Lecture 16

^4:16^ Phe. The face of the Lord has divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.

82. And as regards the infliction of punishment, when he says: the face of the Lord, his foreknowledge; has divided them, scattered among the nations. They are divided by the wrath of his countenance (Ps 54:22).

Third, he reproaches them for their lack of respect towards the elders, and these are words of their enemies against the Jews: they respected not the persons of the priests. The child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honorable (Isa 3:5). Or they can be the words of the prophet about their enemies.