H9002–/וְ–v

yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

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

And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

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

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Cut off thy hair, [ergänzt: O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

וְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּשְׂאִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.

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

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place [ergänzt: to bury].

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגֵ֣יא (וְ) ve. “and”

And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.

וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכֹ֣ל׀ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וַ) va. “and”וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

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

Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.

וְתֹ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסִיס֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָג֔וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמִּ֕י (וְ) ve. “and”

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

וְתוֹרַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

וְחָכְמַֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

וְהִכָּלֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [ergänzt: the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.

וְאֵ֧ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

וְנָב֛וֹא (וְ) ve. “so”וְנִדְּמָה־ (וְ) ve. “so”

We looked for peace, but no good came; [ergänzt: and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

וְעֵינִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וָלַ֔יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they bend their tongue, [ergänzt: as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

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