H9001–/וַ–v

And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain?

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

And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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

The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [ergänzt: and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.

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

Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי (וַ) va. “and”

And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.

וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Will he keep [ergänzt: his anger] for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art [ergänzt: so] determined.

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

And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.

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

And I said, After she hath done all these [ergänzt: things], she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw [ergänzt: it].

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

And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.

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

And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

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

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more just than treacherous Judah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep [ergänzt: anger] for ever.

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

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.

וַתְּפַזְּרִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

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

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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

And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied in the land and become fruitful, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, Ark of the covenant of Jehovah! neither shall it come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit [ergänzt: it]; neither shall it be done any more.

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

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

וְנִקְוּ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”