Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. CHERCHEZ SI VOUS POUVEZ TROUVER UN HOMME. Puisque les pieux Josias, Baruch... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. BIEN QU'ILS DISENT, LE SEIGNEUR VIT - (Tite 1:16, "Ils déclarent connaître Dieu, mais dans les œuvres, ils le renient »). JURER FAUSSEMENT - pas un serment judiciaire; mais leur profession d'adoration de Yahvé n'est pas sincère ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. LES YEUX SUR LA VÉRITÉ - (Deutéronome 32:4, "Un Dieu de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. PAUVRES - plutôt 'les pauvres'. Il suppose pour le moment que cette dépravation totale est confinée aux pauvres sans instruction, et qu'il trouverait un autre état de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. ILS ONT CONNU - plutôt, "ils doivent savoir". Le prophète le suppose comme probable, compte tenu de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. UN LION ... UN LOUP ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. Il ne serait pas conforme à la sainteté de Dieu de laisser une telle mécha... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. LE MATIN - (Ésaïe 5:11). «Se lever tôt le matin» est une expression pour une ardeur incessante dans toute poursuite; telle était l'avidité des Juifs pour le culte des idoles [ mashkiym (H7904) pour mashkiymiym]... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jérémie 5:29; Jérémie 9:9; Jérémie 44:22, " Pour que le Seigneur ne puisse plus supporter, à cause du mal de vos actions, et à cause des abominations que vous avez commises »).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. Apostrophe brutale aux Babyloniens, pour prendre Jérusalem, mais pas pour détruire complètement la nation (remarque, Jérémie 4:27, "Ne finissez pas complètement". BATTLEMENTS -... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. (Jérémie 3:20.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: BELIED - refusé. CE N'EST PAS LUI - plutôt, '(Yahweh) n'est pas HE' - i: e., le vrai et unique Dieu (Jérémie 14:22, "N'es-tu pas LUI, Seigneur notre Dieu;" Deutéronome 32:3... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. ET LES PROPHÈTES DEVIENDRONT VENT - continuation du langage incrédule des Juifs. ET LES PROPHÈTES DEVIENDRONT VENT - continuation du langage incrédule des Juifs. LES PROPHÈTES - qui prophétisent q... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. PARCE QUE VOUS PRONONCEZ CETTE PAROLE. Il se détourne de s'adresser directement aux gens, au prophète: impliquant qu'il les met... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. (Jérémie 1:15; Jérémie 6:22.) JE VAIS VOUS FAIRE VENIR UNE NATION DE LOIN ... DONT VOUS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. SÉPULCRE OUVERT - (cf. Psaume 5:9). Leur carquois est dévorant, comme la tombe s'est ouverte pour recevoir les morts: autant que sont les flèches, tant sont les morts.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. (Lévitique 26:16.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. (Jérémie 5:10; Jérémie 4:27.) NÉANMOINS - pas même en ces jours de jugements, Dieu n'exterminera pas complètement son peuple,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. Rétribution en nature. De même que vous... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_DECLARE THIS IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB, AND PUBLISH IT IN JUDAH, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: QUI ONT DES YEUX ET NE VOIENT PAS; QUI ONT DES OREILLES, ET N'ENTENDENT PAS - traduisent, 'Qui ont des yeux, et pourtant ne voient pas; qui ont des oreilles, mais n'entendent... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? N'AVEZ-V... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. CE PEUPLE A UN CŒUR RÉVOLTANT ET REBELLE - (Jérémie 6:28).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. DE LA PLUIE, TANT LA PREMIÈRE QUE LA SECONDE, DANS SA SAISON - la "première" tombe de la mi-octobre au débu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. VOS PÉCHÉS VOUS ONT REFUSÉ DE BONNES CHOSES - la culpabilité nationale avait provoqué la suspension de ces miséricordes nationales mentionnées dans Jérémie 5:24 (cf. Jérémie 3:3).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. ILS ATTENDAIENT ... TENDAIENT UN PIÈGE ... ATTRAPAIENT DES HOMMES - (Proverbes 1:11; Proverbes 1:17 - Proverbes 1:18; Habacuc 1:15). COMME CELUI QUI POSE LES PIÈGES - plutôt, "c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. PLEIN DE TROMPERIE - plein de trésors obtenus par tromperie. RICH - (Psaume 73:12; Psaume 73:18 - Psaume 73:20, "Voici, ce sont les impies, qui prospèrent dans le monde; ils augment... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. SHINE - l'effet de la graisse sur la peau (Deutéronome 32:15). Ils vivent une vie d'indulgence person... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? NE DOIS-JE PAS VISITER POUR CES CHOSES? - (Jérémie 5:9; Malachie 3:5).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; UNE ... CHOSE HORRIBLE - (Jérémie 23:14; Osée 6:10).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? GARDEZ LA RÈGLE PAR LEURS MOYENS - littéralement, selon leurs mains - i: e., sous leur direction (1 Chroniques 25:3," Les fils de Jeduthun ... sous le... [ Continuer la lecture ]