H9002–/וְ–v

I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

וּבְת֥וֹךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶ֥רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:

וַהֲדַ֖ס (וַ) va. “and”וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְאַשּׁ֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”

So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

וְיֵדְע֗וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּקְד֥וֹשׁ (וּ) u. “and”

Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשִׂ֤ימָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְנֵדְעָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְתָרֵ֔עוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁתָּ֖עָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִרְאֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.

וְיָבֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “so”וּכְמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

וְנֵדָ֔עָה (וְ) ve. “so”וּמִלְּפָנִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְנֹאמַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “so”

I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

וְאֵ֙רֶא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשִׁ֥יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

וָתֹ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.

וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

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

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

וְנ֣וֹטֵיהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְר֖וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:

וְאַחְזֵ֣ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛ (וְ) ve. “and”

I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.

וּכְבוֹדִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

וַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

וּמְלֹא֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.

וְעָרָ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

וּתְהִלָּת֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.

וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.

וּגְבָע֔וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

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

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”