H9002–/וְ–v

'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years; therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mock

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

Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name 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 wronged 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 have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And each hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and each hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and each 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 interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD.

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

Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood 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 unto Me; all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

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

As they gather silver and brass 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 cast you in, 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 thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

וִיקָר֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

Her priests have done violence to My law, and have profaned My holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they taught difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and

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

And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

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

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully.

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 hedge, 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 harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And 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, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.

וּסְגָנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And she bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (וּ) u. “and”

Neither hath she left her harlotries brought from Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised her virgin breasts; and they poured out their lust upon her.

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

These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.

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

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.

וּסְגָנִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”

And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

וְזִרְמַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”