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his ways are straight; he shall build my city, and he shall bring back the captivity of my people, not with gifts, nor with a ransom, said the Lord of Hosts. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, Egypt has labored, and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, and they shall be your servants, and they shall follow behind you in hand-fetters, and they shall pass over to you, and they shall worship you, and they shall pray in you, because God is in you, and there is no God besides you; for you are God, and we did not know it, the God of Israel, the Savior; all who oppose you shall be ashamed and confounded, and they shall go away in shame. The Father raised Christ from the dead to be a king with righteousness, ruling on Zion, his holy heavenly mountain; and he raised him up for this very reason, because all his ways, it says, have become straight, having nothing crooked or distorted; for he committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. And he also built the city of God, both his holy church on earth and the heavenly Jerusalem; bringing back the captivity of his people, which was once under the spiritual Nebuchadnezzar, and the wicked powers under him; and indeed he brought back the aforementioned captivity, not by giving a ransom to the captors, nor by persuading them with gifts, but by warring against them and overcoming them through combat, so that, glorified by the achievement, he said, I have overcome the world. To these things 204 the multitudes bear witness, who through him have returned from their former error to the knowledge of the true God, or let those of the circumcision say to whom the prophecies at hand might apply, which clearly confess the one prophesied to be God; for these men, he says, and those men shall be your servants, and they shall follow behind you and shall worship you, and in you they shall pray, because God is in you, and there is no other besides you; for you are God and we did not know it, the God of Israel, the Savior. For here, clearly, to the one to whom it was said, that God is in you, to this one the word addresses the saying, and there is no other besides you; for you are God and we did not know it; which things are also heard as if spoken from the person of those who have recognized the incarnate Christ of God; in whom God the Father happened to dwell, according to that which says, I am in the Father, and the Father is in me; for which reason also the saying, there is no God besides you, would apply to him alone, as the divinity of the Word alone is united and mingled with the paternal kingdom, and on account of this, the glory and dominion of both is conceived as one; and in the saying, Egypt has labored, and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, I think it is revealed concerning certain spiritual opposing powers that have taken up the struggle against Christ, and have been made subject to him, or also concerning such souls that at first resisted the Word, but later accepted servitude under him for their own benefit. For concerning these things I think it is also said, 205 they shall be your servants, and they shall follow behind you bound in hand-fetters, and in you they shall pray; and the saying, all who oppose you shall be ashamed and confounded, and they shall go away in shame, is prophesied concerning those who have not repented, but have remained enemies and adversaries, and have in no way been willing to take upon themselves the yoke of the word of Christ. And these things are thus toward the clarification of Christ; but it would be fitting to set this passage before not only those of the circumcision, but also those who have supposed the Savior to have been a mere man, the Ebionites, or the followers of Artemon, and Paul of Samosata. For clearly through these things also the divinity of Christ is demonstrated to those who are disbelieving concerning him. Ps. 23. Hear me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I call; I am first, and I am for eternity. And my hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand established the heaven;

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