Job 30:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

I have been reduced to dust and ashes, which means I have become despicable in their eyes, as if I were mere dirt. Similarly, Emmanuel (Christ), despite being divine, was deemed unworthy when He took on human form, prompting the wicked Jews to declare, ‘Thou art a man, but thou makest thyself God.’

In the meantime, he found himself the subject of mockery among the lowest of men, and yet his trust in the Lord transformed him; what transpired was entirely contrary to what one might have anticipated.