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the strength given to us. And the lawless and the sinners shall be burned up together, and there will be no one to quench it. For when God punishes, who is the one who delivers? Thus also through the great Moses he said: 'I will kill and I will make alive, I will strike and I will heal; and there is no one who will deliver from my hands.' Knowing these things, then, it is fitting to fear and to tremble; for 'it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God'. The prophet, however, concluded the first vision here; but let us give a little rest to those who will read this book, sending up glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

2 VOLUME 2 21The word that came to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judea and concerning

Jerusalem. In the reign of Uzziah—for in it he began his prophecy—he was also ordered to convey these words, not, however, at the same time; for which reason he used another preface again. 2That in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, and the house of God on the tops of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills. He foretells the conspicuous and visible nature of piety, and that the worship of idols will be extinguished, but the house of God will receive the fitting reverence from all. For by the mountains and the hills he indicates not only the height but also the error that once prevailed in them; for on the high peaks and the lofty hills they raised temples to idols and planted groves and offered them worship through sacrifices. But after the epiphany of our Savior, their falsehood has been refuted, |99 b| and the beauty of the truth has been shown, and we see the fulfillment of the prophecy. He calls the last days those after the Lord's epiphany. Thus also through Joel the prophet he says: 'In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh'—and this was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost—, and the divine apostle: 'In many and various ways,' he said, 'God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son.' And all the nations shall come to it, 3and many peoples shall go, and shall say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will announce to us his way, and we will walk in it. These things have a twofold interpretation, and we see the fulfillment of both; for whether we understand Jerusalem to be the mountain of God, we see the believers running there, and from the whole inhabited world running and arriving, those who have received the preaching and have seized the blessing that sprouted from there; or whether we say the churches everywhere on land and sea are the house of God—persuaded by the divine Paul: 'For we are his house,' he says—, and thus it is possible to see the truth of the prophecy; for the church of God is conspicuous, and the nations, abandoning the impiety that once prevailed, approach it and are enlightened by it. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4And he will judge between the nations, and will rebuke many people. I marvel at those who can bear to understand this passage differently and think that the return from Babylon is foretold through these words. For what nations ran there after the second building of the temple? And what law was given there? For the old law God gave not in Zion but on Mount Sinai. It is clear, then, that he is alluding to the new covenant, given there first to the apostles, and through them provided to all the nations. He prophesies that not only a law but also a word will go forth from there; thus he named the evangelical proclamation. For this the blessed one also teaches us

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δεδομένην ἡμῖν ἰσχύν. Καὶ κατακαυθήσονται οἱ ἄνομοι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἅμα, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σβέςων. Θεοῦ γὰρ κολάζοντος τίς ὁ ῥυόμενος; Οὕτω καὶ διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου Μωυσέως ἔφη· «Ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω, πατάξω κἀγὼ ἰάσομαι· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐξελεῖται ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου.» Ταῦτα τοίνυν εἰδότας δεδιέναι προσήκει καὶ φρίττειν· «φοβερὸν» γὰρ «τὸ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ ζῶντος». Ὁ μέντοι προφήτης ἐνταῦθα τὴν πρώτην συνεπέρανεν ὅρασιν· ἡμεῖς δὲ τοὺς ἐντευξομέν ους τῇδε τῇ βίβλῳ μικρὸν διαναπαύσωμεν, δόξαν ἀναπέμποντες τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

2 ΤΟΜΟΣ Βʹ 21Ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς Ἡσαΐαν υἱὸν Ἀμὼς περὶτῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ περὶ

Ἱερουσαλήμ. Ἐν τῇ Ὀζίου βασιλείᾳ-ἐν ἐκείνῃ γὰρ τῆς προφητείας ἤρξατο-καὶ τούτους προσετάχθη διαπορθμεῦσαι τοὺς λόγους, οὐ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν μέντοι καιρόν· οὗ δὴ χάριν ἑτέρῳ πάλιν ἐχρήσατο προοιμίῳ. 2Ὅτι ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανὲς τὸ ὄρος κυρίου, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπ' ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὑπεράνω τῶν βουνῶν. Τὸ περιφανὲς καὶ περί βλεπτον τῆς εὐσεβείας προλέγει καὶ ὅτι σβεσθήσεται μὲν ἡ τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπεία, ὁ δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ οἶκος παρὰ πάντων τὸ προσῆκον δέξεται σέβας. ∆ιὰ γὰρ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ τῶν βουνῶν οὐ τὸ ὕψος μόνον δηλοῖ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐν τούτοις πάλαι κρατήσασαν πλάνην· ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἀκρω ρείαις καὶ τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς λόφοις τεμένη τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἀνέστησαν καὶ ἄλση κατεφύτευσαν καὶ τὴν διὰ θυσιῶν αὐτοῖς προσέφερον θεραπείαν. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφάνειαν τὸ μὲν ἐκείνων διελήλεγκται ψεῦδος, |99 b| δέδεικται δὲ τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ κάλλος, καὶ ὁρῶμεν τῆς προφητείας τὸ τέλος. Ἐσχάτας δὲ ἡμέρας τὰς μετὰ τὴν δεσποτικὴν ἐπιφάνειαν λέγει. Οὕτω καὶ διὰ Ἰωὴλ τοῦ προφήτου φησίν· «Ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα»-τοῦτο δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς ἔλαβε πέρας-, καὶ ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος· «Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως» ἔφη «πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν ἐν υἱῷ.» Καὶ ἥξουσιν ἐπ' αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, 3καὶ πορεύσονται λαοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ ἐροῦσιν· δεῦτε ἀναβῶμεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος κυρίου καὶ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ ἡμῖν τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορευσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ. Ταῦτα διπλῆν ἔχει τὴν ἑρμηνείαν, ἑκατέρας δὲ τὸ τέλος ὁρῶμεν· κἄντε γὰρ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ νοήσωμεν ὄρος εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁρῶμεν ἐκεῖσε τοὺς πεπιστευκότας ἐκτρέχοντας καὶ ἐξ ἁπάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐκτρέχοντας καὶ ἀφικνουμένους τοὺς τὸ κήρυγμα δεξαμένους καὶ τὴν ἐκεῖθεν βλαστήσασαν εὐλογίαν ἁρπά σαντας· κἄντε τὰς πανταχοῦ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἐκκλησίας φῶμεν οἶκον θεοῦ- τῷ θείῳ Παύλῳ πειθόμενοι· «Οἶκος γὰρ αὐτοῦ» φησίν «ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς»-, καὶ οὕτως ἔστιν ἰδεῖν τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν· περιφανὴς γὰρ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησία, καὶ τὴν πάλαι κρατήσασαν ἀσέβειαν τὰ ἔθνη καταλιμπάνοντα ταύτῃ πρόσεισι καὶ παρὰ ταύτης φωτίζεται. Ἐκ γὰρ Σιὼν ἐξελεύσεται νόμος καὶ λόγος κυρίου ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ. 4Καὶ κρινεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐλέγξει λαὸν πολύν. Θαυμάζω τοὺς ἑτέρως νοεῖν τόδε τὸ χωρίον ἀνεχομένους καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον οἰομένους διὰ τούτων προλέγεσθαι. Ποῖα γὰρ ἔθνη μετὰ τὴν δευτέραν τοῦ ναοῦ οἰκοδομίαν ἐκεῖσε ἔδραμεν; Ποῖος δὲ νόμος ἐκεῖσε ἐδόθη; Τὸν γὰρ παλαιὸν νόμον οὐκ ἐν τῇ Σιὼν ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ Σινὰ ὄρει δέδωκεν ὁ θεός. Εὔδηλον τοίνυν ὡς τὴν καινὴν αἰνίττεται διαθήκην, ἐκεῖ μὲν πρώτοις δοθεῖσαν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις, δι' ἐκείνων δὲ πᾶσι παρασχεθεῖσαν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. Οὐ μόνον νόμον ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγον ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελεύσε σθαι προθεσπίζει· οὕτω δὲ τὸ εὐαγγελικὸν ὠνόμαζε κήρυγμα. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἡμᾶς διδάσκει