H9001–/וַ–v

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

וַיְחַפְּא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;

וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

וַיָּ֣עַד (וַ) va “and”

And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do

וַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ (וַ) va “and”

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

וַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְסִרֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)

וַיִּמְאַ֨ס (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.

וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּדַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was taken away from their land to Assyria, to this day.

וַיִּ֨גֶל (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel; so they got Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

וַיָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge o

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְשַׁלַּח־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

וַיְצַ֨ו (וַ) va “and”

So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”

So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַוֵּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”