H9001–/וַ–v

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

The Lord has sent a word to Jacob, and it has come on Israel;

וְנָפַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,

וְיָדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause the Lord has made strong the haters of Israel, driving them on to make war against him;

וַיְשַׂגֵּ֧ב (וַ) va “and”

Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.

וַיַּכְרֵ֨ת (וַ) va “and”

For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

וַתִּצַּת֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וְרָעֵ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֥אכַל (וַ) va “and”

For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a

וַתִּמְצָ֨א (וַ) va. “and”

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָעֲרָ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.

וְהָיָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁעַ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”

For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.

וְכָ֣לָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.

וְעוֹרֵ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשָׂא֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻבַּ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

וְנִקַּ֛ף (וְ) ve. “and”

And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

וְיָצָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

וְנָחָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

וְשָׁפַ֤ט (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽכָּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

וְהָ֥יָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

וְגָ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”