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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 Isaiah: “Your country is desolate, your

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cities

are

burned

with

fire

:

your

land

,

strangers

shall

devour

it

in

your

sight

;

and

the

daughter

of

Zion

shall

be

left

deserted

,

and

overthrown

by

foreign

peoples

,

as

a

cottage

in

a

vineyard

,

and

as

a

keeper’s

lodge

in

a

garden

of

cucumbers

,

as

a

city

which

is

besieged

.

And

unless

the

Lord

of

Sabaoth

had

left

us

a

seed

,

we

should

have

been

as

Sodoma

,

and

we

should

have

been

like

unto

Gomorrah

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

the

Lord

says

:

“

Jerusalem

,

Jerusalem

,

that

killest

the

prophets

,

and

stonest

them

that

are

sent

unto

thee

,

how

often

would

I

have

gathered

thy

children

as

a

hen

gathereth

her

chickens

under

her

wings

,

and

thou

wouldst

not

!

Behold

,

your

house

shall

be

left

unto

you

desolate

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. i. 7–9.
2
Matt. xxiii. 37, 38.