H9001–/וַ–v

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְכַּ֣ס (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”

So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Cush, Behold, he hath come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

וְנָתְנ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high: even against the Holy One of Israel.

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the hight of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldst be to lay waste fortified cities in ruinous heaps.

וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.

וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשָׂ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

וַיְהִי֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

וַיִּסַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,

וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨תְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וַ) va “and”