H9002–/וְ–v

And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?

וְ֠עַתָּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,

וִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א (וַ) va. “and”

And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against I

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲר֥וֹן (וַ) va. “and”

So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and dri

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

וְע֥וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וְהַנֶּגֶב֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.

וּמָע֥וֹל (וּ) u. “and”

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

וּבְעֵת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that

וְיַעְזְר֑וּנִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָעִ֤יר (וָ) va. “and”

Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

וְיֶ֤תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

וְחָמֵשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

וְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹצִ֥יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

וּקְטֹ֖רֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְעֹלָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

וִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וִ) vi. “and”וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this.

וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

וְיָשֹׁ֥ב (וְ) ve. “and”

My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

וְלִהְי֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and

וְיוֹאֵ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעֵ֖דֶן (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וִיעִיאֵ֑ל (וִ) vi. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַתַּנְיָֽהוּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”