H9002–/וְ–v

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah goeth forth to meet them, from Mizpah, going on and weeping, and it cometh to pass, at meeting them, that he saith unto them, `Come in unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam.'

וּבֹכֶ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at their coming in unto the midst of the city, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah doth slaughter them, at the midst of the pit, he and the men who `are' with him.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, `Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.

וַעֲשָׂרָ֨ה (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְשֶׁ֣מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבָ֑שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the pit whither Ishmael hath cast all the carcases of the men whom he hath smitten along with Gedaliah, is that which the king Asa made because of Baasha king of Israel -- it hath Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the pierced.

וְהַבּ֗וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ishmael taketh captive all the remnant of the people who `are' in Mizpah, the daughters of the king, and all the people who are left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath committed `to' Gedaliah son of Ahikam, and Ishmael son of Nethaniah taketh them captive, and goeth to pass over unto the sons of Ammon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And hear doth Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces that `are' with him, of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath done,

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, when all the people who `are' with Ishmael see Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who `are' with him, that they rejoice.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goeth unto the sons of Ammon.

וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who `are' with him, take all the remnant of the people whom he hath brought back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah -- after he had smitten Gedaliah son of Ahikam -- mighty ones, men of war, and women, and infants, and eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon,

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשִׁ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְטַף֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָ֣רִסִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And they come nigh -- all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest --

וְיֽוֹחָנָן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיזַנְיָ֖ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, `Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;

וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”

and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'

וְיַגֶּד־ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they have said to Jeremiah, `Jehovah is against us for a witness true and faithful, if -- according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God doth send thee unto us -- we do not so.

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֶאֱמָ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Whether good or evil, to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of Jehovah our God.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and he calleth unto Johanan son of Kareah, and unto all the heads of the forces that `are' with him, and to all the people, from the least even unto the greatest,

וְאֶ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָ֨ל־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

`If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.

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

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom ye are afraid of; be not afraid of him -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- for with you `am' I, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

וּלְהַצִּ֥יל (וּ) u. “and”

And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.

וְאֶתֵּ֥ן (וְ) ve. “so”

`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

וְק֥וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַלֶּ֥חֶם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

then it hath come to pass, the sword that ye are afraid of, doth there overtake you, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which ye are sorrowful, doth there cleave after you in Egypt, and there ye die.

וְהָרָעָ֞ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

`Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die -- by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַדָּ֑בֶר (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָלִ֔יט (וּ) u. “and”

for thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.

וַחֲמָתִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִקְלָלָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done `it';

וּכְכֹל֩ (וּ) u. “and”