94 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN.
isthe hope of the nations: binding his foalunto thevine,
and his ass'scolt unto the branch of the vine;1 he shall
wash hisgarments in wine,and his clothingin the bloodof
the grape : terriblearehiseyes with wine,and his teethare
whiter than milk."3 Hence in Numbers it iswrittencon
cerning our people: " Behold,the people shallriseup asa
lion-likepeople."8 In Deuteronomy : " Ye Gentilesshallbe
for the head; but thisunbelievingpeople shallbe forthe
tail."4 Also in Jeremiah : " Hear the sound of the trumpet.
And they said,We willnot hear: for thiscause the nations
shallhear,and theywho shallfeedtheircattleamong them.'"
In the seventeenthPsalm: "Thou shaltestablishme the
head of the nations: a people whom I have not known
have servedme : at the hearingof the ear they have obeyed
me." 6 Concerning thisvery thing the Lord says in Jere
miah: "Before I formed thee in the belly,I knew thee;
and before thou wentest forth from the womb, I sanctified
thee,and establishedthee as a prophetamong the nations."7
Also in Isaiah: " Behold, I have manifestedhim fora wit
ness to the nations,a prince and a commander to the
peoples."8 Also in the same : " Nations which have not
known Thee shallcallupon Thee ; and peopleswhich were
ignorantofThee shallfleetoThee."9 In the same,moreover:
" And in thatday thereshallbe a rootof Jesse,which shall
riseto rule in allthe nations;in Him shallthe Gentiles
hope : and His restshallbe honour."10 In the same again:
" The land of Zebulon,and the land of Nephtalim,by the
way of the sea,and ye otherswho inhabitthe maritime
places,and beyond Jordan 11of the nations. People that
walk in darkness,behold ye a great light; ye who dwellhi
the regionof the shadow of death,the lightshallshineupon
you."12 Also in the same : " Thus saiththe Lord God to
IOriginal," ad cilicium;"LXX. rjiiKm, " thetendrilofthevine;"
Oxfordtransl." thechoicevine."2Gen.xlix.8-12. sNum. xxiiL14. * Deut.xxviii.44.
5 Jer.vi.18. 6 Ps.xviii.43,44. 7Jer.i.5.
8 Isa.It.4. • Isa.Iv.5. 10Isa.xi 10.
IIOxfordeditionadds" Galilee." " Isa.ix.1,2.