H9002–/וְ–v

Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

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

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

וּמַגִּ֖יד (וּ) u. “and”

And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

וּשְׁאֵרִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְדָמִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.

וַעֲרָבָ֑ה (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer will the nations be flowing together to him: truly, the wall of Babylon will come down.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.

וּמַלְּט֖וּ (וּ) u. “and”

So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.

וּפֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְתִֽירְא֔וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאַחֲרָ֤יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמָ֣ס (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.

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

And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.

וָאָ֔רֶץ (וָ) va. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

You who have got away safe from the sword, go, waiting for nothing; have the Lord in memory when you are far away, and keep Jerusalem in mind.

וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.

וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:

וְשֶׁ֥בֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ (וַ) va. “and”וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְיִֽגְע֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.

וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And because of the wrath of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.

וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round it.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”