H9001–/וַ–v

They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.

וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

וָאָבִ֤יא (וָ) va. “and”וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come

וְהָלְכָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיְתָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your e

וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי (וַ) va. “and”

So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

וַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וַתּוּכָֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּזְנִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֛רֶא (וַ) va. “and”

And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

וָאֵ֗רֶא (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתֵּ֛ן (וָ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּ֥זֶן (וַ) va. “and”

So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ף (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּנְאַ֥ף (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠אָמַרְתָּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

וַתְּפַזְּרִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

וְנָתַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָע֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious

וְהָיָ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְרִיתֶ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”

At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

וְנִקְוּ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”