104 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN.
" Thus saiththe Lord, the God of Sabaoth,Egypt iswearied;
and the merchandiseof the Ethiopians,and the tallmen of
the Sabeans, shallpass over unto Thee, and shallbe Thy
servants; and shallwalk afterThee bound with chains; and
shallworshipThee, and shallpray to Thee, because God is
in Thee, and thereisno otherGod besideThee. For Thou
artGod, and we knew itnot,O God of Israel,our Saviour.
They shallallbe confounded and fear who oppose Thee,
and shallfallintoconfusion."1 Likewiseinthesame : " The
voice of one crying in the wilderness,Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make straightthe paths of our God. Every
channel shallbe filledup, and every mountain and hillshall
be made low,and allcrooked placesshallbe made straight,
and rough placesplain; and the gloryof the Lord shallbe
seen,and allfleshshallseethe salvationof God, becausethe
Lord hath spoken it."s Moreover, in Jeremiah: "This is
our God, and no othershallbe esteemed beside Him, who
hath found allthe way of knowledge,and hath given itto
Jacob His son,and to IsraelHis beloved. After thisHe
was seen upon earth,and He conversedwith men." * Also
in ZechariahGod says: " And they shallcrossover through
the narrow sea,and they shallsmite the waves in the sea,
and they shalldry up allthe depthsof the rivers; and all
the haughtinessof the Assyrians shallbe confounded,and
the sceptreof Egypt shallbe taken away. And I will
strengthenthem in the Lord theirGod, and in His name
shallthey glory,saiththe Lord." 4 Moreover, in Hosea the
Lord saith: u I willnot do accordingto the anger of mine
indignation,I willnot allowEphraim to be destroyed: for
I am God, and there is not a holy man in thee: and I will
not enterintothe city; I willgo afterGod." 5 Also in the
forty-fourthPsalm : " Thy throne,O God, is for everand
ever: the sceptreof righteousnessisthe sceptreof Thy king
dom. Thou hast loved righteousness,and hated iniquity:
wherefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil
of gladnessabove Thy fellows."0 So, too,in the forty-fifth
iIsa.xlv.14-16. * Isa,xl.3-5. 8Baruchiii.35-37.
* Zech.x.11,12. * Hos.xi.9,10. • Ps.xlv.6,7.