H9002–/וְ–v

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yes, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself by thy idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even to thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְקַלָּסָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous and much troubled.

וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they oppressed the fatherless and the widow.

וָאֵם֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

וְאִ֣ישׁ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֛ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained from thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

וְתַרְבִּ֣ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

וּבְדִ֨יל (וּ) u. “and”וּבַרְזֶ֤ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת (וּ֠) U. “and”וּבַרְזֶ֨ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְדִיל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst of her.

וִיקָר֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְקֹסְמִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

וְעָנִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

וְעֹמֵ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they committed lewd deeds in Egypt; they committed lewd deeds in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they were first corrupted.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

וּשְׁמוֹתָ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וְאָהֳלִיבָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנ֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמוֹתָ֕ן (וּ) u. “and”וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (וִ) vi. “and”

Who were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

וּסְגָנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

Thus she committed her lewd deeds with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (וּ) u. “and”

Neither left she her lewd deeds brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they first corrupted her, and poured their impurities upon her.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאוֹתָ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁפוּטִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

וּסְגָנִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

וְזִרְמַ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”