H9001–/וַ–v

And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

וְהָיָ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִבְנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'

וְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'

וְקָנִ֤יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place `it' on my loins.

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”

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

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶטְמְנֵ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶקַּח֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,' And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?'

וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמְר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, `With' drunkenness,

וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

וְנִפַּצְתִּים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

וְקִוִּיתֶ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמָ֣הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁ֖ית (וְ) ve. “and”

This `is' thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

וַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖י (וַֽ) va. “and”

I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

וְנִרְאָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

וְחָפ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Thou dost not pray for this people for good,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'

וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, `with' a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who `are' for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.

וְהָיָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.

וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י (וּ) u. “and”