Become imitators; the word against Edom and Esau hatred
This is to say, according to his imitation. For the divine apostle says, "Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ." This word is directed to those from Edom and Esau, the brother of Jacob, proclaiming to them an excess of evils (for this is what the drunken one will pour out and drain), concerning which David also says: "Remember, Lord, the sons of Edom on the day of Jerusalem, of those saying, 'Strip her bare, strip her bare, until her foundation is laid bare.'" For being brothers and neighbors, they have preserved the ancestral hatred. And concerning Christ, having spoken, he remembered this at the opportune time. For the Christ was about to destroy the earthly one, so named, working heavenly things. For virtue and knowledge are threatening.
Greek
τουτέστι κατὰ μίμησιν αὐτοῦ. λέγει γὰρ ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος· «μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, καθὼς κἀγὼ Χριστοῦ». 117 Ὁ λόγος πρὸς τοὺς ἐξ Ἐδὼμ καὶ Ἡσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Ἰακώβ, ὑπερβολὴν αὐτοῖς προαγορεύων κακῶν (τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ μεθυσθήσῃ καὶ ἀποχεεῖς ), περὶ ὧν φησι καὶ ∆αβίδ· «μνήσθητι, κύριε, τῶν υἱῶν Ἐδὼμ τὴν ἡμέραν Ἱερουσαλήμ, τῶν λεγόντων· ἐκκενοῦτε, ἐκκενοῦτε ἕως οὗ ὁ θεμέλιος ἐν αὐτῇ». ἀδελφοὶ γὰρ ὄντες καὶ γείτονες, τὸ προγονικὸν διεφύλαξαν μῖσος. περὶ δὲ Χριστοῦ φήσας. εἰς καιρὸν καὶ ταύτης ἐμνήσθη. τὴν γὰρ Γήϊνον προσαγορευομένην πορθεῖν ἔμελλεν ὁ Χριστός, οὐράνιον ἐργαζόμενος. ἀπειλητικὸν γὰρ ἡ ἀρετή τε καὶ γνῶσις
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Origen of Alexandria, Fragmenta in Lamentationes (Greek).
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 13 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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