H4970–מָתַי–ma.tay

They have stricken me, wilt 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 shall be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;

מָתַ֖י ma.Tai “when?”

O Jerusalem, wash thy 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 will not see our last end.

מָתַי֙ ma.Tai “when?”

I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighings, the enormity of thy lewdness, and thy abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to 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? yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

מָתַ֗י ma.Tai “when?”

How long wilt thou wander 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 to that certain saint who spoke, 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, who 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; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?

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 seventy years.

מָתַ֗י ma.Tai “when?”