The Iewes shal be reduced from captiuitie, 13. their maners amended. 16. which are enormious, 22. by special grace of God, for the glorie of his name: 25. fulfilled by Christs baptisme.
1And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:Or tu figliuolo dell'uomo, profetizza intorno ai monti d'Israele, e dirai: Monti d'Israele, udite la parola del Signore.AND thou sonne of man, prophecie concerning the mountainnes of Israel, and thou shalt say: Mountainnes of Israel heare ye the word of our Lord:Tu autem, fili hominis, propheta super montes Israël, et dices: Montes Israël, audite verbum Domini. 2Thus saith the Lord God: Because the enemy hath said of you: Aha, the everlasting heights are given to us for an inheritance.Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Perchè il nimico ha detto di voi: Bene sta: gli alti monti sempiterni sono stati dati a noi in retaggio;Thus saith our Lord God: For that the enemie hath sayd of you: Aha, the euerlasting heightes are geuen to vs for an inheritante:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Eo quod dixerit inimicus de vobis: Euge, / altitudines sempiternæ in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis: 3Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Because you have been desolate, and trodden under foot on every side, and made an inheritance to the rest of the nations, and are become the subject of the talk, and the reproach of the people:Per questo profetizza, e dì: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Perchè voi siete stati desolati, e conculcati per ogni parte, e siete divenuti eredità di altre nazioni, e siete nelle bocche di tutti, e siete lo scherno del volgo;therfore prophecie, & say: Thus saith our Lord God: For that you haue bene desolate, and troden downe round about, and made an inheritance to the rest of the Gentils, and haue ascended vpon the lippe of the tongue, & the reproche of the people:propterea vaticinare, et dic: / Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Pro eo quod desolati estis, et conculcati per circuitum, / et facti in hæreditatem reliquis gentibus, / et ascendistis super labium linguæ et opprobrium populi, 4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the brooks, and to the valleys, and to desolate places, and ruinous walls, and to the cities that are forsaken, that are spoiled, and derided by the rest of the nations round about.Per questo, monti d'Israele, udite la parola del Signore Dio: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio ai monti, ai colli, ai torrenti, e alle valli, e a' deserti, alle mura diroccate, e alle città derelitte, e rimase senza popolo, e schernite da tutte le nazioni all'intorno.therfore ye mountaines of Israel heare the word of our Lord God: Thus sayth our Lord God to the mountaines, and hilles, to the torrents, and valleis, & the deserts, and broken walleis, & to the cities forsaken which are spoiled, & scotned of the rest of the Nations round about.propterea, montes Israël, audite verbum Domini Dei. / Hæc dicit Dominus Deus montibus et collibus, / torrentibus, vallibusque et desertis, / parietinis et urbibus derelictis, / quæ depopulatæ sunt et subsannatæ a reliquis gentibus per circuitum.
5Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal I have spoken of the rest of the nations, and of all Edom, who have taken my land to themselves, for an inheritance with joy, and with all the heart, and with the mind: and have cast it out to lay it waste.Ecco quello, che dice il Signore Dio: Nel calor del mio zelo io ho parlato delle altre genti, e della Idumea tutta, le quali si sono appropriata per suo dominio la mia terra con gaudio, e con tutto il cuore, e con tutto l'animo, e ne han cacciati gli eredi per saccheggiarla;Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Because in fyre of my zele I haue spoken of the rest of the nations, and of al Iduma, which haue geuen my land to themselues for an inheritance with ioy, and with al their hart, and with the minde: and haue cast it forth to waste it:Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Quoniam in igne zeli mei locutus sum de reliquis gentibus, / et de Idumæa universa, / quæ dederunt terram meam sibi in hæreditatem cum gaudio, / et toto corde et ex animo, / et ejecerunt eam ut vastarent: 6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I have spoken in my zeal, and in my indignation, because you have borne the shame of the Gentiles.Per questo profetizza tu sopra la terra d'Israele, e dirai ai monti, e ai colli, ai gioghi, ed alle valli: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Ecco elle io nel mio zelo, e nel mio furore ho parlato, perchè voi sofferti avete gl'insulti delle nazioni.therfore prophecie concerning the ground of Israel, and thou shalt say to the montaines, & hilles, to the hiltoppes, and valleis: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I haue spoken in my zele, & in my furie because you haue susteyned the confusion of the Gentiles.idcirco vaticinare super humum Israël, / et dices montibus et collibus, jugis et vallibus: / Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Ecce ego in zelo meo et in furore meo locutus sum, / eo quod confusionem gentium sustinueritis. 7Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, that the Gentiles who are round about you, shall themselves bear their shame.Per questo così dice il Signore Dio: Io ho alzata la mano mia, e le nazioni, che vi stanno d'intorno, porteranno la lor confusione.Therfore thus sayth our Lord God: I haue lifted my hand, that the Gentiles which are round about you, they may beare their confusion.Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Ego levavi manum meam, / ut gentes quæ in circuitu vestro sunt, / ipsæ confusionem suam portent. 8But as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot ye forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel: for they are at hand to come.Ma voi, o monti d'Israele, date fuori i vostri germogli, e producete i vostri frutti pel popolo mio d'Israele; perocché egli è vicino a tornare:But you ô mountaines of Israel may shoote forth your boughes, and bring forth your fruite to my people of Israel: for he is at hand to come.Vos autem, montes Israël, ramos vestros germinetis, / et fructum vestrum afferatis populo meo Israël: / prope enim est ut veniat.
9For lo I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be ploughed and sown.Imperocché eccomi a voi, e a voi mi rivolgo, e voi sarete arati, e sarete seminati.Because loe I to you, and I wil turne to you, and you shal be ploughed, and shal take seede.Quia ecce ego ad vos, et convertar ad vos: / et arabimini, et accipietis sementem. 10And I will multiply men upon you, and all the house of Israel: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired.E moltiplicherò a voi gli uomini, e tutta la casa d'Israele, e le città saranno abitate, e si ristoreran le rovine.And I wil multiplie in you men, & al the house of Israel: and the cities shal be inhabited, and the ruinous places shal be repayred.Et multiplicabo in vobis homines, omnemque domum Israël: / et habitabuntur civitates, et ruinosa instaurabuntur. 11And I will make you abound with men and with beasts: and they shall be multiplied, and increased: and I will settle you as from the beginning, and will give you greater gifts, than you had from the beginning: and you shall know that I am the Lord.E vi riempierò d'uomini, e di giumenti, i quali moltiplicheranno, e cresceranno, e farò, che siate abitati come al principio; e beni più grandi a voi donerò di quei, che aveste da prima: e conoscerete, che io sono il Signore.And I wil replenish you with men, and with beasts: and they shal be multiplied, and increase: and I wil make you dwel as from the beginning, and wil endewe you with greater giftes, then you haue had from the beginning: and you shal know that I am the Lord.Et replebo vos hominibus et jumentis, / et multiplicabuntur, et crescent: / et habitare vos faciam sicut a principio, / bonisque donabo majoribus quam habuistis ab initio: / et scietis quia ego Dominus. 12And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee for their inheritance: and thou shalt be their inheritance, and shalt no more henceforth be without them.E a voi condurrò uomini, il popol mio d'Israele, ed egli vi possederà in retaggio, e voi sarete sua eredità, e non sarete mai più senza di essi.And I wil bring men vpon you, my people Israel, and they shal possesse thee by inheritance: and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them, and thou shalt adde no more to be without them.Et adducam super vos homines, populum meum Israël, / et hæreditate possidebunt te: / et eris eis in hæreditatem, / et non addes ultra ut absque eis sis. 13Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say of you: Thou art a devourer of men, and one that suffocatest thy nation:Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Perchè dicono di voi, che voi siete una terra, che divora gli uomini, e strozza la sua gente:Thus saith our Lord God: For that they say of you: A deuourer of men thou art, and one that doest suffocate thy nation.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Pro eo quod dicunt de vobis: / Devoratrix hominum es, et suffocans gentem tuam:
14Therefore thou shalt devour men no more nor destroy thy nation any more, saith the Lord God.Per questo tu non mangerai più gli uomini, e non ucciderai più la tua gente, dice il Signore Dio:Therfore thou shalt eare men no more, and thy nation thou shalt kil no more, saith our Lord God:propterea homines non comedes amplius, / et gentem tuam non necabis ultra, / ait Dominus Deus. 15Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the nations any more, nor shalt thou bear the reproach of the people, nor lose thy nation any more, saith the Lord God.E farò, che tu più non ascolti gl'insulti delle nazioni, e non avrai da tollerare gli scherni dei popoli, e non perderai più la tua gente, dice il Signore Dio.neither wil I make the confusion of the Gentils, to be heard in thee anie more, and the reproch of the people thou shalt not beare, and thy nation thou shalt lose no more, saith our Lord God.Nec auditam faciam in te amplius confusionem gentium, / et opprobrium populorum nequaquam portabis: / et gentem tuam non amittes amplius, / ait Dominus Deus. 16And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:E il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 17Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it with their ways, and with their doings: their way was before me like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman.Figliuolo dell'uomo, la casa d'Israele abitò nella sua terra, e la contaminò colle opere sue, e co' suoi costumi: la loro vita era dinanzi a me simile all'immondezza di donna impura.Sonne of man, the house of Israel dwelt in their ground, and polluted it in their wayes, and in their studies according to the vncle anes of a menstruous woman was their way made before me.Fili hominis, domus Israël habitaverunt in humo sua, / et polluerunt eam in viis suis et in studiis suis: / juxta immunditiam menstruatæ facta est via eorum coram me. 18And I poured out my indignation upon them for the blood which they had shed upon the land, and with their idols they defiled it.Ed io scaricai la mia indegnazione sopra di essi a motivo del sangue, che aveano sparso sopra la terra, e de' loro idoli, co' quali la aveano contaminata.And I haue powred out mine indignation vpon them for the bloud, which they haue shed vpon the land, and in their idols haue polluted it.Et effudi indignationem meam super eos / pro sanguine quem fuderunt super terram, / et in idolis suis polluerunt eam. 19And I scattered them among the nations, and they are dispersed through the countries: I have judged them according to their ways, and their devices.Ed io li dispersi tralle genti, e li traportai qua, e là a tutti i venti: li giudicai secondo le vie loro, e secondo i loro ritrovamenti.And I haue dispersed them into the Gentils, and they are scattered into the landes: according to their wayes, and their inuentions haue I iudged them.Et dispersi eos in gentes, / et ventilati sunt in terras: / juxta vias eorum et adinventiones eorum judicavi eos.
20And when they entered among the nations whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when it was said of them: This is the people of the Lord, and they are come forth out of his land.E andarono tralle nazioni, in mezzo alle quali ebber luogo, e disonorarono il nome mio santo, mentre di lor si diceva: Questo è il popolo del Signore, e dalla terra di lui sono andati fuora.And they went in to the Nations, vnto which they entered, and haue polluted my holie name, when it was said of them: This is the people of the Lord, and out of his land they are come forth.Et ingressi sunt ad gentes ad quas introierunt: / et polluerunt nomen sanctum meum, / cum diceretur de eis: Populus Domini iste est, / et de terra ejus egressi sunt. 21And I have regarded my own holy name, which the house of Israel hath profaned among the nations to which they went in.Ed io ebbi riguardo al nome mio santo, cui la casa a Israele disonorava presso le genti, tralle quali era andata.And I haue spared my holie name, which the house of Israel polluted among the Gentiles, to which they entered in.Et peperci nomini sancto meo, / quod polluerat domus Israël in gentibus ad quas ingressi sunt. 22Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.Per questo tu dirai alla casa d'Israele: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Non per amor di voi io farò, o casa d'Israele, ma per amore del nome mio santo, cui disonoraste voi presso le genti, tralle quali eravate andati.Therfore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God, not for your sake wil I doe it, ô house of Israel, but for my holie name which you haue polluted in the Nations to which you entered.Idcirco dices domui Israël: / Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Non propter vos ego faciam, domus Israël, / sed propter nomen sanctum meum, / quod polluistis in gentibus ad quas intrastis. 23And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.E glorificherò il nome mio grande, che è in disdoro presso le genti, ed è profanato da voi sugli occhi loro: affinchè conoscan le genti, ch'io sono il Signore, quando sopra di voi avrò fatto conoscere la mia santità in faccia ad esse, dice il Signore degli eserciti;And I wil sanctifie my great name, that is polluted among the Gentiles, which you haue polluted in the middes of them: that the Gentils may know that I am the Lord, saith our Lord of hostes, when I shal be sanctified in you before them.Et sanctificabo nomen meum magnum / quod pollutum est inter gentes, / quod polluistis in medio earum: / ut sciant gentes quia ego Dominus, / ait Dominus exercituum, / cum sanctificatus fuero in vobis coram eis.
24For I will take you from among the Gentiles, and will gather you together out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.Imperocché io vi trarrò di mezzo alle genti, e vi raunerò da tutte le terre, e vi condurrò alla vostra terra.For I wil take you out of the Gentils, and wil gather you together out of al the landes, and wil bring you into your land.Tollam quippe vos de gentibus, / et congregabo vos de universis terris, / et adducam vos in terram vestram. 25And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.E verserò sopra di voi acqua monda, e sarete mondati da tutte le vostre sozzure, e vi purgherò da tutti gl'idoli vostri.And I wil powre out vpon you cleane water, and you shal be clensed from al your contaminations, & from al your idols wil I clense you.Et effundam super vos aquam mundam, / et mundabimini ab omnibus inquinamentis vestris, / et ab universis idolis vestris mundabo vos. 26And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.E darovvi un nuovo cuore, e porrò in mezzo a voi un nuovo spirito, e torrò dalla vostra carne il cuore di pietra, e darovvi un cuore di carne.And I wil geue you a new hart, and wil put a new spirit in the middes of you: and wil take away the stonie hart out of your flesh, and wil geue you a fleshie hart.Et dabo vobis cor novum, / et spiritum novum ponam in medio vestri: / et auferam cor lapideum de carne vestra, / et dabo vobis cor carneum. 27And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.E il mio spirito porrò in mezzo a voi, e farò, che camminiate ne' miei precetti, ed osserviate le mie leggi, e le pratichiate.And I wil put my spirite in the middes of you: and I wil make that you walke in my precepts, & keepe my iudgements, and doe them.Et spiritum meum ponam in medio vestri: / et faciam ut in præceptis meis ambuletis, / et judicia mea custodiatis et operemini. 28And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.Ed abiterete nella terra, ch'io diedi ai padri vostri, e sarete mio popolo, ed io sarò vostro Dio.And you shal dwel in the land: which I gaue to your fathers, and you shal be my people, and I wil be your God.Et habitabitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris: / et eritis mihi in populum, / et ego ero vobis in Deum.
29And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.E vi libererò da tutte le vostre sozzure, e farò venire il frumento, e lo moltiplicherò, né farovvi patir la fame.And I wil saue you from al your contaminations: and I wil cal for corne, and wil multiplie it, and wil not put famine vpon you.Et salvabo vos ex universis inquinamentis vestris: / et vocabo frumentum et multiplicabo illud, / et non imponam vobis famem. 30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you bear no more the reproach of famine among the nations.E moltiplicherò i frutti delle piante, e i germogli de' campi, affinchè le genti non vi rinfaccino più la fame.And I wil multiplie the fruite of the tree, and the ofsprings of the filde, that you beare no more the reproch of famine among the Gentils.Et multiplicabo fructum ligni, et genimina agri, / ut non portetis ultra opprobrium famis in gentibus. 31And you shall remember your wicked ways, and your doings that were not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deeds shall displease you.E voi vi ricorderete de' pessimi costumi vostri, e delle non rette inclinazioni: e dispiaceranno a voi le vostre iniquità, e le vostre scelleratezze.And you shal remember your most wicked wayes, and your studies not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deedes shal displease you.Et recordabimini viarum vestrarum pessimarum, / studiorumque non bonorum: / et displicebunt vobis iniquitates vestræ et scelera vestra. 32It is not for your sakes that I will do this, saith the Lord God, be it known to you: be confounded, and ashamed at your own ways, O house of Israel.Non per amor di voi io lo farò dice il Signore Dio, sia ciò noto a voi: confondetevi, e vergognatevi de' costumi vostri, o casa d'Israele.Not for you wil I doe it, saith our Lord God, be it knowne to you: be ye confounded, and ashamed vpon your wayes, ô house of Israel.Non propter vos ego faciam, ait Dominus Deus, notum sit vobis: / confundimini, et erubescite super viis vestris, domus Israël. 33Thus saith the Lord God: In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, and shall cause the cities to be inhabited, and shall repair the ruinous places,Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Nel giorno, in cui io vi monderò da tutte le vostre iniquità, e popolerò le città, e ristorerò le rovine,Thus saith our Lord God: In the day that I shal clense you from al your iniquities, and shal make the cities to be inhabited, and shal repayre the ruinous places,Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / In die qua mundavero vos ex omnibus iniquitatibus vestris, / et inhabitari fecero urbes, / et instauravero ruinosa, 34And the desolate land shall be tilled, which before was waste in the sight of all that passed by,E sarà coltivata la terra deserta, dove il viaggiatore non altro vedea, che desolazione,and the desert land shal be tilled, which once was desolate in the eyes of euerie wayfaringman,et terra deserta fuerit exculta, / quæ quondam erat desolata in oculis omnis viatoris, 35They shall say: This land that was untilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the cities that were abandoned, and desolate, and destroyed, are peopled and fenced.Diranno allora: Quella terra inculta è divenuta come un giardin di delizie: e le città deserte, e vuote, e rovinate son ora in piedi fortificate.they shal say: This land vntilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the desert cities, and destitute and vndermined, haue sitten fenced.dicent: Terra illa inculta facta est ut hortus voluptatis: / et civitates desertæ, et destitutæ atque suffossæ, munitæ sederunt.
36And the nations, that shall be left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built up what was destroyed, and planted what was desolate, that I the Lord have spoken and done it.E conosceran quelle genti, che rimarranno intorno a voi, che io il Signore riedifico le rovine, e gl'inculti luoghi riduco a coltura, che io il Signore ho parlato, ed ho fatto.And the Nations whatsoeuer shal be left round about you, shal know that I the Lord haue builded the destroyed thinges, and planted the vntilled places, that I the Lord haue spoken, and done it.Et scient gentes quæcumque derelictæ fuerint in circuitu vestro, / quia ego Dominus ædificavi dissipata, plantavique inculta: / ego Dominus locutus sim, et fecerim. 37Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover in this shall the house of Israel find me, that I will do it for them: I will multiply them as a flock of men,Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Questo pure otterrà da me la casa d'Israele, ch'io faccia per lei: io li moltiplicherò, come un gregge di uomini,Thus saith our Lord God: As yet in this shal the house of Israel finde me, that I wil doe for them: I wil multiplie them as a flocke of men,Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Adhuc in hoc invenient me domus Israël, ut faciam eis: / multiplicabo eos sicut gregem hominum, 38As a holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts: so shall the waste cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.Come gregge santo, come il gregge di Gerusalemme ne' suoi di solenni: così saranno le deserte città piene di greggi di uomini, e conosceran, che io sono il Signore.as a holie flocke, as the flocke of Ierusalem in the solemnities therof: So shal the desert cities be ful of flockes of men: and they shal know that I am the Lord.ut gregem sanctum, / ut gregem Jerusalem in solemnitatibus ejus: / sic erunt civitates desertæ, plenæ gregibus hominum: / et scient quia ego Dominus.
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Israel. The restoration of the Jews and the redemption of Christ, constitute this fourth division. (Worthington)
Edom has seized parts of the country, as if I had abandoned my people for ever.
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Heights. Septuagint, "deserts." The mountains are often styled eternal, as being the best symbols of durability, Deuteronomy 33:15.
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People talked of their distress. (Worthington)
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Israel. Some apply what follows to the captives returning; others, perceiving that the expressions were not then literally verified, have recourse to the reign of 1000 years. Others again explain the whole of Christ's Church. But some expressions refer to it, and others to the captives; which, though mixed together, induce no confusion, as what belongs to the Jews was a figure of what regarded Christ; and the predictions of the Messias might be applied to the Jews in an hyperbolical sense. (St. Augustine, Doct. 3:34.) (St. Jerome) (Menochius) (Tirinus) (Calmet)
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Greater. Septuagint, "similar." (Haydock)
It would be difficult to shew that the Jews arrived at greater eminence after the captivity than before, (Calmet) though they were less addicted to idolatry. Their kingdom was not independent: they had no prophets, etc. But the superior numbers and excellence of the Christian Church is manifest.
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Them. Antiochus and the Romans laid waste the country; (Calmet) and Adrian would not allow the Jews to come near Jerusalem. (St. Jerome) (Eusebius, [History of the Church] 4:6.)
The people were not indeed removed together, as they had been. But all this is verified only in the Church, which in the midst of persecutions always subsists. Theodoret thinks these promises were conditional with regard to the Jews.
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Men. This remark was very ancient, Numbers 13:33. Wars had almost always raged in the country. (Calmet)
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More. This whole promise principally relates to the Church of Christ, and God's perpetual protection of her; for as to the carnal Jews, they have been removed out of their land these sixteen hundred years. (Challoner)
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Land. Yet their conduct was no better than that of infidels. Thus they throw the blame on the law, and upon God himself, Jeremias 48:9., etc. (Calmet)
Worthington
The Jews had provoked God to punish them with captivity; and hence the nations took occasion to blaspheme, that he could not protect them. (Worthington)
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Water. R. David and the Chaldean explain this of the remission of sin; and all Christians understand it of baptism in water, remitting all offences, Ephesians 5:26., and Titus 3:5. (Worthington)
He alludes to the purification of the Jews, which prefigured baptism and penance, in which the blood of Christ is applied to our souls. This of course was only fulfilled in his church.
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Flesh. The Jews at their return fell not so often into the sins of idolatry, etc., of which the prophets complained. But yet they were far from answering this character. Great irregularities prevailed under Nehemias, and in the days of the Machabees the priests publicly worshipped idols, 1 Esdras 9., and 2 Esdras 5., and 8., and 2 Machabees 4., and 5. Christ enables his servants to act with purity unto the end, by the influence of his all-powerful grace. (Calmet)
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Do them. Hence the efficacy of grace appears, (St. Augustine; Haydock) and hereby some keep the commandments. (Worthington)
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God assists our free-will. (Theodoret) (Cornelius a Lapide) (Calmet)
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Find. Hebrew, "seek." I will cause great multitudes to come to the solemn feast. This was seen still more after the conversion of the Gentiles. (Calmet)
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Nor lose thy nation any more.... This whole promise principally relates to the church of Christ, and God’s perpetual protection of her: for as to the carnal Jews, they have been removed out of their land these sixteen hundred years.
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Your captiuitie and distressed state hath geuen occasion to al nations to speake. & discourse of you. As Ieremie prophecied. ch. 24. v. 9. I vvil geue them into reproch, & to be a parable and a prouerb. &c.
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Iewes by their sinnes prouoking God to punish them with captiuitie, gaue occasion that other nations said: God could not defend his people: blaspheming against his powre, when he exercised iustice.
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Rabbi Dauid & the Chaldee Paraphrasis expound this place of remission of sinne. And al Christian Doctors vnderstand it of Baptisme, which in dede is in water clensing sinnes. Ephes 5. v. 26. •it 3. v 5.
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An euident text, that by Gods grace some men do kepe the commandments.
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papa san Gregorio I Magno † 604 d.C. The Book of Pastoral Rule 3.26
… For hence it is that under the figure of the Idumæans, who allowed themselves to be vanquished by their own prosperity, those who rejoice in the successes of this world are rebuked, when it is said, They have given my land to themselves for an inheritance with joy, and with their whole heart and mind (
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san Giustino † 165 d.C. Dialogue with Trypho 123
… For when He speaks to Jerusalem and its environs, He thus added: ‘And I will beget men upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be a possession for them; and you shall be no longer bereaved of them.’ ”
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On Christian Doctrine 3.34
… their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: and I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way, and according to their doings, I judged them.”
Anonymous A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop 10
… I have poured out my anger upon them, and I have scattered them among the nations; and I have judged them according to their sins, because they have defiled my holy name; and because it was said of them, “This is the people of the Lord, I have spared them, because of my holy name, which the house of Israel despised among the nations.”
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans 6
Ver. 24 . “For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you.” ( Is. lii. 5 ;
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John 7.6
… for of such it is said, “He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself.” To have the name of Christ is possible even for a bad man; i.e. even a bad man can be called a Christian: as they of whom it is said, “They polluted the name of their God.”
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom 3
… and He goes about seeking excuses, whereby thou mayest be delivered from hell. For this cause, though thou shouldest work but the eleventh hour of the day, He gives thy wages entire; and though thou afford no ground of salvation, He saith, “I do it for mine own sake, that my name be not profaned:”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.14
… And I will give unto you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you: and the stony heart shall be taken away out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and will cause you to walk in my righteousness, and to observe my judgments, and do them.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.15
… but for my own holy name’s sake; not for your sakes, do I do it, saith the Lord God”?
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will 30
… A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and the stony heart shall be taken away out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and will cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On Christian Doctrine 3.34
… What immediately follows, too, may be understood as applying to the same people. But when the prophet begins to say, “And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord,”
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 69.7
… “I will take you,” he says, “from among the heathen…then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness…a new heart also will I give you and a new spirit.”
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san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. The Epistles of Cyprian 69.1
… because the Lord says by Ezekiel the prophet: “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all your filthiness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you: a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. The Epistles of Cyprian 75.12
… from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you.”
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 3.16
16. Be of good courage, O Jerusalem; the Lord will take away all thine iniquities . The Lord will wash away the filth of His sons and of His daughters by the Spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning . He will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all your sin
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 16.30
… And again in Ezekiel, And he brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldæa, to them of the captivity . And other texts thou heardest before, in what was said about Baptism; Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you
san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. On the Baptism of Christ 1
… from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I give you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh, and my Spirit will I put within you
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san Barnaba † 61 d.C. The Epistle of Barnabas 6
… prophet proclaimed, “Enter ye into the land flowing with milk and honey, and have dominion over it.” Behold, therefore, we have been refashioned, as again He says in another prophet, “Behold, saith the Lord, I will take away from these, that is, from those whom the Spirit of the Lord foresaw, their stony hearts, and I will put hearts of flesh within them,”
sant'Ireneo di Lione † 202 d.C. Against Heresies 4.33.14
14. And those of them who declare that God would make a new covenant with men, not such as that which He made with the fathers at Mount Horeb, and would give to men a new heart and a new spirit;
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 16.30
… And again in Ezekiel, And he brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldæa, to them of the captivity . And other texts thou heardest before, in what was said about Baptism; Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you , and the rest; a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Against Lying 24
… without doubt the waves, the gems, the bloom, the snow, for that we find them not in those objects to which we have from other transferred these words, shall by these persons be accounted lies. And Christ a Rock, and the stony heart of the Jews; also, Christ a Lion, and the devil a lion, and innumerable such like, shall be said to be lies.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 1.38
… and I will take away their stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them an heart of flesh, that they may walk in my commandments and observe my judgments and do them.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will 31
… We should remember that He says, “Make you a new heart and a new spirit,” who also promises, “I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will 32
… . . to do them,” what else does He say in fact than, “I will take away from you your heart of stone,” from which used to arise your inability to act, “and I will give you a heart of flesh,”
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san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 16.30
… And other texts thou heardest before, in what was said about Baptism; Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you , and the rest; a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and then immediately, And I will put My Spirit within you
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will 32
… but it is He who makes us act, by applying efficacious powers to our will, who has said, “I will make you to walk in my statutes, and to observe my judgments, and to do them.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints 1.22
… For these things are both commanded us, and are shown to be God’s gifts, in order that we may understand both that we do them, and that God makes us to do them, as He most plainly says by the prophet Ezekiel. For what is plainer than when He says, “I will cause you to do”?
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints 1.42
… and ye shall observe my judgments, and do them.”
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against Jovinianus 2.10
… and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth ever more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done.” That penitents may have their due it is enough for them to feel shame instead of all other punishment. Hence in another place it is said to them,
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.14
… I the Lord have spoken, and have done it. Thus saith the Lord: I will yet for this inquire of the house of Israel, that I may do it for them; I will multiply them men like sheep, as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in the days of her feast; so shall be those desolated cities full of men as sheep: and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
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Pseudo-Cyprian Exhortation to Repentance 1
Also in the same: “I the Lord have built up the ruined places, and have planted the wasted places.”
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runt super terram, et in idolis suis polluerunt eam. 19. Et dispersi eos in gentes, et ventilati sunt in terras: juxta vias eorum, et adinventiones eorum judicavi eos. 20. Et ingressi sunt ad gentes, ad quas introierunt, et polluerunt nomen sanctum meum, cum diceretur de eis: Populus Domini iste est, et de terra ejus egressi sunt. 21. Et peperci nomini sancto meo, quod polluerat domus Israel in gentibus, ad quas ingressi sunt. 22. Idcirco dices domui Israel: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Non propter vos ego faciam, domus Israel, sed propter nomen sanctum meum, quod polluistis in gentibus, ad quas intrastis. 23. Et sanctificabo nomen meum magnum, quod pollutum est inter gentes, quod polluistis in medio earum: ut sciant gentes quia ego Dominus, ait Dominus exercituum, cum sanctificatus fuero in vobis coram eis. 24. Tollam quippe vos de gentibus, et congregabo vos de universis terris, et adducam vos in terram vestram. 25. Et effundam super vos aquam mundam, et mundabimini ab omnibus inquinamentis vestris, et ab universis idolis vestris mundabo vos. 26. Et dabo vobis cor novum, et spiritum novum ponam in medio vestri: et auferam cor lapideum de carne vestra, et dabo vobis cor carneum. 27. Et spiritum meum ponam in medio vestri: et faciam ut in præceptis meis ambuletis, et judicia mea custodiatis et operemini. 28. Et habitabitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris: et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum. 29. Et salvabo vos ex universis inquinamentis vestris: et vocabo frumentum, et multiplicabo illud, et non imponam vobis famem. 30. Et multiplicabo fructum ligni, et genimina agri, ut non portetis ultra opprobrium famis in gentibus. 31. Et recordabimini viarum vestrarum pessimarum, studiorumque non bonorum: et displicebunt vobis iniquitates vestræ, et scelera vestra. 32. Non propter vos ego faciam, ait Dominus Deus, notum sit vobis: confundimini, et erubescite super viis vestris, domus Israel. 33. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: In die, qua mundavero vos ex omnibus iniquitatibus vestris, et inhabitari fecero urbes, et instauravero ruinosa, 34. et terra deserta fuerit exculta, quæ quondam erat desolata in oculis omnis viatoris, 35. dicent: Terra illa inculta, facta est ut hortus voluptatis: et civitates desertæ, et destitutæ atque suffossæ, munitæ sederunt. 36. Et scient gentes quæcumque derelictæ fuerint in circuitu vestro, quia ego Dominus ædificavi dissipata, plantavique inculta, ego Dominus locutus sim, et fecerim. 37. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Adhuc in hoc invenient me domus Israel, ut faciam eis: multiplicabo eos sicut gregem hominum, 38. ut gregem sanctum, ut gregem Jerusalem in solemnitatibus ejus: Sic erunt civitates desertæ, plenæ gregibus hominum: et scient quia ego Dominus.
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1. Propheta super montes (de montibus) Israel, — id est de restauratione montium Judææ, ac consequenter totius Judææ, quæ magna ex parte montosa est. Est synecdoche. Montes Israel. — Est prosopopœia. Montes enim quasi homines alloquitur: vel «montes,» id est incolæ montium, ut sit metonymia.
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2. Eo quod dixerit inimicus, — Idumæus, Ammonita, Moabita, ut dixit cap. xxv, vers. 3. Altitudines (id est montes Judææ) sempiternæ (hebraice sæculi, id est quæ ab initio sæculi et mundi fuerunt, et in sæculum, id est semper, durabunt: vel, quas semper fore nostras putamus) in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis, — q. d. Gloriantur Idumæi se Judæam a Chaldæis vastatam possidere et possessuros semper successione et jure quasi hæreditario. Sunt enim ipsi Judæorum affines et cognati: nam Esau parens Idumæorum fuit frater Jacob parentis Judæorum: Ammon vero et Moab fuerunt filii Lot, nepotis Abrahæ, qui fuit avus Jacobi: ergo Judæis e Judæa abductis, putant se in Judæam, quasi hæreditatem suam debere succedere. Vide Jerem. XLIX, 1.
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3. Et conculcati per circuitum. — Hebraice, et absorbuerunt vos vicinæ gentes. Ascendistis super labium linguæ, — facti estis fabula populi, dicterium et opprobrium, juxta id quod minatus est vobis Jeremias, cap. xxiv, 9.
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4. Parietinis, — muris et parietibus dirutis.
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5. In igne zeli. — Chaldæus, ultionis; Septuaginta, furoris, q. d. In ardore iræ et indignationis minatus sum Idumæis excidium, quia ipsi in clade Judæorum exsultarunt, ac Judæam quasi suam invaserunt et occuparunt. Ejecerunt eam (id est habitatores ejus) ut vastarent, — id est diriperent eorum æque ac terræ spolia; Vatablus, ut ejicerent eam in prædam.
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6. In zelo meo, etc., locutus sum (Chaldæus, in indignatione), eo quod confusionem gentium sustinueritis, — quia a gentibus probris et injuriis affecti estis, o Judæi, qui estis populus meus: hinc ego ad consolationem vestram ulciscar vos, et gentibus talionem reddam. Hinc præclare S. Augustinus in Sententiis, sent. 207: «Melior, ait, est tristitia iniqua patientis, quam lætitia iniqua facientis.»
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7. Levavi manum meam, — juravi quasi elata manu, q. d. Sancte juro quod faciam ut gentes vobis hostiles, etiam suam ferant ignominiam, et dent pænas opprobrii quod intulerunt vobis, o Judæi!
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8. Prope enim est ut veniat, — q. d. Tempus imminet ut redeat, scilicet e Babylone, populus Israel ad vos, o montes Judææ! incipite ergo frondescere, et fructus illis præparare. Hinc Chaldæus vertit: Prope est ut veniat dies redemptionis.
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9. Ecce ego ad vos, — scilicet, o Judæi! veniam; et, ut Chaldæus, apparebo, non quasi ultor, sed quasi beneficus pater, ut omnia necessaria vobis suppeditem, uti explicat vers. 15.
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11. Bonisque donabo majoribus, — scilicet spiritalibus tempore Christi: Christus enim in Judæa vixit, docuit, miracula fecit. More enim suo Propheta assurgit et avolat ad Christum, uti dixi in Synopsi capitis. Nam Judæi sub Davide, Salomone, Josue, etc., majora habuerunt bona temporalia, quam post reditum e Babylone habuerint. Ergo non illa, sed spiritalia Christi hic accipienda sunt.
YOU SHALL NO LONGER BE WITHOUT THEM. 12. Adducam super vos homines. — Septuaginta: Generabo super vos homines pro populo meo Israel, q. d. Ego, o Christiani, o Ecclesia mea! pro populo Israel olim fideli, generabo tibi apostolos, viros apostolicos, et fidelium ex omnibus gentibus immensum numerum.
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Non addes ultra ut absque eis sis. — Loquitur non tam de terrena Judæa, nam illa postea vastata est omnino a Tito, quam spiritali, id est Ecclesia Christi, ut dixi: eo enim assurgit et rapitur more Prophetarum. Ecclesia enim in æternum durabit, et suos semper habebit cives.
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13 et 14. Devoratrix (Est enallage generis et numeri: hactenus enim populo in plurali locutus est, nunc vero in singulari loquitur terræ, quasi mulieri infami, quæ accusatur, quod filios suos comedat, aut in lecto suffocet, q. d. Hactenus, o Judæa! perdidisti habitatores tuos peste, fame, dissidiis, bello: sed) non comedes amplius, — id est ego efficiam ut hoc probrum tibi amplius non objiciatur; quia non patiar habitatores in te devorari, id est occidi.
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17 et 18. Juxta immunditiam menstruatæ facta est via eorum (q. d. Uti maritus uxorem in menstruis sordidam et fætentem abominatur: ita ego abominatus sum Israelem propter ejus menstrua, id est sordes idololatriæ, homicidiorum, et aliorum scelerum, inquit Theodoretus, uti explicat vers. seq. ait enim): Pro sanguine (id est propter sanguinem), et in idolis. — Repete causalem pro, id est propter, quæ præcessit, q. d. Odivi eos propter sanguinem, quem effuderunt: et propter idola, puta, quia «in idolis suis polluerunt» terram. Cur scelera comparentur menstruis, dixi Jerem. II, 24.
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20. Et ingressi sunt ad gentes (gentium, ad quas ducti sunt, vitiis et idololatriæ adhæserunt, sicque polluerunt nomen Dei, id est ansam dederunt, cur gentes blasphemarent Deum Israelis, dicerentque): Populus Domini iste est, — q. d. Judæi sunt populus Domini, et tamen e Judæa expulsi, ac in Babyloniam abducti sunt: ergo Dominus vel negligit, et non curat eos; vel non potest eos conservare et protegere: frustra ergo colunt eum, et sperant in eo.
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21. Et peperci nomini sancto meo, — statui parcere nomini meo, id est facere ne illud amplius a gentibus rideatur: sed potius illud sanctificabo, id est sanctum et admirabile illud ostendam, non propter merita vestra, sed propter nomen meum.
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23. Cum sanctificatus fuero in vobis, — ostensa scilicet sancta mea justitia, per vestram punitionem et captivitatem: et jam misericordia, per vestri liberationem. Cum enim vos pœnitentes Deum invocaveritis, ac vitia et idola repudiaveritis; tunc Deus vos e captivitate liberabit, et intelligent gentes Dei potentiam, justitiam et misericordiam hæc omnia juste et concinne disposuisse et ordinasse. 25. Effundam super vos aquam. — Judæi per aquam intelligunt temporalium bonorum abundantiam ac nominatim pluviam, quæ segetes riget et fecundet. Sed hæc non emundat peccata, ut sequitur, imo sæpe auget. Aqua ergo hæc est gratia, et bonorum spiritalium abundantia, quæ a Christo per Sacramenta dimanat: sed propriissime est aqua baptismi, peccata omnia emundans; de qua ait Apostolus ad Ephes. v, 26: «Mundans eam (Ecclesiam) lavacro aquæ in verbo vitæ.» Ita Patres passim: quin et Chaldæus et R. David; licet baptismum non agnoscant, tamen censent hic agi de remissione peccatorum. Quocirca has omnes promissiones ad novum Testamentum pertinere docet S. Augustinus, lib. III De Doctr. Christiana, cap. xxxiv, et alii passim. Præclare S. Clemens, lib. VI Constit. Apost. cap. xxvi: «Omnis, inquit, secundum veritatem baptizatus, a spiritu quidem diabolico separatus est, intra Sanctum vero Spiritum consistit: et in eo quidem qui honestis actionibus studet, permanet Spiritus Sanctus, eumque implet sapientia et intellectu, neque malum spiritum sinit prope accedere, cujus incursus et aggressiones observat.» Audi quid de efficacia baptismi, suaque per eum immutatione scribat S. Cyprianus, lib. II, epist. 2 ad Donatum: «Uti ego quam plurimis vitæ prioris erroribus implicatus tenebar, quibus exui me non posse crederem: sic vitiis obsecundans eram, et desperatione meliorum malis meis velut jam propriis ac vernaculis favebam. Sed postquam undæ genitalis auxilio superioris ævi labe detersa, in expiatum pectus ac purum desuper se lumen infudit, postquam cœlitus spiritu hausto, in novum me hominem nativitas secunda reparavit; mirum in modum protinus confirmare se dubia, patere clausa, lucere tenebrosa; facultatem dare, quod prius difficile videbatur; geri posse, quod impossibile putabatur ut esset; agnoscere terrenum fuisse, quod prius carnaliter natum deliciis obnoxium viveret; Dei esse cœpisse, quod jam Spiritus Sanctus animaret.» Deinde subdit: «Scis ipse profecto, et mecum pariter recognoscis quid detraxerit nobis, quidve contulerit mors ista criminum, vita virtutum.» Ubi nota: Baptismus est «mors criminum,» et «vita virtutum,» quod eleganter carmine expressit S. Paulinus, epist. 12 ad Severum:
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Culpa perit, sed vita redit; vetus interit Adam, Et novus æternis nascitur imperiis. Idipsum in sua conversione et baptismo expertum se esse fatetur S. Augustinus, lib. IX Confess. cap. xii et seq. Hanc baptismi vim etiamnum experiuntur Indi, etiam feri et barbari, qui per baptismum, et Christi gratiam eo acceptam, ita sæpe mutantur, idque subito, ut ex bestiis in homines transformari videantur, ipsique suam mutationem admirentur et stupeant. Ut alios taceam, nota est Japonum conversio, fides, sanctitas et martyria, quæ cum primis Ecclesiæ martyriis ac martyribus certant, si non superant.
26. Auferam cor lapideum, — id est durum et in vitiis obfirmatum, quod nullam piæ ac salubris doctrinæ impressionem admittit. Nota hic novem dona ingentia, quæ Ecclesiæ, et cuique fideli ac justo per Christum promittit hic Deus, quæque Christi baptismus et gratia cuilibet sancto confert et inoperatur. Primum est: «Mundabimini ab omnibus inquinamentis vestris;» secundum: «Dabo vobis cor novum;» tertium: «Auferam cor lapideum, et dabo vobis cor carneum;» quartum: «Spiritum meum ponam in medio vestri;» quintum: «Faciam ut in præceptis meis ambuletis, et judicia mea custodiatis, et operemini,» ideoque abundetis bonis operibus, virtutibus et meritis gloriæ cœlestis; sextum: «Habitabitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris,» q. d. In pace, gaudio et abundantia bonorum spiritalium habitabitis in Ecclesia, uti Patriarchæ in ea habitaverunt in Chanaan; septimum: «Eritis mihi in populum;» octavum: «Ego ero vobis in Deum,» q. d. Ero vester protector, provisor, nutritor, promotor, gubernator, ductor, justificator, glorificator et omne bonum. Hoc enim suis est Deus. Unde sequitur: «Vocabo frumentum, et multiplicabo illud.» Hoc est quod Deus Abrahæ, et in eo cuique sancto, qui spiritalis est Abrahæ filius, promisit Genes. xv, 1: «Noli timere, ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.» Et Zachar. II, 8: «Qui tetigerit vos, tangit pupillam oculi mei.» Et Ps. xc, 1: «Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei cœli commorabitur.» Et Psal. xxxii, 16: «Oculi Domini super justos; et aures ejus in preces eorum. Multæ tribulationes justorum: et de omnibus his liberabit eos Dominus,» etc. Nonum: «Terra» olim «inculta» erit «hortus voluptatis,» uti ait vers. 35. Et dabo vobis cor carneum, — id est, ut S. Hieronymus, Theodoretus et alii, molle, docile, tractabile, persuasibile; et, ut S. Augustinus legit, obediens, et, ut Chaldæus, timens me, quod faciat voluntatem meam. Nota, metaphorice cor lapideum dici voluntatem liberam, sed vitiis assuetam: unde illam aufert Deus, non aliam potentiam, aut libertatem indendo; sed, ut sequitur, «dando spiritum novum,» scilicet mulcendo et molliendo eam suis minis, promissis, consolationibus aliisque sanctis inspirationibus, quibus, allecta ipsa, corroborata ac elevata libere se flectit ad Dei nutum. Hoc ergo modo Deus etiam rebelles hominum voluntates ad se compellit, non vi cogendo, sed suadendo; non tantum per leges et concionatores exterius, ut volebat Pelagius, sed etiam interius mentem vel terrendo, vel suaviter alliciendo, ac affectiones pias ei indendo: itaque facit ut in præceptis suis ambulent, itaque operatur in nobis velle et perficere, ut ait Apostolus Philip. II, 13. Vide ibi dicta. Nota: Cor in Scriptura significat mentem et voluntatem. «Cor» ergo «novum» est voluntas, gratia et spiritu Dei innovata, quæ veteri vitæ, et conversationi terrenæ moriens, vivit Deo et cœlo, pro qua orat David, Psalm. L, dicens: «Cor mundum crea in me, Deus, et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.» «Cor lapideum» est voluntas in impietate et peccatis obstinata et indurata ut lapis, qualis fuit Judæorum: sic cor hirsutum et pilosum reipsa habuisse Hermogenem, Leonidam, Aristomenem Messenium, Lysandrum, esseque hominum durorum, asperorum et crudelium, tradunt Plinius, lib. XI, xxxvii, Plutarchus in Parallel., et Rhodiginus lib. IV, cap. xvi. «Cor carneum,» læve et tersum, est voluntas facilis, obsequens et flexilis ut caro, quæ Dei instinctus, legem et impressiones statim excipit, sibique imprimit, et opere exsequitur. Ratio hujus phrasis est, prima, quia, sicut cor est principium vitæ naturalis: sic voluntas est principium vitæ piæ vel impiæ. Cor, inquit Plinius, lib. XI, xxxvii, «primum nascentibus formari in utero tradunt, deinde cerebrum, sicut tardissime oculos; sed hos primum mori, cor novissime.» Alii tamen dicunt primum in corpore formari hepar, non cor: sed cor primo animari, et ultimo mori, uti docet Franciscus Valesius, lib. II Controvers. medic. vi. Unde cor vocatur «primum vivens et ultimum moriens;» sicut ex adverso oculi sunt ultimum vivens, et primum moriens, quia longissime a corde, quod est vitæ principium, distant. Quocirca notarunt historici, quod Julio Cæsari dictatori, eo die quo primum in purpura processit, et in aurea sella sedit, sacrificanti bis in extis victimæ cor defuit. Helvio quoque Pertinaci eo die quo occisus est, cum sacrificaret, cor in hostia non comparuit: quod malum mortis omen interpretati sunt. Secunda, quia, sicut cor est officina spirituum, quos toti corpori subministrat, per eosque est principium et causa omnis motus et actionis animalis: ita voluntas est officina virtutis et vitii, meriti et demeriti, omnisque actionis bonæ vel malæ. Tradunt physici quatuor partes esse vitales, quibus maxime vita constat et conservatur, cor, cerebrum, hepar, pulmonem. Cor enim calorem et spiritus corpori subministrat; hepar sanguinem, quo corpus nutritur; cerebrum spiritus animales, quibus sensatio, intellectio et motio localis conficitur; pulmo quasi follis cordi dat refrigerium: ita vita spiritalis constat recta voluntate quasi corde; prudentia, quasi cerebro; justitia, quasi hepate, sanguinis decorisque effectore; continentia, quasi pulmone, affectus moderante et refrigerante. Tertia, quale est cor, talis est spiritus, talis est et habitus corporis: sic qualis est voluntas, talis est et homo. Hinc jubemur diligere Deum ex toto corde, Matth. xv, 8. Et cor sibi poscit Deus, Prov. xxiii, 26: «Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi:» qui enim dat cor Deo, dat arborem cum fructibus. Quarta, sicut corpus animæ, ita cor voluntati subservit: unde passiones corporales in corde, v. g. ira, quæ est ebullitio sanguinis circa cor, iram similem, id est indignationem, et cupidinem vindictæ excitat in voluntate. Quocirca B. Catharina Senensis, ut habet ejus Vita, lib. II, cap. xvi, a Christo sponso suo petiit auferri sibi suum cor, ac dari cor Christi: annuit Christus, ac cor vere illi exemit, et post aliquot dies quibus illa corde caruit, aliud, scilicet suum, id est a se factum, sibique conforme illi indidit: unde illa deinceps orans ad Christum aiebat: «Commendo tibi, Domine, tuum cor, non meum:» cor enim est symbolum et sedes amoris. Quocirca Nyssenus et S. Thomas dicunt Spiritum Sanctum Ecclesiæ quasi cor a Deo fuisse datum in Pentecoste. Quinta, physici nonnulli censuerunt sensum communem esse in corde: licet alii melius censeant esse in cerebro; sed cor ejus esse originem. Unde vulgo dicitur: «Cor sapit, et pulmo loquitur.» Hinc Salomon orat: «Dabis servo tuo cor docile, ut populum tuum judicare possit,» III Regum, III, 9. Hinc et veteres cordatum, solertem et sapientem vocabant corculum; uti Nasica ob prudentiam vocatus est corculum, teste Plinio, lib. De Viris illustr. cap. xliv. Perinde ac Judas Thaddæus cognominatus est Lebbæus, id est corculum. Hinc et Ecclesiasticus xxi, 29, ait: «In ore fatuorum cor illorum, et in corde sapientium os illorum,» q. d. Fatui nil reticere possunt, sed quidquid in buccam venit eloquuntur: sapiens vero nil eloquitur, nisi prius in corde examinatum, ponderatum et præmeditatum. Sexta, corde sano sanum est corpus, gaudente gaudens, dolente dolens. Hinc intimus summusque dolor a Plauto et aliis vocatur cordolium: unde ænigma Pythagoræ: «Cor ne edas,» id est animum curis ne affligas, nec lancines: ita sana voluntate sana est mens, lætante læta, mœrente mœrens. Quocirca Sapiens, Proverb. cap. IV, 23: «Omni, ait, custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.» Septima, cor hominis substantia sua est solidum firmumque, ait Galenus, lib. VI De Usu part. II, complexione igneum, figura pyramidale; sed situ inverso: nam superne ad cœlestia est amplum et cavosum; inferne ad terrena in cuspidem desinit. Significat ergo voluntatem hominis solido amore ferri debere in cœlestia, eaque pleno sinu haurire et excipere; terrena vero vix, et quasi in puncto tantum attingere. Addit Galenus cor situm esse in medio hominis, ut repræsentet animum et voluntatem rectam in medio vitiorum consistentem, nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram declinantem. Hæc nimirum est voluntas amore Dei et virtute imbuta: virtus enim consistit in medio. Octava, cor inquietum est, et continua agitatione movetur a seipso, quasi solitarium animal. Nam vel per diastolen extenditur, ad recipiendum ea quæ homini sunt utilia: vel per systolen contrahitur, ad expellendum ea quæ noxia: ita et voluntas nostra. Unde S. Augustinus, I Confess. 1: «Fecisti, ait, me, Deus, ad te, et inquietum est cor meum donec requiescat in te.» Et S. Bernardus, tract. De interiori domo, cap. lv: «Mens, ait, desideriis suis circumagitata nunquam requiescit: idcirco in æternitatis desiderio immobiliter figi debet.»
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Nona, cor est in homine quod sol in universo, scilicet fons lucis et vitæ; imo Stoici solem proprie esse cor mundi censebant: putabant enim mundum esse animal magnum, sensu et ratione præditum. Unde Plutarchus, tract. De facie in orbe lunæ: Stellæ, ait, sunt oculi lucentes in facie universi: sol vi præditus cordis: ut hoc sanguinem et spiritum, sic sol diffundit ex se vegetantem calorem et lucem. Terra et mari mundus, ut animal, quasi ventre et vesica utitur. Luna inter solem et terram, ut inter cor et ventrem, velut jecur, aut aliud molle viscus est. Igitur quod in cœlo est sol, hoc in homine est cor, id est in corpore ipsum cor, in anima ipsa voluntas: quæ proinde suum opificem, æque ut sol, jugiter respiciat oportet. Ita S. Paulus jugiter habebat Jesum Christum in ore, jugiter in corde. Ita S. Ignatius assidue Jesum vocabat amorem suum, nec aliud fere sonat tota epistola ad Romanos: unde et Deifer et Christifer est cognominatus: atque inde putant nonnulli manasse id quod vulgo dicitur, Jesu nomen post mortem in corde ejus litteris aureis inscriptum inventum esse, qua phrasi significatur, ipsum assidue hoc nomen in corde et ore habuisse. Nam alioqui veteres, et ex iis Baronius, tom. II, anno Christi 110, tradunt eum a leonibus usque ad ossa, uti exoptaverat, devoratum esse. Etsi id neget Ado in Martyrologio, qui vere Jesu nomen in corde ejus repertum scribit, quem S. Thomas, S. Antoninus et alii plures secuti sunt.
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Decima, cor est sedes animæ, voluntatis et amoris, ac consequenter Dei, qui animam sui similem nobis inspirat. Quocirca symbolici cor, per singulas sui litteras ita interpretantur, quasi dicas: camera omnipotentis regis, puta acropolis divinitatis. Unde S. Augustinus, sermone De Redempt.: «Corda, inquit, fidelium cœlum sunt, quia in cœlum quotidie eriguntur.» Nam, ut ait Christus: «Ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.» Hinc David dicitur fuisse vir secundum cor Dei, I Reg. XIII, 14; ac «cor regis in manu Domini» esse dicitur, Proverb. xxi, 1. Rursum S. Augustinus describens, lib. IX Confess. cap. II, miram sui suæque voluntatis cœlitus a Deo factam conversionem: «Sagittaveras, inquit, tu, Domine, cor nostrum charitate tua, et gestabamus verba tua transfixa visceribus; et exempla servorum tuorum, quos de nigris lucidos, et de mortuis vivos feceras, congesta in sinu cogitationis nostræ, urebant et absumebant gravem torporem.» Sagitta et nos, o Domine! vulneraque cor nostrum igneo amoris tui jaculo, ut cor nostrum algidum et crystallinum accendas, faciasque carneum, purpureum, flammeum: da quod jubes, et jube quod vis, ut te unum toto corde ardenter amemus, tibi uni placere satagamus, tuam sanctissimam legem et voluntatem per omnia ad amussim compleamus. Quotidie ergo oremus, dicamusque ex intimo cordis affectu: «Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, tuique amoris ignem in eis accende: lava quod est sordidum, riga quod est aridum, sana quod est saucium, flecte quod est rigidum, fove quod est frigidum, rege quod est devium, infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpetui.» Da ut in cordis medullis sentiamus, quod sentiebat cor sponsæ a te accensum in Cant., ac cum ea jubilantes canamus: «Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia, donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ: fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo. Quid enim mihi est in cœlo, et a te quid volui super terram? defecit caro mea, et cor meum: Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in æternum. Deus cordis mei,» imo jam non mei, sed tui; posside cor meum, imo tuum. «Deus cordis mei,» imple et satia cor meum, quod a nullo alio impleri aut satiari potest. «Deus cordis mei,» quem unum cor meum amat, sitit et ambit, da ut totum cor meum totis viribus te diligat, totum tui amore ardeat, totum tuo igne ignescat, liquescat, et a se deficiens in te transeat, tuque sis Deus meus, amor meus et omnia.
And I Will Not Lay 28. Habitabitis in terra, quam dedi patribus vestris, — in Judæa; vel potius in Ecclesia quæ cœpit in Judæa. Hanc patribus «dedi,» id est dare promisi. To enim dedi significat actum non completum, sed inchoatum et destinatum; quomodo Apostolus II Timoth. I, 9, dicit quod Deus dedit nobis gratiam per Christum ante tempora sæcularia: «dedi,» i. e. dare decrevit et prædestinavit.
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29. Vocabo frumentum, — q. d. Ad jussum meum, ad unam vocem; imo nutum, veniet abundantia frumenti non tam corporei quam spiritalis, q. d. Dabo vobis copiam gratiæ, Sacramentorum, ac præsertim Eucharistiæ, quibus anima pascatur et delicietur.
Et non imponam (Hebraice, non dabo, non inducam) famem.
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30. Multiplicabo fructum ligni, et genimina agri, — id est multiplicabo omnes herbas, fruges et fructus, non tam corporis quam animæ, ut dixi.
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Ut non portetis ultra opprobrium famis in gentibus, — ut gentes deinceps vobis exprobrare nequeant quod fame affligamini, aut moriamini.
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31. Displicebunt vobis iniquitates vestræ, — Hebraice ונקטתם unecototem, quod Vatablus vertit: Pudebit vos in facies vestras iniquitatum vestrarum; alii: Nauseabitis, fastidietis, tabescetis, intra vos super iniquitates vestras; alii: Litigabitis intra vos contra flagitia vestra; Septuaginta: Et abominationi habebimini ante facies vestras, in iniquitatibus vestris; Chaldæus: Ingemiscetis ob peccata vestra.
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32. Non propter vos, — non vestris meritis, sed mea misericordia, et propter nomen meum, ut dixit vers. 22.
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33. Instauravero ruinosa, — domos et urbes dirutas Judææ, scilicet per Zorobabel: et potius, per Christum «instauravero» animas, quæ in peccata corruerunt, tunc «dicent: Terra illa inculta, facta est ut hortus voluptatis;» hebraice עדן eden, q. d. Est instar paradisi terrestris, de quo Genes. cap. II, 8.
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35. Munitæ sederunt, — i. e., munitæ sedent, i. e., munitæ sunt et tutæ: qui enim tuti sunt, sedent. Unde Septuaginta vertunt, munitæ apparuerunt; Chaldæus, inhabitantur. Sic et Hebræus ac Vatablus. Quare perperam aliqui legunt, munitæ sederunt.
I Will Multiply Them Like A Flock Of Men 36. Ego locutus sim, et fecerim, — id est, scient gentes quod, sicut locutus sum vobisque promisi, sic et reipsa feci et præstiti.
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37. Ut faciam eis — quæ sequentur: vel ea quæ optant et petunt, ait Maldonatus.
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… che sorge «Jahweh considerà ancora Sion, e di bel nuovo farà di Gerusalemme la sua città prediletta»; mentre è certa la punizione delle Genti (2, 1-4: Volg. 1, 18-21). Israele avrà in Jahweh il suo difensore e abbraccerà una moltitudine sterminata (cf. Ez. 36, 10 sg.; 37). Perciò Z. invita gli esuli, ancora in Babilonia, a ritornare in patria, per partecipare alla gloria straordinaria della nuova comunità, che «abbraccerà molte nazioni» e avrà …
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… Del resto per alcune domande del P. valgono i paralleli con il Vecchio Testamento (per il Nome di Dio: Lev. 22, 32; Is. 29, 23; Ez. 36, 23; per il Regno: Ps. 21, 29; 103, 19; Abd. 21; Tob. 13, 1, ecc.), dal quale pure discendono, frammiste a molta scoria, le rare felici espressioni dei testi rabbinici.
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… Questi termini sono usati dalla S. Scrittura già nel Vecchio Testamento (p. es., Ps. 50, 3-4; 102, 12; Is. 44, 22; Ez. 36, 25) ma più ancora nel Nuovo Testamento, dove lo stato di peccato è concepito come un inquinamento, come una malattia dell'anima, simboleggiata da tutte le infermità corporali, che Cristo guariva. …
… 2, 2 sgg.; Mi. 4, 2 sgg.; Ier. 31, 33; Ez. 16, 60 sgg.; 17, 23; ecc.); sarà fonte di benedizioni per tutte le genti (Ez. 34, 26 = Gen. 12, 2). Caratteristiche del regno del M.: la remissione dei peccati e la santità: Is. 56, 6; 57, 13; Ier. 31, 23-34; Ez. 36, 25-28; ecc. (cf. Lc. 1, 77 sgg.); la pace, ordine perfetto nelle relazioni di ciascuno con Dio e con il prossimo: Is. 9, 6 sg.; Mi. 5, 5; Ez. 34, 25 sg.; ecc.; l'abbondanza dei beni spirituali, …
… I doni messianici, infatti, sono descritti nel Vecchio Testamento come qualità superiori che faranno agire l'uomo con giustizia ed equità (Is. 11, 2-4); come rinnovamento interiore (Ez. 36, 25-31). Ciò non sarà frutto dell'industria umana, ma solo di Dio (Is. 26, 12). Questo Regno di uomini interiormente docili, in contrapposizione all'esteriorismo legale (Jer. 31, 53), comporta, …
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… con i suoi vizi e concupiscenze (Gal. 5, 24) è l'antagonista, spesso personificato, dello s. (ibid. 5, 17). Lo s., che è fondamentalmente il divino Spirito Santo, nell'intimo dell'uomo rigenerato è lo s. nuovo immesso da Dio (predetto da Ez. 11, 19-20; 36, 26-27; cf. Ps. 50, 12), che costituisce l'uomo nuovo o creatura nuova (Eph. 4, 22-24; Col. 3, 9-10; II Cor. 5, 17; Gal. 6, 15); rimuove « il corpo della c. » o carnale (Col. 2, 11).
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… Ma d'altra parte si legge: « Sicut divisiones aquarum, ita cor regis in manu Domini: quocunque voluerit inclinabit illud » (Prov. 21, 1); « Faciam ut in praeceptis meis ambulietis » (Ez. 36, 27); « Deus est enim qui operatur in vobis et velle et perficere » (Phil. 2, 13). Il significato ovvio di simili espressioni porta al concetto di un'azione e cioè di una G. divina, …
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… Si dice p. es. che il Signore darà, nel tempo messianico, una « nuova rūah » (Ez. 11, 19; 18, 31; 36, 29; Ps. 51 [50], 12); nella rūah ascendono i pensieri (Ez. 11, 5); la rūah cerca, desidera il Signore (Is. 26, 9), è abbattuta (Is. 66, 2; Prov. 15, 13), umile (Prov. 16, 19; 29, 23), …
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ATTRIZIONE (DAL LAT. ATTERO = ABBATTO, SCHIACCIO)
… Tale dottrina è ben fondata nella Scrittura, che presenta i Profeti (Ier. 31, 18-20; Ez. 36, 31-32; Dan. 3, 38-40), Gesù Cristo (Mt. 5, 20-30; 10, 28-33; 13, 41; Lc. 7, 44; 3, 5; Io. 6, 14), gli Apostoli (Act. 8, 23; II Pt. 3, 3-9) come predicatori di penitenza, che …
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Il ricordo della straordinaria vegetazione del p. t. ritorna nella Bibbia come termine di paragone iperbolico: Gen. 13, 10; Is. 51, 3; Ez. 28, 13; 31, 8 sgg.; 36, 35; Ioel 2, 3; Eccli. 40, 17.
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