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

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 Jeremiah was prophesying these words. and it is written that Pashhur, upon hearing the words of this prophecy, struck Jeremiah, and was not content with having struck him, but also cast him into a certain dungeon. It was a care for the scripture to say also where this dungeon was, in the gate of Benjamin, and that the dungeon was in a place where there was an upper room, an upper room of none other than the house of the Lord. The Holy Spirit recorded that these things happened to Jeremiah because of the prophecy, and that they happened at the hand of Pashhur. Then it says: on the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the dungeon. And when he was brought out, Jeremiah said to Pashhur, that the Lord did not call you by this name, Pashhur; another name has been given to you; as to Jacob, Israel, as to Abram, Abraham, as to Sarai, Sarah, so to you he has given the name Sojourner. And for this reason he called you Sojourner, because the Lord says: behold, I am giving you into exile with all; with whom? not with your wife and your sons and your daughters, but with your friends. And when you are given into exile, your friends will fall by the sword. Then, as there is a difference for those who fall by the sword, whether they fall by the sword of enemies or by the sword of others, it says that the friends of the one who cast Jeremiah into the dungeon will fall by the sword of their enemies. And your eyes, it says, will see these <things> that are prophesied. And you and all Judah I will give into the hands of the king of Babylon, after your friends have suffered these things, and they will carry them away to Babylon and will slay them; for they will slay the king of Judah and those from Judah with the sword, and it is no longer added "of their enemies," as in the case of the former ones who were said to be friends of Pashhur. Then it says: and I will give all the strength of this city and all the treasures of the king of Judah and all the labors of this city into the hands of their enemies, so that the enemies may plunder the treasures and take the aforementioned things and lead Judah and its king to Babylon. But you, O Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buri<ed>, you and all your friends to whom you prophesied falsely». It was necessary to summarize the whole passage and clarify, not yet its deep meaning (if indeed we comprehend it), but rather the wording and the saying itself, which even the chance person, paying careful attention to the letters and not superficially, can understand in this way. What then do these things mean? Here is the struggle to present the meaning of these letters. And indeed I confess for myself that I am not able to explain them, but need, as I said before, an epiphany of the power of Jesus, insofar as he is wisdom, insofar as he is the word, insofar as he is truth, so that his epiphany may bring light upon the face of my soul. 19.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The enchanters of the Egyptians also had rods, which wished to slander the rod of Moses and of <that> of Aaron as not being from God. But the rods from God overturn those of the sophists and enchanters; "Aaron's swallowed them up"; for his alone was sufficient for this, even without the rod of Moses. Pashhur therefore "struck Jeremiah the prophet," and with character: "and he struck Jeremiah the prophet." It is added also "the prophet." Here then the one who struck Jeremiah struck the prophet. But it is written in the Acts that someone struck Paul, being commanded by Ananias the high priest. For this reason Paul said: "God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall." And to this day the Ebionites, being commanded by the word of an unlawful high priest, strike the apostle of Jesus Christ with blasphemous words. And Paul says to such a high priestly word, "to strike you

Ἐμμήρ, καὶ ὅτι ἐχρημάτιζεν ἱερεύς, καὶ ποίαν τάξιν εἶχεν ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὅτι ἦν καθεσταμένος ἡγού μενος οἴκου κυρίου κατὰ τὸν χρόνον Ἱερεμίου προφητεύοντος τοὺς λόγους τούτους. καὶ ἀναγέγραπται ὅτι ἀκούσας τῶν λόγων τῆς προφητείας ταύτης Πασχὼρ ἐπάταξε τὸν Ἱερεμίαν, καὶ οὐκ ἠρκέσθη τῷ αὐτὸν πεπαταχέναι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἴς τινα καταρρά κτην. ἐμέλησε τῇ γραφῇ εἰπεῖν καὶ ποῦ ἦν οὗτος ὁ καταρράκτης, ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τοῦ Βενιαμίν, καὶ ὅτι ὁ καταρράκτης ἦν ἐν τόπῳ ἔνθα ὑπερῷον ἦν, ὑπερῷον δὲ οὐκ ἄλλου τινὸς ἢ τοῦ οἴκου κυρίου. ταῦτα ἀνέγραψεν ἐπὶ τῇ προφητείᾳ γεγονέναι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τῷ Ἱε ρεμίᾳ, γεγονέναι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πασχώρ. εἶτά φησι· τῇ ἐπαύριον ὁ Πασχὼρ ἐξήγαγε τὸν Ἱερεμίαν ἐκ τοῦ καταρράκτου. καὶ εἶπεν ἐξαχθεὶς ὁ Ἱερεμίας τῷ Πασχώρ, ὅτι οὐ κύριος τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα ἐκάλεσέ σε τὸ Πασχώρ· ἄλλο ὄνομά σοι τέθειται· ὡς τῷ Ἰακὼβ Ἰσραήλ, ὡς τῷ Ἄβραμ Ἀβραάμ, ὡς τῇ Σαρᾷ Σάρρα, οὕτως σοι ὄνομα τέθεικε Μέτοικον. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσέ σε Μέτοικον, ἐπειδήπερ λέγει ὁ κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμί σε εἰς μετοικίαν σὺν πᾶσι· τίσιν; οὐχὶ γυ ναικί σου καὶ υἱοῖς σου καὶ θυγατράσι σου, ἀλλὰ σὺν τοῖς φίλοις σου. καὶ ἐπὰν δοθῇς εἰς μετοικίαν, πεσοῦνται οἱ φίλοι σου μαχαίρᾳ. εἶτα ὡς διαφορᾶς οὔσης τοῖς πίπτουσιν ἀπὸ μαχαίρας, ἐὰν πέσωσιν ἀπὸ μαχαίρας ἐχθρῶν ἢ ἀπὸ μαχαίρας ἄλλων, φησὶ πεσεῖσθαι τοὺς φίλους τοῦ βαλόντος τὸν Ἱερεμίαν εἰς τὸν καταρράκτην εἰς μάχαιραν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν. καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, φησίν, ὄψονται ταῦτα <τὰ> προφητευό μενα. σὲ δὲ καὶ πάντα τὸν Ἰούδα δώσω εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυ λῶνος, μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν ταῦτα τοὺς φίλους σου, καὶ μετοικιοῦσιν αὐτοὺς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ κατακόψουσιν αὐτούς· τὸν γὰρ βασιλέα Ἰούδα καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ Ἰούδα κατακόψουσιν ἐν μαχαίρᾳ, καὶ οὐκέτι πρόσκειται τὸ ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν προτέρων οἳ εἴρηνται φίλοι εἶναι τοῦ Πασχώρ. εἶτά φησι· καὶ δώσω πᾶσαν τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς πόλεως ταύτης καὶ πάντας τοὺς θησαυροὺς τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰούδα καὶ πάντας τοὺς πόνους τῆς πόλεως ταύτης εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα οἱ ἐχθροὶ διαρπάσωσι τοὺς θησαυροὺς καὶ λάβωσι τὰ προειρημένα καὶ ἀγάγωσι τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. σὺ δέ, ὦ Πασχώρ, καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου, πορεύεσθε ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀποθανῇ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ταφή<σῃ> σὺ καὶ πάντες οἱ φίλοι σου οἷς προεφήτευσας αὐτοῖς ψευδῆ». ἔδει ἐπι τέμνεσθαι τὴν περικοπὴν ὅλην καὶ σαφηνίσαι, οὐδέπω τὸ νόημα αὐτῆς τὸ βαθὺ (εἴγε χωροῦμεν αὐτό), ἀλλ' ἢ τὴν λέξιν καὶ τὸ ῥητὸν αὐτό, ὃ καὶ ὁ τυχὼν ἐπιστήσας ἐπιμελῶς τοῖς γράμμασι καὶ μὴ ἐκ παρέργου δύναται κἂν οὕτως νοῆσαι. τί οὖν βούλεται ταῦτα; ἐνθάδε ὁ ἀγών ἐστι παραστῆσαι τὸ βούλημα τούτων τῶν γραμμάτων. καὶ δὴ ὁμολογῶ κατ' ἐμαυτὸν μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτὰ διηγήσασθαι, ἀλλὰ δεῖσθαι, ὡς προεῖπον, ἐπιφανείας τῆς δυνάμεως Ἰησοῦ, καθ' ὃ σοφία ἐστί, καθ' ὃ λόγος, καθ' ὃ ἀλήθεια, ἵνα ἡ ἐπιφάνεια αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃ φῶς ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου τῆς ψυχῆς μου. 19.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Εἶχον καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ῥάβδους, τὰς βουλομένας τὴν Μωσέως διαβαλεῖν καὶ <τὴν> Ἀαρὼν ὡς οὐκ οὔσας ἀπὸ θεοῦ. ἀλλὰ ἀνατρέπουσι τὰς τῶν σοφιστῶν καὶ ἐπαοιδῶν αἱ ἀπὸ θεοῦ· «κατέπιεν αὐτὰς ἡ τοῦ Ἀαρών»· ἤρκει γὰρ πρὸς τοῦτο αὐτὴ καὶ χωρὶς τῆς Μωσέως ῥάβδου. «ἐπάταξε» τοίνυν «Ἱερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην» ὁ Πασχώρ, καὶ μετὰ ἤθους· «καὶ ἐπάταξεν Ἱερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην». πρόσκειται καὶ τὸ «τὸν προφήτην». ἐνθάδε μὲν οὖν ὁ πατάξας τὸν Ἱερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην ἐπάταξεν. ἀναγέγραπται δὲ ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσιν ὅτι ἐπάταξέ τις τὸν Παῦλον ὑπὸ Ἀνανίου τοῦ ἀρχιερέως κελευσθείς. διὸ εἴρηκεν ὁ Παῦλος· «τύπτειν σε μέλλει ὁ θεός, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε». καὶ μέχρι νῦν ὑπὸ παρανόμου ἀρχιερέως λόγου προστασσόμενοι Ἐβιω ναῖοι τύπτουσι τὸν ἀπόστολον Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγοις δυσφήμοις. καὶ Παῦλός φησι πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον λόγον ἀρχιερέα τὸ «τύπτειν σε