are given to drunkenness and the acceptance of gifts; and a prophecy of the evils by which these are to be punished; and a promise of the calling of the nations and of apostolic preaching, and of the perturbation which the devil is to suffer thence. A
IX. A vision of the glory of God, and of the station and melody of the Seraphim. The election of the prophet sent to rebuke the Jews, and to preach those things which are to be expected by them from obedience.
X. A narrative of the expedition of the king of Samaria against the king of Judah, and the command of God to the prophet, encouraging the king of Judah, on the grounds that those rising up against him had devised vain things, since Samaria was to be reduced under the empire of the Assyrians.
XI. A prophecy of the birth of the Savior from the Virgin Theotokos, and of the miracles which Christ, while still a little child, was to work, both benefiting Judea itself, and calling the nations, and rendering the devil void, and opening the fountain of grace, and transforming the barrenness of the earth into a fruitfulness of virtues. B
XII. A prediction of the evangelical Scripture, affirmed by the Law and the prophets, and of the birth of Christ, and of the destruction of the devil.
XIII. Threats against the Jews, for the reason that they refused the word of evangelical grace; and for this cause they will live under the error of the devil. And an animadversion against the demons, namely that even if they prevail against us for a time, nevertheless, with God as our ally, they will be conquered. And an accusation of the Jews, that they did not believe in Christ, and that they live in hypocrisy, willfully transgressing the law, and vainly boasting of their confidence in God. C
XIV. A prophecy of adoption as sons through Christ, according to the prodigies to be performed by Him in Jerusalem; and a dissuasion against attending to Gentile divinations; and an accusation of the Jews, that having received the Law so as not to attend to these things, they did not keep it, and for this reason fall into great calamities.
XV. The calling of the nations, and a prophecy of their liberation, and of the malice of the demons, and of the wicked zeal of the Jews regarding the birth of Christ, who would renew the kingdom of David.
XVI. A prediction of the corrections sent from God, both to the Jews and to those who despise the new Sion; and a detraction of the Jewish princes, for that they led the people into error. And a narrative of the corrections which were inflicted upon them by the right hand of God. And a lament against those who judge iniquitously, that the wrath of God is stirred up mostly on their account. D
XVII. Threats against the Assyrians, under whose persona He indicates the demons and with them the devil, as having risen up against God, and aspiring to the domination of the entire earth, and not considering that it was only by the concession of God that he prevailed for a little while.
XVIII. An allocution to the faithful people not to fear the demons, inasmuch as their tyranny is soon to be crushed; and an indication of the diabolical operation which they wrought in the Jews through the slaughter of the children butchered by Herod
A and a consolation to the new Sion, that Christ will slay the antichrist and those who shall be with him.
XIX. The annunciation of the incarnation of Christ, and how the fullness of the Spirit will dwell in him; and how he will destroy the adversaries, but will use truth and righteousness toward men, and will gather with the righteous those who turn from sin; and he will abolish the harm caused by demons, as the faith is multiplied.
XX. That Christ will be the expectation of the nations; and he will gather all from every place into salvation, and will join to the righteous those sinners who confess; and he will send the apostles as heralds to the nations; and in Egypt knowledge will increase. And an exhortation to the participation of baptism; and a glorification of Christ for the miracles which he performed in Sion. B
XXI. A prophecy of the calling of the nations through Christ, and of his coming, and of the things that will be at the time of the consummation on the earth and in all the elements; and of the destruction of the lawless, and the glory of the righteous; and what those who are found then to be subject to the judgment will suffer.
XXII. A prophecy that the nations will rise up against the demons, and the confusion of idols will be destroyed by them; but the faithful Israel will be mingled with them, and a lamentation will arise therefrom for the devil.
XXIII. The joy of the nations, and the lamentation of the ungodly at the ruin of the devil; and a rebuke against him from God, announcing the complete destruction of him and his followers, and the confirmation of the divine counsel. C
XXIV. An address to the demons, that they should not be confident in the ruin of the Jews, since they will suffer grievous things from those who have been taught by the apostles.
XXV. A prophecy against idolatry under the figure of Moab—for she was given over to idols—and a prediction of the advent of the Lord, and an indication of the restoration of the nations living in error.
XXVI. A prophecy that the deception will cease even from Damascus; and a prediction of the diminution of the people of the Jews, and of the conversion of the nations; and what the children of the Jews will suffer because they did not believe in Christ.
XXVII. Curses against the nations and together against the demons; and a prediction of the course of the apostles toward the nations, and of the destruction of the unbelieving, and of the accession of those from the nations who believed to the mysteries of Sion. D
XXVIII. A prediction of the benefits which the Lord, descending to them as a child, bestowed upon the Egyptians; and how he wiped away from them every kind of error, and confounded those who were considered wise among them, and made his own plan terrible to them.
XXIX. A prophecy of the conversion of the Egyptians to God, and how, with the other nations, they will hold the primacy over Israel.
XXX. An address to Isaiah that he should announce the [prophecy] which...
shall happen to the faithful nations, [namely] their liberation from the slavery of idols. A
XXXI. Threats against the impious; and a prophecy concerning the mystical table; and a vision of the preaching of Peter and Paul, and of the sojourn of Christ, through which the idols of the demons were cast down.
XXXII. The calling of the nations, a prediction of the communion of the mysteries, and a foretelling of the destruction of the weapons of the idols.
XXXIII. The tragedy of ancient Jerusalem; and a prophecy of what she will suffer from the nations that have believed, because they hid repentance from them, but despised the threats of God.
XXXIV. A prediction that the priesthood of the Jews will perish, and that Christ’s [priesthood] will rise up in its place. B
XXXV. A prophecy that the avaricious—whom he set forth under the figure of the merchants of the sea—are to be destroyed; he also threatened that the Assyrians, understanding this to mean the spiritual [enemies], namely the demons, would fall; he promised that the Church of the nations would be saved through repentance, characterizing it under the figure of Tyre.
XXXVI. A narrative of things that will happen to sinners and to the just in the world to come; and of what will happen to the elements at the consummation; and of the glory of Christ, by which he is glorified in appearing in the flesh.
XXXVII. A hymn to God for the reason that ancient Jerusalem fell on account of impiety, C but the mysteries of the new Jerusalem flourished; and death was abolished, and the impiety of the idols was trampled underfoot, as well as the devil who wrought it; for which the prophetic pen proclaimed the calling of the nations through hope in God.
XXXVIII. A canticle of the prophet, announcing the perdition of the devil and the ignorance and envy of the Jews; and proclaiming that the hope of the pious is in God, who raises the dead whom physicians cannot.
XXXIX. A consolation, that the wrath of God is diminished so that it might destroy even the devil himself; and an accusation of the sterility of the Jews; and a prophecy that the earth will come to Christ; and a promise that Israel, returning, will be saved by Christ, and that the idols will be destroyed, and rational sheep will be dedicated [to Him]. D
XL. The calling of the women who saw the resurrection of Christ; and a prediction of how impiety will perish through the evangelical preaching. But there is wrath upon the Jews, because they were not only made drunk with the error of idols, but also did not believe the preaching of the apostles; whence perdition is expected for the incredulous, but salvation for the believers.
XLI. Threats against those who think they will be helped by impiety; and an exhortation to obey Christ, who, after the resurrection, sends wrath to the incredulous, but supreme salvation to the whole world, and who first nourished us with the Law, and after that with the evangelical precepts.
A XLII. A complaint against the ancient Jerusalem, and threats against the demons who tyrannized over her; and an accusation of the hardening of the Jews; and how the Gospel has been sealed from the Jews, and remains unknown to them until they are instructed in divine things.
XLIII. A prophecy of the judgment of the Jews, and a prediction of the recognition of God among the nations, and of the destruction of those who scandalize the people by word and deed; and how the nations will be instructed by the miracles of Christ, while the Jews will be put to shame, inasmuch as they have departed from God and chosen the alliance of the devil.
XLIV. How the things of the demons are useless; for the prophet is ordered to liken these to wild beasts in the image of the evangelical book; and how, when the Jews refuse to hear divine things, they fall into an incurable ruin.
XLV. An exhortation to penance for Israel, and a remembrance of what they themselves devised when they departed from God, whereas Christ prepares a good instruction through his own incarnation.
XLVI. A prediction of the second coming of Christ; and threats against those who have abused the house of God, and against the devil and those who trust in him; and how the coming of the Savior becomes the destruction of the error of idols and of him who inspires it.
B XLVII. The beatitude of those who preserve their kinship with the spiritual Jerusalem, in which Christ manifests the mysteries of his own coming, puts an end to the arrogance of the Jews, and confirms the piety of the faithful.
XLVIII. A joyful announcement for the Churches, and a lamentation for the Jewish synagogues; and threats of the desolation of Jerusalem until she receives the communion of the Spirit, which the nations, having received, are preserved free from all harm, while the Jews, as disobedient, will suffer dispersion.
XLIX. A glorification of God and of the good things that he himself bestows; and a prediction that impiety will be destroyed through the resurrection and ascension of Christ, and the other mysteries which he performs in his incarnate state for the abolition of all error, through which the new Zion will be unshaken, while the synagogues of the Jews will be shaken. C
L. A prediction of the consummation of the visible creation, in which those who have surrendered themselves to impiety are destroyed by the wrath of God, but the inheritance is given to the pious.
LI. A joyful announcement of the flower of the Church, and of the miracles which Christ performed when he became incarnate, and of the good things of the gift of baptism.
LII. A narrative of how Rabsaces, sent by Sennacherib, threatened Jerusalem; and how Ezechias, hearing the threat, sent to Isaias, entreating him to pray for them: and he announced security from God for the city, and the return of Sennacherib to his own land.
A LIII. A narrative of the infirmity of Ezechias, in which the prophet announced death to him; but when he prayed, God added to his time of life; and his canticle; and the gifts received from the Persians; because of which, when he had shown his own treasures, the prophet prophesied to him of the future captivity of Jerusalem.
LIV. A promise to Israel of the remission of sins, and of the advent of Christ; and an announcement of those things which he will restore at his coming; the glorification of Himself, and the disparagement of those who make idols.
LV. An address to Israel, that they should not use their unbelief in Christ as an excuse, since He is the Creator of the world and the benefactor of the faithful; and the renewal of the Churches through Christ, who destroyed impiety and astonished the nations. And an exposition of the weakness of idols.
LVI. A prediction of the election of the new Israel, who is commanded to be confident. Threats, moreover, against those who are hostile to him. He further foretells the mysteries of the Church, and mocks the demons, as those who know nothing of what is past or what is to come, and with them the B idols, as being devoid of sense.
LVII. An address of the Father concerning the love of the Son; and with how much kindness the Son will come; and how much He will restore by the Father’s good will; and good tidings to the Church concerning the blessings which Christ will provide for her, and he will destroy the impiety of idols.
LVIII. A rebuke to Israel on account of the hardness of their mind, from the fact that, although they had endured the spoliation of divine things, they remained nonetheless devoid of sense. And a joyful message, namely, that the new Israel is helped by God and gathered from all sides. And a testimony concerning Christ, that, being God before all ages, He instituted the redemption of men.
LIX. An exhortation to Israel not to adhere to the old law, but to the mysteries of the Church; since God does not accept Jewish sacrifices, but saves those who approach Him through repentance. And a promise to the new Israel that it will flourish by the gift of baptism.
C LX. An address concerning Christ, as being Eternal God. And a disparagement of those who make idols, and worship those things which they themselves have fashioned from weak material. And an exhortation to Israel, not to forget God.
LXI. Joyful tidings of the redemption which Christ accomplished, after having done away with the sorceries of demons, and He confirmed the new people, whom the prophecy depicts under the person of Cyrus, after He Himself had gathered ancient Jerusalem into the new one. D
63 61. An address to the elements, that they may rejoice on account of God’s benevolence toward men. And a rebuke to those who disparage Christ regarding the things He ordains, when He ought to be glorified as the only one who is foreknowing of the future and the Creator, and for this reason, nations run to Him for worship.
63. A prophecy of the renewal of the Churches; and how Christ, as God and Creator, commands nothing in vain to Israel, but calls and saves the nations; and every knee shall bow to Him; while idols shall be crushed by Him. And an accusation of Israel for the error of idolatry; and an exhortation to run to Christ, since He is about to dispense the mysteries which He proposed for the salvation of Israel.
64. An address to ancient Jerusalem, to mourn for her impiety, whence he brought upon her the figure of Babylon, as if she were an imitator of its malice; and a threat that the devil will be sent into the fire of Gehenna.
65. An accusation of the hypocrisy and hardness of heart of Israel; and testimony of the mysteries that were to be in the Church, and of the alienation of the Jewish people; and that Christ Himself is before the ages and at the end. And a reproach to Israel, in that it did not obey; but the calling of the nations, and the promise of the fountain of baptism.
66. A calling of the nations, and a prophecy of Christ, as proclaiming Himself in the form of a servant for the salvation of the nations, and dispensing it at the appropriate time.
67. An address to the elements, to celebrate for the sake of the salvation of men; and a promise of the future fruitfulness, and of the gathering of the nations, and of the despoiling of the devil, and of the destruction of demons, and of the redemption of the faithful.
68. A reproach to Israel, and the rejection of their synagogue; and a demonstration of the power of God; and a prophecy of the Lord’s passions; and threats against the Jews, as those who themselves prepared their own destruction.
69. An address to Israel, to pay heed to the miracles of the Lord’s tomb; and to reckon the blessing of Abraham; and to await the renewal of Sion, the approach of the nations, and the consummation of the elements. And an exhortation to the faithful not to fear the mockery of the unbelievers.
70. A consolation to Jerusalem, because a faithful people is about to gather in it; and an exhortation to trust in God; and a promise that the wrath which was against her will be turned against the demons.
71. An exhortation to Sion, as about to be delivered from captivity; and a remembrance of what things the ancient Israel committed iniquitously; and a prediction that Christ, upon coming, will reveal His own mysteries, and will grant them deliverance from the ancient Jerusalem as being unclean.
[LXXII] A prophecy of the glory of Christ and of His humiliation in the passion; and how, for the sake of our salvation, He delivered Himself as a sacrifice, which the Father, in dispensing the redemption of our sins, graciously accepted.
[LXXIII] A prediction of the joy and increase of the Church; and that, having been abandoned by God for a short time for the sake of correction, she will be rebuked. And a prophecy of the glory of the future new Jerusalem, and of the destruction of the demons who bear enmity against it.
[LXXIV] An announcement of the inheritance of the Gentiles, and of the mystical water, and of the evangelical covenant, and of the adoration of Christ by the Gentiles. And an exhortation to repentance, and a promise of a multitude of good things through it.
[LXXV] A declaration that, for the sake of God’s Sabbaths, one must abstain from evil, and that, beyond the procreation of children, the correct observance of the commandments is held in esteem by Him. And an accusation against Israel, in that it did not keep the law, but gave itself over to dissipation.
[LXXVI] An accusation against the Jews, who did not understand the ruin they suffered after losing Christ, but gave themselves to idols, and through pride fell away from God. And a reproach of Jerusalem, for having feared idols more than God. And a promise that the faithful shall be saved.
[LXXVII] The prophet is commanded to proclaim the evils of the Jews; and God explains for what reason He rejected the fast of the Jews, what kind of fast is acceptable to Him, and with what Sabbaths He is pleased.
[LXXVIII] An explanation of why God has turned away from Israel; and that, because they were devoted to evil works, they derived no fruit from them, but fell into the blindness of ignorance.
[LXXIX] A prosopopoeia of the prophet, containing an accusation of the wickedness of the Jews; and a threat of the vengeance of God against them. And a prediction of the conversion of the Gentiles, and of the presence of Christ, and of the evangelical covenant, sealed indeed by the Spirit, but unceasingly observed by the Gentiles.
[LXXX] An announcement of the presence of Christ in the new Jerusalem, and of the gathering of the Gentiles, and of the apostolic course, and of the future glory of the Church, and of eternal illumination; and of an increase unto an infinite number.
[LXXXI] A prophecy of the advent of Christ and of the evangelical preaching, and of the joy that will come to Zion from the gathering of the Gentiles, with whom God establishes an eternal covenant.
[LXXXII] A declaration of the joy proceeding from the countenance of the faithful people; and an announcement of the glory that is to come to Zion through Christ, and of its espousal to Him, and of the possession of divine mysteries, and of the accession and redemption of the people of the Gentiles.
[LXXXIII] A question concerning the passion of Christ from the perspective of the heavenly powers; and the response of Christ that He endured those things for the sake of human salvation, of which He…
he accepted, for which the prophet praises him; but he accuses the Jews, and calls to mind the wonders of old.
LXXXIV. The prophet's intercession to God on behalf of Israel, seeing that they were despised because of their offense, and because they multiplied their sins even more; and a supplication that God might not remain silent to the end, but might visit his own people and Jerusalem.
LXXXV. The promise of Christ, that he would manifest himself to the Gentiles; and threats against the Jews, because they did not believe at the Cross, and served idols while claiming to be righteous themselves, for which he threatened that he would render to them retribution for their sins.
LXXXVI. God’s declaration that Israel would not perish to the end, but that the disobedient would be destroyed, while those who serve God would obtain a possession of mysteries and a new name, and in the temple of the new Jerusalem there would be the perfection of virtues and B liberation from their labors.
LXXXVII. God’s declaration that sensual houses are not chosen, nor is he content with sacrifices born of iniquity; and an exhortation to the faithful to show patience toward their enemies; and a prediction of the people to be born in the new Zion; and a summons to rejoicing over the good things that are prepared for the new Jerusalem.
LXXXVIII. A prophecy of the second coming of Christ, and the destruction of the impious; and a prediction of the gathering of the Gentiles with glory into the new Jerusalem, and of the new creation through Christ; and how the matters against the people of the Jews shall be set before the Gentiles for their contemplation.
Isaiah the prophet was born in Jerusalem of the tribe of Judah; he died under Manasseh, the king of Judah, being sawn in two with a wooden saw, and was buried beneath the oak of Rogel, near the flowing waters which King Hezekiah had diverted by burying them underground.
FRAGMENTA IN EZECHIELEM
(VILLALPANDUS, vol. I, p. 130.)Cap. IX, v. 6. "And begin at my sanctuary." D Since they had only the habit of the holy, not the reality; for if they had possessed the sign, not in reality, then the others would have been destroyed, etc. I hear of a new kind of providence, Lord God, against the ministers of thy sanctuary. For formerly thou didst wink at those who erred, thou didst spare those who sinned, that thou mightest spare thy name and glory. While Aaron and Maria murmured against Moses, she was punished with leprosy, while he escaped unharmed. Aaron and Moses sinned at the waters of contradiction; God winked at both for a long time, however indignant he might have been. Solomon spared Abiathar, who was worthy of death, because he had carried the ark of the Lord. But now, it shall be as with the people, so with the priest; nay, truly, as with the priest, so with the peo-