Ésaïe 38:18

18 Le Sépulcre ne te louera point, la mort ne te célébrera point; ceux qui descendent au tombeau ne s'attendent plus à ta fidélité.

Ésaïe 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee
That is, they that are in the grave, and under the power of death, they cannot celebrate the praises of God with their bodily organs; their souls may praise him in heaven, but they in their bodies cannot till the resurrection morn, or as long as they are under the dominion of the grave; so the Targum,

``they that are in the grave cannot confess before thee, and the dead cannot praise thee;''

in like manner the Septuagint and Arabic versions: this shows the design of God in restoring him from his sickness, and the view he himself had in desiring life, which was to praise the Lord; and which end could not have been answered had he died, and been laid in the grave: they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth:
for the performance of promises, in which the truth and faithfulness of God appear; or for the Messiah, the truth of all the types of the former dispensation; those that go down to the pit of the grave, or are carried and laid there, can have no exercise of faith and hope concerning these things.

Ésaïe 38:18 In-Context

16 Seigneur, c'est par là qu'on a la vie, c'est là tout ce qui fait la vie de mon âme! Tu me guéris, tu me rends la vie.

17 Voici, ma grande amertume est changée en prospérité; tu as retiré mon âme de la fosse de destruction; car tu as jeté tous mes péchés derrière ton dos.

18 Le Sépulcre ne te louera point, la mort ne te célébrera point; ceux qui descendent au tombeau ne s'attendent plus à ta fidélité.

19 Mais le vivant, le vivant te célébrera, comme je fais aujourd'hui; le père fera connaître aux enfants ta fidélité.

20 L'Éternel est mon libérateur! Nous ferons résonner nos cantiques, tous les jours de notre vie, dans la maison de l'Éternel.