H9002–/וְ–v

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶשָּׂאֶֽנּוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not: no longer is there anyone to give help in stretching out my tent and hanging up my curtains.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵינָ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵקִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.

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

News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.

וְרַ֥עַשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

וְהָכִ֖ין (וְ) ve. “<and>”

Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.

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

Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.

וּדְבַ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.

וּבְחֻצ֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

For I gave certain witness to your fathers on the day when I took them up out of the land of Egypt, and even to this day, getting up early and witnessing and saying, Give ear to my voice.

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

But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

וְהֵ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.

וְיֹשְׁבֵי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.

וּמִסְפַּ֞ר (וּ) u. “and”

And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.

וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְפִלָּ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

וּבְשַׂר־ (וּ) u. “and”

For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.

וַיהוָ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

וַֽיהוָ֥ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

וַאֲנִ֕י (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”