Ésaïe 55:13

Darby's French Translation

au lieu de l'épine croîtra le cyprès; au lieu de l'ortie croîtra le myrte; et ce sera pour l'Éternel un nom, un signe à toujours, qui ne sera pas retranché.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Au lieu du buisson cro�tra le sapin; et au lieu de l'�pine cro�tra le myrte; et ceci fera conna�tre le nom de l'Eternel et ce sera un signe perp�tuel, qui ne sera point retranch�.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Au lieu du buisson cro�tra le cypr�s, au lieu de l'�pine cro�tra le myrte; et ce sera pour l'�ternel une gloire, un signe perp�tuel, qui ne sera jamais retranch�.

Louis Segond (1910)
Au lieu de l'�pine s'�l�vera le cypr�s, Au lieu de la ronce cro�tra le myrte; Et ce sera pour l'Eternel une gloire, Un monument perp�tuel, imp�rissable.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of the thorn: Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 41:19, Isaiah 60:13, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:3, Micah 7:4, Romans 6:19, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

for a: Isaiah 43:21, Jeremiah 13:11, Jeremiah 33:9, Luke 2:14, John 15:8, Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 3:21, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 4:11

an everlasting: Isaiah 54:10, Jeremiah 50:5

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:6 - a sign Psalms 45:15 - With Psalms 89:12 - rejoice Psalms 92:12 - righteous Psalms 96:12 - General Psalms 148:9 - Mountains Song of Solomon 2:2 - General Song of Solomon 2:8 - the mountains Isaiah 14:8 - General Isaiah 19:20 - for a Isaiah 29:17 - Lebanon Isaiah 35:1 - desert Isaiah 35:2 - and rejoice Isaiah 44:23 - Sing Isaiah 56:5 - that shall Isaiah 63:12 - to make Ezekiel 17:24 - all the trees Ezekiel 28:24 - a pricking Daniel 9:15 - and hast Hosea 14:8 - I am Joel 3:18 - the mountains Amos 9:13 - the mountains Zechariah 1:8 - among Malachi 4:2 - ye shall Acts 8:39 - and he Revelation 12:12 - rejoice

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree,.... The meaning of which either is, that instead of wicked men, comparable to briers and thorns for their being fruitless and useless, harmful and pernicious, under a curse, and their end to be burned, there good men, comparable to fruitful and beautiful trees, shall be; which was eminently true when the Gospel was preached in the Gentile world; see Isaiah 35:1 so the Targum,

"instead of the ungodly shall rise up righteous persons, and instead of sinners shall rise up such as are afraid to sin;''

or else the sense is, that such who are like briers and thorns in their nature state, being no better than others, but children of wrath, even as others, shall by the grace of God be made like fir and myrtle trees; as great a change shall be wrought in them as if briers and thorns were changed into fir and myrtle trees; to which the saints are sometimes compared, particularly to myrtle trees, Zechariah 1:10, because goodly to look at, of a sweet smell, ever green, flourish in watery places, and bring forth fruit:

and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off; that is, these persons, who are become and made like to fir and myrtle trees, shall be called by the name of the Lord, shall bear his name, support his Gospel and interest, and be for his praise, and to the glory of his grace, who has done such great and wonderful things for them;

and shall be for an everlasting sign and monument of the love, grace, power, and faithfulness of God, and for a sure token that the church and people of God shall not be cut off, but that God will have a people to serve him as long as the sun and moon endure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Instead of the thorn - (Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:6-8; Isaiah 35:1-2; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 42:20). The word rendered ‘thorn’ (נעצוּץ na‛ătsûts) occurs only here and in Isaiah 7:19. It evidently means a thorn, hedge, or thorny-bush.

Shall come up the fir tree - (ברושׁ b^erôsh; see the notes at Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 60:13; Zechariah 11:2). A change would be produced in the moral condition of man as great as if in the natural world the rough and useless thorn should be succeeded by the beautiful and useful cypress (compare Isaiah 60:13).

And instead of the brier - The brier is everywhere an emblem of desolation, and of an uncultivated country (see Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23-24).

The myrtle-tree - (see the notes at Isaiah 41:19). The idea here is, that under the gospel the change would be as great in the moral world as if a field all overrun with briers should at once become thick set with myrtles.

And it shall be to the Lord - The reference here is to all that had been said in the chapter. The gift of the Messiah; the universal offer of the gospel; the bestowing of pardon; the turning of the wicked unto God; and the great and salutary changes produced by the gospel, would all be a memorial of the benevolence and glory of Yahweh.

For a name - It should tend to diffuse his name; to spread abroad a knowledge of himself.

An everlasting sign - On the meaning of the word rendered ‘sign,’ see the notes at Isaiah 7:14, Here it means that it would be an eternal memorial of the mercy and goodness of Yahweh.

That shall not be cut off - The gospel with its rich and varied blessings shall erect enduring monuments in the earth, to the praise and honor of God. It will be more enduring as a memorial of him than all altars and statues, and temples erected to celebrate and perpetuate idolatry; as wide-diffused as are his works of creation, and more fruitful of blessings than anything elsewhere conferred on man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 55:13. Instead of the thorn - "Instead of the thorny bushes"] These likewise (see note on the preceding verse, and on Isaiah 54:11) are general poetical images, expressing a great and happy change for the better. The wilderness turned into a paradise, Lebanon into Carmel: the desert of the Gentiles watered with the heavenly snow and rain, which fail not to have their due effect, and becoming fruitful in piety and righteousness: or, as the Chaldee gives the moral sense of the emblem, "instead of the wicked shall arise the just; and instead of sinners, such as fear to sin." (compare Isaiah 35:1-2; Isaiah 41:19.

And instead of — The conjunction ו vau is added, ותחת vetachath, in forty-five MSS. of Kennicott's several of De Rossi's, and five editions; and it is acknowledged by all the ancient Versions. The Masoretes therefore might have safely received it into the text, and not have referred us for it to the margin. But this is no uncommon case with them. Even in our own Version the best reading is very often found in the margin.