H9001–/וַ–v

for, because of the anger of Jehovah, it hath been in Jerusalem and Judah till He hath cast them from before His face, and Zedekiah doth rebel against the king of Babylon.

וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon -- he and all his force -- against Jerusalem, and they encamp against it, and build against it a fortification round about;

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

וַתָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

then is the city broken up, and all the men of war flee, and go forth from the city by night, the way of the gate between the two walls, that `is' by the king's garden -- and the Chaldeans `are' by the city round about -- and they go the way of the plain.

וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his forces have been scattered from him,

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשִּׂ֥יגוּ (וַ) va “and”

and they capture the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him -- judgments.

וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Babylon slaughtereth the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also all the princes of Judah hath he slaughtered in Riblah;

וַיִּשְׁחַ֧ט (וַ) va “and”

and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him in brazen fetters, and the king of Babylon bringeth him to Babylon, and putteth him in the house of inspection unto the day of his death.

וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֵ֤הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

And the pillars of brass that `are' to the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brasen sea that `is' in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken, and they bear away all the brass of them to Babylon;

וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the pomegranates are ninety and six on a side, all the pomegranates `are' a hundred on the net-work round about.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

and Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, taketh them, and bringeth them unto the king of Babylon to Riblah,

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its own ground.

וַיַּכֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִתֵ֛ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥גֶל (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,

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

and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who `are' with him in Babylon,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.

וְשִׁנָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָכַ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts -- They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer.

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward.

וַתָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

Her uncleanness `is' in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.

וַתֵּ֣רֶד (וַ) va. “and”

From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה (וַ) va “and”

He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about.

וַיִּבְעַ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג (וַֽ) va “and”

The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ (וַ) va “and”