H9002–/וְ–v

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַטַּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [ergänzt: as] the light that goeth forth.

וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

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

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

וְהֵ֕מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.

וְרָע֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַנָּ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.

וּבַל־ (וּ) u. “and”

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [ergänzt: it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [ergänzt: it] not.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this.

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

Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֕מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

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

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

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

[ergänzt: Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [ergänzt: he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְהָבָ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”

For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

וְה֔וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

וְסוּפָ֣תָה (וְ) ve. “and”

As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

וְיִפְקֹ֣ד (וְ) ve. “so”

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

וָיֶ֖קֶב (וָ) va. “and”וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”

They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?

וּלְי֖וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

וְרַבָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃ (וּ) u. “and”