H9001–/וַ–v

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [ergänzt: it] together: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

וְנִגְלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָא֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? -- All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

וְאָמַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [ergänzt: his] span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?

וְשָׁקַ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”

With whom took he counsel, and [ergänzt: who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?

וַיְבִינֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

[ergänzt: It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

The isles saw [ergänzt: it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.

וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃ (וַ) va “and”

And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [ergänzt: with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.

וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

-- thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,

וָאֹ֤מַר (וָ) va. “and”

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, -- from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

וַיַּ֔את (וַ) va “and”

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְעַר־ (וַ) va. “and”

It is I that have declared, and have saved, and have shewed, when there was no strange [ergänzt: god] among you; and ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, that I [ergänzt: am] God.

וְהִשְׁמַ֔עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.

וְצָמְח֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The iron-smith [ergänzt: hath] a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; -- but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.

וּפָעַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּיעָֽף׃ (וַ) va “and”

The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.

וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth -- he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [ergänzt: it] grow.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְאַמֶּץ־ (וַ) va “and”

And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֔חָם (וַ) va “and”וְאָ֣פָה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְגָּד־ (וַ) va “and”

and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, [ergänzt: am] the God of Israel.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;

וָאֶקְרָ֤א (וָ) va. “and”

I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay; and I will give salvation in Zion, [ergänzt: and] unto Israel my glory.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”