H9002–/וְ–v

Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

וּלְשֽׁוֹנְךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

וּֽבְדַבְּרִ֤י (וּֽ) u. “and”וְהֶחָדֵ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

וְאַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

וְשִׂים־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

וְאַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.

וְאַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For I have had the years of their sin measured for you by a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: and you will take on yourself the sin of the children of Israel.

וַאֲנִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

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

And take for yourself wheat and barley and different sorts of grain, and put them in one vessel and make bread for yourself from them; all the days when you are stretched on your side it will be your food.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים (וּ֠) U. “and”וּפ֨וֹל (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים (וַ) va. “and”וְדֹ֣חַן (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.

וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.

וּמַ֛יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.

וְעֻגַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֗יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my

וּנְבֵלָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וּטְרֵפָ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

וּבִדְאָגָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמַ֕יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְשִׁמָּמ֖וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

וָמָ֑יִם (וָ) va. “and”וְאָחִ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, using it like a haircutter's blade, and making it go over your head and the hair of your chin: and take scales for separating the hair by weight.

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

You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword af

וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶ֖רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”

And again take some of these and put them in the fire, burning them up in the fire; and say to all the children of Israel,

וּמֵהֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”

This is what the Lord has said: This is Jerusalem: I have put her among the nations, and countries are round her on every side;

וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And she has gone against my orders by doing evil more than the nations, and against my rules more than the countries round her: for they have given up my orders, and as for my rules, they have not gone in the way of them.

וְאֶ֨ת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have been more uncontrolled than the nations round about you, and have not been guided by my rules or kept my orders, but have kept the orders of the nations round about you;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י (וּֽ) u. “and”

And I will do in you what I have not done and will not do again, because of all your disgusting ways.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”