H0518I–אִם–im

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [ergänzt: But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

אִֽם־ 'im- “or?”

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

אִם־ 'im- “though”

For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

In mine ears [ergänzt: saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Will he retain [ergänzt: his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [ergänzt: or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, [ergänzt: and] the head of Lebanon; [ergänzt: yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [ergänzt: and] cities which are not inhabited.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?

אִ֨ם־ 'Im- “or?”

Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

אִם־ 'im- “if”