Isaiah 27
New King James Version
Israel Will Be Restored
27 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
(A)Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay (B)the reptile that is in the sea.
The Restoration of Israel
2 In that day (C)sing to her,
(D)“A vineyard of [a]red wine!
3 (E)I, the Lord, keep it,
I water it every moment;
Lest any hurt it,
I keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in Me.
Who would set (F)briers and thorns
Against Me in battle?
I would go through them,
I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold (G)of My strength,
That he may (H)make peace with Me;
And he shall make peace with Me.”
6 Those who come He shall cause (I)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 (J)Has He struck [b]Israel as He struck those who struck him?
Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 (K)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(L)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[c]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
10 Yet the fortified city will be (M)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (N)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (O)not have mercy on them,
And (P)He who formed them will show them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of [d]the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be (Q)gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel.
13 (R)So it shall be in that day:
(S)The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of (T)Egypt,
And shall (U)worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:2 So with MT (Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica), Bg., Vg.; MT (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia), some Heb. mss., LXX delight; Tg. choice vineyard
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit. him
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Isaiah 27:12 The Euphrates
Isaiah 27
King James Version
27 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Ésaïe 27
La Bible du Semeur
27 Ce jour-là, l’Eternel
interviendra ╵avec sa dure épée, ╵sa grande et forte épée,
contre le Léviathan[a], ╵le serpent fugitif,
contre le Léviathan, ╵le serpent tortueux ;
il le tuera, ce monstre ╵qui habite la mer.
La vigne du Seigneur
2 Ce jour-là, on dira :
Chantez la vigne aux beaux raisins[b].
3 C’est moi, l’Eternel, qui la garde ;
en tout temps, je l’arrose.
De peur que l’on s’en prenne à elle,
nuit et jour je la garde.
4 Ma colère est passée,
et s’il se trouve ╵des ronces, des épines,
je marcherai contre elles ╵pour leur faire la guerre
et j’y mettrai le feu.
5 A moins qu’on me prenne ╵pour refuge et rempart,
qu’on fasse la paix,
oui, la paix avec moi.
6 Dans les jours à venir, ╵Jacob prendra racine,
Israël fleurira ╵et fera des bourgeons,
il couvrira de fruits ╵la surface du monde.
7 L’Eternel les a-t-il frappés ╵comme il a frappé ceux ╵qui leur donnaient des coups ?
Les a-t-il mis à mort ╵comme il a mis à mort ╵ceux qui semaient la mort ╵au milieu d’eux ?
8 Non, c’est avec mesure ╵que tu as conduit leur procès[c], ╵en les envoyant en exil.
Tu les as enlevés ╵par ton souffle terrible
en un jour de vent d’est.
9 C’est par ce châtiment ╵que sera expiée ╵la faute de Jacob,
et voici quel sera le fruit ╵du pardon de sa faute :
il pulvérisera ╵toutes les pierres ╵des autels idolâtres
comme des pierres à chaux ;
les pieux sacrés voués à Ashéra, ╵de même que les encensoirs, ╵ne seront jamais rétablis.
La ville abandonnée
10 La cité fortifiée ╵restera solitaire
et elle deviendra ╵un camp abandonné ╵et délaissé comme un désert ;
les veaux y viendront paître, ╵ils s’y reposeront,
ils brouteront les branches.
11 Et quand les branches seront sèches, ╵on viendra les briser,
des femmes les feront brûler.
Car c’est un peuple sans intelligence ;
c’est pourquoi celui qui l’a fait ╵n’en aura pas pitié,
et celui qui l’a façonné ╵ne lui fera pas grâce.
Le grand retour
12 En ce jour-là, l’Eternel secouera les arbres des rives de l’Euphrate jusqu’au torrent d’Egypte. Et vous serez recueillis, vous, Israélites, un à un. 13 En ce jour-là, le grand cor sonnera, ceux qui dépérissaient en Assyrie et tous ceux qui étaient exilés en Egypte viendront adorer l’Eternel sur la sainte montagne au milieu de Jérusalem.
Footnotes
- 27.1 Selon certains, ce monstre, dont la description est empruntée aux mythes païens cananéens, représenterait des peuples ennemis du peuple de Dieu, comme c’est le cas du monstre Rahav dans d’autres passages de l’Ecriture (30.7 et note). Pour d’autres, il serait le symbole des puissances maléfiques agissant dans l’histoire par l’intermédiaire de ces peuples.
- 27.2 Pour les v. 2-6, voir Es 5.1-7.
- 27.8 Autre traduction : tu as fait leur procès en les chassant.
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