H9002–/וְ–v

Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she `is' not My wife, and I `am' not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְתָסֵ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms `are' they,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

וּמֵימַ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For -- better to me then than now.

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

And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

וְהִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיִּצְהָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֶ֨סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָהָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.

וְתִירוֹשִׁ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.

וְעַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֖ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,

וְשַׁבַּתָּ֑הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they `are' to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.

וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

וְחֶלְיָתָ֔הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִּכְי֖וֹם (וִּ) vi “and”

And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֶ֖מֶשׂ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקֶ֨שֶׁת (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶ֤רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִלְחָמָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (וּ) u. “and”וּבְחֶ֖סֶד (וּ) u. “and”וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ (וּֽ) U. “and”

And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

וְהֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they answer Jezreel.

וְהָאָ֣רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou `art', and it saith, My God!'

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah saith unto me: `Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

וּמְנָאָ֑פֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

וְחֹ֥מֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵ֥תֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

and I say unto her, `Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also `am' for thee.'

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

For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.

וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרָפִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

וְֽאֵין־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאֵֽין־ (וְ) ve. “and”