Ézéchiel 17:9

Louis Segond

Dis: Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Prospérera-t-elle? Le premier aigle n'arrachera-t-il pas ses racines, n'enlèvera-t-il pas son fruit, afin qu'elle se dessèche, afin que toutes les feuilles qu'elle a poussées se dessèchent? Et il ne faudra ni beaucoup de force ni un peuple nombreux pour la séparer de ses racines.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Dis : ainsi a dit le Seigneur l'Eternel, viendra-t-il à bien? n'arrachera-t-elle pas ses racines, et ne coupera-t-elle pas ses fruits, et ils deviendront secs? tous les sarments qu'il a jetés sécheront, et il ne faudra pas même un grand effort, et beaucoup de monde, pour l'enlever de dessus ses racines.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Dis: Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Le cep réussira-t-il? Le premier aigle n'en arrachera-t-il pas les racines, et n'en coupera-t-il pas les fruits, de manière à faire sécher tous les rejetons qu'il aura produits? Il séchera, et il n'y aura besoin ni d'un grand effort, ni de beaucoup de gens pour le séparer de ses racines.

Darby's French Translation
Dis: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Prospérera-t-elle? N'arrachera-t-il pas ses racines, et ne coupera-t-il pas son fruit, en sorte qu'elle sèche? Toutes les jeunes feuilles de ses pousses sécheront, et il ne sera pas besoin d'un grand bras et d'un peuple nombreux pour l'enlever de dessus ses racines.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shall it: Shall he succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty? Ezekiel 17:10, Ezekiel 17:15-17, Numbers 14:41, 2 Chronicles 13:12, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 30:1-7, Isaiah 31:1-3, Jeremiah 32:5

shall he: He shall come and dethrone him, and carry him captive. 2 Kings 25:4-7, Jeremiah 21:4-7, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 29:4-7, Jeremiah 52:7-11

the fruit: The children of Zedekiah.

even: Jeremiah 37:10

Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:30 - ye shall be Daniel 11:27 - but John 15:6 - he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Say thou, thus saith the Lord God,.... Tell Zedekiah and his people, in the name of the Lord, what will be the issue of his ingratitude and treachery to the king of Babylon, and his vain confidence in the king of Egypt:

shall it prosper? the vine, the kingdom of Judah, and Zedekiah the king of it; can it be thought that prosperity will attend such conduct as this? was is it ever known that persons guilty of such vices ever succeeded?

shall he not pull up the roots thereof; the first eagle, Nebuchadnezzar, being provoked by the rebellion of the king of Judah and his people; will he not come against them, and utterly destroy them, and root them up from being a people and a nation?

and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? the sons of the king, and of the nobles, and people of the land; so that the kingdom shall be ruined, and no hope left of its ever being restored again; which is the case of a vine when withered:

it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring; whereas it had been a springtime with this vine, under the influence of the king of Babylon, its leaves were green and flourishing; but now should wither, not as leaves do in autumn, which is to be expected, but in spring, which must be fatal; signifying, that in the midst of their prosperity, and when there was the greatest hope and expectation of a continuance and increase of it, utter ruin should come upon them:

even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof; signifying with what ease the king of Babylon would take Jerusalem, and the land of Judea, its king and its princes, and utterly destroy them; he would have no need of a large army, or to employ all his forces, a few, were sufficient to do it; even as it does not require many hands to pluck up, a vine by the roots, a single person is equal to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Her spring - Rather, her growth.

Even without ... - Translate; and not with great power or with much people is it to be raised up from its roots again.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 17:9. Shall it prosper? — Shall Zedekiah succeed in casting off the yoke of the king of Babylon, to whom he had sworn fealty?

Shall he not pull up the roots — Nebuchadnezzar will come and dethrone him.

And cut off the fruit — The children of Zedekiah.

The leaves — All the nobles; all shall perish with Zedekiah.