But God said unto him. God said this, not in word but in deed, sending him a fever or some other mortal disease, and causing his conscience by this means to speak thus to him. "God said this to the rich Prayer of Manasseh ," says Euthymius, "through his conscience, which, as he felt death coming upon him, said this to him."
Thou fool. Because in thy plan, in which thou appearedst to thyself wise, thou now perceivest that thou wast a fool.
This night. "His soul, which would take no heed of light, and which was tending on to Gehenna, was taken in the night." Gregory, Moral, lib. xv. xi. II.
Shall be required. (Repetunt, απαιτου̃σιν, Greek). They require: that Isaiah , God and His angels, who are His instruments, not by misfortune but by the just judgment of God, as if against His will.
Thy soul. "That thou mayest give account of all thy fruits and of the riches and other property which God has given to thee." So Toletus. They seek it again, because thy soul does not die wi...
Whence also God rebukes the rich fool, who thinks of his earthly wealth, and boasts himself in the abundance of his overflowing harvests, saying, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? ".
With its weight; and you do not remember what God answered to the rich man, who boasted with a foolish exultation of the abundance of his exuberant harvest: "Thou fool "said He, "this night thy soul is required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? ".
And again: "But the Lord said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul is required of thee. Whose, then, shall those things be which thou hast provided? "
