H9002–/וְ–v

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the ruin which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

וּמַֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאָ֥נָה (וְ) ve. “and”

They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

וְתַ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְע֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

O Asshur, the rod of Mine anger, in whose hand as a staff is Mine indignation!

וּמַטֶּה־ (וּ) u. “and”

I do send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath do I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָבֹ֣ז (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבָב֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

וּפְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?'

וְלֶאֱלִילֶ֑יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed His whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.

וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For he hath said: by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; in that I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and have brought down as one mighty the inhabitants;

וּבְחָכְמָתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְאָסִ֣יר׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲתוּדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאוֹרִ֥יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened mouth, or chirped.

וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֹצֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “<and>”

Therefore will the Lord, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

וְתַ֧חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, he will consume both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man wasteth away.

וּכְב֤וֹד (וּ) u. “and”וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.

וּשְׁאָ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְנַ֖עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

וּפְלֵיטַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: O My people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of Asshur, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

וּמַטֵּ֥הוּ (וּ) u. “and”

For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and Mine anger shall be to their destruction.

וְאַפִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD of hosts shall stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the Rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the sea, so shall He lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

וּמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

וְעֻלּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low.

וְרָמֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.

וְנֵ֖צֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

וּבִינָ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וּגְבוּרָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְיִרְאַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”