H9001–/וַ–v

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ (וִ) vi. “and”

Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָ (וַ) va. “and”

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשָׂ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֶּה֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.

וַיִּסַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

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

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.

וַיָּב֣וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

וַיַּסֵּ֧ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.

וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.

וַתָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.

וַיְחִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

וְאָֽמַר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill, and was well again.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom

וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Truly, the days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone.

וְנִשָּׂ֣א׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

וְהָיוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”