Le roi traversa le torrent du Cédron, et tout le peuple passa en face du chemin qui longe le désert. 2S 15,23.
Ce roi qui passe le Cédron à Jérusalem, au milieu d’un foule en sanglot, c’est David qui s’exile loin de Jérusalem.
Mais qu’allait-il faire dans ce désert ? Pour mémoire nous sommes donc avec David le futur roi d’Israël et Juda. De manière privative il reçu l’onction du prophète Samuel, puis, au service du roi Saul, il devint victorieux de Goliath et des Philistins mais ces succès suscitèrent la jalousie et la méfiance du roi qui voit en David son rival.
J’ai aimé Jacob, j’ai haï Esaü (Ml 1,3) Ce verset fait partie de ces passages qui nous font grincer des dents. Comment la Bible peut-elle faire dire à Dieu : « J’ai haï » ?
C’est un peu contradictoire avec ce que nous avons entendu hier. Le désert des Géraséniens était celui des forces maléfiques. Et Dieu aujourd’hui entraîne son épouse au désert, non pour la perdre, mais pour la séduire, la reconquérir.
L’image parle d’elle-même et souligne la condition fragile et opprimée du pauvre face aux riches. Le constat est réel, toujours actuel et tout aussi amer.
C’est loin d’être l’épisode le plus célèbre de la Bible. Un seul verset qui a aussi l’inconvénient de se situer au sein d’une généalogie que nous ne lisons jamais. Mais...
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