H9002–/וְ–v

Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”

For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב (וּ) u. “and”

I looked `to' the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָבֹ֑הוּ (וָ) va. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

I have looked `to' the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.

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

I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

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

I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place `is' a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.

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

For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

וְכָלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.

וְרֹ֣מֵה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself `with' ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

וְאַ֨תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.

וּרְאוּ־ (וּ) u. “and”וּדְעוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַקְשׁ֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶסְלַ֖ח (וְ) ve. “so”

And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

וְאִ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they `are' not Jehovah's,

וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, ``It is' not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶ֥רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָעָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.

וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation -- strong it `is', a nation -- from of old it `is', A nation -- thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting -- by the sword.

וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְקָרֶ֔ךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.

וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”