H9002–/וְ–v

And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

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

And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

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

And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Cut off thy crown, and cast `it' away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

וְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּשְׂאִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And have built the high places of Tophet, That `are' in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

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

Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, `The Tophet,' And `Valley of the son of Hinnom,' But `Valley of the slaughter,' And they have buried in Tophet -- without place.

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

And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכֹ֣ל׀ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וַ) va. “and”וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

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

Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

וְתֹ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסִיס֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָג֔וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמִּ֕י (וְ) ve. “and”

How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

וְתוֹרַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

וְחָכְמַֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

וְהִכָּלֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

וְאֵ֧ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

וְנָב֛וֹא (וְ) ve. “so”וְנִדְּמָה־ (וְ) ve. “so”

Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

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

From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved.

וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.

וְעֵינִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וָלַ֔יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them `are' adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.

וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

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