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name all the earth worships. Those who dwell in the sea and sail upon it, the islands and those who dwell in them. But especially do those do this who travel not only by land but also by sea so as to teach this name to those who are ignorant of it, whence not only mainlanders but also islanders sing hymns to the God of all. 11Be glad, O wilderness and its villages, the courts and the inhabitants of Kedar. The inhabitants of Petra shall be glad, they shall cry out from the top of the mountains, 12they shall give glory to God, they shall declare his virtues in the islands. Kedar he calls the descendants of the Ishmaelites, and Petra is the metropolis of the Idumaeans. Therefore, through these also the prophetic word showed the knowledge of God poured out upon the whole inhabited world. And we also see the fulfillment of the prophecy; for not only the inhabited world but also the uninhabited and all the islands have enjoyed the streams of truth. But I would wish to learn from a Jew what gladness the prophetic word proclaims to Ishmaelites and Idumaeans, and how the islands sing hymns to the God of all. But leaving them for the present, let us hold fast to the truth. 13The Lord, the God of hosts, shall go forth to shatter war, he shall stir up zeal, he shall give a sign and shall cry out against his enemies with strength. For he destroyed the power of death, he cut short the course of sin, he put an end to the tyranny of the devil, he extinguished the error of idols. 14I have been silent from of old; shall I also be silent forever and forbear? I have been patient like a woman in labor. I endured for a long time, I used great long-suffering, I bore being despised. I will reveal and I will cause to cease and I will dry up at once, 15I will make mountains and hills desolate, and I will dry up all the grass, and I will turn rivers into islands, and I will dry up marshes. Through all these things he has shown the cessation of error; for he destroyed the honored precincts of the idols on the mountains and the hills, and he gave over their memory to oblivion and dried them up like some grass, and having stopped the doctrines of the philosophers like the streams of certain rivers, he left not even a little moisture in them. Likewise he says also, I will show the marshes of poetry dry. 16And I will lead the blind in a way they have not known, and I will make them walk in paths they have not known. Again he calls blind those who are sick with unbelief and maimed in the sight of their mind. These he promises to lead into the unknown way; for they did not know the path of truth but traveled the byways of deceit. I will make the darkness light for them. Having delivered them from their former ignorance, I will deem them worthy of divine knowledge; for ignorance is like darkness, and knowledge like light. And the crooked things into straight. For he has made the difficult road of prudence and self-control and justice easy, having joined the hope of future goods to the labors of virtue. These are the words which I will do for them; and I will not forsake them, says the Lord. I will deem them worthy of these good things forever and will have all care for them also for the time to come. 17But they were turned back. But while I was giving these good things to the nations, the Jews who have the promises, even seeing these great wonders, turned the opposite way, denying my guidance. But let us who enjoy such great good things travel the straight way, following the God who guides and provides light, the one who |152 b| promises eternal life, so that we may obtain this also by the grace and loving-kindness of the supporting Savior, with whom to the Father with the all-holy Spirit glory <and> power is fitting and magnificence now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 13 ΤΟΜΟΣ ΙΓʹ Be utterly ashamed, you who trust in graven images, who say to the molten images: You are our gods. Having prophesied the change of the nations, he transfers his discourse to the Jews; for concerning them he has already said: "But they were turned back," having seen such great wonders and

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