H9001–/וַ–v

Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.

וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what the Lord has said: See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire:

וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

וַיְדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.

וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּכְבְּשׁ֔וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:

וַתָּשֻׁ֨בוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּכְרְת֤וּ (וַ) va. “and”

But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.

וַתָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּחַלְּל֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּשִׁ֗בוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּכְבְּשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,

וְנָתַתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.

וַהֲשִׁ֨בֹתִ֜ים (וַ) va. “and”וְנִלְחֲמ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָד֖וּהָ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂרָפֻ֣הָ (וּ) u. “and”

Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲבִֽאוֹתָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites;

וָאֶקַּ֞ח (וָ) va. “and”

And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

וָאָבִ֤א (וָ) va. “and”

And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.

וָאֶתֵּ֞ן (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֥ר (וָ) va. “and”

But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;

וַנִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ) va. “and”

But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.

וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va. “and”וַנַּ֔עַשׂ (וַ) va. “and”

But when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came up into the land, we said, Come, let us go to Jerusalem, away from the army of the Chaldaeans and from the army of the Aramaeans: and so we are living in Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַנֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I h

וָאֶשְׁלַ֣ח (וָ) va. “and”

For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to

וָאֶקְרָ֥א (וָ) va. “and”