H9002–/וְ–v

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.

וּבְיַ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיַ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַד (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

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

I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink you wine.

וְכֹס֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:

וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.

וּבַ֣יִת (וּ) u. “and”וְזֶ֤רַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֶ֣רֶם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

וּבְנֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י (וּ) u. “and”וְכֶ֧רֶם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂדֶ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָזֶ֖רַע (וָ) va. “and”

But it happened, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

וְנָב֣וֹא (וְ) ve. “so”וּמִפְּנֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh.

וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַבֵּ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

וְשָׁלֹ֣חַ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁבוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me;

וְהָעָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

וְאֶ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;

וּלְבֵ֨ית (וּ) u. “and”

Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

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

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

וּלְחַטָּאתָֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.

וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.

וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, behold, all the princes were sitting there, [ergänzt: to wit], Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

וְהִ֨נֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.

וָלֵ֑ךְ (וָ) va. “and”

They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה (וּ) u. “and”

They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

וְאֶ֨ת־ (וְ) ve. “and”