H9002–/וְ–v

Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

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

And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [ergänzt: things that] do not profit.

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

Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.

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

Hath a nation changed [ergänzt: its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

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

Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

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

Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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

For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [ergänzt: and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

וְתַ֙חַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?

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

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וְתַרְבִּי־ (וְ) ve. “so”

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go.

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

As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --

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

saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!

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

Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.

וְאַיֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.

וְעַמִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.

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

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.

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

Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

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

And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.

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

And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said, After she hath done all these [ergänzt: things], she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her sister Judah, the treacherous, saw [ergänzt: it].

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”