The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Après les prédictions du jugement à infliger à d'autres nations par Babylone, suit celle-ci contre Babylone elle-même, la plus longue prophétie, composée de 100 versets. La date de sa déclar... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. DÉCLAREZ-VOUS PARMI LES NATIONS - qui se réjouiraient de la chute de Baby... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. DU NORD SURGIT UNE NATION CONTRE ELLE - à savoir, les Mèdes, au nord de Babylone (Jérémie 51:48). La dévastation... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. EN CES JOURS ... LES ENFANTS D'ISRAËL VIENDRONT, EUX ET LES ENFANTS DE JUDA ENSEMBLE, ALLANT ET PLEURANT. Acc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. ILS DEMANDERONT LE CHEMIN DE SION, AVEC LEUR VISAGE VERS CELUI-CI - plutôt, ici, le point de vue prophétique de Jérémie étant à Si... [ Continuer la lecture ]
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. MON PEUPLE A ÉTÉ UN MOUTON PERDU - (Ésaïe 53:6, "Tous ceux que nous aimons les moutons se sont... [ Continuer la lecture ]
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. TOUS CEUX QUI LES ONT TROUVÉS LES ONT DÉVORÉS - (Psaume 79:7, "Ils (les païens) ont dévoré Jacob, et... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. RETIRER DU MILIEU DE BABYLONE - (Jérémie 51:6; Jérémie 51:45; Ésaïe 48:20; Zacharie 2:6 - Zacharie 2:7; Apocalypse 18:4) Saisissez immédiatement l'opportunité de vous évad... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. DE LÀ, ELLE SERA PRISE -... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND CHALDEA SHALL BE A SPOIL: ALL THAT SPOIL HER SHALL BE SATISFIED, SAITH THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; PARCE QUE VOUS ÉTIEZ HEUREUX ... VOUS VOUS ÊTES RÉJOUIS, Ô DESTRUCTEURS DE MON HÉRITAGE - (Ésaïe 47:6, "J'étais en colère contre mon peuple, j'ai pol... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. VOTRE MÈRE - Babylone, la métropole de l'empire. LA PLUS ÉLOIGNÉE DES NATIONS SERA UN DÉSERT. Changement merveilleux, que Babylone, a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. IL NE DOIT PAS ÊTRE HABITÉ, MAIS IL DOIT ÊTRE COMPLÈTEMENT DÉSOLÉ - (Ésaïe 13:20, "Il ne sera jamais être habité, il ne s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. METTEZ-VOUS EN RANG CONTRE BABYLONE. Invoquez l'armée médiane pour attaquer Babylone. CAR ELLE A PÉCHÉ CONTRE LE SEIGNEUR - en opprimant son peupl... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. CRIEZ CONTRE ELLE AUTOUR DE - inspirez-vous les uns les autres au début avec le cri de guerr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. COUPEZ LE SEMEUR DE BABYLONE. Babylone avait plutôt l'étendue d'une nation que d'une v... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. ISRAËL EST UN MOUTON DISPERSÉ ... LES LIONS L'ONT CHASSÉ - "lions" - i: e., rois hostiles (Jérémie 4:7; Jérémie 49:19). D... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. JE PUNIRAI LE ROI DE BABYLONE - Nabonidus ou Labynitus. COMME J'AI PUNI LE ROI D'ASSYRIE - Sennachérib et autres rois (Grotius). (2 Rois 19... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. JE RAMÈNERAI ISRAËL DANS SA DEMEURE ET IL SE NOURRIRA DE CARMEL - (Ésaïe 65:10; Ézéchiel 34:13 - Ézéchiel 34:14, "Je les ferai sortir du peuple... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. EN CES JOURS ET EN CE TEMPS-LÀ, DIT LE SEIGNEUR, L'INIQUITÉ D'ISRAËL SERA RECHERCHÉE, E... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. LE PAYS DE MERATHAIM - un nom symbolique pour Babylone, la doublement rebelle, à savoir contre Dieu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_A SOUND OF BATTLE IS IN THE LAND, AND OF GREAT DESTRUCTION._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! LE MARTEAU DE TOUTE LA TERRE - i: e., Babylone, ainsi nommée à cause de son pouvoir destructeur pesant; tout comme «Martel», i: e., un petit marteau, était le nom de famille d'un roi d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. JE T'AI TENDU UN PIÈGE. Tu as affaire à Dieu, pas seulement aux hommes. TU AS AUSSI ÉTÉ PRIS, Ô BABYLONE, ET TU N'ÉTAIS PAS AU... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. LE SEIGNEUR ... A SORTI LES ARMES DE SON INDIGNATION - les Mèdes et les Perses (Ésaïe 13:5 ).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. VENEZ CONTRE ELLE DEPUIS LA FRONTIÈRE LA PLUS EXTRÊME - à savoir, de la terre; ou de tous côtés (Ludovicus de Dieu). OUVREZ SES ENTREPÔTS - ou «ses maisons... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. TUEZ TOUS SES TAUREAUX - i: e., princes et guerriers puissants (Jérémie 46:21; Psaume 22:12; Ésaïe 34:7). DESCENDEZ À L'ABATTOIR. Les abattoirs étaient bas au bord de l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. LA VOIX DE CEUX QUI FUIENT ET S'ÉCHAPPENT DE BABYLONE, POUR DÉCLARER À SION LA VENGEANCE DU SEIGNEUR ... LA VENGEANCE DE SON TEMPLE. Certains juif... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. RASSEMBLEZ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. C'EST POURQUOI SES JEUNES HOMMES TOMBERONT DANS LES RUES - (note, Jérémie 49:26). DANS LES RUES - les Babyloniens étaient tellement découragés d'avoir perdu quelques bataille... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. Ô TOI LE PLUS FIER - littéralement, fierté - i: e., homme d’orgueil; le roi de Babylone. L'HEURE À LAQUELLE JE TE RENDRAI VISITE - punir (Jérémie 50:27, "l'heure de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE MOST PROUD SHALL STUMBLE AND FALL, AND NONE SHALL RAISE HIM UP: AND I WILL KINDLE A FIRE IN HIS CITIES, AND IT SHALL DEVOUR ALL ROUND ABOUT HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. ISRAËL ET .... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. LEUR RÉDEMPTEUR EST FORT - par opposition à la puissance de l'oppresseur d'Israël (Apocalypse 18:8). IL PLAIDERA PLEINEMENT... [ Continuer la lecture ]
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. UNE ÉPÉE ... UNE ÉPÉE ... UNE ÉPÉE. La répétition de "Une épée" au début de chaque verset, par la figure anaphora, accentue le effet; le jugement réitéré est universel... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_A DROUGHT IS UPON HER WATERS; AND THEY SHALL BE DRIED UP: FOR IT IS THE LAND OF GRAVEN IMAGES, AND THEY ARE MAD UPON THEIR IDOLS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. BÊTES SAUVAGES DU DÉSERT - chats sauvages, remarquables par leu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. ALORS QUE DIEU RENVERSA SODOME ET GOMORRHE - (Ésaïe 13:19). Répété de Jérémie 49:18.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. VOICI, UN PEUPLE SORTIRA DU NORD ... ILS TIENDRONT L'ARC ... LE ROI DE BABYLONE A ENTENDU LE RAPPORT ... - ( Comparez Jérémie 6:22 - Jérémie 6:24, où les mêmes expressi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand b... [ Continuer la lecture ]