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

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 condemning him, nor are you earth in which he is condemned, no longer are you earth judging him. 14.9 "My strength has failed in those who curse me." The apostle says concerning the Savior that "he was crucified out of weakness." And the prophet says things similar to these in the passage "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We announced him before him as a child, as a root in a thirsty land. We saw him, and he had no form nor beauty, but his form was dishonored, lacking beyond the sons of men. A man being in affliction and in toil and knowing how to bear weakness, because his face is turned away from dishonor, he was dishonored and not esteemed. This one bears our iniquities and suffers for us, and we considered him to be in toil and in affliction and in hardship. But he was wounded for our iniquities, and was weakened for our sins. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, by his stripe we were healed." Therefore, he took up the weakness of our sins and put us on and came to those who curse him, and his strength failed on account of those who curse him, as he descended from the heavens. For at the same time he took the form of a servant and emptied himself, as the apostle said that "he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant." "My strength," he says, therefore, "has failed in those who curse me." 14.10 Let us see if, as the Word himself gives it, we are able to say something else clearer than what has been said regarding "my strength has failed in those who curse me." "There was the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world." "The true light" is the son of God, "which enlightens every man coming into the world." And whoever is rational partakes of the true light, and every man is rational. Therefore, of all men who partake of the Word, in some the strength of the Word has increased, but in some it fails. If you see a soul subject to passions and sinful, you will see there the strength of the Word failing; but if you see a holy and righteous soul, you will see the strength of the Word bearing fruit daily, and you will apply what was said about Jesus to the righteous. For not only in himself did "Jesus advance in wisdom and stature and grace with God and men," but also in each of those who accept progress in wisdom and stature and grace "Jesus advances in wisdom and stature and grace with God and men." Therefore the Word, the son of God, who is in the one who said "Woe is me, mother" and the rest, says that "my strength has failed in those who curse me." Whoever curses the Word, this one immediately receives punishment for cursing the Word, for finding fault with the teaching of Jesus; for the strength of Jesus fails in such a one, and there is no strength of the Word in him. Just as, again, on the contrary, if you bless Jesus and accept him, his strength experiences the opposite of what it experienced in those who curse him; for just as there it failed in those who curse, so here it increases in those who bless. 14.11 "So be it, Lord, when they go straight; if I had not stood by you in the time of their evils." What is "So be it, Lord"? Let the one who is able deduce such a thing for himself. [The so be it] "Master Lord, when they go straight" let there be a failing strength in those who curse, when having repented after speaking ill of me they turn to the straight way and walk it. "So be it, Master, when they go straight; if I had not stood by you." Then he justifies himself concerning those who speak ill of him, saying: "if I had not stood by you in the time of their evils." He stood by the Father, "being a propitiation for our sins," and he pleaded for them in the very time of our evils. For he did not stand by after the time of our evils, but "while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." "if I had not stood by you in the time of their evils, in the time of their afflictions, for good towards the enemy." and in the time of the

διψύχων διακρίνεται. ἐὰν φορέσῃς «τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου» ἀποθέμενος «τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊκοῦ», οὐκ εἶ γῆ καταδικάζουσα αὐτόν, οὐδὲ εἶ γῆ ἐν ᾗ καταδικάζεται, οὐκέτι γῆ εἶ διακρίνουσα αὐτόν. 14.9 «Ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με». ὁ ἀπό στολος λέγει περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος ὅτι «ἐσταυρώθη ἐξ ἀσθενείας». καὶ ὁ προφήτης δὲ παραπλήσια τούτοις λέγει ἐν τῷ «κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; ἀνηγγείλαμεν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς παιδίον, ὡς ῥίζα ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ· εἴδομεν αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ εἶχεν εἶδος οὐδὲ κάλλος, ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον, ἐκλεῖπον παρὰ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγῇ ὢν καὶ ἐν πόνῳ καὶ εἰδὼς φέρειν μαλακίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ἀτιμίας, ἠτιμάσθη καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσθη. οὗτος τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν φέρει καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν ὀδυνᾶται, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐλογισάμεθα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν πόνῳ καὶ ἐν πληγῇ καὶ ἐν κακώσει. αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν, καὶ μεμαλάκισται διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν· παιδεία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπ' αὐτόν, τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν». οὐκοῦν ἀνέλαβε τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἡμῶν καὶ ἐφόρεσεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς τοὺς καταρωμένους αὐτόν, καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐξέλιπεν ἀπὸ τῶν καταρωμένων ἀπ' οὐρανῶν καταβαίνοντος. ἅμα γὰρ ἀνέλαβε τὴν τοῦ δούλου μορφὴν καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν, ὡς ὁ ἀπόστολος εἶπεν ὅτι «ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν μορφὴν δούλου λαβών». «ἐξέλιπεν» οὖν φησιν «ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με». 14.10 Ἴδωμεν εἰ αὐτοῦ διδόντος τοῦ λόγου δυνάμεθα καὶ ἄλλο σαφέστερόν τι παρὰ τὰ εἰρημένα εἰπεῖν εἰς τὸ «ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με». «ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον». <«τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν» ὁ υἱός ἐστι τοῦ θεοῦ, «ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον».> καὶ ὅς ἐστι λογικός, μετέχει τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ φωτός, λογικὸς δέ ἐστι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος. τῶν οὖν μετεχόντων λόγου πάντων ἀνθρώ πων ἐν τισὶ μὲν ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ λόγου ηὔξησεν, ἐν τισὶ δὲ ἐκλείπει. ἐὰν μὲν ἴδῃς ψυχὴν ἐμπαθῆ καὶ ἁμαρτωλόν, ὄψει ἐκεῖ τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ λόγου ἐπιλείπουσαν· ἐὰν δὲ ἴδῃς ψυχὴν ἁγίαν καὶ δικαίαν, ὄψει τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ λόγου ὁσημέραι καρποφοροῦσαν, καὶ τὸ εἰρημένον περὶ Ἰησοῦ ἐφαρμόσεις τοῖς δικαίοις. οὐ γὰρ καθ' αὑτὸν μόνον «ὁ Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώ ποις», ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν τὴν προκοπὴν ἐν σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παραδεχομένων προκόπτει «Ἰησοῦς ἐν σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις». λέγει οὖν ὁ λόγος, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, <ὁ> ὢν ἐν τῷ εἰπόντι «οἴμοι ἐγώ, μῆτερ» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, ὅτι «ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με». ὃς ἂν καταράσηται τῷ λόγῳ, οὗτος εὐθέως λαμβάνει τὴν κόλασιν ἐπὶ τῷ καταράσασθαι τῷ λόγῳ, ἐπὶ τῷ μέμψασθαι τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ Ἰησοῦ· ἡ γὰρ ἰσχὺς τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκλείπει ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἰσχὺς λόγου ἐν αὐτῷ. ὡς πάλιν ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου, ἐὰν εὐλογήσῃς Ἰησοῦν καὶ παραδέξῃ αὐτόν, ἡ ἰσχὺς <αὐτοῦ> τὸ ἐναντίον πάσχει οὗ πέπονθεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις αὐτόν· ὡς γὰρ ἐκεῖ ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις, οὕτως ἐνταῦθα αὔξει ἐν τοῖς εὐλογοῦσι. 14.11 «Γένοιτο, κύριε, κατευθυνάντων αὐτῶν· εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι ἐν καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν». τί «γένοιτο, κύριε»; ὁ δυνάμενος ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ συναγαγέτω τὸ τοιοῦτον. [τὸ γένοιτο] «δέσποτα κύριε, κατευθυνάντων αὐτῶν» γένοιτο ἰσχὺς ἐκλείπουσα ἐν τοῖς καταρω μένοις, ὅταν <μετανοήσαντες> μετὰ τὸ κακῶς με εἰπεῖν τραπῶσι τὴν εὐθεῖαν καὶ αὐτὴν ὁδεύσωσι. «γένοιτο, δέσποτα, κατευθυνάντων αὐτῶν· εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι». εἶτα δικαιολογεῖται περὶ τῶν κακολο γούντων αὐτὸν λέγων· «εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι ἐν καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν». παρέστη τῷ πατρὶ «ἱλασμὸς ὢν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν» καὶ παρεκάλεσε περὶ αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν ἡμῶν. οὐδὲ γὰρ παρέστη μετὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῶν κακῶν ἡμῶν, ἀλλ' «ἔτι ὄντων ἁμαρ τωλῶν ἡμῶν Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν». «εἰ μὴ παρέστην σοι ἐν καιρῷ τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν, ἐν καιρῷ τῶν θλίψεων αὐτῶν, εἰς ἀγαθὰ πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρόν». καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς