H9001–/וַ–v

And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till ther

וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to

וְהָי֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people,

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”

And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.

וַיַּכֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and h

וְנָֽפְל֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגְלָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכָּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And more than this, I will give all the wealth of this town and all its profits and all its things of value, even all the stores of the kings of Judah will I give into the hands of their haters, who will put violent hands on them and take them away to Ba

וְנָתַתִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְזָזוּם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְקָח֔וּם (וּ) u. “and”וֶהֱבִיא֖וּם (וֶ) ve. “and”

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

וָֽאֶפָּ֔ת (וָֽ) va. “and”וַתּוּכָ֑ל (וַ) va. “and”

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.

וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁמַ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”

Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.

וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?

וַיִּכְל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeremiah said to them, This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside t

וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.

וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.

וְהִכֵּיתִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

And after that, says the Lord, I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his servants and his people, even those in the town who have not come to their end from the disease and the sword and from need of food, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of

וְהִכָּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

He who keeps in this town will come to his death by the sword and through need of food and through disease; but he who goes out and gives himself up to the Chaldaeans who are shutting you in, will go on living, and will keep his life safe.

וְנָפַ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָיָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָֽיְתָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, be

וּבָעֲרָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

I will send punishment on you in keeping with the fruit of your doings, says the Lord: and I will put a fire in her woodlands, burning up everything round about her.

וּפָקַדְתִּ֧י (וּ) u. “and”וְהִצַּ֤תִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָכְלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people

וּבָ֣אוּ (וּ) u. “and”