H9002–/וְ–v

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָפ֜וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (וּ) u. “and”וְזֶה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?

וּשְׁלֵוָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעָרֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנֶּ֥גֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

וְחֶ֣סֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַֽחֲמִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָת֛וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָעַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

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

And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

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

But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשָּׁ֑ב (וּ) u. “and”

These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

וְחֵמָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

וְהַר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.

וּזְקֵנ֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.

וּרְחֹב֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וִֽילָד֑וֹת (וִֽ) vi. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;

וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”

And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּבִצְדָקָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.

וּשְׂכַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְלַיּוֹצֵ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַבָּ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשַׁלַּ֥ח (וַ) va. “so”

But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.

וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

וּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט (וּ) u. “and”

Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

וְאִ֣ישׁ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת (וּ) u. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.

וְצ֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצ֨וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצ֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”וְהָאֱמֶ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”