H9002–/וְ–v

And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.

וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.

וְזָהָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And [ergänzt: their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.

וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּפְרִי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וָד֑וֹר (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹעִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

וְתַנִּ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָר֤וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָמֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

וּמֵרָגְזֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become powerless as we; art thou become like unto us!

וְיֹאמְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

-- Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב (וְ) ve. “so”

[ergänzt: that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [ergänzt: that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

וְעָרָ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”

but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain -- those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot.

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and scion and descendant, saith Jehovah.

וּשְׁאָ֛ר (וּ) u. “and”וְנִ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וָנֶ֖כֶד (וָ) va. “and”

And I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

וְאַגְמֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:

וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

to break the Assyrian in my land; and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is the counsel which is purposed concerning the whole earth; and this is the hand which is stretched out upon all the nations.

וְזֹ֛את (וְ) ve. “and”

For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [ergänzt: it]? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְיָד֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽמִ֥י (וּֽ) u. “and”

Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

וּפִרְי֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings [ergänzt: of troops].

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.

וּמַֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

וְדִיבֹ֛ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”