H9002–/וְ–v

But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

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

And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

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

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your hair be cut off, O Jerusalem, and let it go, and let a song of grief go up on the open hilltops; for the Lord is turned away from the generation of his wrath and has given them up.

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

And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.

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

For this cause, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death: for they will put the dead into the earth in Topheth till there is no more room.

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

And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.

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

And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.

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

At that time, says the Lord, they will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem out of their resting-places:

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

And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or

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”

Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?

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

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

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

How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

וְתוֹרַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

וְחָכְמַֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.

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

And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.

וְהִכָּלֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.

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

Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord

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

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

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

The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.

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

The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.

וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

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

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

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

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

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