H9002–/וְ–v

O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do to thee? for your goodness is as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth 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 as the light that goeth forth.

וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

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

But they like men 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 by consent: for they commit lewdness.

וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was disclosed, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers strippeth without.

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

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them around; 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 it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

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

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

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

Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

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

And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

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

Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, 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 for themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

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

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

וְסוּפָ֣תָה (וְ) ve. “and”

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD 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 buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

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

They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”

They shall not offer wine-offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing to him: their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all that eat of it shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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 spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred.

וְרַבָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

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