Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! OH QUE MA TÊTE ÉTAIT DES EAUX. Ce verset est plus adéquatement joint au dernier chapitre, comme Jérémie 9:23 dans l'hébreu (cf. Ésaïe 22:4, "Je pleurerai am... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. LIEU D'HÉBERGEMENT - un caravansérail pour caravanes ou entreprises voyageant dans le désert, éloigné des villes. C'était... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. ILS PLIENT LA LANGUE COMME LEUR ARC POUR LES MENSONGES - i: e., avec des mensonges comme flèches; ils dirigent des me... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. CHAQUE FRÈRE SUPPLANTERA COMPLÈTEMENT - littéralement, trébucher par le talon (Osée 12:3, "Il (Jacob ) a pris son frère (Esaü) par le ta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. SE FATIGUENT DE COMMETTRE UNE INIQUITÉ - ont de la peine à agir pervers (Maurer). Le péché est une servitude dure (Habacuc 2:13, "Voi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. THINE HABITATION - Dieu s'adresse à Jérémie, qui habitait au milieu des hommes trompeurs. ILS REFUSENT DE ME CONNAÎTRE - leur ignorance de Dieu est volontaire (Jérémie 9:3; Jérémie 5:4 - Jérémie 5... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? JE VAIS LES FAIRE FONDRE ET LES ESSAYER - en leur envoyant des calamités. L'image est tirée de la fusion des métaux afin de les purger de leurs crasses (cf. Jérémie 6... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. LEUR LANGUE EST COMME UNE FLÈCHE TIRÉE , [ cheets (H2671) shaachuT] - plutôt, ' une flèche meurtrière »(Maurer). Alors Jérôme, «une flèche blessante».... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jérémie 5:9; Jérémie 5:29).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. Jérémi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. ET - omettre Et. Yahvé reprend ici Son discours de Jérémie 9:9. HEAPS - (remarque, Ésaïe 25:2). UN REPAIRE DE DRAGONS - chacals.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? Au contraire, 'Qui est un homme sage (i: e., Quiconque a inspiré la sagesse, 2... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; PARCE QU'ILS ONT ABANDONNÉ MA LOI - réponse à la question "pour ce que la terre périt" (Jérémie 9:12) .... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: A MARCHÉ APRÈS L'IMAGINATION DE LEUR PROPRE CŒUR - (Jérémie 7:24). BAALIM - pluriel de Baal, pour exprimer ses prétendus pouvoirs multiples. CE QUE LEURS PÈRES LEUR ONT APPRIS - (Gala... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. JE LES NOURRIRAI D'ABSINTHE - (Psaume 80:5, "Tu les nourris avec le pain des larmes" ).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. NI LEURS PÈRES N'ONT CONNU - faisant allusion à Jérémie 9:14, "Leurs pères leur ont enseigné" l'idolâtrie; c'est pourquoi les enfants seront... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: FEMMES EN DEUIL - embauchées pour exacerber les lamentations par des cris plaintifs, en découvrant la poitrine, en battant les bras et en faisant couler... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. QUE NOS YEUX COULENT DE LARMES ... - (Jérémie 14:17).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. COMMENT SOMMES-NOUS GÂTÉS! - le cri des "femmes en deuil". SPOILED - déchets pondus. NOS HABITATIONS NOUS ONT CHASSÉS - satisf... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. POURTANT - plutôt, 'Only' (Henderson). Cette particule attire l'attention sur ce qui suit. APPRENEZ À VOS FILLES À PLEURER - les... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. LA MORT EST MONTÉE PAR NOS FENÊTRES - le soldat infligeant la mort, trouvant les portes fermées, fait irruption par les fenêtres. COUPER LES ENFANTS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. AINSI DIT LE SEIGNEUR - poursuivant le fil du discours de Jérémie 9:20. LES CARCASSES DES HOMMES DOIVENT TOMBER COMME DES EXCRÉMENTS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: QUE LE SAGE NE SE GLORIFIE PAS DE SA SAGESSE - sagacité politique; comme s'il pouvait sauver des calamités imminentes. POURRAIT - prouesse mil... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. QUE CELUI QUI SE GLORIFIE EN CECI ... ME CONNAISSE. Rien d'autre qu'une conna... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; JE PUNIRAI TOUS CEUX QUI SONT CIRCONCIS AVEC LES INCIRCONCIS - plutôt, «tous ceux qui sont circoncis en incirconcision» (Henderson). L'hébreu est un terme abstrait, non concret, comme... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. EGYPTE - mis en premier, pour dégrader Juda, qui, bien que dans... [ Continuer la lecture ]