H9002–/וְ–v

They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

וְיָב֣וֹאוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאוֹתָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.

וְהִנְּךָ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵטִ֣ב (וּ) u. “and”וְעֹשִׂ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

וּבְבֹאָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”

You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have you ruled over them.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

וְעַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep;

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

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

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

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

וּבְכֹ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.

וּבְהָרֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִרְעֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

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

As for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.

וְאַתֵּ֣נָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָעַתּוּדִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁקַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.

וְצֹאנִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִרְפַּ֥שׂ (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;

וּבְכָתֵף֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְעַבְדִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

וּסְבִיב֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.

וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַיַּ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”