Ezekiel 36:5

5 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Oui, dans le feu de ma jalousie, Je parle contre les autres nations et contre Edom tout entier, Qui se sont donné mon pays en propriété, Avec toute la joie de leur coeur et le mépris de leur âme, Afin d'en piller les produits.

Ezekiel 36:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:5

Therefore thus saith the Lord God
Because these Heathens have acted such an unkind and cruel part to Israel: surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken;
in his fierce wrath and hot displeasure, resenting the ill usage of his people; hot with indignation against their enemies, having a fervent zeal for his own glory, and an affectionate concern for the good of his people. It is in the original text in the form of an oath, "if I have not spoken" {g}; let me be reckoned a liar, or not God; believe me that I have spoken, and in this warm manner; and have not only foretold in prophecy, and threatened the destruction of these nations, but have resolved and determined upon it in my own mind. So the Targum,

``if I have not in the fire of my vengeance decreed in my word:''

against the residue of the Heathen, and against all Idumea;
or Edom; the Edomites, even all of them, who of all the Heathen were the most inveterate and implacable enemies of the Jews, though related to them, and are therefore particularly mentioned as the objects of the divine vengeance: the reason follows, which have appointed my land into their possession;
this land where his chosen people dwelt, and which he chose for them, and gave unto them; the land where he himself dwelt, and granted his presence; where his temple was, and he was worshipped. So the Targum,

``the land of the house of my majesty.''

Now this the Lord took ill at their hands, and resented, that they should lay out this land for themselves, and determine upon it as a possession and inheritance of theirs. With the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out
for a prey;
with the utmost joy they joined Nebuchadnezzar's army when he invaded the land of Judea and besieged Jerusalem, out of pure malice and spite to the people of the Jews, in order to eject them from the possession of their land, that it might become a prey to them; see ( Psalms 137:7 ) ( Obadiah 1:12-14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (al Ma) "si non", Cocceius, Starckius; "[sub.] mentiar", Junius & Tremellius; "non ero Deus", Piscator.

Ezekiel 36:5 In-Context

3 Prophétise et dis: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Oui, parce qu'on a voulu de toutes parts vous dévaster et vous engloutir, Pour que vous soyez la propriété des autres nations, Parce que vous avez été l'objet des discours et des propos des peuples,

4 Montagnes d'Israël, écoutez la parole du Seigneur, de l'Eternel! Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel, Aux montagnes et aux collines, Aux ruisseaux et aux vallées, Aux ruines désertes et aux villes abandonnées, Qui ont servi de proie et de risée Aux autres nations d'alentour;

5 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Oui, dans le feu de ma jalousie, Je parle contre les autres nations et contre Edom tout entier, Qui se sont donné mon pays en propriété, Avec toute la joie de leur coeur et le mépris de leur âme, Afin d'en piller les produits.

6 C'est pourquoi prophétise sur le pays d'Israël, Dis aux montagnes et aux collines, Aux ruisseaux et aux vallées: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Voici, je parle dans ma jalousie et dans ma fureur, Parce que vous portez l'ignominie des nations.

7 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Je lève ma main! Ce sont les nations qui vous entourent Qui porteront elles-mêmes leur ignominie.