In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the
month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
C'est le dernier des royaumes du monde contre lesquels les prophéties
d'Ézéchiel sont dirigées, et occupe le plus grand espace en eux -
à savoir, les quatre chapitres suivants. Bien... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt:
RÉGLEZ VOTRE VISAGE CONTRE PHARAON - un nom commun à tous les rois
d'Égypte, signifiant le soleil; ou, comme d'autres disent, un
crocodile, qui était adoré dans certaines parties de l'Egypte ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his
rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for
myself.
LE GRAND DRAGON - Hébreu [ taniym (H8577)], tout grand animal
aquatique, le voi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto
thy scales.
JE VAIS METTRE DES CROCHETS DANS TES MÂCHOIRES - (Ésaïe 37:29; cf.
Job 41:1 - J... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the
fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt
not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to
the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
JE TE LAISSERAI JETÉ DANS LE DÉSERT... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD,
because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
ILS ONT ÉTÉ UN BÂTON DE ROSEAU POUR ... ISRAËL - faisant allusion
aux roseaux sur les rives du Nil, sur lesquels si on s’appuyait ils
se cassaient (note Ézéchiel 29:4; É... [ Continuer la lecture ]
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend
all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and
madest all their loins to be at a stand.
QUAND ILS T'ONT PRIS PAR TA MAIN - ou par la poignée du roseau.
TU T'ES CASSÉ ET DÉCHIRÉ TOUTE L'ÉPAULE - par les é... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon
thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
VOICI, JE VAIS APPORTER UNE ÉPÉE SUR VOUS - L'armée de
Nabuchodonosor (Ézéchiel 29:19). Amasis et les révoltes égyptiens
qui, après la déconfiture de Pharaon-hophra à Cyrène, l'ont
d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall
know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and
I have made it.
ILS SAURONT QUE JE SUIS LE SEIGNEUR - en opposition à la vantardise
blasphématoire répétée ici de Ézéchiel 29:3, "La rivière est à
moi, et je l'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower
of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
JE VAIS RENDRE LA TERRE D'ÉGYPTE COMPLÈTEMENT DÉVASTÉE ET
DÉSOLÉE, DE LA TOUR DE SYENE. Grotius traduit, 'de Migdol... [ Continuer la lecture ]
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass
through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
AUCUN PIED D'HOMME NE LE TRAVERSERA ... NI NE SERA HABITÉ QUARANTE
ANS - correspondant aux 40 ans au cours desquels les Israélites,
leurs anciens esclaves, ont erré dans "le d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the
countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are
laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the
Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the
countries.
JE RENDRAI LE PAYS D'ÉG... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather
the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
AU BOUT DE QUARANTE ANS, JE RASSEMBLERAI LES EGYPTIENS DU PEUPLE OÙ
ILS ÉTAIENT DISPERSÉS - (Jérémie 46:26, "Je les livrerai (la
multitude du Non, du Pharaon et de l'Ég... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to
return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation;
and they shall be there a base kingdom.
ET LES FERA RETOURNER AU PAYS DE PATHROS, AU PAYS DE LEUR HABITATION
- la Thébaïde, ou Haute-Égypte, qui avait été part... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF
ANY MORE ABOVE THE NATIONS: FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM, THAT THEY SHALL
NO MORE RULE OVER THE NATIONS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which
bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after
them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
CE NE SERA PLUS LA CONFIANCE DE LA MAISON D'ISRAËL - L'Égypte, une
fois rétablie, sera si circonscrite en puis... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
DANS LA SEPTIÈME ET VINGTIÈME ANNÉE ... LA PAROLE DU SEIGNEUR
M'EST VENUE. Le départ de l'ordre chronologique se produit ici
seulement, parmi les pro... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a
great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every
shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for
the service that he had served against it:
NABUCHODONOSOR ... A FAIT SERVIR SON ARMÉE ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of
Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her
multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the
wages for his army.
VOICI, JE DONNERAI ... L'ÉGYPTE À NEBUCADNETSAR ... ET IL PRENDRA
SA MULTI... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served
against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
JE LUI AI DONNÉ LA TERRE D'ÉGYPTE ... PARCE QU'ILS ONT TRAVAILLÉ
POUR MOI - les Chaldéens, accomplissant ma volonté quant à Tyr (cf.
Jérémie 25:9).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud
forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of
them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EN CE JOUR-LÀ, JE FERAI GERMER LA CORNE DE LA MAISON D'ISRAËL. Dans
le mal seulement, pas dans le bien, l'Égypte deva... [ Continuer la lecture ]