H9001–/וַ–v

It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.

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

They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

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

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, 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 Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

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

When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.

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

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [ergänzt: above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have 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 says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [ergänzt: you].

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [ergänzt: even] against the Holy One of Israel.

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into 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 housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

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

The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall 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”

It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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 lived at Nineveh.

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

It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

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

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.

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

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

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