H9001–/וַ–v

They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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

I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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

The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, 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, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.

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

Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי (וַ) va. “and”

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Will he retain [ergänzt: his anger] forever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.

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

Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.

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

I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

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

I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.

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

It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

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

Yahweh said to me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [ergänzt: anger] forever.

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

Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.

וַתְּפַזְּרִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to 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, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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

It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

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

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

וְנִקְוּ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”