H0518A–אִם–im

`And if thou art refusing to go forth, this `is' the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

`And now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that `are' on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me `to' Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land `is' before thee, whither `it be' good, and whither `it be' right in thine eyes to go -- go.' --

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

And they have said to Jeremiah, `Jehovah is against us for a witness true and faithful, if -- according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God doth send thee unto us -- we do not so.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Whether good or evil, to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of Jehovah our God.'

אִם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

`If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.

אִם־ 'im- “<if>”

`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

And now, therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!

אִם־ 'im- “if”אִם־ 'im- “if”

Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He hath counselled concerning Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

`Is it' nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they `are' -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.

אִם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they `are' rebellious.

אִֽם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

אִֽם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

And ye, O house of Israel, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Each his idols -- go -- serve ye, And, afterwards, if ye are not hearkening to me, And My holy name ye do not pollute any more by your gifts, and by your idols.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Because `it is' a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

And since they have been ashamed of all that they have done, The form of the house, and its measurement, And its outlets, and its inlets, and all its forms, And all its statutes, even all its forms, And all its laws cause them to know, And write `it' before their eyes, And they observe all its forms, And all its statutes, and have done them.

וְאִֽם־ (אִֽם) 'im- “if”

Though a harlot thou `art', O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.

אִם־ 'im- “though”

Surely Gilead `is' iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars `are' as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

אִם־ 'im- “<if>?”

Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

וְאִ֖ם (אִ֖ם) 'Im “or?”

And also, what `are' ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: `Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he `is' small?'

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִֽם־ (אִֽם) 'im- “if”

And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”