But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. QUAND SANBALLAT A ENTENDU ... IL ÉTAIT EN COLÈRE. La faction samaritaine a montré son amère animosité aux Juifs en découvrant le projet systématique de re-fortif... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE SPAKE BEFORE HIS BRETHREN AND THE ARMY OF SAMARIA, AND SAID, WHAT DO THESE FEEBLE JEWS? WILL THEY FORTIFY THEMSELVES? WILL THEY SACRIFICE? WILL THEY MAKE AN END IN A DAY? WILL THEY REVIVE THE STONES OUT OF THE HEAPS OF THE RUBBISH WHICH ARE BURNED?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. SI UN RENARD MONTE - les renards ont été mentionnés parce qu'ils étaient connus, en grand nombre, pour infester les lieux en ruine et désolés de la montagne et d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: ÉCOUTEZ, Ô NOTRE DIEU; CAR NOUS SOMMES MÉPRISÉS. Les imprécations invoquées ici peuvent sembler dures, cruelles et vindicatives. Mais il ne faut pas oublier que N... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND COVER NOT THEIR INIQUITY, AND LET NOT THEIR SIN BE BLOTTED OUT FROM BEFORE THEE: FOR THEY HAVE PROVOKED THEE TO ANGER BEFORE THE BUILDERS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. TOUT LE MUR A ÉTÉ JOINT À LA MOITIÉ DE CELUI-CI. L'ensemble du circuit du mur avait été distribué en sections à diverses sociétés du peuple, et a été achevé au la moitié de la hau... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, MAIS ... QUAND SANBALLAT ... A APPRIS QUE LES MURS ... ÉTAIENT CONS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND CONSPIRED ALL OF THEM TOGETHER TO COME AND TO FIGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND TO HINDER IT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. QUAND LES JUIFS QUI HABITAIENT À CÔTÉ D'EUX SONT VENUS, ILS NOUS L'ONT DIT DIX FOIS (I: E., À PLUSIEURS REPRISES). DE TOUS LES ENDRO... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEREFORE SET I IN THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND THE WALL, AND ON THE HIGHER PLACES, I EVEN SET THE PEOPLE AFTER THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR SWORDS, THEIR SPEARS, AND THEIR BOWS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. AUCUN D’ENTRE NOUS N’A RETIRÉ SES VÊTEMENTS, SAUF QUE TOUT LE MONDE LES A MIS AU LAVAGE. De nombreux écrivains, avec Grotius,... [ Continuer la lecture ]