And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the
tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to
inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
SEPTIÈME ANNÉE ... - à savoir, de l'emportement de Jeconiah
(Ézéchiel 1:2; Ézéchiel 8:1). Ce calcul était calculé pour leu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO ME, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the
Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
Le chapitre se divise en deux grandes parties, Ézéchiel 20:1 -
Ézéchiel 20:32 et Ézéchiel 20:33 - Ézéchiel 20:44,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to
know the abominations of their fathers:
VEUX-TU LES JUGER, FILS DE L'HOMME? LES JUGERAS-TU? La répétition
emphatique exprime: «Ne jugeras-tu pas? oui, jugez-les. Il y a un
fort appel au jugement immédiat. L'interrogatif hébreu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose
Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob,
and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up
mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
LE JOUR OÙ J'AI ... LEVÉ LA MAIN ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his
eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
REJETEZ CHAQUE HOMME LES ABOMINATIONS DE SES YEUX. Moïse ne fait
aucune déclaration formelle des idolâtries pratiquées par Israël
en Egypte. Mais... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did
not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did
they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury
upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the
land of Egypt.
PUIS J'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHEREFORE I CAUSED THEM TO GO FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND
BROUGHT THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them.
MON JUGEMENT, QUI SI UN HOMME LE FAIT, IL VIVRA MÊME EN EUX - cité
de Lévitique 18:5. Pas 'par eux', comme s'ils pouvaient justifier un
homme, vu que l'homme ne peut pas rendre l'obéissance i... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
JE LEUR AI DONNÉ MES SABBATS, POUR ÊTRE UN SIGNE ENTRE MOI ET EUX -
une sorte de gage sacramentel de l'alliance d'adoption entre Dieu et
son peuple. Le sabbat est s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly
polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the
wilderness, to consume them.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT I WROUGHT FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE POLLUTED
BEFORE THE HEATHEN, IN WHOSE SIGHT I BROUGHT THEM OUT._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I
would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
J'AI LEVÉ LA MAIN VERS EUX DANS LE DÉSERT, AFIN DE NE PAS LES
AMENER DANS LE PAYS QUE JE LEUR AVAIS DONNÉ - J'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes,
but polluted my sabbaths: for their Because they despised my
judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths:
for their heart went after their idols.
PARCE QU'ILS MÉPRISAIENT MES JUGEMENTS. La raison spéciale es... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I
make an end of them in the wilderness.
NÉANMOINS, MON ŒIL LES A ÉPARGNÉS. Comme il est merveilleux que
Dieu épargne de tels pécheurs! Son alliance éternelle l'explique;
Sa longue souffrance se démarque en contraste frappant av... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the
statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile
yourselves with their idols:
MAIS J'AI DIT À LEURS ENFANTS - ne plus vouloir parler aux pères,
comme étant incorrigible.
NE MARCHEZ PAS DANS LES STATUTS DE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments,
and do them;
JE SUIS LE SEIGNEUR VOTRE DIEU; MARCHER DANS MES STATUTS. C'est un
déni indirect de Dieu, et un vol de Son dû, d'ajouter les inventions
de l'homme à Ses préceptes.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you,
that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
SANCTIFIEZ MES SABBATS - (Jérémie 17:22).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in
my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do,
he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I
would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them
in the wilderness.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NEVERTHELESS I WITHDREW MINE HAND, AND WROUGHT FOR MY NAME'S SAKE,
THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE POLLUTED IN THE SIGHT OF THE HEATHEN, IN WHOSE
SIGHT I BROUGHT THEM FORTH._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would
scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the
countries;
JE LEUR AI LEVÉ LA MAIN ... POUR LES DISPERSER. C'est à cette
génération que la menace de dispersion a été proclamée
(Deutéronome 28:64," Le Seigneur te d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT EXECUTED MY JUDGMENTS, BUT HAD DESPISED MY
STATUTES, AND HAD POLLUTED MY SABBATHS, AND THEIR EYES WERE AFTER
THEIR FATHERS' IDOLS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments
whereby they should not live;
C'EST POURQUOI JE LEUR AI DONNÉ AUSSI DES STATUTS ... PAS BIEN -
puisqu'ils ne voulaient pas suivre mes statuts, c'était bien, "je
leur ai donné" les leurs (Ézéchiel 20:18), et les statuts de leurs... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass
through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them
desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
JE LES AI POLLUÉS DANS LEURS PROPRES DONS - pas directement, 'mais
je les ai judiciairement abandon... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have
blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
POURTANT, EN CELA, VOS PÈRES M'ONT BLASPHÉMÉ ... QUAND JE LES
AVAIS AMENÉS DANS LE PAYS. La période s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are
ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom
after their abominations?
AINSI PARLE LE SEIGNEUR DIEU; ÊTES-VOUS POLLUÉS À LA MANIÈRE DE
VOS PÈRES? L'interrogatoire implique une affirmation forte, comme
da... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through
the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this
day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,
saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
LORSQUE VOUS FAITES PASSER VOS FILS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye
say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to
serve wood and stone.
CE QUI VOUS VIENT À L'ESPRIT NE SERA PAS DU TOUT, CE QUE VOUS DITES:
NOUS SERONS COMME LES PAÏENS - et ainsi échappons à l'odium auquel
nous... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
COMME JE VIS, DIT LE SEIGNEUR DIEU, SÛREMENT D'UNE MAIN PUISSANTE
... JE RÉGNERAI SUR VOUS. Ici commence la deuxième division de la
prophétie. Cette deuxième par... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of
the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
JE VAIS VOUS FAIRE SORTIR DU PEUPLE. Les juifs en exil pourraient se
croire libérés de la "règle" de Dieu (Ézéc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there
will I plead with you face to face.
JE VOUS EMMÈNERAI DANS LE DÉSERT DU PEUPLE - plutôt, des peuples;
les divers peuples parmi lesquels ils devaient être dispersés, et
dont Dieu dit (Ézéchiel 20:34) "Je vous ferai sortir." Contrair... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of
Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
COMME J'AI PLAIDÉ AUPRÈS DE VOS PÈRES DANS LE DÉSERT DE ...
L'EGYPTE - (Nombres 14:21 - Nombres 14:29). Bien que Dieu les ait
sauvés d'Egypte, Il a ensuite détruit dans le dé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into
the bond of the covenant: JE VAIS VOUS FAIRE PASSER SOUS LA VERGE -
métaphore d'un berger qui fait passer ses moutons sous sa verge en
les comptant ( Lévitique 27:32; Jérémie 33:13). Que vous le vouliez
ou non, vous serez comptés... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that
transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country
where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
(Zacharie 13:9; Zacharie 14:2).
JE VAIS CHASSER D’ENTRE VOUS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve
ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken
unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with
your idols.
ALLEZ, SERVEZ CHACUN DE SES IDOLES ... MAIS NE POLLUEZ PLUS MON SAINT
NOM AVEC... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them
in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I
require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with
all your holy things.
POU... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been
scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
JE VOUS ACCEPTERAI AVEC VOTRE DOUCE SAVEUR - i: e., par rapport à
votre douce saveur (littéraleme... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I SHALL BRING YOU INTO THE
LAND OF ISRAEL, INTO THE COUNTRY FOR THE WHICH I LIFTED UP MINE HAND
TO GIVE IT TO YOUR FATHERS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein
ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight
for all your evils that ye have committed.
LÀ - pas seulement en exil, lorsqu'ils subissent une punition, ce
qui fait que même les réprouvés regrettent le péc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you
for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according
to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
ET VOUS SAUREZ QUE JE SUIS LE SEIGNEUR. Le chapitre aurait dû se
terminer ici, et Ézéchiel 21:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
DE PLUS LA PAROLE DU SEIGNEUR M'EST VENUE. Une brève description
introductive, en énigme, de la destruction par le feu et l'épée
détaillée plus explicitement dans Ézéchiel 21:1 - Ézéchiel
21:32.
Verset 46. POSITIONNE TA FACE VERS LE SUD ... SUD... [ Continuer la lecture ]