H9001–/וַ–v

Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

וַיַּ֕רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה (וַ) va “and”

Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (וַ) va “and”

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

וְשָׁמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשָׂ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

וְחָיָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

וְעָ֣שָׂה (וְ) ve. “and”וָחָ֑י (וָ) va. “and”

Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

וְעָ֥שָׂה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

וַיִּרְאֶ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֔שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

וַתַּ֛עַל (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּלְמַ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּ֛ח (וַ) va. “and”

He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְמַ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness of it, because of the noise of his roaring.

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֤שַׁם (וַ) va. “and”

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּגְבַּ֥הּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

וַתֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [supplied: month], the tenth [supplied: day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֣א (וָ) va. “and”וָאִוָּדַ֥ע (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֨א (וָ) va. “and”