H9001–/וַ–v

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.

וְנָתַתִּ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,

וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.

וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

Speak thus -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.

וְנָֽפְלָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,

וּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters `is' in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.

וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹצֵא (וַ) va “and”

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.

וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי (וַ) va. “and”

Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!

וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”

`Hear ye the words of this covenant, and ye have spoken unto the men of Judah, and unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

וְדִבַּרְתָּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed `is' the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וִהְיִ֤יתֶם (וִ) vi “and”

In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'

וָאַ֥עַן (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me, `Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, And ye have done them.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.'

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאָבִ֨יא (וָ) va. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: `A conspiracy is found in the men of Judah, And in the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

וְזָעֲק֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation.

וְהָֽלְכ֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

`An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,' Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.

וְרָע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.

וָֽאֵדָ֑עָה (וָֽ) va. “and”

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ (וּ) u. “and”

For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, `In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ (וַ) va “and”

And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”