H9002–/וְ–v

And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

וַאֲדַבֵּ֖ר (וַ) va. “so”

And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.

וַאֲבוֹתָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

וְהַבָּנִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְחִזְקֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְסַלּוֹנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִפְּנֵיהֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱכֹ֕ל (וֶ) ve. “and”

And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

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

And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.

וְהִ֥יא (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָח֑וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָת֣וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וָהֶ֖גֶה (וָ) va. “and”וָהִֽי׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.

וְלֵ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

וּמֵעֶ֣יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

וְכִבְדֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

וְכִבְדֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וּקְשֵׁי־ (וּ) u. “and”

See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

וּבְאָזְנֶ֥יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

וְלֵ֨ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.

וְק֣וֹל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֥וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֖וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

וְר֥וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but

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

But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be n

וּבְשׁ֨וּב (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָמ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

וְשָׁ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”