H9002–/וְ–v

I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord.

וְשָׂרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

וְהַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽשְׂאוּ־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.

וּבָעֵ֤ת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵֽי־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָכוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִקְוֵ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.

וּמֵאֶ֥רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”וִהְי֕וּ (וִ) vi “and”

For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one

וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”

Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;

וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be the last of the nations, a waste place, a dry and unwatered land.

וַעֲרָבָֽה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.

וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

וְזֶ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

וְהַבָּשָׁ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְהַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.

וּבָעֵ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲרֵ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשֵׂ֕ה (וַ) va. “and”

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

וְשֶׁ֖בֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַ֖תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.

וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.

וּפְלֵטִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.

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

A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.

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

A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

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