H9002–/וְ–v

And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֶחֱרָצָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

וְשִׁמְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד (וִֽ) vi. “and”

When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?

וְכַמֹּ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת (וְ) ve. “and”

For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.

וְאוֹפַ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַמֹּ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.

וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.

וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

וּמֵֽעָפָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵעָפָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.

וּכְמֹ֤ץ (וּ) u. “and”

The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.

וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְעָרָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלַ֖הַב (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire:

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֵיקָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

וּתְמָ֔הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וָשֹׁ֑עוּ (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִבּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

וָפֶ֑לֶא (וָ) va. “and”וּבִינַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

וְיֵ֛צֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.

וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”