H9002–/וְ–v

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

וָתֹ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

The image, a workman has cast [ergänzt: it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [ergänzt: for it] silver chains.

וְצֹרֵ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְתֻק֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

[ergänzt: It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;

וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְעָרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

To whom then will you liken me, that I should be equal [ergänzt: to him]? says the Holy One.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

וּרְאוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַמִּ֣יץ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [ergänzt: due] to me is passed away from my God?

וּתְדַבֵּ֖ר (וּ) u. “so”וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

He gives power to the faint; and to him who has no might he increases strength.

וּלְאֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִגָ֑עוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וּבַחוּרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

וְקוֹיֵ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Who has raised up one from the east, whom he calls in righteousness to his foot? he gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

וּמְלָכִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.

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

The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

וְיִירָ֔אוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

They help everyone his neighbor; and [ergänzt: every one] says to his brother, Be of good courage.

וּלְאָחִ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;

וּמֵאֲצִילֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, all those who are incensed against you shall be disappointed and confounded: those who strive with you shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹאבְד֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְאֶ֖פֶס (וּ) u. “and”

Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says Yahweh, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, I have made you [ergänzt: to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.

וְתָדֹ֔ק (וְ) ve. “so”וּגְבָע֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Yahweh, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

וְר֣וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְעָרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst; I, Yahweh, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָאַ֔יִן (וָ) va. “and”