H9002–/וְ–v

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

וְצִיָּ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְתָגֵ֧ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִפְרַ֖ח (וְ) ve. “so”

It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.

וְתָגֵ֗ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַנֵּ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁר֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

וּבִרְכַּ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”

Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

וְאָזְנֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.

וְתָרֹ֖ן (וְ) ve. “so”וּנְחָלִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.

וְצִמָּא֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וָגֹֽמֶא׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

וָדֶ֗רֶךְ (וָ) va. “and”וְדֶ֤רֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱוִילִ֖ים (וֶ) ve. “and”

No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,

וּפְרִ֤יץ (וּ) u. “and”

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

וּפְדוּיֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנָחָֽה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And there came out to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

וְשֶׁבְנָא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”

You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

וּגְבוּרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

וְכִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “so”

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

וְאֵ֣יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֜ח (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

וּצְא֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִכְל֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁת֖וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.

וְתִיר֔וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְרָמִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? where are the gods of Samaria? and have they kept Samaria out of my hand?

וְאַרְפָּ֔ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֨ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”