H9001–/וַ–v

You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord.

וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּ (וַ) va. “and”

They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

וְיִֽחֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.

וַחֲזִיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come int

וְהָיְתָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם (וִ) vi. “and”

For this reason, the Lord has said: I will have it broken in two by a storm-wind in my passion; and there will be an overflowing shower in my wrath, and you, O ice-drops, will come raining angrily down.

וּבִקַּעְתִּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

So I will let the wall, which you were covering with whitewash, be broken down; I will have it levelled to the earth so that its base is uncovered: it will come down, and destruction will come on you with it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lor

וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִגְלָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָֽפְלָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְלִיתֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

So I will let loose my passion on the wall in full measure, and on those who put whitewash on it; and I will say to you, Where is the wall, and where are those who put whitewash on it?

וְכִלֵּיתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the women who are stitching bands on all arms and putting veils on the heads of those of every size, so that they may go after souls! Will you go after the souls of my people and keep yourselves safe from dea

וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who giv

וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה (וַ) va. “and”

For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against your bands with which you go after souls, and I will violently take them off their arms; and I will let loose the souls, even the souls whom you go after freely.

וְקָרַעְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will have your veils violently parted in two, and will make my people free from your hands, and they will no longer be in your power for you to go after them; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

וְקָרַעְתִּ֞י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

For this cause you will see no more foolish visions or make false use of secret arts: and I will make my people free from your power; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.

וַיָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by m

וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֖א (וּ) u. “and”

When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get

וּבָ֤א (וּ) u. “and”

And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.

וְדִבֶּ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָטִ֤יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֨שְׁמַדְתִּ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;

וְנָשְׂא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

וְהָ֥יוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:

וְנָטִ֤יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.

וְ֠הָיוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:

וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:

וְאָמַרְתִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”