And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house
of the LORD.
HESEKIAH ... LOUE SES VÊTEMENTS ... Le déchirement de ses
vêtements était une façon d'exprimer l'horreur face au blasphème
audacieux - l'hypothèse d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE SENT ELIAKIM, WHICH WAS OVER THE HOUSEHOLD, AND SHEBNA THE
SCRIBE, AND THE ELDERS OF THE PRIESTS, COVERED WITH SACKCLOTH, TO
ISAIAH THE PROPHET THE SON OF AMOZ._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
LES ENFANTS SONT ARRIVÉS À LA NAISSANCE, ET IL N'Y A PAS DE FORCE
À METTRE AU MONDE. L'image est celle d'une... [ Continuer la lecture ]
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God;
and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:
wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
LE DIEU VIVANT - est une expression... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SO THE SERVANTS OF KING HEZEKIAH CAME TO ISAIAH._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus
saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with
which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
ISAÏE A DIT ... N'AYEZ PAS PEUR. La réponse du prophète était
très encourageante, car elle offrai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and
shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the
sword in his own land.
VOICI, JE VAIS LUI ENVOYER UNE EXPLOSION. La manière habituelle
d'interpréter cette clause est de la considérer comme la première
annonce... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
RAB-SHAKEH ... A TROUVÉ LE ROI D'ASSYRIE EN GUERRE CONTRE LIBNA. Que
Lakish soit tombé ou non, n'est pas dit. Mais Sennachérib avait
transféré ses béliers contre la fo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto
Hezekiah, saying,
QUAND IL A ENTENDU PARLER DE TIRKAKAH ... C'était la "rumeur" à
laquelle Ésaïe faisait référence. Tirhakah régnait en
Haute-Égypte, tandis que So, ou S... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THUS SHALL YE SPEAK TO HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, LET NOT THY
GOD IN WHOM THOU TRUSTEST DECEIVE THEE, SAYING, JERUSALEM SHALL NOT BE
DELIVERED INTO THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread
it before the LORD.
ÉZÉCHIAS REÇUT LA LETTRE ... ET ... MONTA DANS LA MAISON DU
SEIGNEUR. Ézéchias, après l'avoir lue, se précipita dans le
temple, la répandit,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HEZEKIAH PRAYED BEFORE THE LORD, AND SAID, O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,
WHICH DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIMS, THOU ART THE GOD, EVEN THOU
ALONE, OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH; THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN AND
EARTH._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against
Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
PUIS ISAÏE ... ENVOYA. Une révélation ayant été faite à Isaïe,
le prophète annonça au roi que sa prière avait été entendue.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin
the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
LA VIERGE, LA FILLE DE SION, T'A MÉPRISÉ - les habitants de la
partie haute de la ville, la citadelle... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the
Holy One of Israel.
À QUI AS-TU REPROCHÉ ET BLASPHÉMÉ? ... MÊME CONTRE LE SAINT
D'ISRAËL. Dans la loi juive, il était coupable de blasphème en
appliquant ce... [ Continuer la lecture ]
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar
trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into
the lodgings of his borders... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
J'AI CREUSÉ ET BU DES EAUX ÉTRANGES. Voici un autre exemple de
vantardise qu'il avait surmonté les plus grandes difficultés et
inconvénients de la nature. Bien que passant par... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou
shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
N'AS-TU PAS ENTENDU IL Y A LONGTEMPS COMMENT JE L'AI FAIT. Voici la
réponse du prophète à la vantardis... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEREFORE THEIR INHABITANTS WERE OF SMALL POWER, THEY WERE DISMAYED
AND CONFOUNDED; THEY WERE AS THE GRASS OF THE FIELD, AND AS THE GREEN
HERB, AS THE GRASS ON THE HOUSETOPS, AND AS CORN BLASTED BEFORE IT BE
GROWN UP._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
JE CONNAIS TA DEMEURE, ET TA SORTIE ET TON ENTRÉE. Tous les
mouvements de Sennachérib étaient bien connus de Yahvé. Sa
résidence en Assyrie, son expédition contre Juda et l'Égypte, son
retour à la maison pour un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,
and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
JE METTRAI MON CROCHET DANS TON NEZ - ou je l'ai mis, etc. Les gens
de l'Est mènent leurs grosses b... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which
springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and
plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
CE SERA UN SIGNE POUR TOI, VOUS MANGEREZ CETTE ANNÉE DES... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
LE RESTE ... PRENDRA À NOUVEAU RACINE VERS LE BAS ET PORTERA SES
FRUITS VERS LE HAUT , [ pªriy (H6529), fruit de l'utérus; besoin
parfois de bêtes, mais ici de personnes (cf. Jérémie... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR OUT OF JERUSALEM SHALL GO FORTH A REMNANT, AND THEY THAT ESCAPE
OUT OF MOUNT ZION: THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL DO THIS._ NO
JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
NE DOIT PAS ENTRER DANS CETTE VILLE - ni s'approcher suffisamment
pour tirer une flèche, même pas du moteur le plus puissant qui lance
des missiles à la plus grande distance; il n'occupera auc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for
my servant David's sake.
POUR MON PROPRE BIEN - (cf. Ésaïe 48:11.)
ET POUR L'AMOUR DE MON SERVITEUR DAVID - i: e., du point de vue de la
promesse et de l'alliance solennelle conclue avec David, relative à
la stabilité de son r... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were
all dead corpses.
ET CELA ARRIVA CETTE NUIT-LÀ. Ces deux derniers mots ne sont pas
conten... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
ALORS SENNACHÉRIB ... EST PARTI, ET EST ALLÉ ET EST RETOURNÉ [
wayica` (H5265), décampé; Septante, singe, emporté de force, est
parti avec le reste de son armée. La redondance d'expression
utilisée dans cette de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead.
ALORS QU'IL ADORAIT DANS LA MAISON DE NISROCH. Nisroch, un grand
aig... [ Continuer la lecture ]