H9002–/וְ–v

And after that, says the Lord, I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his servants and his people, even those in the town who have not come to their end from the disease and the sword and from need of food, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of

וְאַחֲרֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

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

He who keeps in this town will come to his death by the sword and through need of food and through disease; but he who goes out and gives himself up to the Chaldaeans who are shutting you in, will go on living, and will keep his life safe.

וּבָרָעָ֣ב (וּ) u. “and”וּבַדָּ֑בֶר (וּ) u. “and”וְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;

וּלְבֵית֙ (וּ) u. “and”

O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, be

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

See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

וַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְעַמְּךָ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a fa

וּצְדָקָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגֵר֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people

וּבַסּוּסִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲבָדָ֖יו (וַ) ve. “and”וְעַמּֽוֹ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.

וְאִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make ready those who will send destruction on you, everyone armed for war: by them your best cedar-trees will be cut down and put in the fire.

וְכֵלָ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But death will come to him in the place where they have taken him away prisoner, and he will never see this land again.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו (וַ) va. “and”וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

וַעֲלִיּ֖וֹת (וַ) va. “and”וְסָפ֣וּן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָשׁ֖וֹחַ (וּ) u. “and”

Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

וְשָׁתָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּצְדָקָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

וְאֶבְי֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

וְלִבְּךָ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

וְה֣וֹי (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וֹי (וְ) ve. “and”

They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.

וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Go up to Lebanon and give a cry; let your voice be loud in Bashan, crying out from Abarim; for all your lovers have come to destruction

וּֽצְעָ֔קִי (וּֽ) u. “and”וּבַבָּשָׁ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”וְצַֽעֲקִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the keepers of your sheep will be food for the wind, and your lovers will be taken away prisoners: truly, then you will be shamed and unhonoured because of all your evil-doing.

וּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And I will give you into the hands of those desiring your death, and into the hands of those whom you are fearing, even into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

וּבְיַ֛ד (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַ֛ד (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַ֥ד (וּ) u. “and”

I will send you out, and your mother who gave you birth, into another country not the land of your birth; and there death will come to you.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”