Ésaïe 30:8

8 Va maintenant, grave-le sur une table en leur présence, et écris-le dans un livre, afin que cela demeure pour le temps à venir, à toujours et à perpétuité;

Ésaïe 30:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a
book
Meaning their sins, their rebellion against God, their trust in an arm of flesh, and contempt of the divine word; or the prophecy of their destruction, for these things; and both may be meant; which the Lord orders to be written before their eyes, in some public place, as in the temple, upon a table, a table of wood covered with wax, on which they formerly wrote, and then hung it up against a wall, that it might be read by everyone; and he would have him also engross it in a book, that it might be kept for time to come: now what God would have thus written and engrossed, must be something considerable, and of consequence; and, as it may refer to the sins of this people, may denote the blackness and detestableness of them, as being what they had reason to be ashamed of, when thus set before them; and, as it may refer to their punishment, it may signify the certainty of it: that it may be for the time to come, for ever and ever;
and so continue to their eternal infamy, and for the justification of God in his proceedings against them, and be cautious unto others. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "for a testimony for ever", a witness for God, and against the Jews; and so the Targum,

``and it shall be in the day of judgment for a witness before me for ever.''

Ésaïe 30:8 In-Context

6 Les bêtes de somme sont chargées pour aller au midi, dans la terre de détresse et d'angoisse, d'où viennent le lion et la lionne, la vipère et le dragon volant; ils portent leurs richesses sur le dos des ânons, et leurs trésors sur la bosse des chameaux, vers un peuple qui ne leur servira de rien.
7 Le secours de l'Égypte ne sera que vanité et néant; c'est pourquoi j'appelle cela: grand bruit pour ne rien faire.
8 Va maintenant, grave-le sur une table en leur présence, et écris-le dans un livre, afin que cela demeure pour le temps à venir, à toujours et à perpétuité;
9 Car c'est ici un peuple rebelle, ce sont des enfants menteurs, des enfants qui ne veulent point écouter la loi de l'Éternel;
10 Qui disent aux voyants: Ne voyez point! et aux prophètes: Ne nous prophétisez pas la vérité! Dites-nous des choses flatteuses; voyez des illusions!
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.