H9002–/וְ–v

Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.

וּמְלֹאָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”וִיהִי֩ (וִ) vi. “so”

And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

All this is because of the wrongdoing of Jacob and the sins of the children of Israel. What is the wrongdoing of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

וּבְחַטֹּ֖אות (וּ) u. “and”וּמִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

So I will make Samaria into a field and the plantings of a vine-garden: I will send its stones falling down into the valley, uncovering its bases.

וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ (וִ) vi. “and”

And all her pictured images will be hammered into bits, and all the payments for her loose ways will be burned with fire, and all the images of her gods I will make waste: for with the price of a loose woman she got them together, and as the price of a l

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.

וְאֵילִ֔ילָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָר֑וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.

וָגֹ֔זִּי (וָ) va. “and”

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי (וּ) u. “and”

They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

וּבָתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵית֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֖ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.

וְאֶתְמ֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.

וּלְכ֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְחֶ֥בֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

וָשֶׁ֣קֶר (וָ) va. “and”וְלַשֵּׁכָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”

The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.

וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

וּקְצִינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְעוֹרָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט (וּ) u. “and”וּגְבוּרָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

וּקְצִינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (וִ) vi. “and”וְהַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.

וְנִשָּׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”