Finish them; worship ended; no longer nation of God
He was also saying before: “finish them, and your word will be for me unto gladness and joy of my heart” (Lamentations 3:64)—these things after the plot against the Savior, when they were scattered everywhere; for “every just blood” (Jeremiah 15:16) came upon them. The, then, shows the worship according to them taking an end, and no longer being named a nation of God (Matthew 23:35).
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 3, 64. Ἕλεγε καὶ πρόσθεν· «συντέλεσον αὐτούς, καὶ ἔσται σου ὁ λόγος ἐμοὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην καὶ χαρὰν καρδίας μου( ταῦτα ταῦτα μετὰ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐπιβουλήν, ὅτε πανταχοῦ διεσπάρησαν· ἠλθε γὰρ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς >πᾶν δίκαιον x003C;. τὸ τοίνυν δηλοῖ τὸ τέλος λαβεῖν τὴν κατ' αὐτοὺς λατρείαν, καὶ τὸ μηκέτι χρη- ματίζειν ἔθνος θεοῦ.
About this text
Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.
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