H9002–/וְ–v

You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.

וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

וְיִֽהְיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֵ֥יחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.

וְעָלַ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.

וִֽימִינ֖וֹ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

וּֽמַה־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

וּנְהָר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

וְשָׁדַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.

וְשָׁדַ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.

וּמָאתַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.

וּֽדְמֵה־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

וִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וִ) vi. “and”

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

וַחֲמ֖וֹר (וַ) va. “and”

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַכָּ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

וְחֵ֣לֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְבָשִׂ֛ים (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתּוּדִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

וְשַׁבָּת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲצָרָֽה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”