H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'

וְהָי֞וּ (הָי֞וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”

and it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, `Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but -- Magor-Missabib.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me,

הָיִ֤יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I have become”

Because from the time I speak I cry out, `Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it has become”

And I said, `I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

Cursed `is' the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

יְהִ֥י ye.Hi “it be”

Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “he will be”

Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she became”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the king Zedekiah's sending unto him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it came”

Whoso is abiding in this city -- dieth, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And hath fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you -- liveth, And his life hath been to him for a spoil.

וְהָֽיְתָה־ (הָֽיְתָה) ha.ye.tah- “it will belong”

And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.

יִֽהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “it will become”

I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,

יִהְיֶ֞ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

In reference to the prophets: Broken hath been my heart in my midst, Fluttered have all my bones, I have been as a man -- a drunkard, And as a man -- wine hath passed over him, Because of Jehovah, and of His holy words.

הָיִ֙יתִי֙ ha.Yi.ti “I have become”

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.

וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “it has become”

Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

יִֽהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will become”

And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

הָֽיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And `to' every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

יִֽהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will belong”

And the burden of Jehovah ye do not mention any more, For the burden to each is -- His word, And ye have overturned the words of the living God, Jehovah of Hosts, our God.

יִֽהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh “it is”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it came”

And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I `am' Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart.

וְהָיוּ־ (הָיוּ) ha.yu- “they will become”אֶהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh “I will become”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, -- it `is' the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, --

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it came”

`From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day -- this three and twentieth year -- hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened;

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it has come”

And all this land hath been for a waste, for an astonishment, and these nations have served the king of Babylon seventy years.

וְהָֽיְתָה֙ (הָֽיְתָה֙) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

`And it hath come to pass, at the fulness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for desolations age-during.

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”