H9002–/וְ–v

But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:

וְחָזָ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְגִבּ֖וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

וְתֹפֵ֤שׂ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹכֵ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.

וְאַמִּ֥יץ (וְ) ve. “and”

Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

וְטֶ֖רֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?

וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְלָכ֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?

וְעָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

Give out the news in the great houses of Assyria and in the land of Egypt, and say, Come together on the mountains of Samaria, and see what great outcries are there, and what cruel acts are done in it.

וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְא֞וּ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָשֹׁ֖ד (וָ) va. “and”

For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.

וּסְבִ֣יב (וּ) u. “and”

These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

וּבִדְמֶ֥שֶׁק (וּ) u. “and”

Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;

וְהָעִ֖ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.

וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.

וּפְרָצִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:

וּפִשְׁע֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָבִ֤יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

וְקַטֵּ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְקִרְא֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֹ֣סֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.

וְגַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶלְקָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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

I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

וּֽבְאַפְּכֶ֔ם (וּֽ) u. “<and>”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

וּבֹרֵ֣א (וּ) u. “and”וּמַגִּ֤יד (וּ) u. “and”וְדֹרֵ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

For these are the words of the Lord God: The town which was able to send out a thousand, will have only a hundred; and that which sent out a hundred, will have only ten, in Israel.

וְהַיּוֹצֵ֥את (וְ) ve. “and”