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This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I h

וּבַדָּ֑בֶר (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

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

And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.

וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babyl

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;

וּכְאֶחָ֔ב (וּ) u. “and”

Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.

וְאָנֹכִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”וָעֵ֖ד (וָ) va. “and”

About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.

וּמִתְנַבֵּ֑א (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.

וְשֵׁ֔בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִטְע֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִכְל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said

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

For see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will let the fate of my people Israel and Judah be changed, says the Lord: and I will make them come back to the land which I gave to their fathers, so that they may take it for their heritage.

וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And these are the words which the Lord said about Israel and about Judah.

וְאֵ֣לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: A voice of shaking fear has come to our ears, of fear and not of peace.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Ha! for that day is so great that there is no day like it: it is the time of Jacob's trouble: but he will get salvation from it.

וְעֵֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִמֶּ֖נָּה (וּ) u. “and”

For it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that his yoke will be broken off his neck, and his bands will be burst; and men of strange lands will no longer make use of him as their servant:

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

But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and at peace, and n

וְאַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go qu

וְנַקֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause, all those who take you for their food will themselves become your food; and all your attackers, every one of them, will be taken prisoners; and those who send destruction on you will come to destruction; and all those who take away your g

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

For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.

וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”