H9002–/וְ–v

And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

וּמַֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאָ֥נָה (וְ) ve. “and”

Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

וְתַ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְע֖וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

Wo `to' Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand `is' Mine indignation.

וּמַטֶּה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָבֹ֣ז (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy `is' in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבָב֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

As my hand hath got to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their graven images, `Greater' than Jerusalem and than Samaria,

וּפְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Do I not -- as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things?

וְלֶאֱלִילֶ֑יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.

וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For he hath said, `By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

וּבְחָכְמָתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְאָסִ֣יר׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲתוּדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאוֹרִ֥יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֹצֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃ (וּ) u. “and”

-- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “<and>”

Therefore doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth a burning As the burning of a fire.

וְתַ֧חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the light of Israel hath been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it hath burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day.

וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the honour of his forest, and his fruitful field, From soul even unto flesh He doth consume, And it hath been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.

וּכְב֤וֹד (וּ) u. “and”וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rest of the trees of his forest `are' few, And a youth doth write them.

וּשְׁאָ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְנַ֖עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.

וּפְלֵיטַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.

וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, `Be not afraid, my people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, With a rod he doth smite thee, And his staff lifteth up against thee, in the way of Egypt.

וּמַטֵּ֥הוּ (וּ) u. “and”

For yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out.

וְאַפִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And awaking for him is Jehovah of Hosts, A scourge like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod `is' over the sea, And he hath lifted it in the way of Egypt.

וּמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity.

וְעֻלּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low,

וְרָמֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!

וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

וְנֵ֖צֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.

וּבִינָ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וּגְבוּרָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְיִרְאַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”