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Jérémie 12
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Jérémie 12
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Perplexité de Jérémie et réponse de Dieu
12 Tu es trop juste, Eternel, pour que je conteste avec toi;
Je veux néanmoins t’adresser la parole sur tes jugements:
Pourquoi la voie des méchants est-elle prospère?
Pourquoi tous les perfides vivent-ils en paix?
2 Tu les as plantés, ils ont pris racine,
Ils croissent, ils portent du fruit;
Tu es près de leur bouche,
Mais loin de leur cœur.
3 Et toi, Eternel, tu me connais,
Tu me vois, tu sondes mon cœur qui est avec toi.
Enlève-les comme des brebis qu’on doit égorger,
Et prépare-les pour le jour du carnage!
4 Jusqu’à quand le pays sera-t-il dans le deuil,
Et l’herbe de tous les champs sera-t-elle desséchée?
A cause de la méchanceté des habitants,
Les bêtes et les oiseaux périssent.
Car ils disent: Il ne verra pas notre fin.
5 Si tu cours avec des piétons et qu’ils te fatiguent,
Comment pourras-tu lutter avec des chevaux?
Et si tu ne te crois en sûreté que dans une contrée paisible,
Que feras-tu sur les rives orgueilleuses du Jourdain?
6 Car tes frères eux-mêmes et la maison de ton père te trahissent,
Ils crient eux-mêmes à pleine voix derrière toi.
Ne les crois pas, quand ils te diront des paroles amicales.
Le pays de Juda dévasté; promesse de restauration
7 J’ai abandonné ma maison,
J’ai délaissé mon héritage,
J’ai livré l’objet de mon amour aux mains de ses ennemis.
8 Mon héritage a été pour moi comme un lion dans la forêt,
Il a poussé contre moi ses rugissements;
C’est pourquoi je l’ai pris en haine.
9 Mon héritage a été pour moi un oiseau de proie, une hyène;
Aussi les oiseaux de proie viendront-ils de tous côtés contre lui.
Allez, rassemblez tous les animaux des champs,
Faites-les venir pour qu’ils le dévorent!
10 Des bergers nombreux ravagent ma vigne,
Ils foulent mon champ;
Ils réduisent le champ de mes délices
En un désert, en une solitude.
11 Ils le réduisent en un désert;
Il est en deuil, il est désolé devant moi.
Tout le pays est ravagé,
Car nul n’y prend garde.
12 Sur tous les lieux élevés du désert arrivent les dévastateurs,
Car le glaive de l’Eternel dévore le pays d’un bout à l’autre;
Il n’y a de paix pour aucun homme.
13 Ils ont semé du froment, et ils moissonnent des épines,
Ils se sont fatigués sans profit.
Ayez honte de ce que vous récoltez,
Par suite de la colère ardente de l’Eternel.
14 Ainsi parle l’Eternel sur tous mes méchants voisins,
Qui attaquent l’héritage que j’ai donné à mon peuple d’Israël:
Voici, je les arracherai de leur pays,
Et j’arracherai la maison de Juda du milieu d’eux.
15 Mais après que je les aurai arrachés,
J’aurai de nouveau compassion d’eux,
Et je les ramènerai chacun dans son héritage,
Chacun dans son pays.
16 Et s’ils apprennent les voies de mon peuple,
S’ils jurent par mon nom, en disant:
L’Eternel est vivant!
Comme ils ont enseigné à mon peuple à jurer par Baal,
Alors ils jouiront du bonheur au milieu de mon peuple.
17 Mais s’ils n’écoutent rien,
Je détruirai une telle nation,
Je la détruirai, je la ferai périr, dit l’Eternel.
Jeremiah 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Jeremiah 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 Uncompromisingly righteous and rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Yet let me plead and reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease and thriving who deal very treacherously and deceitfully?
2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts.
3 But You, O Lord, know and understand me and my devotion to You; You see me and try my heart toward You. [O Lord] pull [these rebellious ones] out like sheep for the slaughter and devote and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long must the land mourn and the grass and herbs of the whole country wither? Through the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are consumed and are swept away [by the drought], because men [mocked] me, saying, He shall not [live to] see our final end.
5 [But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take to flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan?
6 For even your brethren and the house of your father—even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are [like a pack of hounds] in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words and promise good things to you.
7 I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My life into the hands of her enemies.
8 My heritage has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has uttered her voice against Me; therefore I have [treated her as if I] hated her.
9 Is My heritage to Me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field; bring them to devour.
10 Many shepherds [of an invading host] have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it a desolation, and desolate it mourns before Me; the whole land has been made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.
12 Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape.
13 They have sown wheat but have reaped thorns; they have worn themselves out but without profit. And they shall be ashamed of your [lack of] harvests and revenues because of the fierce and glowing anger of the Lord.
14 Thus says the Lord against all My evil neighbor [nations] who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from their land and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
15 And after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them back again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.
16 And if these [neighbor nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, saying, As the Lord lives—even as they taught My people to swear by Baal—then will they be built up in the midst of My people.
17 But if any nation will not hear and obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 12
New International Version
Jeremiah 12
New International Version
Jeremiah’s Complaint
12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.(G)
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(H) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(I) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(J)
4 How long will the land lie parched(K)
and the grass in every field be withered?(L)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(M)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
God’s Answer
5 “If you have raced with men on foot
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in safe country,
how will you manage in the thickets(N) by[b] the Jordan?
6 Your relatives, members of your own family—
even they have betrayed you;
they have raised a loud cry against you.(O)
Do not trust them,
though they speak well of you.(P)
7 “I will forsake(Q) my house,
abandon(R) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(S)
into the hands of her enemies.(T)
8 My inheritance has become to me
like a lion(U) in the forest.
She roars at me;
therefore I hate her.(V)
9 Has not my inheritance become to me
like a speckled bird of prey
that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.(W)
10 Many shepherds(X) will ruin my vineyard
and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
into a desolate wasteland.(Y)
11 It will be made a wasteland,(Z)
parched and desolate before me;(AA)
the whole land will be laid waste
because there is no one who cares.
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(AB) of the Lord(AC) will devour(AD)
from one end of the land to the other;(AE)
no one will be safe.(AF)
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(AG)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(AH)
14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(AI) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(AJ) them from their lands and I will uproot(AK) the people of Judah from among them. 15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion(AL) and will bring(AM) each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. 16 And if they learn(AN) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(AO)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(AP)—then they will be established among my people.(AQ) 17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy(AR) it,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of
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