H9002–/וְ–v

But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

וַֽיהוָ֤ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וָלֵ֑ב (וָ) va. “and”

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:

וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”

Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.

וּשְׁאֵרִ֕ית (וּ) u. “and”

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

וְרָח֖וֹק (וְ) ve. “and”

But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

וְאַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

וְעֵ֥שֶׂב (וְ) ve. “and”וָע֔וֹף (וָ) va. “and”

If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

וְאֵ֥יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

וּבֵית־ (וּ) u. “and”

Those who make waste have come on all the open hilltops in the waste land; for the sword of the Lord sends destruction from one end of the land to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

וְקֹצִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

This is what the Lord has said against all my evil neighbours, who put their hands on the heritage which I gave my people Israel: See, I will have them uprooted from their land, uprooting the people of Judah from among them.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will come about that, after they have been uprooted, I will again have pity on them; and I will take them back, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.

וְאִ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַבֵּ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

וּבַמַּ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

וְקוּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you orders to put there.

וְקַ֤ח (וְ) ve. “and”

So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וִיהִי֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשֵׁ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלִתְהִלָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְתִפְאָ֑רֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

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

I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.

וְהָאָב֧וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבָּנִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

וּבְטֶ֛רֶם (וּ) u. “and”