H9001–/וַ–v

As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתַּכְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.

וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִתַּכְתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.

וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאֵחַ֖ל (וָ) va. “and”

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.

וְגָזְל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ (וָ) va. “and”

Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.

וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ (וָ) va. “and”

The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

The names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

וַתִּֽהְיֶ֣ינָה (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּלַ֖דְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [ergänzt: her] neighbors,

וַתִּ֥זֶן (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּעְגַּב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

She bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

וַתִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va. “and”

Neither has she left her prostitution since [ergänzt: the days of] Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.

וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.

וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”

I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

וָאֵ֖רֶא (וָ) va. “and”

She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

וַתּ֖וֹסֶף (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֗רֶא (וַ) va. “and”

As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁלַ֧ח (וַ) va. “and”

The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְטַמְּא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּ֨טְמָא־ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥קַע (וַ) va. “and”

So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

וַתְּגַל֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּגַ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֤קַע (וַ) va. “and”

Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.

וַתַּרְבֶּ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth.

וַֽתִּפְקְדִ֔י (וַֽ) va. “and”

Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:

וַהֲבֵאתִ֥ים (וַ) va. “and”