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Jérémie 12:5-15

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5 Si tu as couru avec les gens de pied et qu'ils t'aient lassé, comment lutteras-tu d'ardeur avec les chevaux? Et si tu n'es en assurance que dans une terre de paix, que feras-tu devant l'orgueil du Jourdain?
6 Car mĂȘme tes frĂšres et la maison de ton pĂšre, mĂȘme ceux-lĂ  sont perfides envers toi, mĂȘme ceux-lĂ  crient Ă  plein gosier derriĂšre toi. Ne les crois pas, quand mĂȘme ils te parleront amicalement.
7 J'ai abandonné ma maison; j'ai délaissé mon héritage; j'ai livré ce que mon ùme aimait, aux mains de ses ennemis.
8 Mon hĂ©ritage a Ă©tĂ© pour moi comme un lion dans la forĂȘt; il a jetĂ© son cri contre moi; c'est pourquoi je l'ai pris en haine.
9 Mon hĂ©ritage m'est-il un oiseau de diverses couleurs, que les oiseaux de proie fassent cercle autour de lui? Allez, rassemblez toutes les bĂȘtes des champs; amenez-les pour le dĂ©vorer.
10 De nombreux bergers ont ravagé ma vigne; ils ont foulé mon partage; ils ont réduit mon beau partage en un désert affreux.
11 On en fait une solitude; il est dĂ©solĂ©, il est en deuil devant moi. Tout le pays devient dĂ©solĂ©, car personne n'y a rien pris Ă  cƓur.
12 Sur tous les lieux Ă©levĂ©s du dĂ©sert les destructeurs viennent; car l'Ă©pĂ©e de l'Éternel dĂ©vore le pays d'un bout Ă  l'autre; il n'y a de paix pour personne.
13 Ils ont semĂ© du froment, et ils moissonnent des Ă©pines; ils se sont fatiguĂ©s sans profit. Soyez honteux de vos rĂ©coltes, Ă  cause de l'ardeur de la colĂšre de l'Éternel!
14 Ainsi a dit l'Éternel contre tous mes mauvais voisins, qui mettent la main sur l'hĂ©ritage que j'ai fait hĂ©riter Ă  mon peuple d'IsraĂ«l: Voici, je vais les arracher de leur pays, et j'arracherai la maison de Juda du milieu d'eux.
15 Mais il arrivera qu'aprÚs les avoir arrachés, j'aurai encore compassion d'eux, et je les ferai retourner chacun à son héritage et chacun à sa terre.

Jérémie 12:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 12

This chapter contains the prophets complaint of the prosperity of the wicked, and the Lord's answer to it; an account of the deplorable and miserable estate of the Jewish nation; and a threatening to the neighbouring nations that had used them ill; with a promise of deliverance of the Jews from them, and settlement among God's people in case of obedience. The prophet's complaint is in Jer 12:1,2 in which he asserts the justice of God, yet seems at a loss to reconcile it with the prosperity of the wicked; and the rather, because of their hypocrisy; and appeals to the Lord for his own sincerity and uprightness, Jer 12:3 and prays for the destruction of the wicked, and that the time might hasten, for whose wickedness the land was desolate, and herbs, beasts, and birds, consumed, Jer 12:3,4, the Lord's answer, in which he reproves him for his pusillanimity, seeing he had greater trials than those to encounter with, and instructs him how to behave towards his treacherous friends, is in Jer 12:5,6 the account of the miserable condition of the Jewish nation is from Jer 12:7-14, under the simile of a house and heritage left by the Lord, given up to enemies, and compared to a lion and a speckled bird, hateful to God, and hated by those about it, Jer 12:7-9 and of a vineyard destroyed and trodden down by shepherds, and made desolate, Jer 12:10,11 even as a wilderness through the ravage of the sword; so that what is sown upon it comes to nothing, Jer 12:12,13 then follows a threatening to those who had carried the people of Israel captive, with a promise to deliver the Jews out of their hands, and bring them into their own land, and settle them among the Lord's people, in case they use diligence to learn their ways, Jer 12:14-16, but in case of disobedience are threatened to be plucked up and utterly destroyed, Jer 12:17.

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