The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus · Appendix to the Works of Hippolytus. Containing Dubious and Spurious Pieces
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But not to expend our argument entirely in going over the words of all the prophets,1891 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 they prepared1893 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 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
Notes
- 1891
Manuscript E gives the better reading, logon hapanta tois ton propheton rhemasi, "our whole argument on the words of the prophets."
- 1892
ei ouk edothe. Manuscript B omits ei = and it was not put into their mouth.
- 1893
The text reads hegiasan. Manuscript B reads engisan. Migne suggests egeiran.
- 1894
ex horaseos.
- 1895
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- 1896
For ten pros allelous anastrophen, Codex B reads diastrophen kai phthoran.
- 1897
For anupotakton diathesin, Codex B reads ataxian = unruliness, and adds, kai goneis ta tekna misesousi , kai tekna tois goneusin epiballontai cheiras, "and parents shall hate their children and children lay hands on their parents."