1067. Pro aere. Hic ponit modum restaurationis quantum ad restaurationem divitiarum: quia multo majora a regibus templo offerentur quam per Nabuchodonosor ablata sint. Mystice: qui prius erant viles, in Ecclesia efficiuntur pretiosi, supra XLI pro saliunca orietur.
1067. For brass. Here he sets out the manner of restoration as to the restoration of riches: for much greater things will be offered to the temple by kings than what would be taken by Nabuchodonosor. Mystically: those who formerly were base are made precious in the Church, above: instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree (Isa 55:13).
1068. Et ponam. Hic promittit justitiae observationem.
1068. And I will make your visitation peace. Here he promises the observance of justice.
Et primo in praelatis,
And first, among the superiors;
secundo in subditis: et complebuntur.
second, among the subjects: and the days of your mourning shall be ended (Isa 60:20).
Circa primum duo.
Concerning the first, he does two things.
Primo consolatur eos ex praelatorum rectitudine, tangens justitiam praelatorum: visitationem, visitatores et correptores. Mystice de Christo et apostolis, Jer. III 15 dabo tibi pastores.
First, he comforts them by the uprightness of the superiors, touching on their justice: visitation, visitors and correctors. Mystically, this concerns Christ and the apostles: I will give you pastors according to my own heart (Jer 3:15).
Ponens etiam justitiae effectum quantum ad absentiam malitiae: non audietur iniquitas, quia per aliquod tempus leges optime observabantur, II Mach. III 1; vel iniquitas, idolatria. Mystice, ad statum futurae beatitudinis, Ps. quantum distat ortus ab occidente, longe fecit a nobis iniquitates nostras.
And he also sets out the effect of justice as to the absence of wickedness: iniquity shall no more be heard in your land, because for some time the laws will be well observed (2 Macc 3:1); or iniquity, of idolatry. Mystically, this refers to the state of future beatitude: as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us (Ps 102[103]:12).
Et quantum ad absentiam miseriae: vastitas, quantum ad agros; contritio, quantum ad homines, ab hostibus sic collisos; portas, in quibus populus conveniebat ad judicia. Hoc etiam mystice ad statum futurae beatitudinis, quando, licet sol multo clarior sit quam modo et luna, tamen non sanctis, quia eorum splendore non egent, Apoc. XX tunc non egent splendore solis.
And as to the absence of misery: wasting, as to their fields; destruction, as to men thus crushed by their enemies; your gates, in which the people assembled for judgments. This also pertains mystically to the state of future beatitude, when, although the sun may be much brighter than it is now and the moon also, nevertheless, not for the saints, for they have no need of their brightness: and the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God has enlightened it: and the lamb is the lamp thereof (Rev 21:21).
1069. Ponit etiam gubernantis aeternitatem: non occidet sol qui est Deus, Ps. tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non deficient.
1069. He also sets out the eternity of its governor: your sun, which is God, shall go down no more: but you are always the selfsame, and your years shall not fail (Ps 101:28[102:27]).
1070. Et complebuntur. Hoc quantum ad statum subditorum.
1070. And the days of your mourning shall be ended. This as to the state of their subjects.
Et primo ponit tristitiae cessationem: et complebuntur; luctus, captivitas. Mystice, in futura beatitudine, Apoc. XX absterget Deus omnem lacrymam ab oculis sanctorum, supra XXV 8 aufert lacrimam.
And first, he sets out the ending of their sadness: and the days of your mourning, their captivity. Mystically, in future beatitude: God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of the saints (Rev 21:4), above: the Lord God shall wipe away tears (Isa 25:8).
Secundo ponit justitiae observationem: populus autem; ad glorificandum me, supra XVII omnem qui invocat nomen meum. In perpetuum, quamdiu in justitia permanent; sed mystice planum est de sanctis beatis.
Second, he sets out the observance of justice: and your people shall be all just; to glorify me, above: every one that calls upon my name, I have created him for my glory (Isa 43:7). They shall inherit the land for ever, as long as they remain in justice; but mystically, this clearly refers to the blessed saints.
Tertio seminis multiplicationem: minimus, id est ex uno tot per successionem nascentur, sicut ex Abraham una gens. Mystice, unus de Ecclesia in gentem praeficietur in praelatum, Ps. judicabunt sancti in nationibus. In tempore ejus, id est Christi, vel praefinito tempore; subito, quasi non praevisum istud totum quod dictum est.
Third, the multiplication of their descendants: the least shall become a thousand, that is, from one man, so many shall be born successively, just as one nation came from Abraham. Mystically, one person from the Church will be put in charge as superior over a nation, Psalm: the saints shall judge nations. In its time, that is, the time of Christ, or at the time foreordained; suddenly, as though all this that has been said shall happen was not foreseen.
1071. Nota super illo verbo qui sunt isti qui ut nubes et quasi columbae, quod apostoli dicuntur nubes
1071. Note on the words, who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves? (Isa 60:8), that the apostles are called clouds
primo propter terrae fertilitatem, scilicet ex pluvia, Job XXXVII 11 frumentum desiderant nubes;
first, because of the fertility of the earth, which comes from the rain: corn desires clouds (Job 37:11);
secundo propter luminis diffusionem, eodem nubes spargunt lumen suum;
second, because of the diffusion of light: the clouds spread their light (Job 37:11);
tertio propter motus velocitatem, eodem quae lustrant cuncta per circuitum;
third, because of the swiftness of their movement: which go round about (Job 37:12);
quarto propter divinae voluntatis impletionem, eodem quocumque voluntas gubernantis duxerit.
fourth, because they fulfill the divine will: whithersoever the will of him that governs them shall lead them (Job 37:12).
1072. Item dicuntur columbae
1072. Likewise, they are called doves
primo propter cordis compunctionem; Nahum II 7 gementes ut columbae;
first, because of their compunction of heart: mourning as doves (Nah 2:7);
secundo propter vitae simplicitatem, Matth. X 16 estote prudentes sicut serpentes et simplices sicut columbae,
second, because their simplicity of life: be therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves (Matt 10:16);
tertio propter contemplationis altitudinem vel velocitatem, Ps. quis dedit mihi pennas sicut columbae et volabo ut requiescam;
third, because of the height or swiftness of their contemplation: who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? (Ps 54:7[55:6]);
quarto propter conscientiae puritatem, Cant. V 12 oculi tui sicut columbae, Cant. oculi tui columbarum.
fourth, because of their purity of conscience: your eyes as doves (Song 5:12); your eyes are doves’ eyes (Song 4:1).
Caput 61
Chapter 61
61:1 Spiritus Domini super me, eo quod unxerit me Dominus. Ad annuntiandum mansuetis misit me ut mederer contritis corde et prædicarem captivis indulgentiam et clausis apertionem,
61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me: he has sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
61:2 ut prædicarem annum placabilem Domino et diem ultionis Deo nostro, ut consolarer omnes lugentes,
61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:
61:3 ut ponerem consolationem lugentibus Sion et darem eis coronam pro cinere, oleum gaudii pro luctu, pallium laudis pro spiritu mœroris. Et vocabuntur in ea fortes justitiæ plantatio Domini ad glorificandum;
61:3 To appoint to the mourners of Zion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.
61:4 et ædificabunt deserta a sæculo et ruinas antiquas erigent, et instaurabunt civitates desertas et dissipatas in generationem et generationem;
61:4 And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.
61:5 et stabunt alieni et pascent pecora vestra, et filii peregrinorum agricolæ et vinitores vestri erunt.
61:5 And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines.
61:6 Vos autem sacerdotes Domini vocabimini, ministri Dei nostri, dicetur vobis. Fortitudinem gentium comedetis et in gloria earum superbietis.
61:6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: you ministers of our God: you shall eat the strength of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
61:7 Pro confusione duplici vestra et rubore laudabunt partem eorum; propter hoc in terra sua duplicia possidebunt. Lætitia sempiterna erit eis.
61:7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.
61:8 Quia ego Dominus diligens judicium et odio habens rapinam in holocaustum, et dabo opus eorum in veritate et fœdus perpetuum feriam eis.
61:8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.
61:9 Et scietur in gentibus semen eorum et germen eorum in medio populorum; omnes qui viderint eos cognoscent illos quia isti sunt semen cui benedixit Dominus.
61:9 And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord has blessed.
61:10 Gaudens gaudebo in Domino, et exsultabit anima mea in Deo meo, quia induit me vestimentis salutis et indumento justitiæ circumdedit me quasi sponsum decoratum corona et quasi sponsam ornatam monilibus suis.
61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he has covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
61:11 Sicut enim terra profert germen suum et sicut hortus semen suum germinat, sic Dominus Deus germinabit justitiam et laudem coram universis gentibus.
61:11 For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.