H9001–/וַ–v

Ye have not gone up into breaches, Nor do ye make a fence for the house of Israel, To stand in battle in a day of Jehovah.

וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּ (וַ) va. “and”

They have seen vanity, and lying divination, Who are saying: An affirmation of Jehovah, And Jehovah hath not sent them, And they have hoped to establish a word.

וְיִֽחֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I `am' against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

וַחֲזִיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I `am' the Lord Jehovah.

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

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have rent with a tempestuous wind in My fury, And an overflowing shower is in Mine anger, And hailstones in My fury -- to consume.

וּבִקַּעְתִּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And I have broken down the wall that ye daubed with chalk, And have caused it to come unto the earth, And revealed hath been its foundation, And it hath fallen, And ye have been consumed in its midst, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

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

And I have completed My wrath on the wall, And on those daubing it with chalk, And I say to you: The wall is not, And those daubing it are not;

וְכִלֵּיתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to those sowing pillows for all joints of the arm, And to those making the kerchiefs For the head of every stature -- to hunt souls, The souls do ye hunt of My people? And the souls ye have do ye keep alive?

וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people -- hearkening to lies.

וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה (וַ) va. “and”

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I `am' against your pillows, With which ye are hunting there the souls of the flourishing, And I have rent them from off your arms, And have sent away the souls that ye are hunting, The souls of the flourishing.

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

And I have torn your kerchiefs, And delivered My people out of your hand, And they are no more in your hand for a prey, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

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

Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah!'

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

And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

`Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

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

for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;

וּבָ֤א (וּ) u. “and”

and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

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

`And the prophet, when he is enticed, and hath spoken a word -- I, Jehovah, I have enticed that prophet, and have stretched out My hand against him, and have destroyed him from the midst of My people Israel.

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

And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

וְנָשְׂא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

וְהָ֥יוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

`Son of man, the land -- when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast --

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

and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job -- they by their righteousness deliver their own soul -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

וְ֠הָיוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

`If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast --

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

`Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --

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