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.