H9002–/וְ–v

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

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

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

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

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet 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, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס (וְ) ve. “and”

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

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

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD 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 time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

וְתַ֙חַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant 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 soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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 have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

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

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel 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 their back unto me, and not their face: but 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”

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

וְאַיֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

וְעַמִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in 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? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

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

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

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

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

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

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”