H9002–/וְ–v

Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

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

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

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

A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, And for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, For they have been burnt up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of cattle, From the fowl of the heavens unto the beast they have fled, they have gone.

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

And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who `is' the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.

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

And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,

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

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

וְאַחֲרֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.

וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,

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

And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.

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

But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation.

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

Speak thus -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.

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

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I `am' Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner `of the beard', Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations `are' uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel `are' uncircumcised in heart!

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

Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.

וּמֵאֹת֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

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

As a palm they `are' stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

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

Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great `art' Thou, and great Thy name in might.

וְגָד֥וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

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

Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple `is' their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.

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

And Jehovah `is' a God of truth, He `is' a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.

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

Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.

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