H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.

הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “it belongs”

An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “it has occurred”

To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it has become”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it came”

A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “has it become”

But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

וְהָיִ֤יתִי (הָיִ֤יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will become”תִּֽהְיוּ־ tih.yu- “you will become”

And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה (הָ֨יְתָ֜ה) Ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

תִּהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh “it will become”

And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

יִֽהְיֽוּ׃ Yih.Yu “they will become”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it came”

That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם (הְיִ֤יתֶם) h.Yi.tem “you will become”אֶהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh “I will become”

For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they are”

And they have no remnant, For I bring evil unto the men of Anathoth, The year of their inspection!'

תִֽהְיֶ֖ה tih.Yeh “it will belong”

Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.

הָיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “it has become”

And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it came”

And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

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

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it came”

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

וִיהִי֙ (יהִי֙) Hi “let it be”

For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

לִֽהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “become”

That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it came”

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it has come”