Καὶ ἔσται ἡ αὐλὴ δ\" διατριδὴ καὶ ἄδατος ἕως αἰῶνος. Οὐ μὴ καθίσει δ ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ οὐ μὴ κατοικήσει \"5 υἱὸς γηγεγοῦς\", Καὶ μαρτυρεῖ τοῖς λόγοις τὰ πράγματα\" καταλιπόντες γὰρ τὴν πανέρημον, τοῖς οἰχουμένοις φρουρίοις πελάζουσι. Προθεσπίζει δὲ καὶ τὰ τῇ Αἰλὰμ ( συμδεδηχότα \" δηλοῖ \"6 δὲ καὶ τῆς προφητείας τὸν χρόνον. Εὐθὺς γὰρ βαπιλεύσαντος Σεδεκίου ταύτην ἔφη γενέσθαι. ᾿","t":"\"And the court shall become a haunt and untrodden for ever; no man shall sit there, and no son of man shall dwell there.\" And the facts bear witness to the words: they have left the utter desert and live near the inhabited forts. He foretells also what befell Elam, and shows the time of the prophecy: he says it came as soon as Zedekiah became king.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.33 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-33)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.35":{"o":"λε΄. Τάδε 1έγει Κύριος \"1 τῶν δυνάμεων \" Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συντρίδω τόξον Αἰλὰμ, ἀρχὴν \"\" δυναστείας αὐτῶν.. Αἰλὰμ. πόλι: ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ στομίῳ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς κειμένη θαλάττης. Ἐμπόριον δὲ ἣν τοῦτο πάλαι λαμπρὸν, καὶ νῦν\" οἱ πρὸς Ἱνδοὺς ἀποπλέοντες ς΄. Καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ Αἰλὰμ τέσσαρας ἀνέμους ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἄκρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἔθνος ὃ οὐκ ἥξει ἐκεῖ. Τῆς Αἰγύπτου κρατήσας ὁ Βαθυλώνιος, ὥρμησεν ἐπανιὼν κατ᾽ αὐτῆς, ἔχων μὲν τὴν προτέραν στρατιὰν 5 ἀπὸ τῶν βορειοτέρων καὶ ἑῴων συνειλεγμένην μερῶν \" συνῆν δὲ Ὁ αὐτῷ καὶ νησιωτῶν πλῆθος, ὃ τὴν ἑσπέραν ᾧκει\" καὶ προσέλαδε δὲ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν δ΄, καὶ Αἰγυπτίους, καὶ Δίόνας, καὶ Αἰθίοπας, οἱ τὸ νοτιώτερον οἰκεῖν ἔλαχον τρῆμα “.. Ταῦτα ὁ προφητικὸς προεθέσπισε λόγος. ","t":"\"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I break the bow of Elam, the beginning of their dominion.\" Elam is a city lying at the mouth of the Red Sea. It was a brilliant trading post of old, and now those sailing to India … \"And I will bring upon Elam four winds from the four ends of heaven, and there shall be no nation to which [its outcasts] will not come.\" After conquering Egypt, the Babylonian on his return rushed against it, having his former army gathered from the more northern and eastern parts; with him too was a multitude of islanders who lived in the west; and he took with him against it Egyptians, Libyans, and Ethiopians, whose lot was to live in the more southern region. This is what the prophetic word foretold.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.35 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-35)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.37":{"o":"λζ΄. Καὶ πτοήσω αὑτοὺς ἐναντίον τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὑτῶν, τῶν ζητούντων τὴν ψυχὴν αὑτῶν\" καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς κατὰ \" τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, φησὶ Κύριος “\", καὶ ἐπαποστελῦ ὀπίσω αὑτῶν τὴν μάχαιράν μου, ἕως οὗ ἀναλώσῃ\" αὐτούς. Πάλιν μάχαιραν αὑτοῦ τοὺς Βαδυλωνίους ξχάλεσε \" δι᾽ αὐτῶν γὰρ καὶ τούτους εἰσεπράξατο δίκας. λη,. Καὶ θήσω τὸν θρόνον μου ἐν Αἰλὰμ, καὶ ἀπολῶ“ ἐκεῖθεν βασιλέα καὶ μεγιστᾶνας, φησὶ \" Κύριος. Τὸ, « θήσω τὸν θρόνον μον,» ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἐκεῖ διχάσω, καὶ τὴν Ψῆφον ἐξοίσω, οἷόν τισι δημίοις κεχρημένος κοῖς πολεμίοις. ἼἜχει δὲ καὶ νῦν ἐκεῖ τὸν θρόνον, εἰς εὐσέῤειαν καὶ ταύτης μεταδληθείσης τῆς πόλεως \" ὥστε καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ἀληθὴς ἧ πρόῤῥησις. ͵","t":"\"And I will terrify them before their enemies who seek their life, and I will bring upon them according to the anger of my wrath, says the Lord, and I will send my sword after them until it consumes them.\" Again he called the Babylonians his sword, for through them he exacted punishment from these too. \"And I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy from there king and nobles, says the Lord.\" \"I will set my throne\" means: there I will judge and pronounce sentence, using the enemy as executioners. And he has his throne there now too, since this city also has been converted to piety; so that in this sense too the prediction is true.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.37 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-37)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.39":{"o":"λθ', Καὶ ἔσται ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἐπι- Ἡγοῦμαι καὶ διὰ 5 ταύτην, καὶ διὰ τὰς ἄλλας, αἷς τὴν ἀνάκλησιν ἐπηγγείλατο, μὴ μόνης τῆς αἰσθητῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ὑπισχνεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τὸν ἀγα- (ὺν Δεσπότην, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς νοητῆς ᾿ πλείονα γὰρ ποιεῖται τῶν ψυχῶν ἐπιμέλειαν 79 “ διὰ γάρ τοι τοῦτο καὶ τοῖς σώμασι τὰ: παιδείας προσφέρει. Προλέγει τοίνυν τὴν τοῦ διαδόλου κατάλυσιν, καὶ ἀσεδείας 1: τῖν παῦλαν, καὶ τὴν τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ὑπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας γεγενημένων ἀνθρώπων ἐλευθερίαν 13, Ἧς τετυχηχότες τὸν ταύτης χορηγὸν ἀνυμνήσωμεν, καὶ τὴν ἐλευθέραν ζωὴν ἀγαπήσωμεν, καὶ τὴν προτέραν φδελυξώμεθα δουλείαν \" ἵνα καὶ σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ τῷ Δεσποτιχῷ βήματι παραστῶμεν 1\", χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ δικαίου χριτοῦ, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, δόξα πρέπει καὶ μεγαἡοπρέπεια, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν. ","t":"\"And it shall be in the last of the days, [I will turn back the captivity of Elam, says the Lord].\" I think that through this promise and the others in which he promised the recall, the good Master promises freedom not only from the captivity of the senses but also from the spiritual one; for he takes greater care of souls, and it is for this very reason that he brings disciplines on bodies. He foretells, then, the destruction of the devil, the end of ungodliness, and the freedom of the men who had become captives of sin. Having obtained it, let us hymn its giver, love the free life, and loathe our former slavery, so that we may stand with boldness before the Master's judgment seat, by the grace and love for humankind of the just Judge, with whom glory and majesty befit the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.4":{"o":"δ΄. Τί ἀγαλλιᾶσθε \"' ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις δ Ἑγαχίμ; διέῤῥευσεῦ' τὰϑ᾽ πεδία σου, θύγατερ \"\" τῆς ἀτιμίας δ, ᾿Αναίδειαν αὐτῆς κατηγορεῖ, καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ πλούτῳ θράσος\". Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς διδάσκε:. ε Ἢ πεποιθυῖα ἐπὶ τοῖς ᾽5 θησαυροῖς αὑτῆς, ἡ λέγουσα, Τίς ἐπελεύσεται δ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ;» Καὶ ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ὁρωμένοις προσεῖχε, καὶ τὸν ἀόρατον \"ὁ ἠγνόει θεὸν, διδάσχειδ' τίς ὁ κολάζων.","t":"\"Why do you exult in the plains of the Enakim? Your plains have flowed away, daughter of dishonour.\" He accuses her shamelessness and her boldness on account of her wealth; what follows teaches this too: \"She who trusted in her treasures, who says: Who will come against me?\" And since she paid attention to what is seen and did not know the invisible God, he teaches who it is that punishes.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.5":{"o":"ε΄. ἸΙδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω ἐπὶ σὲ φόδον, εἶπε Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς περιοίκου σου. Πανταχόθεν, φησὶ, δραμοῦνται οἱ μηνύοντές σο! τῶν πολεμίων τὴν στρατιάν. ε Καὶ διασπαρήσεσθε ἔχαὅτος εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὑτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ συνἄγων μετανάστην 5\". Οὐ γὰρ κατὰ ταὐτὸν φεύξετε, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τοῦ δέους ὑπερθολὴν σχεδασθήσεσθε \" προλέγει 55 δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἐπάνοδον, ἵνα μὴ μέγα φρονῶσιν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἅτε μόνοι τῆς ἐπανόδου τετυχηχότες. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ τὰ σκυθρωπά\" καὶ ἐπειδὴ ηὔχουν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, ταύτης αὐτοὺς ἔστεοἶσθαί φησιν. « Οὐκ ἔστι \"\" σοφία ἐν Θαιμὰν, ἀπώλετο βουλὴ ἐκ συνετῶν. » Πόλις ἣν αὕτη, καὶ ταύτης ἐδασίλευσεν Ἐλιφάζ - Ἐλιφὰζ γὰρ ὁ Θαιμανῶν βασιλεύς.","t":"\"Behold, I bring fear upon you, said the Lord of hosts, from all around you.\" From every side, he says, people will run to report the enemy's army to you. \"And you shall be scattered, each before his face, and there shall be no one to gather the fugitive.\" For you will not flee together, but because of the excess of fear you will be dispersed. He foretells a return for these too, so that the Jews should not be proud, as if they alone had obtained a return. He foretells gloomy things to Idumaea also; and since they prided themselves on wisdom, he says they will be deprived of it: \"There is no [longer] wisdom in Thaeman; counsel has perished from the prudent.\" This was a city, and Eliphaz reigned over it; for Eliphaz was king of the Thaemanites.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49.8":{"o":"η΄. Ἡπατήθη δ ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ 5\". βαθύγατε Ὁ δὰν “, ὅτι 5 δύσκολα ἐποίησεν\" ἤγαγον ἐπ᾽ αὖτὸν ἐν χρόνῳ ᾧ ἐπεσκεφάμη» αὐτόν. Καὶ ἡ Δαι- Α δὰν ἑτέρα πόλις\" παρακελεύεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ γῆν χρυθῆναι \" τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι, ε βαθύνατε εἰς χάθισιν. ν Καὶ διδάσκει, ὡῷ αὑτὸς αὐτοῖς ἐπάγει τὴν τιμωρίαν\" εἰ καὶ ἐν τῷ προλαδόντι χρόνῳ, φησὶν, ἐχρησάμην μακροθυμίᾳ 1\". Υ γ΄. Ὅτι τρυγηταὶ ἦλθόν σοι, καὶ οὐ κατα- Δείψουσί σοι κατάλειμμα\". Τρυγητὰς τοὺς πολεμίους καλεῖ, οὃς λέγει πάντα ληΐζεσθαι καὶ πορθεῖν \" διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὸν τῆς ἐφόδου καιρόν. ε Ὥσεὶ 15 κλέπται ἐν νυκτὶ ἐπιθήσουσι 15 χεῖρα αὑτῶν. ». Ὅτι ἐγὼ κατέσυρα 7 τὸν Ἡσαῦ, ἀνεκάλυψα κρυπτὰ αὐτῶν 15\" χρυδῆγαι οὐ μὴ δύνωνται\". Μέγιστα ὅρη καὶ ὑψηλὰ τῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ παράκεινται \" σπήλαια τοίνυν ἐν τούτοις ὀρύττοντες, εἰς ἐκεῖνα χχτέφυγον δυσμενῶν ἐπιόντων ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλπίδος Β ἥμαρτον, κἀκεῖθεν αὐτοὺς παραδεδωκότος τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ - «ε [Ὥλετο\"᾽ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ διὰ δ' χειρὸς 53 ἀδελφοῦ καὶ γείτονος αὐτοῦ. » Οὐκ ἠδέσθη, φησὶ, οὔτε τὴν φύσιν οὔτε τὴν γειτνίασιν, ᾿Αδελφοὶ γὰρ ἦσαν Ἰαχὼδ καὶ Ἠσαῦ, καὶ μέντοι καὶ ὅμοροι\" οὐδεὶ: γὰρ ἕτερος αὑτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων διέστησεν.","t":"\"Its place has been deceived; go deep [into hiding, you who live in] Daidan, for [Esau] has acted grievously; I have brought upon him … in the time when I visited him.\" Daidan is another city. He bids them hide under the earth, for this is what \"go deep for dwelling\" means. And he teaches that he himself brings the punishment on them: even if in the past, he says, I used long-suffering … \"For grape-gatherers have come to you, and they will not leave you a remnant.\" He calls the enemy grape-gatherers, who, he says, plunder and ravage everything. He teaches also the time of the attack: \"Like thieves in the night they will lay their hand.\" \"For I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered their hidden places; they cannot be hidden.\" Very great and high mountains lie beside Idumaea; they dug caves in them and fled into them when enemies attacked. But they were disappointed of their hope, since the God of all handed them over from there too. \"His seed has perished by the hand of his brother and his neighbour.\" He respected, he says, neither nature nor neighbourhood: for Jacob and Esau were brothers, and indeed neighbours, since no other people separated them from one another.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 49.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/49-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.1":{"o":"α΄. Περιδράμετϑ 5\") ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ᾿Ιερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἴδετε, καὶ γγῶτα, καὶ ζητήσατε \"5 ἐν ταῖς πλααὐτῆς, ἐὰν\" εὕρητε ἄνδρα ἐν αὐτῇ \" ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ τις ποιῶν κρῖμα, καὶ ζητῶν τὴν πίστιν' η ὄλητος καὶ ἡ ἐχείνων ἀσέδεια, καὶ ἢ τοῦ Δεσπότου φιλανθρωπία - οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς παραὁ δὲ καὶ δι᾽ ἑνὸς \"6 κατὰ νόμον πολιτευομένου συγγνώμην ἅπασιν ἐπαγγέλλεται \" τὸ μέντοι, «ε Ἴδετε, καὶ γνῶτε, καὶ ζητήσατε, » ἀντὶ τοῦ, Μετὰ πάσης; … β΄. Ζῇ Κύριος, λέγουσιν, ὅμως δὲ ἐπὶ ψεύ… μένοις μεταθεῖναι τὸν ὄρκον εἰς ᾽ αὐτὸν ἁπλῶς Τὰ παρηγγύησεν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ ἀληθείας ὁμόσαι. Εἶτα ὁ … Υ΄. Καὶ \" οἱ ὀρθαλμοί σου εἰς πίστι». Τουτέστι, … αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπόνεσαν᾽ συνετέλεσας αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἢθέλησαν δέξασθαι παιδείαν. » Τὸ μὲν πρότερον τὴν σύμμετρον παιδείαν δηλοῖ \" τὸ δὲ, ε συν» τοὺς ὥνησε διὰ τὴν ἀτεράμονα γνώμην \" τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς λέγει\" « Ἐστερέωσαν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ πέτραν, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν ἐπιστραφῆναι.» Τὴν ἀναίδειαν αὑτῶν, καὶ ἀπείθειαν διὰ τούτων δηλοῖ.","t":"1. \"Run about in the streets of Jerusalem, and look, and know, and seek in its squares, whether you can find a man in it, whether there is anyone who does judgment and seeks faith …\" … both their impiety and the Master's love for humankind: for they with one accord turned to lawlessness, but he promises pardon to all even for the sake of one who lives according to the law. \"Look, and know, and seek\" means: with all … 2. \"As the Lord lives, they say; yet they swear falsely …\" … he did not simply bid them transfer the oath to himself, but to swear with truth. Then the … 3. \"Lord, your eyes are toward faith.\" That is, … \"… them, and they felt no pain; you consumed them, and they would not accept discipline.\" The first shows measured discipline; the second, \"you consumed them,\" … did them no good because of their unyielding mind. For he says this in what follows: \"They made their faces harder than rock, and would not turn back.\" Through these words he shows their shamelessness and disobedience.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.10":{"o":"τ΄. Οἱ προφῆται ὑμῶν ἦσαν εἰς ἄνεμον \" καὶ Δόγος Κυρίου οὐκ ὑπῆρχεν αὑτοῖς \"5. Τὸ δὲ \" ε εἰς ἄνεμον » τὸ μάταιον καὶ ψευδὲς τῶν λεγομένων.δηγηζ᾽ οὐ γὰρ τοῦ θείου μετέλαχον Πνεύματος. Οὗ δὴ χάριν πρὸς τὸν προφήτην φησὶν, ὅτι “Ὃ λόγος, ὃν διὰ τῆς εἧς φθέγγομαι γλώττης, πυρὸς αὐτοὺς δίκην χαταναλώσει ὑποδείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τῆς τιμωρίας τὸν τρόπον. Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἔθγος πόῤῥωθεν\", οἶκος Ἰσραὴ.1,.έγει Κύριος, ἔθγος.\" ἀρχαῖόν ἐστι. Τοὺς ᾿Ασσυρίους λέγεν \" ἔθνος δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀρχαῖον καλεῖ, ἐπειδήπερ ἣ τούτων βασιλεία πασῶν ἐστι πρεσθυτάτη - Νεμόρὼθ.᾽ γὰρ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν πρῶτος αὐτῶν ἐθασίλευσεν. Εἶτα λέγει καὶ τῆς φωνῆς τὸ ἀλλόγλωττον. Καὶ ᾽ τὴν φαρέτραν ἀπειχάζει τάφῳ ἀνεῳγμένῳ, διὰ τὸ θανατηφόρον τῶν βελῶν, καὶ τῆς τοξείας τὸ εὔστοχον. Λέγει δὲ … καὶ τῆς γῆς τὴν δήωσιν, καὶ τῶν οἰκιῶν τὴν πόρθησιν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων σφαγήν. Προλέγει μέντοι καὶ τὴν τῶν πολεμίων κατάλυσιν, καὶ τὴν τοὺτων ἀνάκλησιν.","t":"13. \"Your prophets were wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.\" By \"wind\" he has indicated the vanity and falsehood of what they said; for they had no share in the divine Spirit. For this reason he says to the prophet that the word which I utter through your tongue will consume them like fire; and he indicates the manner of the punishment as well: 15. \"Behold, I am bringing upon you a nation from afar, house of Israel, says the Lord; it is an ancient nation.\" He means the Assyrians; and he calls them an ancient nation because their kingdom is the oldest of all, for Nimrod was the first to reign over them after the flood. Then he speaks also of the foreign tongue of their speech. And he likens the quiver to an open grave, because of the deadliness of the arrows and the sureness of their archery. He speaks also of … and the ravaging of the land, the plundering of the houses, and the slaughter of the people. Yet he foretells also the overthrow of the enemies and the recall of these.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.18":{"o":"ιη΄. Οὐ γὰρ μὴ ποιήσω, φησὶν, ὑμᾶς \"' εἰς συντέλειαν. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἀναλγησίαν ἑνόσουν, καὶ τὰς οἰκείας οὐκ δώρων παρανομίας, ἀλλ᾽ ἔλεγον\"","t":"18. \"For I will not make a full end of you,\" he says. And since they were sick with insensibility and did not see their own lawlessness, but said:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.18 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-18)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Ἕνεκα\"\" εἰγος ἐποίησεν ἡμῖν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντα ταῦτα; κελεύει τῷ “προφήτῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰπεῖν, « ᾿Ανθ᾽ ὧν \"5 ἐγκατελίπετέ με\", καὶ ἐδουλεύσατε θεοῖς ἑτέροις \"\" ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν, οὖτως δουλεύσετε ἀλλοτρίοις ἐν γῇ οὐκ ὑμῶν.» Δικαία δὲ τῆς τιμωρίας ἡ ψῆφος, Ἐπειδὴ, φησὶ, τὴν ἐμὴν ἡἠρνήθητε βασιλείαν 5, ἑτέροις ὑμᾶς παραδώσω δεσπόταις. Ταῦτα αὐτοὺς σπουδαίως ἀκοῦσαι κελεύει, καὶ μωροὺς, καὶ ἀσυνέτους καλεῖ, ἐπειδὴ τοῖς τοῦ σώματος αἰσθητηρίοις οὐκ εἰς δέον ἐχέχρηντο. « Ὅφθαλμοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς, φησὶ, καὶ οὐ βλέπουσιν\" ὦτα αὖτοῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἀκούουσι. » Δείκνυσι καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀψύχων \") ἀλογωτέρους. Ἡ μὲν γὰρ θάλαττα, φησὶ, φυλάττει τοὺς ὄρους\" ἔθηχα \"5 δὲ αὐτῇ ὄρου:, οὐκ νει τοὺς ὅρους, ἀλλὰ τούτοις πελάζουσα εἰς τοὺ πίσω χωρεῖ\" οὗτοι δὲ λόγῳ τιμηθέντες, τὴν ἁλογίαν ἡγά-","t":"19. \"Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?\" he bids the prophet say to them: \"Because you forsook me and served other gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.\" The verdict of punishment is just: since, he says, you denied my kingship, I will hand you over to other masters. He bids them hear this earnestly, and he calls them foolish and without understanding, since they did not use the senses of the body as they ought. \"For they have eyes,\" he says, \"and do not see; they have ears, and do not hear.\" He shows them to be more senseless even than lifeless things. For the sea, he says, keeps its bounds — \"I set bounds for it\" — it does not … the bounds, but when it comes near them it draws back; but these, though honored with reason, have loved unreason …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.23":{"o":"κγ'. Τῷ γὰρ τούτῳ λαῷ, φησὶ, ἐγενήθη καρδία ἀνήκοος καὶ ἀπειθής. Οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνονται τῶν ὑπ᾽ (, ἐμοῦ χορηγηθέντων ἀγαθῶν\" ὑετὸν μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πρώϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον διηνεκῶς παρέχω. Ἕπειτα δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ γῆς καρκῶν ἀπολαύουσι. Τοῦτο γὰρ εἶπε, ε Κατὰ \" καιρὸν πληρώσεως προστάγματα ἢ θερισμοῦ. » Οἷον γάρ τινι προστάγματι τῷ βουλὴματι κέχρηται' καὶ πλήρεις τοὺς ἀπὸ γῆς δωρεῖται καρπούς. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως παρανομοῦντας ὑμᾶς ὁρῶν, καὶ τούτων ἐστέρησα τῶν ἀγαθῶν.","t":"23. \"For this people,\" he says, \"has come to have a deaf and disobedient heart.\" For they do not perceive the good things supplied by me: I give them early and late rain continually, and then they enjoy the fruits of the earth. This is what he said: \"in due season, the fullness of the ordinance of harvest.\" For he uses his will as a kind of command, and gives the fruits of the earth in full. Nevertheless, seeing you act lawlessly, I deprived you of these good things too.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.23 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-23)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.25":{"o":"χε', κζ΄, Εὑρέθησαν γὰρ ἐν τῷ αῷ μου ἀσεθεῖς, καὶ \"\" παγίδας ἔστησαν διαρθεῖραι ἄγδρας, καὶ πετεινῶν, οὕτως οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν πιϊήρεις δόλου. Ἰὰς λαθραίας αὐτῶν ἐπιδουλὰς διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκε. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀδικίας ἐγγιγνόμενον πλοῦτον, καὶ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πλούτου προσγιγνομένην γνείαν, καὶ τὸν παράνομον βίον, καὶ τὴν κατὰ τῶν ὀρφανῶν καὶ χηρῶν ἀδικίαν. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπτε: \"","t":"26–27. \"For among my people ungodly men were found, and they set snares to destroy men; … of birds, so their houses are full of deceit.\" By these words he has shown their secret plots. He speaks also of the wealth that arises from injustice, the lust that comes with wealth, the lawless life, and the injustice done to orphans and widows. And after this he says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.29":{"o":"κθ', Μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισκέψομαι, ἣ ἐν ἔθνει τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικιεῖ 38 ἡ ψυχή μου; ᾿Αλλότριον, φησὶ, τῆς ἐμῆς διχαιοχοισίας, ἡ τῶν τοιούτων ὑπεροψία. ","t":"29. \"Shall I not visit for these things, or shall my soul not take vengeance on such a nation?\" To overlook such things, he says, is foreign to my justice.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.30":{"o":"λ΄. ΓἜχστασις δὲ ἣν, καὶ φρικτὰ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Ὅταν παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα πᾶσαν παρανόμως τι γινόμενον ἴδωμεν, ταῦτα λέγειν εἰώθαμεν Ἐξέστην ἐπὶ τῷβε δ ἔφριξα τόδε ἀκούσας. Εἶτα λέγει τὰ τούτων αἴτια. λα. Οἱ προφῆται ὑμῶν προφητεύουσιν ἄδικα\" τουτέστι, ψευδῆ. ε Καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐπεκρότηδαν 37 ταῖς χερσὶν αὑτῶν. » Συγχαταθέφεως τοῦτο σημεῖον. «Καὶ ὁ λαός μὸν ἠγάπησεν οὕτως. κ Τὴν κακὴν ἁπάντων ὑπέδειξε συμφωνίαν, ς Καὶ «τί ποιήσετε μετὰ 5 ταῦτα; » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, τῆς τιμριρίας μένης \" δηλοξ δὲ ταύτην διὰ τῷν ἑξῆς","t":"30. \"Astonishment and horrible things have come about in the land.\" When we see something lawless happen against all expectation, we usually say this: \"I was astonished at this,\" \"I shuddered when I heard that.\" Then he states their causes: 31. \"Your prophets prophesy unjust things,\" that is, false things. \"And the priests clapped with their hands.\" This is a sign of agreement. \"And my people loved it so.\" He has pointed out the evil harmony of them all. \"And what will you do after these things?\" That is, when the punishment … ; and he shows it through what follows.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5.4":{"o":"δ', ε΄. Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον \" Ἴσως πτωχοί εἰσι, διέτι\" οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν, καὶ\" οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, καὶ χρίσιν Θεοῦ αὑτῶν. Πορεύσομαι πρὸς τοὺς εἰ ἁδροὺς, καὶ λαιήσω αὑτοῖς \" ὅτι αὑτοὶ ἔγνωσαν\" Κυρίου, καὶ κρίσιν Θεοῦ. ᾿Αδροὺς ἐχάλεσ: … τοὺς ἄλλους, ὡς τῆς θείας γνώσεως τὸν πλοῦτον οὐ εἰ: κεκτημένους \" ἀμφοτέρων μέντοι παρανομίαν χαττοῦτο γὰρ ἐπάγει \" « Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ζυγὸν \", διέῤῥηξαν δεσμούς. ν Ταῦτα οὐκ ἁπλῶς εἴρηκεν ὁ προφήτης ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ ὑπέσχετο ὁ Δεσπότης φιλανθρωπίαν, ἕνα γοῦν εἰ εὕρῃ ποιοῦντά κρῖμα, καὶ ζητοῦντα πίστιν, διδάσκει ὡς ἐπεζήτησε μὲν, ὡς προσετάχθη, πάντας δὲ εὗρε συντρίψαντα; τὸν τοῦ νόμου ζυγόν. ἢ ς΄. Διὰ τοῦτο ἔπαισεν αὑτοὺς «(ἰέων ἐκ τοῦ δρυ\" ἕως \" τῶν οἰκιῶν ὡλόθρευσεν αὐτοὺς. καὶ πάρδαλις ἐγρηγόρησεν ἐπὶ τὰς πόιῖδις αὐτῶν. Λέοντα τὸν Ναθουχοδονόσορ καλεῖ, λύκον δὲ, ὡς οἶμαι, Ναθουξαρδᾶν τὸν ἀρχιμάγειρον - ὃς ὅστεθεῖον νεὼν καὶ τοὺς ὑπολειφθέντας ἐξηνδραπόδισε \" πάρδαλιν δὲ ἡγοῦμαι ᾿Αντίοχον καλεῖσθαι τὸν Ἔπιφανῇ \"καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεῖος Δανιὴλ τὴν Μαχεδονιχὴν βαφησ\" ἀπάντων ἐθηρεύθης διὰ τὴν περὶ τὰ εἴδωλα δ, Ποίᾳ ᾿ τούτων ἴλεως γέγωμαί σοι 5; Λέγει δὲ γαὶ τῆς παρανομίας τὰ εἴδη. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον, φὴοἷν, ὑμεῖς, καὶ οἱ ὑμέτεροι παῖδες ὄμνυνται\" κατὰ τῶν οὖκ ὄντων θεῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ὀρχίζετε \" ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῖν ἀφθονίαν ἀγαθῶν ἐδωρούμην. Τοῦτο γὰρ γέγει, ε Καὶ ἐχόρτασα αὐτούς. ν» Πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ ἀλλοτρίους διορύττετε γάμους, ὡς τὴν λαγνείαν ὑμῶν. Μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισκέψομαι; έγει Κύριος \" ἣ ἐν ἔθνει τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικήσει ἡ ψυχή μου; Ταῦτά με, φησὶ, παριδεῖν δυνατόν; Καὶ πῶς οἷόν τΞ παραφθεῖραι τοῦ δικαίου τὴν ψῆφον; υὖ \"\" δὴ χάριν, ταύτην ἐχφέρε!, καὶ κελεύει καὶ τὰ τείχη καταλῦσαι, καὶ χατασχάψαι τοὺς προμαχῶνας \" χεράᾶννυσι δὲ τὸ δίκαιον ἀγαθότητι. ἐ. Συγτέλειαν γὰρ, φησὶ, μὴ ποιήσετε\" ὑπο- “είπκεσθε '' τὰ ὑποστηρίγματα αὑτῆς, ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου ἐστίν \"5. Αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούτων τὴν ἀνάχληδιν, καὶ τὴν δευτέραν οἰχοδομίαν ᾽\". Προλέγει δὲ\") τῶν λυπηρῶν τὴν αἰτίαν ὅτι παρανομοῦντες καὶ ἀχάριστοι περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην γιγνόμενοι 5 ἐθραοὔνογτο, καὶ κρείττους ἔσεσθαι τῶν λυπηρῶν ὑπι3', Οὐκ ἥξει γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς κακὰ, καὶ μάχαιραν καὶ «ιμὸν οὐκ ὀψόμεθα. Αἴτιο! γὰρ τούτων ἧσαν οὗ ψευδοπροφῆται \" τούτων γὰρ ἐν τοῖς","t":"4–5. \"And I said: Perhaps they are poor, because they were not able, and did not know the way of the Lord and the judgment of their God. I will go to the great men and speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord and the judgment of God.\" He called … great, and the others poor, as not possessing the wealth of divine knowledge; yet he shows the lawlessness of both. For he adds this: \"And behold, with one accord they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.\" The prophet did not say these things idly; but since the Master had promised his love for humankind if he found even one doing judgment and seeking faith, he teaches that he searched, as he had been commanded, but found all of them to have broken the yoke of the law. 6. \"Therefore a lion from the forest struck them; … even to their houses destroyed them, and a leopard kept watch over their cities.\" He calls Nebuchadnezzar a lion, and the wolf, I think, is Nebuzaradan the chief cook, who … the divine temple and enslaved those who were left; and I think it is Antiochus Epiphanes who is called the leopard, for the divine Daniel too … the Macedonian … you were hunted by all because of your … for the idols. 7. \"For which of these things can I be merciful to you?\" He tells also the kinds of lawlessness. For not only, he says, do you and your children swear by gods that do not exist, but you also make others swear by them; while I was giving you an abundance of good things. For this is what he says: \"And I filled them.\" And besides this you break into other men's marriages, such is your lust. 9. \"Shall I not visit for these things, says the Lord, or shall my soul not take vengeance on such a nation?\" Is it possible, he says, for me to overlook these things? And how could the verdict of justice be corrupted? For this reason he pronounces it, and bids them tear down the walls and dig away the ramparts; but he mixes justice with goodness: 10. \"For do not make a full end,\" he says; \"leave its supports, for they are the Lord's.\" Through these words he hints at the recall and the second building. He foretells the cause of the painful things: that, being lawless and ungrateful toward their benefactor, they grew bold and supposed they would be stronger than the painful things: 12. \"For evils will not come upon us,\" he says, \"and we shall not see sword and famine.\" For the false prophets were the cause of this; for in their …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 5.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/5-4)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50.2":{"o":"Τὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι συμδησόμενα τῆς Βαδυλῶνος λοιπὸν προλέγει τὸν ὄλεθρύν. β΄. ᾿Ανγαγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἀκουστὸν Ὁ ποιήσατε, καὶ 5 ἐπάρατε σημεῖον \" ἀκουἐπὶ. 'ἰῃ-. ἐκείνοις γὰρ προσεκύνουν τὰ εἴδωλα \" κοίτην δὲ αὐτῶν τὸν θεῖον νεών \" ἐκεῖθεν γὰρ εἶχον τὴν ἀπόλαυσιν τῶν ἀγαθῶν. Αὕτη, φησὶν, ἡ πλάνη τοῖς πολεμίοις αὐτοὺς παραδέδωκεν, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἥμαρτον Κυρίῳ.","t":"Having foretold what will befall the other nations, he then foretells the destruction of Babylon. \"Announce among the nations, and make it heard, and raise a signal …\" … for on those [mountains] they worshipped the idols; and their resting-place [he calls] the divine temple, for from there they had the enjoyment of good things. This error, he says, handed them over to the enemy, \"because they sinned against the Lord.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 50.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50-2)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50.25":{"o":"χε', κς΄. \"“Πγνοιξε Κύριος τὸν θησαυρὸν αὐὑτεῖ, καὶ ἐξήγεγχε τὰ σκεύη τῆς ὀργῆς αὑτοῦ\" ὅτι ἔργον ἐστὶ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ Κυρίῳ τῶν δυνάμεων\", ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων. τι\" ἐληύθασιν οἱ καιροὶ αὐτῆς. Σκεύη \") ὀργῆς τοὺς πολεμίους καλεῖ, ὡς τῇ ὀργῇ ὑπουργοῦντας. Θησαυροὺς δὲ, τὴν τιμωρητιχὴν ψῆφον, καιροὺς δὲ αὐτῆς, τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐκάλεσεν. Οὐκέτι γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ Δεσπότης μαχροθυμήσει, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπαιτήσει δίκας τῆς ἀσεδείας. Εἶτα διδάσκων, ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπάγει τὴν τιμωρίαν, παρακελεύεται καὶ τὰς ἀποθήκας ἐρευνῆσαι, καὶ πάντα διαφθεῖραι, Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐκεῖθεν ἀποδιδράσχοντας, τῶν Ιουδαίων τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ χαταλαμλῶνα κακά. Ἔπειτα παρακελευσάμενος αὐτὴν πθεῖν ἃ δέδραχεν, ε« ᾿Ανταπόδοτε γὰρ αὐτῇ, φησὶ, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῆς, ν» καὶ τὴν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ μανίαν ἐπιδείξας, πρὸς αὐτὴν ποιεῖται τοὺς λόγους.","t":"\"The Lord has opened his treasury and brought out the vessels of his wrath; for it is a work for God, the Lord of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans, for her times have come.\" He calls the enemy \"vessels of wrath,\" as serving the wrath; the \"treasury\" is the sentence of punishment, and \"her times\" he called the punishment. For no longer, he says, will the Master be long-suffering, but he will exact the penalty for ungodliness. Then, teaching that he himself brings the punishment, he bids them search the storehouses and destroy everything. He foretells also the multitude of the Jews who escape from there, and [their announcing] in Jerusalem the evils [that befell Babylon]. Then, having bidden that she suffer what she has done (\"Repay her,\" he says, \"according to her works\"), and having shown her madness against God himself, he addresses her directly.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 50.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50.31":{"o":"λα΄. Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σὲ, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάχατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τύφον αἰνίττεται, καὶ τὴν εἰς πάντα; ἀνθρώπους παρανομίαν δηλοῖ. Ὅτι ἥχει ἡμέρα\" τῆς πτώσεώς \" σου, καὶ καιρὸς ἐκδικήσεώς σου. (λθ΄.) Καὶ ἀσθεγήσει ἡ ἴῃ ἢ) ὕδρις σου, καὶ πεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀνιστῶν αὐτήν\" καὶ ἀνάψω πῦρ ἐν τῷ ν᾽ δρυμῷ αὐτῆς, καὶ καταφάγεται πάντα τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς. Δρυμὸν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐνοικούντων \" ε Τὰ δὲ κύκλῳ, ν» τοὺς ὑπηκόους « ἀσθένειαν δὲ ὕδρεως, » τὴν τῆς δυναστείας κατάλυσιν. Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶ, πείσονται, ὅτι τὸν ρίαν αὐτοῖς εἰς καιρὸν οὐκ ἠθέλησαν. Τούτου δὴ χάριν, ἀπειλεῖ παοαδώσειν τοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τοὺς ἑνοικοῦντας, καὶ τὰ τῆς Ψευδολογίας μαντεῖα, καὶ τοὺς ἀριστεύειν ἐν αὐτῇ \"\" εἰωθύτας, καὶ τοὺς εἰς ἐπικουρίαν αὐτῶν ἀφικομένους », καὶ τοὺς ἀποκειμένους θησαυρούς. ᾿Λπειλεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτῆς φροῦδον ποιήσειν - ὕδωρ δὲ τροπικῶς τὸ πλῆθος καλεῖ εἰκὸς δὲ προαγορεύειν ὅ᾽ καὶ τὰ τῷ ὕδατι συμδησόμενα, 1|4λα! γὰρ αὐτὴν μέσην ἔτεμνεν ὁ Εὐφράτης, νῦν δὲ ὁ μὲν ποταμὸς ἑτέτραπτο εἰ; ἑτέραν ὁδὸν, σμικροτάτη δὲ διώρυξ διὰ τῶν ἐρειπίων ὁδεύει. Νήσους δὲ καλεῖ τὰς τῆς πόλεω; οἰκίας, ὡς κύκλῳ τοὺς περιθόλους ὕδατος περικλύζοντο:, καὶ πάλιν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς πόλεως ἐχοηύπας τὸν 5! ποταμόν. ἸἸνδάλματα 3 δὲ τὰς τῶν δαιμόνων φαντασίας καλεῖ' θυγατέρας δὲ Σειρήνων ὁ Σύρος τοὺς στρουθοχαμήλου;: ἡομήνφυσε\" καὶ δαίμονας δὲ ἔθος οὕτω καλεῖν τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ, διὰ τὸ χαταθέλγειν καὶ ἐξαπατᾷν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ’ καὶ οὗτοι μέντοι κἀκεῖνοι τῆς ἐρημίας σημαντικοί, ε Καὶ οὐκ 33 οἰκοδομηθήσεται ἕτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐ χατοιχηθήσεται ἔτι εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεάς. ν» Καὶ τετύχηκεν ἀμφότερα πέρατος \" οὔτε γὰρ ᾧχοδομέθη, ἀλλ᾽ ἐστέρηται τῶν περιδόλων μέχρι καὶ τήμερον, καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ὀοίχητος ἔμεινε τοῦτο γὰρ εἶπεν « εἰ; γενεὰς καὶ γενεάς. » Ἑαὶ νῦν δὲ ὀλίγοι τὴν Υἷν ᾽᾽ ταύτην οἰκοῦσιν Ἰουδαξοι. ᾿Απειχάξζε: δὲ αὐτὴν Σοδόμοι; καὶ Γοβόῤῥοις, καὶ 3\" διὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀσέδειαν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ἐπενεχθεῖσαν ὕστερον ζημίαν. Ὑποδείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τῶν πολεμίων τὴν πανοπλίαν, καὶ ἐοικέναι φησὶ μίαν, Τῶν δὲ Βαδυλωνίων ὑπὸ δειλίας λέγει παραλυθῆναι τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ τὴν ὀδύνην αὐτῶν ὠδῖσι γυναιχὺς ἀπεικάξει. Διδάσκει δὲ χχὶ ὡς αὐτὸς στρατἡγεῖ τῶν Μήδων. « Ὅτι τίς ὥστπερ ἐγώ: καὶ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μο: 5, καὶ τίς οὗτο; π' ᾿μὴν, ὃ; στήσεται κατὰ πρότωπόν μοῦ: ν» Ἐπειδὴ ποιμ ἢν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὠνομάξετο, ἐνόμισαν δὲ τῆς Παδυλῶνος 89 Θεοῦ, διδάσκει, ὡς αὐτὸς αὐτοῖς ἐπάγει τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἀσύγκριτον ἔχων τὴν δύναμιν. Εἶτα παρακελεύεται καὶ αὐτὰ διαφθεῖραι τὰ ἀρνία τῶν προθάτῶν, καὶ τὴν νομὴν ἀφανίσαι\" καλεῖ δὲ ἀρνία τὰ βρέφη, νομὴν δὲ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τὴν ὑποκειμένην γῆν. Περὶ μέντοι τῶν παιδίων καὶ ὁ μακάριος πρηθεσπίζει Δαδίδ- « Μακάριος γὰρ, φησὶν, ὃς κρατή- 5ε: τὰ Μ νἡ πιά σου, καὶ ἐδαφιεῖ αὐτὰ πρὸς τὴν πέτραν. ς΄. Διότι ἀπὸ φωγῆς ἁλώσεως Βαδυ.ϊῶνος σει- σθήσεται ἡ γῆ, καὶ κραυγὴ αὐτῆς\" ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀκουσθήσεται. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐπίσημος ἣν ἡ πόλις, πάντοσε διέδραμε καὶ τοῦ πάθους \"5 ἡ φήμη. ","t":"\"Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts …\" … he hints at its pride against God and shows its lawlessness toward all men. \"For your day of falling has come, and the time of your punishment. And your insolence shall grow weak and fall, and there shall be no one to raise it up; and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all that is around it.\" The forest is the multitude of the inhabitants; \"what is around it,\" the subjects; and \"the weakness of insolence,\" the destruction of its dominion. They will suffer these things, he says, because … they would not [grant] them in time. For this reason he threatens to hand over to the enemy the city, its inhabitants, its oracles of falsehood, those who used to excel in it, those who came to its help, and its stored-up treasures. He threatens also to make its water vanish; figuratively he calls the multitude \"water,\" but it is likely that he also foretells what would happen to the water itself. For formerly the Euphrates cut through the middle of it; but now the river has been turned into another course, and a very small channel runs through the ruins. He calls the houses of the city \"islands,\" since water flowed around the walls, and again they had the river in the middle of the city. \"Phantoms\" he calls the apparitions of demons; and the Syrian rendered \"daughters of Sirens\" as ostriches. It is also the custom of the divine Scripture to call demons by this name, because they enchant and deceive people; and both of these signify desolation. \"And it shall not be built again for ever, nor be inhabited for generations and generations.\" Both have reached fulfilment: it was not rebuilt, but has been deprived of its walls to this day, and it remained uninhabited for a very long time, for that is what he meant by \"for generations and generations\"; and now a few Jews live in this land. He likens it to Sodom and Gomorrah, both for its former ungodliness and for the punishment brought on it later. He shows also the full armour of the enemy and says that it is like … He says that the hands of the Babylonians were paralysed by cowardice, and he likens their pain to a woman's birth-pangs. He teaches also that he himself leads the Medes as their general: \"For who is like me? And who will stand against me? And who is this shepherd who will stand before my face?\" Since he was named the shepherd of Israel, and they thought [him weaker than] the god of Babylon, he teaches that he himself brings the punishment on them, having power beyond comparison. Then he bids them destroy even the lambs of the sheep and do away with the pasture: he calls the infants lambs, and the city and the land around it the pasture. About the children the blessed David too prophesies: \"Blessed,\" he says, \"is he who will seize your infants and dash them against the rock.\" \"For at the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth will be shaken, and her cry will be heard among the nations.\" Since the city was famous, the report of its suffering ran everywhere.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 50.31 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50-31)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50.7":{"o":"ζ΄. Νομὴ \"Ι' δικαιοσύνης τῷ συναγαγόντι τοὺς πατέρας αὑτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ\". Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος Ἡμεῖς δὲ λαὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ πρόδατα νομῆς αὐτοῦ. » Τοῦτο καὶ δ᾽ ἐνταῦθα λέγει \" ὅτι νομὴ ἢ δικαιοσύνης ἦσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὃς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν ἐξελέξατο. ἀπὸ γῆς Χακλδωίων ἐξέλθατε - καὶ γένεσθε ὥσπερ ἔριφοι\" κατὰ πρόσωπον προθδάτων. Τοὺς ἐρίφους, τράγους ὁ Σύρος ἡρμήνευσε. Παρακελεύεται τοίνυν αὐτοῖς περιγενέσθαι τῶν Βαδυλωνίων, καὶ τὴν ἐνεγτι χοῦσαν καταλαθεῖν' διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτοὺς καὶ τράγοις ἀπείχασεν \" ἰσχυρότεροι γὰρ τῶν προθάτων οἱ τράγοι \" οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Δανιὴλ τὸν μὲν ᾿Αλέξανδρον εἶδε τράγῳ ἀπειχασθέντα, τὸν δὲ Δαρεῖον κριῷ. Δέγει δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐπιόντων τῇ Βαδυλῶνι καὶ ὅτι περιέσονται, καὶ τῶν ἐθροισμένων ἐκεῖ ἀγαθῶν ἐμπλησθήσονται. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν, ὧν ὑπομένει κακῶν. διαρπάζοντες τὴν κληρονομίαν μου. Καὶ διότι ὡς ταῦροι. Καὶ κατῃσχύνθη \"\" ἡ μήτηρ αὑτῶν\" σφόδρα. Τουτέστι, ἡ Βαδυλών. Κατωρύγη \"\" ἡ τεκοῦσα ὑμᾶς μήτηρ εἰς 5 ἀγαθά. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, φροῦδος γεγένηται \" τὴν ὑπερδολὴν δὲ τῆς καταλύτεως τοῦτο δηλοῖ\" τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς διδάξει! 57, [5 ἡδοὺ \"5 ἐσχάτη ἐθνῶν ἔρημος, καὶ ἄγυδρος 3. οΥ. Καὶ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς Κυρίου οὐ κατοιχηθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται εἰς ἀξραγισμὸν πᾶσα. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τοὺς διοδεύοντας σκυθρωπάζειν μὲν διὰ τὴν τοῦ πάθους ὑπερδολὴν, τῷ δὲ συρίγματι μηνύειν ' τὴν ἔκπληξιν, Κελεύει δὲ καὶ τοῖς τοξόταις ἀφειδῶς ἀφεῖναι τὰ βέλγ,» καὶ τῆς ἀσεδείας αὐτῆς ᾽ ἀπαιτῆσαι δίκας. Τῷ \" Κυρίῳ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἥμαρτε. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Βαδυλωυνίων δειλίαν, καὶ τὴν τῶν περιδόλων χατάλυσι) \" καὶ ἐπιλέγει τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς συμφορᾶς. Ὅτι ἐκδίκησις παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἐκδικήσάτε αὐτήν κ - καθὼς ἐποίησεν ὃ, οὕτως ποιήσατε αὑτῇ\". (ις΄.) ᾿Εξο.λοθρεύσατε σπέρματα Ἱ ἐκ Βα- ς ἐυλῶνος, κατέχογτω δρέπανον ἐν καιρῷ θερισμοῦ. ᾿λντὶ τοῦ, Μὴ μόνους τοὺς στρατενομένους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς γεωργοῦντας θανάτῳ \" παράδοτε. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ αὐτοὶ δεδράχασι τῷ Ἰσραὴλ πολεμοῦντες, « ᾿Απὸ προσώπου μακαίρας Ἑλληνικῆς \" ἕχαστος εἰς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀναστρέψουσι \"\", καὶ ἕχαστος εἰς τὴν γῆν αὖτοῦ φεύξονται 19, » Πρὸ τῆς Βαδυλῶνος, Δυδοὺς ὁ Κῦρος χατεστρέψατο \" ὑπέταξε δὲ καὶ Ἴωνας, καὶ Αἰολέας \" ἐκ δὲ τῆς ᾿Ελλάδος ἀπῳκχίσθησαν οὗτοι, καὶ τὴν ᾿Ασίαν ᾧκησαν' ἄγων τοίνυν καὶ τούτους ὁ Κῦρος ἐπεστράτευσε τῇ Βαδυλῶνι. Ὁ μέντοι προφητικὸς λόγος οὐ μάτην τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐμνήσθη᾽ ἀλλὰ διδάσκων, ὡς καὶ τὰ πόῤῥω πον χατῳχισμένα ἔθνη θεία ψῆφος κατὰ τῶν Βαδυλωνίων συνήγαγε. ἰῷ, Πρόδατον πιανώμεγον Ἰσραή.. Ἢ περὶ τὰ Ὁ εἴδωλα πλάνη τῶν κακῶν αὐτῷ γεγένηται πρόξενος. «Λέοντες ἔξωσαν αὐτόν. » Τοὺς ᾿Ασσυρίω\" βασιλέας οὕτως ὠνόμασεν. « Ὁ πρῶτος κατέφαγεν αὐτοὺς \"5 σὰρ, καὶ Σεναχηρείμ\" καὶ οὕτως \" ὕστερος βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος Ναδουχοδονόσορ ε τὰ ὀπτᾶ αὐτοῦ » κατἔφαγεν. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ ᾽5, τῶν προπατόρων \" τὰ λείψανα. Οὗ δὴ χάριν, φησὶ, ποινὴν αὐτοὺς \"\" πράξομαι, καὶ ταῦτα πείσεται, ἃ πέπονθεν ἡ Νινευΐῖ 5, ἡ παλαιὰ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων μητρόπολις. Τούτους δὲ τιμωργησάμενος, ἐπανάξω τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν πατρῴαν γῖν᾽ Βάσαν γὰρ, καὶ Κάρμηλον, καὶ ὄρος Ἐφραῖμ, αὐτὴν καλεῖ, Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ χρεέττω μεταθολὴν, καὶ τὴν τῆς προτέρας πλάνης ἀπαλλαγήν. Εἶτα « γῆν παραπιχραινόντων » πάλιν τὴν τῶν Χαλδαίων καλεῖ \" μάχαιραν δὲ τοὺς πολεμίους \" καὶ κελεύει τούτοις κατ᾽ ἐχείνων ὁρμῆσαι, καὶ τὰ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ κελευόμενα πράξαι. « Σφύραν δὲ πάσης τ: γῆς,» τὴν τῶν Βαδυλωνίων βασιλείαν ὠνόμασεν, ὡς πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι ἐπενεγχοῦσαν πληγὴν, καὶ τὰς ἄλλας χαταλύσασαν βασιλείας. Ἴϊδιον γάρ ἔστι \" σφύρας τὸ λεπτύνειν τὰ παρ᾽ αὐτῆς τυπτόμενα.","t":"\"A pasture of righteousness to the Lord who gathered their fathers.\" So too the blessed [David] says: \"We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.\" This he says here too: that they were a pasture of righteousness to the Lord, who chose their fathers. \"… and go out from the land of the Chaldeans, and be like kids before the sheep.\" The Syrian rendered the kids as he-goats. He bids them, then, get the better of the Babylonians and reach the land that bore them; for this reason he likened them to he-goats, since he-goats are stronger than sheep. So too the inspired Daniel saw Alexander likened to a he-goat and Darius to a ram. He speaks also of the multitude of those attacking Babylon, and says that they will prevail and be filled with the good things gathered there. He teaches also the cause of the evils it suffers: \"… plundering my inheritance, and because [you leaped] like bulls.\" \"And your mother was greatly ashamed,\" that is, Babylon. \"The mother who bore you was undermined for good things\"; that is, she has vanished. This shows the extent of the destruction, as what follows will also teach: \"Behold, the last of the nations, a desert and waterless. And because of the anger of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, and it shall all become a desolation.\" He says that those passing by will be downcast at the extent of the suffering and will show their amazement by hissing. He bids the archers shoot their arrows unsparingly and exact the penalty for its ungodliness, \"for it sinned,\" he says, \"against the Lord.\" He foretells also the cowardice of the Babylonians and the destruction of the walls, and adds the cause of the calamity: \"For it is vengeance from God; take vengeance on her; as she did, so do to her. Destroy the seed from Babylon, him who holds the sickle in the time of harvest\"; that is, hand over to death not only the soldiers but also the farmers, for they did the same when they made war on Israel. \"From before the Greek sword they will return each to his people, and each will flee to his own land.\" Before Babylon Cyrus overthrew the Lydians, and he subdued the Ionians and Aeolians as well; these were colonists from Greece who lived in Asia. So Cyrus marched against Babylon leading these too. The prophetic word did not mention the Greeks for nothing, but to teach that the divine sentence gathered against the Babylonians even nations settled far away. \"Israel is a fattened sheep.\" His error about the idols became the cause of his evils. \"Lions drove him out\": so he named the kings of the Assyrians. \"The first devoured him,\" [Salmana]sar, and Sennacherib; and so the later king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, \"devoured his bones,\" that is, the remains of the forefathers. For this reason, he says, I will exact the penalty from them, and they will suffer what Nineveh, the ancient metropolis of the Assyrians, suffered. Having punished these, I will bring Israel back to the ancestral land; for he calls it Bashan, Carmel, and Mount Ephraim. He foretells also the change for the better and the deliverance from the former error. Then again he calls the land of the Chaldeans \"the land of those who embitter\"; the enemy he calls a sword, and he bids them rush upon them and do what he commands. \"The hammer of all the earth\" he named the kingdom of the Babylonians, as having dealt blows to all the nations and destroyed the other kingdoms; for it is the property of a hammer to beat thin what it strikes.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 50.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/50-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.1":{"o":"Εἴτα διαφόροις ὀνόμασι τοὺς πολεμίους χαλε \" καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἄγεμον καύσωνα\" διαφθείρειν γὰρ οὗτος πέφυκε τὰ φυτά. Εἶτα ὑδριστάς \" διὰ τούτου δὲ δηλοῖ τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον. Πείσῃ γὰρ, φησὶ\", ὃ.\" πεποίηκας. Τούτοις ἐντειλάμενος ἀφειδῶς κατὰ πάντων χρήσασθαι τῷ θυμῷ, ἐπήγαγε\"","t":"Then he calls the enemy by various names: first a scorching wind, for this naturally destroys plants; then insolent men, and by this he shows the justice of the punishment. For you will suffer, he says, what you have done. Having commanded them to vent their wrath on all without sparing, he added:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.25":{"o":"χε’. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὸς σὲ, τὸ ὄρος τὸ διεφρθαρμέγον, «έγει Κύριος 15, τὸ διαφρθεῖρον πᾶσαν τὴν Ὁ γῆν. Ὅρος αὐτὴν καλεῖ διὰ τὸ περιφανὲς τῆς δυναστείας, διες»θαρμένον δὲ διὰ τὸ δυσσεδὲς καὶ παράνομὸν. « Καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ χαταχυλιῶ 75. σὲ ἀπὸ τῶν πετρῶν. » Τουτέστι, ταπεινήν σε δείξω. « Καὶ δώσω σε εἰς ἐμπεπυρισμένον, » ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἄχρηστον παντελῶς\" καὶ 75 τοῦτο δηλοῖ τὰ ἑξῆς,","t":"\"Behold, I am against you, the destroyed mountain, says the Lord, which destroys all the earth.\" He calls her a mountain because of the prominence of her dominion, and destroyed because of her ungodliness and lawlessness. \"And I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the rocks\"; that is, I will show you humbled. \"And I will make you a burnt [mountain],\" that is, altogether useless; and what follows shows this:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.26":{"o":"κς΄. Καὶ οὐ μὴ «᾿άδωσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ «1.θω» εἰς γωνίαν, καὶ 1ίθον εἰς θεμέλιον\", ὅτι εἰς ἀφαγισμν ἔσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Λέγει Κύριος. Οὔτε βασιλέτ, οὔτε ἄρχοντα ἐκ τῶν νέων οἰκητόρων ἐχειροτόνγ,σαν 73. οἱ μὲν γὰρ θεμέλιοι τὴν οἰκοδομὴν 30 «ἐρουσιν, αἱ δὲ γωνίαι συνάπτουσιν. σάλπιγγι ἐν ἔθνεσιν\" ἁγιάσατε ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ξϑνη. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ ἀφορίσατε. Παραγγείνλατε ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν βασιελείαις δ '᾿Αραρὰτ παρ᾽ 3 ἐμοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ᾽λσχωζαῖοι δὲ, ἔθνος ἕτερον ἐκείνοις πελάζον. Τούτους δὲ πάντας ὁ Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων συνήγαγε βασιλεύς ' τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπάγει\" χη, ᾿Αγιάσατε 85 ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν ἔθγη᾽ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Μήδων», καὶ ἡγουμένους αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς στρατηγοὺς αὐτοῦ. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν γῆν σεισθῆναι.","t":"\"And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation; for you shall be a desolation for ever, says the Lord.\" They appointed neither a king nor a ruler from among its new inhabitants; for foundations bear a building, and corners join it together. \"… [sound the] trumpet among the nations; sanctify nations against her\"; that is, set them apart. \"Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat from me, and the Ashkenazites …\", another nation neighbouring them. The king of the Persians and Medes gathered all these; for this is what he adds: \"Sanctify nations against her: the king of the Medes, his leaders, and all his generals.\" He says also that the earth will be shaken.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.26 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-26)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.29":{"o":"κθ', Διότι ἐξανέστη ἐπὶ Βαδυιϊῶνα λογισμὸς Κυρίου, τοῦ θεῖναι τὴν γῆν Βαδυκϊῶγος εἰς ἀφαγισμὸν, τοῦ δ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι αὑτὴν. Προλέγει καὶ τὴν πολιορκίαν, καὶ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῶν ἔνδοθεν πολεμούντων, καὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως ἐμπρησμὸν, καὶ τοὺς τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ταύτης μηνύοντας ἅλωσιν, πῶν οἰκιῶν τὴν κατάλυσιν. Τίθησι καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσας λὴ8 τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ περὶ τοῦ Βαδυλωνίων ἔλεγε βα-","t":"\"For the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, so that it is not inhabited.\" He foretells also the siege, the weakness of those fighting from within, the burning of the city, the messengers announcing its capture to the king, and the destruction of the houses. He sets down also the words of Jerusalem, which she spoke about the king of the Babylonians:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.34":{"o":"λδ΄, Ἐμερίσατό δ με, γατέφαγέ 856 με, κατβασιλεὺς Βαδυιῶνος. Ὁ λεπτότατος; ἀὴρ μᾶλλον τῶν ἡμετέρων καθικνεῖται σωμάτων. Λέγει τοίγυν, ὅτι Τὰ σκότος τῆς συμφορᾶς καὶ αὑτά μον τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπλήρωσε τὰ μέλη. δ᾽ « Κατέστησέ με ὡς σκεῦος κενὸν 5, καὶ κατέπιέ με ὡς 5' δράκων᾽ ἐνἐπλησε \" τὴν κοιλίαν αὑτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς τρυφῆς μὸν.» Πάντων, φησὶν, ἐγύμνωσέ με τῶν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ δράπάντα μου τὸν πλοῦτον λαβὼν, καὶ τῆς εὐπραξίας γυμνώσας. Διδάσκει δὲ, ὡς αἱ παρανομίαι αὐτῆς καὶ αὐτὴν ἀσθενῆ, κἀκεῖνον ἀπέφηναν ἰσχυρόν. Ὁ λε'.“Εξωσάν με\" οἱ\" μόχθοι μου, καὶ αἱ ταιλαιπωρίαι μου εὶς Βαδυῶγα\"), ἐρεῖ κατοικοῦσα Σιών\" καὶ τὸ αἷμά μου, ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Χαἰδσίαν, ἐρεῖ Ἱερουσαλήμ. Ἐκχδικηθήσεται, φησὶ, τὸ αἷμά μου παρ᾽ αὑτῶν, καὶ δίκας τίσουσιν ὧν παρηνόμησαν Ἴδὶ εἰς ἐμέ, Οὕτω τὰ περὶ \"5 τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὁ προφήτης δείκνυσι \"7, καὶ τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξενεχθεῖσαν δι-","t":"\"He has divided me, devoured me, [a thin darkness has seized me,] the king of Babylon.\" The finest [darkness], like air, penetrates our bodies more deeply. He says, then, that the darkness of the calamity filled the very members of my soul. \"He made me like an empty vessel, and swallowed me like a dragon; he filled his belly with my delicacies.\" He stripped me, he says, of all good things, and like a dragon [swallowed me], taking all my wealth and stripping me of prosperity. He teaches that her transgressions both made her weak and made him strong. \"My labours and my miseries drove me out into Babylon, says she who dwells in Zion; and my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.\" My blood, he says, will be avenged on them, and they will pay the penalty for the lawless deeds they did to me. Thus the prophet shows the [sufferings] of Jerusalem and the sentence pronounced by God.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.34 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-34)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.36":{"o":"λς΄. Διὰ τοῦτο τάδε.έγει Κύριος\" Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κρινῶ τὸν \" ἀντίδικον σου, καὶ ἐκδικήσω τὴν ἐκδίκησίν οου. ξπειδὴ ἔγνως τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐγγιγνομένὴν ' βλάδην. « Καὶ ἐρημώτω τὴν θάλασσαν αὐτῆς.» Τουτέστι, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὑπηκόων.« Καὶ ξηρανῶ τὴν πηγὴν αὐτῆς. » Τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ πάντῶν δυναστείαν, Εἶτα λέγει καὶ τὰ τῆς ἐρημίας ἴδια, περὶ ὦ» πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν\" « Οὐ χκατοιχηθίσεται δὲ \" ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. 5.» Ὀλίγας γὰρ ἔχει νῦν οἰκίας, καὶ ταύτας ἐσχεδασμένας. ᾿Απειχάσας δὲ λέουσι τοὺς ἀριστέας αὐτῆς, προλέγει αὐτῶν τήν τε δειλίαν, καὶ τὸν ὄλεθρον.","t":"\"Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will judge your adversary and avenge your vengeance\", since you have come to know the harm that comes from sin. \"And I will make her sea desolate,\" that is, the multitude of her subjects. \"And I will dry up her spring\": the kingship and the dominion over all. Then he states the marks of desolation, of which we have often spoken: \"It shall not be inhabited together\"; for it now has few houses, and those scattered. Having likened its champions to lions, he foretells their cowardice and destruction.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.36 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-36)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.39":{"o":"λθ’, μ΄. Δώσω γὰρ, φησὶ, πότημα αὐτοῖς, καὶ μεθύσω αὑτοὺς, ὅπως \" καρωθῶσι, καὶ ὑπνώσωσιν ὕπνον. αἰώνιον\", καὶ οὐ μὴ διεγερθῶσι \", Λέγει Κύριος. Καὶ καταδιδάσω 5 αὐτοὺς ὡς ἄρνας ἴ εἷς σραγὴν, καὶ ὡς κριοὺς δ μετ᾽ ἐρίζων, Τούς τὸ ἄρχοντας καὶ ἀρχομένους, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τοὺς ὑπηκόους\" ἄργας Ὑὰρ καὶ ἐρίφους τοὺς ὑπηχόγυς ἐκάλεσε, κριοὺς δὲ τοὺς ἄρχοντας.","t":"\"For I will give them a drink,\" he says, \"and make them drunk, so that they become stupefied and sleep an everlasting sleep and do not wake, says the Lord. And I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids\": rulers and ruled alike, and the subjects together with the king; for he called the subjects lambs and kids, and the rulers rams.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.39 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-39)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.41":{"o":"μα', Πῶς ἑάλω Σεσὰχ\", καὶ ἐθηρεύθη '\" τὸ καύχῆμα πάσης τῆς γῆς; Αὐτὴν οὕτω καλεῖ τὴν Βαθυλῶνα. Καὶ γὰρ τὸν ταύτης βασιλέα Σεσὰχ ἐν τιῖς πρόσθεν ἑρμηνευομένοις \"' προσηγόρευσε. Εἰκὸς δὲ αὐτὴν οὕτως ὀνομασθῆναι πάλαι, μετονομασθῆναι δὲ Βαδωλῶνα. Ὅτι γὰρ τὴν πόλιν οὕτω καλεῖ, τὰ ἐκαγόμενα μαρτυρεῖ. «Πῶς ἐγένετο Βαδυλὼν εἰς ἀφανισχλὸν ἐν πᾶτι 5 τοῖς ἔθνεσι; » Δείκνυσι καὶ τῶν ἐπεστρατευσάντων τὸ πλῆθος.","t":"\"How Sesach has been taken, and the boast of the whole earth captured!\" He calls Babylon itself by this name; for in the passages interpreted earlier he called its king Sesach. It is likely that it was formerly so named and later renamed Babylon. That he calls the city so is attested by what follows: \"How has Babylon become a desolation among all the nations!\" He shows also the multitude of those who marched against it.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.41 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-41)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.44":{"o":"μδ΄. ᾿Αγέδη ἐπὶ Βαδυλῶνωα ἡ θάλασσα\" ἐν ἤχῳ κυμάτων αὐτῆς κατελήφθη \"\". Εἴτα προαγορεύσας τὴν ἐρημίαν, πάλιν εἰς μέσον φέρει τὸν Βήλ. ν᾽. ᾿Εκδικήσω γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐπὶ \"\" τὸν Βὴ1 ἐν Βαδυκλῶνι, καὶ ἐξοίσω ἃ κατέπιεν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ\" καὶ δ οὗ μὴ συναχθῶσι πρὸς αὖτὸν \"1 ἔτι τὰ ἔθνη. Μέμνηται καὶ ὁ Δανιὴλ τῆς προσφερομένης αὑτῷ τροφῆς, καὶ ὅπως ταύτην οἱ ἱερεῖς χατηνάλισχον. Προλέγει ὃὲ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος καὶ τῆς πλάνης τὴν παῦλαν ' ψυχαγωγεῖ \"δ δὲ καὶ τὸν λαὸν, καὶ παρακελεύεται μὴ δεῖσαι τὰ ἐπερχόμενα τῇ Βαδυλῶνι κακὰ, καὶ διδάσκει ὡς πρὸ πολλοῦ ταῦτα μεμήνυται με΄. Εἰσειεύσεται γὰρ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἀκοὴ, καὶ\" μετ᾽ αὑτὸν ἐν\" τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἡ ἀκοὴ καὶ ἡ ἀδικία ἐν τῇ γῇ. Καὶ ἐξουσιαστὴς ἐπὶ Πρὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς καὶ δύο ἐνιαυτῶν τῆς ἐφόδου τῶν ποἀδιχοῦντες καὶ συνἦθως παρανομοῦντες. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ τοῖς προῦχυνουμένοις γλυπτοῖς, καὶ τοῖς προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτὰ, κὃν ὄλεθρον ἀπειλεῖ, καὶ τὴν κτίσιν πᾶσαν \"5 ἐπὶ τῇ πανωλεθρίᾳ ταύτης ᾽\" εὐφραίνεσθαι λέγει \" διδάσκει ὃὲ καὶ τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον.","t":"\"The sea has come up over Babylon; it has been covered by the roar of its waves.\" Then, having foretold its desolation, he again brings Bel into view: \"For I will punish Bel in Babylon, and bring out of his mouth what he swallowed, and the nations shall no longer gather to him.\" Daniel too mentions the food that was brought to him and how the priests consumed it. The prophetic word foretells also the end of the error; it consoles the people as well, bidding them not fear the evils coming on Babylon, and teaches that these have been made known long before. \"… For a report will come in one year, and after it in [another] year a report, and injustice in the land, and ruler upon [ruler].\" For one and two years before the attack of the enemy … acting unjustly and transgressing as usual. For this reason he threatens destruction both on the carved images that are worshipped and on those who worship them, and says that the whole creation will rejoice at its utter destruction; and he teaches the justice of the punishment.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.44 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-44)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.49":{"o":"μθ΄. Καὶ μέντοι ἐν Βαδυλῶνι, τοῦ πεσεῖν\" τραυματίας ᾿Ισραὴ.1 ἐν αὐτῇ. Καὶ τῆς οὖν Βαδυλῶνος πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι ὑπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς ᾿ ἃ γὰρ εἰς τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἰργάτατο, ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρων πείσεται.","t":"\"And indeed in Babylon, [as Babylon made] the slain of Israel fall in her,\" so the slain of Babylon will fall throughout all the earth; for what it did to Israel it will suffer from others.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.49 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-49)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.5":{"o":"ε'\" Διότι οὐκ ἐχήρευσεν\" Ἰσραὴ.1 καὶ ᾿Ιούδας ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ αὑτῶν, ἀπὸ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος, ὅτι ἡ γῆ αὑτῶν ἐπλήσθη ἀνομίᾳ \", ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων Ἰσραήλ. Διὰ τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν παρανομίαν περιεῖδον αὐτούς\" οὐ γὰρ δὴ παντελῶς αὐτοὺς τῆς ἐμῆς κηδεμονίας ἐγύμνωσα.","t":"\"For Israel and Judah have not been widowed of their God, of the Lord Almighty; for their land was filled with lawlessness against the holy one of Israel.\" Because of their superstition and lawlessness I overlooked them; but I did not altogether strip them of my care.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.50":{"o":"ν΄. ᾿Αγασωζόμεγοι ἐκ γῆς 'ὅ, πορεύεσθε, καὶ μὴ ἵστασθε\" μνήσθητε, οἱ μακρόθεν, τοῦ Κυρίου. Τοῖς αἰχμαλωτευθεῖσιν Ἰουδαίοις ταῦτα λέγει. ε Καὶ ρουσαλὴμ ἀναθήτω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν. » Τῆς ἀναχειμένης τῷ Θεῷ μὴ ἐπιλάθησθε πόλεως. Εἶτα ἐκ προσώπου ἐχείνων \"","t":"\"You who are escaping from the land, go, and do not stand still; remember the Lord from far away.\" He says this to the captive Jews. \"And let Jerusalem come up into your heart\": do not forget the city dedicated to God. Then, speaking in their person:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.50 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-50)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.51":{"o":"να’. ᾿Ησχύνθημεν, ὅτε ἠκούσαμεν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν. Κατεκάϊζυγεν ἀτιμία τὸ πρόσωπον ἡμῶν. Εἰσῆλθον ἀ.1.ἰογεγεῖς εἰς τὰ ἅγια ἡμῶν, εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. Οὕτω τούτων ἀποδυρομένων, ὁ Δεσπότης ἔφη 6.","t":"\"We were ashamed when we heard our reproach; dishonour covered our face; foreigners entered into our holy places, into the house of the Lord.\" As they lament thus, the Master said:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.51 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-51)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.52":{"o":"νβ', νγ΄. Ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, «“έγει Κύριος, καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ \"ὶ πάσῃ τῇ γῇ αὑτῆς πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι. Ὅτι ἐὰν ἀνωδῇ Βαδυιὼν ὡς \"8 ὁ οὐρανὸς. καὶ ἐὰν ὀχυρώσῃ ὕψος τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτῆς, παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ Κύριος. Περιδόλους εἶχε μεγίστους, καὶ λίαν ὑψηλούς ᾿ διδάσκει τοίνυν ὁ Δεσπότης Θεὸς, ὡς οὐδεμίαν ὄνησιν ἐκεῖθεν χαρπώσοντα:, αὑτοῦ κατ᾽ αὑτῶν τὴν ψῆφον ἐχφέροντος. Συνάπτει δὲ τῇ θείᾳ ψήφῳ τὸ ἔργον, καί φησι\"","t":"\"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will punish her carved images, and in all her land the wounded shall fall. For even if Babylon goes up like heaven, and even if she fortifies the height of her strength, from me [destroyers will come upon her], says the Lord.\" It had very great and lofty walls. The Master God teaches, then, that they will reap no benefit from them, since he himself pronounces the sentence against them. He joins the deed to the divine sentence, and says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.52 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-52)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.54":{"o":"νδ', νε΄. Φωνὴ κραυγῆς ἐν Βαδυκζλῶνι, καὶ συγ- Κύριος τὴν» Βαδυῶνα, καὶ ἁπώϊεσεν ἐξ αὐτῆς φωνὴν \"9 ἠἡχοῦσαν ὃ) ὡς ὕδατα πο.1.1ά. Τὸ πλῆθος πῶν οἰκητόρων διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκεν “ καὶ οὐδὲν, φησὶν, ἀπώνατο τῶν τόξων, οὔτε τῶν δοράτων, τοῦ Θεοῦ δίκας αὐτὴν πραττομένου. Πρὸς γὰρ τοῖς στρατ- Ὁ ηγοῖς, καὶ τοῖς ἀριστεῦσι, « Καὶ δ᾽ τὸ μέγιστον πύλαι πυρὸς γενήσονται παρανάλωμα. ν» Οὕτω ταῦτα προειρηκὼς, διδάσκει, ὡς τήνδε τὴν πρόῤῥητιν ψεν ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ 8 τῆς Σεδεκίου βασιλείας, τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτο προστάξαντος - καὶ τὸ βεθλίον ἔδωκε τῷ Σαραίᾳ 35, ὃς εἰς τὴν Βαδυλῶνα παρὰ Σεδεκίου ἐπέμφθη - καὶ ὡς τοῦτο παρηγγύησεν τὸ βιθλίον ἐν Βαδυλῶϑι, καὶ εἰπεῖν \" ξβϑ'. Κύριε, σὺ ἐλάλησας ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, τοῦ ἐξοιοθρεῦσαι αὐτὸν, καὶ τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἐν αὑτῷ κατοικοῦντα\", ἀπὸ ἀγθρώπου ἕως κτήγους, ὅτι ἀταγισμὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται. Ταῦτα δὲ, ἔφη ᾽7, προσευξάμενος, καὶ λίθῳ τὸ βιθλίον ῥἶψον εἰς τὸν Εὐφράτην, καὶ ἐρεῖς ᾿ ξδ΄. Οὕτως καταδύσεται Βαδυ.ἰὼν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀναστῇ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπ' αὑτήν. Τοῦτο δὲ εἰς ψυχαγωγίαν τῶν αἰχμαλώτῶν γενέσθαι προσέταξεν ὁ Δεσπότης \" ἵνα μαθόντες καὶ ταύτὴς τὴν ἅλωσιν, καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν ἐλευθερίαν, ἐπὶ παραψυχὴν ἔχωσι τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα. Ἡ μὲν οὖν προφητεία ἐντεῦθεν δ\" ἔσχε τὸ τέλος,","t":"\"A sound of crying in Babylon, and great destruction … [for the] Lord [has destroyed] Babylon, and destroyed from it a great voice roaring like many waters.\" By these words he has shown the multitude of its inhabitants; and it gained nothing, he says, from bows or spears, since God was exacting the penalty from it. For besides the generals and champions, \"and, what is greatest, its gates will become fuel for fire.\" Having foretold these things, he teaches that he wrote this prediction in the fourth [year] of Zedekiah's reign, at God's command, and gave the book to Saraiah, who was sent to Babylon by Zedekiah; and that he charged him [to read] the book in Babylon and to say: \"Lord, you have spoken against this place, to destroy it, so that there is no inhabitant in it, from man to beast; for it shall be a desolation for ever.\" Having prayed this, he said, throw the book with a stone into the Euphrates and say: \"So shall Babylon sink and not rise, because of the evils that I bring upon her.\" The Master commanded this to be done for the consolation of the captives, so that, learning of its capture and of their own freedom, they might have the hope of good things as comfort. This prophecy, then, ends here.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.54 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-54)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.7":{"o":"ζ΄, η΄. Ποτήριον χρυσοῦν Βαδυνὼν ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου, μεθύσκον πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ\" τοῦ ἔθνη \"5. Καὶ ἄφνω ἔπεσε Βαδυνὼν, καὶ συγετρίἔη. Καὶ τὸ ἐνύπνιον ἑρμηνεύων ὁ μακάριος Δανιὴλ, τὴν κεραμὴν τὴν χρυσῆν αὐτὸν εἶπε τὸν Βαδυλώνιον \" καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὴν δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τιμωρίαν, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπενεχθεῖσαν ἔθνεσι, ποτήριον χρυσοῦν προῦηγόρευσε. Λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπήνεγκε, καὶ ἐξαίφνης αὐτὴ παρὰ πᾶσαν ἐλπίδα ἑάλω, καὶ ἀνάστατος γέγονεν, Εἶτα τοῖς εἰς ἐπικουρίαν 5\" ἐληλυθόσιν ἔθνεσι λέγει, ε Θρηνεῖτε αὑτήν\" λάθετε ῥητίνην τῇ δ᾽ διαφθορᾷ αὐτῆς, εἰ κως δ\" ἰαθήσεται, » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, προσενέγχατε αὐτῇ τῆς βοηθείας; τὰ φάρμακα\" κέχρηται δὲ καὶ ἡθοποιίχ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ τὴν παρ᾽ ἐχείνων ἀπόκρισιν τίθησιν.","t":"\"Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, making all the earth drunk; … the nations. And suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken.\" The blessed Daniel too, interpreting the dream, said that the golden head was the Babylonian; and here he called the punishment brought through him on the other nations a golden cup. He says, then, that it brought punishment on the other nations, and suddenly, beyond all expectation, was itself captured and laid waste. Then to the nations that came to its help he says: \"Lament her; take resin for her ruin, if perhaps she may be healed\"; that is, bring her the remedies of help. The prophet also uses dramatic characterization and sets down their answer:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51.9":{"o":"θ΄, ', Ἰατρεύσαμεν αὐτὴν δ\", καὶ οὐκ ἰάθη\" ἐγχαταλίπωμεγν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἀπέλθωμεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν γῆν αὑτοῦ\" ὅτι ἤγγικεν εἰς οὐραγὸν τὸ κρῖμα αὑτῆς, καὶ δ ἐπήρθη ἕως τῶν ἄστρων. Εἰσήγεγκε\"\" Κύριος τὸ κρῖμα \"5 αὐτοῦ. Τοῦτον τοῦ Βαδυλωνίου τὸν τῦφον καὶ ὁ μακάριος προεθέσπισεν Ἡσαῖα:' « Εἶπε γὰρ, φησὶν, Ἐπάνω τῶν ἄστρων θήσω τὸν θρόνον μου. » Διδάσκει δὲ σαφέστερον τὸν ὑπουργοῦντα, καὶ τὸν κελεύοντα. βασιλέως Μήδων\" ὅτι ἐπὶ Βαδυιῶνω ἡ ὀργὴ αὑτοῦ, τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτήν\" ὅτι ἐχδίχησιςδ Κυρίου ἐστὶν, ἐκδίκησις ναοῦ 5 αὑτοῦ, ἐπὶ τειχῶν Βαδυ- «λῶγος. “Ἃ τετόλμηκε κατὰ τοῦ ναοῦ, τοῖς τῆς Βαδνλωνίοις παρακελεύεται, καὶ φύλακας ἐπιστῆσαι τοῖς τείχεσι, καὶ τούτους διεγεῖραι, καὶ εὐτρεπίσαι τὰ ὅπλα \" καὶ διδάσκων, ὡς οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ὄφελος ἐντεῦθεν γενήσεται, ἐπήγαγε\" ε Καὶ ποιήσει Κύριος ὅσα ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Βαδυλῶνα. » Προηγέρευσε γὰρ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τὴν ταύτης κατάλυσιν. « Κατὰ δ\" δὲ τοῦ βραχίονος ν τὸν Θεὸν ὁμωμοχένα! λέγει, ἀντὶ τοῦ, κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμεως \" ιξ', ττ΄. Ποιῶν γὴν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὑτοῦ \" ἑτοιμάζω» τὴ\" οἰκουμένην ἐγ τῇ σοξρίᾳ αὑτοῦ\" ἐν τῇ συνέσει αὑτοῦ ἐξέτεινε τὸν οὐριγνόν. Εἰς φωνὴν ἤχους \"5 αὐτοῦ ἔθετο π.ιλῆθος ὕδατος ἐν οὐραγῷ “5, καὶ ἀνήγαγε γερέλας \"' ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς\" ἀστραπὰς εἰς ὑετὸν ἐποίησεν \" ἐξήγαγε φῶς 5 ἐκ ϑησεαυρῶν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ τὰ τῆς δημιουργίας τέθεικεν, καὶ τὰ τῆς προμηθείας“ οὐ γὰρ μόνον πε- Τὸ «εἰς φωνὴν ἤχους αὐτοῦ ἔθετο πλ᾽)ϑος ὕδατος ἐν οὐρανῷ \",» διδάσκει τὸν διὰ τῶν νεφελῶν δ\" τῆς βροντῆς ἐπιτελυύμενον κτύπον. Παρατίθησι δὲ τῇ θεολογίᾳ τὴν τῶν δαιμόνων ἀσθένειαν \" καὶ δείκνυσιν αὐτὰ τῆς τῶν χρυσοχόων δεόμενα τέχνης, καὶ ὅτι ὑπ᾽ ἄλλων γινόμενα, οὐδὲ τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζώοις ἀναπνεῖν ὁμοίως ἰσχύει. Προλέγει δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν παῦλαν. Ἐν χαιρῷ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐπισκοπῆς “δ᾽ ἀποιλοῦνται. (ιθ΄.) Οὐ τοιαύτη \"“ ἡ μερὶς τῷ “΄ Ἰαχὼδ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα αὐτός ἐστι μερὶς “' αὐτοῦ καὶ “Ν Ισραὴ. ῥάδδος κιϊιηρογομίας αὐτοῦ\" Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων ᾽ ἔγομα αὐτῷ. Τῆς Βαδυλῶνος ἐκεῖνοι θεοὶ, τοῦ δὲ Ἰσραὴλ ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων ποιητῆς. Εἰκότως ποίνυν οἱ μὲν χαταλύονται, οἱ δὲ α καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἔθνη ἐν σοί. Τοῦτο ὁ Σύρος ἡομῆνευσεν 15, « Ἑτοίμασόν μοι σχεύη πολέμου. » Κατὰ μέντοι τὴν ἑλληνικὴν ἑρμηνείαν, οὕτω νοητέον \" Ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ὅπλοις σου κατὰ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἐχρήσω λαοῦ, καὶ βέλη καὶ δόρατα κατὰ τούτων ἠχόντισας, κἀγὼ 15 διασχορπιῶ ἔθνη ἐν σοΐ, Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" Σχορπίσας ἴ\" σχεδάσω γἀγὼ τὰ εἰς ἐπικουρίαν σου ἐληλυθότα ἔθνη, καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, καὶ τοὺς τούτων ἀναδάτας, καὶ πᾶσαν ἡλικίαν, καὶ γένος ἑκάτερον, καὶ ἄρχοντας, καὶ ἀρχομένους, καὶ ποιμαίνοντας, καὶ γεωργοῦντας. Καὶ ταῦτα πείσεσθε, ὑπὲρ ὧν κατὰ τῆς Σιὼν ἐτολμήσατε.","t":"\"We have treated her, and she was not healed; let us abandon her and go away each to his own land; for her judgment has reached to heaven and been lifted up to the stars. The Lord has brought forth his judgment.\" This pride of the Babylonian the blessed Isaiah also foretold: \"For he said: Above the stars I will set my throne.\" He teaches more clearly the one who serves and the one who commands: \"[The Lord has roused the spirit of the] king of the Medes; for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy her; for it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple. Upon the walls of Babylon …\" [For] what it dared against the temple, … he bids the Babylonians set guards on the walls, rouse them, and make ready their weapons; and teaching that no benefit will come to them from this, he added: \"And the Lord will do what he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.\" For he had foretold its destruction through the prophets. He says that God swore \"by his arm,\" that is, by his own power. \"Making the earth by his strength, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven. At the sound of his voice he set a multitude of water in heaven, and brought up clouds from the end of the earth; he made lightnings for rain; he brought out light from his treasuries.\" He has set down both the works of creation and those of providence; for not only … \"At the sound of his voice he set a multitude of water in heaven\" teaches the crash of thunder produced through the clouds. Beside this theology he sets the weakness of the demons, showing that they need the craft of goldsmiths and that, being made by others, they cannot even breathe as irrational animals do. He foretells also their end: \"For in the time of visitation they will perish.\" \"Not such is the portion of Jacob; for he who formed all things is his portion, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; Lord of hosts is his name.\" Those are the gods of Babylon, but Israel's is the maker of all. Fittingly, then, the ones are destroyed and the others … \"… and I will scatter nations in you.\" The Syrian rendered this: \"Prepare for me weapons of war.\" According to the Greek rendering, however, it must be understood thus: since you used your weapons against my people and hurled arrows and spears at them, I too will scatter nations in you. For this is what he says: scattering them, I too will disperse the nations that came to your help, the horses and their riders, every age and both sexes, rulers and ruled, shepherds and farmers. And you will suffer this for what you dared against Zion.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 51.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/51-9)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/52.1":{"o":"ἹἸστοριχώτερον δὲ διέξεισι τὰ ἑξῆς \" καὶ διδάσκων ᾿᾽, ὅπως τε ἐδασίλευσεν ὁ Σεδεκίας, καὶ Ν᾽ ὅτι παρᾶνομῶν διετέλεσε “ καὶ \"\" ὡς ἐν τῷ ἐννάτῳ ἕτει τῆς βατὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ πολιορχῶν διετέλεσε μέχρις ἐνδεκάτου ἕτους, ἕτερον ἔξωθεν ἐγείρας περίδολον ἀπὸ λίθων μεγίστων \" καὶ ὅπως ὁ λιμὸς τοὺς ἔνδον τῶν πολεμίων χαλεπώτερον χκατειργάζετο. Διηγεῖται δὲ, ὡς τοῦ τείχους πεσόντος νύκτωρ ἀπέδρασαν οἱ δυγατοὶ σὺν τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ὡς οἱ Χαλδαῖοι διώξαντες συνέλαξόν \"5 τε αὑτοὺς, καὶ ἀπήγαγον \" εἰς Δεδλαθὰ, καὶ παρέσνησαν τῷ Ναδουχοδονόσορ᾽ ὁ δὲ διελέγξας ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ὄρκων παραθδάσει τὸν Σεδεκίαν, πρῶτον \"\" μὲν ἀνεῖλε τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, εἶτα τοὺς ἄρχοντας \" καὶ ὅτι μετὰ τὴν πικρὰν ἐχείνην θεωρίαν, τοῦ βασιλέως τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξορύξας \"5, καὶ πέδας αὑτῷ παραθεὶς \"7, ἀπήγαγέ τε εἰς Βαδυλῶνα, καὶ μύλωνι παρέδωκε. Διδάσκει τε καὶ ὅπως Ναδουζξαρδὰν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ναῤδουχοδονόσορ ἀποσταλεὶς, καὶ τὸν θεῖον νεὼν ἐνέπρησε, καὶ πρὸς τούτῳ τὰ βασίλεια, καὶ τὰς λαμπρὰς τῆς πόλεως οἰκίας, καὶ τοὺς περιδόλους τοῦ ἄστεως \"δ ἐκ βάθρων ἀνέσπασεν \" ἀπήγαγε δὲ καὶ ἅπαντας τοὺς λοιποὺς εἰς Δεδλαθὰ, ὀλίγους τινὰς τῶν πενήτων καταλιπὼν, ὥστε τὴν γῆν γεωργεῖν. Καὶ ποὺς στύλους τοὺς χαλκοῦς τοὺς παμμεγέθεις, οὖς 0 Σολομὼν χατεσχευάχει, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν χαλχῆν χωνεύσας, ἀπεχόμισεν εἰς Βαδυλῶνα, καὶ τοὺς ρᾶς ὁ Σύρος γιπτῆρας ποδῶν ἡρμήνευσε. Καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δὲ σχεύη μετὰ τούτων ἀπήνεγκε. Σαπρὼθ \"5 δὲ τοὺς ὁδελίσχους καλεῖ\" διδάσκε: δὲ, ὅπως καὶ τὸν πρῶτον ἱερέα, καὶ τὸν δεύτερον, καὶ τοὺς μετὰ τούτων ἀπαχθέντας ἀνεῖλε τῶν Βαδυλωνίων ὁ βασιλεύς \" λέγει δ᾽ τε καὶ τῶν ἀπαχθέντων αἰχμαλώτων τὸν ἀριθμόν \" πρὸς \"' δὲ τούτοις ἐξηγεῖται, ὅπως μετὰ τὰ ἑπτὰ καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη τῆς Ἰεχονίου αἰχμαλωσίας - αὐτὸν προσέταξε, καὶ ὁμοδίαιτον δ εἶχεν, ἀφθόνως αὑτῷ Οὐ. χορηγῶν τὴν τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἀπόλαυσιν. Καὶ τοῦτο οὐ τὴν τοῦ Δεσπότου φιλανθρωπίαν κηρύττει. Κολάζων γὰρ ἐλεεῖ, καὶ παιδείαν ἐπάγων ψυχαγωγεῖ, χοὶ Ἢ μεῖς τοίνυν τῆς χρίσεως τὸ δίκαιον δείσωμεν, καὶ τῇ φιλο ανθρωπίᾳ θαῤῥοῦντες, μὴ ἀπαγορεύσωμεν τὴν σωτὴν εὐθεῖαν πορείαν ὁδεύωμεν, ἵνα πὸ μακάριον χαταλάβωμεν τέλος, ἐν Χριστῷ Ἵπποῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡ μῶν, μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡμῶν δ᾽ ἡ δόξα, σὺν πῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεῖ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν ","t":"What follows he relates more as history. He teaches how Zedekiah reigned and how he went on transgressing; how in the ninth year of [his reign Nebuchadnezzar came and] besieged Jerusalem until the eleventh year, raising another wall outside it of very great stones; and how the famine wore down those inside more grievously than the enemy. He relates how, when the wall fell, the powerful fled by night with the king, and how the Chaldeans pursued and seized them, led them away to Reblatha, and set them before Nebuchadnezzar. He, having convicted Zedekiah of breaking his oaths, first killed his sons and then the rulers; and after that bitter sight he gouged out the king's eyes, put fetters on him, led him away to Babylon, and handed him over to the mill. He teaches also how Nabuzardan, sent by Nebuchadnezzar, burned the divine temple, and besides it the palace and the splendid houses of the city, and tore up the walls of the city from their foundations; and he led all the rest away to Reblatha, leaving a few of the poor to farm the land. And the huge bronze pillars that Solomon had made, and the bronze sea, he melted down and carried off to Babylon; and the … the Syrian rendered as \"foot-basins.\" He carried off the other vessels with these too. He calls the spits \"saproth.\" He teaches how the king of the Babylonians killed the first priest and the second and those carried off with them; and he states also the number of the captives carried off. In addition he relates how, after thirty-seven years of Jeconiah's captivity, [the king of Babylon] ordered him [to be released] and had him at his table, supplying him generously with all he needed. And this … proclaims the Master's love for humankind. For while punishing he shows mercy, and while bringing discipline he consoles. Let us, then, fear the justice of his judgment, and, trusting in his love for humankind, not despair of salvation, but walk the straight road, so that we may reach the blessed end in Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom be glory to our Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 52.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/52-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.1":{"o":"Παρακελεύεται γὰρ τὸν τῆς Βενιαμίτιδος φυλῆς \" συνῆπτο δὲ αὕτη τῇ τοῦ Ἰούδα, σημᾶναι τῇ σάλπῦγι, καὶ εἰς παράταξιν ἑτοίμους γενέσθαι, ὡς τῶν ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ πολεμίων κατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὁρμώντων, ὭὯραίαν 3 γὰρ καὶ τρυφερὰν αὐτὴν καλεῖ\" ὡραίαν μὲν, διὰ τὸ κάλλος τῶν οἰχημάτων \" τρυφερὴν δὲ, διὰ τὸ ἁδροδίαιτον τῶν ξνοιχούντων ἐν αὐτῇ», Υ. Ἥξουσε ποιμένες καὶ τὰ ποίμνια αὐτῶν, καὶ πήξουσιν ὄπ᾽ οὐτὴν σκηνὰς \"\", καὶ ποιμανοῦ- ΟΕἿΡ ἔκαστος τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀγέζην Μ αὑτοῦ. Ποιμένας τοὺς βασιλέας καλεῖ, τοὺς μετὰ τοῦ Ναποίμνας, τὰς στρατιὰς \"} τὰς ὑπὸ τούνους τελούσας \" τὴν δὲ τῆς πόλεως πολιορκίαν διὰ τούτων δεδέλωχεν. Εἶτα λέγει καὶ τὰς ἐν \"\" μεσημθρίᾳ παρατάξεις, καὶ τὰς ἑσπερινὰς ἐφόδους, καὶ τὰς νυκτερινὰς προσθο- ς δὶς, καὶ ὡς δρυμὸν ἄκαρπον ἐκκόψαι παρακελεύεται \" ὅλη γάρ ἔστι ψευδὴς κατὰ \"\" δυναστείαν αὐτῆς\" φημθαίνει δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τοῖ; πρόσθεν εἰρημένοις. ζ. Ὡς δ ψύχει λάκκος ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ, οὕτω ψύχει κακίαν αὑτῆς. Ἔδει τὴν τῷ Θεῷ ἀνακχειμένην τόλιν, καὶ τοὺς παρανομίᾳ συζῶντας ὑποδεχομένην, εὐνομίαν διδάσκειν \" νῦν δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐγκαλεῖται \"7, ὅτι αὕτη Κὶ διδάσκαλος ἀσεδείας ἐγένετο\" καὶ χαθάπὲρ ὁ λάκκος εἰς ψυχρὰν ποιότητα μεταθδάλλει τὸ ὕδωρ. γὕτως εἰς πονηρίαν αὕτη \" τοὺς πρὸς αὐτὴν παραγινομένους μετέδαλε\" τὴν μέντοι πόλιν, οὐ τὰς εἰχηδομὰς, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας καλεῖ. ε« ᾿Ασέθεια γαὶ ταλαιπωρία ἀκουσθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ ἐπὶ δ᾽ προσὦπου μου δ' διαπαντός. κΟὐδὲ τὴν ἐμὴν ἐνοίχησιν ἐδε- υ δίεισαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὀρῶντός μου πᾶσαν ἐτόλμων ἀσέθειαν. Εἶτα παραίνεσιν εἰσάγει καὶ συμδουλήν. Ἐν\" πόνῳ καὶ μάστιγι \"\" (η παιδεύθητι \"5, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, μήποτε ἀποστῇ ἡ ψυχή μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ποιήσω σε ἄδατον γῆν, ἥτις οὗ χατοιχηθήσεται. Τὴν ἄῤῥητον τοῦ Δεσπότου φιλανθρωπίαν καὶ ταῦτα δηλοῖ ἀπειλῶν γὰρ αὐτῇ τὸ σκυθρωπὰ, Ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὴν εἰσήγησιν οὐκ ἐδέχοντο, τρυγητὰς. μὲν καλεῖ τοὺ; πολεμίους \" ἐντέλλεται δὲ αὐτοῖ; ἅπαντας \"δ αὐτοὺς συναγαγεῖν, ὡς ἀμπέλου καρπὸν, καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν διδάσκει. \". Πρὸς τίνα «λαλήσω, καὶ διαμαρτύρωμαι\", καὶ ἀκούσεται; ᾿Ιδοὺ ἀπερίτμητα τὰ ὦτα αὑτῶν, καὶ οὐ δύνανται\" ἀκούειν \"δ. ᾿Ιδοὺ τὸ ῥῆμα\" Κυρίου ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ὀγειδισμόν \" οὐ 5 μὴ βουληθῶσιν αὐτὸ ἀκοῦσαι 5\". ᾿Απερίτμητα ὧτα καλεῖ τὰ ἀδιακρίτως πάντα δεχόμενα. Τοιοῦτοι ἦσαν Β καὶ οὗτοι\" τὰ παρὰ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν προσφερόμενα τερπνὰ ὄντα ῥᾳδίως δεχόμενοι, τοῖς θείαις λόγοι; προσέχειν 5. οὐκ ἤθελον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐχωμῴδουν καὶ διἐχλεύαζον τοὺς προφήτας. Εἶτα διδάσκει τὴν τῆς","t":"He commands those of the tribe of Benjamin (it was joined to that of Judah) to sound the trumpet and be ready for battle, since the enemies from the north are rushing against Jerusalem. He calls her beautiful and delicate: beautiful because of the beauty of her buildings, delicate because of the luxurious living of those who dwell in her. 3. \"Shepherds will come, and their flocks, and they will pitch tents against her, and each will shepherd with his hand.\" He calls shepherds the kings who came with Nebuchadnezzar, and flocks the armies that served under them; and by these words he has indicated the siege of the city. Then he speaks also of the battle lines at noon, the evening attacks and the night assaults; and he bids them cut her down like a fruitless forest, for she is wholly false in her oppression; and this agrees with what was said before. 7. \"As a cistern cools its water, so she cools her wickedness.\" The city dedicated to God, which received those who were living in lawlessness, ought to have taught good order; but now she is accused of the opposite: that she became a teacher of impiety, and as a cistern changes water to coldness, so she changed into wickedness those who came to her. By \"the city\" he means not the buildings but the inhabitants. \"Impiety and misery will be heard in her, before my face continually.\" They did not even respect my dwelling there, but dared every impiety while I looked on. Then he brings in exhortation and counsel: 8. \"Be disciplined by toil and the scourge, Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you, and I make you an untrodden land that will not be inhabited.\" This too shows the Master's unspeakable love for humankind: he threatens her with grim things … But since they did not accept the counsel, he calls the enemies grape-gatherers, and commands them to gather them all like the fruit of a vine; and he teaches the reason: 10. \"To whom shall I speak and testify, and he will hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot hear. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them; they will not wish to hear it.\" He calls uncircumcised ears those that receive everything without discrimination. Such were these men too: they readily received the pleasant things offered by the false prophets, but would not attend to the divine words; they mocked and ridiculed the prophets instead. Then he teaches the …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.11":{"o":"ια΄, Τὸν “5 θυμόν μου ἐπλήρωσα “\", καὶ ἐπέσχον, καὶ οὗ συνετέλεσα αὐτούς. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, \"Ὥρμητα κολάσαι, καὶ οἴκτου πάλιν αὐτοὺς ἠξίωσα καὶ τε:δοῦς. ᾿Απειλεῖ δὲ κοινὴν καὶ νέοις καὶ πρεσδύται:. καὶ ἀνδράσι καὶ γυναιξὶ τιμωρίαν ἑπάξειν, ἐπειδῃ κοινῇ πάντες τὴν παρανομίαν ἢγάπησαν, καὶ οἱ τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἠξιωμένοι, μετὰ τῶν τὰ ψευδῆ προᾶγορεύειν τολμώντων. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τούτων τον","t":"11. \"I filled up my wrath, and I held back, and did not make an end of them.\" That is: I rushed to punish, and again I counted them worthy of pity and compassion. He threatens to bring a common punishment on young and old, on men and women, since all alike loved the lawlessness, even those honored with the priesthood, together with those who dared to proclaim falsehoods. He tells also the … by these …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-11)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.14":{"o":"ιδ΄, Καὶ ἰῶντο τὸ σύντριμμα τοῦ «λαοῦ \" ἐπ' Εἰρήνη, εἰρήνη. Ἔπειτα κατ᾽ ἐρώτησιν\" ε Καὶ“ ποῦ ἔστιν εἰρήνη; » Δέον, φησὶ, θεραπεύειν τὰ πάθη τοῖ; αὐστηροτέροις φαρμάκοις, ἐπέτριθην ταῦτα τῇ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐπαγγελίχ\" ποῦ τοίνυν τῶν λόγων τὸ τέλος; ᾿Αντὶ γὰρ τῆς εἰρήνης πανωλεθρίαν ὁρῶσι. Δείκνυσι δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τῆς “, ἀναιδείας ὑπερβολήν. Καταισχυνθέντες γὰρ, φησὶν, ὡς τὰ Ψευδῇ προειρηκότες, ἐρυθριᾷν οὐκ ἀνέχονται. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγε!\" καὶϊ5 τὴν ἀτιμίαν αὑτῶν οὖκ ἔγνωσαν. ᾿Αλλ' ὅμως τίσονσι, φησὶν, ἐν τ' χαιρῷ ὧν ἐτόλμησαν δίκας. « Ἐν καιρῷ γὰρ ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτῶν ἀσθενήσουσιν εἶπε 1\" Κύριος. » Ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὴν Ὁ ἀπείθειαν διδάσκει, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν προκηρύττει τὴ\" κλῆσιν. ᾿","t":"14. \"And they healed the fracture of my people, saying, Peace, peace.\" Then, by way of question: \"And where is peace?\" Whereas they ought, he says, to treat the diseases with harsher remedies, they aggravated them with the promise of peace. Where, then, is the fulfillment of their words? For instead of peace they see utter destruction. He shows also the excess of their shamelessness: put to shame, he says, as having foretold falsehoods, they cannot bring themselves to blush. For this is what he says: \"and they did not know their dishonor.\" Nevertheless, he says, they will pay the penalty in due time for what they dared: \"For in the time of their visitation they will be weak, says the Lord.\" From here he teaches the disobedience of the Jews and proclaims beforehand the calling of the nations.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-14)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.16":{"o":"ις΄. Τάδε λέγει Κύριος 13\" Στῆτε ἐπὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς, καὶ ἴδετε\" ἐρωτήσατε 1\" τρίδους αἰωνίας \"5, καὶ ἴδετε, ποία ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀγαθὴ, καὶ βαδίσατε\" ἐν αὑτῇ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἁγίασμα 15 ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν. Ὅδοι μὲν πολλαὶ, οἱ ἅγιο! προφῆται \" ὁδὸς δὲ ἀληθῶς ἀγαθὴ, αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν\" ἀκούομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος \" « Ἐγώ εἶμι ἡ ὁδὸς, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια, καὶ ἡ ζωή.» ἐκάστη μέντοι τῶν προφητικῶν ὁδῶν εἰς ταύτην φέρει\" καὶ γὰρ Μωσῆς ὁ νομοθέτης ταύτὴν\" ὑποδείκνυσι, λέγων - « Προφήτην δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἀναστήπει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐμέ\" » καὶδ' τὰ ἑξῆς. Καὶ Δαδὶδ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ προφήτης, καὶ μέντο: καὶ Ἡσαΐας, καὶ Μικαίας, καὶ Ἐζεκιῆλ δι, καὶ ἕχαστος τῶν προφητῶν ταύτην ὑποδείκνυσι τὴν ὁδόν. Καὶ καθάπερ μία μὲν ὁδὸς, ἡ εἰς πὰς μεγίστας ἀπάγουσα πόλεις, ἣν βασίλειον καὶ βισΔιχὴν ὀνομάζειν εἰώθαμεν, εἰς δὲ ταύτην ἀτρατοί τίνες ἀπὸ κωμῶν ἐμδάλλουσι 58 καὶ ἀγρῶν\" τος μία μὲν ἔστιν ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα πρὸς Πατέρα, ὁ μονογενὴς ΥἹὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ - οἷον δὲ τινες ἀτραποὶ, οἱ μακάριοι προφῆται, εἰς ταύτην ἄγουσι τὴν ὁδὸν τοὺς δι᾽ αὐτῶν ὁδεύειν προαιρουμένους. Κελεύει τοίνυν Ἰουδαίοις ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τὰς προφητικὰς ὁδοὺς ἐρευνῆσαι, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν μαθεῖν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ βαδίσαι. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἀντιλέγουσι συνήθως, καὶ τὸ κελευσθὲν οὐ ποιοῦσιν. « Εἷτὴν γὰρ, φησὶν, Οὐ πορευσόμεθα. » ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως καὶ ἑτέραν αὐτοῖς προσφέρει παραίνεσιν. ι΄, Καθέστηχα \"\" ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς σκοποὺς, ἀκούσατε τῆς φωγῆς τῆς σάλπιγγος. Σχοποὺς δὲ πάλιν αὐποὺς προφήτας ὀνομάζει\" καὶ γὰρ τῷ Ἐζεκιήλ ψῆσι \"ε Σκοπὸν δέδωκά σε τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ. » Σάλπγα δὲ καλεῖ τῶν ἀποστόλων τὸ κήρυγμα\" προεθέσπισαν \"Γ΄ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο οἱ κληθέντες σκοποί \" ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως πάλιν ἀντιλέγουσιν Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ ἄντικρυς ἀέγουσιν, ε Οὐκ ἀκουσόμεθα. » Δείξας τοίνυν τὴν τούτων ἀντιλογίαν, τῶν ἐθνῶν προλέγει τὴν εὐπείθειαν. ιη. Διὰ τοῦτο ἤχουσων 5 τὰ ἔθγη, καὶ οἱ ποιμαίνογτες τὰ ποίμνια ἐν αὐτοῖς \". Ποιμένας δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς τούτων ἡγουμένους, καὶ οὐ Βόνον τοὺς τῆς πνευματικῆς ἡγεμονίας ἠξιωμένους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς βασιλέας καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας \" καὶ οὗτοι γὰρ τὸ φεῖον ἐδέξαντο κῆρυγμα \" οὕτω καὶ οἱ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι Βαρνάθας καὶ Παῦλος ἐποίησαν\" εἴς τινα γὰρ εἰσελθόντες συναγωγὴν, καὶ πλεῖστα τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις διαἡεχθέντες, εἶτα τὴν ἀπείθειαν αὐτῶν χατιδόντες ἔφαν Ὑμῖν ἣν ἀναγκαῖον πρῶτον \" λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ: ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀπωθεῖσθε αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους ἑαυτοὺς \"' κρίνετε τῆς αἰωνίου ζωΐς, ἰδοὺ στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. Οὕτω γὰρ ἐντέταλχεν \" ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος; \" Τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ \"} εἶνα! σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐτχάτοῦ τῆς γῆς \"» συμύαίνει τοίνυν τῇ προῤῥῆσει ἡ ἔχθασις\" ἐνταῦθα μέντοι ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν Ἰουδαίοις ἀπειλεῖ τιμωρίαν τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ ᾿ κατάλληλον \" ἀπαγορεύει δὲ καὶ τὴν κατὶ γύμον λατρείαν.","t":"16. \"Thus says the Lord: Stand at the ways, and see; ask for the eternal paths, and see which is the good way, and walk in it, and you will find sanctification for your souls.\" The ways are many: the holy prophets. But the truly good way is our Lord himself; for we hear him saying: \"I am the way, and the truth, and the life.\" Each of the prophetic ways, however, leads to this one. For Moses the lawgiver points to it when he says: \"The Lord our God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, like me,\" and what follows. And David the king and prophet, and Isaiah too, and Micah, and Ezekiel, and every one of the prophets points out this way. And just as there is one road that leads to the greatest cities, which we usually call the royal or public road, and into it run certain paths from villages and fields, so there is one way that leads to the Father, the only-begotten Son of God; and the blessed prophets, like certain paths, lead into this way those who choose to travel by them. So the prophetic word bids the Jews search the prophetic ways, and through them learn the good way and walk in it. But they contradict as usual, and do not do what was commanded. \"For they said,\" he says, \"We will not walk in it.\" Nevertheless he offers them another exhortation too: 17. \"I have set watchmen over you; hear the sound of the trumpet.\" Again he names the prophets watchmen; for he says to Ezekiel too: \"I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel.\" He calls the preaching of the apostles the trumpet; and those called watchmen foretold this too. But again the Jews contradict, and say outright: \"We will not hear.\" Having shown their contradiction, he foretells the ready obedience of the nations: 18. \"Therefore the nations heard, and those who shepherd the flocks among them.\" He calls their leaders shepherds, not only those honored with spiritual leadership but also the kings and the rulers; for these too received the divine preaching. So too the divine apostles Barnabas and Paul did: having entered a certain synagogue and argued at great length with the Jews, and then seeing their disobedience, they said: \"It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you; but since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations. For so the Lord has commanded us: I have set you as a light of the nations, that you may be for salvation to the end of the earth.\" The outcome, then, agrees with the prediction. Here, however, the prophetic word threatens the disobedient Jews with a punishment fitting their contradiction; and it forbids also the worship according to the law.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.20":{"o":"χ'. Ἱνατί μοι Δἰδανον ἐκ Σαδὰ θέρεις, καὶ κινάμωμον ἐκ γῆς μακρόθεν; Τὰ ὁιἰοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔστι δεκτὰ, καὶ αἱ θυσίαι ὑμῶν οὐκ δὲ καὶ ἡνίχα ὁ νόμος ἐκράτει͵ περιττὰ ταῦτα ἐνομίσθη, μάτην ᾽\" μεμήνασιν Ἴουδαῖοι, μετὰ τὴν τοῦ νόμον παῦλαν τοῖς τοῦ νόμου περιττοῖς ὡς ἀναγκαίοις ἐνασχολούμενοι. Προλέγει δὲ πάλιν τὴν ἀσθένειαν ἧ συνεξύγησαν 'ἷ, οὐ μόνον δουλεύειν ἐναντιούμενοι \"δ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μυσαροὶ πᾶσι φαινόμενοι. Ἐντεῦθεν μεταφέρει τὴν προφητείαν ἐπὶ τὸν Βαδυλώνιον, καὶ τοὺς ἐπιστρατεύσαντα; σὺν αὐτῷ βασιλέας, καὶ διηγεῖται αὐτῶν τὴν ἰσχὺν, καὶ τὴν πανοπλίαν, καὶ τὸ ἀπηνὲς καὶ θηριῶδες τῆς γνώμης. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν τούτων δειλίαν.","t":"20. \"Why do you bring me frankincense from Sheba, and cinnamon from a far land? Your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not …\" … even when the law was in force these things were held to be superfluous, the Jews are mad in vain, busying themselves after the ending of the law with the law's superfluous things as if they were necessary. He foretells again the weakness to which they were yoked, not only serving their adversaries but also appearing loathsome to all. From here he turns the prophecy to the Babylonian and the kings who marched with him, and describes their strength, their full armor, and the harsh and bestial cast of their minds. He tells also the cowardice of these.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.24":{"o":"κδ΄. Παρελύθησαν γὰρ, φησὶν, αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν, θλίψις κατέσχεν ἡμᾶς, ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης. Καὶ παρακελεύεται μὴ προκύπτειν τῶν πόλεων, ὡς τῶν πολεμίων προχαθημένων. Παρακελεύεται ζὲ τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ σάκκον περιθαλέσθαι, καὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς κόνιν ἐπιδαλεῖν, καὶ μονογενοῦς παιδὴς μιμήσασθαι πένθος. Εἶτα τῷ προφήτῃ παρεγγυξ τὰ; τούτων παρανομίας ἰδεῖν.","t":"24. \"For our hands have become weak,\" he says; \"affliction has seized us, pangs as of a woman in labor.\" And he bids them not to peer out of the cities, since the enemies are lying in wait. He bids Jerusalem also to put on sackcloth, sprinkle dust on their heads, and imitate the mourning for an only son. Then he charges the prophet to look into their lawless deeds.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.24 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-24)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.27":{"o":"κζ΄, Δοκιμαστὴν γὰρ\", φησὶ, δέδωκά σε ἐν' λαῷ μου συγκχεκχλεισμένῳ᾽ καὶ\" γγώσῃ ἐν τῷ δοκιμάσαι σε τὴν ὁδὸν αὑτῶν. 'Ἀντὶ τοῦ, 0 χάμνῃς περινοστῶν πόλεις πολλὰς καὶ ἀγρούς\" ἐν γὰρ τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πάντες εἰσὶ συνηθροισμένοι διὰ τὸν πόλεμον. Ἐπιδείκνυσι δὲ αὐτῷ ᾿ τῆς γνώμης χη. Πάντες ἀνήχοοι, πορευόμενοι σκοιἰιῶς, ὡς χαικὸς καὶ σίδηρος. Πάντες διερθαρμένοι\" εἰσίν. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, χίόδηλο:!, οὐδὲν δόκιμον ἔχοντες.","t":"27. \"For I have given you,\" he says, \"as an assayer among my people shut in, and you will know when you test their way.\" That is: you need not toil going round many cities and fields, for all of them are gathered in Jerusalem because of the war. He shows him their cast of mind: 28. \"All are disobedient, walking crookedly, as bronze and iron; all are corrupted.\" That is: counterfeit, having nothing genuine.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.27 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-27)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.29":{"o":"κθ΄, Ἐξέλιπε\" φυσητὴρ ἀπὸ πυρός \" ἐξέλιπε καλεῖ τὸν παιδευτιχὸν λόγον \" πῦρ δὲ καὶ μόλιδδον τὴν τιμωρίαν αὐτὴν \" φυσητῆρα δὲ, τὴν θείαν ἀπόφασιν, δι᾽ ἧς ἡ τιμωρία προσφέρεται. Εἰώθασι δὲ καὶ οἱ τοῦ ἀργύρου τεχνῖται, τὸν ἄργυρον καθαίρειν βιν\" ὥστε διὰ τούτου δαπανῆσαι τὸ χίδδηλον. Λέγει τοίνυν ὁ Δεσπότης, ὅτι Παντοδαπαῖς ἐχρησάμην μεθόδοις, μεταδαλεῖν αὑτοὺς θέλων, καὶ διαφόρους παιδείας ἐπήνεγκα, καὶ ἀνιάτω; διάκεινται. Ὅθεν ἐπάγει ","t":"29. \"The bellows has failed from the fire; … has failed.\" He calls … the disciplining word; fire and lead, the punishment itself; and the bellows, the divine sentence through which the punishment is applied. Silversmiths usually purify silver …, so as to consume the dross by this means. So the Master says: I have used every kind of method, wishing to change them, and I have brought various disciplines upon them, and they remain incurable. Hence he adds:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.29 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-29)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6.30":{"o":"λ΄, ᾿Αργύριον ἀποδεδοχιμασμένον καλέσατε αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἀπεδοχίμασεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ Θεύς 5. Ἐπέμεινε τῇ τροπῇ. Οὐδεμία, φησὶ, μηχανὴ τῆς τούτων πονηρίας περιεγένετο \" ταῦτα δὲ λέγει, οὐ -ἧς φύσεως: κατηγορῶν, ἀλλὰ τῆς προαιρέσεως \" τῆς γὰρ φύστως αὐτὸς ποιητὴς, οὐκ ἂν δὲ ἧς ἐποίησε κατηγόρησε -“ τῆς δὲ προαιρέσεως ἐκεῖνοι δημι-","t":"30. \"Call them rejected silver, for the Lord God has rejected them.\" He has kept to the figure. No device, he says, got the better of their wickedness. He says this accusing not their nature but their will; for he himself is the maker of their nature, and would not accuse what he made; but of their will they are the craftsmen …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 6.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/6-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7.1":{"o":"Μετὰ ταῦτα διδάσκει ὁ προφήτης ὡς ἐχελεύθη στῆναι μὲν ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τοῦ θείου νεὼ, πᾶσι δὲ πῶς εἰσιοῦσι τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον προσενεγκεῖν \" εἶχε δὲ οὗτος συμθουλὴν, καὶ ὑπόσχεσιν ἀγαθῶν. γ᾽. Διορθώσατε\" τὰς ὁδοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν, καὶ κατοιχιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ. Κατηγορεῖ δὲ καὶ τῆς ψευδοῦς προφη- «εἰας. δ, Μὴ πεποίθατε γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς \"5, ἣ ἐπὶ λόγοις γιευδέσιν \" ὅτι\" παράπαν \"3 οὐκ ὧφε- Κυρίου, ναὸς.\" Κυρίου ἐστίν. Ἐξαπατῶντες γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἔλεγον, Πῶς δυνατόν τινα τοῦ θείου μὲν \"\" νεὼ περιγενέσθαι; Αὐτὸς δὲ αὐτοῖς παρεγγνᾷ μὴ τούτοις τοῖς λόγοις θαῤῥεῖν - ἀλλ᾽ ἀσπάπασθαι τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ χρεῖττον τοῦ βίου μεταδολὴν, καὶ κρίσεις \"ὃ φοβεῖσθαι, καὶ κηδεμονίας ἀξιῶσαι τοὺς ταύτης δεομένους, καὶ παύσασθαι τῆς προτέρας μιαιφονίας, καὶ τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπείας. Ταῦτα γὰρ, φησὶ, ποιοῦντες, οὐκ ἔσεσθε μέτοιχοι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς πατρῴας μενεῖτε γῆς. Ταναντία δὲ τολμῶντες, καὶ διὰ ῦ πάσης παρανομίας ὁδεύοντες, τρυγήσετε\"\" λους τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων καρπούς “ οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὴν ψευδῆ μεταμέλειαν ἀποδλέπω, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τῶν ψευδῶν ἀνέχομαι λόγων \" ὁρῶ γὰρ ἅπαντα τὰ γινόμενα. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐγὼ ἑώρακα, λέγει Κύριος. » Οὐκ ἀνέξομαι δὲ οὐδὲ τὸν ἀφιερωμέναν μοι οἶκον λῃστῶν εἶναι καταγώγιον. Εἶτα ἀπὸ τῶν γεγενημένων τιιὖ, Ὅτι πορεύθητε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν \" μου τὸν ἐν Σιὼμ\", οὗ κατεσκήνωσα τὸ ὄνομα μου ἐκεῖ ἔμαροσθεν, καὶ ἴδετε ἃ ἐποίησα αὐτῷ ἀπὸ προσὦχπου κακίας λαοῦ μου Ἰσραήλ. Ὃ \"\" Σιλὼμ χωβίον ἐστὶν ἐν ταῖς δέκα φυλαῖς διακεΐμενον \" τῶν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο, Παρακελεύεται τοίνυν ὁ Δεσπότης, μὴ τῷ ναῷ θαῤῥεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῇ κατὰ νόμον ζωῇ. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἐπάγει, ὅτι καὶ ὁ οἶκος τὰ αὐτὰ πείσεται, καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν δέξονται τιμωρίαν.","t":"After this the prophet teaches that he was commanded to stand at the gates of the divine temple and to deliver the prophetic word to all who went in. It contained counsel and a promise of good things: 3. \"Amend your ways and your practices, and I will make you dwell in this place.\" He also accuses the false prophecy: 4. \"For do not trust,\" he says, \"in yourselves, or in lying words, for they will not profit you at all … of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.\" For in deceiving them they said: How is it possible for anyone to overcome the divine temple? But he charges them not to take courage from these words, but to embrace a change of life for the better, to fear the judgments, to count those who need care worthy of it, and to cease from their former bloodshed and from the worship of idols. For if you do this, he says, you will not be exiles, but will remain in your ancestral land; but if you dare the opposite and travel by every kind of lawlessness, you will harvest … fruits of your practices. For I do not look to a false repentance, nor do I tolerate false words; for I see all that is done. \"For behold,\" he says, \"I have seen, says the Lord.\" Nor will I tolerate the house dedicated to me being a lodging of robbers. Then from what had happened … 12. \"For go to my house in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell before, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.\" Shiloh is a place lying within the ten tribes … and this too. So the Master exhorts them to trust not in the temple but in a life according to the law. For this reason he adds that the house too will suffer the same things, and they will receive the punishment of their brothers.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 7.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7.10":{"o":"ι΄, ᾿Αποῤῥίψω γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ προσώπου μου, καθὼς ἀπέῤῥιψα τοὺς ἀδειϊφοὺς ὑμῶν, ἅπαν \"» τὸ σπέρμα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραή. ᾿Απαγορεύει δὲ καὶ τῷ … « Οὐ γὰρ ἀχούσομα!ΐ σου, φησὲ ν Καὶ διζσχων, ὡς δικαίως αὐτοὺς ἀποστρέφεται, ἐτἤγαγεν \". ιξ', τη. Ἦ οὐκ ὁρᾷς, τί οὗτοι\" ποιοῦσιν ἐν\" ταῖς πόλεσιν Ἰούξα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς διόδοις\" Ἱεροισαλήμ; Οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν πατέρες αὐτῶν καίουσι πῦρ, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐ. τῶν τρίδουσι στέαρ\"\", τοῦ ποιῆσαι χαυῶγνας τῇ στρατιᾷ \"\" τοῦ οὐραγοῦ\" καὶ ἔσπεισαν σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἑτέροις 5, εἶχον ἀσταφίδας, καὶ φοίνικας, καὶ ἕτερά τοιαῦτα, ταῦτα δὲ τοῖς εἰδώλοις προσέφερον. Πεῤ τούτων δὲ καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρου προφήτου φησί\" « Καὶ \" ἐφίλουν πέμματα μετὰ σταφίδων. » Λέγει τοίνυν τῷ προφήτῃ, Μὴ δυσχεράνῃς, ὡς μὴ πείθων με τῇ πανδημεὶ τῆς τῶν δαιμόνων θεραπείας φροντίζοντε;. Ἔπειτα δείκνυσιν, ὡς αὐτὸς μὲν οὐδεμίαν ἐκ τῖς τούτων παρανομίας δέχεται βλάδην, αὑτοὶ δὲ διὰ παύτης ἐπισπῶνται τὸν ὄλεθρον. Καί φησι \"","t":"15. \"For I will cast you away from my face, as I cast away your brothers, the whole seed of the sons of Israel.\" He also forbids the … \"For I will not hear you,\" he says. And teaching that he is right to turn away from them, he added: 17–18. \"Do you not see what these are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Their sons … their fathers kindle the fire, and their women knead dough to make cakes for the host of heaven; and they poured out libations to other gods.\" They had raisins and dates and other such things, and these they offered to the idols. About these he says through another prophet too: \"And they loved cakes with raisins.\" So he says to the prophet: Do not be vexed, as though failing to persuade me, when the whole people is intent on the service of demons. Then he shows that he himself receives no harm from their lawlessness, while they draw destruction on themselves by it. And he says:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 7.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7-10)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7.19":{"o":"ιθ΄, Μὴ ἐμὲ πουροργίζουσι\", 1έγει Κύριος, οὐκὶ ἑαυτοὺς, ὅπως καταισχυνθῇ τὰ πρόσωπὰ αὐτῶν; Λέγει δὲ καὶ τῆς αἰσχύνης τὸν τρότοον \" ἀπειλεῖ γὰρ, οὐ μόνον ἀνθρώπων ὄλεθρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ κτηνῶν, καὶ φυτῶν διαφθορὰν, καὶ γῆς ἐρημίαν “ ἀπαγορεύει δὲ καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον λατρείαν.","t":"19. \"Is it me they provoke to anger, says the Lord? Is it not themselves, so that their faces may be put to shame?\" He tells also the manner of the shame: he threatens not only the destruction of men but also of cattle, the ruin of plants and the desolation of the land; and he also forbids the worship according to the law.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 7.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7.21":{"o":"χα’, κβ’, κγ΄. Τάδε 1έγει Κύριος τῶν\" δυνάμεων, ς ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραή.1: Τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα ὑμῶν συγαγάγετεῖ μετὰ τῶν θυσιῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ ράγετε κρέα\". Ὅτι οὐκ ἐλάλησα πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν, οὐδὲ ἐνετειϊάμην αὑτοῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀνήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, περὶ 3 λόγου ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, καὶ θυσιῶν. ᾿Α.11᾽ ἣ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο αὐτοῖς,.έγων - ᾿Ακούσατε τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς Θεὸν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς «ιαὺν,, καὶ πορεύσεσθε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς μον, αἷς ἐντέλλομαι\" ὑμῖν, ὅπως ἂν εὖ ἢ “ ὑμῦ. Δέδεικται δὲ καὶ διὰ τούτων, ὡς τοῦ νόμου τὰ τπιριττὰ προσετέθη διὰ τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀσθένειαν, Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔμαθον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ θύειν εἰδώλοις, ἐχείνων \"δ᾽ αὑτοὺς ἀποστῆσαι βουλόμενος (διὰ πάντων γὰρ αὐτὰ 5 ἐχδάλλει τῶν προφητῶν ἀλλὰ) τῇ τούτω, ἀσθενείᾳ συγχαταθαίνων, τὸ, «ε Φάγετε 5 κρέα,» φησὶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἐχδάλλων, οὐ κωλύσω ὑμᾶς μεταλαμθάνειν χρεῶν. Καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ζν γόμῳ διαγορεύει, τοὺς βουλομένους ἐν ταῖς ἑαυτῶν πόλεσιν ἣ κώμαις χρεῶν μεταλαδεῖν, ε θῦσαι \" καὶ ἐκχέαι τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ μεταλαδεῖν ν» οὐκ ὡς ἱερείων, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς χρεῶν κοινῶν. Ἱερουργεῖν γὰρ ἔξω τοῦ νενομισμένου διεχώλυσς τόπου. Οὗ δὴ χάριν λέγει « Φάγεσθε αὐτὰ ὡς δορχάδα καὶ ἔλαφον, γτουτἐστιν, ὡς ἐκεῖνα τὰ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ μὴ προσφερόμενα, Ἔπειτα διηγεῖται καὶ τὴν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἀπείθειαν, ὅτι ταῦτά μου συμθουλεύοντος \" κδ, Ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν τοῖς ἐγθυμήμασε τῆς καρδίας αὑτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τοὺς Καὶ ἐγενήθησαν εἰς τὰ ὄπισθεν, καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἔμπροσθεν. (χε'.) Ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἐξήλθοσαν \" οἱ πατέρες αὑτῶν \" ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. Παρεδόθησαν γὰρ διὰ τὴν οἰκείαν παρανομίαν, ποτὲ μὲν Μωαθίταις, ποτὲ δὲ ᾿Αμμανί- «αις, ἄλλοτε Μαδιηναίοις, πολλάκις δὲ ἀλλοφύλοις. Ἐπιδείκνυσι δὲ καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν κηδεμονίαν \" οὐ γὰρ διέλιπον, φησὶ, διηνεκῶς αὐτοῖς διὰ τῶν προφητῶν διαλεγόμενος, καὶ τὰ κρείττω προτρέπων \" καὶ διἐμειναν ἀντελέγοντες, καὶ χείρους ἐγένοντο τῶν πατέῥῶν, οἱ ἐξ ἀχείνων ἀντιλέγουσι λόγοις ἔλεγξον δὲ ὅμως αὑτοὺς διαῤῥήδην, καὶ εἰπέ\" χη. Τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος, οὗ\" οὐκ ἤκουσαν εἧς φωγῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ Κυρίου αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ἐδέξαντο παιδείαγ. “Ἔστι \"5 δὲ ἡ αἰτία τῆς ἀπειθείας, ε Ἐξέλιπεν ἡ πίστις, καὶ Ν᾽ ἐξῆρται ἐκ στόματος αὐτῶν. ν» Εἶτα \"ὁ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποχεῖραι, ὡς ἀποδοχιμασθέντος τοῦ α ἐχλεγέντος λαοῦ. Καὶ δεικνὺς, ὡς δίκαιος ὁ θυμὸς, τὸ μέγιστον ὄνομα \"6 τῆς ἀσεθείας","t":"21–23. \"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Gather your whole burnt offerings together with your sacrifices, and eat meat. For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them, on the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt offerings and sacrifices; but this word I gave them, saying: Hear my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all my ways that I command you, that it may be well with you.\" It is shown by these words too that the superfluous parts of the law were added because of the weakness of the Jews. For since they had learned in Egypt to sacrifice to idols, he wished to draw them away from those (for he drives the sacrifices out through all the prophets); but, condescending to their weakness, he says, \"Eat meat,\" that is: though I cast out the sacrifices, I will not prevent you from partaking of meat. For in the law too he declares that those who wish to partake of meat in their own cities or villages may \"slaughter, and pour out the blood on the ground, and partake,\" not as of sacrificial victims but as of common meat; for he forbade them to offer sacrifice outside the appointed place. That is why he says: \"You shall eat them as the gazelle and the deer,\" that is, like the animals not brought to the altar. Then he recounts the disobedience of their fathers too: while I was counseling these things, 24. \"They walked in the devices of their evil heart.\" He teaches also … \"And they went backward and not forward, from the day their fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day.\" For because of their own lawlessness they were handed over now to the Moabites, now to the Ammonites, at other times to the Midianites, and often to the Philistines. He shows also his own care: for I did not cease, he says, speaking to them continually through the prophets and urging them to what is better; and they went on contradicting, and became worse than their fathers … \"Yet convict them openly, and say: 28. This is the nation that did not hear the voice of the Lord its God, nor accepted discipline.\" The cause of the disobedience is this: \"Faith has failed, and has been taken away from their mouth.\" Then he bids her cut off her hair, since the chosen people has been rejected. And showing that the wrath is just, … the greatest … of the impiety …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 7.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7.30":{"o":"λ΄, Ἕταξαν πο.1.1ο1\" γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐν ᾧ \" ἐπιχόκληται τὸ ὄγομά μον ἐπ' αὐτὸν, τοῦ μιάναι αὑτόν. Τοῦτο τετόλμῆκε Μανασσῆς, ὁ τοῦ Ἐζεχίου υἱός - ἐζήλωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ μετὰ ταῦτα τὴν τολμηθεῖσαν ἀσέδειαν. Καὶ μάρτυς ὁ θεῖος Ἐζεκιὴλ\"\", πνευματικῶς μὲν ἀπὸ Βαδυλῶνος εἰς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπαχθεὶς, ἐν δὲ τῷ ναῷ τὰς τοιαύτας παρανομίας εἰρηκὼς τεθεᾶσθαι \" αἰτιᾶται δὲ αὑτοὺς, ὡς καὶ τοὺς νίοὺς καὶ τὰς θυγαπέρας ὁλοχαυτοῦντας τοῖς δαίμοσιν, ε Τοῦτο δὲ, φησὶν, οὐκ ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς, οὐδὲ διενοούμην δ᾽ ἐν τὴ καρδίᾳ μου. ν Ὁ γὰρ τὰς τῶν ἀλόγων θυσίας διὰ τὴν τούτων ἀσθένειαν γίγνεσθαι συγχωρήσας, πῶς ἂν ἠνεσχόμην περὶ τῆς τοιαύτης νομοθετῆσαι μιαιφονίας; Τὸν δὲ βωμὸν τοῦ Ταφὲθ, εἰδώλου τινὸς οὕτω καλουμένου λέγει. Ἑρμηνεύεται δὲ σύγχιεισμα, ἢ χατάδρωσις. Ἔν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ χωρίῳ πλῆθος αὐτῶν ἀναιρεθήσεσθαι λέγει, καὶ προτεθήσεσθαι βορὰν καὶ θοίνην οἰωνοῖς καὶ θηρίοις \" καὶ μέντοι καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν μετατεθήσεσθαι, καὶ μηκέτι φάραγγα τοῦ νἱοῦ Ἑννὼμ δ᾽, ἀλλὰ φάραγγά τῶν ἀνῃρημένων κληθήσεσθαι \" προλέγει δὲ. ὅτι πάσης εὐφρσσύνης ἢ","t":"30. \"For they set their abominations,\" he says, \"in the house on which my name is called, to defile it.\" Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, dared this, and those after him emulated the impiety he had dared. The divine Ezekiel is a witness: carried in the spirit from Babylon to Jerusalem, he said he saw such lawless deeds in the temple. He charges them also with offering their sons and daughters as whole burnt offerings to the demons. \"This,\" he says, \"I did not command them, nor did it enter my heart.\" For I, who allowed the sacrifices of irrational animals to be made because of their weakness, how could I have endured to legislate for such bloodshed? By \"the altar of Topheth\" he means that of an idol so called. It is translated \"enclosure\" or \"devouring.\" In this place, he says, a multitude of them will be slain and set out as food and feast for birds and beasts; and the name too will be changed, and it will no longer be called the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of the slain. He foretells also that of all gladness …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 7.30 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/7-30)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.19":{"o":"ιθ΄. Ἰδοὺ φωνὴ κραυγῆς θυγατρὸς 1Σαοῦ μου ἀπὸ γῆς μακρόθεν. \"Ἔπειτα κατ᾽ ἐρώτησιν’ ε Μὴ Κύριος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Σιὼν, ἣ βασιλεὺς αὐτῆς 5 οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ; ν Πανταχοῦ, φησὶ, πάρεστιν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεός\" τί δήποτε τοίνυν αὐτοὺς τοῖς πολεμίοις παρἐδωκε; ε Διότι παρώργισάν με ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὖφῶν, καὶ ἐν ματαίοις ἀλλοτρίοις. ν» Τούτων, φησὶν, αἰτία τῶν κακῶν ἡ παρὰ τὸν νόμον ὑμῖν ἐγένετο πολιτεία, καὶ ἡ δυσσεδὴς τῶν εἰδώλων λατρεία.","t":"19. \"Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far off.\" Then, by way of question: \"Is the Lord not in Zion, or is her king not there?\" The God of all, he says, is present everywhere; why then did he hand them over to the enemies? \"Because they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with foreign vanities.\" The cause of these evils, he says, was your way of life contrary to the law and your impious worship of idols.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.19 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-19)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.20":{"o":", χ΄. Διῆλθε \"\" θέρος, καὶ παρῆλθεν ἁμητὸς, καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐ διεσώθημεν. Τὸν μακρὸν τῆς πολιορκίας χρόνον, καὶ τὴν ἑδδομηχοντοῦτιν δουλείαν διὰ τούτῶν δεδήλωκεν 5, Ἡμᾶς δὲ προσήκει τὴν τούτων παιδείαν ἀφορμὴν ὠφελείας ποιήσασθαι. “Ὅσα γὰρ : προεγράφη, κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ᾿Απόστολον, «ε Εἰς ἡμετέραν 13 διδασκαλίαν προεγράφη, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς, καὶ τῆς παραχλήσευς τῶν Γραφῶν, τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν “ν ἧς ἐπιτύχωμεν\" ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν \" μεθ᾽ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ δόξα πρέπει, καὶ τὸ κράτος, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿Αμήν.","t":"20. \"The summer is past, the harvest is over, and we are not saved.\" By these words he has indicated the long time of the siege and the seventy years of servitude. As for us, it is fitting to make their discipline an occasion of benefit. For whatever was written beforehand, according to the divine apostle, \"was written beforehand for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope\"; may we attain it in Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom glory and power befit the Father, with the all-holy Spirit, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.20 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-20)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.21":{"o":"κα΄, ᾿Επὶ συγτρίμματι θυγατρὸς λασῦ μου ἰσχυσάν με} ὠδῖνες, ὡς τικτούσης. Ὁ προφήτης ὀδύρεται καὶ τὰς τολμηθείσας ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ παρανομίας, καὶ τὰς ἐπενεχθείσας αὐτοῖς τούτων ἕνεκα συμφορὰς διηγεῖται. θυγατέρα δὲ λαοῦ τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ\" αὐτοὶ γὰρ αὑτὴν ᾧκοδόμησαν \" συντριξὴν δὲ͵ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἀμαρτίας πληγήν.","t":"21. \"At the fracture of the daughter of my people pangs seized me, as of a woman giving birth.\" The prophet laments both the lawless deeds dared by the people and the calamities brought upon them because of them. He calls the city the daughter of the people, for they themselves built it; and the fracture is the blow that comes from sin.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.22":{"o":"κβ΄. Μὴ ῥητίνη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Γαλαὰδ, ἣ ἰατροὶ \"5 οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐκεῖ; Διατὶ οὐκ ἀγέθη ἴασις θυγατρὸς \"λαοῦ μου; Ἱατροὺς κχαλεῖ τοὺς ἱερέας, ῥητίνην δὲ τροπικῶς τὴν πνευματικὴν διδασκαλίαν. Γαλαὰδ δὲ πόλις ἦν ἱερατικὴ \" ἐπιμέμφεται τοίνυν, ὅτι καὶ ἱερέων ὄντων, καὶ νομικῶν ἐνταλμάτων, ἡ πόλι\" πλημμελοῦσα, καὶ μεταμέλειαν οὐκ ἐδέξατο.","t":"22. \"Is there no resin in Gilead, or are there no physicians there? Why has the healing of the daughter of my people not come about?\" He calls the priests physicians, and figuratively the spiritual teaching resin. Gilead was a priestly city. He reproaches them, then, that though there were priests and commandments of the law, the city went on offending and did not accept repentance.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.3":{"o":"Καὶ ὅτι ἐπελθόντες Βαθδυλώνιοι οὐ μόνον τοὺς ξῶντας σφαγῇ παραδώσουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς πάλαι χείψουσιν, ὥστε προκεῖσθαι ἡλίῳ, καὶ σελήνῃ, καὶ τοῖς ἄστρασιν. Ὧϑν, φησὶ, τὴν λατρείαν ἠγάπησαν, καὶ τῆς παρὰ τούτων ἐπικουρία: οὗ τεύξονται. γ΄. Ὅτι εἴλογτοῦ\", φησὶ, τὸν θάνατον, ἣ τὴν ζωήν. Ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια διὰ πλειόνων εἰπὼν, πάλιν ὀρέγει χεῖρα, μετανοεῖν 'παρα νῶν. δ. Μὴ ὁ πίκτων οὖκ ἀνέσταεαι,, καὶ ὁ ἀπο. στρέφων οὖκ ἐπιστρέφει ἕν; Εἶτα ἀποιϑοῦσιν ἐπιτιμᾷ","t":"And that the Babylonians, when they come, will not only hand over the living to slaughter, but will also … those long dead, so that they lie exposed to the sun and the moon and the stars, whose worship, he says, they loved; and they will get no help from them. 3. \"For they will choose,\" he says, \"death rather than life.\" Having said these and similar things at greater length, he again stretches out his hand, urging them to repent: 4. \"Does he who falls not rise again, and does he who turns away not turn back?\" Then he rebukes the disobedient:","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.5":{"o":"ε΄. Διατί ἀπόσερεψεν ὃ λαὸς οὗτος κἀὶ δ' Ἰορον: ϑησαν ἐν τῇ προσιρέσει αὑτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι; Ἑαφῶς ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν, ὡς οὐ φύσεως, ἀλλὰ προαιρέσεως ἔργον ἡ πονηρία, Μετὰ ταῦτα τῆς ἀμετανοἧτου γνώμης κατηγορεῖ.","t":"5. \"Why has this people turned away … and they held fast to their choice, and would not return?\" He has plainly taught us that wickedness is the work not of nature but of choice. After this he accuses their unrepentant mind.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-5)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.6":{"o":"ς΄. Αξηόυσε γὰρ, φησὺν, Οὐκ ἔστιν ἄγθρωπος μετανοῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίὰς ὑετοῦ, “έγων \" Οἱ ἐποῖ» ησα; Θῦτος ὁ λογισμὸς τῆς διηνεκοῦς πονηρίας γε\" γένηται πρόξενος \" τοῦτο γὰρ τὰ ἐπάγόμενα δηλοῖ. « Διέλεπεν δ᾽ ὁ τρέχων ἀπὸ τοῦ δρόμου αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἴπἐν χρεμετιόμῷ αὐτοῦ. » Τοῦτο δὲ ὁ δ΄ Σύρος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσε\" ε Πάντες τῇ γνώμῃ αὑτῶν … γὰρ θεῖον καταλιπόντες νόμον, τοῖς ἑαυτῶν \" ἔπονται λογισμοῖς. Κατὰ μέντοι τὴν ᾿Ελλάδα φωνὴν, νη\" πέον ὅτι καὶ τοῦ δῥόμου οὐκ\" ἔστι καιρὸς καὶ χόρος΄ καὶ γὰρ ἵππος ὁρμῇ χρώμενος, καὶ χρεμετισμῷ, μετὰ τὸν κόπον ἱδροῖ \" οὗτοι δὲ κόρον οὐκ ἔλαθον τῶν κακῶν. Ταύτῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τὰ ὁξῆς συμφωνεῖ.","t":"6. \"Listen,\" he says: \"there is no man who repents of his wickedness, saying: What have I done?\" This way of thinking has become the cause of their continual wickedness; this is what the following words show: \"The runner has given up his course, like a horse sweating in its neighing.\" The Syrian translated this as: \"All in their own mind …\" For having abandoned the divine law, they follow their own reasonings. According to the Greek version, however, it is to be understood that even running has its time and its point of satiety; for a horse too, after charging and neighing, sweats from the toil; but these never had their fill of evils. What follows also agrees with this sense.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.7":{"o":"ζ΄, Καὶ ἡ ἀσίδα \" ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἔγνω τὸν καὶ ἀγροῦ \" στρουθία, ἐφύλαξαν \"\" καιροὺς δἰσόδων μου οὐκ ἔγγω τὰ ῥήματα\" υο οἷδε γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ πετεινὰ τῶν ὡρῶν τὴν διαφοράν\" ἢ καὶ νῦν μὲν ὧδε, νῦν δὲ ἐκεῖ μεταδαένει, φύσει τὸ χρειῶδες εὑρίσκοντα \" οὗτοι δὲ, λόγου μεταλαχόντες, τοῦ νόμου τὴν ὠφέλειαν οὐ δρέπονται. Ἧ μέντοι ἀοίδα, δρνεὸν ἐστι\" τινὲς δέ φασι τὸν ἐχτῖνον \"ὁ οὕτω καλεῖσθαι. ","t":"7. \"Even the asida in the sky knows its … sparrows of the field kept the times of their coming in; but … did not know the judgments …\" For the birds, he says, know the difference of the seasons, and move now here, now there, finding by nature what is useful to them; but these men, though they share in reason, do not reap the benefit of the law. The asida is a bird; some say that the kite is so called.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.7 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-7)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8.8":{"o":"η΄. Πῶς ἐρεῖτε \", ὅτι Σοφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ γόμος Κυρίου ἔσει μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν; ᾿Ανοίας ἐσχάτης τὸ «ἧς οἰκείας παραφροσύνης αἴσθησιν μὴ λαμδάγειν, μηδὲ παρανομοῦντας εἰδέναι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν\" « Εἰς \" μάτην ἐγενήθη σχοῖνος ψευδὴς Γραμματεῦσιν. » Σχοῖνον καὶ σχοίνισμα τὴν κληρονομίαν πολλάκις καλεῖ- λέγει δὲ ταύτην μηδὲν ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ νόμου γραμμάτων ὠφελεῖσθαι, διὰ τὸ ἡγαπηκέναι τὸ ψεῦδος, Τούτου χάριν, φησὶ, καταισχυνθήσονται οἱ σοφοὺς ἑαυτοὺς ὀνομάζοντες. (΄. Καὶ δώσω τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ἑτέροις, καὶ τοὺς ἀγροὺς αὐτῶν τοῖς κιηρογόμοις. μους τοὺς πολεμίους ἐκάλεσεν, ὡς τῆς ἐχείνων κτήσεως δεξαμένους τὴν δεσποτείαν. Τοῦτο \" δὲ λέγει ποιήσειν, διὰ τὴν κοινὴν πάντων παρανομίαν ἱερέων τε καὶ ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵ τὴν εἰρήνην ἐπαγγελλόμένοι, μετανοεῖν ἐχώλνον τὸν λαόν. ᾽Δπειλεῖ δὲ αὖτοῖς καὶ ἀχαρπίαν γῆς, καὶ δειλίαν, καὶ φυγήν. ἤύφεις δὲ θανατοῦντας αὐτοὺς καλεῖ τοὺς πολεμίους, εοἷς οὐκ ἔστι, φησὶν, ἐπᾷσαι\" ταῖς γὰρ ἡμετέραις σίαν προλέγει.","t":"8. \"How will you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?\" It is the height of folly not to perceive one's own madness, nor to know one's sin while acting lawlessly. \"In vain has a false measuring line been made for the scribes.\" He often calls the inheritance a line and an allotment; and he says that it gained nothing from the letters of the law, because it loved falsehood. For this reason, he says, those who call themselves wise will be put to shame. 10. \"And I will give their wives to others, and their fields to heirs.\" He has called the enemies heirs, as having taken possession of their property. He says he will do this because of the lawlessness common to all, both priests and false prophets, who by promising peace prevented the people from repenting. He threatens them also with barrenness of the land, cowardice, and flight. He calls the enemies deadly serpents, \"for which there is no charming,\" he says; for to our … he foretells …","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 8.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/8-8)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.1":{"o":"Οὗ δὴ χάριν ὁ θεῖος προφήτης δακρύων αἰτεῖ πηγὴν ἀποχρῶσαν τῷ πάθει, ὥστε νύκτωρ 7 καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέ- Β ραν ἀποδύρεσθαι τὰ τῶν ὁμοφύλων κακά. Αἰτεῖ δὲ καὶ ἐσχατιάν τινα ἔνδον ἐν τῷ τέρματι τῆς ἐρήμου, κἀκεῖ διάγειν ἐφίεται “ ὥστε μηδὲ ἀκούειν τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ τολμωμένων κακῶν. ἽΛπαντες γὰρ, φησὶ, τοὺς ἀλλήλων διορύττουσι γάμους, καὶ σύλλογός ἐστι πᾶσαν παρανομίαν τολμῶν \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει «ε Σύνοδος ἀθετούντων. »","t":"For this reason the divine prophet asks for a fountain of tears sufficient for his grief, so as to lament night and day the evils of his kinsmen. He asks also for some remote lodging at the edge of the desert, and longs to live there, so as not even to hear of the evils dared by the people. For all of them, he says, break into one another's marriages, and there is a gathering that dares every lawlessness; for this is what he says: \"an assembly of the faithless.\"","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-1)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.12":{"o":"ιβ΄. Τίς ἄνθρωπος ὃς \"5 σοφὸς, καὶ συνγήτω ταῦτα\", καὶ δ' «“16γος στόματος Κυρίου πρὸς αὐτόν; ἀγαγγειλάτω ὑμῖν \" ἕνεκεν τίγος ἀπώλετο ἡ γῆ \" ἀγήφθη ὡς ἔρημος παρὰ τὸ μὴ διοδεύεσθαι αὐτήν. Τοῖς τῆς θείας ἠξιωμένοις χάριτος ἐλέγχειν κελεύει, καὶ τῆς ἐρημίας τὰς αἰτίας διδάσκειν \" … αὐτὸς δὲ τοῦτο ποιεῖ, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς 5 καταλιπεῖν\" μὲν τὸν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ δεδομένον νόμον, τοῖς δὲ μα- «αἰοις χρήσασθαι λογισμοῖς, καὶ τῶν εἰδώλων προελέσθαι τὴν θεραπείαν.","t":"12. \"Who is the wise man, and let him understand this; and the one to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord has come, let him declare to you: for what reason has the land perished, has been burned up like a desert, so that no one passes through it?\" He bids those honored with divine grace to convict them and teach the causes of the desolation … and he himself does this, and tells them that they abandoned the law given for their salvation, followed vain reasonings, and chose the service of idols.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-12)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.15":{"o":"ιε΄. Διὰ τοῦτο ἐγὼ ψωμίζω\" αὐτοὺς ἄρτον ἀνάγκῆς \" καὶ ποτίσω Ἵ αὐτοὺς ὕδωρ χοιῆς. Τὴν πικρὰν καὶ ἀνιαρὰν ζωὴν διὰ τούτων δεδήλωκε.","t":"15. \"Therefore I will feed them with the bread of distress, and give them water of gall to drink.\" By these words he has indicated a bitter and grievous life.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.15 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-15)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.16":{"o":"ις΄. Καὶ διασκορπιῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐν οἷς\" οὐκ ἐγίγωσχον αὐτοὶ, καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν\" -καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ\" ἐπ’ αὑτοὺς 5 τὴν μάχαιραν, 'ξως οὗ ἐξανα.ἰώσω αὑτοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ. Δύο διὰ τούτῶν δεδήλωκε τιμωρίας, τὴν ἐν πολέμῳ σφαγὴν, καὶ τὴν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ ζωήν’ τοὺς γὰρ τὸν πόλεμον διατοῖς τὸ δέος, κελεύει καὶ τὰς θρηνούσας κληθῆναι, καὶ δακρύων ἀφιέναι χρουνούς. Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ καὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶν, ὡς οὐκέτι χώραν ἐχούσης τῆς εὐφρο-σύνης, διδάσκειν θρηνῆσαι τὰς θυγατέρας \" ἐπάγει δὲ καὶ τῶν θρήνων τὴν αἰτίαν.","t":"16. \"And I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers knew, and I will send the sword upon them until I have consumed them by it.\" By these words he has indicated two punishments: slaughter in war and life in captivity; for those who … the war … the fear, he commands that the mourning women be called and pour out streams of tears. He charges the women too, since gladness no longer has any place, to teach their daughters to lament; and he adds the reason for the laments.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-16)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.21":{"o":"χα'. Ὅτι ἀγέδη θάνατος διὰ τῶν θυρίδων ὑμῶν\" εἰσῆλθεν εἰς \"\" τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν, τοῦ ἐχτρίψαι νήπια ἔσωθεν\", καὶ γεαγίσκους ἀπὸ τῶν πιλατειῶν. θυρίδας καλεῖ τῇς πλάνης τὰς ἐπινοίας \" δι᾽ ἐχείνων … γὰρ τὴν πλάνην ἐδέξαντο, καὶ τὴν διὰ ταύτης ἔπενεἐχθεῖσαν πληγήν. Οὐκ ἂν δέ τις ἁμάρτοι θυρίδας τῇς ψυχῆς ὀνομάσας: τὰ τοῦ σώματος αἰσθητήρια, ἔψιν, καὶ γεῦσιν, καὶ ὄσφρησιν, καὶ ἀκοὴν, καὶ ἁφήν \" διὰ τούτων γὰρ δυνατὸν, καὶ ζωὴν, καὶ θάνατον εἰσελθεῖν. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ σωφρόνως βλέπων καρποῦται ζωὴν, ὁ δὲ ἀκολάστως, δρέπεται θάνατον \" καὶ ἡ ἀληθεύουσα γλῶττα προξενεῖ τῆς ψυχῆς \"2 σωτηρίαν, ἡ δὲ φευδομένη τὸν ὄλεθρον πραγματεύεται \" καὶ τ᾽ ἄλλα δὲ ὁμοίως καταμαθεῖν εὐπετές.","t":"21. \"For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into your land, to destroy infants outside and young men from the squares.\" He calls the devices of error windows; through them … they received the error and the blow that came through it. And one would not go wrong in calling the senses of the body the windows of the soul: sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch; for through these both life and death can enter. He who looks chastely reaps life, he who looks licentiously harvests death; the truthful tongue brings the soul salvation, the lying one works its destruction; and the rest may easily be learned in the same way.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.21 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-21)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.22":{"o":"κβ΄. Τάδε '\" 1έγει Κύριος \" Καὶ 18 ἔσονται οἔ γεχροὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων παράδειγμα\" ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ πεδίον τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ ὡς χόρτος\" ὀπίσω θερίζοντος, καὶ οὐ» ἔσται ὁ συγάγων. Πολλῆς ᾽5 ὠφελείας ἔσται πρόφασις τὰ εἰς ὑμᾶς γινόμενα \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει παράδειγμα \" τὸ δὲ, ε« Ὡς χόρτος ὀπίσω θερίζοντος, ν δηλοῖ τὸ ἄφατον τῶν νεκρῶν \" ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἧσάν τινες ἐν αὑτοῖς, οἱ μὲν αὐχοῦντες ἐπὶ πλούτῳ, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, ἄλλοι δὲ ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ σώματος, παραινεῖ μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις σεμνύνεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ θεογνωτίᾳ, καὶ πράξει δικαίᾳ \" ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ περιτομῇ μέγα ἐφρόνουν, τὴν ὀφρὺν αὑτῶν χαταστέλλων, δείκνυσι καὶ ἄλλα ἔθνη πλεῖστα περιτεμνόμενα προλέγει ὃλ καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην αὐτῶν κλῆσιν καὶ σωτηρίαν.","t":"22. \"Thus says the Lord: And the corpses of men will be for an example on the face of the field of your land, and like grass behind the reaper, and there will be none to gather them.\" What happens to you will be an occasion of much benefit; for this is what he means by \"example.\" \"Like grass behind the reaper\" shows that the dead are beyond counting. And since there were some among them who boasted, some of wealth, some of wisdom, others of bodily strength, he urges them not to pride themselves on these, but on the knowledge of God and on just action. And since they also thought highly of circumcision, to humble their pride he shows that very many other nations are circumcised as well; and he foretells also their future calling and salvation.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.22 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-22)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.25":{"o":"κε’, κς΄. Ἰδοὺ καὶ ἐπισκόψομαι ἐπὶ πάντας παριτετμημένους δ ἀχροθυστίας αὑτῶν. ᾿Ἐπ' Αἴγυκτον, καὶ ἐπὶ \" Ἰούδαν\", καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐδὼμ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Μωὰδ, καὶ\" ἐπὶ αἀντας τοὺς περιχξιρομόνους τὸ κατὰ\" πρόσωπον αὑτῶν, τοὺς κατοικοῦγτας ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. Ἰδουμαῖοι μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἢσαῦ τὸ γένος κατάγοντες, κατὰ τὸν τὴν συγγένειαν \" οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰσμαὴλ καὶ τῆς βνοντο νόμον \" αὐτοὺς οὖν καλεΐ περικειρομένους τὸ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὑτῶν \" εἰώθασι γὰρ τῶν παρειῶν παρατῶλειν τὰς τρίχας \" Αἰγυπτίους δὲ ἡ τοῦ λαοῦ προσενοίχησις ἐδίδαξε τὴν περιτομὴν \" συνῆψε δὲ αὐτοῖς\" τὸν Ἰούδαν, καταστέλλων τὸν τύφον. Ἐν δέ γε τοῖς ἑξῆς μείζονα αὐτῶν ποιεῖται κατηγορίαν\" Ὁ « Ὅτι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἀπερίτμητα σαρκὶ, καὶ\"\" πᾶς οἶκος \" Ἰσραὴλ ἀπερίτμητοι καρδίας αὑτῶν. » Διδάσκει τοίνυν καὶ τὰ παλαιὰ Γράμματα, καὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς περιτομῆς τὸ ὠφέλιμον, καὶ τὸ τῆς σωματικῆς ἀχροδυστίας ἀνείδεον 5. Θὖὺ γὰρ τῶν ἀπεριτμήτων ἐθνῶν κατηγόρησεν \" ἀλλ᾽ Ιουδαίων τὸ μὲν σῶμα περιτεμνομένων \", ἀπερίτμητον δὲ τὴν καρδίαν ᾽\" ἐχόντων. ","t":"25–26. \"Behold, I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision: upon Egypt, and upon Judah, and upon Edom, and upon the sons of Ammon, and upon the sons of Moab, and upon all who clip the hair around their faces, who dwell in the desert.\" The Idumeans, who trace their descent from Esau, … by kinship; and those from Ishmael and … the law. He calls them those who clip around their faces, for they are accustomed to pluck out the hair of their cheeks. The Egyptians learned circumcision from the people's sojourn among them. He has joined Judah with them, humbling their pride. In what follows he makes a greater accusation against them: \"For all the nations are uncircumcised in flesh, and the whole house of Israel uncircumcised in their hearts.\" So the old Scriptures too teach both the usefulness of the spiritual circumcision and the indifference of bodily foreskin. For he did not accuse the uncircumcised nations, but the Jews, who were circumcised in body but had an uncircumcised heart.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.25 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-25)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.3":{"o":"Υ΄. Καὶ ἐνέτειναν τὴν γλῶσσαν αὑτῶν ὡς “ες, τῷ πλησίον \" ἐπιδουλεύοντες \" τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει\" « Ἑεῦδος δ᾽ καὶ οὐ πίστις ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἐκ κακῶν κακὰ \"' ἐξῆλθον. » Τὸ ἀμετάδλητον τῆς πονηρίας διὰ τούτων ἐδήλωσε \" τὰ γὰρ κακὰ, φησὶ, κακὰ διαδέχεται \" αἰτία δὲ τούτων ἡ τῶν θείων ἀμέλεια. Τοῦτο γὰρ προστέθειχεν \" ε Καὶ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, φησὶ\" Κύριος. » Καὶ σαφέστερον δεικνὺς τὴν ἐμπολιτευομένην αὐτοῖς; πονηρίαν, παραινεῖ μήτε φίλῳ θαῤῥῆσαι, μήτε μὴν ἀδελφῷ \" καὶ τούτων χάγεγυμνωμένων. Προστίθησι δὲ τῇ κατηγορίᾳ καὶ τὸν πόκον, ὡς παρὰ τὸν νόμον τολμώμενον.","t":"3. \"And they bent their tongue like a bow\" against their neighbor, plotting against him; for this is what he says: \"Falsehood and not faith has grown strong in the land, for they went out from evils to evils.\" By this he has shown how unchangeable their wickedness is: evils, he says, follow upon evils; and the cause of these is the neglect of divine things. For he has added: \"And they did not know me, says the Lord.\" And showing more clearly the wickedness that dwells among them, he urges them to trust neither a friend nor even a brother, since these too … were stripped … He adds to the accusation also usury, as practiced contrary to the law.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-3)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.6":{"o":"ς΄. Τόκος δ᾽ ἐπὶ τόκῳ 1, καὶ δόλος ἐπὶ δόλῳ\". Καὶ πάλιν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δ᾽ καταφρονήσεως μέ-᾿ Οὐκ ἠθέλησαν εἰδέναι με, φησὶ\" Κύριος. (ζ΄) Αιὰ τοῦτο τάδε «.6γει Κύριος τῶν δυγάμεων\"\"\" Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πυρώσω αὐτοὺς, καὶ δοκιμῶ\" αὐτούς. Πύρωσιν ἐνταῦθα καὶ δοκιμασίαν τὸν πόλεμον κέκληκε, καὶ τὰ ἐκεῖθεν φνόμενα. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεῖο; Δαθὶδ ἐκ ῃ προσώπου τῶν ἐν Βαδυλῶνι - «Ὅτι ἐδοκίμασας ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς, ἐπύρωσας ἡμᾶς, ὡς πυροῦται τὸ ἀργύριον. ν ᾿Δλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνα τῶν εὐσεδῶν ἔφη τὸ τάγμα ᾿ πυρωβέντες \"\" γὰρ ἀνεφάνῃσαν δόκιμοι \" ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἡ πύρωσις ἐλέγχει τὸ κίόδηλον. Διέξεισι δὲ καὶ τῆς πονηρίας τὰ εἴδη, καὶ βολίδι μὲν ἀπειχάζει τὴν γλῶσσαν, δόλον δὲ πλήρεις εἶναι χέγει τοὺς λόγους. Εἰρηνικὰ γὰρ, φησὶ, φθέγγονται, δόλια δὲ βουλεύονται.","t":"6. \"Usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit.\" And again he blames their contempt of God: \"They would not know me, says the Lord.\" 7. \"Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will refine them with fire and test them.\" Here he has called the war and what came of it refining and testing. So also the divine David, speaking for those in Babylon: \"For you have tested us, O God; you have refined us with fire, as silver is refined.\" But that was said of the company of the pious, for when they were refined they were shown to be genuine; here the refining exposes the counterfeit. He goes through the kinds of wickedness too: he likens the tongue to a dart, and says their words are full of deceit; for they speak peaceably, he says, but plan deceitfully.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-6)."},"theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9.9":{"o":"θ΄. Μὴ ἐκὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισχόέψομαι; «λἐγεὶ Κύριος \" ἣ ἐν Λαῷ τῷ εοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικήσει ἡ ψυχή μου; “Ἄτοπον γὰρ τὸν τοιοῦτον κριτὴν ἀτιμώρῆτον τὴν τοσαύτην πονηρίαν καταλιπεῖν. Ἐπίέσχεψιν γὰρ τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐκάλεσε - τὸ δὲ « ἣ ψυχή μου» κατὰ τὸ ἀνθρώπειον τέθεικεν ἔθος \" οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐκ σώμᾶτος καὶ ψυχῆς τὸ θεῖον συνῆκται\"\" “ ἀσύνθετον γάρ ἐστι, καὶ ἁπλοῦν, καὶ ἀνείδεον. ᾿ς ἀκούειν δυνάμεθα \"5, φθέγγεται. Εἶτα τούτοις αὐτοῖς παρακελεύεται, καὶ τῶν ὁδῶν καὶ ὁρῶν \"ὁ θρηνῆσαι τὴν ἐρημίαν. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον, φησὶ, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἑστέρηνται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν, καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν. Τοῖς γὰρ οἰχουμένοις χωρίοις ἐμφιλοχωρεῖ τὰ πετεινά - ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἐρήμοις καὶ τούτων ἡ σπάνις πολλή. ᾿Απειλεῖ δὲ καὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν, καὶ τῆς πόλεως τὴν ἐρημίαν, καὶ γενήσεσθαι αὐτὴν λέγει κατοικητήριον δρακόντων. Τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα θηρία παρόντων μὲν ἀνθρώπων συνεχῶς ἀναιρεῖται \" ἀπόντων δὲ αὔξεται καὶ πλείονα \"7 γίνεται.","t":"9. \"Shall I not visit for these things, says the Lord, or shall my soul not take vengeance on such a people?\" For it would be absurd for such a judge to leave so great a wickedness unpunished. He has called the punishment a visitation; and \"my soul\" he has put according to human usage; for the Divine is not composed of body and soul; it is incomposite, simple and without form. He speaks as we are able to hear. Then he bids these same people lament the desolation of the roads and the mountains. For they have been bereft, he says, not only of men but also of cattle and birds; for birds like to haunt inhabited places, and in deserts these too are very scarce. He threatens also the captivity and the desolation of the city, and says it will become a dwelling of dragons. For such beasts are constantly killed when men are present, but when men are absent they increase and multiply.","f":"Theodoret, <i>Comm. Jer.</i> 9.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-ieremiam/9-9)."}}