Cradled on scarlet; now rag-clad in earthy thoughts
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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 (Lamentations 4:5).
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.
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