Commentary on the Twelve Minor Prophets 1.6.2–1.8.12
Greek text: PG 81.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Preface 1, chapter 6
1.6.2PG 81
Β΄. « Ὑγιάσε: ἡμᾶς μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας, ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστησόμεθα δ» Οὐ δεῖται γὰρ εἰς θεραπείαν χρονικῆς περιόδου, ἀλλ᾽ ἀθρόαν παρέξει τὴν ὑγίειαν 39" αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούτων καὶ τὴν διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν γενομένην τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀνάστασιν, ἣ τῆς κοινῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐγένετο πρόξενος, καὶ πᾶσιν ἡμῖν δεδώρηται τὴν τῆς ἀθανασίας ἐλπίδα, διὰ τῆς εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐπιγνώσεως ἐγγινομένην "δ. « Ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστησόμεθα, καὶ ζησόμεθα ἔναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνωσόμεθα. » Μετὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, φησὶν ὁ ᾿Απόστολος, ἐπιγνώσομαι, γαθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην " « Ἄρτι γὰρ γινώσκω ἐκ μέ: ρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώτομα:ι, καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.» Τότε τοίνυν, φησὶν, ἀχριδεστέραν τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν γνῶσιν δεξόμεθα " ε Νῦν δὲ διώξωμεν τοῦ γνῶναι τὸν Κύριον. » Σπουδαίως, φησὶ, καὶ προθυμοτέρως τήσωμεν. ε Ὡς γὰρ ὄρθρον ἕτοιμον εὑρήσομεν αὐτόν.» Καθάπερ γὰρ ὁ ὄρθρος λύει τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ ζοτῶδες, οὕτως αὐτὸς τῶν ἐπικειμένων ἡμᾶ; ἀπαλλάξει πειρασμῶν, καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ προνοίας τὴν ἀκτῖνα παρ. ἐξει. « Καὶ ἥξει ἡμῖν ὡς ὑετὸς πρώϊμος καὶ δνιμος τῇ γῇ. » Πάντων γὰρ ἡμῖν τῶν ἀγαθῶν παρέξει τὴν ἀφθονίαν. Μετὰ ταύτην αὐτῶν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ χρεῖττον μεταθολὴν, καθάπερ τις πατὴρ φιλόστοργος τὴν Β πρὸς αὐτοὺς ποιεῖται διάλεξιν.
B΄. « Hygiase: hēmas meta dyo hēmeras, en tę̄ tritę̄ hēmerą anastēsometha d» Ou deitai gar eis therapeian chronikēs periodou, all᾽ athroan parexei tēn hygieian 39" ainittetai de dia toutōn kai tēn dia triōn hēmerōn genomenēn tou Sōtēros anastasin, hē tēs koinēs anastaseōs egeneto proxenos, kai pasin hēmin dedōrētai tēn tēs athanasias elpida, dia tēs eis ton Theon epignōseōs enginomenēn "d. « En tę̄ tritę̄ gar, phēsin, hēmerą anastēsometha, kai zēsometha enantion autou, kai gnōsometha. » Meta gar tēn anastasin, phēsin ho ᾿Apostolos, epignōsomai, gathōs kai epegnōsthēn " « Arti gar ginōskō ek me: rous, tote de epignōtoma:i, kathōs kai epegnōsthēn.» Tote toinyn, phēsin, achridesteran tōn pragmatōn tēn gnōsin dexometha " e Nyn de diōxōmen tou gnōnai ton Kyrion. » Spoudaiōs, phēsi, kai prothymoterōs tēsōmen. e Hōs gar orthron hetoimon heurēsomen auton.» Kathaper gar ho orthros lyei tēs nyktos to zotōdes, houtōs autos tōn epikeimenōn hēma? apallaxei peirasmōn, kai tēs autou pronoias tēn aktina par. exei. « Kai hēxei hēmin hōs hyetos prōïmos kai dnimos tę̄ gę̄. » Pantōn gar hēmin tōn agathōn parexei tēn aphthonian. Meta tautēn autōn tēn epi to chreitton metatholēn, kathaper tis patēr philostorgos tēn B pros autous poieitai dialexin.
2. "He will heal us after two days; on the third day we shall rise." For he needs no lapse of time for the cure, but will grant health all at once. By these words he also hints at the Savior's resurrection after three days, which became the agent of the common resurrection and has given to all of us the hope of immortality that comes through the knowledge of God. "For on the third day," he says, "we shall rise and live before him, and we shall know." For after the resurrection, says the Apostle, I shall know fully, as I also have been fully known: "For now I know in part, but then I shall know fully, as I also have been fully known." Then, he says, we shall receive a more exact knowledge of things. "But now let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord." Let us seek it, he says, earnestly and more eagerly. "For we shall find him ready like the dawn." For as the dawn dissolves the gloom of night, so he will free us from the trials that press on us and will grant the ray of his providence. "And he will come to us like the early and the late rain on the earth." For he will grant us abundance of all good things. After this change of theirs for the better, he addresses them like an affectionate father:
Hos 6:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 6:3 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:21 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The healing on the third day means God's swift restoration of Israel and also points to Christ's resurrection, the pledge of the common resurrection and of full knowledge of God.
- Lemmas: Hos 6:2–3. 1 Cor 13:12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; the word ζησόμεθα was split by it): ξησόον 5., τ. ν μὰς εἴ οἱ ταῦ} αἰχίξ : ε δῖον. Ῥαηλ θα, δἱ βίος δὰ τι πὰ ἀο, ἀϊο, 5 (, ἀξιῶν. ΑἹ 411 πῆμα ἴῃ ἀπάγοι. δι θίπιη, ἐν θλίψει αὐτῶν. 5 πέπ, ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνωσόμεθα. 35 ( ὑγείαν. 33 φῃσ, “ποβοϑιη δου οἱ οοριίδυϑ δι ἃ, ν» [5] Τυις ἰρὶδου οπίπι αἰ σι!) Εἰ εἴδη εἰμὶ, δια γιατ, δὲ δ θυ δ, «οἰ ανὶ. ἐδ οἱ πο ὁδοῦ ἤείππι : βοϊθ απὶ Ποῖ πα (άις, ἐνὶ αυΐε Ὀίοἱ Ἐκ (πὶ Ἁ 1 (ον. χιι, 123. νΜατγο. χα, 50, 51. 1}}}. αἰ 4ι6. 5 ἐκ. κατ. μου. ἢ 68. ἰῃ (. Α μεθα → ζησόμεθα.
Topics: Eschatology, Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.6.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.4PG 81
δ΄. «Τί σοι ποιήσω, Ἐφραῖμ; τί δοι ποιήτω, Ἰούδα; Τὸ δὲ ἔλεος ὑμῶν, ὡς νεφέλη πρωϊνὴ, χεὶ ὡς δρόσος ὀρθρινὴ πορενομένη. » Ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ, φησὶ, πάσης ὑμᾶς ἀξιῶσαι φιλανθρωπίας ἐθέλω" ἡ ὃὲ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν γινομένη " μεταμέλεια πρόσχαιφός ἔστι, καὶ οὐ διαρκὴς, καὶ ἔοικε δρόσῳ βραχείᾳ δυνἰσταμένῃ, καὶ ὑπὸ ἡλίου δαπανωμέντι,, καὶ νεφέλῃ ἕωθεν προφαινομένῃ, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκτίνων σχεδᾶν- ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως καὶ οὕτως ὑμᾶς διακειμένους παντοδαπῆς ἐπιμελεία; ἀξιῶν διετέλεσα, ὡς καὶ τοῖς ἐμαυτοῦ προφήταις αἴτιος θανάτου γενέσθαι " εἰς ὑμετέραν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλων διδασκαλίαν, τὸν παρ᾽ ὑμῶν αὐτοῖς προὐξένησα θάνατον. Ταῦτα γὰρ ἐδήλωσεν εἰ-
d΄. «Ti soi poiēsō, Ephraim? ti doi poiētō, Iouda? To de eleos hymōn, hōs nephelē prōïnē, chei hōs drosos orthrinē porenomenē. » Egō men gar, phēsi, pasēs hymas axiōsai philanthrōpias ethelō" hē hoe par᾽ hymōn ginomenē " metameleia proschaiphos esti, kai ou diarkēs, kai eoike drosǭ bracheią dynistamenę̄, kai hypo hēliou dapanōmenti,, kai nephelę̄ heōthen prophainomenę̄, kai hypo tōn aktinōn schedan- ᾿All᾽ homōs kai houtōs hymas diakeimenous pantodapēs epimeleia? axiōn dietelesa, hōs kai tois emautou prophētais aitios thanatou genesthai " eis hymeteran gar autous apostellōn didaskalian, ton par᾽ hymōn autois prouxenēsa thanaton. Tauta gar edēlōsen ei-
4. "What shall I do to you, Ephraim? What shall I do to you, Judah? Your mercy is like a morning cloud and like early dew that passes away." For I, he says, wish to count you worthy of every kindness; but the repentance that comes from you is short-lived and not lasting: it is like a little dew that forms and is consumed by the sun, and like a cloud that appears at dawn and is scattered by the rays. Yet even with you so disposed, I continued to count you worthy of every kind of care, so that I even became the cause of death for my own prophets: for by sending them to teach you, I procured for them death at your hands. He indicated this by saying:
Hos 6:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Israel's repentance vanishes like morning dew, yet God kept caring for them, even sending prophets whom they killed.
- Lemma: Hos 6:4.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.6.4 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.5PG 81
ε΄, «Διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεθέρισα τοὺς προφήτας ὑμῶν, ἀπέκτεινα αὐτοὺς "" ἐν ῥήματι στόματός μου, καὶ τὸ κρῖμά μου ὡς φῶς ἐξελεύσεται. » Καὶ γὰρ ἅπαντας τοὺς προφήτας ἂν ἀνέλητε, οὐ δυνήσεσθε δεῖξαι τὴν προφητείαν ψευδῇ “ οἷόν τι "5 γὰρ φῶς τὴν ταύτὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπιδείξω.
e΄, «Dia touto apetherisa tous prophētas hymōn, apekteina autous "" en rhēmati stomatos mou, kai to krima mou hōs phōs exeleusetai. » Kai gar hapantas tous prophētas an anelēte, ou dynēsesthe deixai tēn prophēteian pseudę̄ “ hoion ti "5 gar phōs tēn tautēn alētheian epideixō.
5. "Therefore I have mown down your prophets, I have killed them by the word of my mouth, and my judgment will go forth like light." For even if you kill all the prophets, you will not be able to show the prophecy to be false; for I will display its truth like a light.
Hos 6:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Killing the prophets cannot make their prophecy false; God will show its truth like light.
- Lemma: Hos 6:5.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.6.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.6PG 81
ς΄. « Διότι ἔλεον θέλω, καὶ οὐ "" θυσίαν καὶ ἐπί γνωσιν Θεοῦ, ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰσιν ὡς ἄνθρωπος παραδαίνων διαθήκην, ἐκεῖ κατεφρόνησάν μου "»..) θυσιῶν μὲν γὰρ, φησὶν, "ὁ οὐ προσδέομαι, δέχομαι δὲ ταύτας τῇ τῆς ὑμετέρας γνώμης ἄσϑενείᾳ συγχαταδαίνων. ᾿Απαιτῶ δὲ τὰ δύο ταῦτα, τὴν τε περὶ ἐμὲ εὔνοιαν, καὶ τὴν εἰς τὸν πέλας φιλᾶν- Ὁ θρωπίαν. Ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ νομοθετῶν πρῶτα τέθεικα᾿" « ᾿Αγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς χαρ΄ δίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σον, καὶ ἐξ ὅλη; τῆς διανοίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δυνάμεώς σον᾽ καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, ὡς σεαυτόν. » ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἔγω μὲν ταῦτα νενομοθέτηχα " αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐοίκασιν ἀν θρώπῳ τὰς συγχειμένας αὐτῷ πρός τινα παραδαίνοντι συνθήῆχας. Παραπλησίως γὰρ καὶ οὗτοι, τὴς ἐμῇς μακροθυμίας καταφρονοῦντες, τοὺς τεθέντας
s΄. « Dioti eleon thelō, kai ou "" thysian kai epi gnōsin Theou, ē holokautōmata. Autoi de eisin hōs anthrōpos paradainōn diathēkēn, ekei katephronēsan mou "»..) thysiōn men gar, phēsin, "ho ou prosdeomai, dechomai de tautas tę̄ tēs hymeteras gnōmēs asϑeneią synchatadainōn. ᾿Apaitō de ta dyo tauta, tēn te peri eme eunoian, kai tēn eis ton pelas philan- Ho thrōpian. Tauta gar kai nomothetōn prōta tetheika᾿" « ᾿Agapēseis Kyrion ton Theon sou ex holēs tēs char΄ dias sou, kai ex holēs tēs psychēs son, kai ex holē? tēs dianoias sou, kai ex holēs tēs dynameōs son᾽ kai agapēseis ton plēsion sou, hōs seauton. » ᾿All᾽ egō men tauta nenomothetēcha " autoi de eoikasin an thrōpǭ tas syncheimenas autǭ pros tina paradainonti synthēēchas. Paraplēsiōs gar kai houtoi, tēs emę̄s makrothymias kataphronountes, tous tethentas
6. "For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings. But they are like a man transgressing a covenant; there they despised me." I do not need sacrifices, he says, but I accept them, condescending to the weakness of your mind. I demand these two things: goodwill toward me and kindness toward the neighbor. These I set first in my legislation too: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." But while I legislated these things, they are like a man who transgresses the agreements he has made with someone. So these too, despising my long-suffering, [transgressed] the [laws] laid down …
Hos 6:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 6:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 12:30 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 12:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 6:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Lev 19:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God accepts sacrifices only in condescension to human weakness; what he requires is love of God and of neighbor, which Israel broke like a faithless partner to a covenant.
- Lemma: Hos 6:6–7. The commandments as combined in Mark 12:30–31 (Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18). The section breaks off; "[transgressed]" and "[laws]" are supplied by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters): νη, 5 αὐτ. ϑυργα ἴῃ Ρτοώη). δὰ ἤδη. δι᾽ ὑμᾶ: τοὺς π τας. 58 τί, [ἴῃ Β ροϑὶ γὰρ "6 φησ. γαι. ἢ θυσίαν [ἀνοηί 065. ἰῃ 6. → .
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.6.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6.8PG 81
η΄, θ΄. ε« Κατεφρόνησέ μου "Ἶ Γάλγαλα "5, πόλις ἃ ἐργαζομένη μάταια, ταράττουσα ΜΚ ὕδωρ. Καὶ ἡ ἰσχύς σου ἀνδρὸς πειρατοῦ. » Ταύτης καὶ ἄνω τῆς πόλεως ἐμνημόνευσεν, ὡς εἰδώλοις ἀναχειμένης, καὶ πολλοὺς εἰς ἀσέδειαν ἐκκαλουμένης. Ταράσσειν δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔφη ὕδωρ, τὺ καθαρὸν τῇς θεογνωσίας ἐπεθολοῦσαν. Πειρωτ ἢ δὲ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἀπείχασεν, ἐπειδὴ γοητικαῖς μαγγανείαις καὶ σοφίσμασί τισι μεμηχανη μένοις, τὰς τῶν εἰδώλων ἐποιοῦντο κινήσεις. Καθάπερ γὰρ οἱ πειραταὶ χρύδδην τοῖς ναυτιλλομένοις ἐπιᾶσιν, οὕτως οἱ τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπευταὶ, μὴ δυνάμενοι δεῖξαι προφανῶς τὴν τούτων ἐνέργειαν, διὰ τῶν μεμηχανημένων αὐτοῖς τεχνασμάτων ἐξαπατῶσι τοὺς ἀνοήτους. Δέον δὲ τοὺς θείους ἱερέας μετὰ παῤῥησίας ἐλέγχειν τὴν τετολτὴν τῶν ἀσεθούντων δεδιότες μανίαν. Εἰκότως τοίνυν αὑτῶν καὶ μάλα δικαίως κατηγορεῖ, λέγων" « Ἔκρυψαν ἱερεῖς ὁδὸν Κυρίου ὅ5, ἐφόνευσαν Σίκημα, ὅτι ἀνομίαν ἐποίησαν "". ((, ια΄.) Ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ εἶδον φριχώδη ἐκεῖ πορνείαν τοῦ Ἐφραῖμ, ἐμιάνθη Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ Ἰούδα 53 ἀφῆκε θερισμὸν αὑτοῦ.» Ὃ δὲ λέγει. τοιοῦτόν ἐστι. Λευΐ ", ὁ τῶν ἱερέων προπάτωρ, τῷ Συμεὼν χρησάμενος συνεργῷ. τὴν Σιχεμιτῶν πόλιν ἄρδην ἠφάνισεν ἅπασαν, τῆς εἰς τὴν ἀδελφὴν ὕδρεω: ποινὴν τοὺς πεπαρῳνηχότας δ" πραττόμενος. Ἐγκαλεῖ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν. ὅτι - Ἐχείνων ὄντες ἀπόγονοι, τῶν ἐχείνων, φησὶν, οὐκ ἐσχήχατε ζῆλον. Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ ἐτιμώρησαν ἠδιχημένῃ τῇ ἀδελφῇ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρῴας οἰκίας ἐζήλωσαν " ὑμεῖς δὲ, πάσης τιμῇ; ἀπολαύοντες, οὐδὲ διελέγξαι τὴν εἰς ἐμὲ γιγνομένην παρανομίαν ἠνέσχεσθε. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὁρῶντες τὰ φρικώδη ἐκεῖνα καὶ μετὰ δέους μιάσμαπα, οὐκ ὑφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου τολμώμενα, ἀλλὰ παντὸς τοῦ τε Ἐφραῖμ καὶ τοῦ Ἰούδα, σιγῶντες διετελέσατε. Τὸ δὲ πάντων ἀνιαρώτατον, ὅτι καθ᾽ ὃν ἔδει καιρὸν Ὁερίζειν τὸν Ἰούδαν τῶν θείων ἐπαγγελιῶν τοὺς γαρποὺς, τότε τὸν ἀμητὸν ἀθέριστον καταλέλοιπεν " ἀλλὰ τῆς ὀλιγωρίας καὶ ῥᾳστώνης παυσάμενος, ὦ Ἰούδα - « "Ἄρχου τρυγᾷν σεαυτῷ ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέφειν 8ὲ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ λαοῦ μον, ἐν "δ τῷ ἰᾶἄσθαί μὲ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.» Ἐπειδὴ, φησὶ, πρὸ τῆς τῶν κακῶν πείρας, οὐκ ἠθέλησας τοὺς τῆς δικαιοσύνης τρυγῆσαι καρποὺς, νῦν 6 μετὰ τὴν πεῖραν, καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ "" τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐπάνοδον, ἐννόμως πολι- τεύου, καὶ τοὺς ἐντεῦθεν φυομένους δρέπου καρπούς. Προσφόρως δὲ εἶπεν" « ἴλρχου τρυγᾷν σεαυτῷ "» οὐ γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ τι παρέχομεν ἐννόμως πολιτευόβένοι, ἀλλ᾽ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἐντεῦθεν προξενούμενα ἀγαθά.
ē΄, th΄. e« Katephronēse mou "I Galgala "5, polis ha ergazomenē mataia, tarattousa MK hydōr. Kai hē ischys sou andros peiratou. » Tautēs kai anō tēs poleōs emnēmoneusen, hōs eidōlois anacheimenēs, kai pollous eis asedeian ekkaloumenēs. Tarassein de autous ephē hydōr, ty katharon tę̄s theognōsias epetholousan. Peirōt ē de tēn ischyn autēs apeichasen, epeidē goētikais manganeiais kai sophismasi tisi memēchanē menois, tas tōn eidōlōn epoiounto kinēseis. Kathaper gar hoi peiratai chryddēn tois nautillomenois epiasin, houtōs hoi tōn eidōlōn therapeutai, mē dynamenoi deixai prophanōs tēn toutōn energeian, dia tōn memēchanēmenōn autois technasmatōn exapatōsi tous anoētous. Deon de tous theious hiereas meta parrhēsias elenchein tēn tetoltēn tōn asethountōn dediotes manian. Eikotōs toinyn hautōn kai mala dikaiōs katēgorei, legōn" « Ekrypsan hiereis hodon Kyriou ho5, ephoneusan Sikēma, hoti anomian epoiēsan "". ((, ia΄.) En tǭ oikǭ Israēl eidon phrichōdē ekei porneian tou Ephraim, emianthē Israēl. Kai Iouda 53 aphēke therismon hautou.» Ho de legei. toiouton esti. Leuï ", ho tōn hiereōn propatōr, tǭ Symeōn chrēsamenos synergǭ. tēn Sichemitōn polin ardēn ēphanisen hapasan, tēs eis tēn adelphēn hydreō: poinēn tous peparǭnēchotas d" prattomenos. Enkalei tois hiereusin. hoti - Echeinōn ontes apogonoi, tōn echeinōn, phēsin, ouk eschēchate zēlon. Ekeinoi men gar etimōrēsan ēdichēmenę̄ tę̄ adelphę̄, kai hyper tēs patrǭas oikias ezēlōsan " hymeis de, pasēs timę̄? apolauontes, oude dielenxai tēn eis eme gignomenēn paranomian ēneschesthe. ᾿All᾽ horōntes ta phrikōdē ekeina kai meta deous miasmapa, ouk hyph᾽ henos anthrōpou tolmōmena, alla pantos tou te Ephraim kai tou Iouda, sigōntes dietelesate. To de pantōn aniarōtaton, hoti kath᾽ hon edei kairon Hoerizein ton Ioudan tōn theiōn epangeliōn tous garpous, tote ton amēton atheriston kataleloipen " alla tēs oligōrias kai rhąstōnēs pausamenos, ō Iouda - « "Archou trygąn seautǭ en tǭ epistrephein 8e tēn aichmalōsian tou laou mon, en "d tǭ iaasthai me ton Israēl.» Epeidē, phēsi, pro tēs tōn kakōn peiras, ouk ēthelēsas tous tēs dikaiosynēs trygēsai karpous, nyn 6 meta tēn peiran, kai meta tēn apo "" tēs aichmalōsias epanodon, ennomōs poli- teuou, kai tous enteuthen phyomenous drepou karpous. Prosphorōs de eipen" « ilrchou trygąn seautǭ "» ou gar tǭ Theǭ ti parechomen ennomōs politeuobenoi, all᾽ hēmin autois ta enteuthen proxenoumena agatha.
8, 9. "Gilgal despised me, a city working vain things, troubling water. And your strength is that of a pirate." He mentioned this city above too, as dedicated to idols and calling many to impiety. He said they troubled the water, since it muddied the purity of the knowledge of God. He likened its strength to a pirate, since with sorcerous tricks and contrived devices they produced the movements of the idols. For as pirates attack sailors in secret, so the servants of the idols, unable to show their power openly, deceive the foolish by the devices they have contrived. The divine priests ought to have rebuked boldly the … of the impious, [but] fearing their madness … Rightly, then, and very justly he accuses them, saying: "The priests hid the way of the Lord, they murdered Shechem, because they did lawlessness. 10, 11. In the house of Israel I saw horrible things, there the sexual immorality of Ephraim; Israel was defiled. And Judah, he has left his harvest." What he says is this. Levi, the forefather of the priests, with Simeon as his accomplice, utterly destroyed the whole city of the Shechemites, exacting from those who had acted outrageously the penalty for the outrage done to his sister. He accuses the priests: Though you are their descendants, he says, you have not had their zeal. They avenged their wronged sister and were zealous for their father's house; but you, enjoying every honor, have not borne even to rebuke the lawlessness committed against me. Seeing those horrible and fearful pollutions, dared not by one man but by all of Ephraim and Judah, you kept silent. And the most grievous of all: at the time when Judah ought to reap the fruits of the divine promises, he has left the crop unreaped. But cease from your negligence and laziness, O Judah: "Begin to gather the vintage for yourself, when I turn back the captivity of my people, when I heal Israel." Since, he says, before experiencing the evils you were unwilling to gather the fruits of righteousness, now, after the experience and after the return from captivity, live according to the law and pluck the fruits that grow from it. He said fittingly, "Begin to gather the vintage for yourself"; for by living according to the law we provide nothing to God, but procure for ourselves the goods that come from it.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Hos 6:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 6:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 6:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 6:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 34:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Gilgal's idols worked by trickery like pirates; the priests, descendants of Levi who avenged Dinah at Shechem, kept silent before Israel's idolatry, and Judah is urged to gather the fruit of righteousness after the captivity.
- Lemmas: Hos 6:8–11 (Theodoret's LXX text, including "Begin to gather the vintage for yourself" in 6:11). Lines are lost in the scan in the sentence about the priests' duty; marked "…". "They murdered Shechem" is read of Levi and Simeon at Shechem (Gen 34:25–31).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; word split by a marginal letter): δε- Β διότες → δεδιότες; «πα εἰ θυ νἀ ]πὶ τα), ο → .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.6.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 81 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
Preface 1, chapter 7
1.7.1PG 81
α΄. « Καὶ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ἡ ἀδικία Ἐφραῖμ, καὶ ἢ κακία Σαμαρείας, ὅτι ἠγάπησαν δ᾽ ψευδῇ. » δήλη πᾶσιν ἡ παρανομία αὐτῶν διὰ τῆς τιμωρίας σεται, ἐχδιδύσχων λῃστὴς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ. » Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, τῆς ἀληθοῦς θεογνωσίας ἀμελήσαντες, περὶ τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων διετέθησαν πλάνην, ληστῶν δίκην καὶ κλεπτῶν ἐπελθόντες αὐτοῖς οἱ πολέμιοι, τὰ μὲν δ᾽, τὰ δὲ ληΐσονται, καὶ πάντων αὐτοὺς στερήσουσι τῶν ἀγαθῶν. β΄. « Ὅπως συνάδωσιν, ὡς ἄδοντες ἐν ταῖς χαραὑτῶν. ν Τούτων δὲ, φησὶ, γιγνομένων, οὐδὲ μετὰ φωνῆς ἄδειν τοὺς θρήνους τολμῶντες, ἀλλὰ δύ γὰρ τῶν κακιῶν αὐτῶν “5 ἐμνήσθην " νῦν ἐχύχλωσεν αὐτοὺς τὸ διαδούλια αὐτῶν, ἀπέναντι τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐγένοντο. ν Ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, φησὶ, μακροθυμήσας, καὶ ὥσπερ ὁρᾷν οὐ δοκῶν τὰ τολμώμενα, νῦν σαφῶς αὐτὰ θεωρῶ, τιμωρίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγαγεῖν δοκι- Τούτου χάριν ὁ μακάριος βοᾷ Δαδίδ " « ᾿Απόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου.» δὲ ᾿Ακύλας καὶ Σύμμαχος, τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἡρμήνευσαν δ ταὐτὸ δὲ σημαίνει, Οἱ μὲν δικαία τοὺς «“᾿ογισμοὺς τεθείκασιν " οἱ δὲ τὰ ἐκ τούτων τεχθέντα ἐπιτηδεύματά τε καὶ ἔργα. γ΄. ε Ἐν ταῖς κακίαις αὑτῶν ηὔφραναν “᾽ βασιλεῖς, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ψεύδεσιν αὑτῶν ἄρχοντας. » Πρόγὰρ εἰς ὄλεθρον γεγονότες διὰ τὴν οἰκείαν παρανομίαν, εὐφροσύνης τοῖς πολεμήσασιν αὐτοὺς “ ἐγένοντο πρόξενοι. φησὶν, ὑπὸ τῖς δου 9. ἐοίκασι, καὶ πρὸς ὑποδοχὴν ἑτοίμῳ τῆς ζύμης. « Κατακαύσει" αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς φλογός. » Τὸ τῆς ἀκολασίας πῦρ τὴν πολεμικὴν αὐτοῖς ἐπάξει φλόγα. « ἀπὸ στέατος ἕως τοῦ ζυμωθῆναι αὐτὸ "" ὅλον, αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν βασιλέων ὑμῶν. ν» Καθάπερ γὰρ οἱ μετατίθησι φύσιν, οὕτως ἡ ζύμη τῆς ἀσεθείας, ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἱεροδοὰμ τοῦ πρώτου βασιλεύσαντος ὑμῶν ὑμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὑμῖν ἅπασι δυσωδίας. Ἐντεῦθεν λοιπὸν τῶν ἀρχόντων ποιεῖται τὴν κατηγορίαν, ὡς οἰνοφλυγίᾳ χαιρόντων, χρωμένων, καὶ ἀνοσίοις ἀνδράσι καὶ κακὼν αἰτίοις συνδιαγόντων. Τούτους γὰρ προσαγορεύει ὡς λύμης καὶ βλάθης αἰτίους. Καθάπερ ν [0] ζόντας διὰ τούτου 1" λωθᾶται " οὕτως οἱ πονηρίᾳ αἱ-χὰρ ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί διδάσκει δὲ, ὡς καὶ νύκτωρ τὰς ἐπιδουλὰς διετέλουν καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν πυρὸς δίκην τοὺς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀδιράσπσειν αὐτοὺς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα, » οἱ πάντες ἑρμη- ε τούτων τίσουσι δίκας Ὁ. ε« Πῦρ γὰρ τοὺς κριτὰς αὐτῶν, πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἔπεσον. ν Καὶ τὸ πάντων αἴτιον τῶν κακῶν, ε« Οὐκ ἦν γὰρ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος πρός με. » Ὡς παρεληλυθότα τὰ ἐσόμενα εἴρηχξ, δεικνὺς, ὡς πάντως ταῦτα γενήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν κωλύσει τὴν τῆς προῤῥήσεως ἔχθασιν. Τοῦτο καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις προφῆταις εὑρίσκομεν τὸ ἰδίωμα " καὶ γὰρ Ἡσαῖλς βοᾷ " « Ὡς πρόθατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη.» Καί" « Ἢ ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη. » Καί" ε« Εἴδομεν αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐκ εἶχεν εἶδος, οὐδὲ κάλλος “ ν ἀντὶ τοῦ, καὶ ᾿Αρθήσεται, καὶ ᾿Αχθήσεται. Καὶ πάλιν" « Ὅτι παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν υἱὸς, καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν" » ἀντὶ τοῦ, Γεννηθήσεται, καὶ Δοθήσεται. Ἐντεῦθεν εἰς δευτέραν κατηγορίαν τρέπει τὸν λόγον.
a΄. « Kai apokalyphthēsetai hē adikia Ephraim, kai ē kakia Samareias, hoti ēgapēsan d᾽ pseudę̄. » dēlē pasin hē paranomia autōn dia tēs timōrias setai, echdidyschōn lę̄stēs en tę̄ hodǭ autou. » Epeidē gar, tēs alēthous theognōsias amelēsantes, peri tēn tōn eidōlōn dietethēsan planēn, lēstōn dikēn kai kleptōn epelthontes autois hoi polemioi, ta men d᾽, ta de lēïsontai, kai pantōn autous sterēsousi tōn agathōn. b΄. « Hopōs synadōsin, hōs adontes en tais charautōn. n Toutōn de, phēsi, gignomenōn, oude meta phōnēs adein tous thrēnous tolmōntes, alla dy gar tōn kakiōn autōn “5 emnēsthēn " nyn echychlōsen autous to diadoulia autōn, apenanti tou prosōpou mou egenonto. n Epi pleiston, phēsi, makrothymēsas, kai hōsper horąn ou dokōn ta tolmōmena, nyn saphōs auta theōrō, timōrian autois epagagein doki- Toutou charin ho makarios boą Dadid " « ᾿Apostrepson to prosōpon sou apo tōn hamartiōn mou.» de ᾿Akylas kai Symmachos, ta epitēdeumata hērmēneusan d tauto de sēmainei, Hoi men dikaia tous «“᾿ogismous tetheikasin " hoi de ta ek toutōn techthenta epitēdeumata te kai erga. g΄. e En tais kakiais hautōn ēuphranan “᾽ basileis, kai en tois pseudesin hautōn archontas. » Progar eis olethron gegonotes dia tēn oikeian paranomian, euphrosynēs tois polemēsasin autous “ egenonto proxenoi. phēsin, hypo tis dou 9. eoikasi, kai pros hypodochēn hetoimǭ tēs zymēs. « Katakausei" autous apo tēs phlogos. » To tēs akolasias pyr tēn polemikēn autois epaxei phloga. « apo steatos heōs tou zymōthēnai auto "" holon, hai hēmerai tōn basileōn hymōn. n» Kathaper gar hoi metatithēsi physin, houtōs hē zymē tēs asetheias, hypo tou Hierodoam tou prōtou basileusantos hymōn hymin te kai tois kata kairon en hymin hapasi dysōdias. Enteuthen loipon tōn archontōn poieitai tēn katēgorian, hōs oinophlygią chairontōn, chrōmenōn, kai anosiois andrasi kai kakōn aitiois syndiagontōn. Toutous gar prosagoreuei hōs lymēs kai blathēs aitious. Kathaper n [0] zontas dia toutou 1" lōthatai " houtōs hoi ponērią hai-char ēthē chrēsta homiliai kakai didaskei de, hōs kai nyktōr tas epidoulas dieteloun kai meth᾽ hēmeran pyros dikēn tous hyp᾽ autōn adiraspsein autous holēn tēn nykta, » hoi pantes hermē- e toutōn tisousi dikas Ho. e« Pyr gar tous kritas autōn, pantes hoi basileis autōn epeson. n Kai to pantōn aition tōn kakōn, e« Ouk ēn gar en autois ho epikaloumenos pros me. » Hōs parelēlythota ta esomena eirēchx, deiknys, hōs pantōs tauta genēsetai, kai ouden kōlysei tēn tēs prorrhēseōs echthasin. Touto kai para tois allois prophētais heuriskomen to idiōma " kai gar Hēsails boą " « Hōs prothaton epi sphagēn ēchthē.» Kai" « Ē hē krisis autou ērthē. » Kai" e« Eidomen auton, kai ouk eichen eidos, oude kallos “ n anti tou, kai ᾿Arthēsetai, kai ᾿Achthēsetai. Kai palin" « Hoti paidion egennēthē hēmin huios, kai edothē hēmin" » anti tou, Gennēthēsetai, kai Dothēsetai. Enteuthen eis deuteran katēgorian trepei ton logon.
1. "And the injustice of Ephraim will be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria, because they loved falsehood." Their lawlessness [will be] plain to all through the punishment … "… a robber stripping in his way." For since, neglecting the true knowledge of God, they were devoted to the error of the idols, the enemies, coming upon them like robbers and thieves, will [destroy] some things and plunder others, and will strip them of all good things. 2. "That they may sing together as those who sing in their hearts." When this happens, he says, not even daring to sing their laments aloud, but … "For I remembered all their wickedness; now their counsels have surrounded them; they have come before my face." For a very long time, he says, I was long-suffering, and as though I did not seem to see what was dared; now I see it clearly and … to bring punishment on them. For this reason blessed David cries: "Turn away your face from my sins." For "counsels" Aquila and Symmachus translated "practices"; it signifies the same thing: the one put the reasonings, the others the practices and deeds born of them. 3. "In their wickedness they gladdened kings, and in their lies rulers." For having come to ruin through their own lawlessness, they became the cause of gladness to those who warred against them. … he says, … they resemble … ready to receive the leaven. "He will burn them from the flame." The fire of licentiousness will bring on them the flame of war. "From the kneading of the dough until it is all leavened, the days of your kings." For as leaven changes the nature [of the dough], so the leaven of impiety, from Jeroboam, the first of you to reign, … you and all who were among you at any time … a foul smell. From here on he brings an accusation against the rulers, as rejoicing in drunkenness, using …, and spending their time with unholy men who are causes of evil. These he names [plagues], as causes of ruin and harm. For as … "evil company corrupts good morals"; so those who in wickedness … He teaches that they kept up their plots both by night and by day, and like fire … those under them … "… them the whole night"; all the translators … they will pay the penalty for these things. "For fire … their judges; all their kings have fallen." And the cause of all the evils: "There was none among them who calls on me." He spoke of the future as past, showing that these things will certainly happen and nothing will prevent the fulfillment of the prediction. We find this idiom in the other prophets too: Isaiah cries, "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter," and "His judgment was taken away," and "We saw him, and he had no form or beauty," instead of "he will be taken away" and "he will be led." And again: "For a child was born to us, a son, and was given to us," instead of "will be born" and "will be given." From here he turns his discourse to a second accusation.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Hos 7:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:4 (quotation, medium confidence) · Hos 7:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Hos 7:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Hos 7:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:9 (50:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:33 (quotation, medium confidence) · Isa 53:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodoret comments on the exposure of Ephraim's sins, the leaven of impiety from Jeroboam onward, and the drunken, plotting rulers, and notes that prophets speak of the future in the past tense, as Isaiah does of Christ.
- Lemmas: Hos 7:1–7. This section is badly damaged in the scan: Migne's Latin column and apparatus are interleaved line by line with the Greek. The interleaved Latin is removed by logged corrections; Greek lines that are lost or out of order are marked "…" and not supplied (among them most of the lemmas of 7:1b and 7:4–7). "Evil company corrupts good morals": 1 Cor 15:33 (a line of Menander). Isaiah: Isa 53:7–8; 53:2; 9:6. "Turn away your face from my sins": Ps 51:9 (LXX 50:11).
Notes on the original text
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.8PG 81
η΄. ε« Ἔφραϊμ. ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς αὐτὸς ᾽5 συνανεμίγνυτο. » Προφανὴς δὲ ἡ παρανομία " ταύτης δὲ καὶ ὁ μακάριος κατηγορεῖ Δαῤ)δ, λέγων "« γησαν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἔμαθον τὰ ἔργα αὑτῶν.» Ἑφραῖμ ἐγένετο ἐγκρυφίας οὐ μεταστρεφόμενος,». Ἐπέμεινε, φησὶ, τῇ κακίᾳ, καὶ μεταθολὴν ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον οὐδεμίαν ἐδέξατο, καθάπερ ὁ ἐγκρυφίας κατὰ θάτερον μέρος προσομιλῶν τῷ πυρὶ, καὶ δια-
ē΄. e« Ephraïm. en tois laois autos ᾽5 synanemignyto. » Prophanēs de hē paranomia " tautēs de kai ho makarios katēgorei Dar)d, legōn "« gēsan en tois ethnesi, kai emathon ta erga hautōn.» Hephraim egeneto enkryphias ou metastrephomenos,». Epemeine, phēsi, tę̄ kakią, kai metatholēn epi to kreitton oudemian edexato, kathaper ho enkryphias kata thateron meros prosomilōn tǭ pyri, kai dia-
8. "Ephraim, he mixed himself among the peoples." The lawlessness is manifest; blessed David too accuses it, saying: "[They were mingled] among the nations, and learned their works." "Ephraim became a cake not turned." He persisted in wickedness, he says, and accepted no change for the better, like a cake baked under the ashes, which is in contact with the fire on one side only, and …
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Hos 7:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 106:35 (105:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ephraim mingled with the nations and, like a cake baked on one side, would not turn to the better.
- Lemma: Hos 7:8. Ps 106:35 (LXX 105:35); its first word is lost in the scan. The comment breaks off.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; word garbled by it; Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; word split by it): συνανεμί- γεπ5. 8. « Ερβγάϊπι ἴῃ γνυτο → συνανεμίγνυτο; 7. μαχαγ, » Μαηϊ[οδίαπι δυίδπι μος οτίπιθη γαῖ, αυρὰ → ; ς Ἐρθγαίμη → ; ῃρῃ νονεταγ. ν η΄ πιδ! ἴα, ἰπχαῖς, ρογϑεῖαι, αυ]χρξῖττον → κρεῖττον; Ἰαπιαι8 πτυϊαιίοποι (οἷ ἴῃ πιο! 18: → ; ς 50 οἸ μογι εἶ ιι5, υΐ → .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.9PG 81
θ΄, ε Κατέφαγον ἀλλότριοι τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔγνω. » Καὶ τῶν κακῶν δὲ, φησὶν, ἐπικειμένων, ἀγνοεῖ τὸν παιδεύοντα. ε Καὶ πολιαὶ ἐξήνθησαν αὐτῷ, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔγνω. ν» Οὐδὲ τῷ πολλῷ, φησὶ, χρόνῳ ἐδιδάχθη τὸ δέον.
th΄, e Katephagon allotrioi tēn ischyn autou, autos de ouk egnō. » Kai tōn kakōn de, phēsin, epikeimenōn, agnoei ton paideuonta. e Kai poliai exēnthēsan autǭ, kai autos ouk egnō. n» Oude tǭ pollǭ, phēsi, chronǭ edidachthē to deon.
9. "Strangers devoured his strength, and he did not know it." Though the evils press upon him, he says, he does not recognize the one who disciplines him. "And gray hairs broke out on him, and he did not know it." Not even with much time, he says, did he learn what he ought.
Hos 7:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Though worn down by foreigners and grown gray, Ephraim did not recognize God's discipline.
- Lemma: Hos 7:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; word split by it): ὉΨεῃς, 9. « (οπιοίογπηῖ → ; ἐπιχεῖ- πῃ! μέγων → ἐπικειμένων; ἐξήν- 411 θησαν → ἐξήνθησαν; ς Εἰ οπμὶ οἰποτιογιηι εἰ, οἱ 'ρ56 ἰφπογανῖί. » Νες → .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.9 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.10PG 81
ι΄. Καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται ἡ ὕδρις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ. » θψεται, φησὶ, σαφῶς, καὶ μαθήσεται, οἵους ἡ ἀσέδεια τίκτει καρπούς. « Καὶ οὐκ ἐπέστρεψαν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐξήτησαν αὐτὸν ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις. (ια᾽.) Καὶ ἣν Ἐφραῖμ ὡς περιστερὰ ἄνους, οὐκ ἔχουσα καρδίαν" Αἴγυπτον ἐπεκαλεῖτο, καὶ εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους ἐπορεύετο. » Ταύτας παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ δεχόμενοι τὰς παιδείας, ἐμὲ μὲν οὐδαμῶς παρεκάλεσαν, στῆναι τῶν ἐπιφερομένων αὐτοῖς κακῶν τὴν φορὰν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς πρὸς Αἰγυπτίους δὲ ὑπὸ ᾿Ασσυρίων πολιορκούμενοι, Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκείνη τῶν ἰδίων 55 μένων δ' οὐκ ἀφίπταται, ἀλλὰ τοῖς αὐτοῖς προστρέχει χωρίοις, οὕτως οὗτοι θαμὰ καὶ συνεχῶς, νῦν μὲν ὑπὸ τούτων, νῦν δὲ ὑπ᾽ ἐχείνων ἀναιρούμενοί τε καὶ ἐξανδραποδιζόμενοι, πρὸς ᾿Ασσυρίους καὶ Αἰγυπτίους ἔθεον, οὐδεμιᾶς παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἑπικουρίας τυγχάνοντες.
i΄. Kai tapeinōthēsetai hē hydris tou Israēl eis prosōpon autou. » thpsetai, phēsi, saphōs, kai mathēsetai, hoious hē asedeia tiktei karpous. « Kai ouk epestrepsan pros Kyrion ton Theon autōn, kai ouk exētēsan auton en pasi toutois. (ia᾽.) Kai hēn Ephraim hōs peristera anous, ouk echousa kardian" Aigypton epekaleito, kai eis ᾿Assyrious eporeueto. » Tautas par᾽ emou dechomenoi tas paideias, eme men oudamōs parekalesan, stēnai tōn epipheromenōn autois kakōn tēn phoran, alla pros pros Aigyptious de hypo ᾿Assyriōn poliorkoumenoi, Kathaper gar ekeinē tōn idiōn 55 menōn d' ouk aphiptatai, alla tois autois prostrechei chōriois, houtōs houtoi thama kai synechōs, nyn men hypo toutōn, nyn de hyp᾽ echeinōn anairoumenoi te kai exandrapodizomenoi, pros ᾿Assyrious kai Aigyptious etheon, oudemias par᾽ autōn hepikourias tynchanontes.
10. "And the insolence of Israel will be humbled to his face." He will see clearly, he says, and will learn what fruits impiety bears. "And they did not return to the Lord their God, and did not seek him in all these things. 11. And Ephraim was like a senseless dove, without heart; he called on Egypt and went to the Assyrians." Receiving these disciplines from me, they in no way entreated me to stop the onrush of the evils brought on them, but [turned] to … to the Egyptians when they were besieged by the Assyrians. For as that bird, when its [young] are taken, does not fly away from its own places but keeps returning to the same spots, so these, frequently and continually, destroyed and enslaved now by these and now by those, ran to the Assyrians and the Egyptians, and obtained no help from them.
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Hos 7:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Humbled Israel still did not seek God but, like a senseless dove, ran back and forth between Assyria and Egypt.
- Lemmas: Hos 7:10–11. Migne's Latin column is interleaved line by line with the Greek in this section; it is removed by logged corrections. Words lost in the scan are marked "…"; "[turned]" and "[young]" are supplied by sense.
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.10 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.12PG 81
ιβ΄. « Ἐπιθαλῶ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὸ δίκτυόν μον, καθὼς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ χατάξω αὐτοὺς, καὶ " παιδεύσω αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀκοῇ τῆς θλίψεως αὐτῶν, » Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ αὐτοὺς τῇ ἀπειλῇ παιδεύσω τῶν ἀλγεινῶν " εἴτα οἷόν τι δίχτνον τῶν πολεμίων τὸ νέφος αὐτοῖς περιτιθεὶς "", ἅπαντας δίκην ὀρνέων θηρεύσω. Καὶ ταῦτα δὲ εἰρηκὼς οὐκ ἀμνημονεῖ τῆς οἷκείας φιλανθρωπίας, ἀλλὰ θρῆνόν τινα ὑπὸ πατρικῆς φιλοστοργίας αὐτοῖς προσφέρει. ιγὐ. « Οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἀπεπήδησαν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ" δείλαιοΐ εἰσιν, ὅτι ἢσέδησαν εἰς ἐμέ. » Καὶ ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸν γενομένους, ἀναγκαίως καὶ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τῶν ἀῤῥήτων ἀναμιμνήσκει.ε Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλυτρωσάμην αὑτούς. ν» Τῆς γὰρ Αἰγυπτιακῆς αὐτοὺς ἠλενθέρωσα δουλείας. ε Καὶ αὐτοὶ κατελάλησαν κατ' ἐμοῦ ψευδῆ.» Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος αὐτῶν κατηγορεῖ Δαβίδ" εἰσάγει γὰρ αὑτοὺς λέγοντας " ε« Ἐπεὶ ἐπάταξε πέτραν, καὶ ἐῤῥύησαν ὕδατα, καὶ χείμαῤῥοι κατεχλύσθησαν᾽ μὴ καὶ ἄρτον δυνήσεται δοῦναι, ἣ ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν τῷ λαῷ αὑτοῦ; »
ib΄. « Epithalō ep’ autous to diktyon mon, kathōs ta peteina tou ouranou chataxō autous, kai " paideusō autous en tę̄ akoę̄ tēs thlipseōs autōn, » Prōton men gar autous tę̄ apeilę̄ paideusō tōn algeinōn " eita hoion ti dichtnon tōn polemiōn to nephos autois perititheis "", hapantas dikēn orneōn thēreusō. Kai tauta de eirēkōs ouk amnēmonei tēs hoikeias philanthrōpias, alla thrēnon tina hypo patrikēs philostorgias autois prospherei. igy. « Ouai autois, hoti apepēdēsan ap᾽ emou" deilaioï eisin, hoti ēsedēsan eis eme. » Kai epeidē auton genomenous, anankaiōs kai tōn euergesiōn tōn arrhētōn anamimnēskei.e Egō de elytrōsamēn hautous. n» Tēs gar Aigyptiakēs autous ēlentherōsa douleias. e Kai autoi katelalēsan kat' emou pseudē.» Touto kai ho makarios autōn katēgorei Dabid" eisagei gar hautous legontas " e« Epei epataxe petran, kai errhyēsan hydata, kai cheimarrhoi katechlysthēsan᾽ mē kai arton dynēsetai dounai, hē hetoimasai trapezan tǭ laǭ hautou? »
12. "I will cast my net over them; like the birds of the sky I will bring them down; I will discipline them by the report of their affliction." First I will discipline them by the threat of painful things; then, putting the cloud of enemies around them like a net, I will hunt them all like birds. Yet, having said this, he does not forget his own loving-kindness, but offers them a lament out of fatherly affection. 13. "Woe to them, for they have leapt away from me; wretched are they, for they have acted impiously toward me." And since … they had become, he necessarily reminds them also of his ineffable benefits: "But I redeemed them." For I freed them from slavery in Egypt. "And they spoke lies against me." Blessed David also accuses them of this, for he brings them in saying: "Since he struck the rock and waters gushed out and torrents overflowed, can he also give bread, or prepare a table for his people?"
Hos 7:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 78:20 (77:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God will net Israel like birds, yet laments over them as a father and recalls that he redeemed them from Egypt, though they spoke lies against him.
- Lemmas: Hos 7:12–13. Words are lost after "And since"; marked "…". Ps 78:19–20 (LXX 77:19–20).
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.14PG 81
ιδ΄, « Καὶ οὐκ ἐθόησαν πρὸς με αἱ καρδίαι αὖτῶν. » Ταὐτὰ καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου βοᾷ, λέγων " « Ὁ λαὺς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσί με τιμᾷ, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ πόῤῥω ἀπέχει ἀπ΄. ἐμοῦ. ν Εἶτα διελέγχει ἃ τῶν εἰδώλων ἕνεκα διεπράττοντο. « ᾿Αλλ' ἣ ὠλόλυζον ἐν ταῖς κοίταις αὑτῶν, ἐπὶ σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ χατετέμνοντο. » Τὴν γὰρ ἐπηγγελμένην τοῖς πατράσιν αὑτῶν ἀπειληφότες γῆν (ταύτην γὰρ κοίτην ὠνόμασεν, ὡς μετὰ τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ πόνους διαναπαύσασαν αὐτούς), τὰς ἐθνιχὰς τελετὰς ἐπετέλουν, καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἐντρυφῶντες, ἐν τοῖς εἰδωλιχοῖς ναοῖς τὰς καλουμένας ἐντομίδας τοῖς σφῶν αὐτῶν προσέφερον ούμασι, Τούτου χάριν, φησὶ, δι᾽ ἐμοῦ παιδευθήσονται, ἐπειδὴ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ δεξάμενοι δύναμιν - (ταύτην γὰρ βραχίονα καλεῖ), « Ἐὶς ἐμὲ ἐλογίσαντο πονηρά.»
id΄, « Kai ouk ethoēsan pros me hai kardiai autōn. » Tauta kai dia Hēsaïou boą, legōn " « Ho laus houtos tois cheilesi me timą, tę̄ de kardią porrhō apechei ap΄. emou. n Eita dielenchei ha tōn eidōlōn heneka dieprattonto. « ᾿All' hē ōlolyzon en tais koitais hautōn, epi sitǭ kai oinǭ chatetemnonto. » Tēn gar epēngelmenēn tois patrasin hautōn apeilēphotes gēn (tautēn gar koitēn ōnomasen, hōs meta tous en tę̄ erēmǭ ponous dianapausasan autous), tas ethnichas teletas epeteloun, kai tois emois agathois entryphōntes, en tois eidōlichois naois tas kaloumenas entomidas tois sphōn autōn prosepheron oumasi, Toutou charin, phēsi, di᾽ emou paideuthēsontai, epeidē par᾽ emou dexamenoi dynamin - (tautēn gar brachiona kalei), « Eis eme elogisanto ponēra.»
14. "And their hearts did not cry to me." He cries the same through Isaiah, saying: "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." Then he exposes what they did for the sake of the idols: "But they howled on their beds; for grain and wine they cut themselves." For having received the land promised to their fathers (this he named a bed, since it gave them rest after their toils in the desert), they performed the rites of the nations, and, luxuriating in my good things, they offered in the idol temples the so-called incision offerings to their own … For this reason, he says, they will be disciplined by me: since, having received strength from me (this he calls an arm), "they devised evil against me."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Hos 7:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 7:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 29:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Israel's hearts did not cry to God; settled in the promised land, they practiced pagan rites and turned against God the strength he had given them.
- Lemmas: Hos 7:14–15. Isa 29:13. "Incision offerings" (ἐντομίδες): parts cut from sacrificial victims. The object of "to their own" is partly lost in the scan ("…ούμασι"); marked "…".
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; word split by it): ἴῃ οὐ- αὶ → ; χοίἀἰαἰΐ, ἃ Γᾶ ν οὸοἱ Μοὶ οἱ Αἃταις → κοίταις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.14 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7.16PG 81
ις’. « Ἐπεστράφησαν εἰς οὐδέν ἐγένοντο εἰς τόξην «οὐ τεταμένον "", » Καταλιπόντες γάρ με, ὄνησιν οὖδεμίαν ἐδρέψαντο - ἀλλὰ τόξῳ χεχαυνωμένῳ καὶ οὐκ ἐντεταμένῳ ἐοίκασιν, ὃ οὐδεμίαν βλάδην ἐπιφέρει Ὁ τοῖς πολεμίοις. Διὸ, ε Καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν ἐν ῥρμφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται διὰ ἀπαιδευσίαν γλώσσης αὐτῶν᾽ οὕτως δῇ ὁ φαυλισμὸς αὐτῶν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.»
is’. « Epestraphēsan eis ouden egenonto eis toxēn «ou tetamenon "", » Katalipontes gar me, onēsin oudemian edrepsanto - alla toxǭ chechaunōmenǭ kai ouk entetamenǭ eoikasin, ho oudemian bladēn epipherei Ho tois polemiois. Dio, e Kai hoi archontes autōn en rhrmphaią pesountai dia apaideusian glōssēs autōn᾽ houtōs dę̄ ho phaulismos autōn en gę̄ Aigyptǭ.»
16. "They turned to nothing; they became like an unstrung bow." For having abandoned me, they reaped no benefit; they are like a slack and unstrung bow, which does no harm to enemies. Therefore: "And their rulers will fall by the sword because of the lack of discipline of their tongue; such is their contempt in the land of Egypt."
Hos 7:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Having abandoned God, Israel became useless like an unstrung bow, and its rulers will fall by the sword.
- Lemma: Hos 7:16.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.7.16 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-7-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preface 1, chapter 8
1.8.1PG 81
α΄. « Ἐπὶ φάρυγγι αὐτῶν, ὡς γῆ ἄθδατος, ὑς σάλπιγξ, ὡς ἀετὸς ἐπ᾽ οἶκον Κυρίου. ν» Καθάπερ γὰρ" οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν ἀντιλέγοντες διετέλεσαν, καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ἐχφαυλίζοντες δύναμιν, καὶ τῷ Μωσῇ ", αὑτῶν χάριν ἀποσταλεῖσιν " οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι τὴν ἐχείνων ἀπαιδευσίαν μιμησάμενοι, ὡς ἄδατος γῇ γενήσονται, καὶ ἐρημίᾳ παντελεῖ παραδοθήσονται, τῆς κολεμιχῆς σάλπιγγος ἠκούσης μέγα, καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν πολεμέων ἀετοῦ δίκην ἐφιπταμένου, καὶ τῷ θείῳ οἴκῳ μετὰ μανίας ὅτι πλείστης ἐπερχομένου. Ὅτι δὲ ἀεεὸν τῶν πολεμίων ὠνόμασε τὸν "" βασιλέα, καὶ ἡ τοῦ "» Ἰεζεχιὴλ μαρτυρεῖ προφητεία " « ᾽Αετὸς" γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ μέγας, ὁ μεγαλοπτέρυγος, ὁ πολὺς τοῖς ὄνυξιν, ὃς ἔχει τὸ ἤγημα εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν Αἰδανον, » καὶ τὰ λοιπά. Ταῦτα δὲ ὑπομενοῦσιν "", «᾿Ανθ᾽ ὧν παρέδησαν τὴν διαθήκην μου, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ νόμου μου ἡσέδησαν. ν Τούτου χάριν φησί"
a΄. « Epi pharyngi autōn, hōs gē athdatos, hys salpinx, hōs aetos ep᾽ oikon Kyriou. n» Kathaper gar" hoi pateres autōn antilegontes dietelesan, kai tēn emēn echphaulizontes dynamin, kai tǭ Mōsę̄ ", hautōn charin apostaleisin " houtō kai houtoi tēn echeinōn apaideusian mimēsamenoi, hōs adatos gę̄ genēsontai, kai erēmią pantelei paradothēsontai, tēs kolemichēs salpingos ēkousēs mega, kai tou basileōs tōn polemeōn aetou dikēn ephiptamenou, kai tǭ theiǭ oikǭ meta manias hoti pleistēs eperchomenou. Hoti de aeeon tōn polemiōn ōnomase ton "" basilea, kai hē tou "» Iezechiēl martyrei prophēteia " « ᾽Aetos" gar, phēsin, ho megas, ho megalopterygos, ho polys tois onyxin, hos echei to ēgēma eiselthein eis ton Aidanon, » kai ta loipa. Tauta de hypomenousin "", «᾿Anth᾽ hōn paredēsan tēn diathēkēn mou, kai kata tou nomou mou hēsedēsan. n Toutou charin phēsi"
1. "Into their throat, like an untrodden land, like a trumpet, like an eagle against the house of the Lord." For as their fathers kept speaking against me, belittling my power, and [against] Moses and … sent for their sake, so these too, imitating their lack of discipline, will become like an untrodden land and be given over to utter desolation, when the trumpet of war sounds loudly and the king of the enemies swoops on them like an eagle and assails the divine house with the greatest fury. That he named the king of the enemies an eagle, the prophecy of Ezekiel also testifies: "The great eagle," he says, "with great wings, long in talons, which has the leading to enter Lebanon," and the rest. They will suffer this "because they transgressed my covenant and acted impiously against my law." For this reason he says:
Hos 8:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 17:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Israel, imitating its rebellious fathers, will be laid waste when the enemy king, the eagle of Ezekiel, falls on the house of the Lord.
- Lemma: Hos 8:1. Theodoret's text of 8:1 reads "Into their throat" (Rahlfs: "Into their bosom", noted in Migne's apparatus). Words are lost after "Moses and". Ezek 17:3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; footnote number joined to the word): καὶ δ καί, οὗτος. φησί, 55 δὲ οὐ τετ. Πιος. Ἰδειῖο, ὡς τόξον ἐντεταμένον. Πεὺτ. βίου! "6 Ἐπὶ - σάλπιγε. Δ. Εἰς κόλπον αὐτῶν, ὡς γῆ. 5" γάρ. Ο εὐδι → ; Ἐπὶ86 → Ἐπὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.1 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.2PG 81
β΄. «Πρὸς ἐμὲ᾽2 χεχράξονται " Ὁ Θεὸς, ἐγνώκαμὲν σε.» Ἐν πείρᾳ γὰρ ἐχείνων γενόμενοι τῶν κακῶν, τότε τὴν ἐπικουρίαν"" ζητήσουσι. Τί δήποτε δὲ ταῦτα ὑπομενοῦσιν;
b΄. «Pros eme᾽2 chechraxontai " Ho Theos, egnōkamen se.» En peirą gar echeinōn genomenoi tōn kakōn, tote tēn epikourian"" zētēsousi. Ti dēpote de tauta hypomenousin?
2. "To me they will cry: O God, we have known you." For when they have experienced those evils, then they will seek help. Why, then, will they suffer these things?
Hos 8:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Only in disaster will Israel cry to God.
- Lemma: Hos 8:2.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.2 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.3PG 81
Υ΄. «Ὅτι Ἰσραὴλ ἀπεστρέψατο ἀγαθά. » Καὶ ποῖα ταῦτα δεικνὺς, ἐπήγαγεν" ε Ἐχθρὸν κατεδίωξαν. (δ) Ἑαυτοῖς ἐδασίλευσαν, καὶ οὐ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ ἦρξαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώρισάν μοι. » ἭΝνίχα γὰρ. φησὶ, τῆς ἐμῆς προνοίας ἀπήλανον, ἁπάντων ἐκράτουν τῶν"" δυσμενῶν " ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως οὐδὲ τοῦτο αὐτοὺς ἔπεισε τῆς ἐμῆς προνοίας ἀντέχεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς ἐχειροτόνησαν βασιλέα, οὐδαμῶς με περὶ τούτου ἐρόμενοι. Τὴν δὲ κατηγορίαν ταύτην τῶν δέκα ποιεῖται φυλῶν, αἵ τὸν Ἱεροδοὰμ. ἑαυτοῖς ἔχειροτόντησαν βασιλέα, οὐ πυθόμενοι τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων, εἰ χρὴ τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, ᾿Αλλὰ μηδεὶς τῶν ταῖς Βασι- ν» λείαις ἐντετυχηχότων, ἐναντίον τοῦτο τοῖς ἐκεῖ φερομένοις ἡγείσθω " οὐδὲ γὰρ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ᾿Αχείαν " τὸν Σιλωνίτην ἀπέστειλεν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸν Ἱεροθδοάμ." οὗ χάριν οὐδεμιᾶς εἰσιν ἄξιος συγγνώμης, ἑαυτοῖς ἐπιτρέψαντες τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως χειρυτονίαν. Εἶτα ἐγχαλέσας, ὅτι τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων εἰληφότες, εἰς τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων κατασκευὴν ἐδαπάνησαν. παραίνεσιν αὐτοῖς προσφέρει,
Y΄. «Hoti Israēl apestrepsato agatha. » Kai poia tauta deiknys, epēgagen" e Echthron katediōxan. (d) Heautois edasileusan, kai ou di᾽ emou ērxan, kai ouk egnōrisan moi. » HēNnicha gar. phēsi, tēs emēs pronoias apēlanon, hapantōn ekratoun tōn"" dysmenōn " all᾽ homōs oude touto autous epeise tēs emēs pronoias antechesthai, all᾽ heautois echeirotonēsan basilea, oudamōs me peri toutou eromenoi. Tēn de katēgorian tautēn tōn deka poieitai phylōn, hai ton Hierodoam. heautois echeirotontēsan basilea, ou pythomenoi tou Theou tōn holōn, ei chrē touto poiēsai, ᾿Alla mēdeis tōn tais Basi- n» leiais entetychēchotōn, enantion touto tois ekei pheromenois hēgeisthō " oude gar pros ton laon ᾿Acheian " ton Silōnitēn apesteilen, alla pros ton Hierothdoam." hou charin oudemias eisin axios syngnōmēs, heautois epitrepsantes tēn tou basileōs cheirytonian. Eita enchalesas, hoti to argyrion kai to chrysion para tou Theou tōn holōn eilēphotes, eis tēn tōn eidōlōn kataskeuēn edapanēsan. parainesin autois prospherei,
3. "Because Israel has rejected good things." And showing what these are, he added: "They pursued an enemy. 4. They made kings for themselves, and not through me; they ruled, and did not make it known to me." When they enjoyed my providence, he says, they prevailed over all their enemies; yet not even this persuaded them to hold fast to my providence, but they appointed a king for themselves without asking me about it at all. He makes this accusation against the ten tribes, who appointed Jeroboam king for themselves without inquiring of the God of all whether they ought to do this. But let none who has read the Kingdoms think this contrary to what is recorded there: for he sent Ahijah the Shilonite not to the people but to Jeroboam. Therefore they deserve no pardon, having taken upon themselves the appointment of the king. Then, having charged them with spending on the making of idols the silver and gold they had received from the God of all, he offers them exhortation:
Hos 8:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 11:29 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 12:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The ten tribes rejected God's good rule by making Jeroboam king without consulting God; Ahijah's prophecy was addressed to Jeroboam, not to the people.
- Lemmas: Hos 8:3–4. "The Kingdoms": 1–4 Kingdoms (1–2 Samuel, 1–2 Kings); Ahijah: 1 Kgs 11:29–39; Jeroboam made king: 1 Kgs 12:20.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.3 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.5PG 81
ε΄. «᾿Απόῤῥιψον τὸν μόσχον σου, Σαμάρεια. » Καὶ διὰ μέσου τεθεικχὼς τό" «ε Παρωξύνθη ὁ θυμός μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς " ἕως τίνος οὐ μὴ δύνωνται χαθαοισθῆναι ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ;» ἐπήγαγε "
e΄. «᾿Aporrhipson ton moschon sou, Samareia. » Kai dia mesou tetheikchōs to" «e Parōxynthē ho thymos mou ep᾽ autous " heōs tinos ou mē dynōntai chathaoisthēnai en tǭ Israēl?» epēgage "
5. "Cast away your calf, Samaria." And having put in between, "My wrath was provoked against them; how long will they be unable to be cleansed in Israel?", he added:
Hos 8:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Samaria is told to cast away its calf.
- Lemma: Hos 8:5.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.5 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.6PG 81
ς΄. «Καὶ αὐτὸ τέκτων ἐποίησε, καὶ οὐ θεός ἐστι" διότι πλανῶν ἣν ὁ μόσχος σου, Σαμάρεια. » Κομιδῇ προσφόρως ᾽5 τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων ἀσθένειαν ἐχωμῴδησεν - ὕλης γὰρ εἰς τὸ εἶναι καὶ τέχνης προσδέοντα!. Καὶ τὴν μὲν ὕλην ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς λαμόάνοντες, οἷον ξύλον, ἣ λίθον, ἣ χρυσὸν, ἣ ἄργυρον, ἢ χασσίτερον, τὸ δὲ εἶδος ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης ἐρανιζόμενοι, τὰ χειρόκμητα θεοποιοῦσι τῶν ζώων ἰνδάλματα. Καὶ ἐπιμένει" τοῖς ἐλέγχοις. τῷ ᾿Ααρὼν προφανῶς ἀντέστησαν, τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτῶν ἐκδέξεται αὐτά " δράγμα οὐκ ἔχον ἰσχὺν τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἄλευρον ὃ " ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ποιή τῃ, ἀλλότριοι καταφάγονται αὐτό". » Οὐδένα γὰρ, φησὶ, καρπὸν ἐκ τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων δρέπεσθε θεραπείας, ἀλλ᾽ ἔοικε τὰ ἐχείνων δράγματα ἀνεμοφθόροις οἵ τὰς μὲν θήκας πλήρεις δεικνύουσιν ἔξωθεν, τὸν δὲ αἴτον ἔνδον οὐκ ἔχουσι, Τοιαύτη δὲ καὶ τῶν εἰδώλων ἡ φύσις " τὸ μὲν γὰρ φαινόμενον εἶδος, ἣ ἀνδρὸς, ἢ γυναικὸς, ἣ λέοντος, ἣ ἄλλου τινὸς τῶν ζώων, ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης λαμόάνει" πάσης δὲ ἰσχύος καὶ ἕνεργείας καθέστηκεν ἔρημος. Διὸ καὶ αὑτὰ, φησὶ, μετὰ τῶν προσκυνούντων διαφθαρήσεται “ ἢ γὰρ καταστροφὴ αὐτῶν, φησὶν, ἐκδέξεται αὐτὰ, καὶ ἀλλότριοι
s΄. «Kai auto tektōn epoiēse, kai ou theos esti" dioti planōn hēn ho moschos sou, Samareia. » Komidę̄ prosphorōs ᾽5 tēn tōn eidōlōn astheneian echōmǭdēsen - hylēs gar eis to einai kai technēs prosdeonta!. Kai tēn men hylēn apo tēs gēs lamoanontes, hoion xylon, hē lithon, hē chryson, hē argyron, ē chassiteron, to de eidos apo tēs technēs eranizomenoi, ta cheirokmēta theopoiousi tōn zōōn indalmata. Kai epimenei" tois elenchois. tǭ ᾿Aarōn prophanōs antestēsan, tēs eleutherias hē katastrophē autōn ekdexetai auta " dragma ouk echon ischyn tou poiēsai aleuron ho " ean de kai poiē tę̄, allotrioi kataphagontai auto". » Oudena gar, phēsi, karpon ek tēs tōn eidōlōn drepesthe therapeias, all᾽ eoike ta echeinōn dragmata anemophthorois hoi tas men thēkas plēreis deiknyousin exōthen, ton de aiton endon ouk echousi, Toiautē de kai tōn eidōlōn hē physis " to men gar phainomenon eidos, hē andros, ē gynaikos, hē leontos, hē allou tinos tōn zōōn, apo tēs technēs lamoanei" pasēs de ischyos kai henergeias kathestēken erēmos. Dio kai hauta, phēsi, meta tōn proskynountōn diaphtharēsetai “ ē gar katastrophē autōn, phēsin, ekdexetai auta, kai allotrioi
6. "And a craftsman made it, and it is not a god; for your calf, Samaria, was leading astray." Very fittingly he mocked the weakness of the idols: for they need matter and craft in order to exist. Taking the matter from the earth, such as wood, or stone, or gold, or silver, or tin, and borrowing the form from the craft, they make gods of handmade images of animals. And he persists in his refutations … they openly opposed Aaron … of freedom … "7. … and their overthrow will await them; a sheaf having no strength to make flour; and even if it makes it, strangers will devour it." For you reap no fruit, he says, from the service of the idols: their sheaves are like wind-blasted ears, which show full husks outside but have no grain within. Such too is the nature of the idols: the form that appears, of a man, or a woman, or a lion, or some other animal, it receives from the craft; but it is destitute of all strength and activity. Therefore these too, he says, will be destroyed together with those who worship them; "for their overthrow," he says, "will await them, and strangers …"
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Hos 8:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The calf of Samaria is a craftsman's work and no god; like wind-blasted grain, idols look full outside and are empty within, and will perish with their worshipers.
- Lemmas: Hos 8:6–7. Several lines are lost in the scan after "he persists in his refutations" (a reference to the Israelites' opposition to Aaron, perhaps in the wilderness) and at the beginning of the lemma of 8:7; marked "…". The section breaks off.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters): χι, 39 5044. → ; Α τοιΐ ἢ Ἰὶς μη}, 4118 οἱ οἷς (8. » ἴῃ Οὐν ὅσ αἱ ἰπ πιὸ τη]δὰ ρορυϊμη Αοἰίδιη. 5] ίδπι πη δὶς, βοὰ δ δετοἐδὲ Β ὙὟκκϑ. θ. «Ἐπ Βοος ἁτγίί[οχ [δοἷϊ, οἱ πο δὲ θουδ, δἰ. Εἰ δι τόν, Ὠε5. ἰπ Ο. 30 τοῦ. ἔχ (ἃ διρρὶ. 5 (, πρός με. δέ. 3 ( ἐπιμένων. 31. ὑπ. ἃ αθ Ο Ἰερίπιυ9 {ι. 1. οἱ ροϑὶ 9.5 κῶν. θ65. 'ῃ Ὁ. "5 με. "65. πη [τα" οἰ πη, αἱ, πὶ νου. → .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.6 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.8PG 81
η΄, θ΄, ε Κατεπόθη Ἰσραήλ νῦν ἐγένετο ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὡς σκεῦος ἄχρηστον. Ὅτι ἀνέδησαν εἰς ᾿λσσυρίους. ν» Τὴν γὰρ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων βοήθειαν ἑξαιτήσαντες, αὐτοῖς εἰς δουλείαν παραδοθήσονται, οὐδεμίαν τῷ Θεῷ λειτουργίαν ἀποπληροῦντες, οὔτε τὰς κατὰ νόμον ἑορτάζοντες πανηγύρεις. ε Καὶ " ἀνέθαλε καθ' ἑαυτόν.» Δι᾿ ἐμοῦ γὰρ αὐξηθεὶς, καὶ φυτοῦ δίκην ἀναθήλας, τῆς ἐμῆς ἑαυτὸν θεραπείας ἐχώε Ἐφραῖμ δῶρα ἠγάπησε. (..) Διὰ τοῦτο παραδοθήσονται" ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι. » Κόρον οὐκ ἔλαύε τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πλείονος διετέλεσεν ἐφιέμενος " τούτου χάριν εἰς δουλείαν παραδοθήσεται. ε Νῦν εἶσδέξομαι αὐτούς. » Τουτέστιν, ἐν τῇ τῶν πολεμίων χώρᾳ. « Καὶ κοπάσουσι μικρὸν, τοῦ χρίειν βασιλέα καὶ ἄρχοντα. » Καὶ ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρου μᾶλλον, ἣ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ βασιλεύεσθα!: βουληθέντες, ὑπὸ τὴν τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων δεσποτείαν γενήσονται, οὐκέτι λοιπὸν ἑαντοῖς χει"
ē΄, th΄, e Katepothē Israēl nyn egeneto en tois ethnesin hōs skeuos achrēston. Hoti anedēsan eis ᾿lssyrious. n» Tēn gar tōn ᾿Assyriōn boētheian hexaitēsantes, autois eis douleian paradothēsontai, oudemian tǭ Theǭ leitourgian apoplērountes, oute tas kata nomon heortazontes panēgyreis. e Kai " anethale kath' heauton.» Di᾿ emou gar auxētheis, kai phytou dikēn anathēlas, tēs emēs heauton therapeias echōe Ephraim dōra ēgapēse. (..) Dia touto paradothēsontai" en tois ethnesi. » Koron ouk elaue tōn agathōn, alla tou pleionos dietelesen ephiemenos " toutou charin eis douleian paradothēsetai. e Nyn eisdexomai autous. » Toutestin, en tę̄ tōn polemiōn chōrą. « Kai kopasousi mikron, tou chriein basilea kai archonta. » Kai hyph᾽ heterou mallon, hē hyp᾽ emou basileuestha!: boulēthentes, hypo tēn tōn ᾿Assyriōn despoteian genēsontai, ouketi loipon heantois chei"
8, 9. "Israel has been swallowed up; now it has become among the nations like a useless vessel. For they went up to the Assyrians." For having asked for the help of the Assyrians, they will be handed over to them into slavery, performing no liturgy for God and not celebrating the festivals according to the law. "And he has blossomed by himself." For having been increased by me and having blossomed like a plant, he separated himself from my service … "Ephraim loved gifts. 10. Therefore they will be handed over among the nations." He was never sated with good things but kept desiring more; for this reason he will be handed over into slavery. "Now I will receive them." That is, in the land of the enemies. "And they will cease for a little from anointing king and rulers." Wishing to be ruled by another rather than by me, they will come under the dominion of the Assyrians, no longer [appointing kings] for themselves …
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Hos 8:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Israel, having sought Assyria's help, will be swallowed up among the nations and lose its self-made kings.
- Lemmas: Hos 8:8–10. A line is lost after "he separated himself" (the Greek breaks off at ἐχώ…); the last word of the section is cut off (χει…), supplied by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters): πὴ τος πὶ ἃ ροπ ὧς εἶ. οὶ εἴ αὐ 50Π}Π10 ἴῃ ΔΙΏΟΓΕ ἃ. 5{πθ10 Πα οι 8 ογδηΐ, [Δα Δ πὶ ἃ. 4]16 08 4ιοβάδιῃ ρογιϊ πη " α → .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.8 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.11PG 81
ια΄. «Ὅτι ἐπλήθυνεν Ἐφραΐμ. θυσιαστήρια, εἰς ἁμαρτίας ἐγένετο ᾽ αὐτῷ θυσιαστήρια τὰ " ἤγαπημένα.» Δικαίως, φησὶ, καταπαύσω τὴν παράνομον αὑτοῦ βασιλείαν - ἐπειδὴ διὰ ταύτης εἰς τὸ τῶν εἰδωλικῶν θυσιαστηρίων ἐξώχειλε πλῆθος, καὶ τὴν ἀσέεἰαν ἐκεῖθεν ἐδρέψατο, θερμῶς περὶ τὰ παράνομα
ia΄. «Hoti eplēthynen Ephraïm. thysiastēria, eis hamartias egeneto ᾽ autǭ thysiastēria ta " ēgapēmena.» Dikaiōs, phēsi, katapausō tēn paranomon hautou basileian - epeidē dia tautēs eis to tōn eidōlikōn thysiastēriōn exōcheile plēthos, kai tēn aseeian ekeithen edrepsato, thermōs peri ta paranoma
11. "For Ephraim multiplied altars; the beloved altars became sins for him." Justly, he says, will I bring his lawless kingdom to an end, since through it he ran aground on the multitude of idolatrous altars and reaped impiety from there, being warmly [attached] to lawless things …
Hos 8:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ephraim's many altars became his sin, and his lawless kingdom will end.
- Lemma: Hos 8:11. The section breaks off.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.11 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8.12PG 81
ιθ', ε« Καταγράψω αὐτῷ" πλῆθος, καὶ τὰ νόμιμα αὐτοῦ. ν Τούτων γὰρ τῶν θυσιαστηρίων τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ τῶν ἐφευρεθέντων ἐπὶ τούτοις νόμων, καθ᾽ οὖς Ὁ τὰς εἰδωλιχὰς τελετὰς ἐπετέλουν, ἀνάγραπτον ποιήσω τὴν μνήμην, εἰς ἔλεγχον τῆς πολλῆς αὐτῶν ἀσεθείας. « Εἰς ἀλλότρια ἐλογίσθησαν θυσιαστήρια ἡγαπημένα"δ. » Καὶ τούτων μὲν, φησὶ, τῶν παρανόμων θυσιαστηρίων πολλὴν ἐποιήσαντο φροντίδα “ τὰ ὅδ θεῖα, ἃ πάσης ἀξιοῦν θεραπείας ἐχρῆν, καὶ τριπόθητα ἔχειν, καὶ λίαν ἑπέραστα, ὡς ἄλλοις τισὶ προσἥκοντα κατέλιπον ἀτημέλητα. ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐκ ὡς δεόμενος τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτῶν θυτιῶν τήνδε τὴν κατηγορίαν « Ἐὰν γὰρ θύσωσι θυσίαν, καὶ φάγωσι κρέα, Κύριος οὐ προσδέξεται αὐτά. » Τὸ δὲ ράγωσι κρέα, οὐκ ἁπλῶς πρόσκειται - εἰώθεισαν γὰρ τῶν μὴ ὧλοχκαυτομένων θυμάτων τοὺς μὲν νεφροὺς, καὶ τὸν λοθὸν τοῦ ἥπατος, καὶ τὸ στέαρ τὸ ἐπ᾽ αὑτῶν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ προσφέρειν " τὸ δὲ στηθῆνιον καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν δεξιὸν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀπονέμειν - τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ τοῦ θύματος αὐτοὶ χατανήλισχον, ὡς ἢδούλοντο. Τούτου χάριν τέθεικεν - ε« ᾿ξὰν θύσωσι θυτίαν, καὶ φάγωσι κρέα, Κύριος οὐ προσδέξεται αὐτά. » Οὔτε Υὰρ τούτων δεῖται Θεὸς, ἀλλὰ ψυχῆς διάθεσιν ἀπαιτεῖ" « Θῦσον γὰρ, φησὶ, τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως. » --- « Νὺν μνησθήσεται τῶν ἀδικιῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκδικῆσει τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν. » Τούτοις ἔοικε τοῦ ᾽Λποστόλου τὰ ῥήματα " « ᾿Αγνοῶν ὅτι τὸ χρηστὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς μετάνοιάν σε ἄγει “ κατὰ δὲ τὴν σχληότητά σου καὶ ἀμετανόττον καρδίαν, θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ δργὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς, καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως, καὶ διχαιγχρισίας τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.» --- οἰ Καὶ" αὐτοὶ εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀπέστρεψαν. ν Καὶ συμμαχίαν γὰρ ἐκεῖθεν ἐζήτησαν, καὶ τῶν συμφορῶν χαταλαθουσῶν ἀπέδρασαν ἐκεῖσε. « Καὶ" ἐν ᾿Ασσυρίοις ἀκάθαρτα φάγονται. » ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἄκοντες εἰς τὴν ᾿Ασσυρίων ἀπαχθήτονται χώραν, ιδ΄. ε Καὶ ἐπελάθετο Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν, καὶ χοδόμησαν "} τεμένη, καὶ Ἰούδας ἐπλήθυνε πόλεις τετειχισμένας " καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ πῦρ εἰς τὰς, πόλεις αὑτοῦ, καὶ καταφάγεται τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῶν.» αὶ Καὶ" μαθήσεται, φησὶν, ὁ μὲν Ἰούδας, τῶν πόλεων πυρπολουμένων, μὴ τείχεσι θαῤῥεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ μοί " ὁ δὲ ᾿ τραὴἣλ, μὴ τεμένη δαίμοσιν ἀνοικοδομεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὴν κατὰ νόμον λατρείαν ἀποπληροῦν.
ith', e« Katagrapsō autǭ" plēthos, kai ta nomima autou. n Toutōn gar tōn thysiastēriōn to plēthos, kai tōn epheurethentōn epi toutois nomōn, kath᾽ ous Ho tas eidōlichas teletas epeteloun, anagrapton poiēsō tēn mnēmēn, eis elenchon tēs pollēs autōn asetheias. « Eis allotria elogisthēsan thysiastēria hēgapēmena"d. » Kai toutōn men, phēsi, tōn paranomōn thysiastēriōn pollēn epoiēsanto phrontida “ ta hod theia, ha pasēs axioun therapeias echrēn, kai tripothēta echein, kai lian heperasta, hōs allois tisi prosēkonta katelipon atēmelēta. ᾿All᾽ ouk hōs deomenos tōn par᾽ autōn thytiōn tēnde tēn katēgorian « Ean gar thysōsi thysian, kai phagōsi krea, Kyrios ou prosdexetai auta. » To de ragōsi krea, ouk haplōs proskeitai - eiōtheisan gar tōn mē hōlochkautomenōn thymatōn tous men nephrous, kai ton lothon tou hēpatos, kai to stear to ep᾽ hautōn tǭ thysiastēriǭ prospherein " to de stēthēnion kai ton brachiona ton dexion tois hiereusin aponemein - ta de loipa tou thymatos autoi chatanēlischon, hōs ēdoulonto. Toutou charin tetheiken - e« ᾿xan thysōsi thytian, kai phagōsi krea, Kyrios ou prosdexetai auta. » Oute Yar toutōn deitai Theos, alla psychēs diathesin apaitei" « Thyson gar, phēsi, tǭ Theǭ thysian aineseōs. » --- « Nyn mnēsthēsetai tōn adikiōn autōn, kai ekdikēsei tas hamartias autōn. » Toutois eoike tou ᾽Lpostolou ta rhēmata " « ᾿Agnoōn hoti to chrēston tou Theou eis metanoian se agei “ kata de tēn schlēotēta sou kai ametanotton kardian, thēsaurizeis seautǭ drgēn en hēmerą orgēs, kai apokalypseōs, kai dichainchrisias tou theou, hos apodōsei hekastǭ kata ta erga autou.» --- oi Kai" autoi eis Aigypton apestrepsan. n Kai symmachian gar ekeithen ezētēsan, kai tōn symphorōn chatalathousōn apedrasan ekeise. « Kai" en ᾿Assyriois akatharta phagontai. » ᾿Alla kai akontes eis tēn ᾿Assyriōn apachthētontai chōran, id΄. e Kai epelatheto Israēl tou poiēsantos auton, kai chodomēsan "} temenē, kai Ioudas eplēthyne poleis teteichismenas " kai exapostelō pyr eis tas, poleis hautou, kai kataphagetai ta themelia autōn.» ai Kai" mathēsetai, phēsin, ho men Ioudas, tōn poleōn pyrpoloumenōn, mē teichesi tharrhein, all᾽ moi " ho de ᾿ traēēl, mē temenē daimosin anoikodomein, alla tēn kata nomon latreian apoplēroun.
12. "I will write down for him a multitude, and his ordinances." I will make a written record of the multitude of these altars, and of the laws invented for them, by which they performed the idolatrous rites, to convict their great impiety. "The beloved altars were counted as foreign." They took great care, he says, of these lawless altars; but the divine ones, which they ought to have counted worthy of every service and held most longed-for and very lovely, they left neglected as though they belonged to others. But not as one who needs their sacrifices does he make this accusation: "13. For if they sacrifice a sacrifice and eat meat, the Lord will not accept them." "And eat meat" is not added idly. For of the victims that were not wholly burnt they used to offer on the altar the kidneys, the lobe of the liver, and the fat on them; to assign the breast and the right shoulder to the priests; and the rest of the victim they consumed themselves as they wished. For this reason he wrote: "If they sacrifice a sacrifice and eat meat, the Lord will not accept them." For God does not need these, but demands a disposition of the soul: "Sacrifice to God," he says, "a sacrifice of praise." "Now he will remember their iniquities and will avenge their sins." The words of the Apostle resemble these: "Not knowing that God's kindness leads you to repentance? But by your hardness and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will repay each according to his works." "And they turned back to Egypt." For they both sought an alliance from there, and when disasters overtook them, they fled there. "And among the Assyrians they will eat unclean things." But they will be carried off, even against their will, to the land of the Assyrians. 14. "And Israel forgot the one who made him, and built sacred precincts, and Judah multiplied walled cities; and I will send fire into his cities, and it will devour their foundations." And Judah will learn, he says, when his cities are burned, not to trust in walls but in me; and Israel, not to build precincts for demons but to perform the worship according to the law.
Hos 8:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 8:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Lev 3:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Lev 7:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God will record Israel's idolatrous altars and laws; he does not need sacrifices but a right disposition, and will punish Israel with exile and Judah's walled cities with fire.
- Lemmas: Hos 8:12–14 (Theodoret's LXX text of 8:13 ends with "they turned back to Egypt, and among the Assyrians they will eat unclean things"). The beginning of the lemma of 8:13 ("For if they sacrifice a sacrifice and eat meat") had been displaced by the scan into the comment on Hos 9:3; restored here by logged corrections. The portions of the peace offering: Lev 3:3–4; 7:31–34. Ps 50:14 (LXX 49:14); Rom 2:4–6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin column, marginal references and apparatus read as Greek letters; the lemma line that stood here was displaced by the scan into section 1.11.13 and is restored): πὲδ {υ14. παραδοθήσεται. 7 (ἃ ἐπ Ὁ ν Κ 1 ἡ. Πνά. → « Ἐὰν γὰρ θύσωσι θυσίαν, καὶ φάγωσι κρέα, .
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Comm. Proph. min. 1.8.12 (PG 81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-prophetas-minores/1-8-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 81 (archive.org OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.