H0935G–בּוֹא–bo

For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by m

וּבָ֖א (בָ֖א) Va' “he will go”בָ֖א vah' “he came”

When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get

וּבָ֤א (בָ֤א) Va' “he will go”

And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.

וַתָּבֹ֖אִי (תָּבֹ֖אִי) ta.Vo.'i “you came”

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

וָאָב֨וֹא (אָב֨וֹא) 'a.Vo' “I came”

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.

בָא֖וֹת va.'ot “coming”

They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

לָב֥וֹא (ב֥וֹא) Vo' “come”

And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

בָּ֚א ba' “it came”

Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon;

בָ֨א va' “he went”

Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the responsible men of Israel came to get directions from the Lord and were seated before me.

בָּ֧אוּ Ba.'u “they came”

Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.

בָּאִ֑ים ba.'Im “coming”

Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.

הַבָּאִ֖ים (בָּאִ֖ים) ba.'Im “[ones who] go”

Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

יָב֑וֹא ya.Vo' “he will go”

And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: se

בָאָ֡ה va.'Ah “[it is] coming”בָאָה֙ va.'Ah “[it is] coming”

And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

לָבוֹא֙ (בוֹא֙) Vo' “come”

Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

לָב֣וֹא (ב֣וֹא) Vo' “come”

And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;

בָּ֣א ba' “it has come”

I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.

בֹּ֛א bo' “comes”

Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

בָּ֣א ba' “it has come”

And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean!

לָב֣וֹא (ב֣וֹא) Vo' “come”

You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations a

וַתָּב֖וֹא (תָּב֖וֹא) ta.Vo' “you [masc] have come”

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (יָּבֹ֨אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judg

וּבָ֣אוּ (בָ֣אוּ) Va.'u “they will come”

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.

וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ (יָּבֹ֧אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they went”

And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.

בָּאִ֖ים ba.'Im “[who] come”בָ֔אוּ Va.'u “they came”

And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

וַיָּב֣וֹא (יָּב֣וֹא) i.ya.Vo' “he went”כְּב֖וֹא (ב֖וֹא) Vo' “goes”בָּ֗אוּ Ba.'u “they went”