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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 1 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Jeremiah the Lord says: “I have sent

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unto

I

you

my

servants

the

prophets

.

Before

the

daylight

I

sent

them

(

and

ye

heard

me

not

,

and

did

not

listen

with

your

ears

)

,

saying

,

Let

every

one

of

you

be

converted

from

his

evil

way

,

and

from

your

most

wicked

desires

;

and

ye

shall

dwell

in

that

land

which

I

have

given

you

and

your

fathers

for

ever

and

ever

.

”

And

again

:

“

Go

not

after

other

gods

,

to

serve

them

,

and

do

not

worship

them

;

and

provoke

me

not

to

anger

in

the

works

of

your

hands

to

scatter

you

abroad

;

and

ye

have

not

hearkened

unto

me

.

”

Also

in

the

third

book

of

the

Kings

,

Elias

saith

unto

the

Lord

:

“

In

being

jealous

I

have

been

jealous

for

the

Lord

God

Almighty

;

because

the

children

of

Israel

have

forsaken

Thee

,

have

demolished

Thine

altars

,

and

have

slain

Thy

prophets

with

the

sword

;

and

I

have

remained

solitary

,

and

they

seek

my

life

,

to

take

it

away

from

me

.

”

In

Ezra

also

:

“

They

have

fallen

away

from

Thee

,

and

have

cast

Thy

law

behind

their

backs

,

and

have

killed

Thy

prophets

which

testified

against

them

that

they

should

return

to

Thee

.

”

Notes

1
Jer. vii. 25; xxv. 4.
2
The words “and again” are sometimes omitted; and sometimes read “Moreover, in the same place.”
3
Jer. xxv. 6, 7.
4
1 Kings xix. 10.
5
Neh. ix. 26.