H9001–/וַ–v

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

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

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

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

The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.

וְאָמַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

וְשָׁקַ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shown to him the way of understanding?

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

[ergänzt: It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;

וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃ (וַ) va “and”

So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, [ergänzt: and] he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fastens it with nails, that is should not be moved.

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

you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;

וָאֹ֤מַר (וָ) va. “and”

I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun one who calls on my name: and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads 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 will dry up the pools.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore he poured on him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he didn't know; and it burned him, yet he didn't lay it to heart.

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

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange [ergänzt: god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God.

וְהִשְׁמַ֔עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

וְצָמְח֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The smith [ergänzt: makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

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

The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

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

Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he takes of it, and warms himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread: yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

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 you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

וָאֶקְרָ֤א (וָ) va. “and”

I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”