H9002–/וְ–v

The Lord has said, See, I am changing the fate of the tents of Jacob, and I will have pity on his houses; the town will be put up on its hill, and the great houses will be living-places again.

וּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְאַרְמ֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And from them will go out praise and the sound of laughing: and I will make them great in number, and they will not become less; and I will give them glory, and they will not be small.

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

And their children will be as they were in the old days, and the meeting of the people will have its place before me, and I will send punishment on all who are cruel to them.

וַעֲדָת֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.

וּמֹֽשְׁלוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

וְהֵ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

וְאַהֲבַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.

וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה (וְ) ve. “so”

For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.

וְצַהֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִמְר֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

וּפִסֵּ֔חַ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת (וְ) ve. “and”

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.

וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more

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

Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

וּבַחֻרִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וּזְקֵנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.

וְעַמִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.

וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.

וְיֵשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.

וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה (וְ) ve. “so”

Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

וּבְעָרָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

וּשְׁנָתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

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