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as a season upon the mountains, as the feet of one bringing good tidings of peace, as one bringing good tidings of good things, for I will make your salvation heard, saying, Zion, your God shall reign. And this prophecy would most blessedly apply to the Savior, upon whose advent was fulfilled the saying, "for I am he, I who speak am present." Therefore, to the former people was said to their face the words, "because of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles;" but the words, "therefore my people shall know my name in that day," might be understood concerning the Gentiles who have believed in him. He therefore is the one who formerly spoke to men, partly through angels, and partly through prophets; and indeed having come again to them, and having preached salvation to all through himself, what meaning this has, the lover of learning will know by investigating. Ps. 27. And the Lord will reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the nations, the ends of the earth, will see the salvation from God. Depart, depart, go out from there and touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her and be separate, you who bear the vessels of the Lord; for you will not go out with turmoil, 217 nor will you go by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard; behold, my servant shall understand, and shall be exalted, and shall be lifted up very high; as many will be astonished at you, so your form shall be without honor from men, and your glory from men; so many nations will marvel at him, and kings will shut their mouths; because those to whom it was not proclaimed concerning him will see, and those who have not heard will understand. Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We proclaimed him as a child before him, as a root in a thirsty land; he has no form nor glory; and we saw him and he had no form nor beauty; but his form was dishonored, failing beyond the sons of men; a man being in affliction, and knowing how to bear sickness, because his face is turned away, he was dishonored and not esteemed. He bears our sins, and suffers pain for us, and we considered him to be in trouble and in affliction and in distress. But he was wounded for our sins, and was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, by his stripe we were healed. We all went astray like sheep; a man went astray in his own way, and the Lord delivered him up for our sins; and he, because of his affliction, does not open his mouth; he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth; in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and who will declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth, for the iniquities of my people he was led 218 to death; and I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death, because he committed no iniquity, nor was deceit found in his mouth; and the Lord wishes to cleanse him from his wound; if you give an offering for sin, your soul will see a long-lived seed; and the Lord wishes with his hand to take away from the trouble of his soul, to show him light, and to form him with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many, and he himself will bear their sins; therefore he will inherit many, and will divide the spoils of the strong; because his soul was delivered to death, and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered up for their iniquities. Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear, break forth and cry out and {2}2rejoice, you who are not in labor, for the children of the desolate are many more than of her who has a husband. And at what other time than at the advent of our Savior Jesus Christ did the Father and God of all reveal before the nations the great arm, which is none other than his Word, which nations, having seen the salvation given to them by God, are commanded to depart from their former way

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ὡς ὥρα ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων, ὡς πόδες εὐαγγελιζομένου ἀκοὴν εἰρήνης, ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἀγαθὰ, ὅτι ἀκουστὴν ποιήσω τὴν σωτηρίαν σου, λέγων, Σιὼν βασιλεύσει σου ὁ Θεός. Καὶ αὕτη ἐπὶ τὸν Σωτῆρα εὐλογώτατα ἁρμόζοι ἂν ἡ προφητεία, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιδημίας αὐτοῦ πληρωθέντος τοῦ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, αὐτὸς ὁ λαλῶν πάρειμι. Τῷ μὲν οὖν προτέρῳ λαῷ εἰς πρόσωπον εἴρηται τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ, δι' ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· τὰ δ' ἀπὸ τοῦ, διὰ τοῦτο γνώσεται ὁ λαός μου τὸ ὄνομά μου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, νοοῖτο ἂν περὶ τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν. Αὐτὸς οὖν ἐστιν ὁ καὶ πρότερον πῆ μὲν δι' ἀγγέλων, πῆ δὲ καὶ διὰ προφητῶν ἀνθρώποις ὁμιλήσας· καὶ μέντοι ἐκείνους αὖθις παραγενόμενος, καὶ δι' ἑαυτοῦ τὴν σωτηρίαν πᾶσι κηρύξας, ὁποῖον ἔχει νοῦν ὁ φιλομαθὴς ἐρευνήσας εἴσεται. Ψ. ΚΖʹ. Καὶ ἀποκαλύψει Κύριος τὸν βραχίονα τὸν ἅγιον αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ὄψονται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, τὰ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς, τὴν σωτηρίαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀπόστητε, ἀπόστητε, ἐξέλθετε ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅψησθε· ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῆς καὶ ἀφορίσθητε οἱ φέροντες τὰ σκεύη Κυρίου· ὅτι οὐ μετὰ ταραχῆς ἐξελεύ 217 σεσθε, οὐδὲ φυγῇ πορεύσεσθε· πορεύσεται γὰρ πρότερος ὑμῶν Κύριος, καὶ ὁ συνάγων ὑμᾶς Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ· ἰδοὺ συνήσει ὁ παῖς μου καὶ ὑψωθήσεται, καὶ μετεωρισθήσεται σφόδρα· ὃν τρόπον ἐκστήσονται ἐπὶ σοὶ πολλοὶ, οὕτως ἀδοξήσει ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων τὸ εἶδός σου, καὶ ἡ δόξα σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· οὕτω θαυμάσονται ἔθνη πολλὰ ἐπ' αὐτῷ, καὶ συνέξουσι βασιλεῖς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν· ὅτι οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσι. Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων Κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; Ἀνηγγείλαμεν ὡς παιδίον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὡς ῥίζα ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ· οὐκ ἔστιν εἶδος αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ δόξα· καὶ εἴδομεν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ εἶχεν εἶδος οὐδὲ κάλλος· ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον ἐκλεῖπον παρὰ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγῇ ὢν, καὶ εἰδὼς φέρειν μαλακίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἠτιμάσθη καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσθη. Οὗτος τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν φέρει, καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν ὀδυνᾶται, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐλογισάμεθα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν πόνῳ καὶ ἐν κακώσει καὶ ἐν πληγῇ. Αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, καὶ μεμαλάκισται διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν, παιδεία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπ' αὐτὸν, τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν. Πάντες ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν· ἄνθρωπος τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθη, καὶ Κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν· καὶ αὐτὸς διὰ τὸ κεκακῶσθαι οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα· ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος ἄφωνος, οὗτος οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ· ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη, τὴν δὲ γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται; ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἤχθη 218 εἰς θάνατον· καὶ δώσω τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους ἀντὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀνομίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ· καὶ Κύριος βούλεται καθαρίσαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς πληγῆς· ἐὰν δῶτε περὶ ἁμαρτίας ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ὄψεται σπέρμα μακρόβιον· καὶ βούλεται Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀφελεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πόνου τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, δεῖξαι αὐτῷ φῶς, καὶ πλάσαι τῇ συνέσει· δικαιῶσαι δίκαιον δουλεύοντα πολλοῖς, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν αὐτὸς ἀνοίσει· διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸς κληρονομήσει πολλοὺς, καὶ τῶν ἰσχυρῶν μεριεῖ σκῦλα· ἀνθ' ὧν παρεδόθη εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀνόμοις ἐλογίσθη· καὶ αὐτὸς ἁμαρτίας πολλῶν ἀνήνεγκε, καὶ διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν παρεδόθη. Εὐφράνθητι στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον καὶ {2}2τέρπου ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα, ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον, ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα. Καὶ πότ' ἄλλοτε ὡς ἐπὶ τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν μέγαν, οὐκ ἀλλὸν ὄντα τοῦ Λόγου αὐτοῦ, ὁ Πατὴρ καὶ Θεὸς τῶν ὅλων ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπεκάλυψεν, ἃ καὶ ἰδόντα τὴν δεδωρημένην αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ σωτηρίαν ἀφίστασθαι τῆς προτέρας προστάττεται