Ésaïe 44:23

Louis Segond

Cieux, réjouissez-vous! car l'Eternel a agi; Profondeurs de la terre, retentissez d'allégresse! Montagnes, éclatez en cris de joie! Vous aussi, forêts, avec tous vos arbres! Car l'Eternel a racheté Jacob, Il a manifesté sa gloire en Israël.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
O cieux! réjouissez-vous avec chant de triomphe, car l'Eternel a opéré; lieux bas de la terre, jetez des cris de réjouissance; montagnes, éclatez de joie avec chant de triomphe; [et vous aussi] forêts, et tous les arbres qui êtes en elles, parce que l'Eternel a racheté Jacob, et s'est manifesté glorieusement en Israël.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Cieux, jetez des cris de joie! Car l'Éternel a fait son œuvre! Jetez des acclamations, vous les profondeurs de la terre! Montagnes, éclatez en cris de joie, et les forêts, avec tous leurs arbres! Car l'Éternel a racheté Jacob, et il se glorifie en Israël.

Darby's French Translation
-Exultez, cieux, car l'Éternel l'a fait; jetez des cris, vous, profondeurs de la terre; éclatez en chants de triomphe, montagnes, forêts, et tous les arbres qui y sont! Car l'Éternel a racheté Jacob, et s'est glorifié en Israël.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sing: Isaiah 42:10-12, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 55:13, Psalms 69:34, Psalms 96:11, Psalms 96:12, Psalms 98:7, Psalms 98:8, Jeremiah 51:48, Luke 2:10-14, Revelation 5:8-14, Revelation 12:12, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:1-6

glorified: Isaiah 26:15, Isaiah 49:3, Isaiah 60:21, Ezekiel 36:1, Ezekiel 36:8, Ezekiel 39:13, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 3:21, 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12, 1 Peter 4:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:9 - General Deuteronomy 9:26 - which thou hast brought forth 1 Chronicles 16:32 - fields Ezra 3:11 - shouted Psalms 33:10 - The Lord Psalms 89:5 - heavens Psalms 98:4 - General Psalms 103:22 - all his works Psalms 145:10 - All thy Psalms 148:9 - Mountains Song of Solomon 2:8 - the mountains Isaiah 24:14 - General Isaiah 41:20 - General Isaiah 46:13 - Israel Isaiah 51:11 - the redeemed Isaiah 52:9 - Break Isaiah 54:1 - break Isaiah 65:18 - General Isaiah 66:10 - Rejoice ye Jeremiah 31:7 - Sing Jeremiah 31:11 - redeemed Jeremiah 50:34 - Redeemer Ezekiel 15:2 - among Joel 2:21 - be glad Luke 2:14 - Glory Revelation 11:15 - and there Revelation 14:7 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it,.... Done what he promised, the forgiveness of the sins of his people, and the redemption of them. So the Targum,

"because the Lord hath wrought redemption for his people.''

The Vulgate Latin version adds, "mercy" o; and so the Septuagint version, "because God hath had mercy on Israel" p; and therefore the heavens are called upon to sing on this occasion, as the angels of heaven did when the Redeemer was born, and who rejoice at the salvation of God's elect, Luke 2:13:

shout, ye lower parts of the earth; the earth, which is low in comparison of the heavens; the inhabitants of it, especially the Gentiles, which dwelt in the lower parts of the world, in comparison of Judea, which lay high:

break forth into singing, ye mountains; kings and great men of the earth, like the strong and lofty mountains:

O forest, and every tree therein; the multitude of the common people; see Isaiah 10:18 these are called upon to express their joy, for the following reason:

for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel; which is to be understood not merely of their redemption from the Babylonish captivity, but of the redemption by Christ, which the former was a type of, and in which all God's people in all nations are concerned, and therefore have reason to rejoice; and in which all the divine perfections are glorified, not only the wisdom, power, goodness, grace, and mercy of God, but his holiness and justice; and saints not only have reason to rejoice, because they are redeemed from sin and Satan, and the law, and death and hell, and all spiritual enemies, but because the glory of God is great in their salvation.

o "Quia fecit misericordiam", V. L. p οτι ηλεησεν ο θεος τον ισραηλ, Sept.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sing, O ye heavens - (see Isaiah 42:10). It is common in the sacred writings to call on the heavens, the earth, and all created things, to join in the praise of God on any great and glorious event (see Psalms 96:1, Psalms 96:11-12; Psalms 148:1-14) The occasion of the joy here was the fact that God had redeemed his people - a fact, in the joy of which the heavens and earth were called to participate. An apostrophe such as the prophet here uses is common in all writings, where inanimate objects are addressed as having life, and as capable of sharing in the emotions of the speaker. Vitringa has endeavored to show that the various objects here enumerated are emblematic, and that by the heavens are meant the angels which are in heaven; by the lower parts of the earth, the more humble and obscure republics of the pagan; by the mountains, the greater and more mighty kingdoms; by the forest, and the trees, large and spacious cities, with their nobles. So Grotius also interprets the passage. But the passage is a highly-wrought expression of elevated feeling; the language of poetry, where the prophet calls on all objects to exult; - an apostrophe to the highest heavens and the lowest part of the earth - the mountains and the forests - the most sublime objects in nature - to exult in the fact that the Jewish people were delivered from their long and painful captivity, and restored again to their own land.

The Lord hath done it - Has delivered his people from their captivity in Babylon. There is, however, no impropriety in supposing that the eye of the prophet also rested on the glorious deliverance of his people by the Messiah; and that he regarded one event as emblematic of, and introductory to the other. The language used here will certainly appropriately express the feelings which should be manifested in view of the plan of redemption under the Messiah.

Shout, ye lower parts of the earth - The foundations of the earth; the parts remote from the high heavens. Let the highest and the lowest objects shout; the highest heavens, and the depths of the earth. The Septuagint renders it, Τὰ Θεμέλια τῆς γῆς Ta Themelia tēs gēs - ‘The foundations of the earth.’ So the Chaldee.

Ye mountains - So in Psalms 148:9, Psalms 148:13 : ‘Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars - let them praise the name of the Lord.’

O forest, and every tree therein - Referring either to Lebanon, as being the most magnificent forest known to the prophet; or to any forest as a great and sublime object.