H9001–/וַ–v

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

וָאֶתְּנֵֽם־ (וָ) va. “and”וַיִּֽירָאֵ֑נִי (וַ) va “and”

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

וְכִסָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וּפִנָּה־ (וּ) u. “and”

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

וְיָשַׁ֨ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְטִהַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְזִקַּ֣ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

וְעָֽרְבָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [ergänzt: from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֣יתִי׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [ergänzt: to receive it].

וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וְגָעַרְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

וַיַּקְשֵׁ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמָ֔ע (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יִּכָּתֵב (וַ֠) Va “and”

And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [ergänzt: even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

וְהָ֣יוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמַלְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

וְשַׁבְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְאִיתֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”

For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

וְהָי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִהַ֨ט (וְ) ve. “and”

But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.

וְזָרְחָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

וְהֵשִׁ֤יב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”