Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of
Judah, and took them.
Ceci et Ésaïe 37:1 - Ésaïe 37:38; Ésaïe 38:1 - Ésaïe 38:22;
Ésaïe 39:1 - Ésaïe 39:8, forment l'appendice historique fermant la
première div... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto
king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the
upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
RABSHAKEH. Dans 2 Rois 18:17, Tartan et Rabsaris sont joints à lui.
Rabashakeh était probablement le chef en... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the
house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
ELIAKIM - successeur de Shebna, qui avait été "au-dessus de la
maison" - i: e., ministre en chef du roi: en Ésaïe 22:15 - Ésaïe
22:20 cela a été annoncé.
SCRIB... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
GRAND ROI - le titre habituel des rois perses et assyriens, car ils
avaient de nombreux princes ou rois subordonnés sous eux au-dessus
des province... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
against me?
CONSEILS - L'Egypte était réputée pour sa sagesse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon
if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
VOILÀ, TU AS CONFIANCE ... SUR L'EGYPTE. C'était une alliance
similaire avec So (i: e., Sabacho, ou encore Sevechus)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he,
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
MAIS SI TU ME DIS ... L'Assyrien se trompe sur les réformes
religieuses d'Ézéchias, par lesquelle... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on
thy part to set riders upon them.
DONNEZ DES PROMESSES - un défi provocateur. Donne seulement la
garantie que tu peux fournir jusqu'à 2 000 cavaliers, et je te... [ Continuer la lecture ]
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
CAPITAINE - un gouverneur sous un satrape - même il commande plus de
cavaliers que cela.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy
it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
SUIS-JE MAINTENANT MONTÉ SANS LE SEIGNEUR CONTRE CETTE TERRE? - une
inférence vantardise des succès passés de l'Assyrie, conçue pour
inciter les Juifs à se rendr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it:
and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people
that are on the wall.
PARLEZ ... EN LANGUE SYRIENNE - plutôt, araméen. Langue parlée au
n... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee
to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the
wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with
you?
MON MAÎTRE M'A-T-IL ENVOYÉ VERS TON MAÎTRE ...? - Est-ce vers ton
maître et toi qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of
Assyria.
Rabshakeh parle plus fort et plus clairement que jamais aux hommes sur
le mur.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THUS SAITH THE KING, LET NOT HEZEKIAH DECEIVE YOU: FOR HE SHALL NOT
BE ABLE TO DELIVER YOU._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD
will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.
Les ennemis du peuple de Dieu ne peuvent réussir contre eux, à moins
qu'ils ne puissent ébranler leur confiance en Lui (cf. Ésaïe
36:10)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every
one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one
the waters of his own cistern;
FAITES (UN ACCORD) AVEC MOI (PAR) UN CADEAU - `Faites la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_UNTIL I COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY TO A LAND LIKE YOUR OWN LAND, A LAND
OF CORN AND WINE, A LAND OF BREAD AND VINEYARDS._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
HAMATH ET ARPHAD - (note Ésaïe 10:9.)
SEPHARVAIM - littéralement, les deux scribes. Le vint comme
Sipphara, à l'est de l'Euphrate, au-dessus de Babylone, près du
Mosaïb mod... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out
of my hand? QUI (SONT-ILS) ...? (Comparez Ésaïe 10:11 ; 2 Chroniques
32:19.) Ici, il contredit pratiquement sa propre affirmation (Ésaïe
36:10), selon laquelle i... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the
king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
NE LUI A PAS RÉPONDU UN MOT - pour ne pas entrer dans une guerre de
mots avec le blasphémateur (Exode 14:14; Jude 1:9).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to
Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
VÊTEMENTS LOUÉS - dans le chagrin et l'horreur du blasphème
(Matthieu 26:65).
Remarques:... [ Continuer la lecture ]