And again, hear how it was said through this same Isaiah that the peoples of the nations who did not expect him should worship him, while the Jews who always expected him should fail to recognize him when he came; and the words were spoken as from the person of Christ himself. They are these: "I became manifest to those who did not ask after me; I was found by those who did not seek me; I said, Behold, I am here, to a nation that did not call upon my name. I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contradicting people, to those who walk in a way that is not good, but after their own sins — a people that provokes me to my face." For the Jews, having the prophecies and always expecting Christ, failed to recognize him when he came; and not only that, but they even maltreated him. But the people from the nations, who had never heard anything about Christ until the apostles who went forth from Jerusalem announced the things concerning him and handed over the prophecies, being filled with joy and faith, renounced their idols and dedicated themselves to the unbegotten God through Christ. And that it was foreknown that these slanderous words would be spoken against those who confess Christ, and that those would be wretched who slander him and who say it is good to keep the old customs, hear what was briefly said through Isaiah. These are the words: "Woe to those who call the sweet bitter and the bitter sweet."