H9002–/וְ–v

Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols:

וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵעַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him, I Jehovah will answer him by myself;

וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְיַ֤עַל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל (וּ) u. “and”

and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, [ergänzt: so that he shall be] for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [ergänzt: am] Jehovah.

וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

וְהַנָּבִ֤יא (וְ) ve. “and”

that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver [ergänzt: but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וְאִיּ֑וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

-- though these three men should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָ֖רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”

Or [ergänzt: if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and these three men should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.

וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וּבָנ֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

Or [ergänzt: if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter: they should [ergänzt: but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

וְנֹ֨חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִיּוֹב֮ (וְ) ve. “and”

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

וְרָעָ֞ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַיָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָדֶ֔בֶר (וָ) va. “and”וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of [ergänzt: it], sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנוֹת֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [ergänzt: any] work?

וְתוֹכ֣וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [ergänzt: one] fire, and [ergänzt: another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [ergänzt: am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.

וְהָאֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

וּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all.

וּמוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָחְתֵּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; [ergänzt: thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֖תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶרְיָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.

וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ (וַ) va. “and”

And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;

וְרָבִ֖יד (וְ) ve. “and”

and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

וַעֲגִילִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת (וַ) va. “and”