H9001–/וַ–v

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

וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

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

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

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek 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 the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

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

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

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

וּפִנָּה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering 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 the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD 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 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 her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

וְגָעַרְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

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

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; 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, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD 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 his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up 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 shall do this, saith the LORD 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”