Commentary on Jeremiah

Aphrahat the Persian Sage (270–345)

Daniel said, "The saints of the most High shall receive the kingdom." What shall we say concerning this? Have the children of Israel received the kingdom of the most High? God forbid. Or has that people come on the clouds of heaven? This has passed away from them. For Jeremiah said concerning them, "Call them rejected silver, for the Lord has rejected them." Again he said, "He will not again regard them." And Isaiah said concerning them, "Pass by! Pass by! Approach not the defiled."

Consider and observe, my hearer, that if God had provided hope for Sodom and its companions, he would not have overthrown them with fire and brimstone, the sign of the last day of the world. Instead, he would have delivered them over to one of the kingdoms to be chastised. This is what was written, for instance, when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath. Concerning each one of the cities, he said that after they shall "drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Sidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab and of Edom." Concerning each one of these kingdoms he said, "In the last days I will turn back its captivity." Now we see that Tyre was inhabited…

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