H9002–/וְ–v

There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

וְכַחֵ֔שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָצֹ֥חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָנֹ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָאֹ֑ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָמִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

וּבְע֣וֹף (וּ) u. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my m

וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

וּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord.

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

Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

וְיַ֥יִן (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

וּמַקְל֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנֶ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdo

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.

וְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

וְהַקְשִׁ֣יבוּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֤ית (וּ) u. “and”וְרֶ֖שֶׁת (וְ) ve. “and”

They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.

וְשַׁחֲטָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.

וְעָנָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

וּבִבְקָרָ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וְכָרָקָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

וִֽיהוּדָה֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.

וְכַכְּפִ֖יר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.

וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.

וְנִחְיֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

וְנֵדְעָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָב֤וֹא (וְ) ve. “so”