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he says, time will be spent on this burial; and they will make the day of his utter destruction a notable one. "For the day shall be, he says, to them for a name, in which I shall be glorified, says the Lord Adonai." But they will also, he says, set apart men, so as to go around the land, and to give for burial those who received death while fleeing. 15. And everyone who travels through the land, and passes by, and sees a human bone, will build a marker beside it, until the buriers bury it in the Gai of the polyandrion of Gog. For a long time, he says, they will go about giving the unburied over to burial; and the travelers, if they should find a bone anywhere, gathering stones by it, will make it known to those entrusted with the burying, so that they might also gather those things, and deem them worthy of the customary rites. 10. And the name of the place shall be called 81.1213 fall and polyandrion, and the land shall be cleansed. Having thus foretold these things, he exhorts the birds and the beasts, as if to come to some banquet and feast, since many and countless bodies have been cast down; not as commanding them as rational beings, but persuading the rational, that these things also happen with his consent. The phrase, "You shall eat the flesh of calves, and of rams, and of lambs, and of goats, and of bulls, all fatted," he spoke tropologically, naming their kings and rulers, and champions, by the calves, and rams, and goats, and bulls. And by the lambs, the subjects. And he has called their destruction, which happened by his will, his sacrifice. 20. And you shall be filled, he says, at my table, that is, at the food brought to you by me. And showing what this is, he added; "Horse, and rider, and giant, and every man a warrior, says the Lord Adonai." By these he interpreted the rams, and the bulls, and the goats. 21. And I will give my glory among you, and all the nations shall see my judgment, which I have done, and my hand, which I have brought upon them. When the slaughter, he says, has occurred, and such a banquet has been offered to you, all the nations will behold both the power of my providence and the justice of the judgment. But also the house, he says, of Israel will learn from these events, that I am both their Lord and Master. The phrase, "From this day and henceforth," accuses their former ignorance. 23, 24. And all the nations shall know that for their sins the house of Israel was taken captive, because they dealt treacherously with me, and I turned my face from them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. According to their uncleannesses, and according to their iniquities I did to them, and I turned my face from them. Beholding, he says, the nations the destruction brought upon Gog, they will know that I was also able to bring this punishment upon the Babylonians; but exacting justice from Israel for its impiety and lawlessness, I allowed them to be enslaved, deeming them worthy of no assistance. And this also clearly teaches us, that immediately after the return the revolt of these nations took place. "For all the nations shall know, he says, that for their sins the whole house of Israel was taken captive." For all, seeing their sudden destruction, using right reasoning will understand that, paying the penalty for their sins, they endured that captivity. And what follows also bears witness to these things; 81.1216 25-27. For this reason, thus says the Lord Adonai; Now I will turn back the captivity of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. And they shall bear their dishonor, and all their injustices, which they committed against me when they were settled on their own land in peace, and there shall be none to make them afraid. When I have brought them back from the nations, and have led them out of their lands. The phrase, "They shall bear their iniquity, and all their injustices, which they committed against me," is instead of, They shall take to mind, on account of the grievous things they endured, how

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φησὶ, δαπανηθήσεται χρόνος εἰς ταύτην τὴν ταφήν· καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν δὲ τῆς ἐκείνου πανωλεθρίας ἐπίσημον ποιήσονται. "Ἔσται γὰρ αὐτοῖς, φησὶν, εἰς ὄνομα ἡ ἡμέρα, ἐν ᾗ δοξασθήσομαι, λέγει Ἀδωναῒ Κύριος." Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄνδρας, φησὶν, ἀφορί-σουσιν, ὥστε περινοστῆσαι τὴν γῆν, καὶ παραδοῦναι ταφῇ τοὺς ἐν τῷ φεύγειν, τὸν θάνατον δεξαμέ νους. ιεʹ. Καὶ ζητήσουσι πᾶς ὁ διαπορευόμενος τὴν γῆν, καὶ διερχόμενος, καὶ ὁ ἰδὼν ὀστοῦν ἀνθρώ που, οἰκοδομήσει παρ' αὐτῷ σημεῖον, ἕως οὗ θάψωσιν αὐτὸ οἱ θάπτοντες εἰς τὸ γαὶ τοῦ πο λυανδρίου τοῦ Γώγ. Ἐπὶ χρόνῳ πολλῷ, φησὶ, πε ρινοστήσουσι τοὺς ἀτάφους παραδιδόντες ταφῇ· καὶ οἱ ὁδῖται δὲ, εἴ που ὀστοῦν εὕροιεν, λίθους κατ' αὐτὸ ἀθροίζοντες, δῆλον ποιήσουσι τοῖς τὸ θάπτειν ἐγκε χειρισμένοις, ὥστε κἀκεῖνα συναγαγεῖν, καὶ τῶν νο μιζομένων ἀξιῶσαι. ιʹ. Καὶ τὸ ὄνομα δὲ τοῦ τόπου κληθήσεται 81.1213 διάπτωσις καὶ πολυάνδριον, καὶ καθαρισθή σεται ἡ γῆ. Οὕτω ταῦτα προαγορεύσας, τοῖς ὀρνέοις καὶ τοῖς θηρίοις παρακελεύεται, ὡς ἐπὶ θοίνην τινὰ καὶ εὐωχίαν ἐλθεῖν, ἅτε δὴ πολλῶν καὶ ἀπείρων ἐῤ ῥιμμένων σωμάτων· οὐχ ὡς λογικοῖς δὲ τούτοις παρ εγγυᾷ, ἀλλὰ πείθων τοὺς λογικοὺς, ὡς καὶ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ συγχωροῦντος γίνεται. Τὸ δὲ, "Φάγεσθε κρέα μόσχων, καὶ κριῶν, καὶ ἀρνῶν, καὶ τράγων, καὶ ταύρων ἐστεατωμένων πάντων," τροπικῶς ἔφη, τοὺς βασιλέας αὐτῶν καὶ ἄρχοντας, καὶ ἀριστέας, διὰ τῶν μόσχων, καὶ κριῶν, καὶ τράγων, καὶ ταύρων ὀνομάσας. ∆ιὰ δὲ τῶν ἀρνῶν τοὺς ὑπηκόους. Θυ σίαν δὲ αὑτοῦ κέκληκε τὴν γνώμῃ αὐτοῦ γενομένην ἐκείνων ἀναίρεσιν κʹ. Καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεσθε, φησὶν, ἐπὶ τῆς τρα πέζης μου, τουτέστιν, ἐπὶ τῆς παρ' ἐμοῦ προσ ενεχθείσης ὑμῖν τροφῆς. Καὶ δεικνὺς τίς αὕτη, ἐπ ήγαγεν· "Ἵππον, καὶ ἀναβάτην, καὶ γίγαντα, καὶ πάντα ἄνδρα πολεμιστὴν, λέγει Ἀδωναῒ Κύριος." ∆ιὰ τούτων ἡρμήνευσε τοὺς κριοὺς, καὶ τοὺς ταύ ρους, καὶ τοὺς τράγους. καʹ. Καὶ δώσω τὴν δόξαν μου ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ ὄψεται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὴν κρίσιν μου, ἣν ἐποίησα, καὶ τὴν χεῖρά μου, ἣν ἐπήγαγον ἐπ' αὐ τούς. Τῆς σφαγῆς, φησὶ, γενομένης, καὶ τῆς τοιαύ της ὑμῖν θοίνης προσενεχθείσης, θεωρήσει πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τὸ δυνατὸν τῆς ἐμῆς προνοίας, καὶ τὸ τῆς κρίσεως δίκαιον. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ οἶκος, φησὶ, τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ δι' αὐτῶν μαθήσεται τῶν πραγμάτων, ὅτι καὶ Κύριος αὐτῶν εἰμι καὶ ∆εσπότης. Τὸ δὲ, "Ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ἐπέκεινα," τῆς προτέρας ἀγνοίας κατ ηγορεῖ. κγʹ, κδʹ. Καὶ γνώσεται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ὅτι διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὑτῶν ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν ὁ οἶ κος Ἰσραὴλ, ἀνθ' ὧν ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἐμὲ, καὶ ἀπέστρεψα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ παρ έδωκα αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἐθνῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔπεσον πάντες μαχαίρᾳ. Κατὰ τὰς ἀκαθαρ σίας αὐτῶν, καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν ἐποίη σα αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀπέστρεψα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπ' αὐτῶν. Θεώμενα, φησὶ, τὰ ἔθνη τὸν ἐπενεχ θέντα τῷ Γὼγ ὄλεθρον, γνώσεται ὡς καὶ Βαβυλω νίοις ταύτην ἠδυνάμην ἐπενεγκεῖν τὴν τιμωρίαν· ἀλλὰ δίκας τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τῆς ἀσεβείας καὶ παρανο μίας πραττόμενος, ἐξανδραποδισθῆναι παρεχώρησα, οὐδεμιᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀξιώσας ἐπικουρίας. Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ σαφῶς ἡμᾶς διδάσκει, ὡς εὐθὺς μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἡ τούτων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐγένετο ἐπανάστασις. "Γνώσεται γὰρ, φησὶ, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ὅτι διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὑτῶν ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ." Θεω ροῦντες γὰρ ἅπαντες τὴν ἀθρόαν ἐκείνων ἀναίρεσιν, λογισμοῖς ὀρθοῖς χρώμενοι συνήσουσιν, ὅτι δίκας τί νοντες τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἐκείνην ὑπέμειναν. Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τούτοις καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα· 81.1216 κεʹ-κζʹ. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Ἀδωναῖ Κύριος· Νῦν ἀναστρέψω τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἐλεήσω τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ζηλώσω διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ ἅγιον. Καὶ λήψονται τὴν ἀτιμίαν ἑαυτῶν, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν, ἃς ἠδίκησαν εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τῷ κατοικισθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὑτῶν ἐπ' εἰρήνης, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐκφοβῶν. Ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι με αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν χωρῶν αὐτῶν. Τὸ, "Λήψονται τὴν ἀνομίαν αὑτῶν, καὶ πά σας τὰς ἀδικίας αὑτῶν, ἃς ἠδίκησαν εἰς ἐμὲ," ἀντὶ τοῦ, Εἰς διάνοιαν λήψονται, δι' ὧν ὑπέμειναν ἀνια ρῶν, ὡς