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he scattered upon the earth, and yet to be scattered is difficult, but to suffer this in a disorderly way makes it another unspeakable thing. This is the answer to the saying: Deceiving, you have deceived the people; I did not deceive, but they themselves have become the cause for themselves. Since the prophet said, have you then deceivingly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace will be to you, and behold, the sword has touched their souls? God says, that when the evils have come upon them, they will know the truth of the things said by you, and that the seers led them astray according to the working of demons. And it is similar to what was said by Micah concerning Ahab, that a lying spirit went out, and was in all the false prophets for the deception of the king; but the wandering in the wilderness, since on the mountains they served idols. And the way of the daughter of my people, instead of, the deeds; not for pure, nor for holy; by this experience, he says, they will learn at the time of the calamities, that it was a spirit of error that was speaking through the false prophets. A spirit of fulfillment will come to me. That is, I have ceased from giving them terrible things. For their punishments to be fulfilled. Instead of, not completing the triad, from which these present evils came to me. A spirit of fulfillment from these things will come to me. But this error, he says, they endure, since they are unclean, worshiping idols, and filled with pollutions, and without a share in my spirit; but the phrase, "From these things it will come to me," that is, For not even because they came to the temple with so much uncleanness, do they already obtain grace from me. But now I will speak my judgments to them. That is, I will punish them; for since he said, "it will come again," so that the deadline of the future time might not make them more lazy, he restricted the license that arises from the time in between by saying: "And now I will speak judgments." Behold, they will come up like a cloud, and like a tempest. 64.801 Do you see how he seeks different, more frightening images? To strike their mind with terror, to terrify them, he describes the army. And what is the gain? He speaks of the swiftness of the coming, but none of these things touched them, such is wickedness. But nevertheless God foretold it, if they did not yield. Wash away from wickedness. How long will thoughts of your labors exist in you? For truly nothing is equal to this misery. We are accustomed to use this word, whenever we see someone given over to a long illness, and never able to recover from that decay. For just as a weak body becomes hard to wash clean from fevers, so also is a wretched soul from sins. Words are not enough, nor only to call oneself wretched in the Church of the Lord; Do not weep with tears; but there is need also for the addition of works. And after a little. -Wash your heart from wickedness. What is this, if he has come up like a lion? if he is present like a cloud? then are terrible things at the gates? What deadline for change? What time for change is left? But see the love for mankind; He spoke of those things as if they were present, so that he might cover this laziness Fort. change this to zeal, but he spoke again as of things to come, so that he might not cast them into despair. Those words are of one who has delivered a sentence; but these are of one who gives a time for correction. For no one at the same time both brings punishment, and introduces exhortation. For these two are opposite; if you are advising, release the punishment; if you are punishing, how do you exhort those being punished? But nevertheless he says that he punishes, so that they may not be lazy; and he says that he lets up, so that they may be corrected. Do you see? This which Christ also says, is found here. For out of the heart come evil thoughts. How long will they exist? You see the long-suffering of God. How long? When it should have been avoided by nature, and by time, what pardon? what defense? So be it; you did not turn away from wickedness from its nature, should you not have from time? Remind the nations, behold, they have come. He shows

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γῆς διέσπειρε, καίτοι καὶ τὸ διασπαρῆναι χαλεπὸν, τὸ δὲ καὶ ἀτάκτως τοῦτο παθεῖν ἄλλ. ποιεῖν ἀμύθητον. Αὕτη ἡ ἀπόκρισις πρὸς τὸ λέγειν· Ἀπατῶν ἠπάτησας τὸν λαόν· οὐκ ἐγὼ ἠπάτησα, ἀλλ' αὐτοὶ γεγόνασιν ἑαυτοῖς αἴτιοι. Ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν ὁ προφήτης, ἆρά γε ἀπατῶν ἠπάτησας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ λέγων, Εἰρήνη ἔσται ὑμῖν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἥψατο ἡ μάχαιρα τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν; Λέγει ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι τῶν κακῶν ἐπελθόντων εἴσονται τῶν παρὰ σοῦ λεγομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ὅτι κατὰ δαιμόνων ἐνέργειαν ἐπλάνησαν αὐτοὺς οἱ μάντεις. Παραπλήσιον δέ ἐστι τῷ παρὰ τοῦ Μιχαίου λεχθέντι ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀχὰβ, ὅτι ἐξῆλθε πνεῦμα ψευδὲς, καὶ γέγονεν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις πρὸς ἀπάτην τοῦ βασιλέως· τὸ δὲ πλανήσεως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐπειδὴ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἐλάτρευον. Ὁδὸς δὲ τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου, ἀντὶ τοῦ, αἱ πράξεις· οὐκ εἰς καθαρὸν, οὐδὲ εἰς ἅγιον· δι' αὐτῆς, φησὶ, μαθήσονται τῆς πείρας κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῶν συμφορῶν, ὡς πνεῦμα πλανήσεως ἦν, τὸ διὰ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν φθεγγόμενον. Πνεῦμα πληρώσεως ἥξει μοι. Τουτέστι πέπαυμαι τοῦ ἀποδεδωκέναι αὐτοῖς τὰ δεινά. Τοῦ πληρωθῆναι αὐτῶν τὰς τιμωρίας. Ἀντὶ τοῦ, οὐ συμπληρωτικὸν τῆς τριάδος, ἀφ' ὧν ἦλθέ μοι τὰ παρόντα κακά. Πνεῦμα πληρώσεως ἀπὸ τούτων ἥξει μοι. Τὴν δὲ πλάνην, φησὶ, ταύτην ὑπομένουσιν, ἐπειδὴ ἀκάθαρτοί εἰσιν εἰδωλολατροῦντες, καὶ μολυσμάτων πεπληρωμένοι, καὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πνεύματος ἀμέτοχοι· τὸ δὲ, Ἀπὸ τούτων ἥξει μοι, τουτέστιν, Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπειδὴ εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἤρχοντο μετὰ τοσαύτης ἀκαθαρσίας, ἤδη τῆς παρ' ἐμοῦ τυγχάνουσι χάριτος. Νῦν δὲ ἐγὼ λαλήσω κρίματά μου πρὸς αὐτούς. Τουτέστι, κολάσω αὐτούς· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἶπεν, ἥξει πάλιν, ἵνα μὴ ἡ τοῦ μέλλοντος καιροῦ προθεσμία ῥᾳθυμοτέρους ποιήσῃ, τὴν γινομένην ἄδειαν ἐκ τοῦ χρόνου τοῦ μεταξὺ, συνέστειλεν εἰπών· Καὶ νῦν δὲ ἐγὼ λαλήσω κρίματα. Ἰδοὺ ὡς νεφέλη ἀναβήσονται, καὶ ὡς καταιγίς. 64.801 Ὁρᾷς πῶς διαφόρους εἰκόνας ἐπιζητεῖ φοβερωτέρας. Ἵνα καταπλήξῃ αὐτῶν τὴν διάνοιαν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς πτοήσῃ, διαγράφει τὸ στρατόπεδον. Καὶ τί τὸ κέρδος; τὸ ταχὺ λέγει τῆς παρουσίας, ἀλλ' οὐδὲν τούτων καθήψατο, τοιοῦτον ἡ κακία. Ἀλλ' ὅμως προὔλεγεν ὁ Θεὸς, εἰ μὴ ἐνέδωκαν ἐκεῖνοι. Ἀπόπλυνε ἀπὸ κακίας. Ἕως πότε ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν σοὶ διαλογισμοὶ πόνων σου; Ὄντως γὰρ οὐδὲν ταύτης τῆς ταλαιπωρίας ἴσον. Ταύτῃ τῇ λέξει κεχρῆσθαι εἰώθαμεν, ὅταν ἴδωμέν τινα μακρᾷ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ παραδεδομένον, καὶ οὐδέποτε ἀνενεγκεῖν ἐκ τῆς φθορᾶς ἐκείνης δυνάμενον. Καθάπερ γὰρ σῶμα ἀσθενὲς ὑπὸ πυρετῶν δυσέκνιπτον γίνεται, οὕτω καὶ ψυχὴ ταλαίπωρος ὑπὸ ἁμαρτημάτων. Οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τὰ ῥήματα, οὐδὲ τὸ ταλανίσαι μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἐν Ἐκκλησίᾳ Κυρίου· Μὴ κλαίετε δάκρυσιν· ἀλλὰ δεῖ καὶ τῆς τῶν ἔργων προσθήκης. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα. -Ἀπόπλυνον ἀπὸ κακίας τὴν καρδίαν σου. Τί τοῦτο, εἰ ἀνέβη ὡς λέων; εἰ πάρεστιν ὡς νεφέλη; εἶτα δεινὰ ἐπὶ θύραις; Ποία μεταβολῆς προθεσμία; Ποῖος μεταβολῆς καιρὸς ὑπολέλειπται; Ἀλλ' ὅρα τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν· ∆ιελέχθη περὶ ἐκείνων ὡς παρόντων, ἵνα τὴν ῥᾳθυμίαν ταύτης καλύψῃ Fort. ταύτης εἰς προθυμίαν ἀμείψῃ, διελέχθη δὲ πάλιν ὡς μελλόντων, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ἀπόγνωσιν ἐμβάλῃ. Ἐκεῖνα μὲν τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ τὴν ἀπόφασιν ἐξενεγκόντος ἐστί· ταῦτα δὲ τοῦ διδόντος καιρὸν, διορθώσεως. Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ὁμοῦ τε ἐπάγει τὴν τιμωρίαν, καὶ παραίνεσιν εἰσάγει. Ταῦτα γὰρ ἀμφότερα ἐναντία· εἰ συμβουλεύεις, ἄνες τὴν κόλασιν· εἰ κολάζεις, πῶς παραινεῖς τοῖς τιμωρουμένοις; Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅμως λέγει μὲν κολάζειν, ἵνα μὴ ῥᾳθυμῶσι· λέγει δὲ, ἀνιέναι, ἵνα διορθώσωνται. Ὁρᾷς; τοῦτο ὅ φησι καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς, ἐνταῦθα κεῖται. Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί. Ἕως πότε ὑπάρξουσιν; ὁρᾷς τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν μακροθυμίαν. Ἕως πότε; Ὅτε καὶ τῇ φύσει φευκτέον ἦν, καὶ τῷ χρόνῳ, ποία συγγνώμη; τίς ἀπολογία; Ἔστω· τὴν κακίαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφης ἀπὸ τῆς φύσεως αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου οὐκ ἔδει; Ἀναμνήσατε ἔθνη, ἰδοὺ ἥκασι. ∆είκνυσιν