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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Hosea: “Hear ye the word of the

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Lord

,

ye

children

of

Israel

:

because

judgment

is

from

the

Lord

against

the

inhabitants

of

the

earth

,

because

there

is

neither

mercy

nor

truth

,

nor

acknowledgment

of

God

upon

the

earth

;

but

cursing

,

and

lying

,

and

slaughter

,

and

theft

,

and

adultery

is

scattered

abroad

upon

the

earth

:

they

mingle

blood

to

blood

.

Therefore

the

land

shall

mourn

,

with

all

its

inhabitants

,

with

the

beasts

of

the

field

,

with

the

creeping

things

of

the

earth

,

with

the

birds

of

heaven

;

and

the

fishes

of

the

sea

shall

fail

:

so

that

no

man

may

judge

,

no

man

may

refute

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

in

Isaiah

:

“

Is

not

the

Lord’s

hand

strong

to

save

,

or

has

He

weighed

down

His

ear

that

He

may

not

hear

?

But

your

sins

separate

between

you

and

God

;

and

on

account

of

your

iniquities

He

turns

away

His

face

from

you

,

lest

He

should

pity

.

For

your

hands

are

polluted

with

blood

,

and

your

fingers

with

sins

;

and

your

lips

have

spoken

wickedness

,

and

your

tongue

devises

unrighteousness

.

No

one

speaks

true

things

,

neither

is

judgment

true

.

They

trust

in

vanity

,

and

speak

emptiness

,

who

conceive

sorrow

,

and

bring

forth

wickedness

.

”

Also

in

Zephaniah

:

“

In

failing

,

let

it

fail

from

the

face

of

the

earth

,

saith

the

Lord

.

Let

man

fail

,

and

cattle

;

let

the

birds

of

heaven

fail

,

and

the

fishes

of

the

sea

;

and

I

will

take

away

the

unrighteous

from

the

face

of

the

earth

.

”

Notes

1
Hos. iv. 1–4.
2
Isa. lix. 1–4.
3
Zeph. i. 2, 3.