# Chapter summaries and lives of the Twelve Prophets - Author: [Hesychius of Jerusalem](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/hesychius-of-jerusalem/) - Latin title: *Capita in XII prophetas minores* - Date: ca. 412-450 (approximate) - Source: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca 93 (Paris, 1860) - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/ - Passages: 12 ## On the prophet Hosea - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-1 - Source: PG 93:1340 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The end of Hesychius’s preface to the Twelve Prophets (on their obscurity, their dates and the antiquity of prophecy), the twenty chapter headings of Hosea, and a short life of Hosea. ### Greek text τὴν εὑρήσεις τῶν προφητῶν τὴν ἐξήγησιν, γυμνῶσαι ταύτην ἐπιχειρῶν τῆς θεωρίας τοῦ πνεύματος. Τί μὲν γὰρ ἐρεῖς Ὦσηὲ ταῦτα βούλεσθαι τὰ ῥήματα, « Ὃ δὲ Ἐφραῖμ., πονηρὸν πνεῦμα; » τίνος χάριν xo, «Ἔλαιον εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐνεπορεύετο;» xa ποίας τοῦτο τί δὲ τί τὸν: λίθον τὸν μέμψεως, τίνος ἐγχλήματος ἄξιον; τοῦ ἰξευτοῦ πὸ ἄγγος, ὅπερ '"Apüg παρέδωχε; χασσιτέρινον, ἑπτὰ ὀφθαλμόὺς, ὡς Ζαχαρίας γέγραφεν ὁ προφήτης, βαστάζοντα; καὶ πολλὰ ταύτοις ἕτερα παροπλήσια " ἐφ᾽ οἷς αὐτὸς ὁ ταῦτα τοῖς χαλάμοις τῶν προφητῶν φθεγξάμενος, εἰπεῖν ταῦτα τὸν Ὦσηξ προδάλλετα: « ᾿Εγὼ ὁράσεις ἐπλήθυνα, καὶ ἐν χερσὶ προφητῶν ὡμοιώθην. » Τούτου δὲ οὕτως ἐχεῖνο συντόμως ὁ λόγος παραδίδωσιν, ὡς οἱ τινὲς τῶν προφητῶν τοὺς βασιλεῖς, ἐφ᾽ ὧν ἐξέθεντο τὴν προφητείαν, ἔκρυψαν 1| παρ᾽ ἔθνεσι προφητεύσαντες, ἣ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὁρμηθέντες ἐτύγχανον εἰ γὰρ καὶ πρωτοτύπως ἡ προφητεία τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπέσταλτο, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως προφητῶν τινων τινὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν ὑπῆρξεν ἀχροάσασθαι" T, οὐχὺ τοῦτο Ἰωνᾶ: ἡμῖν μάλιστα παρασχευάζενι στοχάσασθαι, αὐτός τε ἐξ ἐθνῶν γεγονὼς, καὶ προφητεύσας ἐν ἔθνεσι; Νινευΐταις μὲν γὰρ χηρύξων ὁ προφήτης ἀπέσταλτο, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Γὲθ αὐτὸν τῶν. Βασιλειῶν ἡ βίόλος, ἥτις ἣν μία τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις σατραπιῶν, ἐχδίδωσι " φησὶ γάρ" « Ῥῆμα Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ δούλου αὐτοῦ Ἰωνᾶ, υἱοῦ ᾽᾿Αμαθ), τοῦ προφήτου ix ΤῈ0 Χοφέρ. » Καὶ τούτου χάριν ἄχρονον ἄρα τὴν προἀξίαν ποῦ A φητείαν ἐχθέμενος ἀλλὰ xo Ion, γράψας οὕτω καὶ ἢ αὐτὸς τὸ προοίμιον " «᾽᾿Αχούσατε ταῦτα, οἱ πρεσθύ- «spot, καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε, πάντες οἱ χατοιχοῦντες τὴν γῆν. v Tb δὲ αὐτὸ xoY ᾿Αὐδιού «᾿Αχοὴν ἤχουσα παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ περιοχὴν εἰς vX ἔθνη ἐξαπέστειλεν. » Ἔτι καὶ Ναούμ: « Λῆμμα Νινευΐ λέγων, ὅμοια στοχάζΞεσθαι περὶ σφῶν ἀναγχάζουσιν. »᾿Αμθαχοὺμ γὰρ, εἰ μὲν οὗτός ἔστιν ὃν ἐς τὴν Βαδθυλωνίων ἁρπάσας ἀπεχόμισεν ἄγγελος, εἰπεῖν τὸ σαφὲς οὐχ ἔχω" πλὴν οὐδὲ αὐτὸς ἐν προοιμίῳ. τῆς βίόλου, τῆς Ιουδαίας, εὐχὸν, ἣ Σαμαρείας, ἡ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέμνηται, ἀλλὰ καὶ] τῆς γῆς ὅλης " οὐχὶ γὰρ μόνης τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ, τροφητιχῇ βίθλῳ χατηγορίαν εἰσέρχεται" ζητῶν δὲ τὸν Μαλαχιὴλ, εὑρήσεις τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὸ χεφάloto) τῆς προφητείας νέμοντα. Ὃς εἰ καὶ ἄγγελος. Ὁ Θεοῦ ol προφῆται ἐλέγοντο: δηλοῖ δὲ "A ato οὕτω μὲν ἑαυτὸν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους προφῆτας χεχληχὼς οἷς ὑπηρέταις τῆς ἑαυτοῦ προφητείας ἐχέχρητο. Φησὶ γάρ" « Καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αγγαῖος ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐν ἀγγέλοις Κυρίου τῷ Aa.» Ἴσως δὲ καὶ ὄνομα τοῦτο χύριον ὁ προφήτης ἐχέχτητο. ᾿Αλλὰ μὴν x&χεῖνο προσθεῖναι πρὸς ἀχκρ'δεστέραν γνῶτιν τῶν βίὄλων τῶν προφητιχῶν ἄξιον, ὡς ἀρχαῖον μὲν ἣν τῆς προφητείας τὸ χάρισμα, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἄνωθεν τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων δημιουργίας ἀρξάμενον. Ὥστε τὸν ᾿Αδὰμ. περὶ τῆς Εὔας λέγειν, προφητιχῷ δηλονότι χαρίσματι εἰ ἕνεχεν τούτου γαταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ προπχολληθήσεται πρὺς τὴν γυναῖκα αὑτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρχα μίαν. » 'A6paàp. 0t προφήτης παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν ᾿Αδιμιέλεχ εἰπόντος, προσηγόρξυται" ε«᾿Απόδος τὴν γυναῖχα τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὅτι προφήτης ἐστίν. » Οὐ μόνοι τοίνυν προφῆται γεγόνασιν, ὧν ἔγγραφος ἣ προφητεία φέρεται" ἐπεὶ πῶς μὲν ὁ Σαμουὴλ προφητῶν ἔξαρχος ἐπωνόμαστο; πῶς δὲ υἱοὶ προφητῶν οἱ συναγόμενοι παρὰ τὸν ᾿Ἑλισαῖον ἐλέγοντο; Προφητεία γὰρ ἔγγραφος οὐ τούτων μὲν οὖν, οὐδὲ ἐχείνων φέρεται. Ὅσοι τοίνυν ἧσαν τὴν φιλοσοφΐαν ἴσως ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐξαίρετοι, οὗτοι xa τὴν προφητιχὴν θεωρίαν γεγονότες ἐπίσημοι, ἣ ταῖς igvopixzig βίδλοις τῆς θεοπνεύστου Γραφῆς, ὅσα προφητιχῷ Πνεύματι εἰπόντες ἣ πράξαντες ὑπῆρχον, ἀνεγράφησαν, ὥσπερ Σαμουὴλ, Ἠλίας ve καὶ Ἕλισσαῖος “ ἣ βίόλους, ἐπιτραπέντες παρὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος, αὐτοὶ προφητιχὰς συνέταξαν οἷοί τινες οἱ δώδεχα, 'Haatag τε, xax Ἱερεμίας, καὶ Ἰεζεκιὴλ, xoX Δανιὴλ γεγόνασιν ὧν ἸΞ:ζεχιὴλ μὲν καὶ Δανιὴλ, ᾿Αγγᾶτός τε καὶ Ζαχαρίας, τῆς ἁλώσεως τῆς ἐξ ᾿Ασσυρίων τῷ λαῷ συμδάσης τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὕστεροι προφητεύουσιν. Ἱερεμίας δὲ ταύτην προφητεύει τὴν ἄλωσιν" ὁ Σοφονίας οὐ πάντα τὸν καιρὸν τῆς προφητείας, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ μέρους συνήχμασεν, ἐπὶ τῆς ᾿Ιωσίου βασιλείας προφητεύσας ἐφ᾽ οὗ τῆς προφητείας Ἱερεμίας ἤρξατο" οἱ λοιποὶ δὲ Ἡ σαΐου μὲν σύγχρονοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ Σαμουὴλ, καὶ ᾿Ἢλίου, καὶ Ἑλισσαίου νεώτεροι. Δῆλον γὰρ ἀφ᾽ ὧν vp μὲν Ἡλισσαίῳ παρῆν Ἰωᾶς ὁ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ βασιλεὺς, τὸν βίον μεταλλάττει " ἐν ἡμέραις δὲ Ἱεροθοὰμ,, οὐ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ναυὰτ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἰωᾶς, "Don τὴν προφητείαν ἐχτίθεται τούτῳ δὲ καὶ "Aus καὶ Μικαίας καὶ 'Hootag συνήχμασαν" ὡς οἱ αγμένοι τῆς ἑχάστου προφητείας βασιλεῖς παιδεῦσαι τὸν ἀπὸ σπουδῆς μελετῶντά τε καὶ ψηλαφῶντα δύναντα!. “Ὅπερ δὲ λοιπόν ἐστι τῷ προλόγῳ, ἀναγκαίως προσθήσομεν " ὡς ᾿Αμὼς καὶ Ὡσηὲ χατὸ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ Σαμάρειαν προφητεύσαντες ἔτυχον, καὶ τούτου χάριν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς Ιουδαίας τὸν Ἱεροθολῳ. τὸν τὰ δέχα σχῆπτρα τῆς ἀφορισθείσης τῷ Ἰσραὴλ βασιλείας ἐσχηκότα συνέταξαν δῆλον δὲ ὅτι ᾿Αμασίας ὁ ἱερεὺς Βαιθὴλ τοιαῦτα πρὸς τὸν ᾿Αμὼς ἐφθέγξατο «᾿χχώρησον εἰς γῆν Ἰούδα, xo ἐχεῖΐ χαταθίου, x προφητεύσεις. » Eig δὲ Βαιθὴλ οὐχέτι προσθῇς " ὅσοι δὲ τῆς "Iovüaiaz ἐσομένης τὴν προφητείαν ἐχήρυξαν, οὗτοι μόνον τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ βασι λευσάντων μέμνηται. α'. Εἰχὼν τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων συναγωγῆς, ἐξ ἧς ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ aápzo. τίχτεται" καὶ λαοῦ τὸ μὲν ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ ἔμεινεν, τὸ δὲ ὕστερον ἐπιστρέφει καὶ σώβ΄. ᾿Απειλὴ xac τῆς συναγωγῆς, ὅτι πάντων τῶν δοθέντων αὐτῇ παρὰ Θεοῦ ἀγαθῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧν ἔδοξεν ἐχ τῶν εἰδώλων ἔχειν, γυμνωθήσεται. γ΄. Πρόῤῥησις, ὅπως ἣ μὲν Συναγωγὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ταπεινοῦτα', καὶ τῆς δουλείας τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων παύε-ται" οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς δὲ πιστεύσαντες χοινωνήσουτ!: τῆς νέας διαθήχης, καὶ τῶν ἐν Χριστῷ μυστηρίων τοῖς ἔθνεσι. δ΄. Κατηγορία τῆς Συναγωγῆς, ὅτι παρὰ Θεοῦ ἀγαπωμένη τοῖς εἰδώλοις προσέδραμε " καὶ πρόῤῥησις, ὅπως ὁλοχλήρως αὐτῇ τὰ τῆς ἀρκαίας πολιτείας ἀργήσῃ, αὐτὴ δὲ ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν εἰς ὕστερον.. ε΄, Διήγησις ὧν ὁ λαὸς τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ οἱ τούτου ἱερεῖς ἠσέθουν καὶ ἡμάρτανον. ς΄. Κατηγορία τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν ἀρχόντων " ὅτι παρὰ τὴν αὐτῶν αἰτίαν ὁ λαὸς ξξημάρτανε" καὶ γνησίως μὲν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν οὐχ ἐπέστρεφον, μετὰ θυσιῶν δὲ αὐτὸν ἀλόγων ἐζήτει, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐχ ηὕρισχε. C. Πρόσταγμα, κηρυχθῆναι οἷα ὁ λαὸς μὲν τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων ἐξήμαρτεν" ὁ Χριστὸς δὲ διὰ τοῦ μυστηρίου καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως καὶ τῆς ἀναλήψεως τῆς εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἔπραξεν. η΄. "Ἐνδειξις τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίας, καὶ τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀγνωμοσύνης " καὶ παραίνεσις πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἵνα τοῖς ἔθνεσι τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς καὶ τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως τῷ λῃστῇ τῷ κατὰ τὸν χατρὸν τοῦ σταυροῦ σωθέντι χοινωνήσωσι. θ΄. Κατηγορία τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ ᾿Ισρχὴλ, ὅσα εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν διαφόρως ἐξήμαρτε" καὶ ὅτι παλαιωθείσης αὐτῶν τῆς πολιτείας οὐχ ἡ σθάνοντο, ἐζήλωσαν δὲ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὴν ἀρκαίαν ἀσέθειαν, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν αὐτοῖς ταπείνωσιν ἠπείλησε. v. Θρῆνος τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, οἷα μὲν εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐξήμαρτεν, οἷα δὲ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐπαιδεύθησαν " xa ὅπως διὰ τὴν πλάνην τῶν εἰδώλων ἀπόληται αὐὖκῶν ὁ ναὸς xa ἣ χώρα" καὶ ἄπερ ἔλαθον παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμιμα. τα’. ᾿Απόγνωσις τῆς Ἰουδαϊχῆς χαρᾶς, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν μ:μησάμενοι τῶν ἐθνῶν τὴν ἀσέθειαν, τὰς θυσίας τοῦ Θεοῦ xaY τὰς σπονδὰς ἐμόλυναν, καὶ τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων πλάνην εἰς τὸν ναὸν εἰσήγαγον. ιβ΄. Ὅπως τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἀγαπητῶς ὁ Θεὸς ἐξελέξατο, αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰδώλοις προσέδραμον, καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς δου λείας ἀπέστησαν, χαὺ οὐδὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν τὸν Χριστὸν σαρχωθέντα ἠδέσθησαν" ὅθεν αὐτοῖς ἀρὰ ἀχαρπίας, καὶ τῆς εἰς τὰ ἔθνη διασπορᾶς ἐπάγεται. ιγ΄. Διά ji τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ Ἰοραὴν», ὅτι πρότερον εὐσεθῶν, ὕστερον οὐ μόνον ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ὁ Χριστοῦ τὴν ἘΞ ιἱλείαν ἠρνήσατο" καὶ ἀπ᾿ med κατ᾽ ὕεσθα: μέλλουσι. € τῷ ἀρκαίῳ λαῷ θεοσεθείας " καὶ. ὰ τῶν αὐτῶν, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὸν Χριστὸν σαρχω θέντα ποῦ Πατρὸς χέχληται. a τῆς εἰδωλιχῇς τῶν Ἰουδαίων πλάνης καὶ ὅτι παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ διορθωθέντες οὐχ ἐπἐστρεψαν, ἀργὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ πεποιηχότες τὸ χήρυγμα, ὀργισθῆναι χατὰ τῆς πολιτείας καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ παρεσχεύασαν. ις΄. Οἷα τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ ται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀσεθοῦντες ἐπέμειναν " διόπερ αὐτοὺς Χριστὸς φιλανθρωπεύεμὲν τιμωρήσεαθαι, ἐχδιχήσειν ὃὲ τὸν Χριστὸν ὁ Πατὴρ ὡς παραχουσθέντα παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐπαγγέλλεται. ιζ’, Παραίνεσις πῶς δεῖ πρὸς c ν Θεὸν ἐπιστρέ καὶ χατηγορία ὧν ὁ τῶν Ἰουδαίων λαὺς παρανομῶν ἐλογίζετο. Καὶ διήγησις ὅσα διὰ νόμου καὶ προφητῶν xax διὰ τῆς οἰχείας αὐτοῦ παρουσίας ὁ Χριστὸς εὐηρεἰν" γέτησεν. τη. Ὅπως ὁ τῶν Ἰουδαίων λαὸς τὸν Χριστὸν ὄνειδίσας τὴν ἀμοιδὴν ἀπέλαθε, καὶ τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν εἰδώλων ἐπιμεΐνας ἠφάνισται" καὶ ὅσα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐηργετήθη πρότερον, ἀγνωμονήσας δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα παιδεύεται. ιθ΄. ᾿Ὀνειδισμὸς χατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι τοῦ Χριστοῦ μὲν αὐτοὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἡρνήσαντο, αὐτὸς δὲ τὸν μὲν διάδολον χατήργησε, καὶ τὸν θάνατον ἔπαυσεν " ἀφανισμὸν δὲ τῆς Συναγωγῆς καὶ τῆς ἐν αὐτῇ πολιπείας ἀπείλησε. x'. Παραίνεσις ἐξομολογήσεως, καὶ συγγνώμης ὑπόσχξσις, καὶ μυστηρίων χοινωνίας, ὧν ὁ λαὺς ὁὲξ ἐθνῶν ἀπήλαυσεν. Ὠσηὲ ἑρμηνεύεται σωζόμενος" οὗτος ἣν Ex Rzλεμὼθ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰσάχαρ͵ καὶ ἔδωχε τέρας ἥξειν Κύριον ἐπὶ γῆς ἀνθρώποις συνἀναστρεφόμενον" zal ἡ δρὺς ἣ £v Σιλὼμ μερισθήσεται [εἰς] δώδεχα μέρη" καὶ ἐν αχοῦσαι καὶ ἀχολουθῆσαι αὐτῷ ἐπὶ [τῷ ἐπὶ] γῆς φανέντι Θεῷ, καὶ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ σωθήσεται πᾶσα | v7 καὶ οὕτως [οὗτος]! θανὼν ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ γῇ αὑτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) [End of the preface] … you will find the explanation of the prophets, if you attempt to strip it of the spiritual contemplation. For what will you say Hosea means by these words: “But Ephraim is an evil spirit”? For what reason “oil was traded into Egypt”? And of what blame is this worthy, of what charge? What is the fowler’s basket which Amos handed down? What is the stone of tin bearing seven eyes, as Zechariah the prophet wrote? And many other things like these; in view of which the very one who uttered them by the pens of the prophets puts forward Hosea to say, “I multiplied visions, and by the hands of prophets I was represented.” The discourse hands on this briefly as well: that some of the prophets left unnamed the kings under whom they set out their prophecy, either because they prophesied among the nations or because they came from the nations. For even if prophecy was sent in the first place to Israel, it nevertheless fell to some of the nations to hear certain prophets. Or does not Jonah above all give us ground to conjecture this, since he was himself from the nations and prophesied among nations? For the prophet was sent to preach to the Ninevites, and the book of Kingdoms gives him as from Gath, which was one of the satrapies among the foreigners; for it says: “The word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah son of Amathi, the prophet from Gath-hepher.” And for this reason he set out his prophecy without a date. But Joel too wrote so, and his opening: “Hear these things, you elders, and give ear, all who dwell in the land.” And the same with Obadiah: “I heard a report from the Lord, and he sent forth a message to the nations.” Nahum too, saying, “The oracle of Nineveh,” compels us to conjecture similar things about them. As for Habakkuk, whether he is the one whom an angel snatched up and carried off to the Babylonians, I cannot say clearly; but he too, at the opening of the book, mentions not Judea, perhaps, or Samaria, or Israel, but the whole earth; for in the whole prophetic book he does not bring a charge against Judea alone. And if you look into Malachi, you will find him assigning the chief part of the prophecy to the nations. And even if he is called “angel” …, the prophets of God were called angels. Haggai shows this, calling both himself and the other prophets so, whom God used as servants of his prophecy; for he says, “And Haggai, the angel of the Lord, said among the angels of the Lord to the people.” But perhaps the prophet had this as a proper name too. It is worth adding this as well, for a more exact knowledge of the prophetic books: that the gift of prophecy was ancient, having begun from the very creation of men. So Adam said of Eve, plainly by the prophetic gift, “For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” And Abraham is called a prophet by God himself, who said to Abimelech, “Return the wife to the man, for he is a prophet.” So not only those whose prophecy is carried in writing were prophets; otherwise how was Samuel named the chief of the prophets? And how were those gathered around Elisha called sons of the prophets? For no written prophecy of these or of those is carried. Those, then, who were perhaps outstanding beyond the rest in the life of wisdom became distinguished also in prophetic contemplation. Either what they said or did by the prophetic Spirit was recorded in the historical books of the God-inspired Scripture, like Samuel, Elijah and Elisha; or, entrusted by the Spirit, they themselves composed prophetic books, such as the Twelve, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. Of these, Ezekiel and Daniel, Haggai and Zechariah prophesy after the capture that befell the people of the Jews at the hands of the Assyrians. Jeremiah prophesies this capture. Zephaniah flourished not for the whole time of prophecy but for part of it, having prophesied in the reign of Josiah, under whom Jeremiah began to prophesy. The rest were contemporaries of Isaiah, but later than Samuel, Elijah and Elisha. This is clear from the fact that Elisha departs this life while Joash, the king of Israel, was with him; and in the days of Jeroboam, not the son of Nebat but the son of Joash, Hosea sets out his prophecy; and with him Amos, Micah and Isaiah also flourished, as the kings named at the head of each prophecy can teach one who studies and searches with zeal. What remains of the prologue we shall necessarily add: that Amos and Hosea happened to prophesy in Judea and Samaria, and for this reason ranked with the kings of Judea Jeroboam, who held the ten sceptres of the kingdom separated off to Israel. It is clear, for Amaziah the priest of Bethel spoke such words to Amos: “Go off into the land of Judah, and live there, and prophesy there; but do not prophesy any more at Bethel.” But those who proclaimed the prophecy of Judea, which was to be, mention only those who reigned in it. [Hosea] 1. An image of the synagogue of the Jews, from which Christ is born according to the flesh; and of the people, part of which remained in unbelief, while part later turns and is saved. 2. A threat against the synagogue, that it will be stripped of all the good things given it by God, and also of those it thought it had from the idols. 3. A prediction of how the synagogue of the Jews is humbled and ceases from slavery to the idols, while those of it who have believed will share with the nations in the new covenant and in the mysteries in Christ. 4. An accusation of the synagogue, that, though loved by God, it ran to the idols; and a prediction of how the things of its ancient way of life will wholly cease, and it will itself turn to Christ afterwards. 5. An account of the ungodliness and sins of the people of the Jews and of its priests. 6. An accusation of the Jewish rulers, that the people sinned through their fault; and that they did not turn to God sincerely, but sought him with sacrifices of irrational animals, and therefore did not find him. 7. A command to proclaim what the people of the Jews sinned, and what Christ did through the mystery, the resurrection, and the ascension into heaven. 8. A display of God’s love for mankind and of the ingratitude of the Jews; and an exhortation to them to share with the nations in the conversion and in the confession of the thief who was saved at the time of the cross. 9. An accusation of the visible Israel for its various sins against Christ; and that they did not perceive that their way of life had grown old, but emulated the ancient ungodliness of the nations; for which he threatened them with humiliation. 10. A lament of the people of the Jews: how they sinned against God, and how they were disciplined by him; and how, because of the error of the idols, their temple and land will perish, and the ordinances they had received from God. 11. Despair of Jewish joy, because, imitating the ungodliness of the nations, they defiled the sacrifices and libations of God and brought the error of the idols into the temple. 12. How God chose Israel in love, but they ran to idols and departed from the service of God, and did not respect even Christ when he became incarnate from them; hence a curse of fruitlessness and of dispersion among the nations is brought upon them. 13. … of the visible Israel, that, though formerly devout, it later denied not only [God] in the idols but also the kingship of Christ; and … they are going to … 14. … of the godliness of the ancient people; and … of the same, because … Christ incarnate … was called … of the Father. 15. … of the idolatrous error of the Jews; and that, when corrected by God, they did not turn, but, having made his preaching idle, brought about his anger against their way of life and the temple. 16. The kindnesses Christ shows the Jews, while they persisted in ungodliness; therefore the Father promises to punish them and to avenge Christ, as having been disobeyed by them. 17. An exhortation on how one must turn to God; an accusation of the lawless deeds the people of the Jews devised; and an account of the benefits Christ bestowed through the law and the prophets and through his own coming. 18. How the people of the Jews, having reproached Christ, received its reward, and, persisting in slavery to the idols, was destroyed; and the benefits it formerly received from God, and how, having been ungrateful, it is afterwards disciplined. 19. A reproach against the Jews, that they denied the kingship of Christ, while he abolished the devil and put an end to death; and he threatened the destruction of the synagogue and of its way of life. 20. An exhortation to confession, and a promise of pardon and of fellowship in the mysteries, which the people from the nations enjoyed. Hosea is interpreted “saved.” He was from Belemoth, of the tribe of Issachar. And he gave a portent that the Lord would come on earth, living among men; and the oak in Shiloh will be divided into twelve parts, and … to hear and follow him, the God who appeared on earth, and through him the whole [earth] will be saved. And so, having died, he was buried in his own land. ### Scripture references - Hos 12:1: quotation, high confidence - Amos 8:1: allusion, high confidence - Zech 4:10: allusion, high confidence - Hos 12:10 (12:11 LXX): quotation, high confidence - 2 Kgs 14:25: quotation, high confidence - Joel 1:2: quotation, high confidence - Obad 1:1: quotation, high confidence - Nah 1:1: quotation, high confidence - Hag 1:13: quotation, high confidence - Gen 2:24: quotation, high confidence - Gen 20:7: quotation, high confidence - 2 Kgs 13:14: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 7:12: quotation, high confidence - Amos 7:13: quotation, high confidence - Hos 1:2: allusion, medium confidence - Hos 2:2: allusion, medium confidence - Hos 11:1: allusion, low confidence - Hos 13:14: allusion, medium confidence - Hos 14:1: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Bel 33–39 (Bel and the Dragon): allusion, medium confidence - Liv. Pro. Hosea (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: this section begins with the end of the general preface (its beginning stands at the end of the Psalm fragments, ref 118); Hosea’s headings and life follow. - “Ephraim is an evil spirit … oil was traded into Egypt”: Hos 12:1 LXX. The fowler’s basket: Amos 8:1 LXX. The tin stone with seven eyes: Zech 4:10 LXX. “I multiplied visions”: Hos 12:11 LXX. Jonah from Gath-hepher: 2 Kgs 14:25. Joel 1:2; Obad 1; Nah 1:1. Habakkuk carried to Babylon by an angel: Bel 33–39. Haggai “the angel of the Lord”: Hag 1:13 LXX. Adam: Gen 2:24. Abraham: Gen 20:7. Elisha and Joash: 2 Kgs 13:14–20. Amaziah to Amos: Amos 7:12–13. - “After the capture … at the hands of the Assyrians”: so the text; the exile meant is the Babylonian one. - Hosea’s headings 13–15 are damaged at the start. Heading 19 alludes to Hos 13:14; heading 14 to Hos 11:1. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 1 (PG 93:1340; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1). ## On the prophet Joel - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-2 - Source: PG 93:1340 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The ten chapter headings of Joel, read of the Jews, the cross, the gift of the Spirit and the judgment, and a short life of Joel. ### Greek text α'. Κατηγορία τῶν Ἰουδαίων, xa προρητεία ὧν ὁ ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸς ποιεῖν τὸν λαὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἔμελλεν. β΄. Θρῆνος τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν ἱερέων διὰ τὴν ἀχαρπίαν τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ τῶν νομικῶν θυσιῶν τὴν χαθαέρεσιν. τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μετανοίας ἕνεχα τῶν ἐναὐτοῖς χαχῶν, καὶ τῶν προσδοχωμέχρίσεως. τοῦ εὐαγγελιχοῦ κηρύγμβατος,. Παραίνεσις ταῦθα συμθάντων νων ἐν E τῆς δ΄. Προ ρητεία τῆς τοῦ νέου λαοῦ πολιτείας, xa τῶν μελλόντων χατὰ À τὸν 2o λα τῇς συντελείας ἔσεσθαι.. Διδασχαλία τῶν τῆς μετανοίας τρόπων, καὶ τρό π δ: οὔ vU ὑπόσχεσις, καὶ προφητεία μυστη- (ον δι᾿ ὧν ἡ δυναστεία τοῦ διαθόλου πέπαυται. ς΄. Πρόῤῥησις τῆς διὰ σταυροῦ σωτηρίας, καὶ τῇς τῶν μυστηρίων τῶν νέων παραδόσεως, ἅπερ ὁ Xoisd τὸς ἐνανθρωπήσας εἰς ἀποτροπὴν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν χαχῶν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μάλιστα τῷ νοητῷ δεδώρηται. ζ΄. Ὑπόσχεσις τῆς χαθολιχῆς δωρεᾶς καὶ χαθόλου τοῦ Πνεύματος καὶ πρόῤῥησις τίνα ἐν τῷ κα!ρῷ τῆς συντελείας ἔσται, καὶ τίνες οἱ τότε σωζόμενοι. η΄. ᾿'Λπειλὴ χρίσεως xaz& δαιμόνων μάλιστα, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν λαὸν εἰς ἡδονῶν δουλείαν καὶ λατρείαν εἰδώλων Ἑλληνικῶν ἀπέδοντο, καὶ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τῶν ἀσεδῶν ὑπόσχεσις. θ'. Προτροπὴ θείου ζήλου, καὶ ἀπειλὴ τῆς παγχοσμίου χρίσεως, καὶ παραίνεσις ἀρετῶν χατορθώσεως. v. Προφητεία τῶν χατὰ τὸν χαιρὸν γεγονότων τοῦ σταυροῦ, καὶ ἁγιασμοῦ τῆς νέας Ἱερουσαλὴμ, χοὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων xaY προφητῶν συμφωνίας καὶ μυστιχῆς πηγῆς, ἥτις ἐξ οἴχου Κυρίου τῆς πλευρᾶς τῆς Δεσποτιχῆς ἔῤῥευσε " καὶ ἀφανισμοῦ δαιμόνων καὶ ἐχδιχήσεως τοῦ ᾿Αδάμ." χοὶ ὑπόσχεσις διαθόλου χρίσεως xa τῆς ἐν τῇ Σιὼν τῇ νοητῇ χατοιχήσεως. Ἰωὴλ ἑρμηνεύεται ἀγαπητὸς Κυρίου, ἣ ἀρχή. Οὗτος ἣν ἐχ τῆς φυλῆς Ῥουθῆν, ἀγροῦ μεθομόρων “ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἀπέθανε, xaY ἐτάφη ἐχεῖ. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΛ ### English translation (Claude) [Joel] 1. An accusation of the Jews, and a prophecy of what the people from the nations was going to do to the people of the Jews. 2. A lament of the Jewish priests over the fruitlessness of the people and the abolition of the sacrifices of the law. 3. An exhortation to Israel to repent, because of the evils that befell them here and of the judgment expected …; … of the gospel preaching. 4. A prophecy of the way of life of the new people, and of what will be at the time of the end. 5. A teaching of the ways of repentance, a promise of …, and a prophecy of the mysteries by which the dominion of the devil has ceased. 6. A prediction of salvation through the cross, and of the handing down of the new mysteries, which Christ, having become man, gave to Israel, above all to the spiritual Israel, to turn away the former evils. 7. A promise of the universal gift of the Spirit upon all; and a prediction of what will be at the time of the end, and who will then be saved. 8. A threat of judgment, above all against the demons, because they sold the people of God into slavery to pleasures and into the worship of Greek idols; and a promise of the conversion of the ungodly. 9. An exhortation to divine zeal, a threat of the judgment of the whole world, and an exhortation to accomplish the virtues. 10. A prophecy of what happened at the time of the cross; of the sanctification of the new Jerusalem; of the agreement of the apostles and the prophets; and of the mystical spring that flowed from the house of the Lord, the Master’s side; of the destruction of the demons and the avenging of Adam; and a promise of the judgment of the devil and of the dwelling in the spiritual Zion. Joel is interpreted “beloved of the Lord,” or “beginning.” He was of the tribe of Reuben, from the field of Bethomoron. He died in peace and was buried there. Chapter headings [of Amos] ### Scripture references - Joel 1:13: allusion, medium confidence - Joel 2:12: allusion, medium confidence - Joel 2:28: allusion, high confidence - Joel 3:2: allusion, medium confidence - Joel 3:18: allusion, high confidence - John 19:34: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Joel (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Joel’s headings and life fill this section; the heading “Chapter headings” at its end belongs to Amos (next section). - Heading 7: Joel 2:28–32. Heading 10: Joel 3:18 (the spring from the house of the Lord, read of Christ’s side). ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 2 (PG 93:1340; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/2). ## On the prophet Amos - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-3 - Source: PG 93:1340 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The seventeen chapter headings of Amos and a short life of Amos, followed by the first three headings of Obadiah. ### Greek text α΄. Προφητεία τῆς ἀποφανθείσης παρὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ἐρημώσεως. β΄. Bu χατὰ τῶν γειτονούντων τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐθνῶν, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν εἰς αὐτόν τε ποιχίλως ἐπλημμέλησαν, xa εἰς Θεὸν ἠσέδησαν. γ΄. ᾿Απειλὴ xoà τοῦ Ἰούδα καὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἀνθ" ὧν τὸν μὲν νόμον παρέθησαν, καὶ τὸν Χριστὸν ἀπἐδοντο, γαὶ εἰς τοὺς αὐτοῦ μαθητὰς ἐπλημμέλησαν" ἐν τῷ ναῷ δὲ ἠσέλγαινον, καὶ ἐνεργεῖν τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς πνευματοφόρους ἐχώλνον. δ΄. Ὅτι παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπιλεχθεὶς, ἠθέτησε" καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μαστίζεται" καὶ ὅτι πᾶσα παρὰ Θεοῦ παιδεία ἐπιφέρεται, καὶ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῖς προφήταις γνωρίζεται. ε΄. Κατηγορία τῶν ἐν τῇ Σαμαρείᾳ πλημμεληθ έντων, καὶ ἀπειλὴ τῆς νοητῆς Τύρου, καὶ πρόῤῥησις ὅτι ὁ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ μέρους σωθήσεται. ς΄. Προφητεία τῶν συμθηπομένων τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τῇ λοιπῇ Ἰουδαίχ, ἀνθ᾽ ov τὸν νόμον, πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις θύοντες ἔξω τοῦ τόπου τοῦ προσταχθέντος, παρέθαινον. ζ΄. Διήγησις ὧν ἔμελλεν ὁ λαὸς τῶν Ἰουδαίων πεέσεσθαι, καὶ ὧν πέπονθε πρότερον καὶ προφητεία τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως. Ἰωὴλ οὗτος ἣν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Βηθώρ, E ΧΗ]. "/. Προφητεία τῇ Ἰουδαϊχῇ Συναγωγῇ τῆς | ὧν ἔμελλον εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν 0'. Συμόοηυλὴ θεοσεθείας, καὶ πρόῤῥησίοντο 9 Ἴουδαΐχοῦ θρήνου, καὶ τῶν ἐσομένων τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς ἐ su ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ΤΑ ως. ᾿Ἀποστροφὴ τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν θυσιῶν" καὶ χατηγορία ὅτι τοῖς 5e E XA ἐθνῶν, χαΐτον μείζονες ἐδούλευον τῶν ὁμορούντων νοντες" καὶ ὅπως ὑπὸ πλήθους τρυφῆς ἀπέλγειαν. tu". ᾿Απειλὴ τῆς ἐρημώσξως τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διἤγησις ὧν εἰς τὸν νόμον xa τὸν Θεὸν ἡμάρτανον, ὑπὲρ ὧν Βαθυλωνίους ἐπιφέρεϊν ἠπείλησεν. (9. Πρόῤῥησις τῆς Βαδυλωνίων ἐπιστρατεύσεως, καὶ τῆς ἐπελευσομένης volg Ιουδαίοις δίχης Ev τῷ aiv. τῷ μέλλοντι, καὶ τῆς ἐν σαρχὶ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐξ αὐτῆς τοῖς Ἰουδαίοι τς υγ΄. Διήγήσις τῆς τοῦ ἱερέως | ἐπιβουλῆς χατὰ τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ ὧν ὁ προφήτης τῷ ἱερεῖ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ προστεταγμένος ἠπείλησε. ιδ΄. Προφητεία τῆς ἐπενεχθείσης τῷ ναῷ παρὰ Χριστοῦ πορθήσεως xax διήγησις ὧν ἐν τοῖς Σαθθάτοῖς καὶ ταῖς Νουμηνίαις ὁ λυὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡ μάρτανεν, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν αὐτοῖς ἢ YT, μετὰ τῶν οἰχούντων πρ:δεύεται. u'. Προφητεία τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ γενομένων θαυμότων, καὶ τῶν χαχῶν ἃ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις cop6atνειν, τῆς χάριτος ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀναχωρούσης, ἔμελλεν. ις΄. Πρόῤῥησις ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς ποιήσειν τὸν ναὸν καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἠπείλησε" καὶ πρὸς τούτοις “ὠνείδισεν ὡς ἀποίχου: χαθάπερ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ὑπἀρχοντας. ιζ΄. Ὅπως ὁ πιστὸς Ἰσραὴλ ἐχ τοῦ ἀπίστου χωρίζεται διὰ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως, καὶ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Δαυὶδ ἐν αὑτοῖς ἀνανεοῦτα!, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ νόμου χαρπώσονται καὶ τὰ χαλὰ τῆς χάριτος. "Ἀμὼς ἑρμηνεύεται στερέωσις ἣ ἰσχύς Apte ἣν Ex Θεχουξ" καὶ ᾿Αμασίας συχνῶς αὐτὸν “τυμπανίσας, τέλος ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν ξίφε." ἔτι δὲ ἐμπνέοντος αὐτοῦ ἀνῆλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ" καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας δύ) ἀπέθανΞς, wal ἐτάφη ἐχεῖ.. "AmeU χατὰ τοῦ διαθδόλου xaY πρόῤῥησις ὧν ἐμὰς ν αὐτός τε ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν ἐξ ἀσεθείας ἐπιστρεψάντων, καὶ οἱ ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐν πλάνῃ τε λο 2 xa ἀσεθείᾳ πείσεσθαι. β΄. "Anco χατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ, μῇ ἐπιχαρῆναι τῶν ἐθνῶν πλάνῃ xot πρόῤῥησις μυστηρίων, ὧν διὰ τῆς εὐαγγελικῆς ἀξοχαύοῦκες γ΄. “Ὅπως ol τὰς ἀρετὰς ἀσχούμενοι οἱ μὲν καὶ τῶν νοητῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ τ eae ποὺς ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν. --- Ὃ υἱὸς ᾿Αμασίου, ῥοπάλῳ πλήξας αὐτὸν χατὰ τοῦ χροτάφου. ρους διαρπάζουσιν " οἱ δὲ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ πιστεύσαντες A πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν καὶ τὴν πίστιν τὴν αὐτῶν μετοικίζονται εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν πιστεύσαντες. ### English translation (Claude) 1. A prophecy of the desolation declared to the Jews by Christ. 2. A threat against the nations neighbouring Israel, because they offended against it in various ways and acted impiously toward God. 3. A threat against Judah and Israel, because they transgressed the law, sold Christ, and offended against his disciples, acted licentiously in the temple, and hindered the Spirit-bearers among them from working. 4. That Israel, chosen by God, broke faith, and for this is scourged; and that all discipline is brought by God and is made known by him to the prophets. 5. An accusation of the offences committed in Samaria, a threat against the spiritual Tyre, and a prediction that Israel will be saved in part. 6. A prophecy of what will befall Jerusalem and the rest of Judea, because, besides other things, they transgressed the law by sacrificing outside the appointed place. 7. An account of what the people of the Jews was going to suffer and what it had suffered before; and a prophecy of the Saviour’s arrival. This Joel was from the field of Bethor … 8. A prophecy to the Jewish synagogue of … what they were going to … against Christ. 9. A counsel of godliness, and a prediction of … the Jewish lament, and of what will befall sinners on the day of … 10. A rejection of the Jewish sacrifices; and an accusation that they served … of the nations, though greater than their neighbours …; and how from abundance of luxury [they fell into] licentiousness. 11. A threat of the desolation of Israel, and an account of their sins against the law and against God, for which he threatened to bring the Babylonians. 12. A prediction of the campaign of the Babylonians, of the punishment that will come upon the Jews in the age to come, of the Saviour’s arrival in the flesh, and of what was to befall the Jews from it. 13. An account of the priest’s plot against the prophet, and of what the prophet, commanded by God, threatened the priest. 14. A prophecy of the sacking brought on the temple by Christ; and an account of the sins of the people of the Jews on the Sabbaths and the new moons, for which the land with its inhabitants is disciplined. 15. A prophecy of the wonders done at the cross, and of the evils that were to befall the Jews as grace withdrew from them. 16. A prediction of what Christ threatened to do to the temple and to the people; and besides this he reproached them as colonists, like the other foreign nations. 17. How the faithful Israel is separated from the unfaithful through the Saviour’s arrival, and the kingdom of David is renewed among them, and together with the law they will reap the good things of grace. Amos is interpreted “firmness” or “strength.” He was from Tekoa. And Amaziah, having often beaten him, at last killed him with a sword. While he was still breathing he went up to his own land, and after two days he died and was buried there. [Obadiah] 1. A threat against the devil, and a prediction of what he himself was going to suffer from the apostles and from those who turned from ungodliness, and of what those under him in error and ungodliness [were going to suffer]. 2. A threat against the same, that he should not rejoice over the error of the nations; and a prediction of mysteries which through the gospel … 3. How those who practise the virtues, some …, plunder [the land] of the spiritual foreigners …; and those from Israel who believed are moved over into their way of life and faith, believing in Christ. … killed him. — The son of Amaziah, striking him with a club on the temple. ### Scripture references - Amos 1:3: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 2:4: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 3:2: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 3:7: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 5:21: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 6:4: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 7:10: allusion, high confidence - Amos 8:5: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 8:9: allusion, medium confidence - Amos 9:11: allusion, high confidence - Obad 1:1: allusion, medium confidence - Obad 1:12: allusion, medium confidence - Obad 1:19: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Amos (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Amos begins at the end of the previous section (its title “Chapter headings”); Obadiah’s headings begin in this section, after Amos’s life. - “This Joel was from the field of Bethor” stands in the scan between Amos’s headings 7 and 8; it is a stray note from another copy of Joel’s life. The last line (“… killed him. — The son of Amaziah, striking him with a club on the temple”) is a variant on Amos’s death from another copy of the Lives. - Heading 13: Amos 7:10–17. Heading 17: Amos 9:11. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 3 (PG 93:1340; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/3). ## On the prophet Obadiah - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-4 - Source: PG 93:1353 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: A short life of Obadiah, identified with the third captain sent by King Ahaziah to Elijah. ### Greek text ᾿Αθδιοὺ ἑρμηνεύεται δοῦλος ἐξομολογητής. Οὗτος ἣν Ex τῆς Συχέμ, οὗτος ἣν ὁ τριστάτης ἑχατόνταρχος" ὁ τρίτος ᾿Οχοζίου, καὶ δεηθεὶς τοῦ Ἡλίου, καὶ διασωθεὶς παραδόξως ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ λειτουργός " πολλὰ δὲ παθὼν καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ ᾿Αχαὰθ διὰ τὸν Ἡλίαν, τέλος καταφρονήσας θανάτου, χαταλιπὼν τὸν βασιλέα ἠχολούθησε τῷ Ἡλίᾳ, καὶ προεφήτευσε, καὶ ἀποθανὼν ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Obadiah is interpreted “servant who confesses.” He was from Shechem. He was the third captain, the third sent by Ahaziah; and having entreated Elijah and been wonderfully spared, he became his minister. Having suffered much from Ahab too because of Elijah, at last, despising death, he left the king and followed Elijah, and prophesied; and having died in peace, he was buried with his fathers. ### Scripture references - 2 Kgs 1:13: allusion, high confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Obadiah (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Obadiah’s headings stand at the end of the previous section; this section holds only his life. - The third captain: 2 Kgs 1:13–15. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 4 (PG 93:1353; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/4). ## On the prophet Jonah - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-5 - Source: PG 93:1353 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The four chapter headings of Jonah and a life of Jonah, with the story of Elijah and the widow’s son and Jonah’s portent about Jerusalem. ### Greek text ΚΕΦΑΛΛΑΙΑ TOY ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ͂ α'. Πρόσταγμα Θεοῦ πρὸς Ἰωνᾶν, καὶ φυγὴ τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ θαλάττιος χειμὼν, καὶ χλῇρος ἐξ οὗ φυγὰς ὁ προφήτης ἐλέγχεται. β΄. “Ὅπως Ἰωνᾶς ὁ προφήτης ὑπὸ χήτους χαταπο-θεὶς, xa τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ νύχτας ἐν αὐτῷ διατελέσας ηὔξατο τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ οὕτως εἰς τὴν γῆν ὑπὸ χήπους ἐχθάλλεται. γ΄. Πρόσταγμα κηρύγματος πρὸς τὸν Ἰωνᾶν δεύτεpov καὶ δρόμος εἰς Νινενῇ καὶ τες Νινευῖται εἰς μετάνοιαν Ἦλθον, ἣν ὁ Θεὸς δυσωπηθεὶς, τὴν ἀπειλὴν χατέπαυσεν. δ'. ΓἜντευξις ᾿Ιωνᾷ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τῆς πόλεως $o0oz, καὶ σχηνῆς χατασχευὴ, καὶ κολοχύνθης ἀνάδιάλεξις, ὅτ! τῆς Νινευῇ οὐχ ἀλόγως ἐφείσατο. Ἰωνᾶς ἑρμηνεύεται Ὑψίσνου πογοῦντος, ἣ περιστερά. Ἰωνᾶς ἣν Ex γῆς Καριαθὲμ | Καριαθιαρεὶμ, ὡς τινές φασι, Theophyl.] πλησίον ᾿Λζώτου πόλεως Ἑλλήνων χατὰ θάλασσαν “ καὶ Ex6pacÜüclg Ex τοῦ χήτους, ἀπελθὼν εἰς Ntvevt καὶ χηρύξας χαὺ ἀναχάμ᾽ ya; οὐχ ἔμεινεν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ παραλαθὼν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ παρῴχησεν ἐν τῇ ᾿Ασσοὺρ χώρᾳ ἀλλοφύλων ἐθνῶν ἔλεγε γὰρ, ὅτι Οὕτως ἀφελῶ τὸ ὄνειδός μου, ὅτ: ἐψευσάμην προφητεύσας xazà Νιveut τῆς μεγάλης πόλεως " ἣν τις Ἡλίας ἐλέγχων τὸν ᾿Αχαὰδ, καὶ χυλέσὰς λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἔφυγε καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς Σχραφθὰ ηὗρε τὴν χῆραν μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔμεινε παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς " οὐδὲ γὰρ ἠδύνατο μένειν μετὰ κῶν ἀπεριτμήτων " xa εὐλόγησεν αὐτὴν διὰ τὴν ξενοδοχίαν, ἣν γὰρ προγινώσχων αὐτὴν Ex πρώτου. Θανόντος ὃὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῇς ἐν μέσῳ ἀπεριτμήτων, πάλιν ἤγειρεν ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ " HMa. ἐχεῖ vexpóv ἢθέλησε γὰρ δεῖξαι αὐτῷ, ὅτι οὐ δύναταί τις ἀποδράσαι [διαδράναι Ἰωνᾶς μετὰ τὸν λιμὸν, ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ χατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὴν, ἐχόμενα τῆς βαλάνου Δεθθώρας" καὶ χατ- Ἰωνᾶς πατρὸς μὲν ἐξέφυ τοῦ ᾿Αμαθὶ, ὥρμητό Ys μὴν Ex Τὲθ Χιδέρ πολίχνιον 0E τοῦτο τῆς Ιουδαίων γῆς, ἤτοι χώμη κατά γε τὸν εἰχότα λόγον, πλησίον ᾿Αζώτου, χυνήσει τῷ ἕσται ἣ 1 ἐρημώσει θηρίων καὶ πάσης ἀχαθαρσίας, καὶ τότε Ι ἢ “ἀραη προσχύνησις τοῦ ἡλημμένου [ἠλειμμένον ἥξει τὸ τέλος πάσης πνοῆς. Σαραὰμ. Theophyl.], ἀπέθανε δὲ ἐχεῖ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν σπηλαίῳ Κενὲξ, χριτοῦ γενομένου ἐν ἡμέραις τῆς ἀναρχίας " καὶ ἔδωχε τέρας πολὺ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ xa ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γὴν " ὅταν, φησὶν, ἴδωσιν λίθον βοῶντα οἰχτρῶς, xa χάνθαρον ἀπὸ ξύλου πρὸς Θεὸν φθεγγόμενον, τότε ἐγγίξειν τὴν σωτηρίαν τότε ὄψονται τὴν Ἱερουπαλὴμ. ἡδαφισμένην ἕως θεμελέων ὅλην, καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη [ἐν] προσ- Theophyl.] τοὺς λίθους χατὰ δυσμὰς ἡλίου, καὶ ἐχεῖ διὰ τὸ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. βδελυχθῆναι ἐν ### English translation (Claude) Chapter headings of the prophet [Jonah] 1. God’s command to Jonah, the prophet’s flight, the storm at sea, and the lot by which the prophet is exposed as a fugitive. 2. How Jonah the prophet was swallowed by a sea monster, and, having spent three days and nights in it, prayed to God, and so is cast out by the monster onto the land. 3. A second command to Jonah to preach, and his course to Nineveh; and the Ninevites came to repentance, and God, moved by it, put an end to the threat. 4. Jonah’s plea to God, and … of the city, the making of a hut, and the growth of the gourd …; and a discourse, that he spared Nineveh not without reason. Jonah is interpreted “of the Most High labouring,” or “dove.” Jonah was from the land of Kariathem, near Azotus, a city of the Greeks by the sea. And having been cast out of the sea monster, he went to Nineveh and preached; and on returning he did not stay in his own land, but, taking his mother, he sojourned in Assour, a land of foreign nations; for he said, “So I will take away my reproach, that I lied when I prophesied against Nineveh the great city.” At that time Elijah, rebuking Ahab and calling a famine upon the land, fled; and coming to Zarephath he found the widow with her son, and stayed with them; for he could not stay with the uncircumcised; and he blessed her for her hospitality, for he knew her from before. And when her son died among the uncircumcised, God raised him again from the dead through Elijah; for he wished to show him that no one can run away from God. Jonah, after the famine, came into Judea; and his mother died on the way, and they buried her beside the oak of Deborah. And having settled [in the land of Saraar], he died there and was buried in the cave of Kenaz, who had been judge in the days of the anarchy. And he gave a great portent concerning Jerusalem and the whole land: when they see a stone crying out piteously, and a beetle from wood calling out to God, then salvation is near; then they will see Jerusalem razed to the ground, all of it to its foundations, and all the nations coming into it to worship the Anointed, [taking] the stones to the west; and there, because Jerusalem has been made abominable in desolation by beasts and every uncleanness …, and then the end of all breath will come. [Another notice:] Jonah was born of his father Amathi, and came from Geth Chopher; this is a small town of the land of the Jews, or rather a village, by a likely account, near Azotus. ### Scripture references - Jonah 1:1: allusion, high confidence - Jonah 2:1: allusion, high confidence - Jonah 3:1: allusion, high confidence - Jonah 4:1: allusion, high confidence - 1 Kgs 17:9: allusion, high confidence - 1 Kgs 17:22: allusion, high confidence - Gen 35:8: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Jonah (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - The scan interleaves two columns here: the life from the Lives of the Prophets and a shorter notice (“Jonah was born of his father Amathi …”), given last; the end of the life is damaged and its order partly uncertain. - Elijah and the widow of Zarephath: 1 Kgs 17:8–24. The oak of Deborah: Gen 35:8. Kenaz: Judg 3:9–11. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 5 (PG 93:1353; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/5). ## On the prophet Micah - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-6 - Source: PG 93:1353 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The thirteen chapter headings of Micah and a short life of Micah, followed by the five chapter headings of Nahum. ### Greek text α΄. Προφητεία ἐπιδημίας Χριστοῦ, xa τῶν μελλόντων τῷ λαῷ τῶν Ἰουδαίων συμθήσεσθαι. β΄. Παραίνεσις πρὸς τὰ ἀσεδοῦντα τῶν ἐθνῶν, μὴ ἐπιγελᾷν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, ἐπειδὴ τὸ ἀσεθεῖν ἐξ αὑτῶν ἐδιδάχθησαν " xa διήγησις ὧν ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἠπείλησε. γ΄. Πρόῤῥησις, τίνα μὲν ὁ πλεῖστος Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν παρανομίαν πάσχουσι, τίνα δὲ ἔσται tm χατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν ἀρχόντων, xax τῶν ἰχαύ τρὶς Ψευδοπροφητῶν, ὡς ἐναντία διδασχόντων τρᾶττον " καὶ πρόῤῥησις, ὡς οὐχέτι μὲν προφηim αὐτοῖς πιστευθήσεται, Ἱερουσαλὴμ. δὲ ἡ ἀρκαία καὶ Σιὼν πορθηθήσεται. &'. Προφητεία τῆς ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς πιστοὺς δωρεᾶς ἐχχερμένης ποῦ Πνεύματος " καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰς τὴν νέαν Ἱερουσαλὴν. καὶ Σιὼν ἀναβάσεως " εἰρήνης τε αὐτῶν, ἣν ἐν X, ἱστῷ βραθεύονται" καὶ ὅπως ἡ "Exχλησία μετὰ τὴν συντριθην τὴν Ex πλάνης δεχθήσεπαι. ς΄. Ἐπιτίμησις τῇ συναγωγῇ, τῆς πλάνης τῆς προλαδούσης Évexa καὶ εὐαγγελισμὸς χατὰ δαιμόνων διὰ σταυροῦ δυναστείας τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῇς πιστεύουσι. '. Προφητεία τὸν E σα" καὶ ὅπως οἱ ς, διὰ τῶν εὐαγγελιχῶν ματος, ἐλευθερίαν τῆς διαθολιχῆς τυραννίδος λαμθάξ ἐθνῶν ἐπιστρέφοντες νουσιν.. Πρόῤῥησις, φοθεροὺς τοῖς a ὀφθήσεσθαι, δυναστεύσειν τε τοὺς ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ πιστεύσαντας, ὅταν ἐξ αὐτῶν ὁλοθρευθῇ τῆς ἀπάτης τῶν εἰδώλων τὰ σύμθολα. 0'. Κρίσις τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, ἐφ᾽ οἷς a3εὐηργέτησε " καὶ παραίνεσ'ς πρὸς τὸν yas δαιμόνων τὸν παιχίλως αὐτὸν, τί ποιήσας σωθήσεται. v. XopouAR τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, παρανομίας ἀπέχεσθαι καὶ ἀπειλὴ ἀφανισμοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὅτι τῶν μυστιχῶν οὐ γεύσονται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἔσονται. Σχετλιασμὸς τοῦ προφήτου ἐπὶ τῇ ἀχαρπίᾳ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ παραίνεσις, μὴ τοσοῦτον ἐπὶ τοῖς οἰχείοις ὅσον ἔχειν ἐπὶ Θεῷ τὴν πεποίθησιν. i£. Προσφώνησις τῆς Ἐχχλησίας σγωγὴν, μὴ ἐπικαίρειν διὰ τὴν ἀρκαίαν ἀσέθειαν" πρὺς τὴν Συναὕτη piv γὰρ ἡ ᾿Ἐχχλησία διὰ μετανοίας ἀναστήῆσεται, ἐκείνη δὲ xa τῶν νομίμων ἐκπεσεῖται, καὶ τοῖς νοητοῖς ᾿Ασσυρίοις παραδοθήσεται. ιγ΄. Παραίνεσις τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ, διὰ σταυροῦ ποιμαίνεσθαι" καὶ πρόῤῥησις, ὅπως τὰ μὲν ἔθνη τῶν δαιμόνων αἰσχυνθήσεται, ἡμεῖς δὲ διὰ βαπτίσματος ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτημάτων παρὰ Θεοῦ ληψόμεθα. Μικαίας ἑρμηνεύεται ταπείγωσις,ἣ ταπειγούμεγος. Οὗτος ἣν ἀπὸ Μοραθεὶ [Mopz0Y ἐκ φυλῆς Ἐφραίμ" οὗτος πολλὰ ποιήσας τῷ 'Ayaà6, ὑπὸ Ἰωρὰμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀνηρέθη χρημνῷ, ἤλεγχεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀσεθείαις τῶν πατέρων abτοῦ " καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ μόνος, σύνεγγυς moαυανδρίου ᾿Εναχείμ. a'. Ἔνδειξις ἀπειλῆς Θεοῦ, καὶ τῆς elg τὸ τιμωρεῖσθαι δυνάμεως χατὰ δαιμόνων ὁμοῦ καὶ Ἰουδαίων ἑχάτερον. β΄. ᾿Απειλὴ χατὰ διαθόλου " καὶ προσφώνησις τῇ Ἐχχλησίᾳ τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων ἀπαλλαγῆς καὶ εὐαγγελισμὸς τοῦ σωτηρίου χηρύγματος, ἑορτῶν τε τῶν διὰ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἀφανισμοῦ δαιμόνων καὶ συγχύσεως. γ΄. Πρόῤῥησις ἀναστάσεως Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν συνανισταμένων αὐτῷ ψυχῶν, καὶ τῆς τότε γινομένης θανάτου καὶ διαθόλου ἁρπαγῆς καὶ σχυλεύσεως. δ΄, ᾿Λπειλὴ κατὰ τοῦ ᾿Ἰουδαϊχοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ σχετλιασμὸς τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ" καὶ πρόῤῥησις ὧν ἔμελλεν ἐν τῇ ἁλώσει τῇ Ῥωμαϊχῇ πείσεσθαι, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὁ λαὸς ἐγένετο πρόσχομμα. ε΄. "Anci χατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπ᾽ αἰσχύνῃ γυμνώσεως " καὶ ὅπως ζητήσει μὲν ἡ ᾿Εχχλησία τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ παράχλησιν, αὐτὴ δὲ ποιχίλοις ὁμιλήσει χαχοῖς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, διὰ τὸ νοσῆσαι καχίαν ἀνυπέρὄλητον. ### English translation (Claude) [Micah] 1. A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of what would befall the people of the Jews. 2. An exhortation to the ungodly among the nations not to laugh at Israel, since they were taught ungodliness by them; and an account of what God threatened against Israel. 3. A prediction of what the greater part of Israel suffers because of its lawlessness against Christ, and what will be … 4. [A threat] against the Jewish rulers and their false prophets, as teaching contrary things …; and a prediction that prophecy will no longer be believed among them, and that the ancient Jerusalem and Zion will be laid waste. 5. A prophecy of the gift of the Spirit poured out upon all the faithful; of the going up of the nations to the new Jerusalem and Zion; and of their peace, which is awarded in Christ; and how the Church, after its crushing by error, will be received. 6. A rebuke to the synagogue on account of its former error; and good news to those of it who believe, against the demons, through the power of the cross. 7. A prophecy … ; and how those of the nations who turn, through the gospel …, receive freedom from the devil’s tyranny. 8. A prediction that those from Israel who believed will appear fearsome to the …, and will have power, when the symbols of the deceit of the idols are destroyed from among them. 9. God’s judgment against Israel, for the benefits he had done it; and an exhortation to Israel, variously [deceived] by the demons, on what it must do to be saved. 10. A counsel to Israel to abstain from lawlessness; and a threat of destruction: that they will not taste the mystical good things, but will become a reproach to the nations. 11. The prophet’s complaint at the people’s fruitlessness, and an exhortation to put confidence not so much in one’s own as in God. 12. An address of the Church to the synagogue, not to gloat because of her ancient ungodliness; for the Church will rise again through repentance, while the synagogue will fall from its ordinances and be handed over to the spiritual Assyrians. 13. An exhortation to Israel to be shepherded by the cross; and a prediction of how the nations of the demons will be put to shame, while we shall receive forgiveness of sins from God through baptism. Micah is interpreted “humility” or “humbled.” He was from Morathi, of the tribe of Ephraim. Having done much to Ahab, he was killed by Joram his son, thrown from a cliff, because he rebuked him for the impieties of his fathers. And he was buried in his own land alone, near the burial-ground of the Anakim. [Nahum] 1. A display of God’s threat and of his power to punish, against demons and Jews alike. 2. A threat against the devil; an address to the Church about deliverance from the idols; and the good news of the saving preaching, of the feasts through Christ, and of the destruction and confusion of the demons. 3. A prediction of the resurrection of Christ and of the souls that rise with him, and of the plundering and despoiling of death and of the devil that then took place. 4. A threat against the Jewish people, and a complaint over Jerusalem; and a prediction of what it was going to suffer in its capture by the Romans, because the people had become a stumbling block to the nations. 5. A threat against Jerusalem, to the shame of its stripping; and how the Church will seek comfort for Jerusalem, while Jerusalem will meet various evils, because it is sick with an unsurpassed wickedness. ### Scripture references - Mic 1:2: allusion, medium confidence - Mic 3:5: allusion, medium confidence - Mic 3:12: allusion, high confidence - Mic 4:1: allusion, high confidence - Mic 5:2: allusion, medium confidence - Mic 6:2: allusion, medium confidence - Mic 7:8: allusion, high confidence - Mic 7:14: allusion, medium confidence - Mic 7:19: allusion, medium confidence - Nah 1:2: allusion, medium confidence - Nah 1:15: allusion, high confidence - Nah 3:1: allusion, medium confidence - Nah 3:5: allusion, medium confidence - Nah 3:7: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Micah (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Nahum’s headings begin in this section, after Micah’s life; Nahum’s life is the next section. - Micah’s headings 3–4 run together in the scan. Micah killed by Joram: so the Lives of the Prophets (Micah of Moresheth is here confused with Micaiah, 1 Kgs 22). Nahum heading 4: the “bloody city” of Nah 3:1 is read of Jerusalem. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 6 (PG 93:1353; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/6). ## On the prophet Nahum - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-7 - Source: PG 93:1353 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: A short life of Nahum, with his portent that Nineveh would perish by water and fire. ### Greek text Ναοὺμ ἑρμηνεύεται παράκιητος Οὗτος ἣν ἀπὸ Ἑλχεσεὶν πέραν τοῦ Τηνδαρεὶν, ἐκ φυλῆς Συμεών. Οὗτος μετὰ τὸν Ἰωνᾶν τέρας ἔδωχεν, ὅτι ἀπὸ ὑδάτων γλυχέων καὶ πυρὸς ἀπολεῖται ἡ Νινευΐ" ὃ καὶ γέγονε ἡ γὰρ περιἐχουσα αὐτὴν λίμνη χατέχλυσεν αὐτὴν ἐν σεισμῷ, καὶ mop ἐχ τῆς ἐρήμου [ἐπελθὸν] τὸ ὑψηλότερον αὐτῆς μέρος ἐνέπρησεν " ἀπέθανε δ᾽ ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Nahum is interpreted “comforter.” He was from Elkesei, beyond Tendarein, of the tribe of Simeon. After Jonah he gave a portent that Nineveh would perish by sweet waters and fire; which also happened: for the lake surrounding it flooded it in an earthquake, and fire [coming] from the wilderness burned its higher part. He died in peace and was buried in his own land. ### Scripture references - Nah 1:8: allusion, low confidence - Nah 2:6: allusion, low confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Nahum (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Nahum’s headings stand at the end of the previous section; this section holds only his life. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 7 (PG 93:1353; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/7). ## On the prophet Habakkuk - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-8 - Source: PG 93:1353 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The four chapter headings of Habakkuk, part of his life and a note on the word “oracle,” followed by the seven chapter headings of Zephaniah. ### Greek text α΄. Σχετλιασμὸς τοῦ προφήτου περὶ τῆς ἐν τῷ βίῳ πολιτευομένης ἀδιχίας" καὶ πρόῤῥησις τοῦ Χριστὸν μυστηρίου, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν χλήσεως καὶ δυναστείας, ἐν f| παίζειν καὶ χαθαίρειν τὸν διάθολον μέλλουσι. ΠῚ. ἀσεύείαις. Αὐτοῦ xoi τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, Ἰορδάνου εἰς Βηγαδάρ, γαὶ β΄. Μαρτυρία τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ διχαιοσύνης, πεῦσις, ἀνθ᾽ ὅτου μαχροθυμεῖ τοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτήμασι, καὶ τῆς θήρας τοῦ διαβόλου, ἣν θηρᾷ τοὺ: ἀνθρώπους, διήγησις “ ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἀπόχρισιν ὁ προφήτης παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ζητεῖ, καὶ τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν, καὶ τὴν ματαίωσιν τοῦ διαβόλου διδάσχετα!ι. γ΄. Προσφώνησις τοῦ διαδόλου, ὅπως ὑπὸ τῶν συληθέντων παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ σχυλευθήσεται " καὶ σχετλιασμὸς χατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐφ᾽ οἷς χαχῶν τὸν βίον àvθρώπων ἐνέπλησε " xoi ταλανισμὸς τῶν τοῖς εἰδώλοις πεποιθότων" καὶ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπιδημίας πρόῤῥησις. δ΄. Προφητεία Χριστοῦ παρουσίας, καὶ τῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς θαυμάτω:, xaY χηρυγμάτων ἀποστολιχῶν, καὶ δαιμόνων χαταργήσεως, καὶ τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦ μέλλοντος. "Ap6aobg., ἢ ᾿Αθδαχοὺ, ἑρμηνεύεται πατὴρ ἐγέρσεως. α. TOY ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ͂. ᾿Απειλὴ τῆς τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀπωλείας, καὶ τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῶν λειτουγησάντων τούτοις καὶ ἀποστάντων Θεοῦ ἐξολοθρεύσεως " καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῆς ποῦ σταυροῦ θυσίας καὶ τιμωρίας, ἣν ὑπέμειναν οἱ τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡγούμενοι, β΄. Προσφώνησις θρήνου τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ" καὶ ἀπειλὴ χατὰ τῶν λεγόντων ἁπρονόητα τῷ Θεῷ τυγχἄνειν τὰ ἡμέτερα" καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῆς ἡμέρας τῆς χρίσεως, καὶ χαχῶν ἅπερ ἐν αὐτῇ τοῖς ἀσεύθέσι θήσεται. γ΄. Παραίνεσις συναφθῆναι Θεῷ, xa ταῖς ἀγαθαῖς αὐτὸν ἐτιιζητεῖν πράξεσι" καὶ προφητεία ὧν ἔμελλε τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἀλλόφυλα, φθειρομένης ἐν αὐτοῖς τῆς ἀσεθείας, πείσεσθα: " καὶ ὁλοθρεύσεως εἰδώλων. δ΄, ᾿Απειλὴ ῥομφαίας εὐαγγελικῆς τοῖς δαίμοσι xa τῷ διαθόλῳ καὶ τῇ Ἱερουσαλήμ." καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῶν συμθησομένων αὐτῇ χαχῶν, ἕνεχα τῆς ἀλαζονείας τῆς χατὰ Θεοῦ μάλιστα. ε΄. Σχετλιασμὸς τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἐφ᾽ οἷς τῇ σοφίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ὑπήχουσε" καὶ χατηγορία τῶν ταύτης ἡγουμένων, καὶ προφητεία παρουσίας Χριστοῦ, καὶ ὧν μετὰ δικαιοσύνης ἔμελλε χαχῶν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἐργάζεσθαι. ς΄. Εὐαγγελισμὸς τῇ Ἐχχλησίᾳ ἀναστάσεως στοῦ, καὶ χάριτος γλωσσῶν, καὶ συναγωγῆς ἐθνῶν, ἀφανισμοῦ πλάνης, καὶ ἐχλογῆς πιστῶν ἐξ ἐθνῶν πρότερον, ἐξ Ἰουδαίων δεύτερον. E. Προσφώνησις χαρᾶς τῆς ἐσομένης ἕνεχα τῶν ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Κυρίου πολλὰ προεφήτευσεν " πρὸ δὲ δυοῖν ἐτοῖν τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς ἀπὸ Ba6uχῶνος ἀπέθανε, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ αὐτοῦ ἀγρῷ ἐνδέξως, ἱμονῴώτατος, ᾿Αϑδαγχούμ,, προφέτης. Λημμά φησιν ἐν τούτοις τὴν τῆς ὁράσεως fto: τὴν τῆς προγνώσεως λῆψιν, ἣν ἄν τις ἕλοι διδόντος Θεοῦ" αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁράσεις, χατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ἐπλήθυνε, καὶ αὐτὸς λελάληχε πρὸς προφήτας, προαναφαίνων αὐτοῖς διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὰ ἐσόμενα, καὶ ὡς ἤδη παρόντα μονονουχὶ καὶ ἐν ὄψει πιθείς “ ὅτι δὲ οὐ τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σφῶν χαρδίας λαλεῖν ἐγνώχασι, διαπορθμεύουσι δὲ μᾶλλον εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς παρὰ Θεοῦ λόγους, προαναπείθει σαφῶς, προφήτην ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάσας, xa τῆς εἰς τοῦτο χάριτος ἀποφαίνων ἔμπλεων, μυστηρίων, ἅπερ ἐν αὐτῇ παρὰ Χριστοῦ τετέλεστα!"Α καὶ τῆς δόξης, ἣν ἢ Ἐχχλησία χατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν oiχουμένην, ἐπιστρεφούσης τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, ἔλαχε. ### English translation (Claude) [Habakkuk] 1. The prophet’s complaint about the injustice practised in life; and a prediction of the mystery of Christ, and of the calling and dominion of the nations, in which they are going to mock and pull down the devil. 2. A witness to God’s righteousness; a question why he is long-suffering toward the sins of men; and an account of the devil’s hunt, with which he hunts men; on which the prophet seeks an answer from God, and is taught the coming of Christ and the frustration of the devil. 3. An address to the devil, how he will be despoiled by those whom he plundered; a complaint against him for the evils with which he filled the life of men; pity for those who trust in idols; and a prediction of the Saviour’s coming. 4. A prophecy of the coming of Christ, of the wonders that come from it, of the apostolic preachings, of the abolition of the demons, and of the way of life of the age to come. Ambakoum, or Abbakouk, is interpreted “father of awakening.” … he prophesied much about the coming of the Lord; and two years before the return of the people from Babylon he died, and was buried with honour in his own field. [On “The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw”:] By “oracle” he means here the receiving of the vision, that is, of foreknowledge, which one receives as God gives it. For he “multiplied visions,” as it is written, and he spoke to the prophets, showing them beforehand through the Holy Spirit the things to come, and all but setting them before their eyes as already present. And that they did not know how to speak from their own heart, but rather convey to us the words from God, he plainly convinces us beforehand, by naming himself a prophet and showing himself full of the grace for this. [Zephaniah] Chapter headings of the prophet. 1. A threat of the destruction of sinners and of the extermination of the idols and of those who served them and departed from God; and a prediction of the sacrifice of the cross and of the punishment which the leaders of the people of the Jews underwent. 2. An address of lament to Jerusalem; a threat against those who say that our affairs are unprovided for by God; and a prediction of the day of judgment and of the evils it will bring on the ungodly. 3. An exhortation to be joined to God and to seek him with good actions; and a prophecy of what the foreign nations were going to suffer as ungodliness was destroyed among them, and of the extermination of the idols. 4. A threat of the gospel sword against the demons, the devil, and Jerusalem; and a prediction of the evils that will befall it because of its arrogance, above all against God. 5. A complaint against Jerusalem, for not obeying the wisdom of God; an accusation of its leaders; and a prophecy of the coming of Christ and of the evils he was justly to bring upon the Jews. 6. Good news to the Church of the resurrection of Christ, of the grace of tongues, of the gathering of the nations, of the destruction of error, and of the election of believers, first from the nations, second from the Jews. 7. An address of the joy that will be because of the mysteries which Christ accomplished in her, and of the glory which the Church obtained throughout the world, when the captivity of sinners was turned back. ### Scripture references - Hab 1:2: allusion, high confidence - Hab 1:13: allusion, medium confidence - Hab 2:6: allusion, medium confidence - Hab 3:3: allusion, medium confidence - Hab 1:1: quotation, high confidence - Hos 12:10 (12:11 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Zeph 1:2: allusion, medium confidence - Zeph 1:7: allusion, medium confidence - Zeph 1:12: allusion, high confidence - Zeph 2:3: allusion, medium confidence - Zeph 3:1: allusion, medium confidence - Zeph 3:9: allusion, medium confidence - Zeph 3:14: allusion, high confidence - Zeph 3:20: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Habakkuk (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Zephaniah’s headings begin in this section; his life opens the next section. A few stray words from Micah’s and Nahum’s lives (“… impieties of himself and his fathers … Jordan at Begadar”) stand in the scan after Habakkuk’s first heading and are not translated. The scan interleaves the end of Habakkuk’s life and a note on Hab 1:1 with Zephaniah’s headings; they are given here before the headings. - “He multiplied visions”: Hos 12:11 LXX. Zephaniah heading 2: Zeph 1:12; heading 7: Zeph 3:14–20. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 8 (PG 93:1353; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/8). ## On the prophet Zephaniah - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-9 - Source: PG 93:1361 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: A short life of Zephaniah, followed by the five chapter headings of Haggai. ### Greek text Σοφονίας ἑρμηνεύεται σκοπιὰ Κυρίου. Ouvog ἣν £x φυλῆς Συμεὼν, ἀγροῦ Σαθαρὼθ καὶ προεφήτευσες περὶ τῆς πόλεως ᾿Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ τέλους Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀντεισαγωγῆς καὶ σωτηρίας ἐθνῶν, καὶ αἰσχύνης ἀσεθῶν, καὶ δόξης δικαίων, xo χρ'τοῦ πάσης πνοῆς" καὶ θανὼν ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ. KEPAAAIA ΑΓΓΑΙΟΥ͂ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ͂. α'. ᾿Αγανάχτησις Θεοῦ χατὰ τῶν ῥᾳθυμούντων πῆ; οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ ναοῦ" καὶ διήγησις ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐντεῦθεν συνέδη χαχὰ, ὅσα δὲ xax συμθήσεται. 9. Ὑπαχοὴ τῶν ἀρχόντων, αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ λαοῦ" καὶ σπουδὴ περὶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ναοῦ" καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς αὐτοὺς προσφώνησις, ἀνδρίξζεσθαι καὶ θαῤῥεῖν, καὶ γινώσχειν τὸν Θεὸν αὐτὸν [αὐτῶν] ἐφιστάμενον ἔχοντας. συμθησομένων " xaY τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν χαρποφορίαΞ:, καὶ τῆς τοῦ νέου ναοῦ δόξης " καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης, ἥτις παρὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῖς εὐσεθοῦσι χατώρθωται. δ΄. Κατηγορία Ἰουδαίων, ὡς οὔτε ἁγιαζομένων ταὶς θυσίαις, καὶ μιαινόντων ταῖς αὑτῶν πονηρίαις τοὺς ἐγγίζοντας " καὶ διήγησις ὧν αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ χαρποὶ τῆς γῆς διὰ τὴν τοῦ λαοῦ πονηρίαν ὑπέστησαν" καὶ τῆς ἐσομένης διὰ Χριστοῦ εὐλογίας ὑπόσχεσις. ε΄. Πρόῤῥησις χαταστροφῆς δαιμόνων, καὶ τῶν παρ᾽ ἐχείνων ἐνεργουμένων προφητεία δὲ παρὰ [1σ΄. τε περὶ] Χριστοῦ, καὶ τὴν οἰχονομίαν τῆς σαρxbüg καὶ τῆς θεότητος μηνύουσα. ### English translation (Claude) Zephaniah is interpreted “watchtower of the Lord.” He was of the tribe of Simeon, from the field of Sabaratha. And he prophesied about the city of Jerusalem and the end of Israel, the bringing in and salvation of the nations in its place, the shame of the ungodly, the glory of the righteous, and the judgment of all breath. And having died he was buried in his field. Chapter headings of Haggai the prophet 1. God’s indignation against those who were slack about building the temple; and an account of the evils that befell them as a result, and of those that will befall them. 2. The obedience of the rulers and of the people itself, and zeal for the works of the temple; and God’s address to them, to be strong and take courage, and to know that they have God himself standing over them. 3. … of what will befall; of the fruitfulness of the nations; of the glory of the new temple; and of the peace achieved by Christ through the cross for the godly. 4. An accusation of the Jews, as neither sanctified by their sacrifices, and as defiling by their wickedness those who draw near; an account of what they themselves and the fruits of the land suffered because of the wickedness of the people; and a promise of the blessing that will come through Christ. 5. A prediction of the overthrow of the demons and of those worked upon by them; and a prophecy concerning Christ, showing the dispensation of the flesh and the Godhead. ### Scripture references - Hag 1:4: allusion, high confidence - Hag 1:12: allusion, high confidence - Hag 2:7: allusion, medium confidence - Hag 2:9: allusion, medium confidence - Hag 2:12: allusion, medium confidence - Hag 2:22: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Zephaniah (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Haggai’s headings begin in this section; his life is the next section. The start of Haggai heading 3 is lost. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 9 (PG 93:1361; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/9). ## On the prophet Haggai - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/1/#p-10 - Source: PG 93:1361 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: A short life of Haggai, born in Babylon of priestly descent. ### Greek text "Aqatog ἑορτάζων' ἑρμηνεύεται. Οὗτος ἐτέχθη εἰς Βαθυλῶνα, ἣν δὲ ἐκ φυλῆς Λευΐ" καὶ ἔτι νέο: ὧν ἦλθεν ἀπὸ Βαθδυλῶνος εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ." καὶ φανερῶς περὶ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τοῦ λαοῦ προεφήτευσε" καὶ εἶδεν ἐχ μέρους τὴν οἰχοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ " καὶ ἀποθαviv ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἐτάφη πλησίον τάφου τῶν ἱερέων ἐνδόξως, ὡς αὐτοὶ, ἐπειδὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ἣν ἐχ γένους ἱερατιχοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Haggai is interpreted “keeping festival.” He was born in Babylon, and was of the tribe of Levi. While still young he came from Babylon to Jerusalem, and prophesied openly about the return of the people; and he saw in part the building of the temple. And having died in Jerusalem he was buried with honour near the tomb of the priests, as they were, since he too was of priestly descent. ### Scripture references - Ezra 5:1: allusion, low confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Haggai (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Haggai’s headings stand at the end of the previous section; this section holds only his life. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 10 (PG 93:1361; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/10). ## On the prophet Zechariah - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/11/#p-11 - Source: PG 93:1361 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The thirty-two chapter headings of Zechariah and his life, the ten chapter headings of Malachi and his life, and the first eight chapter headings of Isaiah. ### Greek text α΄. Προτροπὴ πρὸς μετάνοιαν, καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς τοῦ Ἰουδαϊχοῦ λαοῦ, ὅτι τῶν προγόνων τὴν χαχίαν ζήλωσαν. β΄. Προφητεία δρόμων ἀποστολιχῶν, καὶ ἀνανεώεως, ἕως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἥτις αὐτὴ διὰ τῆς νέας «εγένηται. Y. Αἴνιγμα τῶν Εὐαγγελίων, ἐξ ὧν τὰ ἔθνη χατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῆς ἀρκαίας ὠξύνθησαν. 9. Προφητεία, τὴν νέαν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. διὰ Χριστοῦ χτισθήσεσθαι, καὶ πλῆθος οἰχούντων ἕξειν xo τοῦ ΙΝ ΧΙ σεσθαι. ε΄. Κλῆσις τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰς τὴν νέαν Σιών " καὶ ἀπειλὴ χατὰ δαιμόνων " καὶ εὐαγγελισμὸς τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ σαρχὸς εἰς τὴν Σιὼν ἀφίξεως, δι᾽ ἧς τὰ ΤΠ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπιστρέψουσιν. ς΄. Διήγησις τῆς Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς τότε ἰερέως χαθάρτεως " καὶ διαμαρτυρία πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν, τίνα dons τειν προσῇχε.. Προφητεία τῆς ἀφίξεως τοῦ Σωτῆρος, ἐφ᾽ 0v αἱ "e τοῦ Πνεύματος δωρ ΣΙ ἀναπαύονται" καὶ ὀῥησις τῆς ἐσομένης διὰ τοῦ σωτηρίου πάθους ἁμαρτημάτων ἀφέσεως, καὶ μυστιχῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσεως. θεωρία τῶν εἰχόνων τῆς ἀξίας xoX ἐνεργείας γεύματος, καὶ νόμου περὶ αὐτὸ, καὶ χάριτος υνάμεως Χριστοῦ " καὶ ἐπιτιμία χατὰ τοῦ δια- Θόλου, ὡς ἐμποδίζειν ἐπιχειροῦντος τῷ σωτηρίῳ χηρύγματι. 0. Προφητεία περὶ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐνεργειῶν τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ Πνεύματος " καὶ εἰχὼν νόμου καὶ χάριτος, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι τῇ φανερώσει τοῦ Πνεύματος. V. ᾿Απειλὴ κατὰ χλεπτῶν καὶ ἐπιόρχων, ὡς πανοιχὶ μελλόντων Oo ρεύεσθαι. ια΄, Εἰχὼν τῆς ἐν ἀνθρβἭύποις πολιτευομένης ἀδιux, ἐν δὲ τῆς πλάνης τὴν χατοιχίαν χέχτηται. χίας, ἣν ἁμαρτία μὲν συγκροτεῖ xo ἀσέδε τῇ συγχύσει ιβ'. Εἰχὼν πολιτείας, ἣν αἱ γενεαὶ προφητῶν καὶ νόμου, πατριαρχῶν καὶ ἀποστόλων, ἔδραμον. ιγ΄. Αἴνιγμα τῶν ἐσομένων στεφάνων τοῖς ἐξ ἁμαρτίας ὡς διὰ μετανοίας χαθαρθέντα, χαραχτῆρα προδάλλεται, ιδ΄, Διήγησις, οἷα περὶ τῆς χιθωτοῦ βασιλεῖς ἐθνῶν πέμψαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο: καὶ ἔλεγχος ταῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι μὴ χατὰ σχοπὸν Θεοῦ νηστεύουσιν ἣ ἐσθίουσιν ἐπιστρέφουσιν, ὧν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τότε ἱερέα, τινες ιε΄, Νουθεσία, τίσι Θεὸς ἀρέσχεται" xot χατηγορία τῆς τοῦ λαοῦ παραχοῆς " καὶ ἀπειλὴ διασπορᾶς τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ πορθήσεως, ις΄. Πρόῤῥησις τῶν ἐσομένων τῇ ἀγαθῶν διὰ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως. WU. Διήγησις, οἷα τῷ ἀρκαίῳ λαῷ, πρὶν οἰχοδομηθῆναι τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ναὸν, οἷα δὲ μετὰ τὴν οἰχοδομὴν τὴν τούτου, τῷ νέῳ λαῷ παρὰ Θεοῦ γεγένηται" Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ διδασκαλία τί χατορθοῦν ὀφείλουσι. wy. Προτροπὴ νηστείας τοῖς ἐξομολογουμένοις, ὡς ἐν αὐτῇ τὴν εὐφροσύνην ἔχουσι " καὶ πρόῤῥησις ἔπιστροφῆς ἐθνῶν διὰ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως. ιθ΄, Προφητεία ἀφανισμοῦ πλάνης ἐσομένης τοῖς ἔηνεσι" καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς φυτευομένης πίστεως, δι᾽ ἣν οὐχ ἔτι τὴν διαθολιχὴν ἀπελααίαν δεδοίχασι. x. Προφητεία περὶ Χριστοῦ, ὅπως τὴν ὄνον χαθἰσας, τὴν εἰρήνην ὃὲ πρυτανεύε!: τοῖς ἔθνεσι, ὀργάνοις τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῆς Ἰουδαϊχὴν ἀλαζονείαν ἀπόλλυσι " εἰς τὸ εὐαγγελιχὸν χήρυγμα, ἐπιστρυφὴν τῶν πεπλανημένων χρησάμενος. χα΄. Ὅτι παρὰ Θεοῦ καὶ τὴν χάριν δεῖ καὶ τὸν νόμον προσδέχεσθαι " καὶ διαθολὴ τῶν 'Ἑλληνιχῶν μάντεων, καὶ ἀπειλὴ τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν ποιμένων " καὶ προφητεία τῆς διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐσομένης στροφῆς διὰ βαπτίσματος καὶ μετανοίας ἐχ «T νῆς τοῖς ἔθνεσι. χϑ'. Πρόῤῥησις εἰσόδου πρὸς τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ [ΠΙνεύματος" xoY εἰδώλων πτώσεως" καὶ θρήνου τῶν δαϊχῶν ποιμένων, ἐφ᾽ οἷς χαταργεῖται τοῖς χαθάρσια. τὰ παρ᾽ αὖχγ΄. Προφητεία περὶ Χριστοῦ, ποιμαίνειν εὐδοχίᾳ τοῦ Πατρὸς τὰ πρώην ἀπολωλότα μέλλοντος, καὶ ἀπειλὴ τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων πορθήσεως, Καϊάφα τε καὶ Πιλάτου καὶ Ἡρώδου ἐξάρσεως, νόμον τε ἐγγράφου καὶ φυσιχοῦ μεταθέσεως εἰς αὐτόν ἑχατέρου διόρθωσιν. χδ΄, Προφητεία τῆς ἐσομένης ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι γνώσεως, καὶ τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου φαντασίας " καὶ ὅπως αὐτῆς μὲν ἀδόχιμον ἐδείχθη τὸ ἀργύριον, ἡ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν δὲ τῶν Ἰουδαίων διαθήχη κατηγορία. xe'. Προφητεία, τί μὲν ὁ ᾿Αντίχριστος ποιήσει, τί δὲ καὶ μέλλει πείσεσθαι. xc'. Πρόῤῥησις τῶν μελλόντων τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ πορθήσει συμδήσεσθαι καὶ τῶν ἐσομένων διὰ μετανοίας σωζομένοις ἀγαθῶν, ὅπως αὐτοὶ μὲν εἰς τὴν τάξιν τῶν δικαίων ἀναδήσονται, εἰς δὲ τὴν τῶν ἀγγέλων οἱ δίχαιοι. xv. Προφητεία ἀπωλείας δαιμόνων, καὶ τῆς ἰσχύσεως τῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς πιστοὺς γινομένης τοῦ Πνεύματὸς " καὶ τῶν ἐσομένων ἐν τῷ χαιρῷ τῆς συντελείας τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χαχῶν " εἰδώλων τε καὶ τοῦ πνεύματὸς τῆς πλάνης ὀλοθρεύσεως " καὶ οἷα τῷ Χριστῷ ἐξαίρετα προφητεύοντι παρὰ τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων γενήσεται. x". Προφητεία τοῦ Δεσποτιχοῦ σταυροῦ, καὶ τῆς ἀρνήσεως τοῦ Πέτρου, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων διασπορᾶς, καὶ τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ὀλοθρεύσεως, καὶ προσλήψεως τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς σωθέντων δι᾽ ἐξομολογήσεως, καὶ Χριστοῦ στρατηγίας, ἣν πρὸς τοὺς δαίμονας ὑπὲρ τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν ἐθνῶν παρατάττετα!. x0'. Πρόῤῥησις τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀναλήψεως, ἐξ ἧς τὸ μυστήριον εἰς ὅλα μερίζεται τῆς οἰχουμένης τὰ χλίματα " καὶ προφητεία τῶν ἐσομένων ἐν ἐχείνῳ τῷ χαιρῷ θαυμάτων, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν ὑποταγῆς, xoi Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῆς νέας χατοιχήσεως. λ΄. ᾿Απειλὴ χατὰ τῶν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάντων ἐθνῶν καὶ διήγησις τοῦ πλούτου τῶν ἐξομολογουμένων" καὶ ἀπόφασις χατὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, ὡς πεισομένων τοῖς ἀσεθέσιν ὅμοια. λα΄. Προφητεία ἀφανισμοῦ πλάνης ἐσομένης τοῖς ἔθνεσι καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς φυτευομένης πίστεως, 0v ἣν οὐκ ἔτι τὴν διαθολιχὴν ἀπελασίαν δεδοίχασιν. λβ΄. ᾿Απειλὴ χατὰ τῶν μὴ παραθαλλόντων τῇ νέα ἹΞρουσαλὴμ, ὥστε τὰ νέα τοῦ Χριστοῦ πανηγυρίσαι μυστήρια" καὶ πρόῤῥησις, τῷ εὐαγγελιχῷ )όγῳ τὰ πλάνης, καὶ τῶν μυστηρίων τὴν φανέρωσιν, καὶ τὴν A A ἔθνη χαλινωθήσεσθχι καὶ πρόχοψιν εἰς πλῆθος Χριστοῦ τὰ μυστήρια. Ζαχαρίας ἑρμηνεύετα! μγήμη Ὑψίστου, ἣ γικητὴς A£orcoc. Οὗτος ἣν Ex γένους Λενῖ, ἐγεννήθη ἐν Γαλαάδ’ καὶ ἐλθὼν ἀπὸ Χαλδαίων, ἤδη προδεθηχὼς, καὶ πολλὰ τῷ ναῷ προφητεύσας, ἔδωχεν εἰς ἀπόδειξιν οὕτως" εἶπε τῷ Ἰωσεδὲχ, ὅτι γεννήσει υἱὸν, καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. ἱερατεύσε:, εἰς τύπον τοῦ ἀληθῶς ἀρχιερέως. Οὗτος καὶ τὸν Σαλαθιὴλ ἐπὶ υἱῷ εὐλόγησε, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὑτοῦ Ζοροθάδελ ἐπέθηχε " καὶ ἐπὶ Κύρου τέρας ἔδωχεν εἰς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ προεφήτευσεν, ἣν ποιήσει ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ., καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν σφόδρα. Τὸ ὃὲ τῆς προθέσεως εἶδεν Ἱερουσαλήμ. " γαὶ περὶ τέλους Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀρχῆς ἐθνῶν, καὶ τέλους τοῦ ναοῦ, d; DB θεμελίων χαταστροφῆς, καὶ ἀργίας προφητῶν ἱερῶν καὶ σαδθάτων, καὶ διπλῆς χρίσεως, ἐξέθετο, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐν γήρει μαχρῷ, καὶ ἐχλείπων ἐτέθη σύνεγγυς τοῦ ᾿Αγγαίου. KEPAAAIA ΜΑΛΑΧΙΟΥ͂ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ͂. α'. Ὅτ: τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ Θεὸς ἀγαπᾷ, ἀποστρέφεται δὲ καὶ μισεῖ τὸν Orá6olov καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τῷ Θεῷ οὐδὲ ὡς Σωτῇρ: οὐδὲ ὡς Δεσπότῃ προσῆλθον. β΄. Κατηγορία τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν ἱερέων, ἐφ᾽ οἷς τὰς προφητεία τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν θεοσεθείας καὶ ἀπειλὴ χατὰ τούτων, οἵτινες ἐπαγγέλλονται χρηστὰ τῷ Θεῷ, φαῦλα δὲ ἀντ᾽ ἐχείνων προφέρουσι. γ΄. ᾿Απειλὴ χατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν ἱερέων, ὡς μελλούσης τῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήχης σχορπίζεσθαι. δ'. Προφητεία περὶ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἀπειλὴ xazà τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν ἀρχόντων ἀνθ᾽ ὧν αἴτιοι ἐγένοντο τῆς τοῦ νόμου παραδάσεως. ε΄. Ἐπιτίμησις χατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι τὴν φιλαδελφίαν οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν" καὶ ἀρὰ χατὰ τῶν ἧδυπαθούντων, xa εἰδωλολατρούντων, καὶ ταῦτα προσφερόντων, ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἐστέναξαν ἕτεροι. ς΄. ᾿Ανάμνησις τοῦ δοθέντος παρὰ Θεοῦ περὶ τῆς συζυγίας τοῦ γυναιχείου νόμου " καὶ ἔλεγχος τῶν ἡγουμένων τὸν Θεὸν τοῖς πονηροῖς ἀρέσχεσθαι. C. Προφητεία τῆς Ἰωάννου τοῦ προδρόμου παρουσίας, καὶ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀφίξεως, καὶ οἷα D θαυματουργεῖ παραγινόμενος. η΄. Κατηγορία τῶν Ἰουδαϊχῶν συναγωγῶν, καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπὶ πολλαῖς παρανομίαις" καὶ τῇ τῶν ἀπαρχῶν ἀγνωμοσύνῃ ἀδιορθου μένοις ἀγαθῶν ἔπαγγελίαν ἔδωχε. ('. Διάλεξις αὐτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τοὺς δικαίους, ἐφ᾽ οἷς ὡς χρεῖττον τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν πραττόντων ἐμέμφοντο" καὶ ὑπόσχεσις τῶν ἐσομένων ἀγαθῶν πονηροῖς, ἐν τῷ ποῖς δικαίοις, πονηρῶν δὲ τοῖς αἰῶνι μέλλοντι, διὰ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ προτέρας ἀφίξεως. v. Παραίνεσις, θέντων παρὰ Θεοῦ, ἐπειδὴ τὸν Χριστὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς Ἡλίου μεμνῇσθαι τῶν ἐν Xopr6 λαληπροσεμήνυσε [ἴσ. προεμήνυσε "1 καὶ τῆς τοῦ Θεσθίτου παρουσίας ὑπόσχεσις, ἐπιστροφὴν τίχτεται ἐν Σοφιρᾷ. ἐχ γένους ἔτι πάνυ νέος ὧν χαλὸν βίον ἔσχε " καὶ ἐπειδὴ πᾶς ὁ Λευΐ, καὶ λαὸς ἐτίμα αὐτὸν ὡς ἅμεμπτον καὶ πραῦν, ἐκάλεσε Μαλαχίαν αὐτὸν, ὅ. ἔστιν ἄγγειϊος " ἣν γὰρ καὶ, τῷ εἴδει εὐπρεπής " ἀλλὰ καὶ ὃς αὐτὸς εἶπεν ἐν προφητείᾳ, αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρῳ ἄγγελος ὀφθεὶς Θεοῦ, ἐπεδεύτεροι τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ τὸν δὲ ἄγγελον οὐδεὶς ἀνάξιος ἐθεώρει, ἀλλ᾽ ἤτοι φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἤχουε μόνον" οἱ δὲ ἄξιοι xa τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἐθεώpou» ὡς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀναρχίας " ὡς γέγραπται ἐν Σχυγρετεὶμ "Egáp Φωτεὶμ, τουτέστιν ἐν βίόλῳ Κριτῶν- xaY ἔτι νέος ὧν προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ, ἐν βίῳ ἀγαθῷ, καὶ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. €. Διαμαρτυρία τῶν στοιχείων ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν Ἰουδαίων παρανομίᾳ, καὶ διήγησις τῆς ἐκείνων πληγῆς" καὶ προφητεία τῆς τῶν ἑορτῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοὶς ἀποδολῆς, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν πονηρὰς πράξεις καὶ μιαιφόνους μετήρχοντο. β΄. Προτροπὴ πρὸς τὸ βάπτισμα" καὶ χατηγορία ἀρκαίας. Ἱερουσαλήμ." καὶ ἀπειλὴ χατὰ τῶν ταύτης ἀρχόντων καὶ ὑπόσχεσις ἀνανεώσεως τῆς σαλὴμ,, ἥτις εἰς τὴν νέαν μὲν ἐχλαμθάνεται, àvaνεουμένης δὲ ταύτης, ὄλεθρος πάντων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρκαίας Ἱερουσαλὴμ παρανόμων ἐπήγγελται, γ΄. Προφητεία, ἐμφανῆ τὴν νέαν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. καὶ τὴν Σιὼν πᾶσ! τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔσεσθαι" καὶ ἀποθολὴ τοῦ ἀρκαίου λαοῦ " ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὰ χατὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν παρανόμων ἐζήλωσαν " xoY πρόῤῥησις εἰδώλων ἀπωλείας καὶ βλασφήμων ὁλοθρεύσεως. δ΄. Πρόῤῥησις, τὴν ἀρκαίαν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίας ζημιωθήσεσθαι, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης χαχίας ἐν τῇ ἀντάρσει τῇ χατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν Σοδόμων ἀνομίαν ἐζήλωσαν. ε΄. Διαδολὴ τῆς ἀσελγείας τοῦ Ἰουδαϊΐχοῦ λαοῦ καὶ πρόῤῥησις τῆς τῶν ἐνδόξων τῶν παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς γυμνώσεως καὶ προφητεία, τὰς ἐνεργείας τοῦ Πνεύματὸς τῇ οἰχονομίᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ συναφθήσεσθα: " οὕτω τε τοὺς Ex περιτομῆς πιστεύοντας εἰς ζωὴν ἀπογράφεσθα:" xoY πᾶσαν ᾿Εχχλησίαν τειχίζεσθαι τῇ παρουcla τοῦ Πνεύματος. ς΄. ᾿Αποδολὴ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊχοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐν τῇ παρουσίχ του Χριστοῦ ἐχαρποφόρησαν ἄνταρσιν. ζ΄. Σχετλιασμὸς χατὰ τῶν ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ καὶ ἐν παρανόμῳ βιούντων τρυφῇ " καὶ ὅπως ἐπ᾽ ἐχείνοις μὲν ὃ ἄδης ὁ νοητὸς πλατύνεται, ὁ Θεὸς δὲ ἐν τῇ χρίσει δοξασθήσεται, ἀπολαμθανόντων τότε τῶν δικαίων ὅσα νῦν ἀφῃρέθησαν. η΄. Ταλανισμὸς τῶν ἁμαρτίας ἁμαρτίαις συναπτόντων, καὶ τὰ χαλὰ διαθαλλόντων, τὰ χαχὰ Oi συνιστώντων, καὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ οἰχείᾳ θαῤῥούντων, ### English translation (Claude) [Zechariah] 1. An exhortation to repentance, and a reproach of the Jewish people, because they emulated the wickedness of their forefathers. 2. A prophecy of the courses of the apostles, and of renewal, as far as Jerusalem, which itself through the new … has come to be. 3. A riddle of the Gospels, by which the nations were sharpened against the ancient Jerusalem. 4. A prophecy that the new Jerusalem will be built by Christ, and will have a multitude of inhabitants, and … 5. A calling of the nations to the new Zion; a threat against the demons; and the good news of the Lord’s arrival with flesh in Zion, through which the [nations] will turn to him. 6. An account of the cleansing of Jesus, their priest at that time; and a solemn charge to him, as to what he ought to keep. 7. A prophecy of the Saviour’s arrival, on whom the gifts of the Spirit rest; and a prediction of the forgiveness of sins that will come through the saving passion, and of the enjoyment of mystical good things. 8. A contemplation of the images of the dignity and working of the Spirit, of the law concerning it, and of the grace and power of Christ; and a rebuke of the devil, as trying to hinder the saving preaching. 9. A prophecy about Christ and the workings of the Spirit in him; and an image of law and grace, and of those who were to serve the manifestation of the Spirit. 10. A threat against thieves and perjurers, as about to be destroyed with their whole houses. 11. An image of the injustice practised among men, which sin assembles and ungodliness …, having its dwelling in the confusion of error. 12. An image of the way of life which the generations of prophets and of the law, of patriarchs and apostles, ran. 13. A riddle of the crowns that will be for those cleansed from sin through repentance, … sets forth as a figure. 14. An account of what the kings of nations sent to ask about the ark; and a reproof of Israel, that they do not fast or eat according to God’s purpose; … whom they then [asked], Jesus the priest … 15. An admonition as to whom God is pleased with; an accusation of the people’s disobedience; and a threat of their dispersion and of laying waste. 16. A prediction of the good things that will be for [Jerusalem] through the Saviour’s arrival. 17. An account of what [befell] the ancient people before the temple of God was built, and what came to the new people from God after it was built; and a teaching of what they ought to accomplish. 18. An exhortation to fasting for those who confess, as having their gladness in it; and a prediction of the conversion of the nations through the Saviour’s arrival. 19. A prophecy of the destruction of error that will come to the nations; and a prediction of the faith planted among them, through which they no longer fear the devil’s driving. 20. A prophecy about Christ: how, seated on the donkey, he presides over peace for the nations, using the apostles as instruments, and destroys Jewish arrogance …, turning those who had strayed to the preaching of the gospel. 21. That one must receive both grace and the law from God; a denunciation of the Greek soothsayers; a threat against the Jewish shepherds; and a prophecy of the turning to God that will come about through the apostles, by baptism and repentance, for the nations. 22. A prediction of the entrance of the Spirit to the nations, of the fall of the idols, and of the lament of the Jewish shepherds, because their purifications are abolished. 23. A prophecy about Christ, who by the Father’s good pleasure was to shepherd those who had formerly been lost; a threat of the laying waste of the Jews, of the removal of Caiaphas, Pilate and Herod, and of the transfer of the written and the natural law to him for the correction of each. 24. A prophecy of the knowledge that will be among the nations, and of the Lord’s …; and how the silver was shown reprobate in it, and the covenant with the people of the Jews became an accusation. 25. A prophecy of what the Antichrist will do, and what he is going to suffer. 26. A prediction of what will befall Jerusalem in the laying waste, and of the good things for those saved through repentance: how they will rise to the rank of the righteous, and the righteous to that of the angels. 27. A prophecy of the destruction of the demons and of the strengthening of the Spirit that comes upon the faithful; of the evils that will befall the Jews at the time of the end; of the extermination of the idols and of the spirit of error; and of what Christ, prophesying, will suffer from the people of the Jews. 28. A prophecy of the Master’s cross, of Peter’s denial, of the scattering of the apostles, of the destruction of the Jews and the receiving of those of them saved through confession, and of Christ’s generalship, which he sets in array against the demons for the salvation of the nations. 29. A prediction of Christ’s ascension, from which the mystery is distributed to all the regions of the world; and a prophecy of the wonders that will be at that time, of the subjection of the nations, and of the settlement of the new Jerusalem. 30. A threat against the nations that did not turn; an account of the wealth of those who confess; and a sentence against sinners, that they will suffer the same as the ungodly. 31. A prophecy of the destruction of error that will come to the nations; and a prediction of the faith planted among them, through which they no longer fear the devil’s driving. 32. A threat against those who do not go up to the new Jerusalem to celebrate the new mysteries of Christ; and a prediction that the nations will be bridled by the gospel word, … of error, and the manifestation of the mysteries, and the advance of the mysteries of Christ to a multitude. Zechariah is interpreted “memory of the Most High,” or “victor of the people.” He was of the tribe of Levi, and was born in Gilead. Coming from the Chaldeans when already advanced in years, and having prophesied much about the temple, he gave this as a proof: he told Jozadak that he would beget a son, who would serve as priest in Jerusalem, as a type of the true high priest. He also blessed Salathiel over his son and gave him the name Zerubbabel. And in the time of Cyrus he gave a sign …; he prophesied about his service, which he would perform in Jerusalem, and blessed him greatly. And he saw … Jerusalem; and he set out his prophecy about the end of Israel, the beginning of the nations, the end of the temple, …, its overthrow from the foundations, the ceasing of prophets, priests and Sabbaths, and a double judgment. And he died in great old age, and when he passed away he was laid near Haggai. Chapter headings of Malachi the prophet 1. That God loves man, but turns from and hates the devil; and a reproach of Israel, because they did not come to God either as Saviour or as Master. 2. An accusation of the Jewish priests for …; a prophecy of the godliness of the nations; and a threat against those who promise good things to God but offer bad things instead. 3. A threat against the Jewish priests, as the covenant with them is about to be scattered. 4. A prophecy about Christ; and a threat against the Jewish rulers, because they became the cause of the transgression of the law. 5. A rebuke against the Jews, that they did not keep brotherly love; and a curse against those who live in soft luxury and in idolatry and offer these things, at which others groaned. 6. A reminder of what was given by God concerning the law of the marriage bond with a wife; and a refutation of those who think that God is pleased with the wicked. 7. A prophecy of the coming of John the Forerunner, of the Saviour’s arrival, and of the wonders he works on arriving. 8. An accusation of the Jewish synagogues and of the people for many transgressions and for ingratitude in the firstfruits; … he gave a promise of good things to those who are set right. 9. A discourse of God himself with the righteous, because they complained that sinners fared better; and a promise of the good things that will come to the righteous, and of the evils to the wicked, in the age to come, through Christ’s first arrival. 10. An exhortation to remember what was spoken by God at Horeb, since he foretold Christ in them; and a promise of the coming of the Tishbite, [for the] turning … … is born in Sopha …, of the tribe [of Zebulun]. While still very young he lived a good life; and since all the people honoured him as blameless and gentle, they called him Malachi, which means “angel”; for he was also comely in appearance. Moreover, whatever he himself said in prophecy, on the same day an angel of God appeared and repeated his words; but no unworthy person saw the angel, but only heard his voice, while the worthy saw his form too, as happened in the days of the anarchy, as it is written in Sophtim, that is, in the book of Judges. And while still young he was added to his fathers, in a good life, and was buried with his fathers. [Isaiah] 1. A testimony of the elements against the lawlessness of the Jews, and an account of their blow; and a prophecy of the rejection of their feasts and sacrifices, because they pursued wicked and bloodthirsty deeds. 2. An exhortation to baptism; an accusation of the ancient Jerusalem; a threat against its rulers; and a promise of the renewal of Jerusalem, which is understood of the new one; and as this is renewed, the destruction of all the lawless in the ancient Jerusalem is announced. 3. A prophecy that the new Jerusalem and Zion will be manifest to all the nations; a rejection of the ancient people, because they emulated the ways of the lawless nations; and a prediction of the destruction of the idols and the extermination of the blasphemers. 4. A prediction that the ancient Jerusalem will lose the good things of Christ’s coming, because, besides their other wickedness, in their rebellion against Christ they emulated the lawlessness of Sodom. 5. A denunciation of the licentiousness of the Jewish people; a prediction of the stripping of their notables; and a prophecy that the workings of the Spirit will be joined to Christ’s dispensation, so that those of the circumcision who believe are enrolled for life, and every church is walled by the presence of the Spirit. 6. The rejection of the Jewish vineyard, because at Christ’s coming it bore rebellion as fruit. 7. A complaint against those who live in greed and lawless luxury; and how for them the spiritual Hades is widened, while God will be glorified in the judgment, when the righteous then receive back what they are now deprived of. 8. Woe to those who join sins to sins, who slander good things and commend evil, and who trust in their own wisdom, … ### Scripture references - Zech 1:3: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 1:18: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 2:4: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 2:10: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 3:1: allusion, high confidence - Zech 4:2: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 5:3: allusion, high confidence - Zech 5:7: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 6:1: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 6:11: allusion, high confidence - Zech 7:2: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 8:19: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 9:9: allusion, high confidence - Zech 10:2: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 11:1: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 11:8: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 11:12: allusion, high confidence - Zech 11:15: allusion, high confidence - Zech 12:2: allusion, medium confidence - Zech 13:7: allusion, high confidence - Zech 14:4: allusion, high confidence - Zech 14:16: allusion, high confidence - Mal 1:2: allusion, high confidence - Mal 1:6: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 2:1: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 2:10: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 2:14: allusion, high confidence - Mal 2:16: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 2:17: allusion, high confidence - Mal 3:1: allusion, high confidence - Mal 3:8: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 3:14: allusion, high confidence - Mal 4:4: allusion, high confidence - Mal 4:5: allusion, high confidence - Isa 1:2: allusion, high confidence - Isa 1:16: allusion, high confidence - Isa 2:2: allusion, high confidence - Isa 3:9: allusion, high confidence - Isa 3:16: allusion, high confidence - Isa 5:1: allusion, high confidence - Isa 5:14: allusion, high confidence - Isa 5:18: allusion, high confidence - Isa 5:20: allusion, high confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Zechariah; Malachi (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter headings (κεφάλαια) of Hesychius’s line-by-line edition of the Twelve Prophets, each set followed by a short life of the prophet, from the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93; obvious OCR slips are read by sense and illegible stretches are marked “…”. The headings read the prophets of Christ, the Church and the Jews; they are translated exactly as written. The lives are a form of the anonymous Lives of the Prophets; Migne’s bracketed variants from Theophylact’s copy are removed by logged corrections. - Boundaries: Malachi begins in this section after Zechariah’s life; Malachi’s life is damaged at the start (its opening words stand displaced in the next section, ref 12); the Isaiah headings that follow continue in the Fragments on Isaiah. - Zechariah heading 31 repeats heading 19 in the printed text. Heading 6: Zech 3:1–7; 10: Zech 5:3–4; 20: Zech 9:9–10; 24: Zech 11:12–13; 28: Zech 13:7; 29: Zech 14:4. - Malachi heading 6 summarizes Mal 2:14–16, the covenant of marriage (the passage on divorce). - The life of Zechariah: his sign to Jozadak (Josedech) and his naming of Zerubbabel, from the Lives of the Prophets. “Sophtim”: the Hebrew name of the book of Judges, transliterated. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 11 (PG 93:1361; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/11). ## On the prophet Malachi - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/11/#p-12 - Source: PG 93:1369 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-11-12 Summary: The opening words of the life of Malachi, displaced in the scan. ### Greek text Μαλαχίας ἑρμηνεύετα: ἄγγειιος. Οὗτος μετὰ τῆν A ### English translation (Claude) Malachi is interpreted “angel.” He, after the … ### Extrabiblical texts - Liv. Pro. Malachi (Lives of the Prophets): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Only these words survive in this section; the rest of Malachi’s life stands in the previous section (ref 11), where it is translated. From the uncorrected OCR of Migne PG 93. ### Citation (SBL) Hesychius of Jerusalem, Cap. proph. 12 (PG 93:1369; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hesychius-jerusalem-capita-prophetarum/12).