H4970–מָתַי–ma.tay

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

מָתַ֥י ma.Tai “when?”

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

מָתַ֛י ma.Tai “when?”

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

מָתַי֙ ma.Tai “when?”

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

מָתַ֗י ma.Tai “when?”

How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

מָתַי֙ ma.Tai “when?”

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

מָתַ֞י ma.Tai “when?”

And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

מָתַ֕י ma.Tai “when?”

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

מָתַ֞י ma.Tai “when?”

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

מָתַ֕י ma.Tai “when?”

Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

מָתַ֗י ma.Tai “when?”