H9001–/וַ–v

and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee `am' I, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- to deliver thee.

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

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

Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

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

Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,' For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering -- a harlot.

וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.'

וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.'

וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

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

Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי (וַ) va. “and”

And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.

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

And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, `Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there.

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

And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see `it' doth her treacherous sister Judah.

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

And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication -- she also.

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

And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.

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

And Jehovah saith unto me: `Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I `am' kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.

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

Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.

וַתְּפַזְּרִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion,

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

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

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

And it hath come to pass, when ye are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days -- an affirmation of Jehovah, They say not any more, `The ark of the covenant of Jehovah,' Nor doth it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again.

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

At that time they cry to Jerusalem, `O throne of Jehovah,' And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

וְנִקְוּ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”