Incomparable wound; only God heals the blow he strikes
He has shown the complete wickedness, as having no witness of virtue at all, nor anyone who has stumbled in similar things. For what sin is like that of the one far from God and of the one who after drawing near has thrown off the reins? For “if I had not come,” (John 15:22) he says, “and spoken to them, they would not have sin.” (John 15:22) For which reason also “among those who draw near to me I will be sanctified” (Leviticus 10:3); because the one who does not know the will of the Lord and does not do it will be beaten with few blows; but the one who knows and does not do it will be beaten with many. The passion so great, then, which prophets have not been able to heal, needs God alone. For which reason he has also worn flesh—the prophets confessing weakness in “Lord, who has believed our report?” (Isaiah 53:1) And formerly Jerusalem was also saying: “See if there is a passion according to my passion.” (Lamentations 1:12) The one who struck, then, will heal—“for he himself makes to suffer and again restores.” (Job 5:18) The “who” is taken both of the rare and of the none; for no human being can heal the blow brought on by God.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 2, 13. Τὴν παντελῆ κακίαν ἐδήλωσεν, ὡς μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἀρετῆς μαρτυρίαν μηδὲ τὸν πλημμελήσαντα παραπλήσια. τί γὰρ ὅμοιον ἁμάρτημα τοῦ μακρὰν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὸ πλησιάζειν ἀφηνιάσαντος; «εἰ« γὰρ «μὴ ἠλθον« φησὶ «καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς. ἁμαρτίαν οὐχ εἶχον. διὸ καὶ «ἐν τοῖς ἐγγίζουσί μοι ἀγιασθήσομαι«· ὅτι ὁ μὴ εἰδὼς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτό, δαρήσεται ὀλίγας· ὁ δὲ εἰδὼς καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτό, δαρήσεται πολλάς<. ; τὸ οὖν τοσοῦτον πάθος, μὴ προφῆται θεραπεῦσαι δεδύνηνται, μόνου δεῖται θεοῦ. διὸ καὶ σάρκα πεφόρηκε, τῶν προφητῶν ὁμολογούντων ἀσθένειαν ἐν τῷ κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ὴμῶν;« ἔλεγε δὲ καὶ πρότερον Ἱερουσαλήμ· «ἴδετε εἰ ἔστι πάθος κατὰ τὸ πάθος μου. ὁ τοίνυν παίσας ἰάσεται αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν<. τὸ τίς λαμβάνεται καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ σπανίου καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μηδενός· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἰάσασθαι δύναται τὴν ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἐπαγομένην πληγήν.