H9002–/וְ–v

But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.

וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

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

But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.

וְאָנֹכִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

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

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.

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

Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

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

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, according to their own understanding, even idols, all of them the work of the craftsmen; of them they say: 'They that sacrifice men kiss calves.'

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the window.

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

Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou knowest no God but Me, and beside Me there is no saviour.

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

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

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

Ho, now, thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities! and thy judges, of whom thou saidst: 'Give me a king and princes!'

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

I give thee a king in Mine anger, and take him away in My wrath.

וְאֶקַּ֖ח (וְ) ve. “so”

For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.

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

Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips.

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

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

וְיַ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.

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

They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

וְיִפְרְח֣וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found.

וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.

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

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

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

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

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