On jeremiah (homilies 12-20) on and you shall say to this people: thus says the lord, the god of israel: every wineskin will be filled with wine up

 Therefore he here named the punishments unmixed wine, which they drink who are worthy of unmixed wine, that is, of unmixed punishment. but there are a

 To have the preeminence of a more honorable name than the people, god spares him so that he might not be punished when he sins. but the things written

 That god, sparing many, does not spare one. i will also take the example of a physician, showing that in sparing the whole body he does not spare one

 Then after this he commands them not to be lifted up, and teaches what must be done. what then is it to hear and what is it to give ear, let us unders

 Does darkness not happen? work while the light is in you. <the light is in you>, if you have in you the one who said: i am the light of the world

 Glory to god those who do things contrary to the glory of god through their sins. 12.12 “give glory to the lord our god before it grows dark, before y

 The prophets, lest we fall under the prophecy that says: but if you do not listen secretly, your soul will weep because of insolence. as many of you

 To cast a vote against the one who has sinned, each of the onlookers does not spare, does not look sad, does not pity, does not return to intercede fo

 What follows also fits: you have turned me away, says the lord, you will go backward. because you have turned away from the son of god, and because

 But not of pains that bring health to those being treated. 14.2 that people, therefore, was sick various diseases were among the people who were call

 Spiritual riches, but they turned away from what was being said and did not present themselves receptive so that they might be indebted for this reas

 How often i wanted to gather your children together» and what follows. and these things are also clearly spoken by the savior in the passage, “woe is

 Of the double-minded is judged. if you bear the image of the heavenly one having put off the image of the earthly one, you are not earth condemnin

 Of their affliction, he says, that is against the enemy, i stood by you on their behalf. and who is the enemy but our adversary the devil, who affli

 To a land which he did not know. for a fire is kindled from my wrath, it will be burned against you. after this, <ὁ> he who prayed above completes t

 In the present case, it was necessary † for such a thing to happen in the church of god. the one who was condemned has been condemned, so-and-so † whi

 Becomes inimitable, so that i become so great that no one is like me in character, in speech, in deeds, in wisdom, then i am able to say, because i al

 A limb, the physician tries to make a restoration of the dislocated part. when someone is outside his fatherland, whether justly or unjustly, and rece

 My savior and lord is about to stand before the father, being judged with all of us men. and he is judged with all men. i say: he is judged, he himsel

 My dispensation did this and that, and for your salvation i endured. when the savior says these things, what shall we do? for he is about to be judged

 Uncleanness.” having put these things to death, “he does not rely on the flesh of his own arm.” “cursed is he who has his hope in man.” and at the sam

 To take the souls that are on the hills, those not lying below? and see if the prophet did not cry out mystically saying these things and presenting t

 My ‘soul, you have good things laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, be merry.’” you see the one below the mountains, the one below the hills, th

 What awaits us, must be understood. if, then, we depart this life having sins, but also having virtues, will we be saved on account of the virtues, bu

 That the gentiles who sin receive their sins simply, but we receive our offenses doubly. for if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge

 It is written with an iron pen, with a diamond point, engraved upon the breast of the heart ” but again, the word 'their' does not follow in that case

 Simpler than the believers. “the partridge called,” therefore, “it gathered what it did not hatch, making its wealth not with judgment.” the partridge

 Your names are written in the heavens”. therefore one must rejoice, if one becomes such a person, so that his name may be inscribed in the heavens. bu

 For “there shall be trouble in jacob, nor shall toil be seen in israel.” there is no labor for one following jesus the very act of following removes

 Has ascended far above the earthen vessels. below are the earthen vessels, and the nature that administers the earthen vessels, condescending to the t

 Into the potter's house and he recounts what he saw, saying: and behold, he was doing a work with his hands, and the vessel which he was making in th

 To be planted,” a whole nation and since this <the> nation being built up and planted has a good promise, but is able to sin, he says after speaking

 Christ, the mystery of the church, the one who comes to the synagogue and does not bear fruit. 18.6 at last i will speak against a nation or even aga

 Speaking to the child in a childish way, or that i may speak more emphatically, in an infantile way, that you have borne with the manners of your son

 Of the lord saying through the prophet: and the lord spoke to them. and to <us> now the lord says through the scriptures, let each one turn from hi

 Jews but since they did not thirst for christ and the holy spirit, they cannot drink even from god. those from the heresies seemed to have thirsted f

 Immer, and that he was a priest, and what rank he held among the people, that he was appointed leader of the house of the lord at the time when jeremi

 God will do it». and such a high priest is superficially beautiful and a whitewashed wall, full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness on the ins

 Of the disciples, as they were asking him, where do you want us to prepare the passover for you?, he said, as you are going, a man will meet you ca

 The sons of jerusalem have departed and the city has been destroyed. but if you examine the matter and see the city not as stones, but as people, you

 Burning in my bones, and i am weary on all sides and cannot bear it, because i heard the reproach of many gathering together round about,” and “saying

 For not only the adulterer is liable to the gehenna of fire, but also the one who says to his brother, fool. but if the one who says to his brothe

 You should think that his repentance has some kinship with the repentance of those who repent. for just as his word was something exceptional, his ang

 To the people, he hears god saying according to the scriptures: whom shall i send, and who will go to this people? and he, it says, answered: behol

 And i have insults as wood, i have drunkennesses as wood, thefts as wood, and i have built upon my structure ten thousand other pieces of wood. do you

 To despise», see if it is not truly for this reason, since they did not think they were deceived, they stored up for themselves «wrath in the day of w

 A laughingstock, all the day i was derided”? what am i saying, jeremiah? and my jesus was mocked for it says, “the pharisees, who were lovers of mone

 The unrighteous man “for it will be,” he says, “when you call upon me, i will not listen to you.” there, then, the unrighteous and it is clear that

 To discipline the body with fasts and to enslave it» «by abstaining from such foods,» and in every way «by the spirit to put to death the deeds of the

 In my bones, and i am exhausted on all sides and cannot bear it.” i fear lest such a thing is what is reserved for us, becoming a fire, as happened in

 Let us all, his friends, conspire against him watch his intention, and he will be deceived.” they wanted to deceive him with another deadly deception

 Let him examine. nevertheless, what awaits us are tormentors and one who examines hearts and reins for our sins from which sins if we are not quickly

the prophets, lest we fall under the prophecy that says: "but if you do not listen secretly, your soul will weep because of insolence." As many of you as observe the Jewish fast as not understanding the day of atonement after the coming of Jesus Christ, you have not heard of the atonement secretly, but only openly; for to hear of the atonement secretly <is> to hear how "God put forward Jesus as an atonement for our sins" and that "he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world." Even if the gospel parables are read and the hearer is one of those outside, he will not hear them secretly. But if the hearer is an apostle or one of those who enter "into the house" of Jesus, he comes to Jesus, he asks also about the obscurity of the parable, and Jesus interprets it, and that hearer of the gospel becomes one who hears it secretly, so that his soul may not weep; for the soul of those who do not hear secretly weeps. How wonderfully he did not say: you will weep, if you do not listen secretly, but: "your soul will weep"? There is a certain weeping of the soul alone weeping, and perhaps the Savior teaches us that weeping, saying: "there will be the weeping." And if he says: "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep," he speaks of that weeping, with which the prophet also threatens here, saying: "but if you do not listen secretly, your soul will weep because of insolence." For when you are treated with insolence, then you will weep "and your eyes will shed tears, because the flock of the Lord has been shattered." If one now sees the Jewish affairs and compares them with the ancient ones, he will see in what way "the flock of the Lord was shattered." For this was once the flock of the Lord, and since they judged themselves unworthy, the word turned to the Gentiles. If, then, that flock of the Lord was shattered, should we, the wild olive shoot, grafted contrary to its nature into the good olive tree of the fathers, not fear more, lest this "flock of the Lord" also be shattered? For it will one day be shattered according to what was said by the Savior, when "because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of the many will grow cold." For of whom is the word? Was it not said of those called Christians, "the love of the many will grow cold"? Of whom is the word, that "nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth"? Is it not about us? For this reason, let us pay attention to ourselves in all that we do, so that this flock of God may daily be improved, be made healthy, be healed, and all shattering may depart from our souls, that we may be perfected in Christ Jesus, to whom is the glory and the power forever. Amen. 13.t <On "Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?"; up to "I was made childless."> Homily 13. 13.1 We wish to understand the things said to Jerusalem with much threat as being thus: "Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will be sad for you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your peace? You have turned away from me, says the Lord. You will go backward, and I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you, and I will no longer spare you. And I will scatter them in a dispersion." Then, "I was made childless." A difficulty has seized me; I take as an example some enemy who has been declared so by the one ruling on earth, because it is not permitted to show mercy to such a one, lest anyone seem to offend the king who condemned him. and [it is not permitted even to pity such a one] some intensify it by not even being sad for him, lest in being sad they seem to be displeased with the one judged by the king. If you have understood this, see for me the one condemned by God on account of his many sins, and observe such a one, though there are legi<ons> of angels appointed to help the nature of men, being pitied by no one. For each of the angels, seeing that the one who condemned is God, that the one who turned away is the creator, that the nature of the sins is such that the good God was compelled, so to speak, the

τοὺς προφήτας, μήποτε ὑποπέσωμεν τῇ λεγούσῃ προφητείᾳ· «ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀκούσητε κεκρυμμένως, κλαύσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὕβρεως». ὅσοι τὴν νηστείαν τὴν Ἰουδαϊκὴν ὡς μὴ νοοῦντες τὴν τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ ἡμέραν τηρεῖτε [τὴν] μετὰ τὴν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιδημίαν, οὐκ ἠκούσατε τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ κεκρυμμένως, ἀλλὰ φανερῶς μόνον· τὸ γὰρ κεκρυμμένως ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ <ἔστιν> ἀκοῦσαι, πῶς «προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν» Ἰησοῦν καὶ ὅτι «αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστι περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου». κἂν παραβολαὶ εὐαγγελικαὶ ἀναγινώσκωνται καὶ ὁ ἀκροατὴς ᾖ τῶν ἔξω, οὐ κεκρυμμένως αὐτῶν ἀκούσεται. ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἀκροατὴς ἀπόστολος ᾖ ἢ τῶν εἰσερχομένων «εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν» Ἰησοῦ, προσέρχεται τῷ Ἰησοῦ, πυνθάνεται καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀσαφείας τῆς παραβολῆς, καὶ ἑρμηνεύει αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς καὶ γίνεται ἐκεῖνος ὁ ἀκροατὴς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἀκούων αὐτοῦ κεκρυμμένως, ἵνα μὴ κλαύσῃ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ· τῶν γὰρ μὴ ἀκουόντων κεκρυμμένως κλαίει ἡ ψυχή. Τί θαυμασίως οὐκ εἶπεν· κλαύσεσθε, ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσητε κεκρυμ μένως, ἀλλά· «ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν κλαύσεται»; ἔστι τις κλαυθμὸς μόνης ψυχῆς κλαιούσης, καὶ τάχα ἐκεῖνον τὸν κλαυθμὸν διδάσκει ἡμᾶς ὁ σωτὴρ λέγων· «ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμός». κἂν λέγῃ· «οὐαὶ οἱ γελῶντες νῦν, ὅτι πενθήσετε καὶ κλαύσετε», περὶ ἐκείνου τοῦ κλαυθμοῦ λέγει, οὗ ἀπειλεῖ καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ προφήτης λέγων· «ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀκούσητε κεκρυμμένως, κλαύσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὕβρεως». ὅταν γὰρ ὑβρίζησθε, τότε κλαύσεσθε «καὶ κατάξουσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν δάκρυα, ὅτι συνετρίβη τὸ ποίμνιον κυρίου». ἐὰν ἴδῃ νῦν τις τὰ Ἰουδαϊκὰ καὶ συγκρίνῃ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, ὄψεται τίνα τρόπον «συνετρίβη τὸ ποίμνιον κυρίου». ἦν γὰρ τοῦτό ποτε ποίμνιον κυρίου, καὶ ἐπεὶ ἀναξίους ἔκριναν ἑαυτούς, ἐστράφη ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. εἰ οὖν ἐκεῖνο τὸ ποίμνιον συνετρίβη τοῦ κυρίου, ἡμεῖς ἡ ἀγριέλαιος, ἡ παρὰ φύσιν ἑαυτῆς ἐγκεντριζομένη εἰς τὴν καλλιέλαιον τῶν πατέρων, οὐ πλέον ὀφείλομεν φοβεῖσθαι, μήποτε συντριβῇ καὶ τοῦτο «τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ κυρίου»; μέλλει γὰρ συντρίβεσθαί ποτε κατὰ τὸ εἰρη μένον ὑπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος, ὅταν «διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν». περὶ τίνων γὰρ ὁ λόγος; οὐ περὶ Χριστιανῶν λεγομένων τὸ «ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν» εἴρηται; περὶ τίνων ὁ λόγος, ὅτι «πλὴν ἐλθὼν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς»; οὐ περὶ ἡμῶν ἐστι; διὰ τοῦτο προσέχωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πάντα πράττοντες, ἵνα ὁσημέραι τοῦτο τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ θεοῦ βελτιῶται, ὑγιάζηται, θεραπεύηται, καὶ πᾶσα συντριβὴ ἀποστῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τελειω θῶμεν, ᾧ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. 13.t <Εἰς τὸ «τίς φείσεται ἐπὶ σοί, Ἱερουσαλήμ»; μέχρι τοῦ «ἠτεκνώθην».> Ὁμιλία ιγʹ. 13.1 Τὰ λεγόμενα πρὸς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετὰ πολλῆς ἀπειλῆς νοῆσαι θέλομεν οὕτως ἔχοντα· «τίς φείσεται ἐπὶ σοί, Ἱερουσαλήμ; ἢ τίς σκυθρωπάσει ἐπὶ σοί; ἢ τίς ἀνακάμψει ἐρωτῆσαι εἰς εἰρήνην σου; σὺ ἀπεστράφης με, λέγει κύριος. ὀπίσω πορεύσῃ, καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ διαφθερῶ σε, καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνήσω σε. καὶ διασπερῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν διασπορᾷ». εἶτα «ἠτεκνώθην». ἀπορία κατέσχε με, παρά δειγμα λαμβάνω πολέμιόν τινα ἀποδειχθέντα τοῦ βασιλεύοντος ἐπὶ γῆς, ὅτι τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐδὲ μεταδιδόναι ἐλέου ἔξεστιν, ἵνα μὴ δοκῇ τις προσκρούειν τῷ καταδικάσαντι βασιλεῖ. καὶ [οὐκ ἔξεστι τὸν τοιοῦτον οὐδὲ ἐλεῆσαι] προσεπιτείνουσί τινες οὐδὲ σκυθρωπάζοντες ἐπ' αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ τῷ σκυθρωπάζειν δοκῶσι δυσαρεστεῖσθαι τῷ κριθέντι ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως. εἰ νενόηκας τοῦτο, ἴδε μοι τὸν καταδικασθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὰς πολλὰς ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ ὅρα τὸν τοιοῦτον, λεγι<ώνων> ὄντων ἀγγέλων τῶν τεταγμένων ἐπὶ τὸ βοηθεῖν τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσει, ὑπὸ μηδενὸς ἐλεούμενον. ἕκαστος γὰρ τῶν ἀγγέ λων ἰδὼν τὸν καταδικάσαντα ὅτι θεός ἐστι, τὸν ἀποστραφέντα ὅτι δημιουργός ἐστι, τὴν φύσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὅτι τοιαύτη ὥστε τὸν ἀγαθὸν θεὸν ἀναγκασθῆναι, ἵν' οὕτως εἴπω τὴν