Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take
of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
Renvoyé, par Maurer, etc., au début du règne de Sédécias.
BOUTEILLE - Hébreu, baqbuk, ainsi appelé à cause du gargouillement
qu'il émet lors de la vidange.
PR... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the
entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell
thee,
VALLÉE DU FILS DE HINNOM - ou Tophet, au sud de Jérusalem, où des
victimes humaines ont été offertes et des enfants ont été obligés
de traverser le feu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever
heareth, his ears shall tingle.
ÉCOUTEZ LA PAROLE DU SEIGNEUR - la scène de leur culpabilité est... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and
have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their
fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place
with the blood of innocents;
ILS M'ONT ABANDONNÉ - (Ésaïe 65:11).
ESTRANGED THIS PLACE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, They have built also the high
places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto
Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my
mind:
ILS ONT ÉGALEMENT... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place
shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom,
but The valley of slaughter.
CET ENDROIT NE SERA PLUS APPELÉ TOPHET - de l'hébreu top (H8596),
un tambour; parce qu'en sacrifiant des enfants aux tambours Moloch... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this
place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their
enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their
carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for
the beasts of the earth.
JE VAIS A... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the
plagues thereof. JE VAIS RENDRE CETTE VILLE DÉSOLÉE, ET UN
SIFFLEMENT - (note, Jérémie 18:16).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of
their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend
in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that
seek their lives, shall straiten them.
JE VAIS LEUR FAIRE MANGER LA CHAIR DE LEURS FILS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with
thee,
PUIS TU CASSERAS LA BOUTEILLE - une action symbolique, expliquée
dans Jérémie 19:11.
AUX YEUX DES HOMMES - les anciens du peuple et des prêtres
(Jérémie 19:1; cf . l'action symbolique similaire de la pierre liée
au Liv... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I
break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel,
that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet,
till there be no place to bury.
COMME ON BRISE LE VASE D'UN POTIER - exprimant la souverai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the
inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
ET MÊME FAIRE DE CETTE VILLE TOPHET - i: e., aussi souillée de
cadavres que Tophet.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,
shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses
upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven,
and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
DOIT ÊTRE SOUILLÉ - avec des cadavres... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to
prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to
all the people,
COUR DE LA MAISON DU SEIGNEUR - près de Tophet. La plus grande cour,
en plein air, où était la plus grande foule (2 Chroniques 20:5).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have
pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that
they might not hear my words.
SES VILLES - les villages de banlieue et les villes proches de
Jé... [ Continuer la lecture ]