H9002–/וְ–v

Thus was you decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper to royal estate.

וָכֶ֗סֶף (וָ) va. “and”וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וָמֶ֙שִׁי֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְרִקְמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַ֛שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וָשֶׁ֖מֶן (וָ) va. “and”

You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: [ergänzt: the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [ergänzt: so].

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them;

וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.

וְשַׁמְנִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּקְטָרְתִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you did even set it before them for a sweet savor; and [ergänzt: thus] it was, says the Lord Yahweh.

וְלַחְמִי֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וָשֶׁ֤מֶן (וָ) va. “and”וּדְבַשׁ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood.

וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶרְיָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [ergänzt: food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.

וְרָמָתֵ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.

וְאַ֨תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

You are different from [ergänzt: other] women in your prostitution, in that none follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.

וְאַחֲרַ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶתְנַ֛ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;

וְעַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִדְמֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְקִנְאָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.

וְעֶרְיָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.

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

You are the daughter of your mother, who loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

וּבָנֶ֑יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲח֨וֹת (וַ) va. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ן (וַ) va. “and”

Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ (וַ) va. “and”וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְ (וַ) va. “and”וּבְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as [ergänzt: if that were] a very little [ergänzt: thing], you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.

וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

וְשַׁלְוַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְי֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”