H9001–/וַ–v

And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,

וַיַּחֲטִ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.

וְנָטִ֣יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָחִ֨יתִי (וּ) u. “and”

And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;

וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב (וַ) va “and”

And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֗הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.

וַיַּגֵּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּר֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me,

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וְנִצְּתָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to y

וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרַע֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.

וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”