H0518I–אִם–im

Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

אִֽם־ 'im- “or?”

See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

אִם־ 'im- “though”

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”אִם־ 'im- “or?”

The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

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.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

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?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

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

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fe

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?

אִ֨ם־ 'Im- “or?”

In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

אִם־ 'im- “if”