H9001–/וַ–v

And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire.

וְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָֽרְתוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?

וְעָֽבְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

וְאָ֣מְר֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ (וַ) va “and”

Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.

וְרָאָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is saying, `I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,' And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermillion.

וְקָ֤רַֽע (וְ) ve. “and”

Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then `it is' well with him.

וְעָשָׂ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed for all thy wickedness.

וְנִכְלַ֔מְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans.

וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And I have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die.

וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

A grief -- a despised broken thing -- is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?

וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

וַתַּדִּח֔וּם (וַ) va. “and”

And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.

וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּפָר֥וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְרָבֽוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י (וַ) va. “and”וְרָע֑וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּמָ֤לַךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִשְׂכִּ֔יל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשָׂ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!

וְיָשְׁב֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

וְנָ֣פְלוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.

וַיַּתְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

וְחִזְּקוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.

וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?

וַיִּשְׁמָֽע׃ (וַ) va “and”

Lo, I `am' against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation.

וַֽיִּנְאֲמ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Lo, I `am' against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I -- I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּתְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What `is' the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye `are' the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.

וּפָקַדְתִּ֛י (וּ) u. “and”