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Ésaïe 13:5

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5 D'un pays éloigné, de l'extrémité des cieux, l'Éternel vient avec les instruments de son courroux, pour dévaster tout le pays.

Ésaïe 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven
The east, as Kimchi observes; the Targum is, from the ends of the earth; the furthermost parts of it, as Persia and Media were: the former is bounded on the south side by the main ocean; and the latter, part of it by the Caspian sea; and between Babylon and these kingdoms lay the large kingdom of Assyria; so that this army might be truly said to come from a far country: [even] the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation;
the Medes and Persians, who were the instruments of his wrath and vengeance against Babylon; just as Assyria is called the rod of his anger, ( Isaiah 10:5 ) with these he is said to come, because this army was of his gathering, mustering, ordering, and directing, in his providence; the end and design of which was, to destroy the whole land;
not the whole world, as the Septuagint render it; but the whole land of Chaldea, of which Babylon was the metropolis. The Targum is,

``to destroy all the wicked of the earth.''
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Ésaïe 13:5 In-Context

3 Moi, j'ai donné l'ordre à ceux qui me sont consacrés; j'ai appelé, pour exécuter ma colère, mes hommes vaillants, ceux qui se réjouissent de ma grandeur.
4 On entend sur les montagnes un bruit tel que celui d'un peuple nombreux; un bruit tumultueux de royaumes, de nations assemblées; l'Éternel des armées fait la revue de l'armée pour le combat.
5 D'un pays éloigné, de l'extrémité des cieux, l'Éternel vient avec les instruments de son courroux, pour dévaster tout le pays.
6 Gémissez, car la journée de l'Éternel est proche; elle vient comme un ravage fait par le Tout-Puissant.
7 Aussi toutes les mains deviennent lâches, et tout cœur d'homme se fond.

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