Commentaire sur Isaïe 16:8
כִּ֣י שַׁדְמוֹת֩ חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן אֻמְלָ֜ל גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ הָלְמ֣וּ שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ עַד־יַעְזֵ֥ר נָגָ֖עוּ תָּ֣עוּ מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃
car elles sont dévastées les campagnes de Hesbon, les vignes de Sibma, dont les ceps, brisés maintenant par les chefs des peuples, atteignaient jusqu’à Yazer, débordaient sur le désert, et dont les pampres, se développant, traversaient la mer.
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grain fields Heb. שַׁדְמוֹת.
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שדמות Vine trees.14A. V., Fields. Comp. Deut. 32:32.
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the vine of Sibmah We can deduce that Heshbon was a place of fields and Sibmah a place of vineyards. Now if you ask, All these are cities of the east side of the Jordan, and Israel took them from the hands of Sihon. Now when did they return to the hands of Moab? When Sennacherib exiled the Reubenites and the Gadites, the neighboring Moabites came and settled in them.
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אמלל Languisheth.15A. V., Languish. Each of them languisheth.16See c. ii., Note 18.
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has become desolate Heb. אֻמְלָל, has become desolate.
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בעלי גוים The chief of nations.17A. V., The lords of the heathen. Comp.18The instances quoted are to prove the use of the plural of nouns denoting master or lord in reference to an individual. אדני יוסף the master of Joseph (Gen. 39:20). לבעליו to his owner (Ex. 21:34). The king19The Hebrew text has והם מלכי אשור, The kings of Assyria are meant, but the instances quoted by I. E. show that בעלי signifies chief, not chiefs. We must therefore read either והוא מלך אשור, And this is the king of Assyria, or או הם מלכי אשור, or the kings of Assyria are meant thereby. In the latter case a second explanation is given, which leaves to the plural בעלי its proper meaning chiefs. of Assyria is meant by בעלי הגוים the chief of nations.
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its saplings its choice saplings.
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הלמו Have broken down. Root הלם to smite; comp. והלמה And she smote (Judg. 5:26).
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they reached as far as Jazer The grain fields and the vine and the saplings mentioned here are merely an allegory. They represent camps, companies, and rulers [in the days of these peoples]. So did Jonathan paraphrase it.
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They are come even unto Jazer. They are so long.
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they reached as far as Jazer they went into exile.
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They wandered into the wilderness. They extended beyond the boundaries of the inhabited land.
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they strayed to the desert lit. they strayed the desert.
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שלוחתיה Her trees.20A. V., Her branches. Comp. שלחיך פרדס דמונים thy plants an orchard of pomegranates (Song 4:13).
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its tendrils its branches; and they are the symbol of its exiles.
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נטשו They spread. Comp. נטושים spread (2 Sam. 30:16)
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spread out Heb. נִטְּשׁוּ, scattered. Comp. (Ezekiel 29:5) “And I will scatter you (וּנְטַשְׁתִּיךָ) in the desert”; (I Sam. 30: 16) “And behold, they were scattered (נְטוּשִׁים)”; (II Sam. 5:22) “And spread out (וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ) in the valley of Rephaim.”
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