Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jusqu'alors, ses fonctions avaient été surtout menaçantes: à partir de ce moment, après que le mal eut atteint son pire, dans le renversement de Jérusalem, l'élément consolateur l'emporte.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: PARLEZ AUX ENFANTS DE VOTRE PEUPLE - auxquels il avait été interdit de s’adresser, de Ézéchiel 24:26 - Ézéc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; SI, QUAND IL VOIT L'ÉPÉE - les envahisseurs. Une illustration appropriée au moment de l'invasion de la Judée par Nabuchodonosor.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. SI L'ÉPÉE VIENT ET L'EMMÈNE, SON SANG SERA SUR SA PROPRE TÊTE - métaphore des victimes sacrificielles, sur les têtes dont ils avaient l'habitude de me... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, AND TOOK NOT WARNING; HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIM. BUT HE THAT TAKETH WARNING SHALL DELIVER HIS SOUL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. SI L'ÉPÉE VIENT ET PREND QUELQU'UN PARMI EUX, IL EST EMME... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. JE T'AI MIS UN GARDIEN - application de l'image. Le "Je" est catégorique: "Je t'ai établi," pas comme dans le cas du gardien terrestre, "le peuple du... [ Continuer la lecture ]
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. QUAND JE DIS AUX MÉCHANTS. Ô MÉCHANT, TU MOURRAS SÛREMENT - par une mort violente, le ga... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. NÉANMOINS, SI TU AVERTIS LE MÉCHANT DE SA VOIE ... S'IL NE SE DÉTOURNE PAS DE SON CHEMIN, IL MOURRA DANS SON INIQUITÉ; MAIS TU AS DÉLI... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? AINSI VOUS PARLEZ, EN DISANT: SI NOS TRANSGRESSIONS ET NOS PÉCHÉS SONT SUR NOUS - i: e., Si leur culpabilité rest... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? DITES-LEUR: EN VIVANT, DIT LE SEIGNEUR DIEU, JE NE PRENDS AUCUN PLAISIR À LA M... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be ab... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHEN I SHALL SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS, THAT HE SHALL SURELY LIVE; IF HE TRUST TO HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND COMMIT INIQUITY, ALL HIS RIGHTEOUSNESSES SHALL NOT BE REMEMBERED; BUT FOR HIS INIQUITY THAT HE HATH COMMITTED, HE SHALL DIE FOR IT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. SI LE MÉCHANT RÉTABLIT LA PROMESSE, REDONNEZ QU'IL AVAIT VOLÉ - (Luc 19:8). MARCHEZ DANS LES STATUTS DE LA VIE - dans le respect desq... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NONE OF HIS SINS THAT HE HATH COMMITTED SHALL BE MENTIONED UNTO HIM: HE HATH DONE THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT; HE SHALL SURELY LIVE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. POURTANT, LES ENFANTS DE TON PEUPLE DISENT: LA VOIE DU SEIGNEUR N'EST PAS ÉGALE - la manière dont le Seigneur agit dans son gouvernement moral.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS TURNETH FROM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND COMMITTETH INIQUITY, HE SHALL EVEN DIE THEREBY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. DANS LA DOUZIÈME ANNÉE DE NOTRE CAPTIVITÉ, DANS LE DIXIÈME MOIS - un an et demi après la prise de la v... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. LA MAIN DU SEIGNEUR ÉTAIT SUR MOI LE SOIR - (voir note, Ézéchiel 33:2). Ainsi, la prise de Jérusalem... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. CEUX QUI HABITENT CES DÉSERTS DE LA TERRE D'ISRAËL PARLENT. Marquant l'aveuglement de la fraction des Juifs sous Gued... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? VOUS MANGEZ AVEC LE SANG - en opposition à la loi (Lévitique 19:26: cf. Genèse 9:4). Ils l'ont fait comme un rite idolâtre.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? VOUS VOUS TENEZ SUR VOTRE ÉPÉE - votre dépendance n'est pas du droit et de l'équité, mais de la force et des armes. VOUS SOUILLEZ TOUT LE MONDE LA FEMME DE SON VOISIN - p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. CEUX QUI SONT DANS LES D... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. JE POSERAI LA TERRE LA PLUS DÉSOLÉE - (Jérémie 4:27; Jérémie 12:11). LES MONTAGNES D'ISRAËL SERONT DÉSOLÉES, PERSONNE NE PASSERA PAR - p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I HAVE LAID THE LAND MOST DESOLATE BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR ABOMINATIONS WHICH THEY HAVE COMMITTED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. DE PLUS, FILS DE L'HOMME, LES ENF... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. ILS VIENNENT À TOI QUAND LE PEUPLE VIENT - c'est-à-dire en foule, alo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. VOILÀ, TU ES POUR EUX COMME UNE TRÈS BELLE CHANSON - littéralement, une "chanson des amours": une chanson d'amant. Ils louent to... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. QUAND CELA ARRIVE À PASSER - quand tes prédictions sont vérifiées. (LO, ÇA VIENDRA) - plutôt, "voilà, c'est venu" (voir Ézéchiel 33:21 - Ézéchiel 33:22). DOIVENT-ILS CONNAÎTRE - expéri... [ Continuer la lecture ]