H9002–/וְ–v

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness `is' as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.

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

Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

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

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

וְהֵ֕מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

`When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

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

And they do not say to their heart, `That' all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.

וּבַל־ (וּ) u. “and”

With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes.

וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled `itself' on him, And he hath not known.

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

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

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

Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,

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

And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

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

And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

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

`Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

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

For even it `is' of Israel; an artificer made it, And it `is' not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

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

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

וְסוּפָ֣תָה (וְ) ve. “and”

The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- `to' Egypt they turn back.

וְיִפְקֹ֣ד (וְ) ve. “so”

And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!

וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,

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

They do not abide in the land of Jehovah, And turned back hath Ephraim `to' Egypt, And in Asshur an unclean thing they eat.

וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”

They pour not out wine to Jehovah, Nor are they sweet to Him, Their sacrifices `are' as bread of mourners to them, All eating it are unclean: For their bread `is' for themselves, It doth not come into the house of Jehovah.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

וּלְי֖וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

Come in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool `is' the prophet, Mad `is' the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great `is' the hatred.

וְרַבָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Ephraim `is' as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

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