H9001–/וַ–v

In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him,

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְרָד־ (וַ) va “and”

and Jehovah sendeth against him the troops of the Chaldeans, and the troops of Aram, and the troops of Moab, and the troops of the sons of Ammon, and He sendeth them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servants the prophets;

וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

וַיְמַלֵּ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead.

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

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,

וַתָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

וַיָּבֹ֛א (וַ) va “and”

and Jehoiachin king of Judah goeth out unto the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon taketh him in the eighth year of his reign,

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

and bringeth out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and cutteth in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had spoken.

וַיּוֹצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיְקַצֵּ֞ץ (וַ) va “and”

And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand `is' the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.

וְהִגְלָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he removeth Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land -- he hath caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon,

וַיֶּ֥גֶל (וַ) va “and”

and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole `are' mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon.

וַיְבִיאֵ֧ם (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.

וַיַּמְלֵ֧ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did,

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

for, by the anger of Jehovah it hath been against Jerusalem and against Judah, till he cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelleth against the king of Babylon.

וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֣חַן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

וַתָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

then the city is broken up, and all the men of war `go' by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that `are' by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans `are' against the city round about, and `the king' goeth the way of the plain.

וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשִּׂ֥גוּ (וַ) va “and”

and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him -- judgment.

וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon.

וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, yea, every great house he hath burned with fire;

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

And the pillars of brass that `are' in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the sea of brass, that `is' in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken in pieces, and bear away their brass to Babylon.

וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”