H9002–/וְ–v

And they have girded on sackcloth, And covered them hath trembling, And unto all faces `is' shame, And on all their heads -- baldness.

וְאֶ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.

וּזְהָבָם֮ (וּ) u. “and”וּזְהָבָ֜ם (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

As to the beauty of his ornament, For excellency He set it, And the images of their abominations, Their detestable things -- they made in it, Therefore I have given it to them for impurity,

וּצְבִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְצַלְמֵ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have given it into the hand of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the land for a spoil, And they have polluted it.

וּלְרִשְׁעֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.

וְהָעִ֖יר (וְ) ve. “and”

Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.

וָאָֽיִן׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,

וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְתוֹרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵצָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The king doth become a mourner, And a prince putteth on desolation, And the hands of the people of the land are troubled, From their own way I deal with them, And with their own judgments I judge them, And they have known that I `am' Jehovah!'

וְנָשִׂיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וִידֵ֥י (וִ) vi. “and”וּבְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth `month', in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah,

וְזִקְנֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

and I look, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward -- fire, and from His loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of copper.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמַ֖טָּה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמַ֔עְלָה (וּ) u. “and”

And He putteth forth a form of a hand, and taketh me by a lock of my head, and lift me up doth a spirit between the earth and the heavens, and it bringeth me in to Jerusalem in visions of God, unto the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where `is' the seat of the figure of jealousy that is making jealous,

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

and lo, there the honour of the God of Israel, as the appearance that I saw in the valley.

וְהִ֨נֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes the way of the north.' And I lift up mine eyes the way of the north, and lo, on the north of the gate of the altar this figure of jealousy, at the entrance.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, art thou seeing what they are doing? the great abominations that the house of Israel are doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations.'

וְעוֹד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And He bringeth me in unto an opening of the court, and I look, and lo, a hole in the wall;

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and He saith unto me, `Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.

וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And He saith to me, `Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.'

וּרְאֵה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast -- and all the Idols of the house of Israel -- graved on the wall, all round about,

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

and seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel -- and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst -- are standing before them, and each his censer in his hand, and the abundance of the cloud of perfume is going up.

וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֨הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲתַ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And He bringeth me in unto the opening of the gate of the house of Jehovah that `is' at the north, and lo, there the women are sitting weeping for Tammuz.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וּפְנֵיהֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵ֛מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

וְהִנָּ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears -- a loud voice -- and I do not hear them.'

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And He crieth in mine ears -- a loud voice -- saying, `Drawn near have inspectors of the city, and each his destroying weapon in his hand.'

וְאִ֛ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And lo, six men are coming from the way of the upper gate, that is facing the north, and each his slaughter-weapon in his hand, and one man in their midst is clothed with linen, and a scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and they come in, and stand near the brazen altar.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִישׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקֶ֥סֶת (וְ) ve. “and”