H9001–/וַ–v

Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;

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

It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.

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

Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of Yahweh:

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”

therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.

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

Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Yahweh in Yahweh's house.

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Yahweh,

וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ֠) va “and”

he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, behold, all the princes were sitting there, [ergänzt: to wit], 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 the princes.

וַיֵּ֤רֶד (וַ) va “and”

Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.

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

They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

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

Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

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

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

They went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

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

So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king.

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

It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [ergänzt: the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

The king commanded 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 Yahweh hid them.

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

Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and animal?

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

I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn't listen.

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