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so they will be defeated over a garment. 2.4 The prophetic word, having blessed the apostles of our Savior for "sowing" the heavenly and evangelical seeds "among Jews and Greeks alike," and having declared wretched those who "rejected" them and as if anathematizing them from the person of the apostles themselves, sends up a prayer that says: Lord, have mercy on us, for in you we have trusted; for the seed of those who disobeyed the evangelical proclamation was given over to destruction, but you yourself are our salvation, O Lord, standing by us in time of affliction. Then concerning those who disbelieved the apostolic proclamation he adds: at the voice of your fear peoples were displaced and nations were scattered, but according to Aquila: from the voice of a multitude, and according to Theodotion: from the voice of a crowd peoples withdrew. It signifies the siege of the Jewish nation and how, when a multitude of enemies came upon them, they were displaced from their own land and were scattered among the nations. And instead of: from your fear, Symmachus has said from your being exalted they were dispersed, and Aquila and Theodotion: from your exaltation they were scattered. Then as if to those scattered among the nations he adds: But now the spoils of you, small and great, will be gathered; in the way that one gathers locusts, so will they mock you, representing the easy-to-handle and easy-to-capture nature of the Jewish nation, and comparing their multitude to locusts. But also the phrase they will mock you, said to them, signifies that the enemies will hold them as a plaything, not only plundering the spoils of them, small and great, but also mocking them. Having said these things about them, he moves on to the order of the church of God, for which he also glorifies God, saying: Holy is God who dwells in the high places, Zion was filled with judgment and righteousness. You will understand Zion from its being said to be filled with judgment and righteousness. And in the passages above it was said: "and judgment and righteousness will rest in the wilderness." Therefore, he now calls Zion what was named wilderness above, thus signifying the church of Christ; for this was the former "wilderness, in which judgment and righteousness rested." Therefore God is now blessed, because it was filled with judgment and righteousness. Then he says: in law they will be handed over; for by a new law, that is the evangelical one, those in this new Zion were handed over. But also in treasures is our salvation; but in what treasures, if not "those laid up in heaven"? Instead of: in law they will be handed over, Symmachus says: and the faith of your time will be a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge, the fear of the Lord, this is his treasure. For which the Seventy have rendered: wisdom and knowledge and piety have come to God; for all these things are offered up from men to God like a rational and acceptable sacrifice, and these very things, wisdom and knowledge and piety in men, are treasures of righteousness. Therefore it was said: in treasures is our salvation. After these things it is said in the person of the apostles themselves: Behold, indeed, in your fear they themselves will be afraid; those whom you feared will cry out from you; for your fear will fall upon the unbelievers, and those formerly thought by you to be fearsome will cry out, being defeated. And according to Symmachus: behold, I will appear to them, they cried out earnestly; and who cried out earnestly, he adds next: angels of peace wept bitterly, and according to Aquila: behold, he says, I will be seen by them, I will cry out earnestly, angels of peace will weep bitterly, and according to Theodotion: behold, I will appear to them, they cried out earnestly, angels of peace will weep bitterly. According to all, therefore, the phrase: behold, I will appear to them, is clearly stated, with the word indicating that God will appear to them; but to whom, if not to those who treasured up for themselves the treasures of righteousness and wisdom? To these, he says, I will appear; and these were the apostles of our Savior, to whom I indeed

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ἐφ' ἱματίῳ οὕτως ἡττηθήσονται. 2.4 Μακαρίσας ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τοὺς ἀποστόλους τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν «Ἰουδαίοις ἅμα καὶ Ἕλλησι» τὰ οὐράνια καὶ εὐαγγελικὰ σπέρματα «κατασπείραντας», ταλανίσας δὲ τοὺς «ἀθετήσαντας» καὶ ὥσπερ ἀναθεματίσας αὐτοὺς ἐξ αὐτῶν προσώπου τῶν ἀποστόλων εὐχὴν ἀναπέμπει τὴν λέγουσαν· κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ἐπὶ σοὶ γὰρ πεποίθαμεν· τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἀπειθησάντων τῷ εὐαγγελικῷ κηρύγματι τὸ σπέρμα παρεδόθη ἀπωλείᾳ, ἡμῶν δὲ σωτηρία σὺ αὐτὸς τυγχάνεις, ὦ κύριε, παριστάμενος ἡμῖν ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως. Εἶτα περὶ τῶν ἀπιστησάντων τῷ ἀποστολικῷ κηρύγματι ἐπιλέγει· διὰ φωνὴν τοῦ φόβου σου ἐξέστησαν λαοὶ καὶ διεσκορπίσθησαν ἔθνη, κατὰ δὲ τὸν Ἀκύλαν· ἀπὸ φωνῆς ὄχλου, καὶ κατὰ τὸν Θεοδοτίωνα· ἀπὸ φωνῆς πλήθους ἀνεχώρησαν λαοί. σημαίνει δὲ τὴν πολιορκίαν τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους καὶ ὡς πολυπληθείας πολεμίων ἐπελθούσης αὐτοῖς ἐξέστησαν τῆς ἑαυτῶν γῆς καὶ διεσκορπίσθησαν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου σου, ὁ Σύμμαχος ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑψωθῆναί σε διεσπάρησαν εἴρηκεν, ὁ δὲ Ἀκύλας καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων· ἀπὸ ὑψώσεώς σου διεσκορπίσθησαν. εἶτα ὡς πρὸς αὐτοὺς διασκορπισθέντας εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιλέγει· νῦν δὲ συναχθήσεται τὰ σκῦλα ὑμῶν μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου· ὃν τρόπον ἐάν τις συναγάγῃ ἀκρίδας, οὕτως ἐμπαίξουσιν ὑμῖν, τὸ εὐχείρωτον καὶ εὐάλωτον τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους παριστάς, τό τε πλῆθος αὐτῶν ἀκρίσι παραβάλλων. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν ὑμῖν πρὸς αὐτοὺς λεγόμενον σημαίνει ὡς οἱ πολέμιοι ἀντὶ παιγνίας αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν οὐ μόνον τὰ σκῦλα αὐτῶν διαρπάσαντες μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοῖς ἐμπαίξοντες. Ταῦτα περὶ τούτων εἰπὼν μεταβαίνει ἐπὶ τὸ τάγμα τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας, ἐφ' ᾧ καὶ δοξάζει τὸν θεὸν λέγων· ἅγιος ὁ θεὸς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν ὑψηλοῖς, ἐνεπλήσθη Σιὼν κρίσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης. νοήσεις δὲ τὴν Σιὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ λέγεσθαι κρίσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης πεπληρῶσθαι αὐτήν. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀνωτέρω ἐλέγετο· «καὶ ἀναπαύσεται ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνη». τὴν ἀνωτέρω τοίνυν ἔρημον ὠνομασμένην νῦν Σιὼν ἀποκαλεῖ, οὕτω τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ σημαίνων· αὕτη γὰρ ἦν ἡ πάλαι «ἔρημος, ἐν ᾗ ἀνεπαύσατο κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνη». διὸ εὐλογεῖται νῦν ὁ θεός, ὅτι ἐνεπλήσθη κρίσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης. Εἶτά φησιν· ἐν νόμῳ παραδοθήσονται· νόμῳ γὰρ καινῷ, δηλαδὴ τῷ εὐαγγελικῷ οἱ ἐν τῇ καινῇ ταύτῃ Σιὼν παρεδόθησαν. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν θησαυροῖς ἡ σωτηρία ἡμῶν· ποίοις δὲ θησαυροῖς ἢ «τοῖς ἀποκειμένοις ἐν οὐρανῷ»; ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ· ἐν νόμῳ παραδοθήσονται, ὁ Σύμμαχος· καὶ ἔσται φησὶν ἡ πίστις τοῦ καιροῦ σου πλοῦτος σωτηρίας, σοφία καὶ γνῶσις, φόβος κυρίου, αὐτὸς ὁ θησαυρὸς αὐτοῦ. ἀνθ' οὗ οἱ Ἑβδομήκοντα πεποιήκασιν· ἥκει σοφία καὶ ἐπιστήμη καὶ εὐσέβεια πρὸς τὸν θεόν· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὥσπερ τις θυσία λογικὴ καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτος ἀναφέρεται πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ ταῦτα αὐτὰ ἡ ἐν ἀνθρώποις σοφία καὶ ἐπιστήμη καὶ εὐσέβεια θησαυροί εἰσι δικαιοσύνης. διὸ ἐλέγετο· ἐν θησαυροῖς ἡ σωτηρία ἡμῶν. Μετὰ ταῦτα εἰς αὐτῶν πρόσωπον τῶν ἀποστόλων λέγεται· ἰδοὺ δὴ ἐν τῷ φόβῳ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ φοβηθήσονται· οὓς ἐφοβεῖσθε, βοήσονται ἀφ' ὑμῶν· ἐπιπεσεῖται γὰρ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀπίστους ὁ ὑμέτερος φόβος, καὶ βοήσουσιν ἡττώμενοι οἱ πάλαι ὑμῖν νομιζόμενοι φοβεροί. κατὰ δὲ τὸν Σύμμαχον· ἰδοὺ ὀφθήσομαι αὐτοῖς, ἔκραξαν ἐκτενῶς· τίνες δὲ ἔκραξαν ἐκτενῶς, ἐπιλέγει ἑξῆς· ἄγγελοι εἰρήνης πικρῶς ἔκλαυσαν, καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἀκύλαν· ἰδού φησιν ὁραθήσομαι αὐτοῖς, βοήσω ἐκτενῶς, ἄγγελοι εἰρήνης πικρῶς κλαύσονται, καὶ κατὰ τὸν Θεοδοτίωνα· ἰδοὺ ὀφθήσομαι αὐτοῖς, ἐβόησαν ἐκτενῶς, ἄγγελοι εἰρήνης πικρῶς κλαύσονται. κατὰ πάντας τοίνυν τό· ἰδοὺ ὀφθήσομαι αὐτοῖς, σαφῶς εἴρηται τοῦ λόγου παριστῶντος τὸν θεὸν ὀφθήσεσθαι αὐτοῖς· τίσι δὲ αὐτοῖς ἢ τοῖς θησαυρίσασιν ἑαυτοῖς τοὺς τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ τῆς σοφίας θησαυρούς; τούτοις φησὶν ὀφθήσομαι· ἦσαν δὲ οὗτοι οἱ ἀπόστολοι τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, οἷς ἐγὼ μὲν