H9001–/וַ–v

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

וְנָתַתִּ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.

וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

וְנָֽפְלָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;

וּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹצֵא (וַ) va “and”

For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.

וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי (וַ) va. “and”

Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.

וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

וְדִבַּרְתָּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וִהְיִ֤יתֶם (וִ) vi “and”

So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.

וָאַ֥עַן (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאָבִ֨יא (וָ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

וְזָעֲק֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.

וְהָֽלְכ֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.

וְרָע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

וָֽאֵדָ֑עָה (וָֽ) va. “and”

But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ (וּ) u. “and”

If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ (וַ) va “and”

And it will come about that, after they have been uprooted, I will again have pity on them; and I will take them back, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”