H9001–/וַ–v

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וּנְקָבָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria:

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְכַּ֣ס (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the peop

וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.

וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? and against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I wi

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”