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a garden having no water; and their strength will be as a stalk of tow, and their works as sparks of fire, and the lawless and the sinners will be burned up together, and there will be no one to quench it.” 2.3.65 Having described here the prophecy against them, he uses a pause; and from another beginning he takes up a second subject, and indeed he uses the following preface: “The word that came to Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet concerning Judea and concerning Jerusalem,” or, as Symmachus translated, “on behalf of Judea and on behalf of Jerusalem.” Perhaps someone might suppose, concerning whom he had previously prophesied gloomy things, that he changed and spoke better things concerning these very ones. 2.3.66 But the sequence of what follows would not permit one to say this, containing nothing good at all on behalf of the nation of the Jews or on behalf of that which is called Israel, nor indeed on behalf of Judea nor on behalf of Jerusalem, but on the contrary, myriad reproaches and accusations against Israel, and gloomy threats against Jerusalem, and that which is salvific for all nations, prophesying a calling and knowledge of the God over all, and in addition to these things, presenting the manifestation of a new mountain and the establishment of another house of God besides the one in Jerusalem. 2.3.67 Therefore, after saying “concerning Judea and concerning Jerusalem,” he says: “For it shall be in the last days that the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, and the house of God on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall come to it, and many nations shall go, and they shall say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob.” 2.3.68 And concerning all the nations he prophesies such things; but concerning the Jews, listen to what he says next: “For he has forsaken his people, the house of the God of Jacob; because their land was filled with divinations as from the beginning, as that of foreigners, and many foreign children were born to them. For their land was filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures,” and the things that follow these, which are many. To which he adds: 2.3.69 “and they worshipped what their fingers made, and man bowed down and was humbled, and I will not forgive them. And now enter into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the face of his glory, when he rises up to shatter the earth.” 2.3.70 Through these words he clearly teaches that there will be a certain rising up of the Lord, in which the whole land of the nation of the Jews will be shattered. For the whole discourse was about them, just as also in what follows, through which he says: 2.3.71 “For the day of the Lord of Sabaoth is upon every insolent and proud person, and upon every high and exalted one,” and the things that follow these. Therefore, on this day of the rising of the Lord, having foretold the things against those who are lifted up against the knowledge of God, on this very day, he says, “the Lord will be exalted in that day. And they will hide all the man-made things, having brought them into the caves.” 2.3.72 almost declaring the turning away from idols, from which both the Jews themselves and all the rest of mankind turned away, after the appearance of our Savior, spurning all superstition. “So on that day,” he says, “a man will cast out his abominations of gold and silver, which they made to worship vain things,” 2.3.73 proclaiming these things universally, as is likely, and concerning every person on account of the future calling of the nations. But again, specifically concerning the nation of the Jews, he speaks next in one thought: 2.3.74 “Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of Sabaoth, will take away from Judea and from Jerusalem the strong man and the strong woman, the strength of bread and the strength of water, giant and strong man and man of war and judge and prophet and diviner and elder and captain of fifty and wonderful counselor and wise architect and intelligent hearer” and the things that follow these. 2.3.75 where

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παράδεισος ὕδωρ μὴ ἔχων· καὶ ἔσται ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτῶν ὡς καλάμη στιππύου, καὶ αἱ ἐργασίαι αὐτῶν ὡς σπινθῆρες πυρός, καὶ κατακαυθήσονται οἱ ἄνομοι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἅμα, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σβέσων». 2.3.65 Περιγράψας δὲ ἐνταῦθα τὴν κατ' αὐτῶν πρόρρησιν, ὑποστολῇ χρῆται· ἐξ ἑτέρας δὲ ἀρχῆς δευτέρας ὑποθέσεως ἅπτεται, καὶ προοιμίῳ γε τῷ λεγομένῳ τοιῷδε χρῆται· «ὁ λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς Ἡσαΐαν υἱὸν Ἀμὼς τὸν προφήτην περὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ περὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ»,ἢ, ὡς ὁ Σύμμαχος ἡρμήνευσεν, «ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ ὑπὲρ Ἱερουσαλήμ». ἴσως τις ὑπολήψεται, περὶ ὧν τὰ σκυθρωπὰ προλαβὼν ἐθέσπισε, τούτων αὐτῶν πέρι τὰ χρηστότερα μεταβαλόντα λέγειν. 2.3.66 ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν ταῦτα ἐπιτρέψειεν φάναι ἡ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἀκολουθία, ὑπὲρ μὲν τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους ἢ ὑπὲρ τοῦ καλουμένου Ἰσραὴλ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ὅλως χρηστὸν περιέχουσα, οὐδέ γε ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἰουδαίας οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ Ἱερουσαλήμ, τοὐναντίον δὲ μυρίας κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέμψεις καὶ κατηγορίας, ἀπειλάς τε κατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ σκυθρωπάς, καὶ τὸ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι σωτήριον, κλῆσιν καὶ γνῶσιν τοῦ ἐπὶ πάντων θεοῦ, θεσπίζουσα, καὶ ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις ὄρους ἐπιφάνειαν καινοῦ καὶ οἴκου θεοῦ ἑτέρου παρὰ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀνάδειξιν παριστᾶσα. 2.3.67 λέγει δ' οὖν μετὰ τὸ φάναι «περὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ περὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ»· «ὅτι ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανὲς τὸ ὄρος κυρίου, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπ' ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὑπεράνω τῶν βουνῶν, καὶ ἥξουσιν ἐπ' αὐτὸ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ πορεύσονται ἔθνη πολλά, καὶ ἐροῦσι, δεῦτε καὶ ἀναβῶμεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος κυρίου, καὶ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ Ἰακώβ». 2.3.68 Καὶ περὶ μὲν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἁπάντων τοιαῦτα θεσπίζει· περὶ δὲ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἑξῆς οἷα ἐπιλέγει ἄκουε· «ἀνῆκεν γὰρ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ Ἰακώβ· ὅτι ἐνεπλήσθη ὡς τὸ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ἡ χώρα αὐτῶν κληδονισμῶν, ὡς ἡ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ τέκνα πολλὰ ἀλλόφυλα ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς. ἐνεπλήσθη γὰρ ἡ χώρα αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμὸς τῶν θησαυρῶν αὐτῶν», καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τούτων, ὄντα πλείω. οἷς ἐπιφέρει· 2.3.69 «καὶ προσεκύνησαν οἷς ἐποίησαν οἱ δάκτυλοι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκυψεν ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἐταπεινώθη, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνήσω αὐτούς. καὶ νῦν εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὰς πέτρας, καὶ κρύπτεσθαι εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, ὅτ' ἂν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν»· 2.3.70 δι' ὧν σαφῶς ἀνάστασίν τινα τοῦ κυρίου διδάσκει ἔσεσθαι, ἐν ᾗ θραυσθήσεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους. περὶ αὐτῶν γὰρ ὁ πᾶς ἦν λόγος, ὥσπερ καὶ ἑξῆς, δι' οὗ φησιν· 2.3.71 «ἡμέρα γὰρ κυρίου Σαβαὼθ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑβριστὴν καὶ ὑπερήφανον, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον», καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἀκόλουθα. ἐν ταύτῃ τοιγαροῦν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου τὰ κατὰ τῶν ἐπαιρομένων κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ θεοῦ προαγορεύσας, ἐν αὐτῇ ταύτῃ, φησίν, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ «ὑψωθήσεται κύριος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. καὶ τὰ χειροποίητα πάντα κατακρύψουσιν, εἰσενέγκαντες εἰς τὰ σπήλαια»· 2.3.72 μονονουχὶ δηλῶν τὴν ἀποστροφὴν τῶν εἰδώλων, ἣν ἀπεστράφησαν αὐτοί τε Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ πάντες ἄνθρωποι, μετὰ τὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφάνειαν καταπτύσαντες πάσης δεισιδαιμονίας. «τῇ γοῦν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, φησίν, ἐκβαλεῖ ἄνθρωπος τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτοῦ τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐποίησαν προσκυνεῖν τοῖς ματαίοις», 2.3.73 καθ' ὅλου ὡς εἰκὸς καὶ περὶ παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ταῦτα ἀναφωνῶν διὰ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἔσεσθαι τῶν ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν. Ἰδίως δὲ αὖθις περὶ τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους ὑπὸ μίαν διάνοιαν ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγει· 2.3.74 «ἰδοὺ δὴ ὁ δεσπότης κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἀφελεῖ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἰσχύοντα καὶ ἰσχύουσαν, ἰσχὺν ἄρτου καὶ ἰσχὺν ὕδατος, γίγαντα καὶ ἰσχύοντα καὶ ἄνθρωπον πολεμιστὴν καὶ δικαστὴν καὶ προφήτην καὶ στοχαστὴν καὶ πρεσβύτερον καὶ πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ θαυμαστὸν σύμβουλον καὶ σοφὸν ἀρχιτέκτονα καὶ συνετὸν ἀκροατήν» καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἑξῆς. 2.3.75 ἔνθα