Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. Ceci et Ésaïe 37:1 - Ésaïe 37:38; Ésaïe 38:1 - Ésaïe 38:22; Ésaïe 39:1 - Ésaïe 39:8, forment l'appendice historique fermant la première div... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. RABSHAKEH. Dans 2 Rois 18:17, Tartan et Rabsaris sont joints à lui. Rabashakeh était probablement le chef en... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. ELIAKIM - successeur de Shebna, qui avait été "au-dessus de la maison" - i: e., ministre en chef du roi: en Ésaïe 22:15 - Ésaïe 22:20 cela a été annoncé. SCRIB... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? GRAND ROI - le titre habituel des rois perses et assyriens, car ils avaient de nombreux princes ou rois subordonnés sous eux au-dessus des province... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? CONSEILS - L'Egypte était réputée pour sa sagesse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. VOILÀ, TU AS CONFIANCE ... SUR L'EGYPTE. C'était une alliance similaire avec So (i: e., Sabacho, ou encore Sevechus)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? MAIS SI TU ME DIS ... L'Assyrien se trompe sur les réformes religieuses d'Ézéchias, par lesquelle... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. DONNEZ DES PROMESSES - un défi provocateur. Donne seulement la garantie que tu peux fournir jusqu'à 2 000 cavaliers, et je te... [ Continuer la lecture ]
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? CAPITAINE - un gouverneur sous un satrape - même il commande plus de cavaliers que cela.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. SUIS-JE MAINTENANT MONTÉ SANS LE SEIGNEUR CONTRE CETTE TERRE? - une inférence vantardise des succès passés de l'Assyrie, conçue pour inciter les Juifs à se rendr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. PARLEZ ... EN LANGUE SYRIENNE - plutôt, araméen. Langue parlée au n... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? MON MAÎTRE M'A-T-IL ENVOYÉ VERS TON MAÎTRE ...? - Est-ce vers ton maître et toi qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. Rabshakeh parle plus fort et plus clairement que jamais aux hommes sur le mur.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THUS SAITH THE KING, LET NOT HEZEKIAH DECEIVE YOU: FOR HE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Les ennemis du peuple de Dieu ne peuvent réussir contre eux, à moins qu'ils ne puissent ébranler leur confiance en Lui (cf. Ésaïe 36:10)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; FAITES (UN ACCORD) AVEC MOI (PAR) UN CADEAU - `Faites la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_UNTIL I COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY TO A LAND LIKE YOUR OWN LAND, A LAND OF CORN AND WINE, A LAND OF BREAD AND VINEYARDS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? HAMATH ET ARPHAD - (note Ésaïe 10:9.) SEPHARVAIM - littéralement, les deux scribes. Le vint comme Sipphara, à l'est de l'Euphrate, au-dessus de Babylone, près du Mosaïb mod... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? QUI (SONT-ILS) ...? (Comparez Ésaïe 10:11 ; 2 Chroniques 32:19.) Ici, il contredit pratiquement sa propre affirmation (Ésaïe 36:10), selon laquelle i... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. NE LUI A PAS RÉPONDU UN MOT - pour ne pas entrer dans une guerre de mots avec le blasphémateur (Exode 14:14; Jude 1:9).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. VÊTEMENTS LOUÉS - dans le chagrin et l'horreur du blasphème (Matthieu 26:65). Remarques:... [ Continuer la lecture ]