Ésaïe 19:16

16 En ce jour, l'Egypte sera comme des femmes: Elle tremblera et aura peur, En voyant s'agiter la main de l'Eternel des armées, Quand il la lèvera contre elle.

Ésaïe 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 19:16

In that day shall Egypt be like unto women
Weak and feeble, as the Targum; fearful and timorous, even their military force; and devoid of wisdom, even their princes and nobles: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the
hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it:
which the Lord may be said to do, when he lifts up his rod, and holds it over a people, and threatens them with ruin and destruction; perhaps this may refer to what was done in Judea by Sennacherib's army, which was an intimation to the Egyptians that their turn was next; and if the shaking of the Lord's hand over a people is so terrible, what must the weight of it be? Some think there is an allusion to Moses's shaking his rod over the Red sea when the Egyptians were drowned, in which the hand or power of the Lord was so visibly seen, and which now might be called to mind. Ben Melech observes, that when one man calls to another, he waves his hand to him to come to him; so here it is as if the Lord waved with his hand to the enemy to come and fight against Egypt, which caused fear and dread.

Ésaïe 19:16 In-Context

14 L'Eternel a répandu au milieu d'elle un esprit de vertige, Pour qu'ils fassent chanceler les Egyptiens dans tous leurs actes, Comme un homme ivre chancelle en vomissant.

15 Et l'Egypte sera hors d'état de faire Ce que font la tête et la queue, La branche de palmier et le roseau.

16 En ce jour, l'Egypte sera comme des femmes: Elle tremblera et aura peur, En voyant s'agiter la main de l'Eternel des armées, Quand il la lèvera contre elle.

17 Et le pays de Juda sera pour l'Egypte un objet d'effroi: Dès qu'on lui en parlera, elle sera dans l'épouvante, A cause de la résolution prise contre elle par l'Eternel des armées.

18 En ce temps-là, il y aura cinq villes au pays d'Egypte, Qui parleront la langue de Canaan, Et qui jureront par l'Eternel des armées: L'une d'elles sera appelée ville de la destruction.