H9002–/וְ–v

Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־ (וּ֨) U. “so”

Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

וּשְׁמוּאֵל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as ar

וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And I will put over them four divisions, says the Lord: the sword causing death, dogs pulling the dead bodies about, and the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth to take their bodies for food and put an end to them.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ (וּ) u. “and”

For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?

וּמִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

וְחָפֵ֑רָה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”

Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

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

וּבְעֵ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?

וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

I will give your wealth and your stores to your attackers, without a price, because of all your sins, even in every part of your land.

וְאוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of yo

וּפָקְדֵ֙נִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנָּ֤קֶם (וְ) ve. “and”

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

וּמַכָּתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

For this cause the Lord has said, If you will come back, then I will again let you take your place before me; and if you give out what is of value and not that which has no value, you will be as my mouth: let them come back to you, but do not go back to

וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהַצִּילֶ֖ךָ (וּ) u. “and”

You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנ֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:

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

Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַחֶ֤רֶב (וּ) u. “and”וּבָֽרָעָב֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.

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

Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:

וּקְטַנִּ֛ים (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.

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

And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

וּבֵית־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.

וּבִֽימֵיכֶ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֥וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

וּמֶ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”