H9002–/וְ–v

Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!

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

And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out.

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

And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who `are' for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.

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

And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.

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

For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?

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

Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.

וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Languished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me.

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

Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?

וּבְעֵ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?

וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give -- not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders.

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

Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.

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

Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.

וּמַכָּתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

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

And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee `am' I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

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

Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

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

For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land:

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

Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.

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

For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

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

And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

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

Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

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

A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

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

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

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

And it hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, `For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what `is' our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah our God?'

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