And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto
the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Les trois dernières trompettes des sept sont appelées, de Apocalypse
8:13, les trompettes de malheur.
FALL - `tombé. ' Quand John l'a vu, il ne tombait pas, mais éta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; AND THERE AROSE A SMOKE OUT OF THE
PIT, AS THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE; AND THE SUN AND THE AIR WERE
DARKENED BY REASON OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them
was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
SUR - `vers. '
COMME LES SCORPIONS DE LA TERRE - en contraste avec les "sauterelles"
de l'enfer, pas "de la terre".
AVOIR LE POUVOIR - à savoir, piquer.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men
which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
NE PAS BLESSER L'HERBE ... NI AUCUNE CHOSE VERTE, NI AUCUN ARBRE -
dont ils se nourrissent habituellement.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the
torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
ILS ... ILS. Les premiers "ils" sont les sauterelles; le second, le
non scellé.
CINQ MOIS - le temps ordinaire pen... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and
shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
DOIT DÉSIRER , [ epithumeesousin (G1937)] - mettre son esprit sur.
DOIT FUIR. So B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic ['Aleph ('), fugee (G5437)];
mais A, «fuit», c'est-à-dire continue... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto
battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their
faces were as the faces of men.
PRÉPARÉ POUR LA BATAILLE - `guerre '. Remarque, Joël 2:4, où la
ressemblance des sauterelles avec les chevaux est tracée: les p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the
teeth of lions.
CHEVEUX DE FEMMES - longs et fluides. Signe d'une race
semi-civilisée (1 Corinthiens 11:14 - 1 Corinthiens 11:15). Un
proverbe arabe compare les bois de sauterelles aux cheveux des filles.
Ewald comprend les poil... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the
sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses
running to battle.
COMME IL S'AGISSAIT DE CUIRASSES DE FER - pas le thorax du criquet
naturel.
COMME ... CHARS - (Joël 2:5 - Joël 2:7.)
BATAILLE - `guerre. '... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in
their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
DES QUEUES COMME DES SCORPIONS - des queues de scorpions. ET IL Y
AVAIT DES PIQÛRES. AB 'Aleph ('), syriaque, copte, lu 'et (ils ont)
des piqûres: et dans leur queue (est) l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek
tongue hath his name Apollyon.
ET. So syriaque; mais A B 'Aleph (') omettre «et».
AVAIT - `have. '
UN ROI ... QUI EST L'ANGE. Alors A 'Aleph (') a lu l'articl... [ Continuer la lecture ]
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
«Le seul malheur.
CI-APRÈS - `après ces choses. ' Ces sauterelles de l'abîme sont
probablement des jugements à tomber sur les impies immédiatement
avant le second avènement du Christ. Aucune des interprétations qui
les considèrent... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns
of the golden altar which is before God,
UNE VOIX - `une voix. '
DE - `hors de. '
LES QUATRE CORNES. So B, Cyprian; mais A, Vulgate (manuscrit
d'Amiatinus), copte, syriaque, omettent «quatre». Les quatre cornes
ensemble ont é... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four
angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
DANS , [ epi (G1909) too (G3588) potamoo (G4215)] - 'ON' ou 'AT, le
grand fleuve.'
EUPHRATE (cf. Apocalypse 16:12) - là où Babylone, l'ancien ennemi
du peuple de Dieu, était situ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the four angels were loosed which were prepared for an hour and a
day and a month and a year And the four angels were loosed, which were
prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay
the third part of men.
ÉTAIENT - `qui avait été préparé. '
PENDANT UNE HEURE ... - p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand
thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Comparez avec ces 200 000 000, Psaume 68:17; Daniel 7:10. Les hôtes
sont évidemment, de par leur nombre et leur apparence (Apocalypse
9:17), pas simplement humains, mais infernaux, bien... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them,
having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the
heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their
mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
AINSI - comme suit.
DE FEU - la couleur ardente d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by
the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
PAR CES TROIS. ABC 'Aleph (') lire [ apo (G575) pour hupo (G5259)],
'From:' la direction d'où le massacre est venu; pas d'instrumentation
directe, comme l'indiq... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their
tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do
hurt.
LEUR. B C 'Aleph (') lu, 'la puissance des chevaux;' A [ topon
(G5117)], 'des lieux.'
DANS LEUR BOUCHE - d'où sortaient le feu, la fumée et le soufre
(Apoca... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of
wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
LE RESTE DES HOMMES - i: e., les impies.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor
of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
SORCERIES - sorcellerie au moyen de drogues [ farmakeion (G5332)].
Une œuvre de la chair non renouvelée (Galates 5:20), le péché du
païen: à répéter par les chrétiens apostats dans les... [ Continuer la lecture ]