H9001–/וַ–v

But to the Rechabites Jeremiah said, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have done the orders of Jonadab your father, and have kept his rules, and done everything as he gave you orders to do it;

וַֽתִּשְׁמְרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַֽתַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.

וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.

וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”

And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”

So you are to go, reading there from the book, which you have taken down from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord's house, on a day when they go without food, and in the hearing of all the men of Judah who have come

וּבָאתָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”וְקָרָ֣אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Now it came about in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that it was given out publicly that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem, were to keep from f

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,

וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ֠) va “and”

Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, Elishama the scribe and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all

וַיֵּ֤רֶד (וַ) va “and”

Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand an

וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יִּקַּח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֙ידוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨קָּחֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֶ֤הָ (וַ) va “and”

And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסְתִּרֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end

וְהִשְׁחִית֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.

וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”