H9001–/וַ–v

And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt: such as are for death to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.

וּבָ֕א (וּ) u. “and”וְהִכָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

וְהִצַּ֣תִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂרָפָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁבָ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָטָה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָצָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he shall break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

וְשִׁבַּ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!

וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (וָ) va. “and”

And my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.

וַתִּתַּ֤ךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְעַר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּהְיֶ֛ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed: in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword [ergänzt: and] by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֞י (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֨מּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

וּפָקַדְתִּ֗י (וּ) u. “and”

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.

וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע־ (וַ) va. “and”וַנִּֽהְיֶ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?

וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [ergänzt: and] because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.

וַתְּהִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her. Ye will certainly establish your vows, and entirely perform your vows.

וַתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

וְתַמּוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, a very small company; and all the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine or theirs.

וְֽיָדְע֞וּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [ergänzt: them] not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.

וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! -- Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.

וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and [ergänzt: his] waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates.

וְאָכְלָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָוְתָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Thou, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, furnish for thyself a captive's baggage, for Noph shall be a desolation and shall be ruined, so that none shall dwell therein.

וְנִצְּתָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will give them into the hand of those that seek their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; but afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

וּנְתַתִּ֗ים (וּ) u. “and”

But thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, neither be dismayed, Israel: for behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make [ergänzt: him] afraid.

וְשָׁ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁקַ֥ט (וְ) ve. “and”וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless.

וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”