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anger. He rebukes them because, having transferred their hope from God, they hoped in the Assyrians and trusted in the Egyptians. And he foretells punishments for them. He says that Ephraim, having become strong through being helped, did not use his good fortune for what was fitting. God shows both His own care for the Israelites and their ingratitude towards Him; and He foretells calamities for them. Joel. He speaks of the destruction of the fruits of the earth, and advises to propitiate God. He foretells the coming up of the Assyrian; and he prophesies also certain good things after these. He foretells the event concerning the apostles, that of the tongues. He also prophesies the destruction of the nations that occurred after the return from Babylon under Zerubbabel. This passage also has an allegory. 56.384 Amos. He foretells the iniquities of Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, the Idumeans, the Ammonites, the Moabites, Judah and Israel, and the punishments that will succeed them. He enumerates the benefits done by God to the Jews, and their negligence and contempt, and the harsh things awaiting them. He prophesies, denouncing the women of Samaria for drunkenness and for plunder. He foretells famine and dissolution on account of their unrepentance, and that though often smitten, they did not become better. He rebukes Israel, because they were displeased with those who reproved them, and he advises them to return to God. And he also threatens the unbelievers, that evils will come. For concerning them he says: Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. But some have taken this to refer to the future judgment; just as even now the unbelievers say that there will be no judgment; but if there is, let it come. A rejection of their feasts, and sacrifices and psalteries. The star of the god Rephan, he says is Kronos; since the Greeks say that for their god Kronos there is also a star in heaven, and they call it Kronos. And he says, Did you offer me victims and sacrifices for forty years? For the people did not offer, but only the rulers, when the tabernacle was set up. Here he says things concerning all the people. And he denounces them for immoderate food, and foretells calamities for them. Through the locusts, and the covenant, and the adamant, he prophesies their slaughter, and having declared these things to Amaziah the king, he compels the prophet and drives him out. But he also foretells evils for him and for the people. And he sees a fowler's basket, and through this, their capture. He enumerates their injustices and acts of violence, and the evils that are about to succeed them. And the phrase, The sun will set at midday, he foretells with respect to the time of the passion of Christ. He foretells concerning those who believe in Christ. Obadiah. He foretells the punishment of the Idumeans, which they suffered for having joined in the attack on the Israelites along with the rest of the enemies. Concerning the Church. Jonah. Jonah the prophet contains the flight to Tarshish, the storm, the swallowing by the whale, and the ejection, the repentance of the Ninevites, the salvation of the gourd, its coming up, and its destruction. Micah. He foretells the coming desolation of Samaria and Jerusalem, and adds the reason. And he connects their coming up from Babylon, crimes, accusations of the rulers of the people and of the priests, and of false prophets. Concerning the Church which believes in our Lord, and concerning the New Testament. For the former law went forth from there; and concerning peace. And evils are again foretold for the Jews. Concerning the birth of Christ according to the flesh, and concerning those who believe in him. And the remnant of Jacob shall be; which Paul the 56.385 apostle says, The remnant shall be saved. A judgment of the Lord against his people, and an enumeration of his benefits, and a rejection of sacrifices. The prophet laments that the just and good men are failing. And toward the end, after having rebuked and threatened great calamities, he portends good things for Israel. 56.386 Nahum. He discourses concerning the power of God; he foretells concerning the apostles. And he adds the coming up of the Babylonians against the Ninevites with might

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θυμόν. Ἐγκαλεῖ ὅτι τὴν ἐλπίδα ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μεταγαγόντες, ἐπὶ Ἀσσυρίους ἤλπιζον, καὶ Αἰγυπτίοις ἐθάῤῥουν. Καὶ προλέγει αὐτοῖς τιμωρίας. Λέγει ὅτι διὰ τὸ βοηθεῖσθαι γενόμενος ἰσχυρὸς ὁ Ἐφραῒμ, οὐκ εἰς δέον ἐχρήσατο τῇ εὐπραγίᾳ. ∆είκνυσιν ὁ Θεὸς τήν τε ἑαυτοῦ περὶ τοὺς Ἰσραηλίτας κηδεμονίαν, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ αὐτὸν ἀγνωμοσύνην· καὶ προλέγει αὐτοῖς συμφοράς. Ἰωήλ. ∆ιαφθορὰν λέγει τῶν τῆς γῆς καρπῶν, καὶ παραινεῖ ἐξιλεώσασθαι τὸν Θεόν. Τὴν ἄνοδον τοῦ Ἀσσυρίου προλέγει· προφητεύει δὲ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα χρηστά τινα. Τὸ συμβὰν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων τὸ τῶν γλωσσῶν προλέγει. Προφητεύει δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπώλειαν τὴν γενομένην μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον τὴν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ Ζοροβάβελ. Ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἀλληγορίαν τὸ χωρίον τοῦτο. 56.384 Ἀμώς. Τὰς ἀνομίας ∆αμασκοῦ, Γάζης, Τύρου, Ἰδουμαίων, Ἀμμανιτῶν, Μωαβιτῶν, Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραὴλ προλέγει, καὶ τὰς διαδεξομένας αὐτοὺς τιμωρίας. Τὰς εὐεργεσίας τὰς εἰς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους γενομένας ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπαριθμεῖται, καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν ὀλιγωρίαν καὶ καταφρόνησιν, καὶ τὰ περιμένοντα αὐτοὺς χαλεπά. Πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας τῆς Σαμαρείας εἰς μέθην, εἰς ἁρπαγὴν διαβάλλων προλέγει. Προλέγει λιμὸν καὶ διάλυσιν διὰ τὸ ἀνεπίστροφον, καὶ ὅτι πολλὰ πληγέντες, οὐκ ἐγένοντο βελτίους. Ἐγκαλεῖ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι πρὸς τοὺς ἐλέγχοντας αὐτοὺς ἐδυσχέραινον, καὶ παραινεῖ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. Ἀπειλεῖ δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσι, ὅτι ἥξει τὰ κακά. Περὶ αὐτῶν γάρ φησιν· Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντες τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου. Τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸ ἐξέλαβον εἰς τὴν μέλλουσαν κρίσιν· ὡς καὶ νῦν τῶν ἀπίστων λεγόντων, ὅτι οὐκ ἔσται κρίσις· εἰ δέ ἐστιν, ἐλθέτω. Παραίτησις τῶν ἑορτῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν θυσιῶν καὶ ψαλτηρίων. Ἄστρον θεοῦ Ῥαφὰν τὸν Κρόνον λέγει· ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες τῷ θεῷ αὐτῶν Κρόνῳ καὶ ἄστρον εἶναί φασιν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ αὐτὸ Κρόνον καλοῦσι. Λέγει δὲ, Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα; Οὐδὲ γὰρ προσήνεγκεν ὁ δῆμος, ἀλλὰ μόνοι οἱ ἄρχοντες, ὅτε ἔστη ἡ σκηνή. Ἐνταῦθα τὰ περὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λέγει. ∆ιαβάλλει δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ εἰς ἄμετρον τροφὴν, καὶ προλέγει αὐτοῖς συμφοράς. ∆ιὰ τῶν ἀκρίδων, καὶ τῆς διαθήκης, καὶ τοῦ ἀδάμαντος, τὴν σφαγὴν αὐτῶν προφητεύει, καὶ δηλώσας Ἀμεσίᾳ τῷ βασιλεῖ ταῦτα, βιάζεται τὸν προφήτην καὶ ἀπελαύνει. Ὁ δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ προλέγει κακὰ καὶ τῷ λαῷ. Καὶ ὁρᾷ ἄγγος ἰξευτοῦ, καὶ διὰ τούτου τὴν σύλληψιν αὐτῶν. Τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς βίας ἀπαριθμεῖται, καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα διαδέξεσθαι αὐτοὺς κακά. Τὸ δὲ, ∆ύσεται ἥλιος μεσημβρίας, εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ πάθους τοῦ Χριστοῦ προλέγει. Περὶ τῶν εἰς Χριστὸν πιστευόντων προλέγει. Ἀβδιού. Τὴν τιμωρίαν τῶν Ἰδουμαίων προλέγει, ἣν ὑπέστησαν διὰ τὸ συνεπιθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰσραηλίταις μετὰ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν πολεμίων. Περὶ Ἐκκλησίας. Ἰωνᾶς. Ἰωνᾶς ὁ προφήτης τὴν εἰς Θαρσεῖς φυγὴν, τὸν κλύδωνα, τὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ κήτους κατάποσιν, καὶ τὴν ἐκβολὴν, τὴν μετάνοιαν τῶν Νινευϊτῶν, τὴν σωτηρίαν τῆς κολοκύνθης, τὴν ἀνάδοσιν, καὶ τὴν ἀπώλειαν περιέχει. Μιχαίας. Τὴν ἐσομένην ἐρήμωσιν Σαμαρείας καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ προλέγει, καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν προστίθησι. Συνάπτει δὲ καὶ τὴν ἄνοδον αὐτῶν τὴν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος, ἐγκλήματα, κατηγορίας τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων, καὶ ψευδοπροφητῶν. Περὶ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς πιστευούσης εἰς τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν, καὶ περὶ τῆς Νέας ∆ιαθήκης. Ὁ γὰρ πρότερος νόμος ἐκεῖνα ἐξῆλθε· καὶ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης. Καὶ κακὰ πάλιν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις προλέγεται. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ σάρκα τοῦ Χριστοῦ γεννήσεως, καὶ περὶ τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν πιστευόντων. Καὶ ἔσται τὸ ὑπόλειμμα τοῦ Ἰακώβ· ὃ λέγει Παῦλος ὁ 56.385 ἀπόστολος, Τὸ ἐγκατάλειμμα σωθήσεται. Κρίσις τῷ Κυρίῳ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπαρίθμησις, καὶ παραίτησις θυσιῶν. Ἀποδύρεται ὁ προφήτης ὡς τῶν δικαίων καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκλειπόντων. Καὶ πρὸς τῷ τέλει μετὰ τὸ ἐγκαλέσαι καὶ ἀπειλῆσαι συμφορὰς μεγάλας, χρηστὰ προμηνύει τῷ Ἰσραήλ. 56.386 Ναούμ. Περὶ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δυνάμεως διαλέγεται· περὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων προλέγει. Προστίθησι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἄνοδον Βαβυλωνίων κατὰ Νινευϊτῶν κατακράτος