VI.
But not to expend our argument entirely in going
over the words of all the prophets,1891
| 1891
Manuscript E gives the better reading, λόγον
ἅπαντα τοῖς
τῶν προφητῶν
ῥήμασι, “our whole
argument on the words of the prophets.” |
after citing one other, let us revert to
the matter in
hand. What is it, then, that Micah says in his
prophecy? “Thus saith the
Lord concerning the
prophets that
make my people err, that
bite with their teeth, and
cry to him,
Peace;
and if it was not put into their mouth,
1892
| 1892
εἰ οὐκ
ἐδόθη. Manuscript B omits
εἰ = and it was not put
into their mouth. |
they prepared
1893
| 1893
The text reads ἡγίασαν.
Manuscript B reads ἤγγισαν. Migne suggests
ἤγειραν. |
war against him. Therefore
night
shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;
1894
and it shall be
dark unto you, that ye
shall not
divine; and the sun shall not go down over the
prophets, and
the day shall be
dark over them. And the seers shall be
ashamed,
and the diviners
confounded.”
1895
These things we have recounted
beforehand, in order that ye may know the
pain that is to be in the
last times, and the perturbation, and the manner of
life on the part of
all men toward each other,
1896
| 1896 For
τὴν
πρὸς
ἀλλήλους
ἀναστροφήν,
Codex B reads διαστροφὴν
καὶ φθοράν. |
and their
envy, and
hate, and
strife,
and the negligence of the
shepherds toward the
sheep, and the
unruly
disposition of the people toward the
priests.
1897
| 1897
For ἀνυπότακτον
διάθεσιν, Codex B reads
ἀταξίαν = unruliness, and
adds, καὶ
γονεῖς τὰ
τέκνα
μισήσουσι
, καὶ
τέκνα τοῖς
γονεῦσιν
ἐπιβάλλονται
χεῖρας, “and parents shall
hate their children and children lay hands on their parents.” |
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