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of them to be saved in each city or in each nation. Therefore, gather these one by one, but for the other nations a great trumpet of the Word will sound, crying out so as to be heard by all men. For which reason it is said: And it will be in that day that he will sound the great trumpet, and those who were perishing of the people of the Assyrians will come, and those who were perishing in Egypt, and they will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. By the Egyptians he signifies the idolaters, and by the Assyrians the enemies of Israel who became besiegers of the land of the Jews, to whom the Word preached through the gospel trumpet, which is truly great, the idolaters among the nations and the former enemies and foes of the piety of Israel, having been changed, will come, having turned back to God, as those who had formerly perished in the error of idolatry, having been transformed and having hastened to come to the knowledge of the Word of God to obtain the salvation that is through Christ. 1.92 He sees in the spirit the assembly of the godless who were gathered against our savior, and having called their wicked conspiracy and their wicked agreement a crown of insolence, he cries out, saying: Woe to the crown of insolence. And he was alluding to the Sanhedrin of the Pharisees and chief priests and the other rulers of the Jewish people, whom, having come together from different positions of authority, he compares to a crown, not of any honor or glory, but of insolence and dishonor. For this reason he says: Woe to the crown of insolence, or according to the other interpreters: to the crown of pride. They were a certain proud people, both boastful and desperate, among whom were also the hirelings of Ephraim. And Judas the betrayer was said to have been from the tribe of Ephraim; and he calls him a hireling as one bought with money for the purpose of betraying the teacher. And he himself was also the flower that fell from glory; for having partaken of the glory of the apostolic choir, through his inclination toward the worse he became the flower that fell from glory. And a little before, the apostles of our savior were named a flower and a shoot, among whom it was said: "children of Jacob, Israel will bud and blossom, and the world will be filled with his fruit." But from these the betrayer, having fallen away, is called the flower that fell from glory. And all those mentioned before were gathered together on the peak of the fat mountain; and this saying signifies the seed of those who have grown fat in soul, about whom it was said: "for the heart of this people has grown fat." Therefore the rulers of the people who had grown fat were like some peak of a fat mountain, being their head, to whom was joined the flower that fell from glory, for which reason he is called wretched. And instead of: on the peak of the fat mountain, Aquila interpreted it *valley of filthiness*, Symmachus *valley of richness*, and Theodotion *valley of fat ones*; but the Hebrew voice contains *Gethsemane*. which I heard one of our beloved clarifying and saying is the place named "Gethsemane" in the Gospel, where the betrayer, having come upon the savior with the crown of insolence, wrought the deeds of betrayal. And these same men were drunk without wine, whom he also threatens in the following words, saying: behold, the strong and hard anger of the Lord is like descending hail; like a great multitude of water dragging land, he will make a rest for the hands and the feet upon the earth; for thus, he says, the anger of the Lord will come against these very men who are drunk without wine, so as to be compared to hail beating down upon the head of men who have no shelter. But also the great dragging water, so as to make for itself a passage upon the earth, in some such way, he says, the anger of God will be brought against those who have been indicated. Then he adds next: and the crown of insolence will be trodden down, the hireling of Ephraim; for long ago they were a crown of insolence, arrayed for committing insolence; for which reason they were also called a crown of pride; but in the end

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αὐτῶν καθ' ἑκάστην πόλιν ἢ καθ' ἕκαστον ἔθνος σῴζεσθαι. τούτους μὲν οὖν κατὰ ἕνα ἕνα συναγάγετε, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἔθνεσι σάλπιγξ σαλπιεῖ μεγάλη τοῦ λόγου βοῶντος εἰς ἐξάκουστον ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις. διὸ εἴρηται· καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ σαλπίσει ἐν τῇ σάλπιγγι τῇ μεγάλῃ, καὶ ἥξουσιν οἱ ἀπολόμενοι τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων καὶ οἱ ἀπολόμενοι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ προσκυνήσουσι τῷ κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιον ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ. σημαίνει διὰ μὲν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τοὺς εἰδωλολάτρας, διὰ δὲ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων τοὺς πολεμίους τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τοὺς πολιορκητὰς τῆς Ἰουδαίων χώρας γενομένους, οἷς τοῦ λόγου διὰ τῆς εὐαγγελικῆς σάλπιγγος τῆς ὡς ἀληθῶς μεγάλης κηρύξαντος, μεταβαλόντες οἱ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰδωλολάτραι καὶ οἱ πάλαι ἐχθροὶ καὶ πολέμιοι τῆς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ θεοσεβείας, ἥξουσι πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐπιστρέψαντες, ὡς τοὺς πάλαι ἀπολωλότας ἐν τῇ τῆς εἰδωλολατρίας πλάνῃ, μεταβληθέντας καὶ σπεύσαντας ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου γνῶσιν τῆς διὰ Χριστοῦ σωτηρίας τυχεῖν. 1.92 Τὴν τῶν ἀθέων σύνοδον τῶν κατὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπισυναχθέντων ὁρᾷ τῷ πνεύματι, στέφανόν τε ὕβρεως ἀποκαλέσας τὴν ἐπὶ κακῷ συμπλοκὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ κακῷ συμφωνίαν, ἐπιβοᾷ λέγων· Οὐαὶ τῷ στεφάνῳ τῆς ὕβρεως. ᾐνίττετο δὲ τὸ συνέδριον τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ ἀρχιερέων καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ Ἰουδαίων λαοῦ, οὓς ἐκ διαφόρων ἀξιωμάτων συνελθόντας κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ στεφάνῳ παραβάλλει, οὐ τιμῆς τινος οὐδὲ δόξης, ἀλλὰ ὕβρεως καὶ ἀτιμίας. διό φησιν· Οὐαὶ τῷ στεφάνῳ τῆς ὕβρεως, ἢ κατὰ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἑρμηνευτάς· τῷ στεφάνῳ τῆς ὑπερηφανίας. ὑπερήφανοί τινες ἦσαν ἀλαζόνες τε καὶ ἀπονενοημένοι, ἐν οἷς ὑπῆρχον καὶ οἱ μισθωτοὶ Ἐφραίμ. ἐλέγετο δὲ Ἰούδας ὁ προδότης ἐκ φυλῆς Ἐφραὶμ γεγονέναι· μιςθωτὸν δὲ αὐτὸν καλεῖ ὡς ἂν ἐξηγορασμένον χρήματι ἐπὶ τῷ προδοῦναι τὸν διδάσκαλον. αὐτὸς δὲ ἦν καὶ τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἐκπεσὸν τῆς δόξης· μετασχὼν γὰρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ ἀποστολικοῦ χοροῦ διὰ τῆς ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ῥοπῆς γέγονε τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἐκπεσὸν τῆς δόξης. ἄνθος δὲ καὶ βλαστὸς μικρῷ πρόσθεν ὠνομάζοντο οἱ ἀπόστολοι τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ἐν οἷς ἐλέγετο· «τέκνα Ἰακώβ, βλαστήσει καὶ ἐξανθήσει Ἰσραήλ, καὶ πλησθήσεται ἡ οἰκουμένη τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ». ἀλλ' ἐκ τούτων ὁ προδότης ἐκπεσὼν τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἐκπεσὸν ἐκ τῆς δόξης εἴρηται. οἱ δὲ προλεχθέντες ὁμοῦ πάντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ παχέος· σημαίνει δὲ οὗτος ὁ λόγος τὸ σπέρμα τῶν τὴν ψυχὴν πεπαχυμμένων, περὶ ὧν ἐλέχθη· «ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου». ἦσαν τοίνυν ὥσπερ τις κορυφὴ ὄρους τοῦ παχέος οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ πεπαχυμμένου λαοῦ, κεφαλὴ τυγχάνοντες αὐτῶν, οἷς συνήφθη τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἐκπεσὸν τῆς δόξης, διὸ ταλανίζεται. ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ· ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ παχέος, ὁ μὲν Ἀκύλας φάραγγος ῥυπαριῶν, ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος φάραγγος πιοτήτων, ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων φάραγγος πιόνων ἡρμήνευσαν· ἡ δὲ Ἑβραϊκὴ φωνὴ γεθσημανὶ περιέχει. ὅπερ ἤκουσά τινος τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀγαπητῶν διασαφοῦντος καὶ λέγοντος τὸν τόπον τὸν ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ «Γεθσημανὶ» ὠνομασμένον, ἔνθα ὁ προδότης μετὰ τοῦ στεφάνου τῆς ὕβρεως ἐπελθὼν τῷ σωτῆρι τὰ τῆς προδοσίας εἰργάσατο. Οἱ δὲ αὐτοὶ ἦσαν μεθύοντες ἄνευ οἴνου, οἷς καὶ ἀπειλεῖ τὰ ἑξῆς λέγων· ἰδοὺ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ σκληρὸν ὁ θυμὸς κυρίου ὡς χάλαζα φερομένη· ὡς ὕδατος πολὺ πλῆθος σῦρον χώραν τῇ γῇ ποιήσει ἀνάπαυμα ταῖς χερσὶ καὶ τοῖς ποσίν· οὕτως γὰρ θυμὸς κυρίου φησὶ κατὰ τούτων αὐτῶν ἐλεύσεται τῶν μεθυόντων ἄνευ οἴνου ὡς χαλάζῃ παραβάλλεσθαι κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἀνδρῶν μὴ ἐχόντων σκέπην καταρρασσούσῃ. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ πολὺ σῦρον, ὥστε ποιῆσαι ἑαυτῷ διέξοδον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὕτω πως τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τῶν δηλωθέντων ἐπενεχθήσεσθαί φησιν. Εἶθ' ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγει· καὶ καταπατηθήσεται ὁ στέφανος τῆς ὕβρεως, ὁ μισθωτὸς Ἐφραίμ· πάλαι μὲν γὰρ ἦσαν στέφανος ὕβρεως εἰς τὸ ὑβρίζειν παρατεταγμένοι· διὸ καὶ στέφανος ὑπερηφανίας ἐλέγοντο· τέλος δὲ