H9002–/וְ–v

Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּט֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְקַוֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

וְאָנֹכִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיַ֥ד (וּ) u. “and”

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

וּבְנָבִ֕יא (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנָבִ֖יא (וּ) u. “and”

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

וְדָמָיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

וְכַטַּ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

וְאָנֹכִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”וֵאלֹהִ֤ים (וֵ) ve. “and”וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (וּ) u. “and”

I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

וְאֶקְרַ֖ע (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.

וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “so”וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.

וְאֶקַּ֖ח (וְ) ve. “so”

Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

וְיֵב֤וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב (וְ) ve. “so”

Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

וְשׁ֖וּבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקַח־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽנְשַׁלְּמָ֥ה (וּֽ) u. “so”

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

וְיַ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

וִיהִ֥י (וִ) vi. “and”וְרֵ֥יחַֽ (וְ) ve. “and”

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

וְיִפְרְח֣וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ (וַ) va. “and”

He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.

וְיָ֣בֵֽן (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵֽדָעֵ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַדִּקִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֹשְׁעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to another generation.

וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.

וְיֶ֥תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶ֣תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”