Jerusalem sinned; glory turned to dishonor; the soul in tossing
The sense of the wording is such. Because Jerusalem sinned a sin, she has come to be in tossing and confusion to such a degree that all who formerly glorified her, having changed, have dishonored such a city, having beheld her shame. And she herself, for the things she has suffered because of the sins—having fallen into tossing and into dishonor from those who once glorified her—groaning, has no longer gone forward into the sins, but having lessened them has withdrawn backward.
And after a little: And if such a soul is called Jerusalem—one skilled and sharp-sighted and able to understand the peace of God that surpasses every mind—since it is possible for many causes for this one to sin, it is shown that she has fallen over into tossing, having stood away from the good things and having come to be among the worse. And everyone who has fallen out of virtue and lives with wickedness is soundly said to be in tossing.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 1, 8. Ὁ τῆς λέξεως νοῦς τοιοῦτός ἐστιν. ἐπεὶ ἁμαρτίαν ἥμαρτεν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐνσάλῳ γεγένηται καὶ ταραχῇ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὡς πάντας τοὺς πρότερον δοξάζοντας αὐτὴν μεταβαλόντας ἠτιμακέναι τὴν τοιαύτην πόλιν , θεασαμένους αὐτῆς τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην. αὐτὴ δὲ ἐφ’ οἷς πέπονθε διὰ τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, σάλω καὶ ἀτιμίᾳ τῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ποτε δοξαζόντων περιπεσοῦσα, στενάζουσα οὐκέτι εἰς τὸ ἐμπροσθὲν ἐλήλυθε τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, ἀλλὰ μειώσασα αὐτὰ ὀπίσω ἀνακεχώρηκεν. Καὶ μετ’ ὀλίγα· Ἐὰν δὲ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἡ τοιάδε ψυχὴ λέrηται, ἐντρεχής τις καὶ διορατικὴ καὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ εἰρήνης τῆς ὑπερεχούσης πάντα ωνοῦν< κατανοητική, ἐπεὶ δυνατὸν παρὰ πολλὰς αἰτίας ταύτην ἁμαρτεῖν, δηλοῦται τὸ εἰς σάλον αὐτὴν μεταπεπτωκέναι ἐποστᾶσαν τῶν καλῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείροσι γεγενημένην. πᾶς δὲ ὁ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐκπεσὼν καὶ τῇ κακίᾳ συμβιοὺς ἐν σάλῳ τυγχάνειν ὑγιῶς λέγεται.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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