89. Who will cry aloud, Spare Thy People, O
Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the nations should
rule over them? Joel ii. 17. What Noah,
and Job, Ezek. xiv. 14, 20. and Daniel, who are
reckoned together as men of prayer, will pray for us, that we may have
a slight respite from warfare, and recover ourselves, and recognize one
another for a while, and no longer, instead of united Israel, be
Judah Judah, etc.,
cf. Orat. vi. 7; xxxii. 4. and Israel, Rehoboam and Jeroboam, Jerusalem
and Samaria, in turn delivered up because of our sins, and in turn
lamented.