H9002–/וְ–v

Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was l

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

And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

וְטוּבָ֑הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

וְתֹפְשֵׂ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרֹעִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְקֵדָ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְא֕וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

וְהֵ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.

וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?

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

The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of ar

וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּדְעִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וּרְאִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וָמָ֔ר (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

וְתַ֙חַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵיךְ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

וְתַרְבִּי־ (וְ) ve. “so”

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

וּגְרוֹנֵ֖ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;

וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.

וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְעֵ֤ת (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.

וְאַיֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.

וְעַמִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

וְיָדַ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come

וְאַ֗תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁ֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your e

וּרְאִ֗י (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵ֨צַח (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”