H9002–/וְ–v

And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.

וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְקַלָּסָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous [supplied: and] full of tumult.

וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

וָאֵם֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

וְאִ֣ישׁ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֛ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וְתַרְבִּ֣ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

וּבְדִ֨יל (וּ) u. “and”וּבַרְזֶ֤ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

[supplied: As] they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.

וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת (וּ֠) U. “and”וּבַרְזֶ֨ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְדִיל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

וִיקָר֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [supplied: the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [supplied: mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְקֹסְמִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

וְעָנִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

וְעֹמֵ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they committed whoredom in Egypt; they committed whoredom in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there were handled the teats of their virginity.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

וּשְׁמוֹתָ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וְאָהֳלִיבָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנ֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹתָ֕ן (וּ) u. “and”וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

וּסְגָנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (וּ) u. “and”

Neither left she her whoredoms [supplied: brought] from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.

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

These discovered her nakedness, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a name among women; and they executed judgment upon her.

וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאוֹתָ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁפוּטִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And her sister Oholibah saw [supplied: this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

She lusted after the children of Asshur [supplied: her] neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men.

וּסְגָנִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”

and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is [supplied: as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue is [supplied: as] the issue of horses.

וְזִרְמַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”