H9008–/ה–h

When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.

הֲי֤וּחַל (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.

הַאֲנִ֥י (הַ) ha. “¿”

Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

הַהֵימִ֥יר (הַ) ha. “¿”

Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?

הַעֶ֙בֶד֙ (הַ) ha. “¿”

Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

הֲלוֹא־ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

הֲמִדְבָּ֤ר (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.

הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח (הֲ) ha. “¿”

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come

הֲיָשׁ֤וּב (הֲ) ha. “¿”הֲל֛וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר (הֲ) ha. “¿”

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָ (הֲֽ) ha “¿”

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

הַֽעַל־ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though

הַאוֹתִ֨י (הַ) ha. “¿”

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

הַֽעַל־ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

הֲגָנֹ֤ב׀ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

הַמְעָרַ֣ת (הַ) ha “¿”

Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

הַֽאֵינְךָ֣ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?

הַאֹתִ֛י (הַ) ha. “¿”הֲל֣וֹא (הֲ) ha. “¿”

Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?

הֲיִפְּל֖וּ (הֲ) ha. “¿”

The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a far land: Is the Lord not in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they made me angry with their images and their strange gods which are no gods?

הַֽיהוָה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “¿”

Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

הַצֳרִי֙ (הַ) ha. “¿”

Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

הַעַל־ (הַ) ha. “¿”

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

הַעַ֨יִט (הַ) ha. “¿”הַעַ֖יִט (הַ) ha. “that”

So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

הֲיָדֹ֙עַ֙ (הֲ) ha. “¿”