H9002–/וְ–v

`And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

By thy blood that thou hast shed thou hast been guilty, And by thine idols that thou hast made thou hast been defiled, And thou causest thy days to draw near, And art come in unto thine years, Therefore I have given thee a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands.

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

The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name -- abounding in trouble.

וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

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

My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

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

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

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

And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

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

The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

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

A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

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

A conspiracy of its prophets `is' in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

וִיקָר֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

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

And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said 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 have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

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

And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.

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

And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And their names `are' Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names -- Samaria `is' Aholah, And Jerusalem `is' Aholibah.

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 prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,

וּסְגָנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And she giveth her whoredoms on them, The choice of the sons of Asshur, All of them -- even all on whom she doted, By all their idols she hath been defiled.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (וּ) u. “and”

And her whoredoms out of Egypt she hath not forsaken, For with her they lay in her youth, And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, And they pour out their whoredoms on her.

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

They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

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

And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

On sons of Asshur she hath doted, Governors and prefects, Neighbouring ones -- clothed in perfection, Horsemen, riding on horses, Desirable young men all of them.

וּסְגָנִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh `is' the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses -- their issue.

וְזִרְמַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”