H9001–/וַ–v

For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.

וּבִקְשׁ֤וּ (וּ) u. “and”

The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be

וְיָדְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in my house and the responsible men of Judah were seated before me, the hand of the Lord came on me there.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va. “and”

And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum.

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”

And he put out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֵ֖נִי (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׂ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּבֵא֩ (וַ) va. “and”

Then he said to me, Son of man, now let your eyes be lifted up in the direction of the north; and on looking in the direction of the north, to the north of the doorway of the altar, I saw this image of envy by the way in.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֤א (וָ) va. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.

וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה (וָ) va. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, make a hole in the wall: and after making a hole in the wall I saw a door.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶחְתֹּ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So I went in and saw; and there every sort of living thing which goes flat on the earth, and unclean beasts, and all the images of the children of Israel, were pictured round about on the wall.

וָאָבוֹא֮ (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶרְאֶה֒ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to me, You will see even more disgusting things which they do.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he took me to the door of the way into the Lord's house looking to the north; and there women were seated weeping for Tammuz.

וַיָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? you will see even more disgusting things than these.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the e

וַיָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and s

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

For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.

וְקָרְא֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.

וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the winged ones on which it was resting, to the doorstep of the house. And crying out to the man clothed in linen who had the writer's inkpot at his side,

וַיִּקְרָ֗א (וַ) va “and”

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִתְוִ֨יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

וַיָּחֵ֙לּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”