H9002–/וְ–v

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱמֶ֖ת (וֶ) ve. “and”

His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast

וָנֶ֗הִי (וָ) va. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?

וְיָבֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (וַ) va. “and”וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

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

But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

וְאַחֲרֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.

וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:

וְקִרְא֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה (וּ) u. “and”וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.

וְתִקַּ֥ח (וְ) ve. “so”וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

וּכְעָמִ֛יר (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

וְיָדֹ֣עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּצְדָקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

On Egypt and on Judah and on Edom and on the children of Ammon and on Moab and on all who have the ends of their hair cut, who are living in the waste land: for all these nations and all the people of Israel are without circumcision in their hearts.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.

וּמֵאֹת֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.

וּבְזָהָ֖ב (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְל֥וֹא (וְ) ve. “and”

It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power.

וְגָד֥וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

וּבְאַחַ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

וְזָהָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וִידֵ֣י (וִ) vi. “and”וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

וַֽיהוָ֤ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

וְאַרְקָ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”