H9001–/וַ–v

And to the house of the Rechabites said Jeremiah: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Because that ye have hearkened unto the command of Jonadab your father, and ye observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you;

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

And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

`Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'

וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.

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

And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, `I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of Jehovah;

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”

but thou hast entered -- and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;

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

And Baruch son of Neriah doth according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the book the words of Jehovah in the house of Jehovah.

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heareth all the words of Jehovah from off the book,

וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ֠) va “and”

and he goeth down `to' the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.

וַיֵּ֤רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people;

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, `The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.' And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them,

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

and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,

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

and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, `We do surely declare to the king all these words.'

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

And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the heads say unto Baruch, `Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye `are'.'

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.

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

And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

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

and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that `is' on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that `is' on the stove.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Jehovah doth hide them.

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah -- after the king's burning the roll, even the words that Baruch hath written from the mouth of Jeremiah -- saying:

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

and unto Jehoiakim king of Judah thou dost say: Thus said Jehovah, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Wherefore hast thou written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely cometh in, and hath destroyed this land, and caused to cease from it man and beast?

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

and I have charged on him, and on his seed, and on his servants, their iniquity; and I have brought in on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they hearkened not.'

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