Behold, the days come,
says the LORD,
that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
the mountains: By mountains here, therefore, he probably refers to the churches of Christ on account of the sublimity of the teachings in them and the excellence of piety towards God, and the fact that while the mountains appear covered in various plants, the churches of Christ have as their heads countless saints, like tall cedars and trees set close to the channels of spiritual water.
shall drip sweet wine: Likewise those who are more eminent than the others and better endowed with virtue and understanding collect the sweet honey of teachings on Christ and, as it were, distill it into the hearts of others.
and all the hills shall flow with it: The hills being second and of lower ranking in virtue compared with those more conspicuous for it; there are measures of holiness and righteousness in churches, and as Paul says, ‘according to the grace given to each one’ by God, who distributes such things. They will grow together, then he says, luxuriant and fruitful, with a mind richly b...
Shall overtake By this is meant the great abundance of spiritual blessings; which, as it were, by a constant succession, shall enrich the Church of Christ. (Challoner)
Munster, and his imitator, Clarius, see nothing but an allegory in this abundance and return, ver. 14. Yet the literal sense ought to be adopted, when it involves no contradiction. (Houbigant, pref. p. 297.)
God promised a succession of crops to the faithful Israelites, (Leviticus xxvi. 5.) and the return of the ten tribes is frequently specified. (Calmet)
Shall overtake: By this is meant the great abundance of spiritual blessings; which, as it were, by a constant succession, shall enrich the church of Christ.
