H9002–/וְ–v

About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?

וְעַמּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage

וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers

וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.

וְאַחֲרֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

וְאֶחָ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

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

Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.

וְצִ֖יר (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹ֣אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְק֖וּמוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there.

וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cau

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִי־ (וּ) u. “and”

For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

וְיִדְאֶ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִפְרֹ֥שׂ (וְ) ve. “so”

About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

וְאַרְפָּ֔ד (וְ) ve. “and”

Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.

וְרֶ֣טֶט׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲבָלִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”

So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what the Lord has said: Up! go against Kedar, and make an attack on the children of the east.

וּֽלְמַמְלְכ֣וֹת (וּֽ) u. “and”וְשָׁדְד֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.

וְצֹאנָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, sa

וַהֲמ֤וֹן (וַ) va. “and”וּמִכָּל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:

וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀ (וְ) ve. “and”