H9023–הוּ–hu

And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, with all his army, came against Jerusalem, shutting it in on every side;

חֵילוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.

לְעֵינָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

*** and the Lord has made it come, and has done as he said; because of your sin against the Lord in not giving ear to his voice; and that is why this thing has come on you.

בְּקוֹל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

Have no fear of the king of Babylon, of whom you are now in fear; have no fear of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to keep you safe and to give you salvation from his hands.

מִפָּנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and he will put the seat of his kingdom on these stones which have been put in a safe place here by

כִסְא֔וֹ (וֹ) O “his”שַׁפְרִיר֖וֹ (וֹ) v “his”

And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.

בִּגְד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the stree

נָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

The perfumes which you have been burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers and your kings and your rulers and the people of the land, had the Lord no memory of them, and did he not keep them in mind?

לִבּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.

וּבְתֹרָת֧וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יו (ו) v “his”וּבְעֵדְוֹתָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

The Lord has said, See, I will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his hater, who

אֹֽיְבָ֔יו (ו) v “his”נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אֹיְב֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?

מֵימָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies

מִצָּרָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.

רֵעֵ֗הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.

שְׁמ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says the Lord.

עֲבָדָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble;

אַבִּירָ֔יו (ו) v “its”לְרִכְבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו (ו) v “its”

For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.

כֹּהֲנָ֥יו (ו) v “his”וְשָׂרָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

חַרְבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

מִנְּעוּרָ֗יו (ו) v “its”שְׁמָרָ֔יו (ו) v “its”טַעְמוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “its”וְרֵיח֖וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.

וְכֵלָ֣יו (ו) v “its”

He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו (ו) v “its”שְׁמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.

וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

שְׁמ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

וּזְרֹע֖וֹ (וֹ) O “its”