H9002–/וְ–v

And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָמֹ֨עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֵרַ֤ד (וְ) ve. “and”

Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where `is' the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”

What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them `to be' over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

וְ֠אַתְּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

וְכִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

וְנָמֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when `is it' again?

וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְצִוְחַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

וְעָז֑וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

וּפְרָאִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

O Hope of Israel -- its saviour in time of trouble, Why art Thou as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveller turned aside to lodge?

וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ (וּ) u. “and”

Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou `art' in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

וְאַתָּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְךָ֛ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus said Jehovah concerning this people: Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained, And Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin.

וַיהוָה֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְיִפְקֹ֖ד (וְ) ve. “so”

When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

וְכִ֧י (וְ) ve. “even”וּמִנְחָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבָרָעָ֣ב (וּ) u. “and”וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר (וּ) u. “and”

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'

וְרָעָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְקֶ֤סֶם (וְ) ve. “and”וֶֽאֱלִיל֙ (וֶֽ) ve. “and”וְתַרְמִ֣ית (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָעָ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָֽרָעָב֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

וְהָעָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֶ֗רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֤ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”

And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, `with' a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.

וְיוֹמָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְעֵ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”