# In XII Prophetas 60-6

Cyrillus, In XII Prophetas, Commentary joel, ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΕΞΗΓΗΣΙΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΝ ΙΩΗΛ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/in-xii-prophetas/60-6

Bάλλουσι μὲν ἀκρίδες οὐ βελῶν ἀκίσι τοὺς πολεμουμένουσ, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τόξον αὐταῖς ἐντείνεται· πόθεν; κατακρούουσι δὲ ὥσπερ ταῖς τῶν ἐδωδίμων καταφθοραῖς, καὶ τοῖς λιμοῦ καὶ ἐνδείας δείμασιν. ὅτι δὲ καὶ αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὑπὸ τοιάνδε πεσοῦσι συμφορὰν οὐκ ἂν ἐξαρκέσειε τὸ ἀπολέσθαι τὰ ἐν ἀγροῖς, ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ οἴκοις αὐτοῖς καὶ πόλεσιν εἰσπεφοιτηκότα καὶ παρενοχλοῦντα δεινῶς, τὸν ἐκ τῶν ἀκρίδων ἕξουσι στρατὸν, ἤγουν καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἀσσύριον, παρέδειξεν εἰπών Καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελέσωσιν. ὅμοιον ὡς εἰ λέγοι Καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔσται τὸ τῆς ὀργῆς πέρας, παρέλθοι δ’ ἂν καὶ ἐπέκεινα· φησὶ γάρ·

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Cyril of Alexandria, In XII Prophetas, ed. Philip Edward Pusey. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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