Ésaïe 31

Louis Segond 1910 (LSG) · Français

1 Malheur à ceux qui descendent en Égypte pour avoir du secours, Qui s’appuient sur des chevaux, Et se fient à  la multitude des chars et à la force des cavaliers, Mais qui ne regardent pas vers le Saint d’Israël, Et ne recherchent pas l’Éternel ! 2 Lui aussi, cependant, il est sage, il fait venir le malheur, Et ne retire point ses paroles ; Il s’élève contre la maison des méchants, Et contre le secours de ceux qui commettent l’iniquité. 3 L’Égyptien est homme et non dieu ; Ses chevaux sont chair et non esprit. Quand l’Éternel étendra sa main, Le protecteur chancellera, le protégé tombera, Et tous ensemble ils périront. 4 Car ainsi m’a parlé l’Éternel : Comme le lion, comme le lionceau rugit sur sa proie, Et, malgré tous les bergers rassemblés contre lui, Ne se laisse ni effrayer par leur voix, Ni intimider par leur nombre ; De même l’Éternel des armées descendra Pour combattre sur la montagne de Sion et sur sa colline. 5 Comme des oiseaux déploient les ailes sur leur couvée, Ainsi l’Éternel des armées étendra sa protection sur Jérusalem ; Il protégera et délivrera, Il épargnera et sauvera. 6 Revenez à celui dont on s’est profondément détourné, Enfants d’Israël ! 7 En ce jour, chacun rejettera ses idoles d’argent et ses idoles d’or, Que vous vous êtes fabriquées de vos mains criminelles. 8 Et l’Assyrien tombera sous un glaive qui n’est pas celui d’un homme, Et un glaive qui n’est pas celui d’un homme le dévorera ; Il s’enfuira devant le glaive, Et ses jeunes guerriers seront asservis. 9 Son rocher s’enfuira d’épouvante, Et ses chefs trembleront devant la bannière, Dit l’Éternel, qui a son feu dans Sion Et sa fournaise dans Jérusalem.

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Ésaïe 31:1

Is 31:1-9. The Chief Strength of the Egyptian Armies Lay in Their Cavalry.

1. and stay on horses, and trust in chariots--In their level and fertile plains horses could easily be used and fed (Ex 14:9; 1Ki 10:28). In hilly Palestine horses were not so easily had or available. The Jews were therefore the more eager to get Egyptian chariots as allies against the Assyrian cavalry. In Assyrian sculptures chariots are represented drawn by three horses, and with three men in them (see Is 36:9; Psa 20:7; Da 9:13).

Ésaïe 31:2

2. he also is wise--as well as the Egyptian priests, so famed for wisdom (Ac 7:22), but who are "fools" before Him (Is 19:11). He not only devises, but executes what He devises without "calling back His words" (Nu 23:19).

home--the whole race.

help--the Egyptian succor sought by the Jews.

Ésaïe 31:3

3. not spirit--not of divine power (Psa 56:4; 146:3, 5; Zec 4:6).

he that helpeth--Egypt.

holpen--Judah.

Ésaïe 31:4

4. (Is 42:13; Ho 11:10).

roaring on--"growling over" his prey.

abase himself--be disheartened or frightened.

Ésaïe 31:5

5. As in the image of "the lion," the point of comparison is the fearless might of Jehovah; so in that of the birds, it is His solicitous affection (De 32:11; Psa 91:4; Mt 23:37).

flying--Rather, "which defend" their young with their wings; "to fly" is a secondary meaning of the Hebrew word [Maurer]. "Hovering over" to protect their young [G. V. Smith].

passing over--as the destroying angel passing over, so as to spare the blood-marked houses of the Israelites on the first passover (Ex 12:13, 23, 27). He passed, or leaped forward [Lowth], to destroy the enemy and to spare His people.

Ésaïe 31:6

6. The power and love of Jehovah, just mentioned, are the strongest incentives for returning to Him (Eze 16:62, 63; Ho 6:1).

ye ... Israel--The change of person marks that when they return to the Lord, He will address them in more direct terms of communion in the second person; so long as they were revolters, God speaks of them, as more at a distance, in the third person, rather than to them.

Ésaïe 31:7

7. In the day of trial the idols will be found to render no help and will therefore be cast away. Compare as to the future restoration and conversion of Israel simultaneously with the interposition of Jehovah in its defense, Zec 12:9-14; 13:1, 2.

for a sin--that is, whereby especially you contracted guilt (1Ki 12:30).

Ésaïe 31:8

8. Assyrian--Sennacherib, representative of some powerful head of the ungodly in the latter ages [Horsley].

sword, not of ... mighty ... mean man--but by the unseen sword of God.

flee--Sennacherib alone fled homewards after his army had been destroyed (Is 37:37).

young men--the flower of his army.

discomfited--rather, "shall be subject to slavery"; literally, "shall be liable to tribute," that is, personal service (De 20:11; Jos 9:21) [Maurer]. Or, not so well, "shall melt away" [Rosenmuller].

Ésaïe 31:9

9. Rather, "shall pass beyond his strongholds"; he Shall not stop to take refuge in it through fear (Jud 20:47; Jr 48:28) [Gesenius].

ensign--the banner of Jehovah protecting the Jews [Maurer].

fire ... furnace--"light" and "fire," namely, of Jehovah's altar at Jerusalem (Is 29:1). Perhaps "furnace," as distinguished from "fire," may mean that His dwelling-place (His hearth) was at Jerusalem (compare Is 4:5); or else the fiery furnace awaiting all the enemies who should attack Jerusalem.

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