Fragments on Lamentations · §111

Kindled = siege fire; shaken = slavery; no second sojourn

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And “they were kindled” (Lamentations 4:15) shows the fire of the capture, and “they were shaken” the transfer unto slavery, and “they will not add to sojourn” that they will have a continuous sojourn, no longer needing a second.

Greek

Klagel. Jerem. 4, 15. Δηλοῖ δὲ τὸ μὲν ἀνήφθησαν τὸ τῆς ἁλώσεως πῦρ, τὸ δὲ ἐσαλεύθησαν τὴν εἰς δουλείαν μετάστασιν , τὸ δὲ οὐ μὴ προσ- θῶσι τοῦ παροικεῖν ὅτι διηνεκῆ σχήσουσι παροικίαν, δεττέρας μηκέτι δεόμενοι.

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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.

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