Cradled on scarlet; now rag-clad in earthy thoughts
Formerly they were being nursed upon scarlet, having heard prophetically beforehand the Savior’s blood about to be poured out, and now being rag-clad from the earthy thoughts.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 4, 5. Ἐτιθηνοῦντο τὸ πρὶν ἐπὶ κόκκου, τὸ μέλλον ἐκχεῖσθαι τοῦ σωτῆρος αἶμα προφητικῶς προακούοντες, καὶ νῦν ἐκ τῶν γηίνων νοημάτων ῥακοδυτοῦντες.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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