H9002–/וְ–v

My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.

וּמֶה־ (וּ) u. “and”

He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

וּמָֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֣הֲבַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

וְתוּשִׁיָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [supplied: which is] abominable?

וְאֵיפַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

וּבְכִ֖יס (וּ) u. “and”

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore also will I make [supplied: thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [supplied: thee] desolate because of thy sins.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [supplied: shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַסֵּג֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The godly [supplied: man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.

וְיָשָׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [supplied: is there] for a reward; and the great [supplied: man] uttereth his soul's greed: and [supplied: together] they combine it.

וְהַשֹּׁפֵ֖ט (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגָּד֗וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And mine enemy shall see [supplied: it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.

וְתֵרֶ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְכַסֶּ֣הָ (וּ) u. “and”

In that day they shall come to thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

וְעָדֶ֣יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִנִּ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

וְגִלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

-- The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay [supplied: their] hand upon [supplied: their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

וְיִֽרְא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.

וְעֹבֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ (וְ) ve. “so”

A jealous and avenging God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [supplied: wrath] for his enemies.

וְנֹקֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַ֣עַל (וּ) u. “and”וְנוֹטֵ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [supplied: the guilty]: Jehovah, -- his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

וּגְדָל (וּ) u. “and”וְנַקֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׂעָרָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעָנָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַרְמֶ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֶ֥רַח (וּ) u. “and”

The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֵבֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”