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| Chapter XXV.—The Jews boast in vain that they are sons of Abraham.
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Chapter XXV.—The Jews boast in vain
that they are sons of Abraham.
Abraham" title="206" id="viii.iv.xxv-p1.1"/>“Those
who justify themselves, and say they are sons of Abraham, shall be
desirous even in a small degree to receive the inheritance along with
you;2009
| 2009 Other edd. have,
“with us.” | as the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of
Isaiah, cries, speaking thus while he personates them: ‘Return from
heaven, and behold from the habitation of Thy holiness and glory. Where
is Thy zeal and strength? Where is the multitude of Thy mercy? for Thou
hast sustained us, O Lord. For Thou art our Father, because Abraham is
ignorant of us, and Israel has not recognised us. But Thou, O Lord, our
Father,
deliver us: from the beginning Thy name is upon us.
O Lord, why hast Thou made us to err from Thy way? and hardened our
hearts, so that we do not fear Thee? Return for Thy servants’ sake,
the tribes of Thine inheritance, that we may inherit for a little Thy
holy mountain. We were as from the beginning, when Thou didst not bear
rule over us, and when Thy name was not called upon us. If Thou wilt open
the heavens, trembling shall seize the mountains before Thee: and they
shall be melted, as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall consume the
adversaries, and Thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries; the
nations shall be put into disorder before Thy face. When Thou shall do
glorious things, trembling shall seize the mountains before Thee. From
the beginning we have not heard, nor have our eyes seen a God besides
Thee: and Thy works,2010
| 2010 Otto
reads: “Thy works which Thou shalt do to those who wait for
mercy.” | the mercy which Thou shall show to those who
repent. He shall meet those who do righteousness, and they shall remember
Thy ways. Behold, Thou art wroth, and we were sinning. Therefore we have
erred and become all unclean, and all our righteousness is as the rags of
a woman set apart: and we have faded away like leaves by reason of our
iniquities; thus the wind will take us away. And there is none that
calleth upon Thy name, or remembers to take hold of Thee; for Thou hast
turned away Thy face from us, and hast given us up on account of our
sins. And now return, O Lord, for we are all Thy people. The city of Thy
holiness has become desolate. Zion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem
a curse; the house, our holiness, and the glory which our fathers
blessed, has been burned with fire; and all the glorious nations2011
| 2011 Some suppose the correct
reading to be, “our glorious institutions [manners, customs,
or ordinances] have,” etc., ἔθη for ἔθνη. |
have fallen along with it. And in addition to these [misfortunes], O
Lord, Thou hast refrained Thyself, and art silent, and hast humbled us
very much.’ ”2012
And Trypho remarked, “What is this you say? that
none of us shall inherit anything on the holy mountain of God?”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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