H9002–/וְ–v

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

וְכֶעָנָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be see

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

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

וְקֹסְמִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַעְתָּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places

וַעֲצַ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”וּלְעָרֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְחָרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:

וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵאמֹ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵיכָ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

וּמָתְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁעָרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

וַהֲדוּרִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וּבְרִיחֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.

וּמַטְמֻנֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

וּבוֹרֵ֣א (וּ) u. “and”וּב֣וֹרֵא (וּ) u. “and”

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

וּשְׁחָקִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְיִפְרוּ־ (וְ) ve. “so”וּצְדָקָ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”

Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?

וּפָעָלְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?

וּלְאִשָּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?

וְיֹצְר֑וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.

וְאָדָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָלוּתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and wi

וּֽסְחַר־ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּסְבָאִים֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְלָ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלַ֤יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

וְגַֽם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

וְעֹשָׂהּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Come together, even come near, you nations who are still living: they have no knowledge who take up their image of wood, and make prayer to a god in whom is no salvation.

וָבֹ֛אוּ (וָ) va. “and”וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”