H9002–/וְ–v

`Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל (וּ) u. “and”

`Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,

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

for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;

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

and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

`And the prophet, when he is enticed, and hath spoken a word -- I, Jehovah, I have enticed that prophet, and have stretched out My hand against him, and have destroyed him from the midst of My people Israel.

וְהַנָּבִ֤יא (וְ) ve. “and”

so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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

`Son of man, the land -- when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast --

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job -- they by their righteousness deliver their own soul -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

וְאִיּ֑וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.

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

`Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.

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

`Or -- pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast --

וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul.

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

`For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments -- sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence -- I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,

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

yet, lo, there hath been left in it an escape, who are brought forth, sons and daughters, lo, they are coming forth unto you, and ye have seen their way, and their doings, and have been comforted concerning the evil that I have brought in against Jerusalem, all that which I have brought in against it.

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

And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

וְתוֹכ֣וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

וְהָאֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity `Are' of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.

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

As to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, Thou -- thy navel hath not been cut, And in water thou wast not washed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all.

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

A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare!

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

And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time `is' a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.

וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ (וַ) va. “and”

And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.

וְרָבִ֖יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.

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